please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message horze horze store outside st. petersburg type private industry retail horse equipment founded 1988 in lahti finland headquarters hollola finland website www.horze.com horze is a privately owned initially finnish equestrian products and supplies retailer . it is one of the biggest european equestrian retailers having stores in all scandinavian countries germany france hungary and russia . horze also runs e commerce for all countries in the european union . contents 1 history 2 sponsorship 3 countries in which they operate 4 external links 5 references history edit the horze riding brand was launched in october 2003 by oy finn tack ltd originally a wholesale supplier of trotting equipment since 1982 . 1 in 2004 it opened its first concept store in st. petersburg and lahti followed by oslo stockholm and copenhagen . since then several new franchise stores have been added to the chain across all of europe . 2 over the last years wholesale distribution of the horze brand has been introduced to amongst others spain france uk ireland greece turkey new zealand australia dubai poland ukraine russia the netherlands hungary and latvia . sponsorship edit horze sponsors both the finnish and norwegian 3 international equestrian teams . they also sponsor 24 individual riders from a variety of disciplines and countries in europe making up team horze . heading up the team is danish show jumping champion tina lund . 4 countries in which they operate edit north america united states canada south america argentina mexico asia china russia japan india lebanon dubai europe germany united kingdom sweden france spain netherlands norway poland denmark italy switzerland austria belgium finland portugal greece hungary russia . ireland slovenia romania slovakia croatia turkey malta ukraine czech republic latvia austria slovenia estonia lithuania bulgaria cyprus slovakia liechtenstein africa south africa oceania australia new zealand external links edit horze corporate page references edit http www.horze.eu about about ourhistory default pg.html horse equipment . horze . http blog.horze.com 2012 01 10 horze teams up with the norwegian riding association http www.horze.eu about about teamhorze default pg.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title horze & oldid 681263341 categories finnish brandsretail companies of finlandhidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages dansknorsk bokm lsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 16 september 2015 at 05 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view