Five companies have been awarded the prestigious Spoga Horse Top Innovations award at the massive trade show which took place Feb. 3-5 in Cologne. This year, a top-class international jury of experts examined nearly 60 entries, narrowed them down to 32 nominees and the products were on display in the Boulevard of Innovations throughout the show.
Kevin Maxie, co-founder of Struck Apparel alongside wife Ashley Maxie, accepting the award at Spoga. (Koelnmesse GmbH, Maxi Uellendahl photo)
The winning products were from the following companies: Horseware Ireland, Prestige Italia Spa, Struck Apparel, uvex sports GmbH and WeatherBeeta UK Ltd.
A true revolution in technical show jackets, the Struck Apparel’s Shacket looks like a show jacket, performs like a show jacket, but pulls over like your favourite sports jersey. Struck, a Canadian-owned company, has taken the best in performance textiles and applied them to a new, innovative design that improves the fit, feel and performance of a traditional show jacket.