CHIO Aachen: Saturday’s results ahead of Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping.
Let’s round up Saturday’s results now from the World Equestrian Festival which is taking place in Aachen, Germany ahead of today’s highly anticipated Rolex GP.
Victory in the first competition went to Frenchman Patrice Delaveau with the back to form Lacrimoso 3HDC (Landjunge) in the Prize of Soers over 1.50m. The German pair of Laura Klaphake and stallion Cinsey (Contendro) came in second and Spain’s Eduardo Alvarez Aznar with the selle française Rokfeller de Pleville Bois Margot (L’Arc de Triomphe) came in third. Click here for more: http://ergebnisse.chioaachen.de/en/chio_page_resultslist_S2.html
There was plenty to celebrate for the home fans in the competition reserved to young horses as German rider Christian Ahlmann showed once again his abilities with all types of horses in Aachen to claim the Sparkassen Youngsters Cup with Casuality Z, son to the well-known Chellano Z and an interesting prospect from Zangersheide. The second podium slot went to Bertram Allen with Cheese WZ (Chatman) from Ballywater Farms and third place was taken by Brazil’s Marlon Mòdolo Zanotelli with BWP Icarus (Querlybet Hero). For a full breakdown of the results, please see here: http://ergebnisse.chioaachen.de/en/chio_page_resultslist_S3.html
As for the main event, German fans were left celebrating once more thanks to David Will’s victory in the competition with winning round on his mount Mic Mac du Tillard (Cruising). Irishman Denis Lynch came second with All Star 5 (Argentinus) and Germany’s Denis Nielsen took the final podium slot with Cashmoaker (Calido). See here for more: http://ergebnisse.chioaachen.de/en/chio_page_resultslist_S4.html
The action kept on coming and during the evening one of the most exciting and interesting trials from this event took place in the form of the Jump & Drive which was won by a truly exceptional duo, Bertram Allen and Wild Thing L, and Australia’s Boyd Exell who did not disappoint.
Coming in second in this entertaining trial was an all-German pair of Marcel Marschall with Castigo della Caccia, a horse from a breeding farm in Italy, for the show-jumping side and Michael Brauchle for the driving. In third we find another German rider with Felix Hassmann with Horse Gym’s Balance and the world champion for the driving discipline Holland’s Koos de Ronde. You can see a full list of the results here: http://ergebnisse.chioaachen.de/en/chio_page_resultslist_F1.html
Having rounded up yesterday’s results we can now look ahead to today’s big event, and at 13.15, the best international riders will be competing in the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping. Last year’s winner in this leg of the tour was Christian Ahlmann with Codex One and the pair are out to repeat that feat once again. Frank Rothenberger has designed the course which will test 40 horse and rider combinations and a reminder that a staggering 1 million euros in prize money is up for grabs to the rider that manages to win all 3 of the tour legs.
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