2012 CHIO Aachen

The 2012 CHIO Aachen was the 2012 edition of the CHIO Aachen, the German official horse show in five horse sport disciplines (show jumping, dressage, eventing, four-in-hand-driving and vaulting).

Introduction

The 2012 CHIO Aachen is held as CSIO 5* (show jumping), CDIO 5* (dressage), CICO 3* (eventing), CAIO (four-in-hand-driving) and CVIO 3* (vaulting). The event is held between June 29, 2012 and July 8, 2012.

The CHIO Aachen is in show jumping and dressage often called as the most prestigious horse show in Europe. It is also called "Weltfest der Pferdesports" (World Equestrian Festival). The competitions are held at different places at the Soers in Aachen. The show jumping competitions are held in the "Hauptstadion" of the CHIO Aachen, the dressage event are held in the "Deutsche Bank Stadion" and the vaulting competitions are held in the "Albert-Vahle-Halle".

The first horse show were held 1924 in Aachen, together with a horse race. In 1927 the horse show lasted six days. The first show jumping Nations Cup was held here in 1929. Since 2007, influenced by the World Equestrian Games 2006 in Aachen, also eventing and vaulting are disciplines of the CHIO Aachen.[1] In 2012 the eventing Nations Cup is first time part of the new FEI Nations Cup Eventing.[2]

Nations Cup of Germany (vaulting)

The 2012 vaulting Nations Cup of Germany was part of the 2012 CHIO Aachen and was held Sunday, July 1. It was a combined competition of three Freestyle vaulting competitions (single vaulting – Men, single vaulting – Women and team vaulting). Unlike the other disciplines nations could start with more than one team.

Team Vaulter Group Lunger Horse result
1 Germany ISarah KayLasse KristensenFruerholms Cato8.166
Erik OeseKai VorbergSir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle8.572
RSV Neuss GrimlinghausenJessica SchmitzArkansas9.251
25.989
2 AustriaLisa KrakowitzerVeronika GreisbergerPink Floyd8.047
Stefan CsandlJulie NewellSolitaire Legacy8.793
UVT Salzburg / FreisaalNina RossinRobin8.786
25.626
3 Germany IIViktor BrüsewitzSilke GedienRockard H8.140
Regina BurgmayrAlexander HartlLazio8.052
Voltigierverein IngelsbergAlexander HartlAdlon8.997
25.605
4 United States IAlicen DivitaElke Schelp-LensingPino del Rio8.224
Gabe AnielloAgnes ForstForrest Cump8.174
Mt. Eden SunLasse KristensenJarl8.727
25.125

(Top 4 of 8 teams)[3]

Prize of Europe (show jumping)

The "Preis von Europa" (Prize of Europe), a competition held since 1960,[4] was the first main competition in show jumping at the 2012 CHIO Aachen. The sponsor of this competition was the Warsteiner Brewery. It was held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 2:15 pm. The competition was a show jumping competition with one round and one jump-off, the height of the fences were up to 1.55 meters. The Prize of Europe was endowed with 60,300 .

As in much competitions in this year (for example the Grand Prixs of La Baule and Hamburg), the name of the winner of this competition is Nick Skelton. He, riding the 9-year-old stallion Big Star, was the fastest faultless rider in a jump-off with 12 riders.

Rider Horse Round 1 jump-off prize
money
PenaltiesPenaltiesTime
(s)
1United Kingdom Nick SkeltonBig Star0049.7715,000 €
2Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z0050.4812,000 €
3Switzerland Janika SprungerPalloubet d'Halong0051.299,000 €
4Germany Marc BettingerOh d´Eole0052.036,000 €
5Ukraine Katharina OffelVivant0453.654,200 €

(Top 5 of 55 Competitors)[5]

Grand Prix de Dressage / Nations Cup of Germany (dressage)

The 2012 dressage Nations Cup of Germany was part of the 2012 CHIO Aachen. Each team consist of three or four team riders, three results of each team count for the Nations Cup ranking. Because the Olympic Games in London, which start only three weeks after the CHIO Aachen, much nations did not start with their top teams. The German team with all four riders that are likely to start in London, win the competition.

The sponsor of the Grand Prix de Dressage was Tesch Inkasso, the dressage Nations Cup ranking was sponsored by the Lambertz-Group.

Team result

Team Rider Horse Score
1 GermanyDorothee SchneiderDiva Royal74.277 %
Anabel BalkenholDablino FRH75.426 %
Kristina SpreheDesperados79.702 %
Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW78.426 %
233.554 %
2 DenmarkSidsel JohansenSchianto69.596 %
Anne van OlstClearwater72.638 %
Anna KasprzakDonnperignon73.426 %
Nathalie of Sayn-WittgensteinDigby74.936 %
221.000 %
3 NetherlandsStephanie PetersUnlimited69.064 %
Marlies van BaalenMiciano69.660 %
Imke Schellekens-BartelsToots71.596 %
Patrick van der MeerUzzo72.936 %
214.192 %
5 SwedenMichelle HagmanTSF Rudi´s Memory67.021 %
Sofie LexnerCharming Boy70.340 %
Maria von EssenFerdi70.106 %
Patrik KittelToy Story71.128 %
211.574 %
7 SpainCarmen NaesgaardCiowa64.255 %
Ignacio RamblaFogonero IX65.745 %
Jose Daniel Martin DockxGrandioso70.468 %
Beatriz Ferrer-SalatDelgado72.638 %
208.851 %
8 AustraliaRozzie RyanBullwinkle66.000 %
Hayley BeresfordBelissimo NRW69.426 %
Kristy OatleyClive68.383 %
Lyndal OatleySandro Boy68.936 %
206.745 %
2 Great BritainNikki CrispPasoa69.574 %
Hannah BiggsWeltzin67.149 %
Emma HindleDiamond Hit69.851 %
206.574 %

(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)[6]

Individual result

Rider Horse Score prize
money ()
1Germany Kristina SpreheDesperados79.702 %7,800 €
2Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW78.426 %5,500 €
3Austria Victoria Max-TheurerAugustin OLD77.894 %3,600 €
4Germany Anabel BalkenholDablino FRH75.426 %2,200 €
5Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-WittgensteinDigby74.936 %1,400 €

(top 5 of 36 competitors)[7]

FEI Nations Cup of Germany (show jumping)

The 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Germany in show jumping was part of the 2012 CHIO Aachen. It was the fifth competition of the 2012 FEI Nations Cup.

The 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Germany was held on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 7:30 pm (second round under floodlight). The competing teams are: Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Ireland.

The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The Nations Cup was endowed with 250,000 . Mercedes-Benz is the sponsor of this competition.

Team Rider Horse Round A Round B Total penalties Jump-off Prize
money
scoring
points
PenaltiesPenaltiesPenaltiesTime
(s)
1 FranceEugénie AngotOld Chap Tame05
Roger-Yves BostNippon d´Elle15
Pénélope LeprevostMylord Carthago00
Olivier GuillonLord de Theize44
191072,000 €10
2 GermanyMarcus EhningPlot Blue00
Christian AhlmannCodex One00
Janne Friederike MeyerLambrasco48
Marco KutscherCornet Obolensky1616
481244,000 €7
3 IrelandDenis LynchLantinus48
Dermott LennonLou-Lou416
Billy TwomeyJe T´Aime Flamenco120
Cian O'ConnorBlue Loyd40
1282034,000 €6
4  SwitzerlandWerner MuffKiamon812
Paul EstermannCastlefield Eclipse00
Steve GuerdatCarpalo58
Pius SchwizerCarlina80
1382125,000 €5
5 Great BritainNick SkeltonCarlo45
Guy WilliamsTitus II1716
Scott BrashIntertoy Z124
Michael WhitakerAmai15
17143118,000 €4
6 NetherlandsLeon ThijssenTyson012
Marc HoutzagerTamino44
Harrie SmoldersWalnut de Muze48
Maikel van der VleutenVerdi4did not start
8243212,000 €3
7 SwedenRolf-Göran BengtssonCasall44
Peder FredricsonArctic Aurora Borealiseliminateddid not start
Lisen Bratt FredricsonMatrix416
Henrik von EckermannAllerdings44
1224369,000 €2
8 BelgiumDirk DemeersmanBufero van het Panishof88
Olivier PhilippaertsCabrio van de Heffinck09
Niels BruynseelsConisha van de Helle812
Ludo PhilippaertsChallenge van de Begijnakker78
1525406,000 €1

(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)[8]

Grand Prix Spécial (dressage)

The Grand Prix Spécial was one of the most important dressage competitions at the 2012 CHIO Aachen. A Grand Prix Spécial is the competition with the highest definite level of dressage competitions.

It was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 8:30 am. The Meggle AG was the sponsor of this competition.

Rider Horse Score prize
money ()
1Germany Kristina SpreheDesperados81.000 %11,000 €
2Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW80.622 %7,000 €
3Austria Victoria Max-TheurerAugustin OLD77.600 %5,000 €
4Germany Dorothee SchneiderDiva Royal77.378 %3,000 €
5Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-WittgensteinDigby76.622 %2,200 €

(top 5 of 30 competitors)[9]

CICO 3* (eventing)

The CICO 3* is the official eventing competition of Germany. It was held as two-day-event. For the first time it was part of the new FEI Nation Cup eventing, it is the fourth competition of this series in 2012.

The first part of this competition, the dressage phase, was held on Friday, July 6, 2012, at 8:30 am. The second phase, the show jumping phase, was held on the same day at 5:30 pm. The final phase, the cross country phase, was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 9:00 am.

The sponsor of this competition is DHL.

After dressage and show jumping the host team was in the lead, leader in the individual ranking was Laura Collett with her 13-year-old gelding Rayef. In the cross country phase Abraxxas, the horse of German team rider Ingrid Klimke had a run-out (20 penalties). The second place team (Great Britain) also had to accept some faults, British team rider Emily Baldwin had 11,60 time penalties. So the German team win third time in this FEI Nation Cup eventing season.

Team result CICO 3*
Rank Team Rider and horses Penalties Scoring
points
Dressage Show jumping Cross country Total[10]
1  Germany
Sandra Auffarth
Opgun Louvo
Dirk Schrade
King Artus
Michael Jung
Leopin FST
Ingrid Klimke
FRH Butts Abraxxas

34.60

43.20

39.60

35.80

3.00

4.00

8.00

4.00

4.00

0.00

0.00

22.00
136.40
41.60

47.20

47.60

(61.80)
11
2  Great Britain
Laura Collett
Rayef
William Fox-Pitt
Neuf des Coeurs
Francis Whittington
Sir Percival III
Emily Baldwin
Drivetime

30.20

42.60

49.80

49.80

6.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.40

0.00

0.00

11.60
141.00
40.60

46.60

53.80

(61.40)
9
3  Sweden
Ludvig Svennerstål
Shamwari
Niklas Jonsson
First Lady
Hannes Melin
Gaston

40.00

46.80

47.60

12.00

14.00

12.00

0.40

0.00

4.00
176.80
52.40

60.80

63.60
8
4  New Zealand
Andrew Nicholson
Nereo
Lucy Jackson
Kilcoltrim Ambassador
Jonathan Paget
Bullet Proof

43.60

57.60

50.40

56.20

0.00

4.00

2.00

20.00

0.00

8.40

51.60

eliminated
217.60
43.60

70.00

104.00

(1000.00)
7
More rankings:
 France: 5th place
 Netherlands: 6th place
 Australia: eliminated

6
5
0

After the CICO Aachen Germany are in the lead in the FEI Nation Cup Eventing with 41 scoring points. Second is the Dutch team with 21 points, third the British and the French team (both 20 points).

Individual result CICO 3*
Rank Rider Horse Team rider Penalties
Dressage Show jumping Cross country Total[11]
1 Australia Christopher BurtonUnderdiscussionno37.801.000.0038.80
2 Germany Michael JungSam FBWno38.001.001.6040.60
3 United Kingdom Laura CollettRayefyes30.206.004.00[Note 1] 40.60
4 Germany Sandra AuffarthOpgun Louvoyes34.603.004.0041.60
5 New Zealand Andrew NicholsonNereoyes43.600.000.0043.60

Notes:

  1. Third rank because of a worse cross country result than Michael Jung.

Combined individual classification (four-in-hand-driving)

The combined individual classification was held separated from the team competition. Only the marathon phase was held together with the team competition.

The first part of this competition, the driven dressage, was held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm. The second competition, the obstacle cone driving, was held on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 9:15 pm. The final phase, the marathon, was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 2:00 pm.

Driver driven dressage
score
marathon
score
obstacle cone driving
score
Total
score
prize
money
()
1Australia Boyd Exell44.9391.073.49139,495,000 €
2Netherlands Koos de Ronde51.46100.130.00151.593,000 €
3Germany Christoph Sandmann45.18105.710.75151.642,250 €
4Netherlands Theo Timmerman44.80101.586.14152.521,500 €
5Germany Georg von Stein52.9999.930.00152.92750 €
6Switzerland Werner Ulrich55.30101.083.00159.38500 €
7Hungary Jozsef Dobrovitz52.86111.340.56164.76280 €
8Germany Michael Brauchle66.1898.283.00167.47220 €
9Sweden Fredrik Persson54.14109.446.00169.58150 €
10United States Chester Weber33.54134.053.00170.59150 €

(top 10 of 24 competitors)[12]

Best of Champions

The "Best of Champions" was a show jumping competition with two rounds. The height of the fences was up to 1.50 meters. It was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 8:30 pm.

Since 2011 the best six women and the best six men in the FEI World Ranking have the permission to start in this competition. Also the best placed German men and women in the World Ranking can start in this competition. The first round of this competition was a qualifying round, the best six rider of this round can start in the second round. The winner was the rider with the lowest number of penalties and the fastest time in the second round.

Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 prize
money
PenaltiesPenaltiesTime
(s)
1Germany Marcus EhningNoltes Küchengirl4047.5011,000 €
2Switzerland Pius SchwizerVerdi III0047.907,000 €
3Germany Marco KutscherSatisfaction FRH0049.435,500 €
4United States Laura KrautBelmont1449.944,000 €
5Sweden Rolf-Göran BengtssonNinja0457.603,000 €

(Top 5 of 12 Competitors)[13]

Grand Prix Freestyle (dressage)

The Grand Prix Freestyle (or Grand Prix Kür), also called the "Großer Dressurpreis von Aachen" (Grand dressage price of Aachen) will be the final competition of the CDIO 5* at the 2012 CHIO Aachen.

A Grand Prix Freestyle is a Freestyle dressage competition. The level of this competition is at least the level of a Grand Prix de Dressage, but it can be higher than the level of a Grand Prix Spécial.

The Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDIO 5* (2012 CHIO Aachen) will be held on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 10:00 am. The Deutsche Bank is the sponsor of this competition.

Rider Horse Score prize
money ()
1Germany Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW85.150 %43,000 €
2Germany Kristina SpreheDesperados84.700 %26,000 €
3Germany Dorothee SchneiderDiva Royal81.100 %20,000 €
4Austria Victoria Max-TheurerAugustin OLD80.975 %13,000 €
5Denmark Nathalie of Sayn-WittgensteinDigby79.750 %7,000 €

(top 5 of 15 competitors)[14]

Nations Cup of Germany (four-in-hand-driving)

The four-in-hand-driving Nations Cup was the official four-in-hand-driving competition of Germany.

The first part of this competition, the driven dressage, was held on Thursday, May 5, 2012 at 10:00 am. The second competition, the marathon, was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 2:20 pm. The final phase, the obstacle cone driving, was held on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 10:00 am. Sixth time in a row the Dutch team win this competition.

Team Driver driven dressage
score
marathon
score
obstacle cone driving
score
Total
score
prize
money
()
1 NetherlandsIJsbrand Chardon36.99131.933.00
Koos de Ronde53.12100.135.99
Theo Timmerman43.39101.581.44
286.535,600 €
2 GermanyMichael Brauchle56.1998.2810.15
Christoph Sandmann42.75105.710.00
Georg von Stein53.6399.9312.00
304.743,500 €
3 SwedenTomas Eriksson54.40105.047.04
Axel Olin62.98150.986.47
Fredrik Persson49.66109.440.00
325.012,500 €
4  SwitzerlandToni Stofer66.94143.1122.94
Werner Ulrich55.68101.086.82
Daniel Würgler60.16122.359.03
355.122,000 €
4 HungaryJozsef Dobrovitz53.50111.3411.35
Jozsef Dobrovitz junior57.86eliminated6.00
Zoltán Lazar55.68112.9015.74
360.511,800 €
6 BelgiumFelix Marie Brasseur60.80124.137.56
Glenn Geerts68.61113.2014.39
Gert Schrijvers60.16116.4323.59
372.541,600 €
ELI AustraliaBoyd Exell33.5491.076.00
Gavin Robson56.45230.77eliminated
eliminated

(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)[15]

Großer Preis von Aachen (show jumping)

The "Großer Preis von Aachen", the show jumping Grand Prix of Aachen, was the mayor show jumping competition of the 2012 CHIO Aachen. It was held on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm. The competition was a show jumping competition with two round and one jump-off, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The first round of this competition was a qualifying round, the best 18 rider of this round was qualified for the second round. The winner was the rider with the lowest number of penalties and the fastest time in the jump-off.

The main sponsor of the "Großer Preis von Aachen" is Rolex. The Grand Prix was endowed with 350,000 €.

Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 Jump-off prize
money
PenaltiesTime
(s)
PenaltiesTime
(s)
1United Kingdom Michael WhitakerAmai00049.73110,000 €
2Germany Thomas VoßCarinjo00054.3775,000 €
3Germany Meredith Michaels-BeerbaumBella Donna00456.9650,000 €
4Germany Hans-Dieter DreherEmbassy II4473.6128,000 €
5Germany Christian AhlmannTaloubet Z4474.6819,000 €

(Top 5 of 40 Competitors)[16]

Sport farewell

At the first CHIO weekend, Kai Vorberg, one of the most successful vaulter ever say goodbye. With 30 years he ended his career as an active athlete. Now he will be the lunger for other vaulters. He will also support the German vaulting national coach Ulla Ramge.[17]

Television / Live Video

The German TV stations (WDR, ARD and ZDF) had broadcast more than 16 hours from the 2012 CHIO Aachen, most of them live.[18] Across Europe Eurosport broadcast at two Wednesdays, in total two hour summary programme of the 2012 CHIO Aachen (Show jumping nations cup and show jumping Grand Prix).

Much of the competition are streamed live by the German IPTV-channel ClipMyHorse.

References

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