Luhmühlen Horse Trials

The Luhmühlen Horse Trials are an annual equestrian eventing competition held in Luhmühlen, Salzhausen, Germany. Riders compete at the highest level: the CCI*****. There are only six events of this kind in the world, the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Burghley Horse Trials, the Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Australian International Three Day Event and the Stars of Pau.

new west side of the show ground (for more images see CCI Luhmühlen)
Winner of the 2011 CCI 4*-event: Andreas Dibowski with Butts Leon
Mary King and Kings Temptress at the fence 27 a (e.on boat "at the quay")

Luhmühlen originally held CCI** and CCI*** events. The CCI**** event was first held in 2005, making it the first event in mainland Europe to hold an eventing competition at that level. Luhmühlen follows the new format, "without steeplechase."

After the 2018 season, the FEI added an introductory level below CCI*, bumping all subsequent levels upward. While there was no change to the difficulty of the competition, the added level forced all former CCI**** competitions to re-classify as CCI*****.

In 1982 Luhmühlen hosted the Eventing World Championship. In August 2019 Luhmühlen was the venue of the European Eventing Championships for the sixth time (1975, 1979, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2019).[1] Before the 2011 event the show ground was completely rebuilt.

Past winners of the CCI*****

Year Rider Horse Notes
2005 Germany Bettina Hoy (GER) Ringwood Cockatoo
2006 Germany Frank Ostholt (GER) Air Jordan
2007 United Kingdom Ruth Edge (GBR) Two Thyme
2008 United Kingdom William Fox-Pitt (GBR) Macchiato
2009 Germany Michael Jung (GER) La Biosthetique-Sam FBW
2010 United Kingdom Sharon Hunt (GBR) Tankers Town
2011 Germany Andreas Dibowski (GER) FRH Butts Leon
2012 Germany Michael Jung (GER) Leopin FST
2013 New Zealand Andrew Nicholson (NZL) Mr Cruise Control
2014 New Zealand Tim Price (NZL) Wesko
2015 Germany Ingrid Klimke (GER) FRH Escada JS
2016 Germany Andreas Dibowski (GER) It's Me XX
2017 Germany Julia Krajewski (GER) Samourai du Thot
2018 New Zealand Jonelle Price (NZL) Faerie Dianimo
2019 New Zealand Tim Price (NZL) Ascona M
2020 cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 United Kingdom Mollie Summerland (GBR) Charly van ter Heiden

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