Zara Phillips heads back to Aachen
World Champions Zara Phillips and Toytown will be in the British team for this year’s new competition at Aachen
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Aachen in Germany truly is a mecca for any equestrian enthusiast. Situated close to the western border with Belgium and the Netherlands, the venue is home to the annual CHIO, which brings together multiple disciplines. The showground has also hosted a number of championships including the 2015 European Dressage and Showjumping Championship and 2006 World Equestrian Games.
The main grass arena is truly vast, making even venues like Hickstead look small in comparison, with a separate surfaced arena for the dressage, that riders describe as ‘like riding in a cauldron’. Nowhere in the world will you find a more passionate or knowledgeable dressage audience. There is even an Aachen app that allows spectators to score the rider’s tests and compare their scores with those of the judges.
Dressage and jumping have inhabited Aachen for decades, with eventing joining the club for the 2006 World Equestrian Games and it’s remained an important part of the venue ever since. Equally, if not more exciting to watch, is the four-in-hand carriage driving, which is highly competitive in Europe.
If you’re considering a visit – you must go at least once – then check out our insider’s guide to Aachen.
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World Equestrian Festival tickets prove popular
Tickets for the World Equestrian Festival at Aachen in Germany are selling fast
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Aachen to host top sport horse auction
This year's World Equestrian Festival in Aachen will include a one-day sport horse auction
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Barbury Castle loses title sponsor
The prestigious new CIC*** horse trials at Barbury Castle has lost the support of elite car company DaimlerChrysler
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Aachen embraces eventing and vaulting
The Aachen organising committee is accommodating the wishes of spectators and riders alike by expanding its disciplines to include eventing and vaulting
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Team eventing off to disappointing start
Erratic marking and unkind weather set the tone for the first day of Britain's team eventing challenge at WEG, as they trail halfway in sixth place
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Germany takes early vaulting lead
The home nation has stormed into the lead of the vaulting competition at the World Equestrian Games today
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Elvis is king in Aachen
Germany's Nadine Cappellmann dominated in Aachen while Sandy Phillips was the only British rider to make it through to the kür
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British success at CDI Aachen
Laura Bechtolsheimer finished second in the Aachen CDI grand prix special
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Britain third in Aachen Super League
Germany makes it two wins out of two in the second round of the Samsung Super League as the British team takes third behind the USA
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Germany takes the Aachen Nations Cup
Nadine Capellmann's exciting new grand prix ride Elvis lead the German charge at Aachen to sweep comfortably into victory well ahead of Denmark in second position
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Brink proves unbeatable in Aachen
Jan Brink usurps dressage queen Anky van Grunsven to become king of Aachen
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Brink ahead of Anky in Aachen
Anky van Grunsven's domination of the sport looks under threat in Aachen as Keltec Salinero continues to fall short of his previous levels of excellence
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Historic Aachen win for the Netherlands
Britain suffers a disastrous Aachen, while the Netherlands make history by becoming the first country to beat Germany on home ground since 1972
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America threatens Germany's Aachen reign
Britain is in sixth place after tests from the first two riders of each team, with America ousting Germany from the top spot
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British dressage team heads to Aachen
Richard Davison's young partner Hiscox Karachi will complete the British team at Aachen this week, despite a disappointing performance at Hickstead
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Historic victory as Anky triumphs in Aachen
A historic day for the dressage world as Anky van Grunsven claims her first Aachen title ahead of Ulla Salzgeber, while Britain's Nicola McGivern finishes in 13th
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Anky's Salinero triumphs over Rusty
Anky van Grunsven pips rival Ulla Salzgeber by just 0.12% to take the grand prix special, with Nicola McGivern the highest placed British rider in 12th place
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British finish seventh in Aachen
A solid performance by the British dressage team saw them take seventh place at the dressage Nations Cup in Aachen
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Germany triumphs again in Aachen
Netherlands put the squeeze on a victorious Germany, with an impressive Danish team taking fourth behind the US, leaving Britain in seventh
