With only a week to go, it is looking forward to the many riders and horses that will take to Aachen's legendary grass arena at the Aacheren Soers Showgrounds in Germany.
A packed entry list includes 18 countries, 62 athletes and 205 horses. Highlight for the nations is the CSIO5* Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup on Thursday night where Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Mexico and the USA will try and take home the €1,000,000.00 reward on top of the famous cup.
History repeats with the second Major of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping season planned on Sunday.
For the guest country, Olympic 2024 team member Christian Kukuk will saddle four of his best horses to battle alongside his compatriots Hans-Dieter Dreher, Andre Thieme, Jana Wargers and Marcus Ehning in the Nations Cup on home turf.
Stellar athletes and horses join the excitement with names such as the world number one, Henrik von Eckermann (SWE), current European Champion Steve Guerdat (SUI), Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), Martin Fuchs (SUI), Olympic Gold medallist Ben Maher (GBR), Scott Brash (GBR) and many, many others.
F. ©: Andreas Steindl - CHIO Aachen