This week Rotterdam is the playground for the top of the world. Next week it's time for the annual highlight, the CHIO in Aachen. On the green arena Belgium, France, Great-Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and USA will compete in the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup on Thursday.
Highlight will be the Rolex Grand Prix offering 1.500.000 Euro in earnings on Sunday. The top of the world will be present. McLain Ward, who won the Rolex Grand Slam in Genèva and Den Bosch is the live contender. If he wins the Grand Prix in Aachen he will take 1.000.000 Euro bonus on top of the prize money. In history only Scott Brash has managed to win three Majors in a row.
Other big names at the start in Aachen will be, Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), Gregory Wathelet (BEL), Steve Guerdat (SUI), Martin Fuchs (SUI), Scott Brash (GBR), Daniel Deusser (GER), Marcus Ehning (GER), etc.