Today Gerrit Nieberg impressed and surprised winning the Rolex Grand Prix at CHIO Aachen. “Everything is still unreal – I really didn’t expect this. Dreams definitely came true today – it was an amazing feeling." Nieberg states afterwards.
"I asked one of the other riders if I could do it, the inside turn to the double ... " Nieberg continues. "He said I could, so I just tried to stick to that plan and focus on myself and my horse. I wanted to start normal, continue with the risky turn and then go all in to the end."
Scott Brash replied with a lot of respect for Nieberg: “Gerrit did a fantastic round. I knew that there was an inside turn to the double and looked to it when I went in, but I didn’t fancy it and no one else had done it. He [Gerrit] had to do it to win and he did it very well, so all credit to him, and fair play. He rode very, very well and his horse jumped great today.”