CHIO AACHEN
World Equestrian Festival


June 24th - July 3rd, 2022

The Aachen Dressage Youngstars began yesterday, an international dressage show for aspiring young riders. Also on board: Participants of the current CHIO Aachen CAMPUS Programme of Excellence, who are trained by the Head Coach, Isabell Werth. We spoke with the most successful rider in the world about the difficulties young riders encounter during the transition over to the adult circuit.

Find Christmas presents in the CHIO Aachen Fanshop now!

Everyone is looking forward to the coming summer with eager anticipation: When the unique atmosphere of the CHIO Aachen can be experienced again at last from June 24th-July 3rd. And the ticket sales are getting underway just in time for Christmas.

The organisers of the CHIO Aachen, the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V. (ALRV) are gearing themselves up for the future. When Frank Kemperman (66) steps down from the board at the end of September 2022, he will be succeeded by Philip Erbers.

Laptops instead of obstacles, the sound of keyboards instead of hooves: The indoor school has been turned into a lounge, the creative atmosphere is accompanied by the beats of the DJ David Lulley. The first CHIO Aachen Hackathon “smart CHIO” in the Albert Vahle Arena at the showgrounds brought 60 creative minds from all over Germany together from Thursday to Saturday.

At the CHIO Aachen 2021 he fulfilled his big dream with his Killer Queen, winning the Rolex Grand Prix and thus being immortalized on the legendary winner's board. Daniel Deusser is currently one of the best show jumpers in the world. We all know him as a highly concentrated and always focused athlete. But what makes him tick away from the competition? We visited him at Stephex Stables in Belgium and could hardly believe it.

The most popular photo motif at the CHIO Aachen 2021? Horse and rider, of course. But the selfie spot created by Philip Wallisfurth, an anamorphosis, a room with a 3D colour installation, is definitely next on the list.

A “Walk of Fame” is reserved for the absolute stars. This applies on both the Sunset Boulevard as well as at the Aachen Soers. Whereby here in Aachen, at the CHIO, the wall is reserved exclusively for the horses. The horseshoes of famous horses are embedded into the floor for eternity, instead of hand prints.