A close partnership has united Marina and Toni Meggle with the CHIO Aachen for 25 years – based on their joint enthusiasm for the equestrian sport, for dressage in particular. The Meggles were now distinguished with the “Prize of the City of Aachen 2025” for their loyal and exceptional services.

The company Meggle has stood for reliability, innovation and social responsibility for more than 135 years. The Toni-Meggle Foundation continually sets important impulses in the areas of culture, education and health. A special focus lies on the sustainable promotion of top competition sport, especially in the field of dressage. This exceptional commitment has significantly shaped the CHIO Aachen for the past 25 years.

The MEGGLE-Prize has long since become an integral part of the programme in the Dressage Stadium and has produced many first-class winners. “The joint enthusiasm for promoting the equestrian sport is what connects us,” commented Stefanie Peters, President of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV), in her laudatory speech on Friday afternoon. “On behalf of the ALRV, I congratulate you on winning the ‘Prize of the City of Aachen 2025’ and look forward to a continued, trusting cooperation.”

Since 1995, the City of Aachen has been conferring a special distinction to personalities or organisations that have provided outstanding services to the CHIO Aachen. This year the prize took on a different form: The artist from Aachen, Odine Lang, created a special sculpture in brass, the reduced shape of which is based on the basic form of a horse’s head. With a limestone base that originates from the North of Aachen, the sculpture symbolises the uniting power of the equestrian sport – and pays tribute to all of the horse-loving people, who travel to Aachen for the CHIO from all over the globe.