The speed and handiness competition over ditches and banks is one of the classics at the CHIO Aachen. Richard Vogel announced just after the victory in the Prize of Handwerk with Phenyo van het Keyserbos, that the Feinkost Käfer-Prize is the right competition for his horse. He was right.

The Irish rider Cian O’Connor had saddled Fox Chapel – which sounded like a promising combination for the Feinkost Käfer-Prize, the speed and handiness competition over ditches and banks and the pair actually did originally take the lead. However, the last pair to go, Richard Vogel and Phenyo van het Keyserbos, sped round the course and steamed past the entire field. They knocked nearly three seconds off O’Connor and his Selle Français mare’s time, which is almost an eternity when riding against the clock. Vogel had already raved about the “basic speed” of his nine-year-old gelding after the Prize of Handwerk. This also paid off today. Cian O’Connor had to make do with second place. Philip Rüping with For Dilando PS finished third in a time of 64.29 seconds.