History is written in Aachen and heroes are made! Just like this evening during the Mercedes-Benz Nation’s Cup at the CHIO Aachen 2017, when Germany succeeded in claiming the victory in this traditional competition for the second time in succession.

The 19-year-old Lars Volmer sped to victory in the final qualifier for Germany’s U25 Jumping Trophy of the German Top Equestrian Sport Foundation, Prize of the Müter Family with his Oldenburg-bred mare, Maja. The pair reached the finish line around five seconds faster than his fellow competitors.

How does the saying go? A good horse only jumps as high as it has to? Philipp Weishaupt can confirm that. His horse, Call me Eva, does precisely that. She carried the Rolex Grand Prix winner of 2016 to a further triumph at the Soers today in the Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup.

Round one in the Lambertz Dressage Nations’ Cup, the Grand Prix in the battle for the Prize of the Tesch Family, was a clear matter. It was impossible to beat Werth & co.

Anyone, who wants to win the Prize of the Richard Talbot family, in other words the individual classification of the Nations‘ Cup of the Four-in-Hand Drivers, has to first beat Boyd Exell. And the nation that wants to win the team classification, has to beat the Dutch. Both tasks are proving to be extremely difficult this year. Especially, since the German drivers only got off to a mediocre start in the dressage, the Prize of the Martello Immobilienmanagement GmbH & Co. KG.

The course in the STAWAG Prize was certainly tricky, admitted the US rider, Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden. Whereby she excelled in mastering the challenges at hand.