Jumping
Show jumping has a long tradition at the Aachen Soers. The international show jumping elite has already been meeting up here for many years striving to ride to victory in the coveted competitions of the CHIO Aachen. Around 40,000 spectators can experience national and international jumping competitions in the unique atmosphere of the Main Stadium – the programme includes something for everyone.
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Warm-Up presented by STAWAG
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STAWAG Opening Jumping Competition
- S1
- Jumping competition according to penalties and time
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,45m
- Length of competition approx. 2 hours
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German U25 Trophy of the Stiftung Deutscher Pferdesport and Holger Hetzel, Prize of Holger Hetzel
- SN19
- Part of National U25 Trophy
- 1st rating Competition
- For riders under 25 years
- Jumping Competition according to penalties and time
- Length of competition approx. 1 hour
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Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup
- S2
- Jumping competition for young horses
- Part of the Youngsters-Tour, every team is allowed to bring 3 extra horses and every individual rider is allowed to bring one extra horse
- 1st qualifier for Sparkassen-Youngster-Cup - FINAL
- Age of the horses: 7 and 8 year-olds
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,40 m (7 years old), up to 1,45m (8 years old)
- Special Two-Phase Competition – all athletes go on to phase 2
- Penalties of both phases and time in Phase 2 count for the result
- Length of competitions approx. 2 hours
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Prize of Handwerk
- S3
- Jumping competition according to penalties and time
- Part of the Speed-Tour, every team and individual rider is allowed to bring one extra horse
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,45m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
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German U25 Trophy of the Stiftung Deutscher Pferdesport and Holger Hetzel, Prize of Holger Hetzel - Final
- SN20
- German U25 Trophy - Final
- For riders under 25 years
- Jumping competition with faults/time and jump-off
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first round are qualified for the jump-off
- The rider with the lowest penalty points and the fastest time wins
- Duration of competition approx. 1.5 hours
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Prize of StädteRegion Aachen in memory of Landrat Hermann-Josef Pütz
- S4
- Jumping competition in two phases
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first phase are qualified for the second phase
- The second phase starts directly after the first phase
- If a rider has penalties in the first phase, his round end after the first phase
- The penalties and time from the second phase count for the final result
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,50 m
- Length of competition approx. 2 hours
- Special trophy for the best placed German rider presented by the Gemeinschaft der Starter-, Ziel- und Hindernisrichter "Der Pferdeschwanz" (The Horse Tails)
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Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe
- S5
- Jumping competition with one round and jump-off
- Competition in the evening under floodlight
- All participants who have completed the first round without any faults qualify for the jump-off
- The participant with the lowest number of faults and the fastest time in the jump-off is the winner
- Qualifier for Rolex Grand Prix
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,55m
- Length of competition approx. 3 hours
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Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup
- S6
- Jumping competition for young horses according to penalties and time
- Part of the Youngsters-Tour, every team is allowed to bring 3 extra horses and every individual rider is allowed to bring one extra horse
- 2nd Qualifier for the Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup-Final
- Age of the horses: 7 and 8 year-olds
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,40 m (7 years old), up to 1,45m (8 years old)
- Length of competitions approx. 2 hours
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STAWAG-Prize
- S7
- Jumping competition according to penalties and time
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,50m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
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Mercedes-Benz Nations' Cup
- S8
- Team jumping competition with two identical rounds
- A team constists of four riders
- 10 teams in the first round, only 8 eight teams qualify for the second round
- The best three results per team are counting
- The team with the lowest penalty points after both round wins
- One jump-off in case of equality of penalties for the first place, with one athlete per team
- Height of obstacles: up to 1.60m
- The competition takes place under floodlight
- Length of competition approx. 3,5 hours
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NetAachen-Prize
- S9
- Jumping Competition for Young Riders (CSI1*)
- 20 riders with two horses each
- Jumping competition according to penalties and time
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,40m
- Duration of competition: appr. 1,5 hours
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VBR-Prize
- S10
- Jumping competition in two phases
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first phase are qualified for the second phase
- The second phase starts directly after the first phase
- If a rider has penalties in the first phase, his round ends after the first phase
- The penalties and time from the second phase count for the final result
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,50 m
- Length of competition approx. 2 hours
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RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
- S11
- Jumping competition with jump-off
- All athletes with a clear round qualify for the jump-off
- Qualifier for the Rolex Grand Prix for riders who did not start in the Mercedes-Benz Nations’ Cup
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,55m
- Length of competition approx. 2,5 hours
- „Prize of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia" for the winning rider donated by the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mr. Hendrik Wüst, this year presented by the Minister for Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mrs. Dorothee Feller
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Feinkost Käfer-Prize
- S12
- Hunting competition over ditches and banks
- Part of the Speed-Tour, every team and individual rider is allowed to bring one extra horse
- Jumping faults are converted into penalties
- The rider with the fastest time wins
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,45 m
- Length of competitions approx. 1 hour
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SAP-Cup
- C1b
- Jumping competition in the discipline eventing
- Jumping Test
- Main Stadium
- Approx. 11-12 obstacles
- Height of obstacles up to 1,25m
- Competition according to penalties and time
- The penalties from dressage and jumping are added and are decisive for the starting order in the cross-country test. The 20 best riders will start last. For the others the starting order remains the same as in dressage and jumping.
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Allianz-Prize
- S13
- Jumping competition with one round and winning round
- 32 athletes are qualified for this competition: Best 8 from comp. S4 (Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe), best 4 from comp. S5 (Prize of StädteRegion), best 4 from S7 (STAWAG-Prize), best 8 from comp. S10 (Prize of North-Rhine-Westphalia), best 8 from the first round of comp. S8 (Nations' Cup)
- The ten best athletes from the 1st round will qualify for the winning round (in any case all clear rounds).
- In the winning round all athletes start with 0 penalties. Athletes in the winning round are placed according to penalties and time of the winning round. Possible further placements will be done acc. to penalties and time in the 1st round.
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,55m
- Length of competition approx.1,5 hours
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Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup - FINAL
- S14
- Jumping competition with one round and jump-off
- Qualified are the 30 best riders from qualifying compt. S2 and S6
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first round are qualified for the jump-off
- Age of horses: 7 and 8 years
- Obstacle height up to 1.45 m (7 years old), up to 1.50 m (8 years old)
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,45 m (7 years old), up to 1,50m (8 years old)
- Length of competitions approx. 1,5 hours
- Special prize (a foal) for the winner of the overall ranking presented by the Sparkasse Aachen
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MERKUR CASINO-Cup
- S15
- Combined jumping, eventing and driving competition
- A team of one jumping riders, one eventing rider and one four-in-hand driver enters the arena together
- The eventing athlete starts first and jumps a course of approx. 12 XC type obstacles (2-3 knockable obstacles). When he/she crosses the finish line the jumping athlete of the team starts and jumps a course of 8 obstacles
- In the meantime the eventing rider dismounts his/her horse and the horse is brought outside of the arena by the groom. The eventing rider walks on foot to the finish line of the jumping course.
- As soon as the jumping rider has crossed the finish line the eventing athlete runs to the drivers’ waiting area and mounts the carriage.
- The carriage driver must then drive an obstacle course with cones and Marathon-type obstacles.
- The time is taken from the moment the first athlete crosses the starting line until the driver passes the finishing line
- Penalty seconds occurred by the eventing athlete are added to the total time of the team before the jumping rider starts.
- The team with the fastest time wins (conversion of penalties into seconds – 2 seconds for a knock-down / 6 seconds for a disobedience)
- Length of competition approx. 1 hour
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NetAachen-Prize
- S16
- Jumping Competition for Young Riders
- Final
- Jumping Competition with jump-off
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first round are qualified for the jump-off
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
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Mystic Rose Prize
- S17
- Jumping competition according to penalties and time
- Height of obstacles: up to 1,45m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
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Rolex Grand Prix
- S18
- The Grand Prix of Aachen
- Jumping competition over two rounds and jump-off
- 40 athletes
- The 18 best riders of the first round are qualified for the second round
- In case of equality of points after both rounds a jump-off will decide
- Height ob obstacles: 1,60m
- Length of competition approx. 3 3/4 hours
- Part of the Rolex Grand Slam
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Rolex Grand Prix
- S18
- The Grand Prix of Aachen
- Jumping competition over two rounds and jump-off
- 40 athletes
- The 18 best riders of the first round are qualified for the second round
- In case of equality of points after both rounds a jump-off will decide
- Height ob obstacles: 1,60m
- Length of competition approx. 3 3/4 hours
- Part of the Rolex Grand Slam
- "Challenge Trophy of the City of Aachen" for the winning rider presented by the City of Aachen
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Prize of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Style Trophy for the rider with the best style of the entire show donated by Federal Chancellor Mr. Olaf Scholz, this year presented by the Federal Minister of Digital and Transport, Mr. Volker Wissing
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Prize of the Federal Minister of the Interior and Community
Special trophy for the best placed jumping rider of the entire show donated by the Federal Minister of the Interior and Community, Mrs. Nancy Faeser, this year presented by the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community, Mr. Mahmut Özdemir
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Halla Challenge Trophy
- Donated by equestrian legend Hans Günter Winkler, presented by Jytte Winkler
- Inscription: The Halla Trophy
- This challenge trophy has been awarded to the owner of the most successful horse in the classical jumping competitions of the CHIO Aachen since 1996 in memory of his unforgettable mare Halla.
- Miracle mare Halla helped Hans Günter Winkler win gold for the German team at the 1956 Olympic Games in Stockholm despite his injury. It was above all this single-handed performance that made the mare unforgettable.
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Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping
What was once reserved for the classical hero is now conceded to sports: to create a legend or a myth.
Only exceptional achievements and the height of concentration create successes that are never forgotten. Even today, almost 60 years later, the soccer “Miracle of Bern” is remembered – as is Halla, who carried her rider Hans Günther Winkler in 1956 to a Olympic win. Athletes such as Muhammad Ali remain unforgettable, as are Jesse Owens, Pelé, Steffi Graf or Michael “Air” Jordan. The world of championship sports is the World of the Rolex Grand Slam. Four of the most prestigious and famous Equestrian Sport Venues in the world have joined together to combine not only 5 million Euro prize money, but also 1,200 accredited journalists, 900,000 spectators and more than 250 years of Equestrian Sport History. Legends can grow out of these traditions. If one rider wins the final Grand Prix at three of the four tournaments, one after the other, they win the Rolex Grand Slam, and with that an extra one million Euros in prize money. However, a win in the Rolex Grand Slam is far more. It will make the rider legendary.
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Four Majors – Aachen, Spruce Meadows, Geneva & ´s-Hertogenbosch
The system of the Rolex Grand Slam is simple: Anyone, who wins three shows in a row, receives 1 million Euros on top of the prize-money of each show. If that same rider then continues their success by winning a fourth Major in succession, they will be rewarded with an additional 1 million Euro bonus. Whoever wins two shows in a row receives a bonus of 500,000 euros. It is only the rider that counts. It is possible to claim the bonus riding different horses. This system is infinite, it is not limited to a calendar year. It is a never ending story.
2015 the British Show Jumper Scott Brash is the first to win the Rolex Grand Slam. With his Horse Hello Sanctos he won the three Grand Prix in Aachen, Spruce Meadows and Geneva – and makes History.
www.rolexgrandslam.com