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.
Jumping
Warm-Up presented by STAWAG
Jumping
STAWAG Opening Jumping Competition
- S1
- Jumping competition penalties/time
- The rider with the least number of penalty points and the fastest time wins
- Obstacle height up to 1.45 m
- Length of competition approx. 2 hours
Jumping
German U25 Trophy of the Stiftung Deutscher Pferdesport, Prize of Family Müter- Qualifier
- SN19
- Part of National U25 Trophy - Rating competition
- for riders under 25 years
- penalties/time
- The rider with the least penalties and fastest time wins
- Length of competition approx. 1 hour
Jumping
Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup
- S2
- 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
- 1st Qualifier for the Youngsters-Cup-Final
- Age of the horses: 7 and 8 year-olds
- Obstacle height up to 1.40 m (for 7 years old horses), up to 1.45 m (for 8 years old horses)
- Length of competitions approx. 2 hours
Jumping
Prize of Handwerk
- S3
- Jumping competition penalties/time
- The rider with the least number of penalty points and the fastest time wins
- This competition belongs to the so called Speed-Tour; every team and every rider is allowed to enter an extra horse in this competition
- Obstacle height up to 1.45 m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
Jumping
German U25 Trophy of the Stiftung Deutscher Pferdesport, Prize of Family Müter - Final
- SN20
- Final of National U25 Trophy
- for riders under 25 years of age
- 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
Jumping
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
- Obstacle height up to 1.50 m
- Special trophy for the best placed German rider in the "Prize of StädteRegion Aachen” ) presented by the Gemeinschaft der Starter-, Ziel- und Hindernisrichter "Der Pferdeschwanz" (The Horse Tails).
- Length of competition approx. 2 hours
Jumping
Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe
- S5 - Jumping competition over two rounds
- Competition in the evening under floodlight
- The best 25% of riders of the first round are qualified for the second round
- Qualifier for S16 Rolex Grand Prix
- Obstacle height up to 1.55 m
- Length of competition approx. 3 hours
Jumping
Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup
- S6
- Jumping competition for young horses according to penalties/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
- Obstacle height up to 1.40 m (for 7 years old horses) and up to 1,45 m (for 8 years old horses)
- Length of competitions approx. 2 hours
Jumping
STAWAG-Prize
- S7
- Jumping competition penalties/time
- The rider with the least number of penalty points and the fastest time wins
- Obstacle height up to 1.50 m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
Jumping
Mercedes-Benz Nations´ Cup
- S8
- Jumping competition with two (identical) rounds under floodlight
- A team consits of 4 riders
- The best 8 teams qualifier for the second round
- The best 3 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
- „Prize of the City of Aachen“for a personality who has rendered outstanding services to the CHIO Aachen, presented by the Major of the City of Aachen, Sibylle Keupen to Mr. Christian Graf von Plettenberg.
- Length of competition approx. 3,5 hours
Jumping
NetAachen-Prize
- S17
- 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
Jumping
VBR-Prize
- S9
- 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
Jumping
RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
- S10
- Jumping competition with jump-off
- All riders with 0 penalties in the first round are qualified for the jump-off
- Qaulifier for the Rolex Grand Prix for riders who did not start in the Mercedes-Benz Nations' Cup
- Obstacle height up to 1.55 m
- “Prize of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia”: Special trophy for the winning rider in the "RWE Prize", presented by the Prime Minister of North-Rhine-Westphalia Mr. Hendrik Wüst
- Length of competition approx. 2,5 hours
Jumping
Prize of Soers
- S11
- Hunting competition over ditches and banks
- Part of the Speed-Tour, every team and individual rider is allowed to bring one extra horse
- The special characteristic of this competition is that the natural obstacles like e.g. the “Pulvermann´s Grab” or the lake are included in the course, spectacular through the combination of speed and natural obstacles
- Jumping faults are converted into penalties
- The rider with the fastest time wins
- Obstacle height up to 1.40 m
Jumping
SAP-Cup
- C1c
- Cross-Country test
- Starts at 10.00h
- Cross-country course Soers
- Length of course max. 3.990m
- About 25 obstacles (35 efforts to jump)
- Speed: 570m/Min.
Jumping
Allianz-Prize
- S12
- 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.
- Obstacle height up to 1.55 m
- Length of competition approx.1,5 hours
Jumping
Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup - FINAL
- S13
- 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)
- Special prize (a foal) for the winner of the overall ranking in the Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup, presented by the Sparkasse.
- Length of competitions approx. 1,5 hours
Jumping
CHIO-Cup
- S14
- 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
Jumping
NetAachen-Prize
- S19
- 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
Jumping
Prize of BEMER International AG
- S15
- Jumping competition penalties/time
- Obstacle height up to 1.45 m
- Length of competition approx. 1,5 hours
Jumping
Rolex Grand Prix
- S16
- The Grand Prix of Aachen
- Jumping competition over two rounds and jump-off
- 40 competitors start in the first round, the 18 best riders of the first round qualify for the second round
- In the case of equality of penalties after two rounds a jump-off is decisive, the rider with the least number of penalty points and the fastest time in the jump-off wins
- Part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping
- Obstacle height up to 1.60 m
- „Challenge Trophy of the City of Aachen“ Special trophy for the winning rider in the „Rolex Grand Prix, Grand Prix of Aachen“ presented by the City of Aachen.
- "Prize of the Federal Chancellor" style prize to the rider with the best style in the "Rolex Grand Prix", given by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
- "Prize of the Federal Minister of the Interior and for Home Affairs" Special honorary prize to the best placed show jumper of the tournament, given by the Federal Minister of the Interior and for Home Affairs Mrs. Nancy Faeser.
- "Halla Challenge Trophy” for the owner of the most successful horse in the classical jumping competitions of the event presented by Mrs. Jytte Winkler.
- Length of competition approx. 3 3/4 hours

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Rolex Grand Prix
Part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, The Grand Prix of Aachen
Jumping competition with two rounds & jump-off
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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.
- Mainstadium, Photo: CHIO Aachen/Michael Strauch
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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. Moreover, anyone who wins two out of the four shows, also receives a bonus. If two shows are won in succession, the bonus is 500,000 Euros. If the rider is successful in qualifying for the “Two out of four mode”, but doesn’t claim the victories at two consecutive shows, the bonus total 250,000 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.
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