The Big German June Continues: Your First Look at CHIO Aachen Eventing Entries

We’ve finally gotten a look at the 43 horse and rider combinations representing 10 nations in next week’s CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S – plus, the six horses and riders who’ll be taking part in the Jump & Drive relay class under lights, one of our favourite fast-paced novelty classes in the game, which pits six teams made up of a showjumper, an event rider, and a combined driver apiece, against one another in a bid for glory in front of a packed stadium.

But first, let’s have a look at the entries in the eventing proper, which takes the form of a team competition, but isn’t part of the FEI Nations Cup calendar — so success this week won’t count towards points tallied in that series, and as such, won’t help any nations gain Olympic qualification. (Not that any of these guys will need it: the full teams here are all already qualified for Paris.) We’ll see teams fielded by the USA, Switzerland, New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Australia and France, while Sweden and Belgium will also appear with individual competitors in Frida Andersen and Box Leo, and Lara de Liedekerke-Meier and Ducati d’Arville and Jarno Verwimp and Mahalia, respectively.

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Article written by: Tilly Berendt