The 2011 CHIO Aachen was the 2011 edition of the CHIO Aachen, the German official horse show in five horse sport disciplines (show jumping, dressage, eventing, four-in-hand-driving and vaulting).
In 2011 the event was also the FEI selected 2012 Olympic Qualification for Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Oceania in show jumping.
Introduction
The 2011 CHIO Aachen is held as CSIO 5* (show jumping), CDIO 5* (dressage), CICO 3* (eventing), CAIO (four-in-hand-driving) and CVIO 2* (vaulting). It Olympic Qualification is held as CSI 2*. The event is held between July 8, 2011 and July 17, 2011.
The CHIO Aachen is in show jumping and dressage the most prestigious horse show in Europe. It is also called "Weltfest der Pferdesports" (World Equestrian Festival). The competitions are held at different places at the Soers in Aachen. The show jumping competitions are held in the "Hauptstadion" of the CHIO Aachen, the dressage events are held in the "Deutsche Bank Stadion" and the vaulting competitions are held in the "Albert-Vahle-Halle". The first horse show were held 1924 in Aachen, together with a horse race. In 1927 the horse show lasted six days. The first show jumping Nations Cup was held here in 1929. Since 2007, influenced by the World Equestrian Games 2006 in Aachen, also eventing and vaulting are disciplines of the CHIO Aachen. In 2010 the 79th time a horse show is held in the Soers in Aachen.
2012 Olympic Qualification (show jumping) The Olympic Qualification competition was a jumping competition with two rounds. It was held on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm in the driving stadium. Resulting of the result of this competition the best team from Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Oceania is qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Also the NOC of best rider from South East Asia or Oceania is qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The best competitor of this competition get a Wild card for the CSIO 5*-tour of the 2011 CHIO Aachen.
Team results
(Top 6 of 8 Teams)Grey penalties points do not count for the team result.
Individual results
(Top 11 of 37 Competitors)
Nations Cup of Germany (vaulting) The 2011 vaulting Nations Cup of Germany was part of the 2011 CHIO Aachen and was held Sunday, July 10. It was a combined competition of three Freestyle vaulting competitions (single vaulting – Men, single vaulting – Women and team vaulting). Unlike the other disciplines nations could start with more than one team. (Top 4 of 8 teams)
Prize of Europe (show jumping) The "Preis von Europa" (Prize of Europe), a competition held since 1960, was the first main competition in show jumping at the 2011 CHIO Aachen. The sponsor of this competition was the Warsteiner Brewery. It was held on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm. The competition was a show jumping competition with one round and one jump-off, the height of the fences were up to 1.55 meters. The Prize of Europe was endowed with 60,000 €.
On a rainy day seven riders had not faults with her horses in the first round. Winner of the competition is Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum with the 18-year-old darkbay gelding Shutterfly.
(Top 5 of 52 Competitors)
Grand Prix de Dressage / Nations Cup of Germany (dressage) The 2011 dressage Nations Cup of Germany was part of the 2011 CHIO Aachen. Unlike 2010, only the result of the Grand Prix de Dressage has count for the Nations Cup result. Each team consist of three or four team riders, three results of each team count for the Nations Cup ranking.
The sponsor of the Grand Prix de Dressage is Tesch Inkasso, the dressage Nations Cup ranking is sponsored by the Lambertz-Group.
Team result
(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)
Individual result
(top 5 of 37 competitors)
FEI Nations Cup of Germany (show jumping) The 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Germany in show jumping was part of the 2011 CHIO Aachen. It was the fifth competition of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup.
The 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Germany was held on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm (second round under floodlight). The competing teams was: Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France.
The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The Nations Cup was endowed with 220,000 €. Mercedes-Benz is the sponsor of this competition.
(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)