Germany won the Lambertz Nations' Cup in dressage for the 26th time at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2008 (June 27th - July 6th) with a team score of 220.959 percent. Followed by the Netherlands (207.708 percent) and Denmark (205.833). Sweden finished fourth.
Isabell Werth rode to victory for the second time in the MEGGLE-Prize with her World Championship horse, Satchmo. "I was slightly apprehensive beforehand, because Satchmo had got himself keyed up for the hot weather and doesn't really like the rain. But fortunately it stayed dry and he performed brilliantly," the rider from Rheinberg said joyfully. She headed the field with a score of 76.917 percent. The 28-year-old Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen scored 73.215 percent with her Jazz descendent, Parzival, and surprised everyone by taking second place. Cornelissen was only two years old when she made her first attempts at riding on the Shetland ponies that grazed on the fields at her parent's home. Adelinde also claimed her first title on a pony, namely on the Welsh pony Ayesha. The English teacher worked at a riding establishment in Canada for a year and was subsequently given the chance to ride Parzival. "At the beginning I wasn't always in control, but we have grown together well and have already had some great moments," the Dutch rider recounted.
Third place went to Heike Kemmer with a score of 72.259. "Bonaparte was perfect, very attentive and completely concentrated. I was more than satisfied and will do my very best to be able to travel to Hong Kong," explained the Berlin-born rider, who is now resident in Winsen. Thus, Kemmer was the second best placed German ahead of Nadine Capellmann, who came fourth with a score of 71.79 percent. "Unfortunately, we made a few small blunders, for example in the pirouette and in the flying changes รก tempi, where Elvis didn't have enough forward motion. Yet, overall I was satisfied with our performance," the 42-year-old reported. Matthias Alexander Rath, the last rider in the German team, was awarded 66.75 percent and finished 18th with his horse Sterntaler.
Opening hours of the CHIO Aachen 2008 ticket sales:
Thursday, 03.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, 04.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, 05.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, 06.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
