The British team Olympic champion Ben Maher made a surprise at the Chio in Aachen in Aachen with the victory in the price of North Rhine-Westphalia
Maher and his horse Point Break prevailed against the Greek Ioli Mytilineou and La Perla in the jump -off of the only flawless couples. In the extremely demanding course, Olympic champion Christian Kukuk ended up in third place as the best German with a drop in.
Mytilineou already looked like the winner, but Maher was the last rider of the starter field to go into the jump -off and kept her nerve with a zero round while his competitor failed twice. The Brit received 50,000 euros for first place, Kukuk stuck 30,000 euros. In total, jumping was endowed with 200,000 euros. More prize money is distributed in the case of a single jump in the Soers only in the Grand Prix of Aachen (1.5 million euros).
The new German champion Stephi de Boer experienced a moment of terror. Her horse Querida suddenly slowed down and plunged into an obstacle together with the rider. The jumping was over for the couple, but both survived the situation without major injuries.
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