At the end of the CHIO, the German champion Marcus Ehning won the Grand Prix of Aachen in show jumping for the third time.
On Sunday (07/02/2023) he prevailed with stallion Stargold in a dramatic jump-off. After 2006 and 2018, it was the third victory in the prestigious show-jumping for 49-year-old Ehning.
Only Ehning and Deußer cleared the jump-off
In the test, which was endowed with 1.5 million euros, the rider from Borken and his horse showed the fastest flawless ride and pushed Daniel Deußer and Killer Queen into second place.
As the third pair of German riders, Philipp Weishaupt (Riesenbeck) and Zineday reached the jump-off, they afforded a knockdown. Ehning and Deußer were the only ones who didn’t make any mistakes, the winner was ultimately 0.61 seconds faster.
Last year’s winner Nieberg only ninth
Last year’s winner Gerrit Nieberg failed in the jump-off. The 28-year-old from Sendenhorst was in the lead after the first lap, but conceded a knockdown with Ben in the second lap and finished ninth.
Even more annoying was the end for McLain Ward. The American would have received record prize money with first place, since as the winner of Geneva and in ‘s’-Hertogenbosch he would have received an additional Grand Slam prize of one million euros. But the 47-year-old quickly conceded eight penalty points with Azur – and gave up.
