From 18-21 July, in addition to the only German leg of the LGCT, Riesenbeck International also hosted the German Under 25 Championships.
The young Renaissance ambassador Hannes Ahlmann (Renaissance M) won the title of German Under 25 vice-champion with Tokyo.
There were also a number of international 2* and 3* competitions, as well as the LGCT 5*, which saw many placings of Prestige Italia riders.
In the Ludgers Welcome Class CSI5* – Int. jumping competition 1.45 m, Hans-Dieter Dreher, riding Vestmalle des Cotis (X-Perience), took second place, and Marco Kutscher on Karajan (X-Meredith) eighth. On the same day, Leonie Böckmann on Flo Jo 4 (Renaissance F2S) achieved an excellent third place in the Prestige, LVM Youngster Tour 7 & 8 years old – 1st Qualifier CSIYH1* – Int. jumping competition against the clock (1.35/1.40 m).
The Prize of Mrs. Madeleine Winter-Schulze presented by Ludgers – Das Pferdefutter CSI3* – Int. jumping competition against the clock with jump-off (1.45 m) also saw one of our testimonials on the podium: Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann with Cornela (Renaissance F) took the third step.
The German leg of the GCL sees four of our ambassadors on the podium! Victory goes to the Cannes Stars team with our outstanding Sophie Hinners (Rubino MF AS-X) and Katrin Eckermann (Renaissance F2S). On the third step of the podium the German riders we will soon see in Paris, for the Riesenbeck International team, Christian Kukuk (X-Perience) and Philipp Weishaupt (X-Meredith).
On Saturday evening the Prestige Grand Prix of Surenburg, CSI3*, was won by our US ambassador Lucy Davis (Rubino MF AS-X) with Ben, followed by an almost as fast Rene Dittmer (X-Perience) with Corsica X.
On Sunday morning, in the CSI2* GP, entitled Prestige, victory went to Lucas Porter, but on the podium, in third place, we saw our ambassador Christian Hess (X-Meredith) on Claron CR.
A round of applause goes to Sophie Hinners (Rubino MF AS-X) who takes home fourth place in the LGCT Grand Prix riding Iron Dames Singclair while, in the same competition, Katrin Eckermann with Iron Dames Cala Mandia Nrw takes sixth place, Mark McAuley (Renaissance F2S) with Grs Lady Amaro eighth and finally Philipp Weishaupt and Coby tenth place!
An event full of successes, and we have only mentioned a few of the top placings from the most important races!