Speaking at the Closing Press Conference before the highlight on Sunday afternoon, the Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping Grand Prix of Stuttgart – presented by MERCEDES-BENZ, WALTER solar and the BW-Bank – the organisers and main sponsors expressed their extreme satisfaction with the way everything had gone. A 55,000 attendance means that the set target has been met. Highly pleasing for Andreas Kroll is that, “Seventy-three per cent of the available tickets were sold and the changes and improvements to the schedule have gone down well with the spectators. We’ve once again enjoyed equestrianism of the highest class.”