Joy and pride were written all over his face. He was after all only the fourth rider to win the two most important classes in Stuttgart in the same year – the Grand Prix and the MERCEDES GERMAN MASTER. John Whitaker (GBR) achieved the feat in 1998, his brother Michael Whitaker in 2001 and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (Germany) in 2008. And now Christian Ahlmann in 2015. Riding Codex One in front of 6,500 ecstatic spectators in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle on Sunday afternoon, the 2003 European champion secured the Grand Prix of Stuttgart presented by MERCEDES-BENZ, WALTER solar and BW-BANK, the climax of the 31st International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS Horse Show. The 40-year old won not only the qualifying class for the Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping 2015/2016 but also a polar-white Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 Off-Roader worth 68,000 euro. He also received 20 points for the Western European League World Cup rankings in which he, after five from eleven stops, is currently placed third with a total of 37 points.