Stuttgart – The Belgian Pieter Devos was very happy with his successful title defence in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle on Sunday afternoon. Riding the same horse as last year – the 14-year old Dutch gelding Apart – in the final class of the 35th International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS Horse Show, he won the Grand Prix of Stuttgart with MERCEDES-BENZ, WALTER solar and BW-BANK in front of a 7,200…

Stuttgart – The 35th International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS once again produced “excellent top class equestrianism with surprises and a fantastic atmosphere in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle,” said Andreas Kroll, CEO of the event organisers, the in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft. As for surprises, there were more than a few in the past days. For instance, Cathal Daniels and Padraig McCarthy…

Stuttgart – On Sunday, the final day of the 35th International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS Horse Show, Germany’s Isabell Werth won the dressage Grand Prix Special for the Prize of Tisoware for the seventh time in succession and 16th in total. Riding the 13-year old dark brown Westphalian gelding Emilio in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, she also secured herself the GERMAN DRESSAGE MASTER title after…

Stuttgart – Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (88.440 per cent) ahead of Isabell Werth (87.240) and Helen Langehanenberg (83.735) – the all-German 1,2,3 at the victory ceremony on Saturday evening, the penultimate day of the 35 International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS. Fourth-placed Dorothee Schneider and Benjamin Werndl in fifth completed Germany’s dominance of the Grand Prix Freestyle belonging to the FEI…

Stuttgart – Big stage for the pony riders on Saturday afternoon: Ireland’s John McEntee won the FEI Jumping Ponies’ Trophy for the Prize of Ensinger Mineral-Heilquellen GmbH. The last to go atop the nine-year old gelding Little Smithe, he remained penalty-free in the jump-off in a time of 35.06 seconds to relegate the previous leader Claudia Moore (Great Britain 0/36.34) to second place. She was…

Stuttgart – The reigning world champion Boyd Exell (Australia) today won the Stuttgart leg – the DB SCHENKER GERMAN MASTER – of the FEI Driving World Cup™ for the seventh time in front of a 7,900 crowd in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle. The four-in-hand driving spectacle was the series’ third competition after the stopovers in Lyon and Maastricht on the way to the final in Bordeaux in February…

Stuttgart – That certainly wasn’t on the cards: Lisa Müller, who competes for the Bavarian stables RFV Hachinger Tal, secured the win in the dressage Grand Prix for the Prize of Stihl with a brilliant performance early Saturday morning at the 35th International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS Horse Show. The last to go atop the Oldenburg gelding Gut Wettlkam’s Stand By Me OLD, her ride was awarded 75.913…

Stuttgart – Boy that was close: Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs won the MERCEDES GERMAN MASTER, the second most important class at the Stuttgart horse show, by the narrow margin of 46 hundredths of a second late on Friday evening. In the three rider jump-off where Fuchs was joined by the two Germans Hans-Dieter Dreher and Daniel Deußer after they had all posted first round clears, the Swiss sped around…

Stuttgart – European champion Martin Fuchs ahead of the German Nations Cup rider Philipp Weishaupt and the Olympic and European champion Kevin Staut – the 1,2,3 in the second qualifying class for the MERCEDES GERMAN MASTER. Riding his mare Chica B Z, the Swiss Fuchs, who in August won individual gold at the European Championships in Rotterdam, claimed the second qualifying class – the Prize of…

Stuttgart – The world’s best rider, Isabell Werth, was visibly “highly satisfied” on Friday after her first competition at the 35th International STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS Horse Show. Riding in the Grand Prix for the Prize of Abelein Event Service, the qualification for the 2019/2020 FEI Dressage World CupTM Grand Prix tomorrow, Saturday, at 16.30 hrs local time, the German ran out a comfortable…