After the replacement final in Bisingen in 2021, the BW-Bank Indoor Championships will return to its birthplace in 2022. The 25 most successful riders from four qualifications will meet in the 36th edition of the STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle. The jumping professional Armin Schäfer jun. from Mannheim will travel to the event as the rider with the most points from the qualifying stages. Just like multiple national champion Markus Kölz, eventing champion Michael Jung and successful Amazon Tina Deuerer, he is one of the close favorites. The "young guns" could provide the big surprise. Alia Knack and Lea-Sophia Gut - both of whom collected numerous medals in the junior camp - would like to dare to attack the established competitors.
"The BW Indoor Championships is an institution. It is the absolute highlight of the season at the end of the year," says Jürgen Kurz, state coach of the show jumpers. Even he finds it difficult to pick a winner in advance. Kurz: "They're all hot for it!"
