CHIO Aachen: Winning Run

The crowd’s favourite rider of the CHIO Aachen 2012 rode to victory twice at the Soers on Saturday: After winning the Sparkassen-Youngster-Cup, Hans-Dieter Dreher also triumphed in the Prize of the AachenMünchener.  He rode clear in the jump-off, which was contested by eleven pairs, in the fastest time of 46.57 seconds with his Hanoverian stallion, Embassy II. “I risked everything. It is the only chance of winning here in Aachen,” the happy winner explained.  He only collected his twelve-year-old stallion, who recently won the Nation’s Cup prize with the German team in Rotterdam, once before an upright. He really put his foot down over the rest of the course.  Hence, the rider from Eimeldingen, Baden-Württemberg, who has been jumping at world-class level for three years, is continuing his impressive career in Aachen.  He has already come twice in the Grand Prix of North Rhine-Westphalia (in 2001 and 2012), and last year he came fourth in the Grand-Prix with Embassy.  Today was the Embassy’s last competition at this year’s CHIO Aachen. Dreher will be saddling Magnus Romeo for the Grand Prix tomorrow.

The Portuguese rider, Luciana Diniz, finished second in the Prize of the AachenMünchener with Winningmood after jumping clear in 46.90 seconds.  The Irish rider Shane Breen came third with Cos I Can (47.83.)

Source: CHIO Aachen