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Follow USA Vaulting on Facebook and US Equestrian on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. 2025 — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8 DSY.PA) today announced its 10-year collaboration with the Chair and Institute for Machine Elements & Systems Engineering (MSE) at the RWTH Aachen University one of Europe’s best engineering universities to boost the engineering and industrial product development skills of Germany’s future workforce MSE will integrate Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud into RWTH Aachen University’s mechanical engineering curricula for up to 13,000 mechanical engineering students making the 3DEXPERIENCE platform with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) the core technology of its education programs MSE and partnering chairs can train students and junior engineers in MBSE integrating the latest virtual twin applications The 3DEXPERIENCE platform connects modeling with physical and AI-based simulation and creates traceability of system parameters in one collaborative environment Students gain practice-oriented learning that can be applied to jobs across all industrial sectors facilitating their entry into the professional world and eliminating the need for long training processes joint research activities of MSE and Dassault Systèmes are fostered to enhance model-based systems engineering methods and processes are transferred to industry by the Center for Systems Engineering (CSE) CSE is an interdisciplinary hub on the RWTH Aachen Campus dedicated to strengthening collaboration between academia and industry to advance engineering practices.  seamless digital product development process requires engineers who are trained on MBSE methods and tools we decided to use the tool chain of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform,” said Professor Georg Jacobs Director of the Institute for Machine Elements and Systems Engineering (MSE) “Our partnership with Dassault Systèmes is the greatest of that kind for a major technical university and will strengthen the ability of industry to innovate in the years to come.” MBSE has emerged as a key enabler in the efficient development of autonomous vehicles medical devices and other solutions combining mechanical Employees having advanced modeling and simulation skills in this domain are highly sought after by companies in regulated and competitive markets as they adopt the principles of experience and circularity in complex product development “Mastering systems engineering is an imperative for industrial innovation in the Generative Economy By training future engineering professionals with the right skills our partnership with MSE and CSE at RTWH Aachen University will help bridge the skills gap and accelerate industrial transformation in Germany This is the power of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and the cloud in action,” said Valérie Ferret The collaboration was announced in Aachen during CWD & DSEC 2025 Once every year, AZL Aachen GmbH (Germany) the official center for the RWTH Aachen campus’s composites-based lightweight production offers industry insight into the institutes’s R&D capabilities in the field of lightweight construction and sustainable mobility This year’s one-day event took place April 9 highlighting the focuses and synergies across this research landscape Nine AZL partner institutes opened their machine halls and research laboratories, providing interested industrial players with comprehensive insights into their current focus areas along the value chain prototyping and testing of products and solutions — such as crash-optimized vehicle structures digital twins for structural-mechanical monitoring as well as prototyping and recycling approaches for battery systems — were also demonstrated key activities and infrastructure seen at the Open Day enables new technologies to be tested under real production conditions and efficiently brought to market maturity “The AZL Open Day is a great opportunity to discover the numerous technology centers prototyping and testing facilities that are available on the Aachen campus that makes it unique in its kind,” says Éric Pierrejean CEO of JEC Group “The AZL organization and teams located there are a true catalyst for new projects and development for the composites industry They are creating the link between market analysis and technology scouting academic research resources and business opportunities with their industrial partners.” Apart from being there as an interested participant Pierrejean also gave the visiting audience insight into key topics and trends in the composites industry As a one-stop shop for lightweight solutions AZL offers an interface for successful cooperation between research and industry In close coordination between scientific developments and specific customer requirements solutions are developed in a targeted and tailor-made manner — as part of the AZL partnership consortial projects or individual projects In addition to the know-how of the institutes cooperation with the AZL’s industrial partner network also enables direct access to the necessary infrastructure of components developed or newly constructed in integrated process chains on a large scale The next AZL Open Day will be announced in the second half of 2025 Companies interested in gaining additional insight into the research infrastructure of the RWTH Aachen campus or using the AZL as a center for composite-based lightweight production head of industrial services at AZL (email: philipp.froehlig@azl-aachen-gmbh.de; phone: +49 241 475 735 14) This post is courtesy of the CompositesWorld and AZL Aachen GmbH media partnership.  Source (All Images) | AZL Aachen GmbH/Dominik Fröls System deployed in the company’s IBM Quantum Data Center in Germany The system offers 156 qubits provided by the company’s Heron r2 processor Writing on LinkedIn Faller said the system is available to the company’s clients via the IBM Quantum Cloud Platform in its European IBM Quantum Data Center “Aachen complements our quantum systems Strasbourg and Brussels which have been available since the end of June 2024 each with 127 qubits of the Eagle processor generation It is also one of the fastest Quantum Systems in our fleet to date,” Faller wrote “Our German Quantum hardware team from the IBM R&D Lab in Böblingen was instrumental in installing and calibrating the new chip Congratulations and a big thank you to everyone for the great work.” IBM first unveiled the 133 fixed-frequency qubit IBM Quantum Heron processor in December 2023 stating at the time that Heron “yields a 3-5× improvement in device performance” and a five-fold improvement in error reduction over IBM’s previous flagship 127-qubit Eagle processors IBM has 13 utility-scale quantum computers – systems containing more than 100 qubits – operational in Poughkeepsie NY; its German data center; and in client locations around the world In total, the company claims to have deployed just shy of 80 quantum systems since 2016 according to publicly available data cited by IBM it was reported that between Q1 2017 and Q4 2024 IBM had almost hit $1 billion of signings since the inception of its quantum unit in the first quarter of 2017 Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Text  © Eurodressage (this article expresses Eurodressage's opinion and eye witness account of the competition)  - Photos © Eurodressage - NO REPRODUCTION ALLOWED / NO SCREEN SHOTS for social media The youth classes at the 2025 CDI Aachen Festival 4 Dressage on 3 - 6 April 2025 overall became a Danish-Belgian battle with German Madlin Tillmann and French Mathilde Juglaret sneaking through to snatch the trophy in several tests The programme for the 2025 CDI Aachen Festival 4 Dressage was action packed with big classes in the pony A huge group of Belgian and Danish riders travelled to the hollowed ground of Aachen to compete in the historic stadium This year's edition of the Festival saw many Dutch pairs staying home as the CDI Tolbert the following weak stole their entries and also served as a magnet to more Danish and Swedish riders who saw their travel time shortened Blessed with phenomenal sunny weather the Festival remained a highlight on the calendar and kept all attendees in the best spirit Sofia Rosenkilde pats Cosmo RoyaleDanish pony riders came to the fore in the rankings in all three tests but it was German team rider Madlin Tillmann who returned home with all three trophies riding the 9-year old Mister Prime Time (by Movie Star x Hemingway B) The buckskin showed outstanding paces but was a little rushed through the test He could have shown more collection and self carriage overall for ever higher marks This was a general problem seen with a lot of the higher ranked combinations who had big moving ponies but appeared too chased forward Tillmann won with 73.143% in the team test and a whopping 78.958% in the Kur for triple glory Three times there was a different Dane in second place In the team test it was Rikke Schoubye Johansen on routinier D'Artagnan In the individual test Sofia Rosenkilde and the 11-year old Cosmo Royale (by Cosmopolitan x Casino Royale K) who finished second on 71.577% In the Kur to Music Victoria Bang Zindorff and the 9-year old German bred Del Classico (byD-Day x Classic Dancer) were second on a score of 75.692% Shirley Vanerom on Ogami van het BeukenhofThree Belgians were entered for the smaller Children division and it was newcomer Shirley Vanerom who persevered twice for the win The 12-year old Vanerom only recently made her international show debut in Lier in February and is clearly moving on up in the ranking Aboard the 11-year old Belgian warmblood mare Ogami van het Beukenhof (by Sir Donnerhall x Fidertanz) she was second in the preliminary test with 73.911% and then won the team test with 75.675% and the individual test with 80.227% Elise van Ost and the 8-year old Belgian warmblood gelding Reliv van 't Amaryllishof (by Ferdeaux x D-Day) won the preliminary and were twice in the other two tests Johansen on Baunehojens CarpaccioIn the junior division the Danish junior riders dominated the ranking taking the top two spots in all three tests Rikke Schoubye Johansen piloted the tall and impressive 12-year old Danish warmblood Baunehoejens Carpaccio (by Charmeur x White Talisman) to the win the team championship test with 69.798% there was quite a spread in individual marks with 71.212% as high score and 67.727% as low score the pair produced a consistent round but they lost some points in the extended walk Winner Carpaccio did not enjoy the prize giving and was led out before the lap of honour Danish junior team rider Clara Cordes Arnkjaer and her 13-year old Danish mare Brianna (by Bogegardens Boney M x Romancier) were second in the team test with 69.798% and went on to win the individual with 72.255% and the freestyle with 75.467% The Young Riders division turned out to be duel between French Mathilde Juglaret and Belgian Liezel Everars Liezel Everars on VenereMathilde Juglaret made her international show debut on Françoise Niclaus' 9-year old KWPN mare Lightning Star (by Ferguson x De Niro) at the CDI Ornago in Italy Three weeks later in Aachen they topped the board in the team test with 72.059% despite a fair bit of tension in the mark who was spooky and distracted in that first round in the Deutsche Bank stadium the French duo was third with 70,000 but on Sunday claimed victory again in the Kur with 76.083% Anne Sophie Serre and step father Arnaud Serre After tragically losing her junior rider's horse Vigo Gold in June 2024, Belgian Liezel Everars found consolation in full sister Venere (by Vitalis x Jazz) Although Liezel has one year left to ride at junior level she decided to move up to Young Riders and debuted the liver chestnut in Aachen after a series of winning national starts in Belgium They were second in the team test with  70.686% won the individual with 71.9612% and were second in the Kur with 74.758% Everars trains with Ton de Ridder and Suraya Hendrikx The Festival featured classes from morning till night four days in a row Suraya Hendrikx on BeniciaThe small tour division was won by Belgians Suraya Hendrikx and Jorinde Verwimp Hendrikx saddled her 13-year old Hanoverian mare Benicia (by Benicio x St Moritz) to top the Prix St Georges with 69.421% and the Inter I Kur with 76.192% Jorinde Verwimp and Korean Eon Jin Chin's 12-year old Holsteiner Vicomte de Reyves (by Viscount x Don Juan de Hus) was third in the Prix St Georges (68.774%) won the Intemediaire I (69.559%) and placed second in the Kur (75875%) Ten combinations contested the Under 25 division which featured two different winners The Short Grand Prix was won by British Harrison Ashton aboard Henri Ruoste's 9-year old Oldenburg Million Dreams (by Millennium x Sandro Hit) who recently relocated from Great Britain to ride professionally as an assistant for Finnish Olympian Henri Ruoste in Germany The kur was won by Swedish Siri Ehrnrooth on the 15-year old Danish warmblood gelding Moegelbjergs Romeo (by Rush Hour x Don Romantico) Related LinksScores: 2025 CDI Aachen Festival 4 DressageTreffinger, Verwimp, 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industry to advance engineering practices The collaboration was announced in Aachen during CWD & DSEC 2025 For more information, visit 3ds.com Army)Medals for valor are often earned for outstanding individual service amid unfathomable circumstance those honored will insist that the action in which they distinguished themselves was a matter of teamwork 1944 clash of platoons in the German town of Bardenberg where the outcome of a singular soldier’s sacrifice hung in the balance depending on his comrades-in-arms — and on his enemies In fall 1944, Bardenberg was just another of those objectives contributing to a strategically greater goal, in this case the city of Aachen whose fall would mark the first seizure of German territory by the U.S Tasked with assaulting Bardenberg was the 120th Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division Dubbed “Old Hickory,” the activated National Guard unit had been in combat since its landing at Normandy on June 15 10 the Americans took the area in spite of the Germans converting cellars throughout the town into deadly pillboxes With his track ablaze, this soldier found a way to destroy an enemy tankAs a tank destroyer commander without a tank destroyer Clyde Choate had to do exceptional improvisation under fire.By Jon GuttmanThe next day elements of the 108th Panzer Brigade and the 60th Panzer Grenadier Regiment counterattacked forcing the 120th to withdraw and shell the town bolstered by two battalions of troops from the 116th Regiment advancing two-thirds of the way through town before being stopped cold by a well-positioned German machine gun nest at a key intersection the company remained pinned down in a duel of infantry doctrines: the American combat team centered around M1 semiautomatic rifles and the German platoon centered around the deadly MG 42 supported by men firing bolt-action Mauser rifles and each carrying supplies of extra ammunition for the machine gun Amid the deadly gridlock, the voice of Staff Sgt. Jack Pendleton emerged He moved up the non-commissioned ranks quickly but in Bardenberg he would put his stripes to the ultimate test Pendleton halted them as they neared the intersection and then crawled off alone and after advancing about 130 yards he was badly wounded in the leg Pendleton gathered up some grenades and resumed his low crawl toward the enemy He had made it to within 10 yards of the enemy platoon before the MG 42 team finally killed him That would probably have been the end of things While he had been diverting the machine gunners’ attention The men managed to rush the distracted enemy and eliminate them Quickly moving on from there to another intersection they knocked out a second machine gun nest that had been coordinating with the first the entire German defense began to crumble allowing the 120th and 116th troops to secure the town It had been a desperate contest of infantry weapons and tactics the advancing American forces linked up to secure Aachen Recognizing Pendleton’s sacrificial advance in the face of impossible odds as key to victory, his company bore witness toward his being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Pendleton (T-AK-276) was launched in his honor His body was ultimately laid to rest in Tahoma Cemetery whose follow-up ensured Jack Pendleton did not die in vain — and whose testimony ensured his place among the U.S Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Recognition for key developments in new hybrid constructions Sports/​Outdoor, Civil Engineering Researchers at the Institute for Technical Textiles (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany received two JEC Innovation Awards at the recent JEC World 2025 composites exhibition in Paris initially developed at ITA and now marketed by Paris-based TechnoCarbon Technologies received the 2025 JEC Innovation Award in the Building and Civil Engineering category This material combines carbon-negative igneous stone with bio-based fibres such as a carbon fibre made from a PAN precursor derived from algae and is intended as an eco-friendly replacement for CO2-intensive concrete in house walls Each square metre of a CFS wall captures 59 kg of CO2 whereas traditional cement walls release 98 kg of CO2 Within the DACCUSS (direct air carbon capture the absorption and fixation of carbon dioxide into a CFS wall structure and biochar insulation for permanent carbon storage is being investigated by a muti-disciplinary research consortium led by the ITA the efficiency with which CO2 can be filtered directly from the air has already been demonstrated with CO2 sequestration in all components of the wall The design features stiffening structures creating a stable middle layer filled with carbon negative biochar granulate for insulation The use of igneous stone in CFS boosts energy efficiency while ensuring access to cheaper and scalable materials ITA received its second award in the Sports Leisure and Recreation category for the development of Honey Roots Technology (HRT) – a patented three dimensional structure of a honeycomb core and glass The unique alignment of fibres and resin in HRT allows for superior mechanics and performance in surfboards while enabling some of the most sustainable combinations of materials available to date An HRT surfboard can be based on a 70% recyclable and 30% biobased wood content closed cell foam does not absorb any water A construction has been realised through a 3D laminate that is improving the mechanics of the finished part and eliminates the need for infusion consumables The material choice can be biobased or recycled while maximising performance and minimising CO2 footprint With a layup consisting of lyocell and cellulose fibres the majority of the material composition is from wood origin Thanks to the biobased and recyclable resin system the board demonstrates full recyclability The final result is a long-lasting performance surfboard with a minimsed footprint designed for circularity www.ita.rwth-aachen.de Covestro and Sonnenwagen Aachen team up for solar race in Australia AZL highlights lightweight production drivers German startup FibreCoat has bagged €20mn in Series B funding as it looks to bring its super-resistant materials to the burgeoning space industry FibreCoat spunout from RWTH Aachen University in 2020 The startup has developed a patented process for coating fibres with metals and plastics during the spinning stage This creates fibres that are lightweight and conductive yet strong and durable — at a fraction of conventional costs These can then be spun together to form reinforced composites FibreCoat has focused on securing clients in the automotive where the materials are particularly useful for radiation shielding and weight reduction applications Now the company is setting its sights on upward Spacecraft require materials that can withstand extreme temperatures and electromagnetic interference (EMI) without adding unnecessary weight and launchers and satellites increasingly need coated fibres to endure harsh conditions,” said Dr European tech superstars: Hear from Datasnipper investors and innovation champions at TNW Conference on June 19 & 20 Luxembourg-based NewSpace Capital co-led the funding round, bringing vital expertise as the startup looks to cash in on the expanding space ecosystem, projected to reach $1.8trn by 2035 “Space and terrestrial supply chains are converging,” said Bogdan Gogulan adding that FibreCoat has the potential to address critical challenges across a swathe of industries FibreCoat will use the fresh funds to ramp up R&D and scale production as it looks to commercialise its fibre coating technology The startup is far from the only spinout access story to emerge from RWTH Aachen in recent years One of the fastest growing is Cylib. The startup is currently constructing what is set to be Europe’s largest EV battery recycling plant and Dr Gideon Schwich — launched the company after a decade of battery recycling research at RWTH Aachen The partners claim their method uses 30% less energy than competitors Another big player is Black Semiconductor, which raised €254.4mn back in June Even more impressive is that the company is only four years old Brothers Daniel and Sebastian Schall launched Black Semiconductor in 2020 The startup is developing a new type of chip-connecting technology using the “wonder material” graphene Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week Metrics details no ML-based model is available to predict ICU mortality in patients with ACLF The primary objective of this study was to develop a ML-based model to more accurately predict ICU mortality in patients with ACLF we aimed at unlocking hidden insights from patient data and identifying relevant patterns that could revolutionize ICU mortality prediction in this challenging patient cohort Additional baseline characteristics are presented in suppl Comparison of existing scores for ICU mortality prediction (a) Comparison of median SOFA scores between ICU survivors vs (b) Comparison of median APACHE-II scores between ICU survivors vs (c) Comparison of median SAPS-II scores between ICU survivors vs In (a–c) an unpaired two-tailed t-test was used (d) Comparison of AUROC of scores estimating the ICU mortality in the whole cohort: SAPS-II (AUROC = 0.76; J = 42) Comparison of existing scores for liver disease mortality prediction (c) CLIF-C OF score and (d) CLIF-C ACLF score between ICU survivors vs (e) Comparison of AUROC of scores estimating the mortality due to advanced liver disease in the whole cohort: CLIF-C ACLFs (AUROC = 0.79 While established scoring systems exist for predicting overall mortality in patients with advanced liver diseases or ICU mortality in critically ill patients there is currently no such system available for predicting ICU mortality especially in patients with ACLF we utilized a ML-based model to develop an optimized scoring system for predicting ICU mortality representing the probability of the outcome as a categorical value between 0 and 1 it was important to use the fewest possible number of variables The logistic regression model with L1 regularization automatically selected the features without predetermined inputs We evaluated each model’s performance using various metrics and selected the top-performing models for subsequent analysis Among the evaluated models, the newly defined ACICU score demonstrated the best performance metrics. This score employs five features: Horovitz quotient, FiO2, number of organ failures, lactate, and CLIF-C ACLFs (Fig. 3). with higher values indicating a higher risk of ICU mortality An exemplary calculation for a high- and low risk patient of our cohort is given in supplemental Table 4 (Suppl (a) Confusion matrix of the ACICU score in validation cohort (b) Receiver operating characteristics of the ACICU score (AUROC = 0.96 J = 0.54) in comparison to CLIF-C ACLFs (AUROC = 0.91 (c) ICU survival days according to the ACICU score in whole cohort High risk of ICU death was noted in patients with ACICU score above 0.54 (d) Comparison of the values of the ACICU score between ICU survivors vs To assess the interrelationship among these variables an intercorrelation analysis was conducted This analysis revealed a strong positive correlation between the number of organ failures and CLIF-C ACLFs while the Horovitz quotient and FiO2 exhibited a negative correlation Only moderate correlations were observed for the other variables (Suppl Patients who underwent OLT due to ACLF were classified as survivors during the establishment of the ACICU score a subgroup analysis excluding OLT patients still revealed an average AUROC of 0.86 for the ACICU score (Suppl In addition to mortality prediction in ACLF patients we investigated whether the novel ACICU score could also support clinicians to decide which patient could especially benefit from OLT the ACICU score did not show a difference between patients who benefited from liver transplant and those who did not (Suppl Futility analysis according to the ACICU score ACICU score futility analysis was performed in the whole cohort (a) Confusion matrix for the ACICU score with a threshold of 0.94 showing a 100% ICU mortality rate for patients above the threshold (b) ICU survival probability according to the ACICU score High risk of ICU death was noted in patients with an ACICU score above 0.94 (c) Flowchart outlining the sequence of score calculation to identify ACLF patients with a CLIF-C ACLFs of ≥ 70 who may still benefit from ICU treatment international consortia have developed models to predict short- and long-term mortality in patients with ACLF these scores have not been specifically designed to predict ICU outcomes in patients with ACLF easy-to-use score derived from a ML-based algorithm using data from 206 critically ill patients with ACLF the ACICU score was superior to the existing gold-standard CLIF-C ACLFs for prediction of ICU mortality in patients with ACLF and could therefore represent a valuable addition to existing prognostic tools We opted for logistic regression as basis for our predictive model as it directly estimates the probability of mortality within a specific time frame This approach was preferable over time-to-event analysis for our study’s objective which focused on evaluating the risk of death in ACLF patients during their ICU stay logistic regression provided a straightforward and interpretable measure of mortality risk facilitating clinical decision-making and allowing futility assessment in this critical care setting the models based on logistic regression performed better than the miscellaneous evaluated models suggesting the feasibility of ML-based models in hepatology 118 clinical and laboratory features were evaluated using ML to identify key differentiation criteria resulting in the ACICU score that incorporates the CLIF-C ACLFs that the grade of pulmonary impairment should be considered in the risk assessment of patients with ACLF and introduced the CLIF-C ACLF-R score that our ML-based approach resulted in a score that combines three parameters that reflect pulmonary impairment – the CLIF-C ACLF itself Horovitz quotient and FiO2 – further strengthens the relevance of respiratory failure in critically ill patients with ACLF In an intercorrelation analysis we specifically found a notable correlation between CLIF-C ACLFs and number of organ failures as well as between FiO2 and Horovitz could be noted While these correlations may raise concerns regarding multicollinearity and potentially weaken the model’s predictive performance it is essential to note that the ACICU score still demonstrated robust predictive capability for ICU mortality Future studies may explore methods to mitigate the impact of intercorrelations such as feature selection techniques or regularization methods to further enhance the model’s accuracy and reliability we suggest calculating the ACICU score after CLIF-C ACLFs determination to identify patients that were misclassified as non-survivors and still could profit from ICU therapy although our study has yielded promising results the high AUROC of our score may indicate potential overfitting We have attempted to address this using fivefold cross-validation as well as lasso and ridge regression the generalizability of our score needs to be tested in external cohorts in future studies where hyperparameters can be fine-tuned to improve the robustness of our score our findings might not fully represent the diversity of patient characteristics and clinical practices seen in multiple centers we recommend that future research should focus on conducting multi-center studies to assess the model’s performance across different healthcare settings and patient demographics our study offers valuable insights into the potential of a ML-based approach for predicting ICU mortality in patients with ACLF The ACICU score achieved satisfactory performance and calibration metrics using readily available clinical parameters and outperformed the existing gold standard CLIC-C ACLFs our findings represent a significant step forward in prognosis prediction in critically ill patients with ACLF The ACICU score can be calculated for scientific discussion using the ACICU score calculator available at www.acicu-score.com Exclusion criteria were patient´s age below 18 years pregnancy or post-interventional observation after an elective procedure (such as portal vein embolization transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (EK 150/06) of the University Hospital Aachen and conducted according to the ethical principles outlined both in the Declarations of Helsinki and Istanbul Written informed consent was obtained from the patient her/his spouse or legal guardian upon ICU admission partial arterial pressure of oxygen (paO2) and necessity of mechanical ventilation were considered The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II and the Simplified Acute Physiology (SAPS) II scores were determined to evaluate the mortality risk of critically ill patients the worst value within the last 24 h was considered we explored both logistic regression and decision tree models logistic regression fits a single line to separate the data into two regions The ML process started with data preparation for training and testing Categorical features were converted into binary classifications Features with more than 20 percent missing data were excluded The data set was stratified and split into training (164 patients Missing data were addressed using k-nearest neighbor imputation with ten neighbors and the data were standardized using the standard scaler Logistic regression was employed with the following standardized formula: … are the coefficients of the formula and reflect how the features poured into the computation Features were standardized by their means and standard deviations and nominal features were transformed into binary features Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Version 26 Data visualization was conducted with GraphPad Prism 6.0 (GraphPad Software Outliers were identified using the Grubbs’ test and normal distribution was assessed with the Shapiro-Wilk test The Mann-Whitney U test was used for unpaired samples with more than two groups and the 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The logo of the World Championships Aachen 2026 was unveiled Wednesday Preparations were reported to be “well underway” for the championships of dressage and para-dressage driving and vaulting with 650 days to go to the Aug “The excitement rises from day to day,” said Stefanie Peters President of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV) that is organizing the championships “Aachen has proven to be a welcoming and dynamic host many times We especially remember the FEI World Equestrian Games 2006 which still resonates with everyone who was there We are very proud to once again offer equestrian sport the perfect stage for world-class performances complete with that special Aachen atmosphere.” The design combines purple and gold and featuring a distinctive “W” integrating icons from each of the six disciplines symbolizes what Stefanie said was both “world” and “welcome” in alignment with the championship theme FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez said: “The unveiling of the logo for the FEI World Championships 2026 in Aachen is more than just a visual milestone–it’s a symbol of our shared excitement and ambition Aachen is a place that has consistently set the standard for equestrian sport and this new logo reflects both the tradition and innovation that will define the championships We are looking forward to welcoming the world to this iconic venue once again and fans will come together to create unforgettable memories.” Aachen is regarded as the world’s premier horse show with annual competitions of dressage In addition to the 2006 WEG of all the international disciplines at that time it was also the host of the 2015 European Championships of dressage reining and vaulting as well as a CIOC3* event Tickets for all six disciplines are available at the online ticketshop or by calling +49-241-9171111. Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are 1860 München 1 win(s) Tunay Deniz has created the most big chances for 1860 München (10) Fabian Schubert has the most shots on target per match for 1860 München (1.3) Have scored 7 goals in their last 5 matches Kevin Goden has the most shots on target per match for Alemannia Aachen (1.4) Soufian El-Faouzi has created the most big chances for Alemannia Aachen (6) 19 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT?1860 München won 2–1 over Alemannia Aachen on Sat 19 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 12 goals in their last 5 matches 1860 München is playing home against Alemannia Aachen at Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße on Sat Fiber-reinforced pressure vessels are increasingly becoming the cornerstone of the hydrogen economy storage and use of hydrogen for mobile and stationary applications in collaboration with a consortium of 25 industry players has announced successful completion of its 12-month R&D project entitled “Trends & Design Factors for Hydrogen Pressure Vessels,” which was launched in November 2023 presented to the 40 participants of the final project meeting in November of this year, provides a comprehensive overview of the market and technology trends related to the development of thermoset and thermoplastic pressure vessels complex design considerations and advanced manufacturing technologies the project provides business and technology insights Companies along the whole value chain of pressure vessels have been involved — resins The first phase of the project involved an in-depth review of regulations together with examples of state-of-the-art hydrogen pressure vessels Key aspects covered included manufacturing processes as well as a comprehensive patent analysis material models and software tools used in the development of pressure vessels The second phase of the project involved extensive engineering studies explains the procedure: “Our team of experts developed CAE models for 12 different layouts of a 2-meter 350-liter Type 4 pressure vessel designed for 700 respectively 350-bar applications These models incorporated different resin and fiber types layup variations and boss designs to evaluate the impact on mechanics We also explored hybrid fiber combinations and dome reinforcement using patch technologies Detailed process chain modeling provided further insight into cost structures and CO2 footprints.” The results of the project also show initial future trends: Through the targeted use of advanced material combinations adapted designs and manufacturing techniques it is possible to significantly reduce the weight and cost of the vessels while maintaining necessary safety standards hydrogen-over-tank-weight efficiencies could be improved from the standard 6-7% to up to more than 11% AZL says these developments could strengthen the competitiveness of hydrogen technology in various mobility and energy sectors in the future “The knowledge gained from the project provides a solid foundation for the use of new technologies to meet the hydrogen economy’s requirements for safe and cost-effective pressure vessels,” emphasizes Celal Beysel chairman of the board at Floteks Plastik San has launched numerous R&D initiatives in the design and development of Type 4 vessels in recent years the company joined the AZL Composite Pipes and Vessels Working Group and the “Trends and Design Factors for Hydrogen Pressure Vessels” project.  Companies and organizations seeking detailed insights or collaboration opportunities are encouraged to contact AZL Aachen GmbH, which serve as an innovation partner for hydrogen tank development and is dedicated to advancing composite technologies AZL CAD design and CAE analysis examples for Type 4 hydrogen pressure vessels including an example of a winding scheme and relative weight results for different pressure vessel designs Project consortium at the final report meeting Vaulting Team finished fourth overall in team competition to conclude the CHIO Aachen Vaulting CVIO4* athletes compete in both the individual female and individual male divisions - Text © Eurodressage (this article expresses Eurodressage's' eye-witness account and opinion about the competition) While the most important action took place in the CDIO 5* division the 4* tour at the CDIO Aachen had plenty of interesting canapés to make for a delicious dressage class to watch For the 2022 World Champions Charlotte Fry and Glamourdale (by Lord Leatherdale x Negro) Aachen was only their second show of the year Gert-Jan van Olst's KWPN stallion has a full book of mares with breeding duties as his main priority in spring but the absence of one of the Big Five on the show circuit is also a pity but an understandable strategic move to save the best for where it matters: Paris The 4* Grand Prix kicked off the Aachen extravaganza on Wednesday afternoon 3 July 2024 right after a Prix St Georges class which did not follow the Aachen traditional format In the past only Aachen Grand Prix riders were allowed to bring their small tour horses alongside a few Aachen "favourites" Now the field was more open which resulted in a mixed bag of rides Dutch based British Olympian Charlotte Fry became the highest scoring rider of Aachen but Lottie in the 4* Grand Prix cracked the magical 80% barrier with a Grand Prix test that will make them competitive for the medals in Versailles Lottie rode the prize giving on EspecialAs first to go in the Grand Prix The 13-year old stallion showed progress in his more established piaffes that were on the spot and better balanced The first piaffe still had a bit of backstep with the right hind the second was not the biggest but nice and even The trot extensions had plenty of overtrack but he was quite held in the frame instead of showing lengthening with the nose coming out (sure the stride was lengthened) In the extended walk he was hurried and got slightly short-long in front (6.0 - 7.5) The collected walk was okayish (7.5 - 8.0) but the horse did not always look comfortable in the contact with a trembling lip and open mouth The canter work is the horse's forté with spectacular two tempi changes The extended canter is explosive and uphill (9.4 average) The stallion is very powerful and on the final centerline he has not lost a bit of gas The judges were slightly divided with 79.674% (Ringmark) as low score and 83.152% (Wust) as high score but we are on the right track with regards to Paris and now we know where we can fine tune a few aspects," Fry commented after her ride Isabell Werth and QuantazIsabell Werth's number one Quantaz a 14-year old Brandenburger by Quaterback x Hohenstein owned by Madeleine Winter-Schulze and Victoria Max-Theurer has been relegated to the second spot in her barn after downward trending scores this 2024 show season Wendy has taken over the torch but the bay remains competitive at top level The most decorated rider in the world continues to get her scores from the judges even when a test shows some flaws In the Grand Prix Quantaz was again fidgety in the mouth showing tongue on the left sometimes and he was flexed to the right in the piaffe and passage The right hindleg trailed in passage at times The end halt was not on the bit (6.5 - 7.5) and the extended walk short-long in front (5 - 7) the two tempi changes and extended canter were very well ridden The pirouette left was the best one of the two They finished second xith 75.543% with the five judges (Wust Frederic Wandres on Duke of BritainlFrederic Wandres also brought his "second horse" Duke of Britain to Aachen to prove he can make a back-up to Bluetooth The 17-year old Hanoverian gelding (by Dimaggio x Rubinstein) has a lot of miles in his legs and it shows even though he's so willing to work for his rider The right trot half pass was the more fluent one Duke came into the arena after Glamourdale and the difference between power (Glammy) an elegance (Duke) was obvious In passage the horse did not show the required engagement and power from behind There were mistakes in both the ones and twos In the extended walk Duke was marching through the body in clear rhythm They scored 73.913% with marks ranging from 71.304% to 75.543% Two years ago Sönke Rothenberger and the Danish warmblood Kjaerholms Fendi (by Franklin x Diamond) were the rising starts in Germany and caused a sensation by scoring in the high seventies in their first year at Grand Prix the pair has not been able to reproduce an ease and effortless that was prevalent in 2022 in the coming years It's hard to describe but it looks like there is some insecurity between the two and it often leads to mistakes in the test Sönke Rothenberger and FendiFendi is one of the most gifted Grand Prix horses around but the pieces of the puzzle are not (yet) falling into place After scoring kur bronze at the German Nationals the pair could have been up for German Olympic team consideration if they were stellar in Aachen and that pressure seemed to have its effect as Sönke rode the horse with more grit than usually He rode with flat hands (instead of fists with the thumb as highest spot) The first piaffe had good sit but was tense and hurried The extended walk had plenty of overtrack and the horse was clearly marching but he was rushed The second piaffe was too forward and there was a loss of rhythm in the transition straight ones although they swerved off the diagonal The canter work was high quality but there was a hiccup in the transition down to trot (4 - 6- The final centerline was well ridden and overall the horse looked the most put together in a while but the problems in the second piaffe cost them dearly based Ecuadorean Julio Mendoza Loor made his Aachen debut aboard the 13-year old KWPN gelding Jewel's Goldstrike (by Bretton Woods x Scandic) He took over the chestnut from previous owner Eliane Cordia-van Reesema who did not click with the horse In 2023 they won the Pan American Games and secured a ticket to the Olympics Goldstrike has not always been the most consistent He was the shooting star in Florida in 2023 at one point scoring 74.413% in the Grand Prix but also got eliminated (for blood) once After an impressive triple victory at the Pan Ams the 2024 season has been a bit up and down not always clinching that previously scored 73-74% anymore with a GP ride in Ocala at 68.913% and at their first euro show in Le Mans it was 70.391% Fortunately in Aachen they were upward trending again and got 72.500% (and they won Saturday night's Kur with 78.920% with a catchy freestyle that had the crowd stomping) Goldstrike is a talented mover with a very rhythmical piaffe-passage that makes them score There was a loss of evenness in the half pass left and also the first trot extension needed to be more regular in the rhythm The first piaffe was super; the passage elastic The extended walk had two hooves overtrack the collected walk could have been smoother and the left pirouette was the better one of the two Steffen Peters and SuppenkasperFor experienced U.S Olympian Steffen Peters the 2024 show season has also been a roller coaster with some hits and some misses The California based Peters and Akiko Yamazaki's 16-year old gelding (by Spielberg x Krack C) competed in three shows in Del Mar at the start of 2024 with Grand Prix mares of 75.522% In the second Del Mar show they dropped to 69.489% in the Special (the last time they scored in the sixties was in the special at the 2018 WEG in Tryon) Peters travelled to Europe as the number one ranked rider on the U.S Olympic team short list and after a confidence building 72.869% score at the CDI Hagen they were nominated on the team and did not have to do a second show but their Grand Prix did not go to plan and with 68.131% and a 19th place tongues were wagging that his team spot could be in jeopardy nor was the horse settled in the rein back In the passage he goes very wide in front and also in piaffe he bops his head The points really dropped when Suppenkasper jogged twice in the extended walk In canter they picked up points again with lovely two tempi changes In the zig zag he dropped behind the vertical It was a challenging ride for Peters who could not get the horse in the right balance on the final centerline His lower score made him decide to switch from the Special to the Kur in which he got 76.430% to finish third Lithuanian born Polish rider Sandra Sysojeva made her Aachen debut on the 8-year old (!) Oldenburg mare Maxima Bella (by Millennium x Christ) Over the past 5.5 months they have done 7 (!) CDI's to claim the number one spot on the Polish Olympic team with the highest scores of all riders Sysojeva warming up Maxima BellaThe avid dressage fan remembers the mare from the 2021 World Championships where she did not show the required correctness in training but threw a flashy frontleg and had too much tension as a 5-year old The judges gave a signal with their 66.200 points in the preliminary test The pair competed in two CDI's in 2022 (Brno Bialy Las) in the 6-year old division and then skipped the small tour to compete at Grand Prix level in 2024 could look a bit more "athletic" in her body shape (don't mean to do equine bodyshaming) Aside from her looks with her big neck and round hindquarters the mare is very keen to work and gives it her all In the Aachen Grand Prix she disclosed her youth and greenness at Grand Prix by not yet being consistent in carrying herself and keeping the poll as the highest point She dropped behind the vertical in the half passes In the extended trot the overstep is not always generous although Sysojeva rides it with a nice calmness The hectic movement that the mare had in Verden is gone In passage she really picks up her feet and is smooth in the rhythm but in the piaffes she does not truly piaffe and sit the transitions in and out are of course easier the ones okay but could be more ground covering In the pirouette right she changed behind and had a double beat In the final centerline the passage was expressive but she got wide behind in the piaffe Overall Maxima Bella is a very interesting horse to watch for the future - Text and Photos © Eurodressage (this article expresses Eurodressage's' eye-witness account and opinion about the competition)   A chance encounter at an event got the ball rolling: Birgit Rosenberg Member of the Managing Board of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV) Dirk Winter started talking about the topic of the scientific examination of animal welfare Several telephone calls and a few months later a significant project was born: the CHIO Aachen Scientist Circle This alliance comprises of eight voluntary scientists and horse experts from Germany Belgium and Switzerland and occupies itself with the well-being of sport horses which was already addressed during CHIO Aachen 2023 is: How do the show horses feel during their stay at the CHIO Aachen compared to in their stables at home The aim of the survey is to collect well-founded data on the status quo and find ways of making the horses’ stay more pleasant in future so that they are offered the best possible conditions On board last year: Four international show horses which were monitored round-the-clock using AI-supported camera technology and whose stress levels were determined among others by measuring the faecal cortisol level.(Editor's note: the PR does not detail in which discipline these four horses competed) The initial evaluations leave the scientists optimistic “The observation has led to the positive conclusion that although the horses spend more time in the stable during the show in Aachen compared to when at home they were kept occupied and exercised a lot,” explained Prof Academic Dean Equine Management at the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science Since the scientists of the CHIO Aachen Scientist Circle feel that the topic is very important and the examinations are to be further expanded at the coming shows they are being assisted meanwhile by the PhD student in the course of her doctorate she will be responsible for evaluating the data collected so far The cortisol samples taken during the show in 2023 comprised of samples from four days at the home yard during the return transport and the following three days at home Leonie Krüger reported on the evaluation of the samples from the pilot survey: “Cortisol is produced during physical and psychological stress which is why the level increased on the competition days The curve of the rider would probably be similar The further cortisol levels that were taken while the horses were stabled in Aachen were pretty low.” The scientist interpreted these initial results as follows: “The transportation and the training in Aachen apparently didn’t have a great effect in terms of the stress level And we were able to determine that once home the horses returned to the pre-competition level again very soon after the show.” Krüger and Winter warn against an over-evaluation or misinterpretation of the initial findings definitive statements yet,” the PhD student emphasised but we can’t come to any deductions or general conclusions based on four horses.” To change this a much higher number of horses tookpart in the survey during the CHIO Aachen 2024 – at least twelve We will develop the experimental design for the next years based on the pilot survey It has to be expedient and cover the right parameters so that we can come to really scientifically-based conclusions about the well-being of horses while stabled at shows,” explained Leonie Krüger the monitoring per camera is to be enhanced by a direct observation of the animals Beyond this the essential factors of the air in the stable are to be determined by sensors It was noted that after monitoring around 30 to 40 horses within an overall period of three years it will then be possible to come to a sound conclusion the scientists are not expecting a final result in the classic sense “There will always be new factors that influence the animals’ well-being which we will have to examine,” they agreed That is also why the CHIO Aachen Scientist Circle will be committed to the theme animal welfare long-term To ensure that the horses are monitored as well as possible in the future Winter can also imagine having all the stables in Aachen fitted with cameras “This would enable the organisers and the riders to demonstrate for instance that the living conditions of the horses are closely monitored.” Further possibilities of how additional animal welfare aspects can be monitored are being examined “We are currently occupying ourselves with the application of further innovative The CHIO Aachen could thus possibly also serve as a role model for other shows even if the conditions for the horses do vary everywhere Dirk Winter is convinced: “Aachen is the most important show worldwide Other organisers could orientate themselves on the best possible standards we are developing here in the future.” More info here Horse Health News on Eurodressage The Dressage Foundation (TDF)   announced the four participants for its Dream Program trip to the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen The Dream Program participants will be chaperoned by former Olympian and U.S and Paige Zimmerman (PA) were selected to participate in this year’s program The selection committee based their decision on candidates’ merit history of volunteering in the dressage community and commitment to training in the sport of dressage The Aachen Dream Program has been made possible by many donors especially Margaret Duprey and her Cherry Knoll Farm Duprey and Cherry Knoll Farm issued a Matching Gift Challenge that raised over $174,000 ensuring the continuation of the Dream Program The Aachen Dream Program is a fully funded intensive educational opportunity for riders who are 21-25 years old and riding at Fourth Level and above The group will attend the World Equestrian Festival Aachen in July to watch some of the top riders in the world train and compete They will have the chance to discuss training with judges and watch the warmup as well as the competition rides TDF's Dream Program was created in 2000 by Olympian Michael Poulin as a trip to Europe for four top U.S the program has given 84 participants the chance to be immersed in the international dressage scene The vast majority of past participants are still active in dressage and many have gone on to become dressage professionals After nearly 20 years of the program taking place in Europe the COVID-19 pandemic compelled TDF to make changes to the program From 2022-2024 the Dream Program took place in Wellington the Dream Program will alternate between visiting Aachen and Wellington because both locations provide valuable educational experiences the Dream Program will take place in Wellington and is open to riders ages 18-22 riding at Third Level or higher Applications for this program are due October 7 Photos © Eurodressage  - NO REPRODUCTION ALLOWED / NO SCREEN SHOTS for social media Wim Verwimp and Nadine Plaster booked the four big tour victories at the 2025 CDI Aachen Festival 4 Dressage on 3 - 6 April 2025 With 37 big tour riders entered for this early spring season outdoor competition this version of "small Aachen" was a major success The Festival 4 Dressage is in Belgian show management The competition was originally held at Sentower Park in Opglabbeek in 2021 and 2022 before moving to Aachen It's early spring date on the calendar has led to challenging weather conditions over the years the show was blessed with the most magical sunny weather on all four days of the competition which kept everyone in best spirit For 21-year old Moritz Treffinger the 2025 Aachen Festival will go in the books as the first show where he scored a double victory as a senior Grand Prix rider Even though he's still eligible to ride three more years in the Under 25 division Treffinger got his feet wet in the pool of the big boys "After (winning) the Piaff Förderpreis Final Cadeau Noir got some well deserved rest Fiderdance turned 16 this year and is in a super shape," Moritz said about his choice to ride the senior tour Fiderdance had a longer break and rest from competitions I decided to take the opportunity to try some CDI3* with him to get more experience at this level." Treffinger on FiderdanceAfter competing Gestut Bonhomme's 16-year old Oldenburg stallion Fiderdance (by Fidertanz x Don Schufro) in senior ranks in Herning in March They contested the Grand Prix Special tour with its 23 competitors and topped the board in Thursday's Grand Prix on a score of 69.544% were quite unanimous on the marks but had them ranked between first and fourth place (68.587% - 70.761%) Treffinger went on to top the Special as well with 71.617% "It was our first outdoor show this year but he did it like a pro," said Moritz with a smile "I really built up a special bond between us and that makes me really happy I was mentally more relaxed in Aachen as in Herning Herning was a huge show with many spectators and in Aachen we’ve been almost by ourselves which was super for the riders & horses It was a calm atmosphere and I enjoyed it very much." Moritz trains with Robert Conredel on a daily basis and occasionally gets help from Sebastian Heinze and Agusti Elias "Robert Conredel is my boss and main trainer at Bonhomme," Moritz told Eurodressage "Whenever he has time he has an eye on me and helps me with all horses Fabienne Lutkemeier on Valencia AsMoritz twice edged out former German team rider Fabienne Lutkemeier aboard her mom Gina's 14-year old Westfalian mare Valencia As (by Vitalis x Hotline) She was second in the Grand Prix with 69.174%  and second in the Special with 71.383% "I was super content with our two tests because I could give her the relaxation she needed during most of the test," said Fabienne "Unfortunately some more expensive mistakes crept in but we're working on that I have the feeling we are on the right way." Dutch Rowena Weggelaar also made the leap into the senior ranks in 2025 and showed consistency in Aachen with her 17-year old KWPN bred Don Quichot (by United x Gribaldi) They moved from fourth place in the Grand Prix (68.087%) to third in the Special (69.447%) "Donnie showed himself wonderfully," said Rowena "It was our first time riding the Grand Prix Special I couldn’t be prouder of my best buddy and dearest friend." In the Kur tour Belgian Grand Prix rider Wim Verwimp celebrated his first The 57-year old rider is experiencing an incredible renaissance of his career after not having competed internationally for ten years Wim Verwimp and Jedai de MassaVerwimp last rode Pari Lani down the international centerline in 2014 and made his CDI come-back 10 years later aboard the Korean owned Portuguese sport horse Jedai de Massa (by Don Juan de Hus x Galopin de la Font) The bay was initially competed as a youngstee in France by Arnaud Serre and Nicolas Giraud before selling to Korean Eon Jin Chin then to Cathrine Dufour and in February 2024 allocated him to Jorinde Verwimp The highly sensitive cross-bred seems not the easiest ride and Jorinde's father Wim ended up matching best with the gelding Wim debuted him at the CDI Ermelo in September 2024 and went to Leeuwarden where they won the Grand Prix for Kur with 70.565% and placed third in the freestyle with 74.330% Wim runs his own training stable in Wiekevorst with his daughter Jorinde and life partner Laura Strobel and Sissy Max-Theurer's 14-year old Westfalian stallion Valparaiso (by Vitalis x Furst Piccolo) twice landed second place In the Grand Prix with 70.391% and in the Kur to Music with 74.370% Nadine Plaster on ShivaThe Kur to Music win was for German Nadine Plaster on her own 10-year old Westfalian mare Shiva (by Sir Heinrich x Furst Grandios) After placing fifth in the Grand Prix with 68.413% they topped the board in the freestyle with 75.775% Plaster made a big impression in Aachen with her very fine riding. She and the bay mare have been a pair since 2019 At the 2020 Bundeschampionate they were 7th in the 5-year old consolation final and at the 2021 Bundeschampionate they were 27th in the 6-year old preliminary round At the 2022 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo they finished 10th in the 7-year old consolation finals They won the Stars of Tomorrow national circuit in Germany before finishing third in the 2024 Louisdor Cup finals Both rider and horse have only competed in four international Grand Prix classes in their life and Aachen was their first major win In the nine-day celebration of horse sport that is the annual CHIO Aachen (Germany) U.S.-based dressage rider Julio Mendoza Loor of Ecuador took the top spot in the I-West Grand Prix freestyle CDI4* class contingent highlighted the event with several second-place podiums Eventing Team finished second to Great Britain in the SAP-Cup CCIO4*-S on Saturday July 6—the second year in a row it has finished in that spot—while McLain Ward took second Sunday the day after the pair were named to the team for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games in the Turkish Airlines-Prize of Europe Grand Prix CSIO5* aboard Callas finishing third behind Mendoza Loor in Saturday’s CDI4* freestyle Dressage Team finished fourth in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup of Aachen CDIO5* behind winner Germany on July 4 and the NetJets U.S Jumping Team was ninth in the Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* the same day Photographer Shannon Brinkman was there capturing the highlights of the competition you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy You may also receive promotional emails from The Chronicle of the Horse Copyright © 2025 The Chronicle of the Horse We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic 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experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athletes who will represent the U.S and Squad competition at the 2024 CHIO Aachen CVIO4* The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Emma Seely The following athletes have been selected to the U.S Vaulting Team and are listed in alphabetical order: The 2024 Aachen CVIO4* will take place as part of the CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival and runs from Friday Event Website | Schedule and Results Tune in live on ClipMyHorse.TV/FEI.TV with a ClipMyHorse.TV Premium Membership and Fans receive a 10% discount on ClipMyHorse.TV Premium Memberships The USEF International High Performances Programs and the USEF High Performance Pathway Programs are generously supported by the USET Foundation High Performance Program support is also provided by the USOPC and USEF sponsors and members Ky.—June 4— The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the following athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Defender U.S Eventing Team at the CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S in Aachen The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello and Team Leader Gemma Stobbs The following combinations have been selected to represent the Defender U.S Eventing Team and are listed in alphabetical order a 14-year-old Deutches Sportferd gelding (Leo von Faelz x Bradenburger) owned by Nina & Timothy Gardner and cared for by Alexa Lapp and Isabel Turner a 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding (Mighty Magic x Flyinge Quite Easy 958) owned by Ocala Horse Properties and Deborah Palmer and cared for by Jordan Crabo a 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Coriando x Marlo) owned by Julie & Alyssa Phillips and cared for by Addi Mommsen The following combination has been selected to compete as individuals a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding (Dallas x Condios) owned by Ocala Horse Properties and cared for by Jordan Crabo The following combinations have been selected as team alternates and are listed in ranked order a 10-year-old Holsteiner mare (Coventry x Clearway) owned by Hallie Coon & Helen Coon a 17-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Corrido x Clearway) owned by Black Flag Option CHIO Aachen is one of the most prestigious multi-discipline events in the world The CCIO4*-S will begin with dressage on the morning of July 5 at 8:30 a.m followed by stadium later in the afternoon in the main grass arena at 5:50 p.m The 2025 USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing Championships were an incredible success ushering the programs forward as the first standalone championships knock on the door for 2026 The Intercollegiate and IEL Programs were merged for their year-end championships to ensure that the USEA’s junior and young adult members have a goal to continue to pursue their passion for eventing throughout their educational years and beyond and the support the event has received in the last two years has been astounding A pre-purchase examination (PPE) is big part of investing in a new eventing partner but there are so many options and add-ons that can be done in a PPE that the process can feel a bit daunting USEA Podcast Host Nicole Brown sat down with equine veterinarian and USEA Board of Governors member Dr and more in this week's episode of the USEA Podcast This episode is a great one if you anticipate you will be in the market for a new horse soon Amidst the unbridled enthusiasm of the USEA Intercollegiate teams competing in this weekend’s USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing Championships at Stable View (Aiken the Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) riders have held their own with displays of teamwork and horsemanship all weekend long While all teams put their best foot forward The Iron Bridge Hounds Pony Club came into the weekend with one goal in mind—to win They achieved that goal by such a large margin that they were able to claim the title of champions before their last rider The University of Kentucky has claimed top honors at the 2025 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship they not only secured the title of “School with the Largest Presence” once again but also rode away with their second national championship title the Kentucky Wildcats (made up of Callia Englund,Sarah Ertl and Emerson Padgett) dominated the championship finishing 11 points ahead of second place with a total score of 77.76 Official Joint Therapy Treatment of the USEA Official Competition & Training Apparel of the USEA - US Equestrian is pleased to announce the following athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Defender U.S The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello and Team Leader Gemma Stobbs Sunday's €1.5 million Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen – one of the four Majors in the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping – was a real highlight with fantastic sport from beginning to end With the world's very best horse-and-rider combinations at start some of them doing the last fine-tuning ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris in less than four weeks’ time the Grand Prix was always going to be a clash of titans.  The 18 best horse-and-rider-combinations from the first round continued on to the second round over another massive course set by the German course designer Frank Rothenberger who for the 2024-edition had decided to turn the traditional double of ditches into a triple combination – with an oxer jumping in Eleven of the riders that returned for round two managed to solve all the questions asked by Rothenberger and four delivered double clears to move on to the jump-off we look back at the second round as well as the jump-off that decided the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen All photos © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping. No reproduction of any of the content in this article will be accepted without a written permission all rights reserved © World of Showjumping.com © 2025 World of Showjumping - All rights reserved Powered by Artionet - Generated with IceCube2.Net Isabell Werth and the 10-year old Danish mare Wendy were the winners of the 5* Grand Prix Special at the 2024 CDIO Aachen on Saturday afternoon 6 July 2024 A group of 30 riders qualified for the Special via Thursday's 5* Grand Prix class and were faced with interesting weather conditions all day being delivered pretty much all four seasons in a six-hour time frame: hot It was all on the menu today and part of the fantastic competition that took centre stage in a sold out Deutsche Bank stadium securing a spot on the German Olympic team for Paris where she is set to ride her seventh Olympics in her career After winning the Grand Prix and beating two rivals for a team spot on Thursday she underlined her authority again today with an even better ride and second win of the week Werth and WendyWerth and Wendy (by Sezuan x Soprano) entered in an extremely collected canter (6.5 - 8.5) They rode fluent trot half passes and extended trots that showed improved overtrack compared to the Grand Prix Special The extensions now correctly earned a 7.5 while on Thursday they were massively overscored by the judges The passage work was still a little of a mixed bag: first lacking ground cover at times lacking carriage and collection from behind (on the right lead) but then gradually improving and becoming better and better (passage in between piaffes) The piaffes were on the spot and also got more secure in the rhythm throughout the test but the pi-pa work remains slightly crooked to the right The extended walk had plenty of overtrack and good clarity of rhythm the changes to the right in the one tempi's were shorter there was a mistake in the ones on the centerline (4 - 5) the pirouette right was small but could improve in elasticity (7.5 - 8.5) despite being wide behind  and she lost a bit of steam in the final passage strides before the square end halt The ride looked clearly more calibrated than two days ago consisting of Mariette Sanders-van Gansewinkel Ringmark had them even at 79.1% while the others were more 77.5% oriented Another Aachen win for Werth“I must really say Wendy was fantastic today We really feel home together," said a beaming Werth at the press conference Werth was always adamant about producing her horses from young horse level to Grand Prix but with Wendy she pulled a 180° turn and accepted a ready Grand Prix horse in the barn "I am thankful to Andreas (Helgstrand) that I got a horse that was great to start with She suggested that Helgstrand never co-owned the horse but she allowed him to sign name as co-owner on paper as a courtesy Dutch Dinja van Liere surged to a second place and got sandwiched by two Germans in the top three Aboard Dutch horse dealer Eugene Reesink's 9-year old Hanoverian Vita di Lusso (by Vitalis x Weltano) she posted 76.872% for a second place finish Dinja has been riding the horse for three years and debuted at Grand Prix level in December 2023 They also showed considerable improvement from Thursday's Grand Prix The spicy bay gelding showed a fantastic left trot half pass and ground covering extensions even though Van Liere stood in the stirrups and leaned back in the saddle in each corner to collect him The extended walk had two hooves overstep and was relaxed but the horse could march more from the shoulder The first piaffe was a bit unbalanced and in passage he could step under more with the hindlegs Overall it was a bubbly ride in which the lightness and self carriage needs to be more established Dinja and Vita di Lusso"I'm blown away by my horse He's still young but developing so quickly," said Dinja Now we need more relaxation in the arena so I can ride him forward instead of coming back." Vita di Lusso has now overtaken Dinja's second horse Hartsuijker is selected as her reserve horse for the 2024 Olympics For German Frederic Wandres the 2024 CDIO Aachen as second and German Olympic team selection trial have been a mental hurdle of great magnitude With a life-time dream and goal on the horizon - the Olympic Games - and trying to get qualified for one of the toughest countries in the world Frederic Wandres on BluetoothAfter being the third ranked German in the Grand Prix the slightly more safe feeling of having a spot on the team vaporized and Wandres and the 14-year old Oldenburg gelding Bluetooth (by Bordeaux x Riccione) had to give it their all today The odds were slightly against them as he was the rider facing a serious downpour of rain in his test The halt at entry was not entirely perfect but the trot extensions had plenty of lengthening in the stride and the passage was always engaged from behind The extended walk had two hooves overstep and good rhythm The second piaffe was nice with the nose in front of the vertical and climbing but in the ones the rider swung in the saddle to make them happen The ones on the centerline were more fluent In the pirouette right the horse jumped with the hindlegs together The piaffe at X was the best one in rhythm and on the spot Frederic and BluetoothThe judges gave them 76.851% for third place with the individual marks going from 75.426 % to 79.043% "I'm very happy," a relieved Wandres said at the press conference There was a lot of tension because of the German team selection At some shows you go in the flow but in this show I started with Duke and had a mistake and I took that with me on Bluetooth Today I wanted to impress the judges and the selectors yesterday that helped me a lot: "pull yourself together" When asked how he is going to feel if he hears that he is selected "the Olympics are a lifetime achievement and goal for me I want the pressure gone and breathe out and present myself with confidence." Isabell Werth Ingrid Klimke is a clear crowd favourite in Germany Aside from her outstanding classical riding she is also excellent in her media and PR management with a team behind her Her good reputation is soaring and her riding very much liked as it presents a classical lightness and correctness not often seen in the arena Ingrid Klimke on FranziskusHer loyal horse Wilhelm Holkenbrink's 16-year old Hanoverian stallion Franziskus (by Fidertanz x Alabaster) has gained popularity throught the hashtag #tanzmitFranz In the Grand Prix the pair placed second with a very appealing ride Unfortunately they could not reproduce that same form in the Special with mistakes in the two tempi lines (which did not go noticed by all judges: scores for the ones on the diagonal were between 5 and 8.5 and on the centerline between 5 and 9 (9 from the judge at C In the half pass left and passage at the start of the test the horse dropped in the poll but the trot extensions were ground covering In passage "Franz" does not always show sufficient engagement and carrying power from behind In the first piaffe he rounded his back and almost gave a mini buck At all times the contact with the bit was soft and elastic Nadja Aaboe Sloth on Favour GersdorfDanish Nadja Aaboe Sloth is having a sensational week in Aachen achieving better form than ever on her 11-year old Danish warmblood gelding Favour Gersdorf (by Foundation x Leandro) In the Special they got a personal best of 74.170% and placed fifth The judges were thrilled with Marieke van der Putten's ride on the 12-year old Danish bred Torveslettens Titanium (by Totilas x Stedinger) and gave it 74.021% The dark bay gelding trots rather mechanically and does not truly stretch in the top line or properly lengthen the strides and frame in the extensions but in the collected work he's quick on his feet and can sit in the piaffe Related LinksScores: 2024 CDIO AachenTeam Germany Makes it a One-Two-Three in the 2024 CDIO Aachen 5* Grand Prix 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joint technology development through cost sharing and efficiently drive their development strategies in this rapidly evolving field For more information about the project or to inquire about participation interested parties are encouraged to contact: the Grand Prix was always going to be a big battle for the first prize of €500.000 and the status as live contender the chance to write history in the most prestigious competition in the international showjumping calendar.  After an absolutely incredible week in Aachen Germany's own Richard Vogel went into the Rolex Grand Prix as a clear favourite and had a lot of pressure to perform Here he is out walking the course with USA's McLain Ward mapping out a plan on how to solve Frank Rothenberger's thirteen-fence first-round track we look back at the first round of the Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen By 2024-09-30T05:00:00+01:00 GERMANY: A project to build a tram line running north from Aachen to Alsdorf has been allocated €5·5m by federal and state governments to continue with planning a feasibility study reported positively in 2022 with follow-up research in July 2023 by Transport Technologie-Consult Karlsruhe GmbH declaring it economically viable Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen said ‘we have waited a long time for the funding approval the daily journey will be much more relaxed and comfortable for many commuters Now we can finally get started and take the next steps so that the city and region can move closer together thanks to the Regiotram.’ The project envisages a 20 km line running from Aachen Hauptbahnhof across the city centre along the Krefelder Straße axis to Alsdorf and then continuing to Baesweiler with a 6·5 km branch from Würselen to the airport at Merzbrück Services would run at 15 min interval on each line with eight trams per hour on the core Aachen – Würselen section The next stage will be design and planning approval over the next three to five years with opening projected for 10-15 years from now Aachen has not been served by trams since the Vaals-Brand line closed in 1974 GERMANY: Funding has been confirmed for the 15 kV 16·7 Hz electrification of the 47 km Euregiobahn network of local passenger routes in the Aachen area The federal government has agreed to cover 90% of the €43m cost with the Land and infrastructure owner Euregio Verkehrsschienennetz .. GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has called tenders for the provision of planning services to support the development of a proposed extension of tram Route M17 from Johannisthal to Gropiusstadt in the southeast of the capital Preliminary feasibility and economic viability studies were completed in 2023 EUROPE: A through regional passenger train service linking Liège in Belgium with Aachen in Germany via Maastricht in the Netherlands was finally launched on June 30 the so-called Three Countries Service was originally expected to start running in 2018 Site powered by Webvision Cloud Ky.—June 28— The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the updated athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Defender U.S a 10-year-old Oldenburg mare (Escudo II x Lavita) owned by Alliston Equestrian and Ric Plummer and cared for by Sophie Hulme and Sophie Tice a 10-year-old Holsteiner mare (Coventry x Clearway) owned by Hallie Coon & Helen Coon and cared for by Helen Elston a 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding (Dallas x Condios) owned by Ocala Horse Properties and cared for by Jordan Crabo a 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Coriando x Marlo) owned by Julie & Alyssa Phillips and cared for by Alyssa Dobrotin The original team announcement can be found here By 2024-07-11T11:23:00 EUROPE: A through regional passenger train service linking Liège in Belgium with Aachen in Germany via Maastricht in the Netherlands was finally launched on June 30 Already have an account? LOG IN You’ve reached your limit of content for the month Register for free now Maastricht Aachen Airport has announced the return of Turkish Cargo with two weekly flights Maastricht Aachen Airport’s certification as an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) allows goods to pass through customs more quickly due to the strict security procedures the airport follows as an AEO “Our dedicated cargo hub was chosen for its fast and efficient service and one-stop-shop model that strengthens our processing capacity and tailor-made facilities,” said Dean Boljuncic head of commercial development at Maastricht Aachen Airport “We are proud of the efforts of our team that lives up to this reputation of excellent handling which brings Turkish Cargo back to Maastricht “Our dedicated team of freight specialists makes it possible to be competitive with our flexibility and high-quality service.” flowers are transported by truck within two hours of landing at the airport This means that flowers from Maastricht Aachen Airport are in Aalsmeer just as quickly as from Schiphol Boljuncic added: “It is a great compliment to our team that our efficient operations co-operation and customer-focused approach are now ensuring the return of Turkish Cargo we received the Excellence Award from Turkish Cargo for our performance “But that operational excellence is now the reason they are resuming their routes at our airport.” Maastricht Aachen has no slot restrictions and the airport aims to leverage its well-connected location to maintain steady cargo volume growth this year Your registration will include editorial emails and offers from EVA International By creating an account, I agree to the terms of service, and privacy policy EVA International Media Ltd trading as CAAS Int Boswell Cottage We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience Isabell Werth had already eternalized her name 14-times on her “favourite board” which is located at the entrance to the Main Stadium at the Soers The fact that her 15th victory in the Grand Prix Freestyle is among others because of her new four-legged dance partner Member of the Supervisory Board of the Lindt & Sprüngli Group Managing Director of Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli Deutschland GmbH and ALRV President Stefanie Peters “Normally the Deutsche Bank Stadium calls up the Main Stadium because we are too loud But this time it was extremely loud in the dressage arena as well,” joked Birgit Rosenberg Head of Sport at the CHIO Aachen with a sidewards glance at the top three riders from the Lindt-Prize the Grand Prix Freestyle on Sunday morning at the CHIO Aachen Frederic Wandres with Bluetooth and Ingrid Klimke with Franziskus were among those who rocked the sold-out Deutsche Bank Stadium today The judges awarded an incredible score of 89.095 percent for the black mare’s performance At championships that would be the sort of score that would pick up an individual medal Wendy didn’t put a hoof wrong in her new freestyle routine for which the text of Barry Manilow’s “Oh Mandy” had been changed into “Oh Wendy” The crowd applauded nearly all of the riders as they turned onto the final center line But in the case of Werth and Wendy the fans went totally crazy No sign of the sacred silence that usually prevails in dressage arenas As Isabell Werth reported: “She didn’t have a wet hair on her body when she went in nor when she came out.” Regardless of the thunderous applause of the crowd she kept in rhythm in piaffe and passage and then walked calmly to the exit Second place went to Frederic Wandres with Bluetooth on a score of 83.010 percent shook him out of his mental low with a strict “Pull yourself together!” He was satisfied with his freestyle: “We had no technical mistakes there is some room for improvement with the B mark I was slightly behind the music here and there.” As far as Bluetooth is concerned he was very happy: “We have been here a week and now today on Sunday he felt just as fresh and smooth as on Monday.” Ingrid Klimke and Franziskus came third on 81.385 percent There is an extended trot right at the start of her freestyle choreography “I risked a little too much and pushed him too much I played it safe after that,” is how Klimke analyzed the situation she was delighted to have been there today “It is the first time that I have ridden the freestyle on the Sunday morning You could even hear the crowd during the warm-up When you ride under the bridge into the stadium and when you ride onto the final line to salute: “Aachen is simply unique They know what they see and want they want.” Birgit Rosenberg could only agree: “We are just the ones Thank you for the beautiful dressage we have seen all week!” and Hunter Jumpers in Alachua County Florida Renee and Emily Genther wanted a show safe and easy way to help their horses "want" to hydrate and to help them with muscle recovery post-workout by adding electrolytes to their sugar treats Registered properties of HorsesDaily®Inc. 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Unless otherwise noted. ©1997 - 2025 horsesdaily.com and dressagedaily.com Enter your email address and we will send you a link to change your password 2024 | US Equestrian Communications Department Dressage Team finished fourth overall in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup Aachen CDIO5* as a final competition for several combinations before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games completing on a final team total of 214.283 Germany finished in first on a combined total of 228.173 while the Netherlands took second on a 215.674 I’m pleased with our performances today Anna Marek delivered exactly what I expected – gave us a solid test produced by such good riding and setting the tone for our team Anna showed us her talent as she guided her powerful mare through the test with such feel and focus,” said Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig “Endel Ots did a super job with Bohemian – I continue to be impressed They are riding clean tests and Endel has formed a remarkable relationship with Bo in such a short time Marcus Orlob and Jane continue to draw the attention of riders They are also a combination which has been together for less than six months and only continue to improve with every test together What makes us all especially proud is that Jane was ‘made in the USA’ and we love that I am so proud of our riders today and looking forward to the rest of the competition together.” Fla.) and Fire Fly were the combination selected by Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig to lead-off the team a 2010 KWPN (Briar Junior x Arieka) gelding owned by Janet Simile and cared for by Katherine Esterline who were team gold medalists and individual bronze medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santigo but a mistake in their one-tempis dropped their trending score just below the 70% mark Photo – Marcus Orlob and Jane (©ShannonBrinkmanPhotography) In just their third competition in Europe as a combination her own 2010 Danish Warmblood (Fassbinder x Rapitala) mare cared for by Michael Hernandez were reserved in their work with a very strong trot tour which received positive marks from the judging panel A miscommunication in their one-tempis impacted their overall scores in the canter tour but Fiontini’s piaffe passage down the centerline was a highlight ahead of their final salute the atmosphere in Deutsche Bank Stadium grew Fla.) and Zen Elite’s Bohemian entered the centerline the stadium was full of spectators and fans a 2010 Westphalian (Bordeaux x Sunshine) gelding owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center and cared for by Caroline Hoerdum were accurate and precise both in their trot and canter work producing a mistake-free test for the team The duo was rewarded for their piaffe and passage work earning a 71.435% to help push the team further up in the overall standings “I have never ridden in an atmosphere like that I’m quite shaky and nervous when I come out and was confident and good in there,” said Ots of his test with Zen Elite’s Bohemian “Each test I learn something new with him and since we’ve only been together for six months but also so much to continue to work on together Riding in front of a crowd like that on the Fourth of July and representing your country – really is just an unmatched feeling.” who will be heading to their first Olympic Games together in just a few weeks were tasked with the anchor role for the team and were pressured to produce a strong score for the team to keep them in the hunt for the podium Orlob and the 2014 Dutch Warmblood (Desperado x Zandra) mare owned and cared for by Alice Tarjan settled into their test and Orlob showed her natural ability and athleticism throughout their test earning marks of 8.0 and 8.5 in their piaffe and passage and were trending above the 76% mark for periods of their test and while she was still a little tense and looky so I felt like I could really ride and was in a good place,” said Orlob she’s learning and she’s smart and she allows me to push her each show a little more I feel like I’m starting to be able to show the brilliance she really has I was just happy with her because i finished on a good note today and I think we’re going to be able to trust each other more after this.” to contest the FEI Grand Prix Special CDIO5* with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDIO5* to take place in the morning on Sunday Event Schedule | Website | Start Lists & Results Click here to check out the latest news and updates on the Iberian Showcase Equine preventative maintenance and rehabilitation devices using scientifically proven infrared light therapy In cooperation with people from sports, business, politics, investors, and scientists, the congress strives to find solutions for an efficient and equally ecological and economically sustainable future. The organizers of the star-studded congress are Rhein Ruhr City GmbH, the Aachen Technology Entrepreneurship Conference (ATEC) RWTH Aachen The list of speakers and visitors at the #neuland Congress (July 2nd and 3rd 2024) reads like a who’s who of the sports The CHIO Aachen stands for top international sport with a long tradition. But at the same time, it is also a place of encounter and exchange. The #neuland Congress has been held during Germany’s largest sporting event It offers scope for an exchange at the highest level and innovation to lay the foundation for an efficient and equally ecological and economically sustainable future It allows start-ups to present innovative ideas in a dynamic competition the participants at the #neuland congress can look forward to current trends and a fabulous networking atmosphere revolving around current social themes “The idea behind the congress is to decisively push the vision of a sustainable future forward,” explained Michael Mronz General Manager of the Aachener Reitturnier GmbH and CEO of the organizers Dr.Thoman-Bach-President-of-International-Olympic-Committee which kicks off on the evening of July 2nd and when the celebrities walk over the most famous red carpet of the equestrian sports scene on their way to the traditional gala evening the “Media Night.” The first day of the congress at the traditional showgrounds at the Aachen Soers will be brought to a close with an opening lecture by the President of the International Olympic Committee The event offers the speakers and guests a unique opportunity to experience the breathtaking atmosphere of the CHIO Aachen and engage in an exchange and network in this first-class ambiance Accredited journalists also have the chance to attend the impulse lecture the congress will examine sports’ vital role in society especially regarding sustainable financing models and their contribution to social integration and cohesion “Sport is an important social axis of our society It holds great social potential and at the same time bears a far-reaching economic responsibility,” stated Michael Mronz “Particularly the theme of the sustainable financing of clubs and sporting events takes on an ever-increasing significance in the planning and strategic alignment and will also be of key importance for the sports industry.”  DOSB President Thomas Weikert and the CEO and founder of Dyn will collaborate with fellow high-ranking representatives of the sports industry solutions to explore sustainable financing models and the related preservation of the role of sport The CHIO Aachen Scientist Circle will be one of the themes addressed on the second day of the congress This project brings equestrian experts together with leading scientists from Germany and its work focuses on the well-being of sports horses—Prof—Dr Dirk Winter from the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science; Dr an expert in artificial intelligence and developer of AI-based camera systems for monitoring horses’ health and CHIO Aachen Head of Sport Birgit Rosenberg are participating “We are looking forward to providing the CHIO Aachen Scientist Circle amid this impressive setting with a stage for an interdisciplinary exchange on major sport-related and socially relevant future themes,” commented Philip Erbers in his capacity as a member of the board of the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein is among others responsible for the areas Digital Technology and Innovations “I am convinced that ultimately the outcome will be interesting ideas on all themes.” Tickets for the congress are available immediately here: neuland.today Journalists accredited for the CHIO Aachen 2024 can attend the congress and a shuttle will drive them to the event location IES Group specializes in assisting foreign national equestrians with the US immigration process Read about updates in the law and the athletes they represent is your ultimate solution for enhancing your horse’s receptivity to [...] Felicitas Hendricks will not be competing Drombusch in Saturday's Aachen 4* Kur to Music after her horse experienced a medical emergency on the Aachen show grounds Hendricks made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2024 CDIO Aachen in the 4* tour on Wednesay 3 July 2024 and finished 13th with 69.565% She was scheduled to ride the freestyle on Saturday night "And all of a sudden the world stands still for a moment," Hendricks stated "Drombusch had a severe allergic shock yesterday afternoon Thankfully a group of amazing vets was right by our side stabilising him and saving him from collapsing I’ve never experienced anything like this and I truly hope neither Drombusch nor I will have to go through something like this ever again Just moments before he was as fit as he can be and the next second his body just shut down completely." Fortunately the swift assistance of a veterinarian team helped her 13-year old Oldenburg gelding (by Destano x Dimaggio) to get stabilised "Thank you to the amazing vets helping him recover He‘s already doing much better and has come back to his normal goofy "I’m so glad I was able to be with him in those terrifying moments and the one positive takeaway I‘m sure of is that this only made our bond grow even stronger." we will not be able to compete in Saturday‘s freestyle here at CHIO Aachen The most important thing is that Drombusch is healthy and happy." This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Because apart from the fact that it is always wonderful to win a 1.50 metre class at a five-star show Eugenio Garza Perez first of all declared: “Winning here in Aachen – is a dream come true!” What’s more the Mexican show-jumper was elated for his four-legged sports partner “Claiming the victory with this horse makes it even more memorable joint history began just under nine years ago He has had a bit of bad luck with injuries That is why he has never jumped at top level I am simply so happy for the horse – to see him winning here happy and healthy He already picked up the silver rosette with his Hanoverian-bred gelding yesterday in the opening jumping competition today they added a second one to their collection The Mexican duo took 27.43 seconds to complete the second phase of the 1.50 metre two phase class “Flying Vogel” and Cydello took 28.07 seconds which was plenty of time to relegate Ben Maher (GBR) and Exit Remo into third place (28,71) Richard Vogel’s quota of top three placings at this year’s CHIO Aachen has thus gone up to four out of four You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Facebook Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers Beezie Madden and Authentic dominated the show jumping scene during their competitive career together winning team gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Hong Kong Olympic Games and he celebrated with carrot cake and party hats at his retirement home In honor of “Bud’s” birthday—and this week’s CHIO Aachen which concludes with the Rolex Grand Prix on July 7—we’re looking back at one of his biggest wins with Beezie Madden: the 2007 $340,642 Grand Prix of Aachen (Germany) This article originally appeared in July 2007 Beezie Madden and Authentic have won one of the most prestigious grand prix events in the world rider has won the class in 16 years—Anne Kursinski won on Starman in 1991 Madden experienced heartbreak with Authentic toppling the last rail of the jump-off course and losing the individual gold medal in the 2006 World Equestrian Games (She ended up with the individual silver.) But this year at the CHIO Aachen as she topped a three-horse jump-off for the top check with two rails for Ward and three for Engle But Laura Kraut jumped clear in Round 1 aboard Anthem and then turned in a four-fault Round 2 performance She ended up tied for seventh with Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum on Goldfever Madden and Authentic duplicated their clear first-round performance in Round 2 as did Germany’s Christian Ahlmann on Cöster and France’s Roger-Yves Bost on Ideal Del La Loge but Cöster clipped two rails on their speedy way around the jump-off course All Madden had to do was keep Authentic’s mind on the clear round as they cruised to a slow—but more importantly The win was a bright spot in American spirits after the U.S team experienced Super League Nations Cup disappointment yet again finishing sixth in the Mercedes Benz Nations Cup at Aachen on July 5 winning easily on their home turf.