The main stadium at the CHIO Aachen offers space for 40,000 guests. This is where the show jumping and eventing disciplines take place
CHIO Aachen, Foto: Studio Strauch, The main stadium at the CHIO Aachen offers space for 40,000 guests. This is where the show jumping and eventing disciplines take place

CHIO Aachen

Event location

Aachen, Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V.

Dates

The next date has not yet been announced.

Experts also call it the "Wimbledon of equestrian sport": The "Concours Hippique International Officiel" in Aachen, or CHIO for short, is the largest and best attended equestrian tournament in the world. Every summer, more than 350,000 visitors come to the imperial city for the World Equestrian Festival. Around 300 riders, drivers and vaulters from 30 nations take part in the competitions and tests.

The tournament consists of the classic equestrian disciplines of show jumping, dressage, driving, eventing and vaulting. In all disciplines, a winner is determined in the individual and team competitions. The annual highlight is the Sunday's main jumping competition, the "Grand Prix of Aachen".

Soers Sunday

The competition program of the CHIO Aachen usually lasts from Friday to Sunday of the following week. In addition to the main competitions, the extensive supporting program always proves to be a magnet for visitors: This includes the "Soers Sunday", the unofficial opening day at the CHIO Aachen, on which tens of thousands of guests flock to the show grounds to experience a colourful show program with free admission.

The show program "Horse and Symphony", accompanied by live music from the Aachen Symphony Orchestra, is also an integral part of the supporting programme. Finally, the CHIO celebrates its annual finale with the "Farewell of the Nations".

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Event location

Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V.

Albert-Servais-Allee 50
52070 Aachen

Phone: +49 241 9171-0

E-Mail: info@chioaachen.de

Contact

Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V.

Albert-Servais-Allee 50
52070 Aachen

Phone: +49 241 9171-0

E-Mail: info@chioaachen.de

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