It was one of those moments that most riders would have looked back on and shaken their head at, thinking ‘that was where I lost it.’ But most riders are not Christian Ahlmann, and when the formidable German picked up a rail in Round 1 of the €320,000 Longines Global Champions CSI5* Tour Grand Prix […]
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Three days of CSI5* competition in Doha, Qatar culminated on Saturday, March 5th with an all-German podium amid the main arena of the sweeping Al Shaqab equestrian facility. Course designer Frank Rothenburger set a championship track that whittled an entry list of 43 pairs down to 20 who returned for a full Round 2. From there, […]
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Christian Ahlmann of Germany continued to prove that he is red hot over the weekend, picking up two wins at the Lowen Classics Braunschweig CSI4* in Germany. The leader in the Longines FEI Western European League World Cup Qualifying standings, who has been on a tear as of late with extremely strong form, took what […]
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With the completion of the CSI5*-W event in Bordeaux, France, Germany’s Christian Ahlmann comes out as the leading rider for the 2015/16 Longines FEI World Cup Western European League. Ahlmann won a total of three FEI World Cup Qualifying events this season, including the back-to-back winning performance in November. Winning the CSI5*-W Grand Prix in […]
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The World Cup, the oldest international jumping circuit, remains the discipline’s point of reference. It is the title to which all jumping champions aspire. If you’re not convinced, read the charts. To be one of the 13 qualifying competitions, surviving since the circuit’s inception, shows that this Grand Prix World Cup is not a Grand […]
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