The Queen Is Back! Isabell Werth & Quantaz Battle Their Way To The Top In The Grand Prix Freestyle!

Germany's “Queen of Dressage“ proved her mettle and battled her way back to the top of the board in the concluding class of the 2021 CDIO Aachen on Sunday 19 September 2021, the 5* Grand Prix Kur to Music. While Werth won the “Deutsche Bank“ 5* freestyle for the 14th time in her career on six different horses, it was Dutch shooting star Dinja van Liere who became the 2021 Aachen Grand Champion. Unique Edition A very unique edition of the CHIO Aachen, the most prestigious international equestrian competition of the year, took place in 2021. Due to the ongoing corona pandemic the organizers were only allowed to sell tickets to 30% of its full capacity, although the local authorities increased that amount to 50% at the start of the week. In 2020 the CHIO was initially postponed to the month of September and then eventually called off, the first time a CHIO Aachen ever got cancelled since 1898 (!), although no shows were held during World War II.