It was Great Britain who won the 2024 SAP-Cup Nations’ Cup at CHIO Aachen. The team of Emily King and Valmy Biats, Laura Collett and Dacapo, Kirsty Chabert and Classic VI, and Izzy Taylor and SBF Big Wall finished on a total score of 112.8, finishing ahead of runners-up, the USA (123.7), and third-placed the Irish team (138.0). Fourth place went to the German team (147.5).
This was the Brit’s fourth victory in the Nations’ Cup at Aachen, having won in 2011, 2021 and 2022.
Individual
The Olympic gold medallist Julia Krajewski and her newcomer Nickel were winners of the SAP-Cup 2024 individual competition on a score of 30.3. Second place went to the U25 aspiring eventing star, Calvin Böckmann with The Phantom Of The Opera. The latter ended the competition on their dressage score of 30.9. As the best rider on the British team, Laura Collett with Dacapo, finished in third place with 30.9.
Julia Krajewski said of her win: “Winning in Aachen is, of course, always very, very special. It is almost like a championships. But there is so much between hoping to win and actually winning. I wasn’t predicted to win, which makes it all the better when it is a surprise. I still can’t really believe that it actually happened.”
Laura Collett, who came third, confirmed that: “Everything here is so special, the atmosphere, the crowds. We don’t get to jump in a stadium like this anywhere else in the world.” Her impression of the course: “It was a go-cart course, one obstacle followed the next. The courses in Aachen are always demanding.”
All information about the CHIO Aachen 2024 and all results can be found online here.
Image courtesy of Peter Nixon.
