It’s time to get underway with the fourth CCI5* of our 2025 season, this time happening in Germany at Longines Luhmühlen. One of our favorite, most picturesque events to cover, it’s the perfect event to ring in summer and send off our 5* riders before we see them again for Burghley at the start of September.
The action at Luhmühlen begins today with the First Horse Inspection, which will take place at 5 p.m. local time (CET) / 11 a.m. ET. Tilly Berendt, our eyes and ears on the ground this week, will have a full report from the jog coming your way later on. You can also watch live on H&C+ with your membership or event viewing pass here.
Longines Luhmühlen CCI5* (Germany): [Website] [Entries] [Schedule] [Timing & Scoring] [H&C+ Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage]
The Players
Laura Collett and London 52. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
After several withdrawals, we’ll have about 50 horses and riders to see in the CCI5*, in addition to an always-competitive CCI4*-S division that also hosts the German Championship Meßmer Trophy. You can view the full entry list here, and you can also learn more about every pair in our Form Guide here.
Heavy hitters on the list include multi-Olympic medalist London 52 with Great Britain’s Laura Collett, Badminton champion Ros Canter with her 2023 Pau winner Izilot DHI (who also finished fourth at Luhmühlen last year), and Gemma Stevens with her Badminton re-route Jalapeno (also, fun fact: Gemma’s bringing her Chilli Morning clone to contest the 4*!).
The U.S. is well-represented with five entries plus a bonus in Jenny Caras with 5* debut horse Sommersby (also a member of the USEF European Development Tour, and currently basing overseas), Cosby Green with Highly Suspicious (another pair on the Development Tour and basing in the UK), Allison Springer and No May Moon. Also representing for North America is Canadian Olympian Mike Winter, who brings forward El Mundo.
Our Ground Jury for the 5* is presided over by Katrin Eichinger-Kniely (AUT), joined by Ernst Topp (GER) and Merel Schurink (NED). The Technical Delegate across divisions is Gert Naber (NED). Cross country is designed once more by Mike Etherington-Smith (GBR), assisted by David Evans (GBR) and Kai Steffen-Meier (BEL). Show jumping will be designed by Marco Behrens (GER).
Competitors will ride the FEI CCI5* Test A for their first phase of competition.
How to Watch
2024 winners Lara de Liedekerke-Meier and Hooney d’Arville jump the last. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Horse & Country has the global live feed available for all phases and horse inspections this weekend. You can watch here for English commentary and here for German commentary using your H&C+ membership or your one-time event viewing pass. Both the 5* and 4* will be carried on the live feed.
Social Media Channels and Hashtags
Don’t forget that spam pages tend to pop up during major events! Never give your information away to a page asking for your payment information, etc. on Facebook. H&C+ is the sole carrier of the live feed this weekend.
You can also keep up with the action on the Luhmühlen social media pages linked below:
Luhmühlen Facebook | Instagram
EN’s Coverage
Katherine Coleman and Monbeg Senna. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Check back all weekend for links to our coverage from Luhmühlen!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
One Held; All Pass Longines Luhmühlen First Horse Inspection
PRE-COMPETITION STORIES
Longines Luhmühlen Entries Live with 55 Entries
