Louise Romeike and Caspian. Photo courtesy of Eventing Marbach.
The following press release has been translated from German; please forgive any translation errors!
Start-to-finish victory for Sweden’s Louise Romeike in the CCI4*-Short competition for the iWEST Animal Nutrition Prize at Marbach: After taking the lead in dressage (25.0 points), the daughter-in-law of 2008 Olympic champion Hinrich Romeike held onto her lead during Saturday’s cross country (3.6 penalties). On Sunday, the 34-year-old incurred one rail in show jumping aboard her gelding Caspian in the “Marbach Stallion Parade Arena,” but was still able to maintain her narrow lead with a final score of 32.6.
Malin Hansen-Hotopp (Gransebieth) and her Holsteiner gelding Carlitos Quidditch K delivered a fault-free show jumping round and finished second by a slim margin with 33.4 points. Third place went to Frida Andersen (Sweden), who also had a rail in the jumping phase with her mare Stonehavens Baby Blue, finishing on 36.5 points.
The German Professional Riders’ Championship was won by Nina Schultes (Neuhütten) and the 18-year-old Württemberger gelding Grand Prix Iwest (39.3), ahead of Anna Siemer (Salzhausen) riding the Hanoverian mare FRH Butt’s Avondale (44.6).
The U25 Development Prize was awarded to Annabel Kurth (Beiersdorf) with her 14-year-old gelding from the Saxony-Thuringia breeding region, Captain Morgan S (64.8 points), ahead of Linus Weiß of Möglingen riding Astrello, a 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding (70.5 points).
“This is a fantastic event with a very good team”
Photo courtesy of Eventing Marbach.
Danièle Vogg, the new Sport Director of the International Marbach Eventing competition as of this year, gave a “completely positive conclusion” about the four-day 2025 event. “Of course, the whole thing lives and dies with the weather — and this time, we really got lucky,” said the Swiss native. She added: “This is a fantastic event with a very good team.”
Aside from one absence due to illness, she retained the team from previous years, and everything ran smoothly. “Certainly, there are still a few things that could be improved, but we’ll be working on that for next year!”
Vogg, who heads Gut Weiherhof (near Radolfzell), is also the event director for the Nations Cup and CCI4* in Avenches, in the canton of Vaud, where the Swiss National Stud — founded in 1899 — is located. She also leads the Zürich Equestrian Masters, a two-week-long two-star eventing competition. All three of her sons — Christian (37), Felix (35, born in Waiblingen), and Ben — ride for Switzerland in eventing competitions.
Holger Sontheim (Veringenstadt), who has chaired the organizing association IGV-BW (Association of Event Riders in Baden-Württemberg) since November 2024, admitted he had “a bit of a gut feeling” beforehand, wondering how well the individually strong team members would work together. “But they all worked together brilliantly!”
His overall conclusion: “This was a thoroughly successful event — on cross country day we had around 4,000 spectators.” For 2026, there are already discussions around improving logistics and stabling tents, “and the food options for spectators also need to be enhanced.”
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