Julia Krajewski will certainly have woken up with a smile on her face this morning. She took the Individual title in this weekend’s CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S, with the relatively inexperienced Nickel 21 – four years after the last time she took the title with the then similarly inexperienced fischerChipmunk FRH. Chipmunk was once again in the top spot this weekend – this time with Michael Jung – though he was withdrawn before cross country.
Julia is the reigning Olympic champion, and although she won’t be able to defend her medal in Paris later this month – she is one of several riders in the third block of Germany’s Olympic longlist, all of whom are vying for the reserve spot – she and Nickel 21 have every chance of a trip to LA in 2028. There is another World and European Championships to go before then, too, and while I don’t want to jump the gun, this pair have shown just what they are capable of here this weekend, and proven themselves quite the force to be reckoned with on a world stage.
Back to the present day now though, and with Aachen done and dusted, all eyes are on Paris. Team announcements just keep on coming, with France, Belgium and Canada announcing their teams in the last 24 hours. Keep checking EN’s Olympic pages – we’re bringing you all of the updates as soon as they happen. Not long to go now, before we Go Eventing in Paris. Allez!
U.S. Weekend Preview
Arrowhead H.T. (Billings, MT) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Bouckaert Equestrian H.T. (Fairburn, GA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring]
Huntington Farm H.T. (South Strafford, VT) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]
Mile High Horse Ranch H.T. (Parker, CO) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Summer Coconino HT and Western Underground, Inc. TR,N,BN 3 Day Event (Flagstaff, AZ) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
The Maryland International + Horse Trials (Adamstown, MD) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
UK International Events
Aston-le-Walls International (2) (Northamptonshire) [Website] [Entries] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
European International Events
World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen (Germany) [Website] [Program – All Disciplines] [Program – Eventing] [Entries – All Disciplines] [Entries – Eventing] [US Eventing Team] [British Eventing Team] [Live Stream] [Results – All Disciplines] [Results – Eventing] [EN’s Coverage]
Links to Start Your Sunday:
Dreams and Dedication: Will Coleman talks about his path to Paris
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Morning Viewing:
Germany were certainly playing with fire this weekend, sending almost all of their long listed Olympic riders to Aachen, in a somewhat risky final selection trial type affair.
Turns out they weren’t the only ones flying a little too close to the sun for our liking – Boyd Martin has also being making some questionable life decisions, though not from the back of a horse. Can everyone please just calm down?!
