The STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS International Horse Show, which will be held for the 36th time in the indoor duo in NeckarPark from 9 to 13 November 2022, has been very popular with the public year after year in the years of its existence and has thrilled equestrian fans regionally, nationally and internationally. The fascinating attraction for the spectators results from the proven mixture of top-class sport, attractive show acts and the proximity to the protagonists in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and especially in the Porsche Arena, which is used as a warm-up arena. The visitors can experience riders and horses up close. But recently, due to the corona, this was not possible for two years - but now it is finally "GERMAN MASTER time" again in the Baden-Württemberg state capital. "We're going all out again," promises Andreas Kroll, Managing Director of the in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft, "and the fans seem to appreciate that: As of today, more than 32,000 tickets have been sold for the five days of the event - which puts us on a good level compared to the last tournament edition."
Of course, the visitors will again have a lot to look forward to, because the three show directors Kai Huttrop-Hage (Albführen), Andreas Krieg (Villingen) and Carsten Rotermund (Münster-Handorf) are once again the guarantors that everything that has rank and name will climb into the saddle or take up the reins at the equestrian highlight in the "Ländle". The crème de la crème of the respective disciplines will compete in the three World Cup competitions in show jumping, dressage and four-in-hand driving. After all, they all want to qualify for the World Cup Finals from 4th to 8th April 2023 in Omaha/USA (show jumping and dressage) and from 2nd to 5th February 2023 in Bordeaux/FRA (driving)!
Late on Wednesday evening it will be exciting to see whether Michael Jung from Horb - ambassador of the STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS for many years - will manage to claim his ninth victory in the indoor eventing derby, the Prize of WALTER solar. However, the three-time Olympic gold medallist, who was team World Champion in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, in September and has been a crowd favourite in the Hanns Martin Schleyer Hall for years, will have to face strong national and international competition. For example Ingrid Klimke (Münster), who won Olympic team gold in Beijing 2008 and in London 2012 and individual gold at the European Championships in Luhmühlen in 2020. "I am totally looking forward to Stuttgart," said the youngest riding champion in German history, "this is my home match!" However, the exceptional rider also saddles up in the BW Bank Indoor Championships and in the Grand Tour.
Numerous Olympic and World Championship medallists will be at the starting line
Once again, the 36th edition of the equestrian sport highlight in the NeckarPark will present numerous prominent and illustrious names. Olympic champions such as Steve Guerdat (Switzerland/jumping) and medallists of the World Championships in September in Herning (Denmark) are on the entry lists. For example, team Olympic Champion Henrik von Eckermann, World Champion of the show-jumpers in Herning in the team and individual classification, or the Briton Scott Brash, winner of the team bronze medal at the World Championships. The 2022 World Cup winner and current world ranking list runner-up of the show jumpers, Martin Fuchs, Christian Ahlmann, Philipp Weishaupt, Daniel Deusser, Marcus Ehning and Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann or the aces from Baden-Württemberg, Hans-Dieter Dreher (Eimeldingen) and Marcel Marschall (Heiligkreuztal), will also be taking part.For the show jumpers, the final Grand Prix of Stuttgart with BW-Bank and WALTER solar on Sunday (3pm), the qualifier for the Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping 2022/2023, as well as the STUTTGART GERMAN MASTER on Friday evening (10.15pm) are the most important competitions. In the Grand Prix, the Belgian Pieter Devos prevailed in 2019 on Apart. The MASTER on Friday was won by Martin Fuchs.
