CCI5*-L Pau, France

The CCI5*-L in Pau, at the foot of the Pyrenees, is definitely worth the trip. However, no riders from Germany are competing this year. It should still be exciting, though. Fifty pairs are on the list for tomorrow’s fitness test.

Strong British

Contingent

The field is led by Badminton and Burghley champion Ros Canter riding the Irish horse MHS Seventeen. The Callahan son made his five-star debut two years ago in Pau, finishing in 11th place. In Luhmühlen in 2025, he placed 19th after a pass-by.

Ros’s teammate on the gold-medal-winning team at the Paris Olympics and the 2026 World Championships, Tom McEwen, will compete in Pau on the nine-year-old Holsteiner Quintus, by Quibery, bred by Hobe Magens. For the 11th-place finisher at the 2024 World Championships for Young Eventing Horses, this will be his first five-star competition.

Other big British names on the entry list include Yasmin Íngham, who will be riding the 10-year-old Selle Français mare Gypsie du Loir; Tom Jackson with Plot Twist B by Plot Blue; Izzy Taylor with three horses, including the 2023 World Champion among six-year-old eventing horses, Barrington Alice, who is competing in her first five-star event, and Bubby Upton, who will be riding her proven Holsteiner Cola by Catoki, bred by Peter Böge, and It’s Cooley Time.

The Prices, times 6

The married couple Jonelle and Tim Price are represented by six horses alone: Jonelle with Capitaine de Hus Z, who placed fourth at Luhmühlen; Grappa Nera, who won at Pau in 2022; and her Aachen partner Senor Crocodillo; Tim with five-star debutant Garcon (10), Happy Boy, and last year’s winner Jarillo.

Vogg Aims for the Top

Among the riders who have already won five-star events is Switzerland’s Felix Vogg, competing with two horses. One is the Holsteiner mare Cartania by Cartani, with whom he won the CCI5* in Maryland, USA, a year ago and placed eighth at Badminton this year; the other is his 2025 European Championship and 2026 World Championship partner, Frieda, a Holsteiner mare by Casalito.

You can find the starter lists and results from Pau here.

CCI4*-S, etc., in Kronenberg

The Peelbergen Equestrian Center not only hosts numerous show jumping competitions but has also been a popular eventing venue for several years—hosting events three times a year. A whole host of German riders have entered the final eventing competition of the year there, including World Champion Michael Jung with his young horses. Here’s an overview:

CCI4*-S: Ann-Catrin Bierlein (Warendorf); Catharina Dannenmann (Stuttgart); Christel Heyl (Uedem); Ben Leuwer (Wachtberg); Libussa Lübbeke (Wingst); Jan Matthias (Wedemark); Amelie Reisacher (Memmingen); Dirk Schrade (Heidmühlen); Lena Marie Solbach (Viersen); Hedda Vogler (Verden).

CCI3*-S: Arne Bergendahl (Hamminkeln); Lara Bergmann (Minden); Catharina Dannenmann (Stuttgart); Sophia Frank (Brebersdorf); Isabelle Grom (Neustadt (Dosse)); Marlene Heyessen (Stauffenberg); Laura Jahn (Neu Duvenstedt); Michael Jung (Horb am Neckar); Pauline Knorr (Warendorf); Pia Leuwer (Wachtberg); Libussa Lübbeke (Wingst); Hannah Pfitzmann (Löwenberger Land); Moritz Sponagel (Salzhausen); Finn Ströbel (Lohe-Föhrden); Noa Stürken (Hünxe); Kaya Thomsen (Lindewitt); Isabella von Roeder (Frankfurt).

CCI2*-S: Nicolai Aldinger (Gödenstorf); Arne Bergendahl (Hamminkeln); Sina Brügger (Ascheberg); Justus Heyessen (Stauffenberg); Helena Himstedt (Opfenbach); Neil Hoffmann (Düsseldorf); Sophia Huber (Böblingen); Mathis Huisinga (Weener); Michael Jung (Horb am Neckar); Louis Jungblut (Munich); Theda Knop von Schwerdtner (Bruchköbel); Thira Emilia Krause (Hamburg); Ben Leuwer (Wachtberg); Sven Lux (Horb-Talheim); Jan Matthias (Wedemark); Jana Menningen (Münster); Hannah Pfitzmann (Löwenberger Land); Jana Schoupal (Schermbeck); Dirk Schrade (Heidmühlen); Aline Stahn-Pippert (Espenau); Jandrik Markus Tech (Espelkamp); Anna-Maria Triskatis (Löningen); Magdalena Wagner (Pentling); Jörn Warner (Düsseldorf).

CCI1* Intro: Arne Bergendahl (Hamminkeln); Paulina Borowitza (Panitzsch); Sina Brügger (Ascheberg); Sophia Frank (Brebersdorf); Anna Haag (Nördlingen); Carla Hansen (Wasserburg); Konstantin Harting (Königswinter); Justus Heyessen (Stauffenberg); Michael Jung (Horb am Neckar); Ben Leuwer (Wachtberg); Libussa Lübbeke (Wingst); Silvana Marie Pflaum (Aichach); Jérôme Robiné (Warendorf); Franziska Schmidt-Nechl (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler); Moritz Sponagel (Salzhausen); Hannah Steinhauf (Rees); Finn Ströbel (Lohe-Föhrden); Jandrik Markus Tech (Espelkamp); Anna-Maria Triskatis (Löningen); Isabella von Roeder (Frankfurt).

CSI5* Cairo – Riding in Front of the Pyramids

Hopefully, the glamour of the Global Champions Tour will bring about what the Egyptian Equestrian Federation has promised: improved living conditions for the working horses, donkeys, and camels in the region—which earn a living for themselves and their owners by serving tourists—will improve. The federation had announced this on September 2, at the very least, and also stated that, as a first step, a vaccination campaign had already been launched—which will hopefully continue and not be discontinued once the “million-dollar horses” have left.

The setting is certainly spectacular! Competing for Germany are Daniel Deußer, Marcus Ehning, and Sophie Hinners—three members of the gold-medal-winning team from the World Championships in Aachen. Joining them are Olympic champion Christian Kukuk, Marco Kutscher, and Maximilian Weishaupt, who have a chance in Cairo to secure the overall victory in the Global Champions League for Team Riesenbeck International before the season even ends.

In addition, the Global Champions Tour has a new website. However, the results are presented more clearly directly on the Longines timing website.

More show jumping tournaments

In Liège, Belgium, Hans-Dieter Dreher, Katrin Eckermann, siblings Laura and Enno Klaphake, and Mario Stevens are competing at the CSI4* level. Information and results are available here.

In Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, Hannes Ahlmann (Reher), Jens Baackmann (Münster), Tiara Bleicher (Munich), Daniela Haase (Twistringen), Guido Klatte Jr. (Lastrup), Mylen Kruse (Zeven), Daniel Lahmann (Twistringen), Tom Schewe (Bad Eilsen), Kai Terhoeven-Urselmans (Uedem), Jens Wawrauschek (Warstein), Simon Widmann (Markt Schwaben), David Will (Pfungstadt), and Cedric Wolf (Buchholz) are preparing for a CSI4* weekend. Click here to view the starter lists and results.

Last but not least, international show jumping will also take place in San Giovanni, Italy. Marcel Marschall (Altheim), Elisabeth Meyer (Villingendorf), Kathrin Nöhbauer (Loiching), and Michael Viehweg (Schrobenhausen) from Germany are expected to compete in the CSI3* event. The results will be available here.