CHIO AACHEN
World Equestrian Festival


June 27th - July 6th, 2025

Soers Sunday offered a very special attraction this year – the first international traditional driving show at the CHIO Aachen. The conclusion after the premiere: More please!

The Nations' Cup of the vaulters was the crowning glory in the Prize of Sparkasse, which as expected went to the top favourites, the host country. Prior to that, the pair vaulters put in their final performances in the Pas de Deux, which ended up being a Swiss showdown.

The World Equestrian Festival stands for world-class sport and a top event, but above all also for the biggest folk and family festival of the region. This was precisely the case on Soers Sunday, the traditional Open Day.

With musical accents from the South, fiery dancers, fast-paced carriages and of course plenty of horses, the staging of the classic “Horse & Symphony” concert in the Dressage Stadium radiated a wealth of Mediterranean flair and whisked the spectators off onto a temperamental journey full of momentum and joie de vivre on Friday and Saturday evening.

The Prize of Sparkasse 2025 has crowned its first winners. Once again Team Norka from VV Köln-Dünnwald was in a league of its own among the groups – for the fourth time in succession indeed. Whereas in the ladies and men’s competitions, two new vaulters added their names to the list of CHIO Aachen winners.

First-class sporting prelude at the CHIO Aachen 2025 in the Prize of Sparkasse! The Albert-Vahle-Arena was festively decorated, the circle raked and the athletes were ready. However, it became clear that even clear favourites are not unbeatable.

The starting signal for the CHIO Aachen 2025 has just sounded. Whilst the best horse and rider combinations in the world are getting ready to write sporting history, the attention is already turning to the coming year. 2026 is going to be a special year for the organisers, the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV), with no less than two major highlights. The one is taking place in the summer from August 11th-23rd – the FEI World Championships Aachen 2026 in six disciplines. The other highlight is already being staged in the spring. The best riders in the world in jumping and para dressage are already awaited at the Soers for the “TSCHIO” 2026 – and the ticket sales have now officially got underway!

Aachener Reitturnier GmbH (ART) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – half a century over the course of which it has decisively shaped and further developed the CHIO Aachen together with the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV), which was founded 125 years ago. What was initiated in 1975 as a courageous vision of the ALRV to found an own marketing agency for the CHIO, is an internationally acclaimed institution today, which stands for creativity, innovative power and passion. On founding the ART, the organisation and marketing of the CHIO Aachen was given a professional standing for the first time – a milestone that sustainably raised the event to a new level.