First time at the CHIO Aachen, competed in two classes, won two classes – the Dutch aspiring talent, Siebe Leemans, boasts a 100-percent success quota for his debut at the Soers in the scope of the NetAachen-Prize.

Couldn’t go better. After the recently crowned Dutch Champion of the Young Riders, Siebe Leemans, was already able to assert himself in the opening competition of the NetAachen-Prize, he then continued his winning streak in the Final with a jump-off. Exactly half of the 20 participants reached the jump-off. Leemans, who lives near Eindhoven and trains with his father, was the eighth to go with Karamella. The nine-year-old mare knocked 0.73 seconds off the leading time. Two rides later, Siebe Leemans was celebrated as the winner.

Second place went to the double-European Champion of the Children in 2022, the just 16-year-old Tony Stormanns, with the Selle Français gelding, Donjon d’Asschaut. Representing Germany, the son of the former world-class show-jumper, Helena Stormanns, who is a successful trainer today, crossed the finish line in a time of 42.93 seconds. The clock had stopped at 42.20 seconds for Leemans and Karamella. Tom Wachman from Ireland, who came second in the opening competition, finished third with Obora’s Laura (43.61).

Leemans was, of course, overjoyed about his victory. “I was happy even to be allowed to ride here and to go on an win two classes is, of course, something very special.” Whereby he knows that in Karamella he has the right partner at his side: “My horse is a true fighter. She always wants to jump clear.” The U21 European Championships are Leemans’ next goal.