The white handkerchiefs of Aachen and Spain’s historic victories in the Nations Cup share a deeply intertwined timeline that spans over seven decades of equestrian sports history. At the conclusion of elite competitions at the CHIO Aachen and the FEI World Championships, grandstands routinely fill with spectators waving white cloths in unison, a tradition that … Read more
Twenty years ago, at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, a massive chestnut stallion named Cumano and Dutch-born Belgian rider Jos Lansink captured the individual jumping world championship. On September 3, 2006, amidst a massive field of 116 horse-and-rider combinations representing 41 countries, the legendary partnership navigated a grueling four-horse final to claim the … Read more
As the countdown to the World Championships in Aachen ticks down, German dressage Isabell Werth is reflecting on one of the most resonant triumphs of her storied career: her 2006 Grand Prix Special gold medal with Satchmo at the FEI World Equestrian Games. Twenty years after that historic summer evening in Germany, archival footage shared … Read more