Forty-nine dressage riders from fifteen nations will be competing sixty-nine horses at the 21st Manfred Swarovski Memorial Dressage Competition at Evelyn and Klaus Haim-Swarovski's gorgeous Schindlhof equestrian centre in the Austrian Alps in Fritzens on 26 to 28 June 2015.
“We are still overwhelmed by the great number of start inquiries from around the world. We had so many, so unfortunately we were far from able to consider all of them,“ said hosts Evelyn Haim-Swarovski and Klaus Haim about the popular international show with family character.
Olympic champion Carl Hester, who will be entering the arena of Schindlhof for his third time this year, is eager to return to the Schindlhof show grounds. “At Schindlhof I participated with Uthopia (his Olympic team gold horse in London 2012). And here, Charlotte (Dujardin, his student, who won two individual gold medals with Valegro at the 2014 World Equestrian Games) celebrated her first big success. In the Special at Schindlhof in 2011 Uthopia received 80% for the first time. I remember very well how dizzy I felt when I saw the scoreboard. These memories are so wonderful and will accompany me for the rest of my life.“
Hester is highly appreciative of the wonderful show atmosphere that is created each year at Schindlhof.
“I really like Evelyn and Klaus. The footing and the conditions here at Schindlhof are excellent and for me it always feels a bit like a holiday. I want to focus more on enjoying the competition and the riding and on selecting shows that don’t cause too much stress. Evelyn and Klaus are wonderful hosts. Nowadays it is very hard to find a show that has a family atmosphere — but this is exactly what Fritzens offers.“
The complete participants' list can be viewed here.
The 2015 CDI Fritzens will be streamed live on www.clipmyhorse.de
Show Program
Friday 26 June 2015
- 8.00am, Prix St. Georges
- 1.30pm, Grand Prix – Qualifier for Grand Prix Special (Competition 2)
Saturday 27 June 2015
- 8.00am, Intermediaire I
- 12.45pm, show program with Jean-Francois Pignon and his horses in freedom
- 1.30pm, Grand Prix – Qualifier for Grand Prix Music Freestyle (Competition 3)
Sunday 28 June 2015
- 8.00am, Grand Prix – Consolation für non-qualified pairs
- 10.00am, Grand Prix Special (with the top 15 of competition 2)
- 1.00pm, Award Ceremony “Who is wearing the most beautiful hat?“ and special award “dog ownerwith hat and dog“ hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun, followed by a show program with Jean-Francois Pignon and his horses in freedom
- 2.15pm, Grand Prix Music Freestyle (with the to 15 from competition 4)
Admission
- Friday: € 5,- | Saturday: € 8,- | Sunday: € 10,- | 3-day pass: € 15,-
Free admission for children up to 15 years. All entrance fees and voluntary donations will be donated to therapeutic riding and vaulting &
vaulting for people with disabilities respectively animal welfare.
Winners List Manfred Swarovski Trophy
- 1995 Bianca Kasselmann, GER
- 1996 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 1997 Bianca Kasselmann, GER
- 1998 Christilot Boylen, CAN
- 1999 Markus Gribbe, GER
- 2000 Thorsten Dietz, GER
- 2001 Günther Seidel, USA
- 2002 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 2003 Anja Plönzke, GER
- 2004 Rafael Soto Andrade, ESP
- 2005 Silvia Iklé, SUI
- 2006 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
- 2007 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
- 2008 no overall winner, Music Freestyle had to be cancelled due to bad weather
- 2009 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 2010 Ulla Salzgeber, GER
- 2011 Carl Hester, GBR
- 2012 Carl Hester, GBR
- 2013 Valentina Truppa, ITA
- 2014 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
The Manfred Swarovski Trophy is given to the most successful pair of the CDI4* Schindlhof (the percentages of the GP and GP Special respectively of the GP and GP Freestyle are added together). The winner is allowed to take home this valuable Swarovski crystal piece for a year. After winning three times the winner is allowed to keep the trophy for good. Last year, Austria’s 12-time state champion Victoria Max-Theurer achieved this.
For more information, visit www.schindlhof.at
Related Links
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2015 CDI Fritzens