The 24th Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Memorial Dressage Show, the international 4-star dressage show, kicks off on 29 June 2018. Schindlhof, located in Fritzens, Tyrol, will again be the second home of Olympic, world and European champions.
“Our hosts Evelyn and Klaus ensure optimal conditions. Schindlhof is a very relaxed place with a familiar atmosphere for all four- and two-legged beings. That’s why I like to come here again and again,“ Isabell Werth, six-time Olympic champion, number 1 in the world ranking and the most successful dressage rider of all time, said about the organizers Evelyn and Klaus Haim-Swarovski and their event.
This weekend, Isabell Werth will make her long awaited come back on Bella Rose, her 2014 WEG team horse, in the Alpine Arena. Bella Rose injured herself in the autumn on 2014 and has not been seen in the show ring since then. The pair is scheduled to compete in the Grand Prix for Special on Friday noon.
In addition to Werth, the German national coach Monica Theodorescu is surrounded by a strong team including Olympic champion Dorothee Schneider, who is also Evelyn Haim-Swarovki’s coach. Another participant is Lisa Müller, wife of football world champion Thomas, who is currently involved in the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
A total of 55 riders from 19 nations with 74 horses can be seen in three tours and seven tests. The Australian team will use the CDI4* at Schindlhof as the qualifier for the upcoming World Equestrian Games in Tryon (USA) in September (11-23 September).
Austria’s team is led by record state champion Victoria Max-Theurer and national team riders Astrid Neumayer, Christian Schumach, Evelyn Haim-Swarovski, Amanda Hartung, Renate Voglsang and Timna Zach.
As in previous years, the entrance fees and voluntary donations are entirely charitable (and will be equally divided between an association dedicated to therapeutic riding and riding for people with disabilities and the Tyrolean association “Tugende Together“ that supports young people in Uganda in regard to their education).
24th Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Memorial Dressage Show - Concours de Dressage International, CDI4*
Timetable:
Friday, 29 June 2018 8 a.m.
- #1 FEI Prix St. Georges
- 12:00 noon Preliminary event (Team Test) Austrian Championships (AC), Para-Dressage, all grades
- 1:30 p.m. #2 FEI Grand Prix de Dressage – Qualification for Special
Saturday, 30 June 2018
- 7:30 a.m. #3 FEI Intermediaire I 12 noon 1st part (Individual Test) AC Para-Dressage, all grades
- 1:30 p.m. #4 FEI Grand Prix de Dressage – Qualification for Freestyle to Music
Sunday, 1 July 2018 7:30 a.m.
- #5 FEI Grand Prix Consolation for non-qualified pairs 09:00 a.m.
- #6 FEI Grand Prix Special (with the top-15 from
- #2) 12:00 noon 2nd part (Freestyle to Music) AC Para-Dressage, all grades followed show program and the award “Who is wearing the most beautiful hat?“, presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun 2:30 p.m.
- #7 FEI Grand Prix Music Freestyle (with the top-15 from #4)
Winners Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Challenge 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 was 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
2015 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT with Augustin OLD
2016 Isabell Werth, GER 2017 Isabell Werth, GER
The Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Challenge Trophy will be presented to the most successful pair (percentages from GP and GP Special respectively GP and GP Freestyle will be added; the highest score from the Special Tour respectively Freestyle Tour wins) of the CDI4* Schindlhof. The winner may keep the valuable Swarovski crystal trophy for a year. A rider is only allowed to keep it for good after she/he has managed to win three times with the same horse. In 2014, now 13-time Austrian State champion Victoria Max-Theurer was the first rider to achieve this.
Streamed Live
All those who cannot come to the Schindlhof, can once again follow our event on the Internet service www.clipmyhorse.de, well-known internationally in equestrian sport.
For the seventh consecutive year the CDI4* Schindlhof will be broadcast to 60 countries and followed by two million viewers, an indication that the dressage sport is enjoying growing global interest.
For more information, visit www.schindlhof.at
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2018 CDI Fritzens