Hof Kasselmann Centre of Equestrian Sport: Three Exciting Events in June 2025

Shows

2025 CDI Hagen

The countdown is on: Over the next two weeks, the extensive show grounds at Hof Kasselmann will host three more equestrian highlights. Spectators are welcome to watch all events free of charge and experience top equestrian sport up close.

Covalliero Dressage Days: 5 - 8 June 2025

For the Covalliero Dressage Days from 5 to 8 June, the show jumping stadium will be transformed into a dressage arena and offer four days of dressage sport at the very highest level.

Competitors from countries including Germany, Australia, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, India, China and Qatar have announced their participation in the international tests up to three-star level. The USA in particular will be represented with a strong line-up, including World Cup finalist Kevin Kohmann and Olympic participants Kasey Perry-Glass and Marcus Orlob.

After the CDI in Hagen a.T.W. it will be decided who will represent the ‘Stars and Stripes’ in the prestigious Nations’ Cup at the CHIO Aachen. The multi-faceted sport programme will be complemented by a tour for U25 dressage riders as well as FEI competitions for five, six and seven-year-old dressage horses.

CPEDI Hagen: 5 - 8 June 2025

The Covalliero Dressage Days are the second show that the Kasselmann family has organised specifically for para-riders. Last year, athletes from 24 nations used the CPEDI3* as a qualifier for the Paralympic Summer Games.

US Team Olympians Orlob and Jane at the 2024
CDI Hagen last year

At the time, the riders were delighted with the conditions at Hof Kasselmann and word seems to have got around: One of the most prominent contenders is the current number one in the world rankings, Fiona Howard (USA), who won three gold medals with Hof Kasselmann’s Diamond Dunes at her Paralympic debut in Paris. She will be up against team-mate Kate Shoemaker (USA), the highly successful Austrian Para rider Pepo Puch, Paralympic, World Championship and European Championship gold medallist Sophie Wells from Great Britain and eight-time Paralympic medallist and current number three in the world rankings, Rixt van der Horst from the Netherlands.

The German para-dressage hopefuls include the German champions and the Paris 2024 Olympians; Heidemarie Dresing, Melanie Wienand, Steffen Zeibig, Anna-Lena Niehues and Isabell Nowak are using the Hagen show as perfect preparation for the upcoming national championships in Balve. The para competitions are held in Grade I to V at two and three-star level. The passion, camaraderie and horsemanship of the para-athletes is inspiring and infectious, and definitely a highlight for spectators of all generations.

Future Champions: Stars of Tomorrow: 11 - 15 June 2025

Youth Riders return for Future Champions

Anyone who cheered on the top riders at ‘Horses & Dreams meets the Netherlands’ in April will know that many of them started their careers at Germany’s only youth Nations Cup show at Hof Kasselmann.

With eight Nations Cups in two disciplines and four age groups (Children, Pony, Juniors and Young Riders), the event from 11 to 15 June 2025 is an absolute highlight of the year for young riders from over 25 nations. For Germany and many other nations, the Future Champions are an official qualifier for the European Youth Championships in the disciplines of dressage and show jumping. Anyone who can impress in Hagen a.T.W. has a good chance of securing a place in the team.

The Kasselmann family is particularly excited this year: Emma and Lilly Kasselmann are also nominated with their horses in show jumping and dressage.

Hybrid Auction

The fourth Hof Kasselmann & Schockemöhle Hybrid Auction of jumping and dressage horses will be held on Saturday, 14 June as part of Future Champions at Hof Kasselmann.

In the past, this auction has produced numerous high-calibre sport horses for the international stage and prospective buyers can look forward to this year’s selected collection.

The Auction collection will be online soon: https://www.hofkasselmann-auction.com/