Steffen Peters's freestyle was made world famous via a commentary on television by Snoop Dogg, who praised this "rave kur" for the "crip walking" the horse was doing (the half passes were compared to a hip hop step)

Another combination who always impresses with harmony and softness: Therese Nilshagen on Dante Weltino (by Danone x Welt Hit II)

Isabell Werth not in breeches but jeans on Freestyle day. Last time she did not ride the 5* kur was in 2012 (4* tour with Don Johnson). We had to look in the books when she last did not ride Aachen at all. That was 2009.

I love this photo.. natural morning light hitting Therese Nilshagen's glove. It reminds me of Michael Jackson

Henri Ruoste's son Nicolas Kirchhoff holding a cute stick horse/dog

Denmark's Carina Cassoe Kruth on Heiline's Danciera (by Furstenball x De Niro)

German Grand Prix rider Carina Scholz kissing daughter Elena

Benjamin and Amy Ebeling

Lyndal Oatley and her almost 4-year old daughter Emilia

Danish "consistent expert trainer" and Technical Advisor Wolfram Wittig in Aachen supporting the Danish squad riders

This is an Aachen official show photographer. Who needs big lenses? An iPhone is enough

Hands and ears

Holland's best in Aachen: Marieke van der Putten on the Danish warmblood Torveslettens Titanium (by Totilas x Stedinger)

Riding to the same music, no matter if it's Everdale, Dark Legend or Glamourdale, British Olympian Charlotte Fry had Everdale at his best in the kur to music

Six years after riding his last Aachen with PRE stallion Grandioso, Jose Daniel Martin Dockx is back with another PRE: Malagueno LXXXIII

Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper

Simone Pearce rode Gestut Bonhomme's Fiderdance to music from The Hunger Games, a freestyle originally designed for her previous ride, Destano

Daniel Bachmann high-fives with groom Lars Seefeld. The grooms have always been an indispensable cog in the wheel, but now are also part of the public relations process