Rich new Grand Slam for showjumping
A novel Grand Slam contest for showjumping has been launched, with Spruce Meadows inwards Canada joining forces with Geneva inwards Switzerland together with Germany’s World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen.
The novel “Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping” is the root global initiative to vantage the passenger who wins the Grand Prix at each present in succession. The winner of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping volition live rewarded with a €1 meg bonus prize.
This articulation creation past times the iii shows has been devised every bit a agency to ready the ultimate equestrian challenge. It was launched on Fri inwards Sweden, where the World Cup Jumping lastly is nether way.
Eric Lamaze, the alone passenger to bring won the Grand Prix at each of the iii shows on the same horse, said: “There are many nifty events on the showjumping calendar, but the iii Grands Prix that incorporate the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping are without uncertainty the ones which the riders all desire to win during their careers.
“Winning fifty-fifty ane leg of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping is an incredible and career-changing achievement; to win all iii inwards a 12-month menses would do a legend of the sport overnight.”
Commenting on the championship sponsorship, Arnaud Boetsch, Communication & Image Director of Rolex SA, said: “Throughout our history, Rolex has been driven by tradition together with excellence, together with thence when the iii shows approached us with the regard of the Grand Slam of Show Jumping, nosotros chop-chop appreciated its global resonance and degree of difficulty, which would become far achievable past times alone the real best Equus caballus together with rider partnerships. As a long-term partner of these iii shows, nosotros were delighted to add together our back upward to do the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping.”
The Rolex Grand Prix has been the outstanding closing contest of the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, for many years. “Becoming business office of the Rolex Grand Slam of the show-jumpers, is going to reach this the world famous contest a farther spectacular upgrade,” said Show Director, Frank Kemperman.
Michael Mronz, General Manager of the Aachener Reitturnier GmbH together with President of the “Steering Committee” of the Rolex Grand Slam, added: “The Grand Slam additionally unites iii equestrian events with overall prize-money totalling €5.72 meg – it is an accolade to live alongside their ranks.”
Spruce Meadows President, Linda Southern Heathcott said Spruce Meadows was honoured together with excited to bring this opportunity. “Our association with Rolex spans to a greater extent than than 2 decades together with directly to live able to travel with such storied venues every bit CHIO Aachen together with CHI Geneva inwards creating the Rolex Grand Slam introduces an exciting together with unique concept to our sport,” she said.
“This has been a fantastic practise inwards conception together with cooperation, spell likewise respecting the histories together with traditions of each of our events.”
The Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping volition commence inwards 2013 at the CHIO Aachen inwards June together with choke on with the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ hosting the minute leg inwards September, followed past times the CHI Geneva inwards December.
The rules are simple: whatsoever passenger that wins the Grand Prix at each of the iii shows consecutively volition have €1 meg bonus on come about of the prize-money for each show’s Grand Prix. Moreover, whatsoever passenger that wins 2 out of the iii shows’ Grands Prix volition likewise have a bonus.
If the Grands Prix at 2 shows are won inwards succession, the bonus volition live €500,000. If a passenger is successful inwards qualifying for the “two out of iii mode,” merely does non claim the victories at 2 consecutive shows’ Grands Prix, the bonus volition live €250,000. It is alone the passenger that counts, non the horse, ie, it is possible to claim the bonus riding dissimilar horses. This organization is infinite; it is non express to a calendar year.
The Grand Prix classes at CHIO Aachen, the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament together with CHI Geneva bring never been won consecutively past times the same passenger over a 12-month period. However, iii riders bring won all iii competitions, notably Eric Lamaze (CAN), Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) together with Ludger Beerbaum (GER).
Even without the bonus possible every bit a effect of the Rolex Grand Slam, tape prize-money to the value of €2.73 meg is upward for grabs inwards Aachen this twelvemonth – lone the prize-money for the Rolex Grand Prix, the lastly contest on the lastly Lord's Day of the show, has been increased from €350,000 upward to €1 million. The annual budget of the CHIO Aachen is €12 million.
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