Stuttgart, Germany – November 13, 2025 – Belgium ahead of Germany and Sweden – the result of the speed jumping for the €28,500 XXL-Sicherheit Prize CSI 5*-W on Thursday evening, the first qualifier for the Stuttgar German Master CSI 5*-W on Friday (10:00 PM local time), impressively demonstrated the internationality of the starting line-up. Thirty-nine riding aces had entered for the class at the 39th International Stuttgart German Masters Horse Show.

In the end it was the Belgian Rik Hemeryck (BEL) on the 12-year-old gelding Navarro van het Eelshof that took the honours. The pair left all the jumps standing when finishing in 61.06 seconds and the performance duly earned them prize money totalling €7,125 euros.

Germany’s reigning European champion Richard Vogel and his ten-year-old stallion Phenyo van het Keysersbos stopped the timers without incurring any penalties in 61.39 seconds and took home 5,700 Euros.

Rodrigo Giesteira Almeida (POR) and Karonia.L, a ten-year-old KWPN mare, came third (61.59) followed by the team Olympic champion from Tokyo Peder Fredcricson (SWE) with the 11-year-old gelding SV Vroom de la Pomme Z (62.16).

Only the 12 best in today’s class and the second qualifier on Friday (17.00 hrs) for the Prize of Outletcity Metzingen then go through tomorrow evening to the Stuttgart German Master – presented by DVAG. The competition comes with a purse of 105,500 euro. The second most important jumping class in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle was won in 2024 by the Swiss Steve Guerdat on Dynamix de Belheme. He also claimed the Grand Prix of Stuttgart with BW-Bank and Walter solar in 2017.

Final Results – €28,500 Firma XXL-Sicherheit Prize CSI 5*-W

1) Rik Hemeryck (BEL) & Navarro van het Eelshof – 0 – 61.06

2) Richard Vogel (GER) & Phenyo van het Keysersbos – 0 – 61.39

3) Rodrigo Giesteira Almeida (POR) & Karonia.L – 0 – 61.59

Source: Press Release from the Stuttgart German Masters

Photos: © Stuttgart German Masters / Markus Bechert

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