25th Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Memorial Dressage Show CDI4* 28 June to 30 June 2019 www.schindlhof.at www.facebook.com/schindlhof www.instagram.com/schindlhof Media Release The best riders in the world “at home“ at Schindlhof This year, from 28 to 30 June 2019, the Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Memorial Show, the international dressage show with four stars, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. During these days, Schindlhof in Fritzens, Tyrol, will become the second home of Olympic champions, world and European champions. “Schindlhof offers a very relaxed, family environment for all four- and two-legged guests. The hosts Evelyn and Klaus provide optimal conditions here. That’s why I like coming here again and again!“ Isabell Werth, six- time Olympic champion, nine-time world champion, 17-time European champion, #1 in the FEI Dressage World Ranking and most successful dressage rider of all time is full of praise for the organizers Evelyn and Klaus Haim-Swarovski. At this weekend, Isabell Werth will participate with her horses Bella Rose (current #2 of the FEI Dressage World Ranking) and Don Johnson FRH (#24). In addition to Werth, the German national coach Monica Theodorescu will bring a strong team including Olympic team champion Dorothee Schneider – who is also Evelyn Haim-Swarovski’s coach. Furthermore, Ingrid Klimke, who scored over 80 percent for the first time with Franziskus in the Freestyle at the Whitsun Show in Wiesbaden at the beginning of June, and Lisa Müller, the wife of football world champion and Bayern München star Thomas. A total of 46 riders from 14 nations with 68 horses can be seen in three tours and seven tests. Many European teams will use the CDI4* at Schindlhof as a qualifying show for the upcoming European Championships in Rotterdam (NED, 19 to 25 August 2019). This is also true for the Austrian team, spearheaded by state champion Belinda Weinbauer, vice-champion Astrid Neumayer as well as Karoline Valenta and Christian Schumach, candidates for the European Championships. As in previous years, the admission fees and voluntary donations are entirely charitable. They will be given, in equal measures, to an association that is dedicated to therapeutic riding and riding for people with disabilities and the Tyrolean association “Tugende Together“ that supports the education of children and adolescents in Uganda. Media: Daniel Winkler | +43 664 246 9087 | [email protected] Page 2 of 3 255h Manfred & Hilde Swarovski Memorial Dressage Show Concours de Dressage International, CDI4* Schindlhof Schedule: Friday, 28 June 2019 8 am, #1 FEI Prix St. Georges 1.00 pm, #2 FEI Grand Prix de Dressage – Qualifier for Special Saturday, 29 June 2019 8 am, #3 FEI Intermediaire I 11.45 am, show program with Francois Pignon 1.30 pm, #4 FEI Grand Prix de Dressage – Qualifier for Freestyle to Music Sunday, 30 June 2019 7.30 am, #5 FEI Grand Prix Consolation for non-qualified pairs 9.30 am, #6 FEI Grand Prix Special (with the top-15 of #2) 12 noon, show program with Francois Pignon and the award “Who is wearing the most beautiful hat?“, presented by Isabella Krasnitzer 2.15 pm, #7 FEI Grand Prix Freestyle to Music (with the top-15 of #4) Press pictures, free of charge upon mentioning the photo credit © Schindlhof respectively the credit mentioned on the picture, can be found as a Dropbox link here. Information, pictures, videos, starting orders and results are available here: schindlhof.at and facebook.com/Schindlhof and instagram.com/schindlhof and youtube.com/user/SchindlhofPresse Winner List Manfred Swarovski Challenge Trophy 1995 Bianca Kasselmann, GER 1996 Austrian State 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 State 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; freestyle to music had to be canceled due to bad weather Medien: Daniel Winkler | +43 664 246 9087 | [email protected] Page 3 of 3 2009 Austrian State 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 2016 Isabell Werth, GER 2017 Isabell Werth, GER 2018 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. Medien: Daniel Winkler | +43 664 246 9087 | [email protected] .