The Luhmühlen Horse Trials are an annual equestrian

eventing Eventing (also known as three-day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where the same horse and rider combination compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...

competition held in Luhmühlen, Salzhausen,

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. Riders compete at the highest level: the CCI*****. There are only Seven events of this kind in the world, the others being the

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, the Australian International Three Day Event, the Stars of Pau and the Maryland Horse Trials. Luhmühlen originally held CCI** and CCI*** events. The CCI**** event was first held in 2005, making it the first event in mainland Europe to hold an eventing competition at that level. Luhmühlen follows the new format, "without steeplechase." After the 2018 season, the FEI added an introductory level below CCI*, bumping all subsequent levels upward. While there was no change to the difficulty of the competition, the added level forced all former CCI**** competitions to re-classify as CCI*****. In 1982 Luhmühlen hosted the

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. In August 2019 Luhmühlen was the venue of the European Eventing Championships for the sixth time (1975, 1979, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2019). Before the 2011 event the show ground was completely rebuilt.

Winners

Incidents

; Riders * 2012: Selina Elliot (GBR) fell from her mount Bodidily and was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. * 2014: Benjamin Winter (GER) died of severe head trauma when he fell from his mount Ispo at fence 20 during the cross-country portion of the event. ; Horses * 2010: Alter Ego, the mount of Kate Walls (GBR) fell and broke his back during the cross country portion of the event. The horse was successfully rehabilitated. * 2013: P'tite Bombe, ridden by Emeric George (FRA) was euthanized after falling at fence 12 during the cross-country portion of the event. * 2014: Liberal, ridden by Tom Crisp (GBR) died after collapsing near the eighth fence on the cross-country course. Six other riders retired on cross-country before completing the course * 2018: Axel Z, ridden by Chloe Raty (BEL) was euthanized after suffering spinal injuries during a rotational fall on cross-country. * 2023: Solaguayre California, ridden by Tammie Smith (USA) was euthanized after fracturing her knee when hitting it on a fence during cross country.

References

External links

Luhmühlen Horse Trials
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luhmuhlen Horse Trials Eventing Sport in Lower Saxony Equestrian sports competitions in Germany