CHI Geneva
The CHI Geneva (also Concours hippique international de Genève ) is an international horse show that takes place every December at the Palexpo in Le Grand-Saconnex near Geneva .
It is considered one of the best riding tournaments in the world and, along with the CSIO Switzerland in St. Gallen, the CSI Basel , the CSI Ascona and the Lausanne International Horse Show, is one of the top international tournaments in Switzerland . In 1996 and 2010 the world cup final in show jumping was held here.
history
The first international jumping tournament took place in 1926 and was held in Geneva city center. Between 1928 and 1983 there were several Swiss Nations Cup tournaments in Geneva. In 1979, the CHI Geneva was part of the newly founded Show Jumping World Cup for one season , during which time the tournament took place in the Les Vernets ice hockey stadium.
The tournament has been held in the Palexpo hall since 1991 . In 1996 the first World Cup final in Switzerland was held in Geneva. In 2010 the CHI Geneva took place for the 50th time.
Until 2012, the CHI Geneva was a valuation test of the Western European League of the Show Jumping World Cup . When it took place in 2013, the prize money for the Grand Prize rose to 600,000 Swiss francs. Together with the Grand Prix of Aachen and Calgary , a bonus sponsored by Rolex has been offered since 2013, the “ Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping ”. In the following years, the prize money for the Grand Prize was increased again: in 2014 to 900,000 Swiss francs, since 2015 even to 1.2 million Swiss francs.
useful information
- Over 35,000 spectators visit the CHI Geneva every year.
- The budget of CHF 4.5 million makes the horse show one of the largest sporting events in Switzerland.
- In 2015, five tests were held at the CHI in Geneva, which are counted for the Longines FEI world rankings.
- The prize money in 2015 totaled 2,147,000 francs.
The most important exams
Geneva Grand Prix / World Cup jumping
The Geneva Grand Prix is the CHI Geneva’s most highly endowed examination. It will be the last regular test of the tournament on Sunday afternoon.
It is an international jumping competition with jump-off . This was a partial test of the Western European League of the Show Jumping World Cup until 2012. As part of the Rolex Grand Slam, the 2017 examination was endowed with 1.2 million Swiss francs.
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Annotation:
- ↑ In April 2010, the World Cup final was held in Geneva, as a framework test, a Grand Prize was held on Saturday that was not part of the World Cup. In return, the tournament was canceled in December 2009.
Top 10 final
The Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final has been an annual test for the ten best show jumpers in the world rankings since 2001. It is organized by the International Jumping Rider Club (IJRC) and sponsored by Rolex . This is a jumping competition with two rounds with an obstacle height of up to 1.60 meters. The first seven finals took place in Geneva. In 2008 the top 10 final was held in Brussels, in 2009 and 2011 in Paris and in 2013 in Stockholm. Since 2014, the Top Ten Final has been held in Geneva again.
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Défi des Champions
In 2008, the Défi des Champions (Champions' Challenge), another highly endowed jumping competition, was introduced. This was carried out in the years when neither the Top 10 final nor the World Cup final was held in Geneva and took place on Saturday evening. The test was a jumping competition with two rounds; in 2013 it was endowed with more than 180,000 francs.
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Four-in-hand World Cup
In addition to the jumping competitions, driving tests are also held at the CHI. A valuation test of the four-in-hand World Cup took place for the first time in 2002, since 2005 it has been held annually on the Sunday of the tournament. In April 2010, the four-in-hand world cup final also took place here at the same time as the show jumping World Cup final.
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Indoor cross country
Since 2014, a hall versatility test on terrain obstacles has been carried out on Saturday evenings. In contrast to the variety of halls in German-speaking countries, the Indoor Cross Country is not a time jumping test, nor are any normal jumping course obstacles integrated. Instead, the rules of cross-country routes that are customary in versatility are used: The course must be mastered within an ideal time, every second above the ideal time brings 0.4 minus points to the rider's result. In addition to minus points for disobedience (not overcoming an obstacle), the riders can also receive minus points on several obstacles if they trigger throwable elements. The victory goes to the participant with the lowest number of faults, in the event of a tie, the rider whose time comes closest to the ideal time wins (if there are several riders with zero fault points, the slowest ride wins). In 2017, the Indoor Cross Country was advertised internationally for the first time (as a CIX Arena).
Similar to the Salzburg hall versatility , the test is carried out across two halls, unlike in Salzburg, however, the time between the halls is not stopped (the short distances are covered at a gallop).
The competition is also sponsored by Rolex at the Indoor Cross Country, the prize money is over 25,000 Swiss francs.
Winner:
- 2014: Eddy Sans with Nankin de la Hurie
- 2015: Sidney Dufresne with Looping de Buissy
- 2016: Sidney Dufresne with Looping de Buissy
- 2017: Karim Florent Laghouag with Punch de l´Esques
- 2018: Padraig McCarthy with Rosemaber Lancuest
- 2019: Cathal Daniels with Alcatraz
Grand Prix Freestyle
In 2016, the CHI Geneva was expanded to include another discipline: three dressage tests (Grand Prix de Dressage, Grand Prix Spécial and Grand Prix Freestyle) were announced as part of a CDI 4 * , making the CHI one of only two internationally advertised dressage competitions in Switzerland. As part of the World Dressage Masters , the dressage tests were highly endowed, the prize money for the Grand Prix Freestyle on Saturday evening was 70,000 euros. In 2017 the tournament was upgraded to CDI 5 *, two years later the dressage tests were removed from the program.
Winner:
- 2016: Isabell Werth with Emilio (84.025%)
- 2017: Isabell Werth with Don Johnson FRH (79.035%)
- 2018: Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with TSF Dalera BB (84.075%)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 40 Years of the World Cup Show Jumping , Max E. Ammann / Horse Week, February 13, 2018
- ↑ Big celebrations at the 50th CHI-W Geneva , November 29, 2010
- ↑ Superdeal in show jumping: Aachen, Geneva and Spruce Meadows create Grand Slam ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), PferdeSport International, April 26, 2013
- ↑ Rolex strikes back: Millions Grand Slam for show jumpers , St. Georg, April 26, 2013
- ↑ see FEI tournament calendar
- ↑ Tournament registration , in the FEI tournament calendar, October 29, 2015
- ↑ a b Winner of the CHI Geneva
- ↑ a b Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final , chi-geneve.ch
- ↑ When big bucks beckon , December 6, 2006
- ↑ Exclusive starting field at the premiere of Indoor Cross Country in Geneva , buschreiter.de, November 21, 2014