Christian Ahlmann, Germany’s pride

Stuttgart, November 2015 – In two years he won the most important international GPs in Germany: Csio Aachen 2014, World Cup qualifier in Stuttagart yesterday. Codex One was his partner in both occasions. No other German rider could be happier than Christian Ahlmann today, as he also won the Mercedes German Master on Friday aboard Colorit. Yesterday he went in a five riders jump off where everybody were clear but the French Patrice Delaveau on Lacrimoso who retired. Ahlmann was second last to go with Sweden’s Douglas Lindelow in the lead in 51.02 seconds. Ahlmann said afterwards that he gave it his all against the clock. “I thought I could do it, but I had to try everything. I was really focused on being fast enough and I took every risk from jump to jump: it worked really well from the start to the finish! I saw exactly what Douglas did and I knew I couldn’t take less strides, so I just needed to take tighter turns and to go a bit faster”, he explained. Actually he was really faster: the clock stopped in 49.78! Codex One is in a very good shape: “He’ll have a week off now and then I’ll take him to either Paris or Geneva. I’m planning one more show for him before the end of the year but I’m in a lucky situation because I have a few Grand Prix horses I can take to shows right now which is very nice, so I’ll be keeping busy myself, going to Madrid, Paris, Geneva and Mechelen” said Ahlmann who added, “and I really want to qualify for the Final in Gothenburg.”

November 23, 2015