Media Guide CHIO Aachen 2013

German Judges Association (Deutsche Richtervereinigung e. V.) plus seven affiliated associations:
Westernreiter Union Deutschland e. V., Island Pferde-, Reiter- und Züchterverband e. V.,
Verein Deutscher Distanzreiter und -fahrer e. V., Deutsches Kuratorium für Therapeutisches Reiten
e. V., Deutscher Akademischer Reiterverband e. V., Internationale Gangpferde-Vereinigung
e. V. and the Bundesverband für klassisch-barocke Reiterei Deutschland.
Competition Sport
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man breed. In this discipline, 25 out of the 124 competing horses were German. 19 out of the
47 vaulting horses were of German breed, they won six of nine possible medals. Also in the discipline
para-dressage there were lots of successful products from German breed competing: 23
out of altogether 88 horses won 16 out of 42 possible medals. In the six warm blood disciplines
jumping, dressage, eventing, driving, vaulting and para-dressage, horses of German breed won
52 of 159 possible medals.
German horse breeding is thus continually the most successful of the world by far.
In 2012
The Horse as Economical Factor
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• 3,609 (2011: 3,594) equestrian events with 68,901 competitions (2011: 67,750) and 1,475,922
starts (2011: 1,459,829) were run. 31,129,772 Euros of prize money (2011: 30,984,265 Euros)
were paid.
• the FN issued 80,425 riding permits (2011: 81,471), that is licenses for participation at horse
shows, and 1.346 licenses for foreign riders who took part in German tournaments (2011:
1.308).
• the FN issued license documents for 137,043 competition horses (2011: 138,326) and 2,223 FEI
passports for horses competing internationally (2011: 2,216). Furthermore, 25,643 new competition
horses were enlisted in the official tournament horse register (2011: 25,136 ). Furthermore,
passports for 8,743 leisure horses were issued (2011: 10,157).
Achievements in Equestrian Sport
• At Olympic Games (1912 to 2008) German dressage, jumping and eventing riders won 85 medals,
thereof 39 gold, 21 silver and 25 bronze medals.
• At World Championships in the eight official equestrian disciplines (jumping, dressage, eventing,
driving, endurance, vaulting, reining and para-dressage, riding as sport for disabled people),
German competitors won altogether 205 medals, thereof 85 gold, 60 silver and 60 bronze
medals.
• At European Championships in the eight official equestrian disciplines (including youngster
competitions), German competitors won altogether 942 medals, thereof 401 gold, 299 silver
and 242 bronze medals.
• According to these figures, Germany is the world’s most successful horse sport nation, and
equestrian sport is likely to be the most successful sport in Germany.
German Horse Breeding
The German horse breeding is an important factor for the German equestrian success:
• In 2012, 3,642 riding horse breeding stallions (2011: 3,642) and 59,886 riding horse breeding
mares (2011: 64,824) with 27,503 riding horse foals (2011: 29,532) were recorded in Germany. In
addition to that, 3,850 pony and small horse stallions (2011: 4,128) as well as 22,708 pony and
small horse brood mares (2011: 24,303) and 9,152 foals (2011: 9,647) were registered.
• At the World Equestrian Games 2010 in Lexington/Kentucky, 143 out of the 696 competing
horses were proven German bred horses. These horses won 53 of 185 possible medals, among
that 21 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze medals. Among the 65 dressage horses in Kentucky, 22
were of German breed, they won seven of 18 possible medals. In the jumping competitions, 38
out of the 120 horses were of German breed. Out of the 15 possible medals, three (gold) were
won by German-bred horses. In eventing, one gold medal was achieved by a horse of German
breed. With 18 out of 59 possible medals, most medals were won by the driving horses of Ger-
• According to a scientific survey every 3rd to 4th horse creates one job. Hence, more than
300,000 jobs are provided by sport and hobby as well as the breeding and keeping of horses
in Germany. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people earn their living by giving riding lessons and
education of riders and horses.
• About 10,000 German companies, craft and service businesses deal mainly with horse-related
products and services.
• About 1 million horses and ponies in Germany consume more than 1.6 million metric tons of
grain and approximately 1.8 million metric tons of hay and straw per year.
• Riders and horse owners spend approx. 2.6 billion Euros per year for recurring costs around
the horse. It is extremely difficult to estimate the entire turnover of equestrian sport, however,
careful estimations put the sum at well over 5 billion Euro.
• At the horse auctions of the breeding societies in 2012, a total of 931 riding horses were sold at
an average price of more than 20,769 Euro. The total turnover at these auctions was 19,335,939
Euro (2011: 1,048 riding horses, average price 21,348 Euros, total turnover 22,373,999 Euros).
Furthermore, 1,819 breeding horses and foals, cold breeds and ponies were sold at the auctions
of the breeding societies for a total of 15,868,984 Euros. Altogether, 2,750 horses and ponies
were sold in the course of the associations’ auctions for a total prize of 35,204,923 Euros.
• Reading educates: That is why there are currently more than 5,000 specialized book titles covering
equestrian topics being sold in Germany. In addition, there are approximately 60 periodical
equestrian reviews and magazines that offer information and entertainment around the
horse to the reader on the German-speaking market. There is no other sport in Germany that
has an equal recognition with regard to books and magazines.
• In 2012, there were more than 236 hours of equestrian sport coverage on German TV (2011:
289). For the TV rights treaty concluded with the agency SportA (rights agency of the German
public TV stations), more than 90 (2011: 99) were relevant. 88 organisers of horse shows profited
from the TV rights treaty with the SportA. Of those 21 had more than one hour of broadcast
time, nine had more than three hours and two organisers had more than five hours of broadcast
time. One organizer (CHIO Aachen) even had a broadcast time of more than ten hours. Front
runner regarding equestrian broadcasts (both counting and not counting towards the SportA
treaty) was Eurosport with 71 hours, second was the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) with 42
hours. The Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) was third with 35 hours, the Sport1 was fourth with
25 hours. ARD and ZDF broadcasted more than 20 hours of equestrian sport.
• The importance of the internet is steadily increasing, also in equestrian sport. In 2011, the FN’s
internet presence (www.pferd-aktuell.de) had exactly 2,917,717 visitors with 10,652,455 page
views.
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