It was full speed and a lot of action in the Ride and Drive in Aachen. First the riders jumped a course before they left their horse and ran to the four-horse carriages to take them full speed for another round in the arena. Here we see a happy Bertram Allen after winning the class with team Boyd Exell. All photos (c) Jenny Abrahamsson.
Pius Schwizer gave his all as a groom for Ijsbrand Chardon.
It could have gone bad for Constant van Paesschen, who slipped and fell - more or less under the horse - when he jumped off Ralphy Utopia de Ransbeck.
Denis Nielsen jumping on to Jozsef Dobrovitz' team.
Felix Hassmann is used to full speed but looked a bit scared crossing the finish line with Koos de Ronde and his team.
Georg von Stein's horses did not have the best view under all the equipment.
Run Hansi run!
Marlon Zanotelli's Cavalia was so excited that she kept jumping out of the arena also after Marlon had jumped off.
Hang on Pieter (Devos)!.
One of Ijsbrand Chardon's horses has such a cool color.
Thomas Weinberg - alias Superman - on his way from Crass Clausi to Christoph Sandmann's carriage.
Is it admiration to spot in Pius' eyes?
It looked like Marcel Marschall started to run already in the air.
Pure horse power!
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