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New International Dressage Superstars Break Through at Aachen CHIO

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Justin Verboomen and Zonik Plus at Aachen. Dressage has a new name lighting up the international stage: Justin Verboomen. The 37-year-old Belgian rider and his own electrifying nine-year-old stallion Zonik Plus delivered a breakout performance at the 2025 CHIO Aachen, announcing themselves as serious contenders for individual championship honours – and as Belgium’s first true dressage superstars. Justin and Zonik Plus cap…

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Whenever Isabell Werth competes in a tournament, everyone expects her triumph – after all, she is the most successful Olympic woman in Germany. At the CHIO in Aachen, however, the favourite was trumped twice.

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Topavoritin Isabell Werth was defeated again at the CHIO in Aachen. The most successful rider in the world had to be defeated in the Kür Justin Verboomen.

On Zonic Plus, the 38-year-old Belgian wins the freestyle for the Aachen Grand Dressage Prize sensationally ahead of Isabell Werth and Frederic Wandres.

At the CHIO in Aachen, the German dressuricone Isabell Werth was also beaten in the freestyle by Belgian Justin Verboomen.

The German dressage riders around Isabell Werth experienced a negative surprise at the CHIO in the second big exam.

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wdr.de broke the news in on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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