A kind of equestrian Mecca with the most modern competition venues has emerged in Aachen. The tournament feels like it’s been around forever. Equestrian events were organized even before the Second World War. Completely different, of course, women still rode side-saddle, but there were already world championships in show jumping here in the 1950s. In 2006 the World Equestrian Games took place in Aachen, a lot has been rebuilt and the vaulting discipline has been firmly established at the CHIO Aachen ever since. This is particularly remarkable, because in addition to jumping, dressage, driving and eventing, the vaulters, the gymnasts on horseback, do not always find it easy to attract attention as equestrian athletes.