New spectacular programme on Thursday night

The Dutch Masters to be held from 13 to 15 March 2025, has a new concept for the Thursday evening. In previous years, the evening focused on dressage, but next year the great champions of show jumping will provide an unforgettable evening at the Brabanthallen in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Imagine European champion Steve Guerdat, World champion Henrik von Eckermann, Olympic champion Christian Kukuk and Dutch champion Willem Greve jumping a course on each other's horses. On Thursday night of The Dutch Masters - Indoor Brabant, exactly that is set to happen.

The Thursday night of The Dutch Masters is thus undergoing a spectacular programme change. Sports director Jeroen Dubbeldam, together with Yvonne van Bergen, is calling the horse change back into life. ‘We all know that the horse change has been taken out of the World Championship format. I have always thought it was a very interesting test and also often ridden it myself,’ explains Jeroen Dubbeldam.

‘It is interesting for the audience to see how the different horses interact with the different riders and how the riders respond to this. Also outside our scene there were always a lot of positive reactions to this class, which is why I think this class should stay in our sport.’ Jeroen Dubbeldam managed to capture all four reigning champions for this new show class. ‘I started by sounding out Rolex Testimonee and European champion Steve Guerdat. He is someone with a vision and an opinion, and he was immediately very enthusiastic, as were the other champions.’

‘I think it's going to be very interesting, you don't often experience the champions all coming into the ring and jumping a course on each other's horses. I will explain to the audience during the competition itself and ask the riders questions about their horses. We are still discussing which horses they will start with, but it will be a serious class at 1.45m/1.50m level. We really think this will catch on, so we can expand this class further in the future.’

The complete programme can be found here.

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