Five-star dressage with Santa Claus decoration. Three-star jumping competitions under the Christmas wreath. And the Hessian riders opening the extraordinary event. The International Festhalle Reitturnier Frankfurt (IFRF) dips the Festhalle again in its purple equestrian dress and celebrates from 15 to 18 December now its 49th edition.
"Of course it's nice to ride in the hall at the Schafhof, and the hall offers an insane amount, but it's not connected with the feeling like in the Festhalle. When you ride in there and it's sold out and you feel that atmosphere - it's sensational." With these words, tournament director Matthias Alexander Rath drew his conclusion last year after the second Schafhof edition. Even then with the great hope that this year the festival hall itself can again be the 'host' for horses, riders and many thousands of equestrian fans. In the meantime, preparations for the IFRF are in full swing.
An anticipatory tingle is already spreading in advance among the many children who are taking part in the traditional Cerberus Home Children's Competition and diligently designing obstacles for the IFRF. For those who are looking forward to receiving one of the gifts from the Christmas tree giveaway. And to those whose facilities will be able to provide even more help where help is needed thanks to the 'Purple Horse' donations. The pre-Christmas atmosphere in Frankfurt's 'Gudd Stubb' is the Christmas highlight for all equestrian fans. With the charity actions within the IFRF, everyone can contribute to share this pre-Christmas joy - shared joy, is double joy.
Eight international show jumping competitions with the Youngster Tour for six to seven year old horses, four world ranking show jumping competitions and the Grand Prix of Hesse presented by Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG. In total, the international show jumpers will be competing for more than 160,000 euros in prize money.
Three five-star dressage competitions with the complete Olympic program: the Grand Prix presented by Bankhaus Metzler, the Grand Prix Special, the Prize of the Liselott Schindling Foundation, and the Prize of Almased Wellness GmbH - Grand Prix Freestyle. In addition, the finals of the two most important national dressage series for aspiring top dressage horses, the NÜRNBERGER BURG-POKAL and the Louisdor Prize.
The top sport with all its emotions is one thing, the other is the Hessians themselves. The team of organizers of the Frankfurt tournament stable Schwarz-Gelb e.V. in conjunction with Schafhof Connects GmbH & Co.KG has been cultivating Thursday for years as FRAPORT Hessentag - with regional stars, the best juniors, for select club teams, growing jumping professionals and with the darling of the spectators, the show competition of the Hessian clubs. When Hessen's riding clubs with all their members and supporters transform the Festhalle into their special colorful, exciting equestrian stage, then at the latest everyone is sure to feel it, that special IFRF tingle.
Tickets for the International Festhalle Riding Tournament Frankfurt 2022 are available either directly via the website www.festhallenreitturnier-frankfurt.com or at the ticket service provider Reservix www.reservix.de.
Who had purchased tickets for the IFRF 2020 or 2021, please be sure to keep them, the tickets remain valid in 2022.
