Aachen, June 18, 2003 - Two-fold World Champion Nadine Capellmann knows what she is owing her fans: At the prelude of the competitions in the Deutsche Bank Dressage Stadium, the rider from Aachen won in the Prize of Genius Wirtschaftsberatungsgesellschaft "Prix St. Georges". The 37 year-old woman sat in the saddle of her nine year-old youngster Bouton, with whom she already dominated in Wiesbaden in front of her adversaries.

Her team colleague at the World Championships, Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff (Kronberg) with Sterntaler, had to accept rank two with an edge of three points. Behind Monica Theodorescu (Sassendorf) on Cooper, Olympic Team Champion Alexandra Simons-de Ridder completed the lokal heroes' success on her eight year-old youngster Wellington.

The Lambertz-Prize "Nations' Cup" is likely to be dominated by the German dressage riders. Today part one of the Grand Prix "Prize of Amil Health Insurance" started. The German dressage riders took the clear lead after the rounds of the two World Team Champions Klaus Husenbeth (Sottrum) on Piccolino and Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff (Kronberg) on Renoir with 3391 points in front of Vice World Champion USA (3263) and the Netherlands (3209). In the individuals' valuation Husenbeth with 1720 points is ahead of Finnish Kyra Kyrklund (1699) on Andiamo Tyme and Linsenhoff (1671).

On Thursday, European Champion Ulla Salzgeber (Bad Wörishofen) with Rusty and Heike Kemmer (Isernhagen) on Bonaparte will start for Germany in the second part of the Grand Prix. They will meet a strong rivalry, probably lead by Vice World Champion Beatriz Ferrer-Salat (Spain) with Beauvalais and the US-Americans Debbie McDonalds on Brentina and Lisa Wilcox with Relevant. The second part will start at 1.00 p.m. on Thursday.