Tim Price & Vitali's Aachen win was their best performance of the last 15+ years

The High Performance Rating tells us so.

Image of Tim Price & the dark bay horse Vitali crossing into a grass arena at the end of a cross country round. Tim is grinning while Vitali wears a content expression.
Tim Price & Vitali. Photo: Tilly Berendt / Design: EquiRatings

Our EquiRatings High Performance Rating - a metric that quantifies the quality of a performance - dates back to 2008.

Between 2008 and now, New Zealand’s Tim Price has registered 280 top-level starts (CCI4*/5*).

Of those 280, Tim produced his best performance last weekend at CHIO Aachen.

Tim's Best

Tim & Vitali’s Aachen win registered a High Performance Rating (HPR) of 104, just notching out Tim & Falco’s Pau win and their World bronze.

Tim Price S Best Performances

 


Best of New Zealand in 2025

The individual win at CHIO Aachen was also the best result from a New Zealand rider so far this season. The only other 100+ HPR for NZL this year was the second-place finish at Luhmühlen CCI5* by Samantha Lissington & Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ. 

Best Performances by Nzl Riders in 2025 (1)

 


One of New Zealand's best on record

Of 3774 top-level starts by all NZL riders since 2008, Tim & Vitali's weekend win was among the top performances.

Best NZL Performances on Record


With both the individual and team titles from 2025 CHIO Aachen, New Zealand of course did themselves very proud - none less so than Tim & Vitali with their quantifiably good result.

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