Riders compete at the highest level: the CCI*****.
There are only Seven events of this kind in the world, the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Burghley Horse Trials, the Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Australian International Three Day Event, the Stars of Pau and the maryland horse trails Luhmühlen originally held CCI** and CCI*** events.
In 1982 Luhmühlen hosted the Eventing World Championship.
In August 2019 Luhmühlen was the venue of the European Eventing Championships for the sixth time (1975, 1979, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2019).
[1] Before the 2011 event the show ground was completely rebuilt.