Arabische Pferde IN THE FOCUS Nr. 3-2020 (Vol. 23) - public

Sport
test was Martin Pauli with Zahims Navii (Zid
Ibn El Zahim / India) *2010, who put down a
brilliant ride, but took the reins when the horse
slightly stumbled: "Zero Score", gone the dream
- but next year there is another chance!
The trail test is also considered demanding
and requires a lot of body awareness from
the horse. Here David Grandits won with Rosaleda
Qahira (Valeroso Qahira / Shirina Carisma)
*2010, the fourth in the league at this
event from the Al-Qahira stud! As you can see,
a good, versatile sport horse can be further
trained in all possible disciplines. So here the
big, strong chestnut mare showed how to sort
her legs in a "tangle of bars" and won with
209.5 points just ahead of the already 21-year-old
Vadim (Hag-Viendo / Massada) *1999
under Brigitte Hirschböck, who took the silver
medal with 209 points. The bronze medal
went to Loggia (Alert / Laranda) *2011 under
Susanne Schuh, who, as mentioned at the beginning,
was the second most successful couple
at the event.
What was offered as an "experimental balloon"
last year has already been announced
this year as part of the European Championship:
Ranch Riding. This discipline is not only
finding more and more followers among the
Arabians. In this test, different patterns are ridden
depending on the level of difficulty, whereby
it depends on responsiveness and manners
during the execution, and attention is paid
to the quality of the movements. Riding on a
rein that is too long or if the horse's head is too
low will be penalized with a point deduction.
Here CH Silverlight was able to win the gold
medal with Verena Böckle after they narrowly
missed it in the reining. Silver was awarded to
"unlucky" Martin Pauli with Zahims Navii, the
bronze medal went to Leona Böck on Baikals
Shangrila (Baikal / Desert Safanad) *2006,
who is actually on maternity leave, but since
she had not yet conceived, she had to go to the
tournament instead.
Vadim holte sich unter Brigitte Hirschböck die Silbermedaille im Trail. - Vadim achieved the
Silver medal in Trail.
Pure pleasure
The pleasure classes are increasing from year
to year, as they are suitable for collecting
points for the all-round title. They are also
easy to organize and usually have the largest
fields of participants. There was a surprise in
the Classic Pleasure this year. The mare Valerie
(Dormane / OSO Valentina) *2005 under
Isabel Bartlechner has been with us for several
years, but the large-framed and powerful
Valerie was not exactly "easy". With a lot of
perseverance, rider and horse have "tied up"
and this year the efforts have finally borne
fruit: The gold medal in the Classic Pleasure is
the culmination of their together career so far.
They relegated the dressage champion Haifi El
Sorrento to second place and thus silver.
Erasmos (Ainhoa St. Faust / Estylia) *2011 managed
to get a gold medal straight away under
Daniela Entner in the Hunter Pleasure. So far, she
was more involved in dressage, but Daniela Entner
felt, that the Prix St. Georges was still a bit too
difficult. Nevertheless, this couple shows that you
can still have fun, show performance, and win
at this European Championship. The one-eyed
Kalderon Qahira under Antje Aigner won the
silver medal in the Hunter Pleasure as well as in
the costume class, in the latter he was placed behind
his stablemate Ojinegro Qahira (Ghandour
/ Bel Princess) *2005 with Magdalena Zellhofer.
The Ladies Sidesaddle class is reserved for the
ladies and was won by El Trocadero (Psyrasic
/ Kashida) *2008 under Karin Lenhard like last
year. For the first time this year, there were two
starters from Poland who won the silver and
bronze medals.
Western pleasure has long been established
in western sports, and this year the Dutch
woman Canisia Romani won with Ashraf Al
Shams (Ajman Monisicione / Esstonia) *2010.
She was followed by MM Sandrine (WR Marc /
Sayonarah El Bri) *2010 from Mario Matt's stable
with André Reitermayr in the saddle, while
Loggia won bronze with Susanne Schuh.
Zahims Alina holte Silber in der Kostümklasse, hier abgebildet in der Hunter Pleasure. - Zahims
Alina achieved the Silver medal in the Native Costume Class, pictured at the Hunter Pleasure.
Last but not least
The tests on Friday and Saturday serve on the
one hand as a qualification run for the individual
titles, on the other hand as a point basis
for the all-round classification The winner in
the Classic All-round was Haifi El Sorrento,
who not only scored points in the dressage
but also many of the pleasure tests. The two
showjumpers from the Al-Qahira stable won
the silver and bronze medals, they, too, were
both successful in the pleasure classes. Loggia
won the western all-round, making her the second
most successful horse of the tournament,
silver went to Ashraf Al Shams in the Netherlands
and bronze to El Trocadero from Austria.
By taking part in this European championship
even in difficult times, the riders have proven
that they care about such events. People enjoy
competing against your peer, exchange ideas,
and have fun. Thanks to Sissi Chat for making
this possible.
Gudrun Waiditschka
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