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. 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History Sport 1 - TR Whata Hottie - Gold in der Reining 2 - Ashraf Al Shams - Gold in der Western Pleasure, Silber im Western Allround 3 - Loggia - Gold in Mounted Native Costume und Western Allround. Bronze in Western Pleasure und Trail 4 - Baikals Shangrila - Bronze im Ranch Riding 5 - MM Sandrine - Silber in Western Pleasure 6 - CH SIlver Light - Gold in Ranch Riding, Silber in der Reining. 3/<strong>2020</strong> - www.in-the-focus.com 63