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Dressage
8 The Hanoverian 08|2012
Sport
Desperados and
Diva Royal on a success track
Germany won Aachen’s Nation Prize with convincing performances from Desperados
and Kristina Sprehe as well as Diva Royal and Dorothee Schneider.
By Britta Züngel
Avec Plaisir
Laurence Vanommeslaghe rode Avec Plaisir
by A Jungle Prince/Hitchcock (breeder: Tanja
Bull-Arp, Ihlienworth) into second place in
the Grand Prix and in the freestyle at Vierzon/
France.
Burlington (VA)
The town of Hagen/Germany invited the rising
generation of competitors to “Aachen
for the Youth”. Two Hanoverians led in the
classes for young riders. Burlington by Breitling
W/Rohdiamant (breeder: Hans-Heinrich
Oltmann, Borstel) won the team test unchallenged
with rider Charlott-Maria Schürmann.
Burlington laid the foundation for the German
victory in the Nation Prize with this performance.
The pair also won the final qualification
and the freestyle.
Ciowa
Ciowa by Cheenook/Wittelsbach (breeder:
Ulf Brandt, Stade) competed at the CDIO in
Aachen/Germany with rider Carmen Naesgaard
as members of the Spanish team. The
team from the Iberian Peninsula finished in
fifth place in the Nation Prize.
Wirsol‘s Cipollini
The German team of junior Riders won the
Nation Prize in Hagen. Wirsol’s Cipollini by
Compliment/Western Star (breeder: Dr. Dieter
Schüle, Ansbach) received the second highest
score with rider Vivien Niemann. The pair also
placed second in the final qualification and in
the freestyle.
Condio B
Condio B by Contendro/Willem’s As (breeder:
Stephan Baumgart, Drochtersen) and rider
Claire-Louise Averkorn were members of the
German team that won the Nation Prize for
Junior Riders in Hagen.
Dablino FRH
Germany’s female dressage competitors celebrated
their victory in Aachen’s Nation Prize.
Dablino FRH by De Niro/Wanderbusch II
(breeder: Weert-Arnold Sweers, Krummhörn)
and rider Anabel Balkenhol contributed considerably
to the victory with a forth place in
the Grand Prix. A good placement in the special
meant a starting opportunity as an indi-
Done: Diva Royal and rider Dorothee Schneider
performed brilliantly in Aachen and are now
members of the German team at the Olympic
Games. Photo: Rau
vidual competitor in the Olympic Games for
the pair.
D‘Agostino
Fabienne Lütkemeier rode D’Agostino by De
Niro/Shogun xx (breeder: Klaus Lahmann,
Dassendorf) into forth place in the Grand Prix
Special at the CDI in Aachen.
Daianira van de Helle
Belgium participated in the Nations-Cup of
Rotterdam with only three competitors. The