shows&competitions June

Ned CDI*** at Arnheim 6/17-6/21/98

Of course Anky van Grunsven put all efforts in winning the dressage competitions in her home country. Though she rode Gestion Bonfire into the first position in the freestyle with music before Sven Rothenburger, who also started for Holland, she really had to fight for her victory in the Grand Prix special. Three of the five judges didn't see her on the winner's step but Nadine Capellmann-Buffar with her westphalian 'Farbenfroh.

Grand Prix Special

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Anky van Grunsven/Gestion Cocktail(NED)	1,552
2	Nadine Capellmann-Biffar/Farbenfroh(GER)	1,523
3	C. van Baalen/Olympic Ferro(NED)	1,505
4	Gonnelien Rothenberger/Jonggor's Leonardo da Vinci(NED)	1,500
5	S. Rothenberger/Without a Doubt(NED)	1,494

Freestyle with music

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Anky van Grunsven/Gestion Bonfire(NED)	81.27
2	Sven Rothenberger/Jonggor's Weyden(NED)	77.46
3	Ulla Hakanson/Flyinge Bobby(SWE)	71.79

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New Dressage event presented at the CSI Nörten-Hardenberg

Additional to the jumping competitions the organizers of the CSI set up a dressage competition as a first night event that promises to become another highlight in the list of popular dressage competitions. Carl Count of Hardenberg had the idea for a dressage competition wher german trainers and teachers could compete with their fellow techers from foreign countries. Special handicap in this 'Intrenational Dressage Trainer's Club Trophy' are the finals, which have to be ridden like jumping finals - riders have to change horses. But before reaching this point the competing trainers have to get through a Grand Prix and a short Grand Prix test. The best three in these tests then have to compete in a short version Grand Prix with each horse of their competitors with only 5 minutes for preparations.
So one could watch Rudolf Zeilinger with the stallion Ti amo Trocadero, the belgian Arlette Holsters on the maire Faible and the local hero Christoph von Daehne on Hardenberg Gigolo. During the 5 minutes of preparation discussuins with spectators and some dressage-professionals such as Jean Bemelmanns and Holger Smezer made it quite interesting and the visitors learned something about dressage in general.
With a total scoring of 4,046 for three rounds on different horses Christoph von Daehne put himself into the leading position. Second was Rudolf Zeilinger (4,007) and third position was for Arlette Holsters (3,902). Her experienced mare Faible appears to be the the easiest to handle for each competitor, while Zeilinger's stallion Ti amo Trocadero prved to be pretty difficult in riding, resulting in the lowest scoring for each rider.

International Dressage Trainer's Club Trophy (Grand Prix)

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Rudolf Zeilinger/Livinjio(GER)	1,768
2	Arlette Holsters/Faible(BEL)	1,703
3	Christoph von Daehne/Hardenberg Gigolo(GER)	1,701
4	Hartwig Burfeind/Wanesco(GER)	1,633
5	ferdie Eilberg/Arun TDR(GBR)	1,631
6	José M. Lucena/Eldrianne(ESP)	1,617

International Dressage Trainer's Club Trophy (Grand Prix short version)

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Rudolf Zeilinger/Livinjio(GER)	1,460
2	Christoph von Daehne/Hardenberg Gigolo(GER)	1,701
3	Arlette Holsters/Faible(BEL)	1,703
4	José M. Lucena/Eldrianne(ESP)	1,617
5	Hartwig Burfeind/Wanesco(GER)	1,633
6	Rafael Soto/Flamenco (ESP)	1,320

International Dressage Trainer's Club Trophy (Grand Prix on different Horses)

Pos	Rider	Scores
1	Christoph von Daehne (GER)	4,046
2	Rudolf Zeilinger (GER)	4,007
3	Arlette Holsters(BEL)	3,902

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CDI at Schoten (BEL) 6/5 - 6/7/1998

Queen Isabell

The big winner of the international dressage days at Schoten in Belgium was Isabell Werth from Germany. Riding Antony FRH she won the Grand Prix (1,812) as well as the Grand Prix special (1,502). Another successful pair were Karin Rehbein and the stallion Saint Cloud (from the stud-farm Mühlengrund) who made it to rank three in Grand Prix and to 2nd position in the Grand Prix special. Saint Cloud has been ridden by Karin Rehbein only for a shoprt periode.

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National Competition at Balve (6/98)

s7-1.jpg (10586 Byte) This year the Balve Competition celebrated it's 50th anniversary and this year also was to be seen as the initial phase for the WEG sift-tests. Nearly everybody who is a VIP in the german horse-sports-scene followed the invitation by the 'Master of the House', Dieter Count Landsberg-Velen.
Surprisingly the winner of the dressage competition was Ulla Salzgeber from Bad Wörishofen. After winning an 'S'-level dressage test and the Prix de St. Georg with Perechlest she showed up in top-form with Rusty and also won the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix freestyle. Winner of the Grand Prix Special was Jürgen Wirths and Souverän. Now he sees a chance to join the team at the WEG at Rome as 5th member.

Balve Grand Prix

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Ulla Salzgeber/Rusty	1,850
2	Isabell Werth/Antony FRH	1,827
3	Jürgen Wirths/Souverän	1,764
4	Heike Kemmer/Beauvalais	1,714

Balve Grand Prix Special

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Jürgen Wirths/Souverän	1,543
2	Hubertus Schmidt/My Fair Lady	1,480
3	Heike Kemmer/Beauvalais	1,474
4	Isabell Werth/Antony FRH	1,437

Balve Grand Prix Freestyle

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Ulla Salzgeber/Rusty	78.47
2	Hubertus Schmidt/Axel	71.47
3	Thorsten Dietz/Boney M.	71.46
4	Sandra Walther/Picandt	67.46