shows&competitions

CDI*** at Spangenberg 7/3 - 7/5/98

The Spangenberg competition was another sift test for the WEG at Rome, just like the Aachen and Münster competitions. Due to the rainy weather, the floor of the arena was covered with mud and puddles, so the competitors had an additional handicap. Antony - Isabell Werth's 12 year old gelding appeared to be pretty afraid of water. At the beginning he was seriously irritated by a big pool and the muddy ground, so Isabell Werth several times had to 'convince' him to go on with the test. Isabell casted a glance of desperation to her trainer Dr. Uwe Sculten-Baumer. "Go on!" was the command.
"The promoters have to care for a new ground" Dr. Schulten-Baumer said after the show. But the promoters disagreed: "This floor is was in a good condition in spite of the rain, and even Isabell Werth should cope with it!". Anyway at least the judges appreciated the bad conditions. Though her performance looked a bit strained, she was put into 2nd position. For everybody's surprise the winner was Thorsten Dietz and his Hanoverian gelding Boney M..

Spangenberg Grand Prix Special

pos.	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Thorsten Dietz/Boney M. (GER)	1,491
2	Isabell Werth/Antony FRH (GER)	1,485
3	Anky van Grunsven/Gestion Gere(NED)	1,482
4	Michael Klimke/White Foot (GER)	1,476
5	Rudolf Zeilinger/Livijno (GER)	1,335
6	Lars Petersen/Blue Hors Caravan (GER)	1,436
7	Karin Rehbein/Flambo (GER)	1,433
8	Jamine Sanche/Plaisir d'Amour(GER)	1,418
9	Ann-Kathrin Ehlen/Hofgut(GER)	1,414
10	Carolin Hatlapa/Merlin TST(GER)	1,408

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CSIOP/CDIOP Hagen a. T. W. 7/2-7/5/98
Sports and Games

s7-2-3.jpg (6556 Byte) With a total of 21,000 spectators, 291 Ponies and Horses from 8 nations in 28 tests the 2nd CSIOP/CDIOP certainly was the biggest youngser's event of 1998.
The program, which was organized for the kids by Ulrich Kasselmann on his private farmyard, contained highlights for everybody: International Sport for youngsters and kids on ponies and horses who were coached by top-trainers such as Nicole Uphoff, Lutz Merkel, Conny Endress, Holger Schmezer and Johnny Hilberath.Funny circus-shows, exciting games with ponies, great parties, buses full of pupils and a huge town built of tents for 550 youngsters were responsible for high spirits.
Protector of the event was the president of Lower-Saxony, Gerhard Schröder.

Dressage 'S' level test for youngsters and young riders

Pos	Rider/Horse	Scores
1	Stefanie Schüle/Jotzko(GER)	1,319
2	Marc Fiege/Reino(GER)	1,312
3	Kirsten Beckers/Quli B(NED)	1,240
4	Klara Martinsson/Zebastian(SWE)	1,237
4	Barbara Skulp/Winston(SWE)	1,237
6	Andrew Gold/Coffee Break(GBR)
7	Kristian Krusenstierna/Charlatan(SWE)	1,180
8	Ona Dewaegennaere/Apollo(BEL)	1,170

Team scoring 'S'-level dressage

Pos	Country	Scores
1	Germany	4,069
2	Netherlands	3,790
3	Sweden	3,775
4	England	3,711

Pony dressage 'L' level

Pos	Rider/Pony	Scores
1	Desiree Schurf/Dressman(GER)	1,164
2	Nina Beck/Emilio(GER)	1,148
3	Delphine Meiresonne/Nobel Casper(BEL)	1,097
4	Svenja Meyer/Cash and Go(GER)	1,096
5	Richelle tar Haak/Hogewald's Sultan(NED)	1,080
6	Kira Krönke/Edwin(GER)	1,073
7	Tobias Wilmes/Tre. Lord Nelson(GER)	1,061

Team scoring 'L'-level dressage

Pos	Country	Scores
1	Germany	2,611
2	Denmark	2,374
3	Belgium	2,368
4	Netherlands	2,358
5	Sweden	2,250

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