On Saturday evening, the final for seven-year-old show jumpers was on the programme at the Bundeschampionat. In front of a large crowd, the 35 pre-qualified youngsters competed in an S**-class show jumping competition with a jump-off.
Two Holsteiners reached the all-deciding round and, in the end, Dior by Diamant de Semilly-Corrado I (Friedrich Meyer) and Laurens Houben narrowly missed out on the medals, finishing fourth. Dior is a half-brother to the Holsteiner Association stallion Cachas, who passed away far too young. Thanks to his outstanding performances, Dior was also awarded the title ‘Youngster of the Year’, a joint initiative of the ‘Hetzel + Tiemeyer Young Horse Masters’ in Goch, Rhineland, and the ‘Al Shira’aa National Championships’. This is part of a lucrative special classification, in which Dior’s owners were delighted to receive a prize of 7,500 euros. “Thanks to the timing and the nature of the events, our young horse competitions complement each other very well. My aim is to bring young horses that consistently perform exceptionally well at top-level events into the public eye,” says Holger Hetzel.
Baxxter by Breitling-Acorado I (ZG Tischer) and Jonte Hansen also finished in eighth place. MacGyver by Million Dollar-Colman (Manfred Nissen) and Björn Behrend also made it into the top ten.
Six-year-old show jumpers
Having already secured second place in the first qualifier, Master of Paradise by Manchester van’t Paradijs-Catoki (Alina Hinzmann) and Patrick Bölle also delivered a top performance in the second class: With a score of 8.7, they took silver in the second section of a field comprising over 120 horses.
Also in the top ten:
· Madara by Million Dollar-Centurion (Michael Rump), ridden by Lina Renström, took third place (3rd section) with a score of 8.6
· Mona VA by Cooper I–For Pleasure (Manfred von Allwörden), ridden by Tjade Carstensen, scored 8.5 to take 4th place (3rd division)
· M-Ashley’s Time MPL by Agento-Acorado (Mike Patrick Leichle), ridden by Antonia Selina Brinkop with a score of 8.5, in 4th place (2nd round)
· Mini Million by Million Dollar-Baloubet du Rouet (Jörg Kröger) with Pia-Luise Baur, scoring 8.4 to finish 5th (1st round)
· Akteur by Amber-Canterbury (Gesa Christiansen) with Lennart Thomsen, scoring 8.4 to finish 5th (1st round)
· Cultino EB by Casaltino-Colman (Evi Bengtsson) with Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, scoring 8.3 to finish 7th (2nd round)
· Petra del Pierre by Comme il faut-Quirado (Peter Diedrichsen), ridden by Pheline Ahlmann, scored 8.2 to finish ninth (3rd round)
· Diathino W by Diathago-Caretino (Britta Wittenbrink), ridden by Britta Wittenbrink, scored 8.2 to finish ninth (3rd round)
Photo: Christian Beeck (Dior by Diamant de Semilly)
