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2007
Equine Elite
Three Days of Selections for the 2007 Equine
Elite Auction
August 6, 2007
 Preparations
for the 3rd exclusive Equine Elite dressage auction
2007 are in full swing. The official selections for
the horses will be held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd of August
in Weert with the initial vettings due to take place
in the 2 weeks following.
The voluntary selection committee
for this year comprises of Frances Verbeek (Dutch “O” level
Judge), Peter Engel (German “O” level Judge), Laurens
van Lieren(Dutch Team), Imke Schellekens-Bartels(Dutch
team) and International dealers Craig Rawlins and Diederik
Wigmans. The test riders will be Kebie vd Heijden(GP
rider), Kim Le Duc(GP Rider), Stephanie Dorr(PSG,YR)
and the English Grand Prix rider Sarah Millis who is
trained by Kyra Kyrklund.
Diederik Wigmans commented “the
great thing about these riders is that they are all
still very active in the training and riding of young
horses in their everyday lives, and they are all actively
competing at the highest levels as well. This puts
them in a unique position as far as evaluating the
ability of the horses in concerned.”
Equine Elite has
managed to become an absolute hit, attracting buyers
from all over the world and has been sold out weeks
in advance for the past 2 years. The Equine Elite has
supplied a total of 14 VSN/Pavo cup (semi) finalists
in the Netherlands and 12 young horse selection winners
in the UK. In Scandinavia 4 horses have already competed
and won at different levels and one has already competed
at Grand prix. Several have crossed the Ocean to the
United States and have yet to commence their career.
The organizers are promising a phenomenal event
this year with a fantastic selection of horses. ”we have
been preselecting throughout Europe for months already
and we are expecting an extremely high concentration
of top quality horses at the selections in August” said
co- organizer Craig Rawlins.
“Unfortunately
we have had to scrap the Grandstand seating for 2007
in order to meet the demand for tables. We will still
be able to accommodate the full 700 person limit that
we set for ourselves 2 years ago only it will be at
VIP tables as opposed to Grandstand seating.
Anyone interested in presenting a horse for the selections
can contact Equine Elite. The Auction itself is scheduled
for Saturday the 27th of October at Academy Bartels
in Hooge Mierde, The Netherlands, with trial rides
commencing from the 2nd week of September(6 weeks before
the auction!) Reservations for tables can also be made
at www.equineelite.nl
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