Canadian Young Horses Selected for World Breed Championships
Dressage
Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that five exceptional
young horses have been nominated to represent Canada
at the 2001 World Breeder's Championship for Dressage
Horses. The Championship will be held this year in Verden,
Germany, from August 8 - 12.
In
2000, Canada was represented in this competition by
Quantumtyme, an Oldenburg gelding ridden and owned by
Evi Strasser, who finished fourth place in the world
in the five-year-old division. Quantumtyme leads the
six-year-old group nominated for 2001, having achieved
qualifying scores and high placings in the FEI Test
for 6 year olds throughout 2001. Two other terrific
young horses have also been nominated in the six year
old division. Boticello 2, a six-year-old Hessen stallion,
ridden by Leonie Bramall, had very good competition
results in Germany, and Rebel Rockstar, a six-year-old
Belgian warmblood gelding owned and ridden by Jon Costin,
placed in the qualifying competitions.
In the five-year-old division, Canada has nominated
two outstanding candidates. The first, Fortissimo, is
a Hannoverian gelding owned by Alyson Carpenter and
ridden by Tom Dvorak, who won the FEI Young Horse test
at the CDI Batavia, recently held at Paxton Farms in
Ohio. Oddessey, a Dutch warmblood stallion owned and
ridden by Dana Hewett, is the second five-year-old representative.
He had great competitive experience in the Netherlands,
and was a top finisher in the 2000 PAVO Cup Final, which
is a very prestigious competition for young horses.
Oddessey was invited to compete for Holland in the 2001
FEI World Breeding Championship for Young Horses, and
Dressage Canada is thrilled to have this excellent young
stallion representing Canada.
The World Breeding Championship is an annual event,
organized by the World Breeding Federation For Sport
Horses (WBFSH), which showcases young horses in competition
from around the world.
In
2000, Canada was represented in this competition by
Quantumtyme, an Oldenburg gelding ridden and owned by
Evi Strasser, who finished fourth place in the world
in the five-year-old division. Quantumtyme leads the
six-year-old group nominated for 2001, having achieved
qualifying scores and high placings in the FEI Test
for 6 year olds throughout 2001. Two other terrific
young horses have also been nominated in the six year
old division. Boticello 2, a six-year-old Hessen stallion,
ridden by Leonie Bramall, had very good competition
results in Germany, and Rebel Rockstar, a six-year-old
Belgian warmblood gelding owned and ridden by Jon Costin,
placed in the qualifying competitions. 
