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European
Dressage News
"Irish Field" Hattrick for Anna Merveldt-Steffens
February 2, 2003
 Senior
Irish International rider, Anna Merveldt-Steffens from
Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare is the winner of the prestigious
"Irish Field" Dressage Rider of the Year award for the
third year in a row.
The German based Merveldt-Steffens was the leading
Irish rider at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez,
Spain. She had a storming finish the 2002 season with
top ten placings in Stuttgart and in the Grand Prix
at the Munich indoor show. On the first Sunday in December
riding Fosbury, a 15 year old Westphalian gelding owned
by her trainer Johann Hinnemann she won the Munich Grand
Prix Speciale. Third place in the Grand Prix class at
the Milan Masters in Italy a fortnight later set her
up for a grand finale on her final international outing
in 2002 and she duly delivered scoring over 70% with
Fosbury for a clear cut victory in the €10,000 Milan
Masters Grand Prix Kur (Freestyle to Music) .
These performances saw the Irish rider move up 39 places
in the FEI/BCM World Dressage Rankings to 60th place
at year end.
The awards are to be presented at a special lunch in
Kingswood Country House Hotel outside Dublin on Tuesday,
February 4th 2003.
Image copyright: Rainer
Dill
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