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Dutch
Dressage News
Inspekteur to be Competed by Young Rider Wendy
van der Helm
November 7, 2003
 Dutch
Young Rider Wendy van der Helm is on a mission this
year. With four Intermediaire I horses at her disposal,
she is vying for a position in the Dutch Young Riders
team, for which at the 2004 European Young Riders Championships
is the ultimate goal of the year.
Newest acquisition to Wendy van der Helm's horse collection
is the KWPN licensed stallion Inspekteur. Van der Helm
is leasing the dark bay stallion (Darwin x Amor) from
her trainer Coby van Baalen. Inspekteur already won
team gold and individual bronze under young rider Marlies
van Baalen and was ridden last year by young rider Vincent
van Gasselt, who didn't make into the final cut for
the Dutch team.
Van der Helm is totally crazy about Inspekteur. "When
Vincent stopped riding 'Spekkie' I immediately asked
Coby if I could ride him. We clicked right away and
I am training really hard," Van der Helm said.
Six days of the week, van der Helm is riding horses
at Coby's barn in Brakel, The Netherlands, and for two
months she has been training Inspekteur. "He's
a funny, macho horse with very good paces. It has always
been my wish to ride him, even if it were to be once.
Now I even have the chance to compete him," an
ecstatic Van der Helm said.
 With
Inspekteur, Wendy van her Helm wants to enlarge her
chances on becoming a winner in the tough Dutch Young
Riders circuit. The 20-year old Van der Helm also has
Mauru B (Investment x Casanova), Michigan (Farringont
x Apollonios xx), a horse which she purchased from Arjen
Teeuwissen, and Inpuls (Ahorn x Jagermeester). Van der
Helm is one of very few Dutch riders with four (!!)
Intermediaire I mounts to chose from.
Source: KWPN
Images copyrighted: Dirk
Caremans
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