For
a moment it seemed that French-Brazilian Marietta Almasy
had reached the end of her show career, but at the CDI-W
Paris/Bercy early March the native French dame was completey
back in business. After a terrible period of personal
struggle with her husband, the Brazilian Dr. Rocha,
resulting in the cancellation of the World Cup Finals
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a divorce and her selling most
of her horses, it couldn't get any worse.
"For two weeks now I have been renting an apartment
at Paris and am boarding Pavarotti at the Polo de Bagatelle
stables," Almasy says. With little time to get
organised, Almasy already rode at the CDI-W in Paris,
a competition where she dazzled as best French combination.
Pavarotti was so easy and cool minded with all the commotion
round him in the arena of Paris. Pavarotti, an 11-year-old
Russian gelding, was purchased by Almasy upon her return
to France. "It cost me a limb but I'm so happy
to have bought him. The combination is selected for
the World Cup Finals in Aarhus, Denmark. Having reached
her qualifying score (65%) for the European Championships,
Almasy is also alleged to ride in Verden. "I'm
not selected yet, I just qualified," Almasy added.
For
a moment it seemed that French-Brazilian Marietta Almasy
had reached the end of her show career, but at the CDI-W
Paris/Bercy early March the native French dame was completey
back in business. After a terrible period of personal
struggle with her husband, the Brazilian Dr. Rocha,
resulting in the cancellation of the World Cup Finals
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a divorce and her selling most
of her horses, it couldn't get any worse.
