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Wahajama sold to Ann Kathrin Kroth
 The
news came very exclusively to junior-riders.com: Germany's
best young dressage horse, Wahajama, has been sold to
Ann Kathrin Kroth. The former German Dressage Team Rider
at the 1988 Olympic Games of Seoul payed the claimed
price of 5,000,000 Deutsch marks for the black Hanoverian
mare. Wahajama first came into the spotlight at age
three when she was sold at the autumn Elite Auction
in Verden, Hannover, for the record price of 510,000
DM; an amount which was never reached until
this year's auction. Owner Helmut Mugge from Bremervorde,
who acquired Wahajama as a foal in the 1994 foal auction,
saw his Warkant x Acapulco x Dirk mare depart to Gestut
Hoftehof of Sonja and Gerd Knoop in Meppen.
In three years time Wahajama built out an achievements'
list one could only dream of. As a three year old the
inexperienced mare became Reserve Champion at the German
Federal Championships. Under the Knoop ownership, Grand
Prix rider Holga Finken and Wahajama formed a steady
combination showing increasing performances through
time. Wahajama was the undisputed champion at the following
two Bundeschampionate, winning the four (1998) and five
(1999) year old dressage horse class with the highest
notes each year (for instance 9.7). At the World Championships
for Young Dressage Horses in Arnhem the black mare ended
up third in her age class but was proclaimed "World's
Best Young Dressage Mare". Ann Kathrin Kroth-Linsenhoff
will continue her training and aims for the 2004 Olympic
Games with Wahajama as her Olympic choice. The mare
will share stalls with Prix St. Georges horse Wandervogel
and Grand Prix mount Durbridge.
Image by Arnd
Bronkhorst
Related Links
Wahajama, Exotic Name for an Exotic Horse
Wahajama, Top Scorer of the Day at 1999 Bundeschampionate
1998
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