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What's
Happening in the Dressage World?
Here are a few of the latest tidbits from the equestrian
world. We have lots of Dutch news:
Did you know that Anky van Grunsven has a new three
year old. Claiming that she just loves the Flemming
offspring now that she has Krack C in her training,
Van Grunsven bought a three year old Dutch warmblood
by Flemming out of Diane (by Meridiaan x Acer xx). We'll
see how this one will turn out in the show ring. Because,
her 5-year-old former silver medallist, Gestion Ictenos
(Trakehner by Sir Chamberlaine), at the World Championships
for Young Dressage Horses has been tucked away in her
barn in Gemert for more than a year now..
 Gestion
Goliath, on the other hand, is announced to be coming
back to the competition world. Arjen Teeuwissen hasn't
been showing his Zebulon-gelding who was lame for more
than half a year. Goliath is back in training now and
is supposed to be recouperating fine. The career of
Olympic Ferro, on the contrary, is rumoured
to be at its end. The KWPN studbook's favorite stallion
has been injured for a while now and his entry in the
Dutch Dressage Championships and CHIO Aachen has already
been annulled. It is also rumoured (!!) that the owners,
Lamers and Van de Goor, are thinking of ending Ferro's
show career completely and focus him primarily on breeding.
The American Dressage Team is coming over to
Europe for extensive training at Klaus Balkenhol's barn
in Rosendahl, Germany. Guenter Seidel will be bringing
Nikolaus for sure, Jane Clark agreed to let Betsy Steiner
ride Rainier. The situation with Everest is insure.
While it has been announced that Guenter Seidel was
to take over the massive Hanoverian, this has not happened
yet. The American Dressage Team will be competing at
the CDI Rotterdam and Donaueschingen.
Everybody knows by now that Christine Traurig
has a new sponsor. The generous family Trierweiler has
bought her the stallion Cordino (Calypso II x Cor de
le Bruyere) with which she hoped to qualify for the
2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Belgian Young Rider Tom Franckx has sold his SBS bred
Hopje van Duinoord (by Unique Drum II) to Japan.
Franckx is planning on entering his new horse, the Hanoverian
Doncaster (by Donnerhall) in the young riders' division.
 Did
you notice it too that Karen Rehbein's Flambo made a
remarkable appearance under the Dutch rider Joop Gondrie
at the CHI Eindhoven? The KWPN bred Flambo (by
Kaiserstern xx) presented by Donrie placed second in
the Grand Prix. Congratulations! Penny Zavitz-Rockx'
Heyu was presented by Karen Nijvelt at the show
in Eindhoven. We wonder if that horse got sold too due
to her pregnancy.
Christine Doan was kind enough to inform us
that her Belgian warmblood Nector van het Carlshof
(by Randel Z) is now in training with Ingrid Klimke.
Doan used to train in Belgium with the Grand Prix rider
Jan Dupont, but then moved to Michael Klimke's place
near Aachen. However, it is Ingrid Klimke who has finally
taken over the training of the exceptional bay gelding.
This is old news but here we go anyway. Australian
dressage prima donna Rachael Downs is marrying former
Olympic Australian show jumping rider George Sanna.
We got that one from Chris Hector.
John, Janet and Jacqueline Paxton are hosting the
first ever North American Junior Riders Championships
at Paxton farm in Batavia, Ohio. Teams from Canada,
Mexico and the U.S. will be riding for the honory medals
and a position in the hall of fame of winning dressage
riders. More info at www.paxtonfarm.com
The Belgian Dressage Promo Team has gasped
its last breath. After the resignation of Carmen
van Ingelgem, the promo team slowly but steadily went
downhill and eventually was dissolved begin May..So
that was the short attempt (about five years) to promote
dressage in Belgium. L'arroseur arrosé
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