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What's Happening
in the Dressage World?
January 2008
 2007 ended unpleasantly for Emma Hindle with
a fracture in her hand. During some work
in-hand her top stallion Lancet kicked with his hind
legs and hit the hands of the British Nation cup
rider. “Thank God I reacted fast enough otherwise
it might have been my head!” Emma said after
the accident. Her doctors will decide if she participate
in the stallion shows in Gahlen and Verden. Emma: “I’ll
do my best to come as announced, but I can’t
make any promises.” If her health will allow
it she’ll saddle Star Diamond Hit for the stallion
show at Gahlen.
December 2007 saw British equestrian photographer
Kevin Sparrow tie the knot with Jane Brewin, owner
of the
successful
advanced
dressage horse Nadonna. Congratulations!
Anky van Grunsven celebrated her 40th
birthday on
January 2, 2008. A few photos of the birthday celebration
can be viewed here
The 4-year old black Hanoverian licensed stallion
Delatio has been sold to Dressage
Stable Rongen and Dutch company Decor Son in The Netherlands. Delatio
is by De Niro out of St. Pr. St. Rubina (by Rubinstein
x
Diplomat)
and
was
the
price highlight at the Verden Foal Auction three years
ago. He was selected for the 2007 Bundeschampionate
and won the 70-day performance test in Adelheidsdorf.
He was previously competed by Hannes Baumgart. He
is bred by Ulrike and Reinhold Bosse and was owned
by Bernhard Schaerffer.
In conjunction with the Hanoverian Horse
Society of Australia, the Organising Committee is pleased
to announce that Jörn Kubelke will
be our special guest at the coming Sydney CDI to ride
the finalists in the Hanoverian Horse Society
of Australia NSW Young Dressage Horse Championships. Jörn
will ride the winner of each age group in the HHSA
Finals and along with the
judging panel, will
determine one overall Young Horse winner.
The Dutch dressage, show jumping
and eventing riders that
are in
the running for Olympic team qualification had
to do a
physical fitness test at the National
Sport Center in Papendal, The Netherlands. Check out
a
video clip of this test here
According to the Associated Press, the Spanish
Riding School in Vienna, Austria, is on
the verge of bankruptcy. The 430-year-old school,
whose shows at the former
imperial stables
at the Hofburg Palace in downtown
Vienna are among the Austrian capital's top tourist
attractions, lost nearly $2.9 million last year, said business adviser Elisabeth
Guertler. Guertler, the former chief executive of Vienna's prestigious
Opera Ball, said high personnel costs were to blame
for the school's mounting losses. Its 17 riders are
paid bonuses while on the road that can boost their
monthly salaries to $14,700, she said. Read
More here
The Horse Magazine reported that Rachael Sanna's
WEG mount Chatham Park Jac has been sold to a Swedish
Young
Rider. The bay KWPN gelding by Jazz x Kind of Magic
is bred by Peter van der Zwan and sold to Australia
by Nico Witte. Under Sanna, Jac competed at the 2006
World Equestrian Games. The horse has been for sale
for quite some time and was rumoured to have sold to
an Australian dressage enthusiast but that deal did
not go through. According to the Horse Magazine, the
bay has now sold to Sweden.
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