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1998
Belgian Dressage Championships
 Organizing
the Belgian Championships at your stable, is wanting
problems. Riders complain all the time, the Belgian
federation is cutting back on their resources: nothing
but troubles. This time Koen Heeren and Willy Snyers
from Schaffen took the challenge of holding the B.C.
at their property. The entry list was made by a draw
but an hour before the first test (Intermediaire II),
a sudden change was made in the programmation, which
only led to more stress for the riders
After a lot of quarreling between the secretary and
a member of the dressage commission the test was about
to begin. Two riders withdrew their horses. Claudia
Bauwens didn't show Carramba because of an injury, and
Koen Verdegem wasn't able to show Kurillos as he had
sold the horse the week before the BC.
 Arlette
Holsters did appear on the show circuit and that was
appreciated by many persons. She would obviously become
the new Belgian Champion. Second and third place made
part of a true battle, which was fought between Ann
d'Ieteren, Evelyne Van Beuningen en Ludo Verbraeken.
In the Intermediaire II Ann d'Ieteren rode a nice test
but her tempi changes could have been better. She received
60%. Ludo Verbraeken was also good (58%) but the piaffe
needs more improvement. Evelyne Van Beuningen missed
a lot of changes and made some beauty-errors in her
test. She got 56%
 The
day after, Arlette Holsters rode a flawless Grand Prix
and by scoring 67% she was the absolute winner. Also
Ann d'Ieteren performed excellently and received a deserved
63%. Evelyne van Beuningen rode a 58% with her bay KWPN
Cozumel. Ludo Verbraeken, who missed a change in the
tempo changes every stride and whose piaffe-passage
transitions could have been better, became a victim
of the Belgian judging system. The three foreign judges
gave Ludo Verbraeken 59% even though he made two mistakes,
but one of the Belgian judges decided that he definitely
shouldn't have won the bronze medal and awarded Ludo's
test with a pour 54%. The other Belgian judge gave him
the reasonable score of 57%, which would also be his
final Grand Prix score.
Gold: Arlette Holsters with Faible
Silver: Ann d'Ieteren with Iguazu
Bronze: Evelyne van Beuningen with Cozumel
4th place: Ludo Verbraeken with Juturn
Images copyrighted: Dirk
Caremans - Photos 1997 CDI Schoten
October 1998
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