1999 Bundeschampionate
German Young Horse Championships
Warendorf, Germany
2 - 5 September 1999

Wildest Dream and Holga Finken

Winner of the three year old mare and gelding class was Wildest Dream. Ridden by the notable Holga Finken, Wildest Dream was not able to enter the top five in the first selection test. With an 8.0 score the pair was destined to place 7th, yet the total sufficed to qualify for the finals in which Finken rode his black gelding to an advantageous lead position. Three combinations, Wildest Dream, Ramina K and Diamond Dream, were pointed out for the ultimate finals in which two different riders mount the three horses and test them on their qualities. Ellen Schulten Baumer and Paul Schmidt were this year's guest riders. Schmidt was not afraid to push each horse and to see what potential they had in store. Schulten Baumer on the other hand rode with rather long reins and showed safe, modest rides. Finken maintained the advance he built up in his prior tests. The gelding showed three solid basic gaits and excelled in his canter for which Wildest Dream received an 8.6 mark. Both guest rider honored the Hanoverian with a 9.5 final score which gave him an overall total of  61.49.

Bred by Heinrich Criegee from Schüttorf, Germany, Wildest Dream is sired by Wolkenstein II out of a Castro dam. While the black gelding is ridden by Holga Finken, who already takes champion mare Wahajama under his wings, Wildest Dream is owned by Margrit Keller from Bremen.

The image portrays Wildest Dream ridden by Ellen Schulten Baumer