BCM's Dutch magazine Hoefslag wrote the following excerpt in their show report about the CDIO Arnhem, June 21 - 25, 2000: "theoretically speaking the combination Sue Blinks -Flim Flam should still be able to grow but it has to do it 'right away' because with a 68.44% score for the best combination of a team, it is not enough to win a medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney."

In Bad Honnef the pair was very correct and very balanced, but it missed the necessary pizzaz to really break through. The first extended trot was energetic but it missed a touch of spark. The extended canter with flying change was nice, as well as the extended trot but everything could have been done a little more. Absolutely brilliant were the equal, rhythmic, balanced half passes in trot. In the passage Flim Flam had to be a little more collected and powerful from behind. The first piaffe in the serpentine was no good, but Blinks recovered quickly showing a decent second one. The zig zag in canter was very nice as well as both tempi changes every second and single stride.

Overall their performance showed a 'German' perfection but it missed that spectacular glow which makes the ride a pleasure to watch. Two years ago at the 1998 WEG in Rome, Blinks and her Hanoverian Flim Flam (by Wilhelm Tell) were announced as the rising stars full of potential. It seems that their potential has been hibernating since then. Flim Flam grew more muscled in two years and his nerves settled down pretty much. "Sue Blinks had a good ride today but I want more. I want the horse to think more, to be more electric. Let's hope that the Special will be better," American chef d'equipe Jessica Ransehousen said. Unfortunately Sue Blinks scratched for the Grand Prix Special. "It's a long way back home," Blinks said. The lady from Mount Kisco, NY, who has her winter base camp in Wellington, FL, wants to prepare for the Olympics in all quietness. Flim Flam will go into quarantine in California begin August.