Two FEI pony classes were inserted in the program of the Park Festival Dressage at Bad Honnef. The preliminary test was clearly dominated by Angoli-Anne Jensen, an almost professional pony rider from riding club Neuhaus Grevenbroich, who presented Brantops Capri Sun, a Rhinelander pony stallion by Capri Moon. Jensen won the bronze medal with this six year old pony in 1999 in the five year old division at the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf. In Bad Honnef, the liver chestnut was definitely the best in his third/fourth level exercises. Second placed in the preliminary pony test was Dean 2, a liver chestnut pony ridden by Anne Recker. Dean was the pony with the largest movements and has a horse like conformation.
 
 
 

In the freestyle Brantops Capri Sun switched places with Goldino, an absolutely divine dun pony ridden by Jensen as well. Capri Sun is owned by Brantops Pony Stud near Dusseldorf, while the Rhinelander Goldino, by Golden Dancer, is her own. Goldino is more refined in his conformation but his movements are larger. Goldino won the silver medal at the Bundeschampionate in 1998. He's now six year old. 

The best German pony riders were not in Bad Honnef as the European Championships are coming up 23rd - 27th July in Hagen, Germany.
 

See the Bad Honnef pony scores

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