Marlies van Baalen and Thamar Zweistra Rule as young
riders
Coinciding
with the Dutch Championships for Grand Prix riders in
Nijmegen, the junior and young riders were also able
to grab the national victory in their class. Marlies
van Baalen, daughter of the silver medallist Coby van
Baalen, easily rode to victory in the young riders division
with the KWPN gelding Habibi (by Ulft x Onyx). Van Baalen
ruled in both young riders test with low 70% scores.
The silver went to Joyce Heutinck on Berkel's I. Dancer,
a very TB like dark bay dressage horse. Third place
went surprisingly to Annemiek van der Vorm on Agrovorms
Incredible.
Thamar Zweistra, who has been praised and hailed by
the Dutch equestrian press as the new young shooting
star, often rides tests with her horse too tensed and
tight in the neck. In Nijmegen she rode to victory in
the junior riders' division. Her horse Hexagons Kyrain
(by Cyrain) is her steady partner. Dominique Filion
placed second twice in the junior riders tests and won
the silver. Filion is riding a loaned horse, Goubergh's
Montreal (by Mephistopheles) with whom she's most likely
selected for the Dutch junior riders' team. Third place
went to Dominique van Aalderen. Young Van Aalderen purchased
the Westphalian approved stallion Festivo (by Fruhlingsball)
last year at her trainer's barn, Coby van Baalen's stable
in Brakel, The Netherlands. In one year time she became
the third best junior rider in The Netherlands.
Coinciding
with the Dutch Championships for Grand Prix riders in
Nijmegen, the junior and young riders were also able
to grab the national victory in their class. Marlies
van Baalen, daughter of the silver medallist Coby van
Baalen, easily rode to victory in the young riders division
with the KWPN gelding Habibi (by Ulft x Onyx). Van Baalen
ruled in both young riders test with low 70% scores.
The silver went to Joyce Heutinck on Berkel's I. Dancer,
a very TB like dark bay dressage horse. Third place
went surprisingly to Annemiek van der Vorm on Agrovorms
Incredible.
