2000
World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
Jeroen
Devroe and Paganini
If
there is one combination which has seriously been underestimated
in Belgium than it's Jeroen Devroe with Paganini. Already
as a 5 year old, Paganini excelled thanks to his versatility
as a dressage horse. The Rhinelander gelding has three
very decent basic gaits, is a very rideable horse, sober
in the head and he seems eager to please the rider.
One could say that he's the ideal young riders' horse.
On the Belgian scene Devroe scored well with his gelding
(65%), but he was always teetering on the brink of the
top five.
In Arnhem, Paganini, by Pavarotti van de Helle out
of a Sheyenne de Baugy dam -- a pure bred breeding product
of Stoeterij van de Helle --and his rider were finally
done justice. With 7.10 in the first round, 7.40 in
the second and 7.50 in the final Devroe ranked overall
thirteenth. Paganini reigned with his super balance
which was especially externalized in the extended walk
showing regular, large paces with good over-track. The
only minor, negative detail was that Paganini regularly
seemed to go above the vertical. He wasn't complete
through the bit, through the neck and back. This was
particularly visible in the canter.
The pair was still very elegant and Paganini, who was
already showing the beginnings of piaffe and passage
at the age of 5, is a potential for the future.
If
there is one combination which has seriously been underestimated
in Belgium than it's Jeroen Devroe with Paganini. Already
as a 5 year old, Paganini excelled thanks to his versatility
as a dressage horse. The Rhinelander gelding has three
very decent basic gaits, is a very rideable horse, sober
in the head and he seems eager to please the rider.
One could say that he's the ideal young riders' horse.
On the Belgian scene Devroe scored well with his gelding
(65%), but he was always teetering on the brink of the
top five.
