2000
World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
Rohdiamant carries on the legacy
Last
month the great Westphalian bred stallion Rubinstein
I died. A tradition of superb dressage horses was about
to be ended if there wouldn't have been his son Rohdiamant
who carries on the legacy. The United States Equestrian
Team refused to recognize the talent of the stallion,
as they withheld Lisa Wilcox the right to try for the
American Olympic Dressage Team. The German equestrian
Federation (FN) doesn't. In Roman Nature and Ronaldo
the FN saw two of its best young horses representing
the country at the 2000 World Championships for Young
Dressage Horses.
Ronaldo, an Oldenburg bred Rohdiamant, descends out
of a great dam line by Westminster x Equador xx. Susanne
Miesner won the German Bundeschampionate with him but
in Arnhem the superb dark bay gelding had to beat up
against top stars like Dimaggio, Placido and Quantum
Tyme. Ronaldo did an excellent job under former American
citizen Susanne Hopman, now married to German Claus
Miesner. The gelding worked with great fluency and elasticity.
He has an exceptional walk, an uphill canter. He's overall
ground covering and rhythmic. With all his suppleness
Ronaldo
seems to be the perfect horse but in Arnhem he wasn't
as electric as needed in a test. However, a score
of 8.70 proves his talent. It ranked him fifth.
Another
Rohdiamant offspring was positioned in the top five.
Dutch Marlies van Baalen represented the Rhinelander
verband with the Rohdiamant x
Ehrentusch son Roman Nature. As the Dutch young rider
is officially employed by German former Chef d'equipe
Johan Hinnemann, Marlies gets the option to train and
compete a collection of German talents. Roman Nature
is one of them. In the second qualifier Roman Nature
needed more suspension in order to really excel and
his engagement didn't suffice. In the extended walk
he hardly stretched the neck although there was overtrack.
Some tension took away the suppleness of this mount,
which has a really nice conformation. The score of 8.9
seemed a little high
but his talent and potential can not be ignored
Last
month the great Westphalian bred stallion Rubinstein
I died. A tradition of superb dressage horses was about
to be ended if there wouldn't have been his son Rohdiamant
who carries on the legacy. The United States Equestrian
Team refused to recognize the talent of the stallion,
as they withheld Lisa Wilcox the right to try for the
American Olympic Dressage Team. The German equestrian
Federation (FN) doesn't. In Roman Nature and Ronaldo
the FN saw two of its best young horses representing
the country at the 2000 World Championships for Young
Dressage Horses.
Another
Rohdiamant offspring was positioned in the top five.
Dutch Marlies van Baalen represented the Rhinelander
verband with the Rohdiamant x 
