2000
Pavo Cup Finals
Ermelo, The Netherlands
20th - 27th August 2000
Natcho and Osmium, 2000 Dutch Young Dressage Horse
Champions
The
6th edition of the Pavo Cup, a series of shows exclusively
for KWPN young dressage horses, concluded at the KWPN
Paardendagen in Ermelo, the Netherlands August 24 -
25, 2000. Cultivating a growing interest for the circuit
each year, the selection trials produced a field of
approximately 50 horses per age class for the ultimate
finals in Ermelo.
The Pavo Cup Final was being held during the famous
KWPN Paardendagen, the KWPN national breed championships.
While last year all honour went to the Broere stallion
station which captured both titles, this year it were
two outsiders that seemed to be blooming at the end
of the show season. The finals consist of two tests;
a qualifying test judged by KWPN stallion commission
members Frenk Jespers and Bert Rutten and by O-judge
Jan Peeters, and a final in which guest riders test
the horses.
This year the Belgian Jean Bemelmans and the German
Finken were invited. This year the judging of the qualifiers
and preliminary shows, held at various KWPN mare breed
shows in the Netherlands, received much criticism as
too many horses of mediocre quality were being presented
at the finals. "Striking is that actually only stallions
and gelding were able
to reach the finals," Dutch equestrian journalist Steven
Stegen said. "Only one mare made
it into the final (at the KWPN Paardendagen), and that
was Nisjida ridden by Marie Jose Hulsman."
It
was the KWPN-approved stallion Osmium (Ferro x Calypso
I) that performed the best amongst the 4-year-olds.
Nicolet van Lierop rode a strong first qualifier and
scored 80 points which placed her fourth in that first
leg. In the finals, guest riders Jean Bemelmans and
Holga Finken agreed that Osmium was
the best and with 35.5 points' difference, the black
stallion received the laurel. Black coated companion
OO Seven (pictured) is trained, ridden and shown by
Imke Bartels. In the
Pavo Cup OO seven scored consistently an average of
79 points and became the reserve champion. Runner up
was Rubels, a horse by Rafurstinsels (by Rubinstein)
out of a Amethist dam.
In the five-year-old division the bay gelding Natcho,
registered under the name Narco, constantly hit 80 points
which made him a solid winner for the 2000 title. Bred
by L. van Roessel from Axel (NED) and owned by A. Roefs
from Moergestel (NED), Natcho descends out a Hofnar
x Lt Generaal lineage. It was Angelique van Oss who
rode the supple bay to victory. Reserve Champion was
last year's 4-year-old winner Broere Norway. The liver
chestnut Jazz x Ulft approved son had a poor start in
the qualifier but shaped up in the finals under both
guest riders. Another Hofnar get, Nostradamus, was worthy
the runner up position in the overall ranking. Ridden
by Mieke de Kok, the former owner of American import
horses Congo and Ainsley's Goodfellow, Nostradamus
appears to be a real prospect for the future.
Complete Scores here
Dutch report of the event at http://www.stegen.net
Photos copyrighted Steven
Stegen
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