2001
Bad Honnef
Parkfestival Dressur
June 28 - July 1, 2001
Slow Fox, Fast Fox for Victory!
Hardly
any surprises arose in the Young Riders' division. In
both qualifier tests did the current Preis der Besten
winner Nicole Giesen dominate with her Dutch bred gelding
Slow Fox V (by Saros xx). Trained by Heiner Schiergen,
Giesen is consider the hopeful for the individual European
gold medal. Jan Andreas Viebrock covered a second and
third place aboard his experienced mount Astolfi. Viebrock
has been member of the German junior riders team, that
won European team gold in 1999. This year Viebrock can
be counted a solid member of the young riders' equipe.
Newcomer to the German Young Riders' team this year
is Nadine Wirths, daughter of former German male Grand
Prix champion Jurgen Wirths. Saddling the Hanoverian
Atachi W, Wirths rode to a third and second place in
Bad Honnef. She further strengthened her position as
young rider in Germany by claiming a double victory
in the Piaff Förderpreis. Julia Katharina von Platen
ensured the fourth position in the German team with
her Hanoverian Mocca. Last year this elegant young rider
from Wietze, Germany, won the silver team medal at the
European Championships in Hickstead, England.
The DOKR committee selected the following riders as
reserves for the team: Dorothea Rohde with Rapino, Christian
Ritter with Bernstein and Katja Weisbrod with Hazleton.
Hardly
any surprises arose in the Young Riders' division. In
both qualifier tests did the current Preis der Besten
winner Nicole Giesen dominate with her Dutch bred gelding
Slow Fox V (by Saros xx). Trained by Heiner Schiergen,
Giesen is consider the hopeful for the individual European
gold medal. Jan Andreas Viebrock covered a second and
third place aboard his experienced mount Astolfi. Viebrock
has been member of the German junior riders team, that
won European team gold in 1999. This year Viebrock can
be counted a solid member of the young riders' equipe.
