Four days of strict judging were necessary to select
a solid group of six finalsts for the 2001 Pavo Cup
Finals in Ermelo during the KWPN Paardendagen, August
23 - 26th, 2001. Due to Foot and Mouth disease crisis
in Holland in spring, no selection trials were allowed
to be held so that extra preliminary rounds had to occur
at the KWPN Paardendagen itself. While in the qualifiers
for 4-year olds, Paddox and Pedro were in the lead,
the finals brought about a different champion. In the
5-year-old division the qualifiers and finals were a
match between World Young Dressage Horse Champion Rubels
and OO Seven.
Patser Is the Name
Patser is the name of the new 4-year-old 2001 Pavo
Cup Champion. The preliminary rounds were dominated
by the 2000 Licensing champion stallion Paddox (by Ferro)
and Pedro (Krack C) but Patser closely followed this
twosome. Judges Harmoen and Peeters granted Patser high
scores in the qualifiers so that he was automatically
transferred to the finals. It wasn't until then that
the Jazz x Ariban xx descendant started to bloom. Guest
judges from Germany, Holga Finken and Dr Ulf Moller,
were there to physically test the quality of the six
finalists. Patser, bred by C. Spierings, absolutely
excelled under Finken and received a 10 for rideability.
Moller gave Patser 9,5. In the preliminary rounds, Patser
was presented by Madeleine Vrees. Reserve champion was
the stallion Paddox with Marijke Folmer as rider. Paddox
received 9,5 and 8,5 from the German jury. Third place
went to Pays Bays NL (Cabachon x Zeoliet), owned by
Gert Willem van Norel and Christa Laarakkers. Pedro
(Krack C x Damiro) was fourth. Paragon, a Gribaldi x
Zonneglans, was the best placed mare of the 5-year-olds.
Paragon finished fifth and was presented by Anne van
Uytert. The stallion Puccini (Gribaldi x Souvernir)
was sixth.
Rubels Now Also Recognized in Holland
At
first glance, it seemed that the new world champion
Rubels (Rafurstinsels x Amethist) would win the Pavo
Cup title with only a blink of his eyes, but the finals
turned out to be more exciting than expected. It was
the black outsider OO Seven, who has never shone before,
who became a competitor to be taken into account. Imke
Bartels presented the Rubinstein x Doruto son in the
preliminary rounds and didn't dazzle that much but Finken
and Moller were, nevertheless, quite impressed by him,
as Rubels gave a tired final impression. However, when
ridden, it was clearly Rubels who stole the show. The
dapple grey stallion received two 10s for his rideability
while OO Seven 'only' got 9,5 twice. Third place went
to Orion, a TCN Partout x Belisar gelding bred and ridden
by Bart Bax. Fourth position was offered to O'Jazz (Jazz
x Sultan) ridden by Carla Niessink-Busser. Merieke Voorneveld
replaced Ollia Day's (by D Day) steady rider Marie Jose
Hulsman in the Pavo Cup final and finished fifth. Moller
and Finken gave Ollia Day 7 because of his resistence
when ridden.
At
first glance, it seemed that the new world champion
Rubels (Rafurstinsels x Amethist) would win the Pavo
Cup title with only a blink of his eyes, but the finals
turned out to be more exciting than expected. It was
the black outsider OO Seven, who has never shone before,
who became a competitor to be taken into account. Imke
Bartels presented the Rubinstein x Doruto son in the
preliminary rounds and didn't dazzle that much but Finken
and Moller were, nevertheless, quite impressed by him,
as Rubels gave a tired final impression. However, when
ridden, it was clearly Rubels who stole the show. The
dapple grey stallion received two 10s for his rideability
while OO Seven 'only' got 9,5 twice. Third place went
to Orion, a TCN Partout x Belisar gelding bred and ridden
by Bart Bax. Fourth position was offered to O'Jazz (Jazz
x Sultan) ridden by Carla Niessink-Busser. Merieke Voorneveld
replaced Ollia Day's (by D Day) steady rider Marie Jose
Hulsman in the Pavo Cup final and finished fifth. Moller
and Finken gave Ollia Day 7 because of his resistence
when ridden. 
