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2002
European Pony Championships
Katharina Winkelhues and Dressman
 Winner
of the individual gold medal at the 2002 European Pony
Championships in Hagen, Germany, was Katharina Winkelhues
aboard the German Reitpony Dressman by Domingo out of
Nadin (by Niklas I). In tight competition with team
mates Annika Fiege and Stephanie Jansse, Winkelhues
improved test after test at the Eurochampionships and
was able to end in a climax in the kur to music individual
finals. Scoring 1137 points, Winkelhues left Fiege with
Konrad behind her. The latter pair settled for second
position with 1121 points.
Living in Cologne, Germany, Katharina Winkelhues rode
the FEI Dressage Pony test with Dressman the first year.
The 14-year old licensed breeding stallion Dressman,
who is currently German's most favored sire for dressage
ponies, is however an experienced schoolmaster. His
list of achievements is probably a true apex in pony
history: four times German Young Horse Champion, five
team gold medals at the European Pony Championships
(with riders Astrid Buer, Desiree Schurf, Kira Kroncke
and Katharina Winkelhues), four times winner of the
Preis der Besten and multiple CDI Champion.
 For
three years now, the daughter of dressage trainer Wolfgang
Winkelhues has been busy with the pony sport. Katharina
Winkelhues already gained experience in the FEI Dressage
pony tests aboard Victoria and Dressmann's offspring
Dressman Son, also a licensed breeding stallion. Dressman
Son was auctioned as a four-year old at the Munster
Autumn Elite Auction in 1998. However, in order to really
score, Winkelhues had to opt for a lease on the sire
Dressman whose owner Theo Schurf offered her the ride
two years ago.
An excellent, prosperous and winning choice, though
very expensive, was made by the Winkelhues family. Daily
Katharina and mother Winkelhues covered 200 kilometers
to travel to train Dressman, Don Joshi and the five-year
old Don Peppone at Schurf's facility in Bedburg.
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