2002 European Pony Championships

Stephanie Jansen and Dornik B

Another top notch German pony breeding stallion that has conquered a vital spot in the German pony team is Dornik B, a Rhinelander pony stallion by Derano Gold x Derbino. Already the 2001 European Pony Champion under Marion Engelen, Dornik B became the individual bronze medallist with Stephanie Jansen at the 2002 European Pony Championships in Hagen.

This year, Jansen competed both breeding stallions Dornik B and Golden Dancer, the 1996 European Pony Champion, but considered Dornik B to be a better match for her and the German team. Winning the preliminary test at the Euro championships, Jansen and Dornik B were steadily on their way for individual gold if team mates Winkelhues and Fiege had not equaled and overpowered her individual kur to music ride.

Dornik B is an absolutely divine pony stallion owned by Gestut Bönninger which is located in Tönisvorst, Germany. As a youngster, Dornik B was trained by Jana Kun, the 1996 European Pony Champion with Golden Dancer. Kun and Dornik B were an unbeatable pair in the German Young Horse circuit and came to win the Bundeschampionate winners four times in a row, a hardly equalled achievement in the Bundeschampionate history.

Living in Korschenbroich, Stephanie Jansen is now the official competition rider of the Bonninger stallions and will ride Dornik Double (by Dornik) in the German Young Horse Championships the first weekend of September 2002. With Dornik B, she just won the gold medal at the German Dressage Championships in Kreuth and the Preis der Besten competition in Warendorf at the beginning of the 2002 show season. Eurodressage prognosticated her as winner of the 2002 European pony championships but instead she won bronze.

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