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2002
CDI Frankfurt
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff and Wahajama Unicef win Nurnberg
Burgpokal 2002
 The
2002 Nurnberg Burpkal, the unofficial German Prix St
Georges Championships, were won by Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff
aboard the world's loveliest mare Wahajama Unicef. The
Nurnberg Burgpokal finals are determined by two tests.
The first Finals' test is the qualifier to select a
top three, which will compete each other in a the 'true'
Siegerpreis finals. Scoring 74.56% with a record-breaking
ride in the Prix St Georges Special, Linsenhoff showed
that her mare is currently Germany's best Prix St Georges
horse and demonstrated that the Siegerpreis Finals would
just be a formality.
In second place was Birgit Finken aboard her dark bay
Diamond Fritz with 74.11%, while the third placed Anja
Plonzke and her Trakehner Solero RBS received 72.83%.
Expected to be a top three finallist was Lisa Wilcox
and her dapple grey stallion Royal Diamond. Errors in
both the tempi's every three and four strides, prevented
this dream story to come true. Wilcox finished fourth
with 72.78% and missed out on the Siegerpreis.
The Seigerpreis of the Nurnberg Burgpokal Finals were
a hot battle between Linsenhoff, Finken and Plonzke,
but it was Linsenhoff and Wahajama Unicef that reigned
supreme. Wahajama Unicef, an 8-year old Hanoverian mare
by Warkant, excelled in her wonderful balance in all
three gaits and in her correctness in the test. Scoring
90.00 points, Linsenhoff and Wahajama became the 2002
Nurnberg Burgpokal winners. Finken finished second with
88.00 points, while Plonzke was third with 75.00 points.
The Nurnberg Burgpokal is a special Prix St Georges
class ran over a circuit of Germany's most important
dressage competitions. Organized with a ranking and
a special finals, held annually at the CDI Frankfurt,
the Nurnberg Burgpokal constitutes the unofficial German
Championships for Prix St Georges combinations. The
horses have to be between 7 and 9 years old and are
not allowed to have competed Grand Prix before. Previous
winners were:
1992 Nicole Uphoff with "Sir Lennox"
1993 Klaus Balkenhol with "Ehrengold"
1994 Martina Hanöver with "Rubinstein"
1995 Isabell Werth with "Aurelius FRH"
1996 Isabell Werth with "Giorgio"
1997 Alexandra Simons-de Riddder with "Chacomo"
1998 Nicole Uphoff with "Relevant"
1999 Nadine Capellmann with "Cockney"
2000 Karin Rehbein with "Miss Holstein"
2001 Heike Kemmer with "Bonaparte"
Related Links
Scores
CDI Frankfurt - Nurnberg Burgpokal Finals
Cockney,
the 1999 Nurnberg Burgpokal Winner
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