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2002
German Dressage Championships
Capellmann and Husenbeth, 2002 German Dressage Champions
 At
the 2002 German Dressage Championships in Mannheim,
Germany, Nadine Capellmann and Klaus Husenbeth were
laurelled as the 2002 senior German champions in Grand
Prix dressage. Germany is the only country in which
the national dressage championships are contested into
two separate gender classes.
The female Grand Prix rider class was won by Nadine
Capellmann surprisingly aboard her reserve Grand Prix
horse Gracioso (by Grundstein). Nadine's number one
mount Farbenfroh suffered from a severe fever attack
ten days prior to the national championships and was
not fit for the event. Ulla Salzgeber showed her reserve
horse Wallstreet as well, as she opted to spare Rusty
from the effort and get him in shape for the 2002 World
Equestrian Games in September.
In the Grand Prix, Capellmann scored 1887 points aboard
her 17-year old Westfalian gelding, leaving second placed
Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff far behind her. Linsenhoff saddled
her adorable Oldenburg gelding Renoir Unicef (by Rubinstein)
and scored 1814 points. "I was very pleased with
Gracioso today," Capellmann said after the Grand
Prix. "I never had the feeling that anything was
going to go wrong." Capellmann maintained her top
shape in the Grand Prix Special and won the class with
40 points more than Linsenhoff.
 The
Grand Prix kur, however, produced a different ranking.
Male rider Klaus Husenbeth rode a strong freestyle aboard
the Hanoverian Piccolino (by Prince Tatch xx) and received
77.20%. This not only gave him the victory in the class,
but also the gold medal in the male championships and,
more important, a place into the German WEG Dressage
team for Jerez. Trained by Klaus Balkenhol, Capellmann
finished fourth in the freestyle but accumulated the
most points in the overall ranking and won again the
national title.
In the Championships for female Grand Prix riders,
Capellmann claimed the gold medal, Linsenhoff the silver
and Werth the bronze. In the male championship, Husenbeth
won his first national title, Dieter Laugks finished
in silver position and Hubertus Schmidt took home the
bronze.
Related Links
Scores
2002 German Dressage Championships
Nadine
Capellmann and Farbenfroh
Nadine
Capellmann Official Website
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