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2003
Bundeschampionate
Dressage Horses: Dynamico Surprises, Poetin
Extraterrestrial
The 5-year old Dressage Horse division was a very entertaining
and surprising one. The Hanoverian Dynamico (Don Primero
x Weltmeyer) won the class and led from the start. "That
was an opening as it should be always," Hess said,
"Dynamico is a superb type of dressage horse which
is relaxed and dominant during its presentation."
The judges awarded Dynamico and Dorothee Schneider a
9.0 for his finals' ride and immediately put a very
high standard upon the 5-year olds' group. Dynamico,
who is bred by Breeding Group Brauer from Meppen, Germany,
and owned by Manfred Bräuer, was the surprise winner
of the 5-year olds, as he only finished seventh in the
qualifying round with 8.0.
Expected winner amongst the 5-year olds, but placing
second overall was Baroncelli. First winning the qualifier
with 9.1 over 64 fellow competitors., Susan Draper and
her Hanoverian stallion entered the arena for the finals,
"like a hero," Christoph Hess said. Baroncelli
(by Bergamon x Matcho AA) was praised for being "a
model athlete, who has been trained excellently by the
elegant rider Susan Draper." A few minor errors
in her ride cost her the overall victory. Placing third
was Dirk Haese's Charming (by Champus x Lancer II) who
was ridden by Ingrid Klimke. The stallion lost confidence
in the finals although he still move with much elasticity.
The Baden Wurttemberger stallion FBW French Kiss (Florestan
x Donnerhall), also a title hopeful, had to settle for
fourth place, just as Dorothee Schneider's Trakehner
stallion Kaiserkult, by Van Deyk x Gajus.
 Every
couple of years, the Bundeschampionate gets to see a
horse of such phenomenal quality that goose bumps, sighs,
gasps, moans, tears and cheering encircle the arena
during a rider. The last decade, Sandro Hit and Wahajama
were horses that had such a special aura that you couldn't
deny their exclusive, once-in-a-life time horse quality.
At the 2003 Bundeschampionate, a third horse has entered
the ring as if it were from another planet: Poetin.
Ruling World Young Horse Champion in the 6-year old
division, Poetin (by Sandro Hit x Brentano II) was the
top favorite for the Bundeschampionate and both horse
and rider Kathrin Meyer zu Strohen lived up to the expectations.
No other 6-year old came even close to Poetin's performances
in Warendorf.
 Her
finals' test was one of sheer brilliance. "A goose
bump ride," Bundestrainer Holger Schmezer described
Poetin's 9.5 earning test. Also commentator Christoph
Hess could hardly control his enthusiasm: "I haven't
seen such a trot tour in the past ten years. This is
dressage in its perfection." Owned at the time
by the Brandenburg Landgestut, Poetin won the qualifier
with 9.3 and the finals with 9.5. The second place went
to another Sandro Hit offspring, the Oldenburg bred
Sandro ridden by Sandra Endres. The pair scored 9.0
in both the qualifier and the finals. Third placed was
for Worldy, a Hanoverian stallion by Weltmeyer x Brentano
II, owned by the American Elizabeth Lewis and ridden
by Wolfhard Witte.
After the Bundeschampionate, Poetin was sold to P.S.I
and will be auctioned in December.
Text by Astrid Appels and FN-DOKR
Images used with kind permission of Rhinelander Verband/FN-DOKR
- No Reproduction allowed
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Bundeschampionate Finals for Dressage Horses
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Champion Poetin to be sold at 2003 PSI Auction
2003 World Young Horse
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