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2003
Bundeschampionate
Riding Ponies: Dinarion, Dream Girl, Charm
of Nibelungen and Tessy Take Titles
 If
there is one German pony stallion who is right now taking
over the "foundation sire" title from Dressmann
and Dornick B, it has to be FS Don't Worry. Stationed
at Ferienhof Stucker in Weeze, Germany, FS Don't Worry
has been consistently producing breed show winners,
licensing champions, and dressage winners in every arena.
FS Don't Worry was Bundeschampion himself in 1998 and
in 1999, but at the at the 2003 Bundeschampionate in
Warendorf, his offspring reigned supreme. Twelve of
his get were finalists in Warendorf, which is an all
time record for a breeding stallion. Furthermore, FS
Don't Worry was bred to more than 100 mares in 2003.
In the 3-year old riding ponies mares and geldings'
class, the bay mare Dreamgirl. Bred by Karl-Josef Saat
and owned by Heiner Bertels from Spelle, Germany, HB
Dreamgirl is a FS Don't Worry x Chantre B offspring
competed by Jan Freund. Dreamgirl scored a 0.5 point
difference in the fremdreiterstest, a finals in which
two guest riders judge the winner of the class. Eva
Möller awarded the mare a 9.0 and Iris Jonetat
a 9.5. Freund beat herself, as she also rode FS Dark
Shadow, a Rhinelander bred FS Don't Worry x Cath Night
Safe to a same finals score of 8.50, but to an overall
second place.
 In
the 3-year old pony stallion class, Katja Camp presented
the best pony. Dinarion, a chestnut stallion by FS Don't
Worry out of a Parino B dam, topped a field of 22 finalists.
Dinarion did not participate in the award ceremony.
In the fremdreitertest, Dinarion was a bit resistent
under Iris Jonetat and turned completely lame under
Eva Möller. The veterinary was immediaitely there
and diagnosed the pony. Despite his sudden lameness,
Dinarion had already run an excellent competition and
victory was his. Bred and owned by Claudia Beckers-Warlamow
from Kempen, Germany, Dinarion achieved an overall score
of 63,0.
 In
the 4-year old pony stallion class, Munster auction
rider Henrike Sommer-Böker excelled with the delightful
Charm of Nibelungen. Bred and owned by Hans Bockholt
of Steinfurt, Germany, Charm of Nibelungen (by Chantre
B x Nansen) was praised by Bundeschampionate announcer
Bruno Six for his canter: "this is a textbook canter,
such scope and engagement!"
In the finals, Charm of Nibelungen received a 10 for
canter and 9.5 for trot. There was room for improvement
in the walk, which was not "cadence pure"
(score 7.5). Sommer-Böker and Charm of Nibelungen
beat last year's Bundeschampionate stallion champion
Chardonnay, who was ridden by Kira Wulferding. Chardonnay
is a licensed pony stallion by Constantin and is owned
by Marta Kaufmann of Los Angeles, USA.
 In
the 4-year old mares and geldings' class, Henrike Sommer-Böker
rode once again the champion pony. The Westfalian pony
Tessy (by Top Derbino x Derby x Valentino) was bred
by Johannes Peters from Recklinghausen and owned by
Sigrid-Heike Höhn-Fleck from Griesheim, Germany.
Tessy beat FS Dark Magic in the fremdreitertest. Tessy
especially excelled in her trot work (score 9.5).
The audience, however, thought FS Dark Magic, the 2002
Bundeschampionate winner, woudl reclaim the title. FS
Dark Magic, by FS Don't Worry, was presented by Jana
Freund and labelled by some people as the "Poetin
of the Pony World".
 Scoring
9.0 for trot and overall impression, 9.5 for walk and
8.5 for canter and conformation, FS Dark Magic was about
to win the class. However, in the fremdreitertest judged
by Iris Jonetat and Svenja Irina Meyer, FS Dark Magic
became difficult and the bit contact was unsteady. Meyer
scored her 7.5 and Jonetat 8.5. Tessy and FS Dark Magic
scored both an overall of 60.5, but in that case the
fremdreitertest scores determine the winner, which was
Tessy.
Text by Astrid Appels and FN-DOKR
Images used with kind permission of Rhinelander Verband/FN-DOKR
- No Reproduction allowed
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