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2003
European Pony Championships
Patricia Hohn and Konrad Find Silver Lining
August 2, 2003
 Winners
of the individual silver medal at the 2003 European
Pony Championships were Patricia Hohn and Konrad. Scoring
73.41%, 73.00 % and 73.76% they finished second three
times in a row and truly found the silver lining. Höhn
was unfortunate to ride her individual finals in a rain
storm, but nothing could damper her spirits and the
pair deserved finished second overall.
Höhn made a wise choice to lease schoolmaster
and former European Champion Konrad for her first Euro
Championships experience. Konrad, a 13-year old Weser
Ems chestnut pony by Constantin x Lungau, won the 1997
European Pony Championships in Hartpury, England, under
his first FEI rider Nikolas Kroncke. The chestnut gelding
then went on to compete under Kira Kroncke (1999 European
Pony Champion), Annika Fiege (2002 European Silver Medallist)
and Patricia Hohn (2003 European Silver Medallist).
Although Dressmann won two consecutive European titles,
Konrad still remains to be the most succesful pony in
the history of the European Pony Championships.
Patricia Höhn lives in Worms, Germany, and is
trained by Uta Gräf. She started riding the FEI pony
tests in 2001 on Tre Lord Nelson, with whom she became
the 2002 Rhinelander Reserve Pony Champion. Before that,
Tre Lord Nelson was the 1998 German team pony of Tobias
Wilmes, now a young rider aboard Samson. Höhn's
other ponies are Consider and Tonkawa.
The Höhn family purchased Konrad as the 2003 ride
for Patricia. Aboard Konrad, Patricia finished third
in the 2003 Preis der Besten in Warendorf and was immediaitely
selected for the German Pony team. At Necarne Castle,
the pair lived up to the expectations and finished in
the silver medal position.
Image copyrighted: Paul
van Oers
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