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2005
Bundeschampionate
Sixth Title for Dr. Ulf Möller on San Rubin
 In the absence of Damon Hill, Donnerball,
FBW Dejavu and the KWPN Totilas -- the competition
that beat San Rubin at the 2005 World Young Horse
Championships -- there was nothing in the way of
Dr. Ulf Möller and the Oldenburg stallion San Rubin
to freewheel to the 2005 German National Young Horse
Title.
In the qualifier, the pair placed 4th with an 8.4,
so the victory in the finals was actually not a freebie.
Möller had to be fully focused in order to steer
San Rubin
with perfection through the ring. The bay stallion,
by Sandro Hit x Rubinstein, was ridden in a very regulated
rhythm with a consistent balance and cadence in the
trot work. In the canter, the simple changes were very
good.
 Nevertheless, some minor imperfections crept into
the ride. San Rubin had a slight tendency to pace
in
the
collected walk before the walk pirouette. He made
a transition from walk to canter instead of to trot.
In the extended trot and counter canter, he tends
to get wide behind to find a better balance.
The judges praised San Rubin for his "looseness and
good contact with the bit. The uphill canter is outstanding
and the walk is well regulated and loose in the body."
With a score of 9.3, Möller won his sixth Bundeschampion's
title in his career.
On the sideline and never leaving San Rubin's side
were his owners Stephen and Laurie Browning from California,
U.S.A. The Brownings purchased San Rubin at the 2004
PSI Auction and young Stephen has been working at Hof
Kasselmann this summer.
 "We've
been so blessed these three weeks," Laurie Browning
told Eurodressage.
"First with Floriano [Steffen Peters' horse, best placed
American
in Aachen] and now winning here with Rubin." The
Brownings are flying San Rubin home to California on
September
21st and will be taking a long a San Rubin colt,
which then named San Ullrich, of course referring to
Ullrich
Kasselmann.
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