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2005 Bundeschampionate
Lightning Does Strike Twice in the Same Spot:
Kaiserdom Rules
September 5, 2005
 Lately I've been told that lightning doesn't strike
twice on the same spot in a breeding programme. Usually
a mare only produces one world class offspring and
the rest that preceded or follows will not be of the
same super star quality. Everyone who witnessed the
6-year Dressage Horse Finals at the 2005 Bundeschampionate
in Warendorf, Germany, has seen proof that this idiom
does not hold in the dressage world. A mare can produce
two superb foals in a row, one even exceding the quality
of the other.
Winning the 6-year old Dressage Horse division at
the Bundeschampionate was the Trakehner stallion
Kaiserdom. The black stallion by Van Deyk x Gajus followed
in his bigger brother's footsteps claiming the same
title as "bro" Kaiserkult did under Dorothee Schneider
in 2004.
 The
6-year old Finals was a Trakehner Festivity, as a matter
of fact. Trakehner blood was flowing
in the veins of four out 14 finalists, proving that
Trakehner refinement is trendy and much needed to get
the
refinement,
stamina and perseverence for a top level dressage
horse.
Under Kathrin Meyer zu Strohen, Kaiserdom ran a beautiful
test. Upon entering the ring, the horse immediately
made a big impression with his natural uphill carriage.
There was a light contact with the bit and he smoothly
performed the traversal movements. The canter work
was balanced and only the fourth flying change tampered
with the overall perfection of the ride.
Judge Christoph Hess praised the horse for his "outstanding
cadence and balance, especially in the traversal movements.
The tempo in medium and extended trot was regulated
with much feeling, but the horse could show bit more
relaxtion and looseness."
 In general,
Kaiserdom could move the hind legs more under the
body, but his engagement was sufficient and well regulated.
He sometimes holds himself fixed in the
topline, especially the neck, and could be a bit
more relaxed and swinging over the back, but this
is
just nit picking a superb ride. Kaiserdom, who is
owned by Rainer Scharf, is an international calibre
horse and one can only hope
to
see him in
the FEI ring as soon as possible.
Text
and Photos copyrighted Astrid Appels/Eurodressage
- No reproduction allowed without permission
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