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2005 European Dressage Championships
Show Shots
Kyra Kyrklund on the 10-year old Swedish
warmblood gelding Max (Master x Alpenfurst), which
she owns
together with Yvette Conn. This horse has a lovely
piaffe and an outstanding passage. Unfortunately,
in the Special Kyrklund made a programme error,
starting the trot half pass to the right too early
on the
long side. Kyrklund, who has been to more Olympic
Games than any other dressage rider ever, joked
about it afterwards. "Once you get over 50 and have
Alzheimer,
you are allowed to make one mistake."
Kyra's student Wayne Channon made his debut at an
international championship. On his 12-year old KWPN
stallion Lorenzo CH (Ferro x Wolfgang), Channon put
in a 67.708% ride, placing 28th and just missing out
on the Special. Lorenzo seemed intimitated by this
huge championship ring and withheld himself in the
trot tour, not showing his usual sparkle. But no worries,
Channon and Lorenzo will have a chance to redeem themselves
at the CHIO Aachen in four weeks, where they will be
members of the British team again, together with Emma
Hindle on Lancet and Fiona Bigwood
on Mr G de Lully.
Emma Hindle and Wie Weltmeyer looking
lovely on the diagonal. In Aachen, Hindle will test
Lancet's value for the British Team in the CDIO competition.
An extremely happy Lone Jorgensen.
This is just a beautiful emotion shot of Jorgensen
with a huge smile. Thumbs up for them
The most hyped pair from Holland this
year is Laurens van Lieren and Hexagons Ollright. At
CDI shows in The Netherlands, this combination was
getting mid 70% marks in the Grand Prix and even 80%
for his Queen freestyle. At the 2005 European Championships,
the international panel of judges did not float him
as much as in Holland, and Van Lieren had to work
hard to get such high scores. The pair looked beautiful
in the ring with divine trot extensions and a very
relaxed, harmonious piaffe-passage tour. With
Ollright being only 9 years old, there is plenty left
in the tank to become a big star in the future
Another lovely trot extension: Christian
Plage and his Danish warmblood gelding Regent
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