2008 CDI-PJYR Weert

Photo Report - Schoots Wins Young Riders Classes In Style

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In the Young Riders division, the unbeatable Dutch Lotje Schoots took highest honours. Trained by Alex van Silfhout and warming up her horses with hyperflexion, Schoots won the consolation finals witht the super star Rubinstein mare Reine B and the individual finals kur to music with her World Young Horse Championship finallist Toricelli (by Florestan). Schoots scored 74,83% and stayed 4 % (!!!) ahead of second placed Chantal van Lanen on Beaujolais.

This his how the Dutch Young Rider Lotje Schoots warms up. Reine B (by Rubinstein) constantly opening her mouth and vibrating her lower lip in tension...



...and this is how beautiful Reine B can be and win a class!

Finishing second in the young riders' finals kur to music were Dutch Chantal van Lanen and Beaujolais (by Bright Speed xx)

Luxembourg Veronique Henschen and her steady partner Fontalero (by Werther). The pair could score 10s in their trot half passes!

Henschen's trainer Christophe von Daehne

Danish Anna Kasprzak was fourth in the Kur to Music with Future Cup (by Florestan)...They scored 69,42 %

In the consolation finals Kasprzal rode Select Ecco. The horse has super suspended, powerful gaits but lhe ooks a bit overpushed, loosing his balance often and showing no bending in body at all in the traversal movements and voltes.

Dutch Frances Blommers on Rosenthaler (by Rosenkavalier), a horse she discovered in Belgium.

Camille Judet-Cheret's Mister Grand Champ

British Katherine Abberley on the Belgian warmblood Unterwelt (by Weltmeyer)

British Daryl Ware on the Westfalian Pompidou, owned by Sarah and Keith Wrigley.

Louise Juul Anderson and Don Juez in the consolation finals

Robin Beekink and Pablo

Dutch Fieke Houwen on the former Grand Prix horse Ferrolan (by Ferro)

Swedish Emilie Nyrerod on Milca

Dutch Danielle van Mierlo on Reggea

Dutch Kim Vugts on the gorgeous Westfalian stallion Feinsinn NRW, which was constantly tilting his head to the right in the consolation finals.

Polish Maja Wieczorek's Pandor ZH.

Diederik van Silfhout aboard the Dutch warmblood stallion Rhodium. The horse is lovely, but was constantly holding himself back in the consolation finals. Rhodium was previously competed by Hans Peter Minderhoud at the World Young Horse Championships

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Astrid Appels photographed a large group of junior and young riders.
(We photographed Abberley, Anderson, Dahl Anderson, Barr, Beekink, Blommers, Cho, Costrel, Cousins, Faujour, Federspiel, Geerts, Henschen, Hinchcliffe, Hjelm, Houwen, Huizer, Judet Cheret, Kasprzak, Krasnik, Lion, Michaux, Oosterhof, Orlof, Pignatti, Reija, Salman, Schoots, Sliepenbeek, Szulc, Tonnaer, Van Lanen, Van Mierlo, Van Silfhout J and D, Ware, Weber, Wieczorek, Wiedeler, Wiktoria.)
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