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2008 Dutch Dressage Championships
Adelinde
Cornelissen, 2008 Dutch Dressage Champion
May 5, 2008
 In the absence of the strongest Dutch Grand Prix
combinations, Adelinde Cornelissen foregrounded herself
at the 2008 Dutch Dressage Championships in Eindhoven,
The Netherlands. Aboard her fantastic Dutch warmblood
gelding Parzival (by Jazz), Cornelissen won all three
rounds with top percentage marks. She scored 73.750
in the Grand Prix, 73.480 in the Special and 78.700
% in the Kur to Music. Three times, Cornelissen beat
silver medal winning Anky van Grunsven on her second
horse Painted Black (by Gribaldi). The bronze medal
went to 2007 Dutch Euro Championship team gold medallist
Hans Peter Minderhoud on Nadine (by Partout).
Since the winter indoor season, Adelinde Cornelissen
has turned herself into the new Dutch shooting star.
She won the 2008 Dutch Indoor Championships, beating
Anky on Painted Black, and was also the best rider
at the 2008 CDI 's Hertogenbosch. Cornelissen made
it very clear that she is aiming for the third spot
on the Dutch team that will ride at the 2008 Olympic
Games. The sympathic Adelinde quit her day time job
as an English teacher in March 2008 to focus fully
on Olympic qualification.
Though Cornelissen put in stellar rides, the 2008
Dutch Championships were quite lacklustre with four
cancellations by Holland's top riders. Anky and Salinero,
Imke and Sunrise, and Laurens and Hexagons Ollright
all claimed the show in Eindhoven did not fit in
with their show schedule towards Hong Kong. Stephanie
Peters and Jeff had to cancel because Jeff had not
yet fully recovered from a virus.
Related Links
Scores 2008 Dutch Dressage Championships
Hanzon and Cornelissen In the Blue at 2007 Dutch
Indoor Championships
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