Jan Andreas Viebrock and Astolfi

While three members of the 1999 German Junior Riders Team already gathered Euro-experience, Jan Andreas Viebrock now gets his first chance to collect that at the 1999 European Championships near the Achleiten Castle in Austria. The student of Hartwig Burfeind, the German Trakehner Auction organizer, picked up a riding career at age 7. His first big successes were made with La Boom with whom he became Reserve state champion in 1998. It was Astolfi, a 15 year old gelding bred by the Marbach Landgestut, who gave him to opportunity to get excell at big national competitions. Not only did he became state champion, but he also placed third in the Preis der Besten in Warendorf.

With the 9 year old Hanoverian Wyoming Jan Andreas has a top quality reserve horse at his disposal. At the Bad Honnef selection show Wyoming scored 64.56% in the Team championship test and placed fourth. in Bad Honnef Astolfi set for fourth position in the Individual test gathering a 64.53%