Imke Schellekens and Toots Have Jazz at Grand Prix Debut in Uden

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2012 CDN Uden

Imke Schellekens-Bartels and her 1.88m standing black gelding Toots showed they have jazz at the national competition in Uden, The Netherlands, on Sunday 19 February 2012. At their Grand Prix debut, the combination won the class with 72.27% but had Madeleine Witte-Vrees on Vontango breathing down their neck (72.16%).

“Toots made major progress in his training," Imke Schellekens explained. "I had ridden the Grand Prix a few times and discovered that he quite manages the test, so I decided that I really wanted to do it in the show ring. Yesterday he went through it quite well. We had a mistake at the entry because he spooked from the photographer but the rest was pretty much flawless. He's gained much strength and become shorter which made many movements improve. It's still quite difficult for him to make his big body short in a few steps, like in the piaffe and passage, but he excels in the trot work and the canter is quite easy for him."

Madeleine Witte and her talented liver chestnut Vontango (by Contango) obtained their second A-team score in Uden and are well on their way for Olympic team selection.

"It's still a long road but of course I'll try my best," said Witte-Vrees. "I'll do my best but won't rush anything. We'll try to stay in shape."

Judges by Jan Peeters, Karin Retera and A. Wolfs-Dielissen, the Grand Prix had twelve combinations of which two are seriously in the running for a spot on the Dutch Olympic team: Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Madeleine Witt-Vrees. With the top being very narrow in the Netherlands at the moment (Adelinde Cornelissen, Anky on her 18-year old Salinero, Edward Gal with Sister de Jeu and Hans Peter Minderhoud with Tango), Dutch team trainer Sjef Janssen might have to rely on the rising stars of the year to complete his team for London.

Schellekens-Bartels and Witte-Vrees, as well as Patrick van der Meer with Uzzo, are three strong team contenders and they will be joined soon by total newcomers Hans Peter Minderhoud on Donna Silver, Anky van Grunsven on Upido and Edward Gal on Romanov. The latter three pairs still haven't made their national debut so far.

Results 2012 CDN Uden - Sub Top Competition

Grand Prix - Sunday 19 February

1 Imke Schellekens-Bartels - Toots - 72,27
2 Madeleine Witte-Vrees - Vontango - 72,16
3 Morgan Barbancon - Painted Black - 69,33
4 Stephanie Peters - Unlimited - 68,94
5 Diederik van Silfhout - Popeye - 68,16
6 Diederik van Silfhout - Ruby - 66,31
7 Marlies van Baalen - Everything Is Possible - 64,86
8 Petra Logger-Beers - Odame K - 63,05
9 Margo Timmermans - Utah - 62,70
10 Vai Bruntink - Romanoff - 62,48
11 Dindi van den Brink - Porto Rico - 56,77
12 Karin Pettersson - Cleopatra - 55,71

Prix St Georges - Saturday 18 February

1 Lynne Maas - Uranium W - 71,97
2 Madeleine Witte-Vrees - Wynton - 71,78
3 Marjolein Cho Chia Yuen - Cho's Pepper - 71,18
4 Angela Krooswijk - Flash - 70,59
5 Patrick van der Meer - Karolus Van Wittenstein - 70,46
6 Marlies van Baalen - Ratzinger - 70,07
7 Marlies van Baalen - Zigeuner - 69,47
8 Michelle van Lanen - Urchin B - 68,75
9 Jeroen Okkema - Tops-field - 68,09
9 Kim Huizer - Oxford - 68,09
11 Alex van Silfhout - Locke - 67,76
12 Diederik van Silfhout - Winningmood - 66,97
13 Kevin de Bruin - Viva Las Vegas - 66,78
14 Petra van Esch - Titho NN 250,5 255,5 506,00 66,58
15 Janneke van Riet - Usual Suspect - 66,51
16 Anouk Vlaar - Opale -66,18
17 Petty Vos - Kristy's Utah - 65,72
18 Geert-jan Raateland - Wench De Jeu - 65,26
18 Lars op 't Hoog - Survival - 65,26
18 Mara de Vries - Saint Tropez - 65,26
21 Liseon Kamper-Bol - Vanegro - 65,20
22 Maxime Osse - Navarro - 65,07
23 Laura Zwart - Hearke - 63,95
24 Petra van Esch - Unico - 63,82
25 Gerdien Hilgenberg - Ronaldo - 63,62
26 Chaneequa Dam - Ureka - 63,49
27 Sabine van de Loenhorst - Goofy - 63,22
28 Melanie Mouthaan - Varnoldi - 62,89
29 Mayke Klunder - Agrio's This One - 62,50
30 Cora Arends-Kruijswijk - S&a Wodan - 60,79
31 Jessica Buying - T.c. Washington - 59,67

Intermediaire I - Saturday 18 February

1 Lynne Maas - Uranium W - 74,41
2 Madeleine Witte-Vrees - Wynton- 73,68
3 Patrick van der Meer - Karolus Van Wittenstein - 72,96
4 Marjolein Cho Chia Yuen - Cho's Pepper - 71,58
5 Kim Huizer - Oxford - 71,45
6 Michelle van Lanen - Urchin B - 70,59
7 Angela Krooswijk - Flash - 69,87
8 Jeroen Okkema - Tops-field - 69,34
9 Marlies van Baalen - Ratzinger - 69,14
10 Diederik van Silfhout - Winningmood - 68,49
11 Mara de Vries - Saint Tropez - 67,63
12 Geert-jan Raateland - Wench De Jeu - 66,97
13 Marlies van Baalen - Zigeuner - 66,32
13 Petra van Esch - Titho - 66,32
15 Alex van Silfhout - Locke - 66,05
16 Petra van Esch - Unico - 65,59
17 Anouk Vlaar - Opale - 65,33
17 Maxime Osse - Navarro - 65,33
19 Liseon Kamper-Bol - Vanegro - 64,93
20 Lars op 't Hoog - Survival - 64,74
21 Sabine van de Loenhorst - Goofy - 63,29
22 Petty Vos - Kristy's Utah - 63,09
23 Janneke van Riet - Usual Suspect - 62,17
24 Kevin de Bruin - Viva Las Vegas - 61,84
25 Chaneequa Dam - Ureka - 61,71
25 Mayke Klunder - Agrio's This One - 61,71
27 Gerdien Hilgenberg - Ronaldo - 60,99
28 Laura Zwart - Hearke - 60,86
29 Cora Arends-Kruijswijk - Wodan - 60,13
30 Melanie Mouthaan - Varnoldi - 59,87
Jessica Buying - Washington - DNS

Prix St Georges - Sunday 19 February

1 Adelinde Cornelissen - Ulissa - 70,99
2 Dennis Ausma - De Bruin's Randy - 70,53
3 Thamar Zweistra - Zodinde - 70,46
4 Christa Laarakkers - Uphill - 69,74
5 Jeanine Nieuwenhuis - Practical Magic - 68,62
6 Sandy Zwikker-Meeuwis - Socrates - 68,49
7 Thamar Zweistra - Whatever - 68,22
8 Lotte Jansen - Trappel - 68,09
9 Kyra Klinkers - Tara - 67,89
10 Adelinde Cornelissen - Tiara - 67,76
11 Thamar Zweistra - Whoopy - 67,63
12 Marije de Lange - Valencio D - 67,37
12 Lotje Schoots - Zarah - 67,37
14 Annette van der Knaap-Klok - Ultimo S - 65,79
15 Nel Rensen-Gijsen - Rocky - 65,66
15 Christianne Goes - Ultimo - 65,66
17 Annemieke Vincourt-Krom - Kansas C - 65,00
18 Vai Bruntink - Wolly-ann - 64,87
19 Judith Pietersen - Post-Kogeko Tsjabring - 64,80
20 Harriette van der Heijden - Tromph - 64,41
21 Mirelle van Kemenade-Witlox - Vivaldo - 64,28
22 Lisanne der Nederlanden - Pretorius - 63,68
23 Joyce van Schaick - Well Done Sollenburg - 63,16
24 Seth Boschman - Wannahave - 62,96
25 Linda van der Hauw-Jansma - Tiadette - 62,37
26 Yvonne Snieder - Vlingh - 61,84
27 Linda van der Hauw-Jansma - Unadette - 61,32
28 Shanda de Boer - Eastend's Rainbow - 61,05
29 Seth Boschman - Toermalijn - 60,86
30 Ingeborg Klooster - Hoppe Van De Demrostables - 59,41
31 Katja Koster - Wings H - 59,21
32 Ilse van Cranenbroek - Zhivago - 59,01
33 Patricia Salman - Salman's Unique - 58,29
34 Marloes Oosterhof - Ravelaire - 57,96

Intermediaire I - Sunday 19 February

1 Thamar Zweistra - Zodinde - 69,67
2 Adelinde Cornelissen - Ulissa - 68,55
3 Christa Laarakkers - Uphill - 68,22
4 Lotte Jansen - Trappel - 67,70
5 Annette van der Knaap-Klok - Ultimo S - 67,11
6 Adelinde Cornelissen - Tiara - 66,84
7 Vai Bruntink - Wolly-ann - 66,58
8 Thamar Zweistra - Whatever - 66,45
9 Dennis Ausma - De Bruin's Randy - 65,86
10 Lotje Schoots - Zarah - 65,46
10 Sandy Zwikker-Meeuwis - Socrates - 65,46
12 Marije de Lange - Valencio D - 65,20
12 Seth Boschman - Toermalijn - 65,20
14 Judith Pietersen - Post-Kogeko Tsjabring - 65,07
15 Nel Rensen-Gijsen - Rocky - 64,87
16 Jeanine Nieuwenhuis - Practical Magic - 64,80
17 Thamar Zweistra - Whoopy - 64,74
18 Harriette van der Heijden - Tromph - 64,54
19 Kyra Klinkers - Tara - 64,41
20 Christianne Goes - Ultimo - 64,34
21 Seth Boschman - Wannahave - 64,21
22 Ingeborg Klooster - Hoppe Van De Demrostables - 63,36
23 Lisanne der Nederlanden - Pretorius - 62,96
24 Mirelle van Kemenade-Witlox - Vivaldo - 62,63
25 Yvonne Snieder - Vlingh - 62,57
25 Annemieke Vincourt-Krom - Kansas C - 62,57
27 Ilse van Cranenbroek - Zhivago - 61,64
28 Linda van der Hauw-Jansma - Tiadette - 61,38
29 Linda van der Hauw-Jansma - Unadette - 61,12
30 Katja Koster - Wings H - 61,05
31 Joyce van Schaick - Well Done - 60,92
32 Marloes Oosterhof - Ravelaire - 60,79
33 Shanda de Boer - Eastend's Rainbow- 59,01
34 Patricia Salman - Salman's Unique - 58,88