The sun was shining when the participants of the CDI1*-tour took centre stage in the main show arena for the Prix St Georges class, held co-incidingly with the 2016 European Under 25 Dressage Championships at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen, Germany, on Thursday 16 June 2016. The first of four days fascinating dressage sport kicked off.
Christoph Koschel became the shining winner of the Prix St. Georges, CDI1*, presented by the Gestüt Lewitz. The professional rider from Hagen, who is a neighbour of Hof Kasselmann, was the second last rider to enter the arena and clinched the victory with a final score of 73.533%. Koschel saddled his 8-year-old Oldenburg mare Solitaire (by San Amour x Davignon).
“I am deeply impressed and happy with my horse,” the team bronze medallist of the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky happily said. “It was Solitaire's first public presentation at international level and in such a huge arena. We convinced with a lot of expression.”
Solitaire already showed up in front of a large audience in 2014 at the Bundeschampionate for six-year-old dressage horses where she earned the bronze medal in the Final.
Hof Kasselmann's assistant trainer Steffen Frahm finished second on Ulli Kasselmann's 8-year-old Fürst Romancier x Diamond Hit-son Fürst Diamond. 70.877% was the final result for the duo which already confirmed its qualities at the advanced level at the CDN Redefin and at the CDI Samorin in Slovakia.
Isabelle Spielmanns from Leverkusen finished third with Royal Black Sun (by Royal Diamond) in her first international show. The 24-year-old dressage rider who already won the Final of the Amateur Tour of the Ankum Dressage Club at Horses & Dreams meets Denmark in April. Today she earned a score of 70.614%.
The competition for the title „European Team Championships U25“ will start on Friday. The first part of the U25 team contest will start at 10.00 am – the second half of the athletes will start their competition at 3.30 pm.
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he German team with Chef D’Equipe Monica Theodorescu and discipline trainer Jürgen Koschel features Nadine Husenbeth from Sittensen, Florine Kienbaum from Lohmar, Juliette Piotrowski from Kaarst and Sanneke Rothenberger from Bad Homburg. Tomorrow, the four German riders will meet their competitors from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland the first time in the dressage arena.
For more information visit www.ec-u25-dressage.de
All dressage contests are also streamed live on www.ClipMyHorse.de .
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2016 European Under 25 Championships