The 22nd Manfred Swarosvki Memorial Show in five days promises competitive fireworks at Evelyn and Klaus Haim-Swarovski's Schindlhof in Fritzens, Austria, on 1 - 3 July 2016. For the German team, headed by Isabell Werth, it is one of the last stations on the road to the Olympic Games and it is the perfect preparation for the CHIO Aachen.
The 4* show at Schindlhof will be a competitive highlight. "That the best dressage riders from all over the world like to come to the Schindlhof gives us tremendous joy and motivation to organize such a great show," said show hosts Klaus and Evelyn. The first participants and their horses from Brazil have already arrived at the show grounds in Fritzens.
The German elite will soon arrive. The most successful dressage rider in the world and brand new German Grand Prix Special Champion, Isabell Werth, and her team mate Dorothee Schneider, who trains Evelyn Haim-Swarovski and who is the brand new German Kur Champion, are heading to this event. Both are members of the German team for the Nations Cup in Aachen (13 - 17 July) and are on the German long list for the Olympic Games in Rio (6 - 21 August).
"We are proud to welcome these athletes in our dressage arena. Their presence is a joy for every dressage fan," Klaus Haim stated.
Other German top athletes competing in Fritzens this year are Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (also long listed for the German Olympic team), Benjamin Werndl, Ulla Salzgever, Victoria Michalke and Stefanie Weihermuller. A total of 45 riders from 17 nations will travel with 65 horses to the 4* show; amongst them also Olympic individual Judy Reynolds (Ireland) and Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (Denmark).
Nine Austrial riders will be presented their top horses in this exclusive field of competitors: Nikolaus Erdmann, show host Evelyn Haim-Swarovski, Amanda Hartung, Angela Hergeth, Stefanie Palm, Christian Schumach, Katharina Stumpf, Oliver Valenta and Austrian Under 25 team rider Timna Zach.
Info, images, videos, starter and results lists can be found at www.schindlhof.at, or on Facebook and Youtube.
Tentative Schedule:
Friday 1 July 2016
- 08h: Prix St. Georges
- 12h: Austrian Championships Paradressage - Round 1
- 13h30: Grand Prix for Special
Saturday 2 July 2016
- 08h: Intermediaire I
- 12h: Austrian Championships Paradressage - Round 2
followed by a show program with the World and European vaulting pas de deux champions Jasmin Lindner and Lukas Wacha - 13h30: Grand Prix for Kur
Sunday 3 July 2016
- 08h: Grand Prix Consolation class
- 09h: Grand Prix Special (top 15 pairs of the Grand Prix for Special)
- 12h: Austrian Championships Paradressage - Round 3 Kur to Music
followed by a show program and prize giving "Who Wears the Nicest Hat?", moderated by Mirjam Weichselbraun - 14h30: Grand Prix Kur to Music (top 15 pairs of the Grand Prix for Kur)
Winners List - Manfred Swarovski Trophy
- 1995 Bianca Kasselmann, GER
- 1996 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 1997 Bianca Kasselmann, GER
- 1998 Christilot Boylen, CAN
- 1999 Markus Gribbe, GER
- 2000 Thorsten Dietz, GER
- 2001 Günther Seidel, USA
- 2002 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 2003 Anja Plönzke, GER
- 2004 Rafael Soto Andrade, ESP
- 2005 Silvia Iklé, SUI
- 2006 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
- 2007 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
- 2008 no overall winner, Music Freestyle had to be cancelled due to bad weather
- 2009 Austrian Championships Dressage – no CDI
- 2010 Ulla Salzgeber, GER
- 2011 Carl Hester, GBR
- 2012 Carl Hester, GBR
- 2013 Valentina Truppa, ITA
- 2014 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
- 2015 Victoria Max-Theurer, AUT
The
Manfred Swarovski Trophy is given to the most successful pair of the
CDI4* Schindlhof (the percentages of the GP and GP Special respectively
of the GP and GP Freestyle are added together). The winner is allowed
to take home this valuable Swarovski crystal piece for a year. After
winning three times the winner is allowed to keep the trophy for good.
In 2014, Austria’s 13-time state champion Victoria Max-Theurer achieved
this.
For more information, visit www.schindlhof.at
Photo © Maximilian Schreiner www.im-blickpunkt.com
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2016 CDI Frizens