Baumgurtel, Horstmann, Westendarp Win the 2017 Preis der Besten Qualifier in Hagen

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2017 Preis der Besten Qualifier Hagen

Pony rider Lucie-Anouk Baumgurtel, junior rider Rebecca Horstmann, and Young Rider Alexa Westendarp became the grand winners of the 2017 Preis der Besten Qualifier. Relocated from Vechta to Hof Kasselmann in Hagen, Germany, the "North" edition of the Preis der Besten qualifier took place on 15 - 16 April 2017.

The Preis der Besten is the inofficial German Youth Riders Championships annually taking place in Warendorf in May. Each year two qualifiers take place, one in the north in Hagen - and one in the south in Kronberg. The dressage selection committee as well as the regional team trainers decide which riders move on to the Preis der Besten based on the riders' performance at the training seminars and qualifier. Riders who want to aim for a team spot for the European Pony, Junior and Young Riders Championships have to compete and score well as the Preis der Besten, after which a select number of riders are picked to contest two team qualifiers later on in the season (usually Wiesbaden and CDIO-PJYR Hagen).

In Hagen, current European Pony Champion Lucie-Anouk Baumgurtel scooped an easy victory in both pony tests, winning the team tests with 75.171% and the individual test with 76.382% on her 12-year old buckskin gelding Massimiliano (by Monsun X Cap Cennedy N). She stayed miles ahead of the competition. Nele Lobbert on Contra (by Constantin x Weltmeyer) and Anna Middelberg on the former Swedish team pony Drink Pink (by Dornik C x Aratoss) were her biggest challengers, covering places two and three.

The line-up for the junior individual test: show host François Kasselmann with Rebecca Horstmann, Franz Otto Damm, Johanna Sieverding, Kim Burschik, Marline Garrn, and Ninya Wingender The junior riders division was more open to a battle. In the team test sisters Johanna and Marlene Sieverding battled it out for top honour. Johanna prevailed aboard her 8-year old Hanoverian mare Lady Danza (by Dimaggio x Rubin Royal) with 71.081%, while Marlene and the 13-year old Hanoverian gelding Belvedere (by Belissimo M x Dream of Glory) was second with 70.270. The winner of the individual test, German 2016 team rider Rebecca Horstmann on Friend of Mine (by For Compliment x Rubinstein), had a slower start in the team test, placing fifth with 68.604%. In the individual, however, she topped the board with 72.456% ahead of Franz Otto Damm on the 7-year old German Sport Horse Lifestyle (by Lord Fantastic x Samba Hit) with 71.667%. Johanna Sieverding was third with 70.746%.

At Young Riders level the local rider Alexa Westendarp reigned supreme on her 10-year old Hanoverian gelding Der Prinz (by Diamond Hit x Davignon), winning the team test with 71.184% and the individual with 71.974%. Franziska Schwiebert and the 12-year old Danish warmblood Hogholm's Facel Vega (by Akinos x Triumph) was third in the team test with 68.377% but improved in the individual to place second with 69.298%. Anna Sahle and her 13-year old Swedish warmblood Fläder af Hagalund (by Florencio x Bernstein) slotted in third with 68.333% in the individual.

Photos © Pony Royal - Hof Kasselmann

Results - 2017 Preis der Besten Qualifier - Hagen

Pony Riders - Team Championship Test

1. Massimiliano - Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel - 75.171%
2. Contra - Nele Löbbert - 71.496%
3. Mister DornikH - Henriette Schmidt - 70.726%
4. Drink Pink - Anna Middelberg - 70.470%
5. Carlos WE - Nele Löbbert - 70.299%
6. Doubtless - Ida Janetzko - 70.085%
7. Don Miguel - Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel - 69.359%
8. Cosmopolitan - Jacob Schenk - 69.316%
9. Grenzhoehes My Ken - Tessa Bartels - 68.419%
10. Dresscode - Avena Siemers - 68.333%
11. Tesio - Laura Stuhldreier - 67.735%
12. Westerhuis Jorik - Caroline Lass - 67.607%
13. Caspari HE - Anna Schölermann - 67.564%
14. Constantini - Leonie-Victoria Bosse - 67.393%
15. Contrast - Anna-Margareta Jürgens - 66.752%
16. Nice Blue Eyes - Lana-Pinou Baumgürtel - 65.342%
17. Grenzhoehes Ivory - Moritz Baumann - 65.171%
18. Olivier K - Anna Schölermann - 64.444%
19. Caspar HE - Carlotta Holtkamp-Endemann - 63.846%
20. Paso Double - Lisa Widmayer - 60.897

Pony Riders - Individual Test

1. Massimiliano - Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel - 76.382%
2. Drink Pink - Anna Middelberg - 72.195%
3. Contra - Nele Löbbert - 72.114%
4. Mister Dornik- Henriette Schmidt - 70.894%
5. Don Miguel - Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel - 70.854%
6. Tesio - Laura Stuhldreier - 70.691%
7. Cosmopolitan - Jacob Schenk - 70.610%
8. Doubtless - Ida Janetzko - 70.163%
9. Olivier K - Anna Schölermann - 69.187%
10. Carlos WE - Nele Löbbert - 68.415%
10. Nice Blue Eyes - Lana-Pinou Baumgürtel - 68.415%
12. Grenzhoehes Ivory - Moritz Baumann - 68.293%
13. Westerhuis Jorik - Caroline Lass - 68.252%
14. Grenzhoehes My Ken - Tessa Bartels - 68.211%
15. Dresscode - Avena Siemers- 68.049%
16. Caspar HE - Carlotta Holtkamp-Endemann - 67.886%
17. Caspari HE - Anna Schölermann - 67.561%
18. Contrast S - Anna-Margareta Jürgens - 66.951%
19. Chantre - Laura Stuhldreier - 66.341%
20. Constantini - Leonie-Victoria Bosse - 65.732%

Junior Riders - Team Championship Test

1. Lady Danza - Johanna Sieverding - 71.081%
2. Belvedere - Marlene Sieverding - 70.270%
3. Powerfee GB - Kim Burschik - 69.685%
4. Rocky's Sunshine - Henriette Schmidt - 69.099%
5. Friend of mine - Rebecca Horstmann - 68.604%
6. Di Baggio - Marlina Garrn - 68.288%
7. Royal Flasky Jack - Ninya Wingender - 67.973%
8. Lifestyle - Franz Otto Damm - 67.658%
9. Samba - Lena Drebenstedt - 67.432%
10. Resümee - Emilia Josephina Jensen - 66.892%
11. Rue Noblesse - Sophie Reef - 66.757%
12. Dajano - Joya Catharina Stolpmann - 66.486%
13. Ogardens Sandman - Antonia Heidorn - 65.766%
14. Boscolo - Lily Bendig - 65.045%
15. 25 Fashion Freak - Vivien Lou Petermeier - 64.865%
16. Sir Rubin - Paula Franz - 63.559%

Junior Riders - Individual Test

1. Friend of mine - Rebecca Horstmann - 72.456%
2. Lifestyle - Franz Otto Damm - 71.667%
3. Lady Danza - Johanna Sieverding - 70.746%
4. Powerfee GB - Kim Burschik - 70.263%
5. Di Baggio -Marlina Garrn - 69.737%
6. Royal Flasky Jack - Ninya Wingender - 69.386%
7. Samba - Lena Drebenstedt - 68.640%
8. Rocky's Sunshine - Henriette Schmidt - 68.553%
9. Ogardens Sandman - Antonia Heidorn - 67.675%
10. Dajano - Joya Catharina Stolpmann - 67.632%
11. Rue Noblesse - Sophie Reef - 67.105%
12. Fashion Freak - Vivien Lou Petermeier - 66.535%
13. Resümee - Emilia Josephina Jensen - 66.404%
14. Belvedere - Marlene Sieverding - 65.658%
15. 4Boscolo - Lily Bendig - 65.482%
16. Sir Rubin - Paula Franz - 60.614%

Young Riders - Team Championship Test

1. Der Prinz -Alexa Westendarp - 71.184%
2. Aida Luna - Lisa Breimann - 68.640%
3. Hogholm's Facel-Vega - Franziska Schwiebert - 68.377%
4. Fuerst Rohan - Franziska Schwiebert - 68.114%
5. Fairmont - Ann-Sophie Lückert - 67.939%
6. Fläder af Hagalund - Anna Sahle - 67.719%
7. Indian Queen - Ragna Mann - 67.544%
8. Insterlana - Anna-Lena Vosskötter - 67.237%
9. Rothschild - Maike Mende - 67.105%
10. Faynaa - Laura-Eve Grellmann - 66.535%
11. Balian - Marie-Luise Misztl - 66.360%
12. Dandy - Maike Mende - 65.746%
13. Wingado - Anna Reckmeyer - 64.868%
14. Feivel's World - Kim Brüning - 64.649%
15. Rovell Royal - Hannah Cichos - 63.684%
Donauprinzessin - Erja Kastening-Richter - RET

Young Riders - Individual Test

1. Der Prinz - Alexa Westendarp - 71.974%
2. Hogholm's Facel-Vega - Franziska Schwiebert - 69.298%
3. Fläder af Hagalund - Anna Sahle - 68.333%
4. Fairmont - Ann-Sophie Lückert - 68.026%
5. Indian Queen - Ragna Mann - 67.281%
6. Fuerst Rohan - ranziska Schwiebert - 67.237%
7. Insterlan - Anna-Lena Vosskötter - 66.667%
8. Balian - Marie-Luise Misztl - 66.228%
9. Aida Luna - Lisa Breimann - 66.053%
10. Rothschild - Maike Mende - 65.921%
11. Dandy - Maike Mende - 64.825%
11. Feivel's World - Kim Brüning - 64.825%
13. Rovell Royal RHannah Cichos - 63.684%-
14. Faynaa - Laura-Eve Grellmann - 63.465%
15. Wingado - Anna Reckmeyer - 62.018%