The 5-year olds Bentley and Friend for Life and the 6-year old Bon Amour became the winners of the Bundeschampionate qualification classes held at the regional dressage competition at Julibellenhof in Prietzen, Germany, on 7 - 10 June 2018.
Nine 5-year olds competed in the L-level dressage horse test judged by Friedrich Lueken, Julia Graalfs and Cornelia Albrecht. Julia Kay steered Klays Bülow's German Sport horse bred stallion Bentley (by Bordeaux x Quaterman) to victory with an 8.0 total score. She had to share the highest honour with Lena Waldmann who also scored 8.0 on Gestut Bonhomme's Hanoverian gelding Friend for Life (by Fiorissimo x Sir Donnerhall). Julia Kay was third with Silke Pelzer's Oldenburg stallion Sir Napoleon vom Rosenhof (by Sir Donnerhall x Harvard) on 7.8.
Fourteen 6-year olds contested the M-level dressage horse class, judged by Ralph Schmidt, Julia Graalfs and Cornelia Albrecht. Alexandra Bimschas and Ambros Rinser's Bavarian stallion Bon Amour (by Benetton Dream x Stedinger) aced the class with 8.2. Mareike Mimberg and Paul Theis' Hanoverian gelding DeeJay (by Destano x Harvard) were right on the heels of the winner with 8.1. Czech Libuse Mencke and Jeacco van Pas' Mecklenburger stallion Sandokan (by Surprice x Johnson) followed in third place with 8.0. They tied with Christin Hilger on Uwe Brandes' Oldenburg gelding Rock Emotion (by Rock Forever x Don Gregory), who also posted 8.0.
Results - 2018 Bundeschampionate Qualifier - Prietzen
5-year olds
- 1. Bentley - Kay,Julia - 8
- 1. Friend for Life - Waldmann,Lena - 8
- 3. Sir Napoleon vom Rosenhof - Kay,Julia - 7.8
- 4. High Cloud - Hilger,Christin - 7.6
- 5. Ballantines - Flamm,Christian - 7.2
- 6. Foreman - Thompson,Patrick - 7.1
- 7. Best before midnight - Desender,Bart - 6.9
- 7. Phantastica - Fiedler,Stephanie - 6.9
- 9. Esquinzo von Velen - Jensen,Sven - 6.6
6-year olds
- 1. Bon Amour - Bimschas,Alexandra - 8.2
- 2. DeeJay - Mimberg,Mareike - 8.1
- 3. Sandokan - Mencke,Libuse - 8
- 3. Rock Emotion - Hilger,Christin - 8
- 5. Renegade S - Voigtländer,Pia-Katharina - 7.7
- 6. Davinci - Matos,Pedro - 7.6
- 7. Deduschka Moros - Waldmann,Lena - 7.4
- 7. Just noble - Brattig,Jessica - 7.4
- 9. Royal Rubiniro - Lüders,Ronald - 7.3
- 9. Sparkley - Sachs,Isabelle - 7.3
- 11. Lord Fauntleroy - Hilger,Christin - 7.2
- 12. Zara K - Christensen,Martin- 6.9
- 13. Quantum Surprise - Moreira,Joao - 6.8
- 14. Fleur de Lys - Bimschas,Alexandra - 6.6
Related Link
Eurodressage coverage of the 2018 Bundeschampionate