Westendarp Wins 2019 Piaff Forderpreis Selection Trial, Sixteen Riders Qualified for 2019 Show Circuit

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2019 Piaff Forderpreis Selection Trial

German youth team routinier Alexa Westendarp has made a flawless transition to Grand Prix level and won the 2019 Piaff Forderpreis selection trial for Under 25 Grand Prix riders in Warendorf on 1 - 3 February 2019.

Thirty-four combinations were originally listed to go to the DOKR headquarters in Warendorf for a training seminar, followed by a Grand Prix competition test, in which twenty-nine combinations competed. The sixteen highest scoring riders in the test have been invited to compete on the 2019 Piaff Forderpreis circuit, the German Under 25 show series, this spring and summer.

The training seminar covers three educational days of theory and practice. The invited pairs get training sessions with their home trainer and the German Under 25 team trainer, Sebastian Heinze. World champion Isabell Werth talked about show management, season planning and show preparation. On Sunday the important qualifier takes place in which the riders perform the Short Grand Prix test, which gets videos and commented on by German Grand Prix team trainer Monica Theodorescu.

"We saw intereting, but also very young combinations with good perspectives," Heinze commented. "This is especially very helpful for me as trainer, to see the riders three days after each other and to get a better picture of them."

The sixteen highest scoring combinations in the short grand prix test qualified for the show circuit. The 21-year old Alexa Westendarp and her 12-year old Hanoverian gelding Der Prinz (by Diamond Hit) were the top scorers with 71.43%. She was the only rider to score above 70%.

Lena Charlott Walterscheidt and Solist and Nina Kudernak on Dione made up the top three with 69.961% and 69.380%.

The results of the 2019 Piaff Forderpreis selection trial in Warendorf on 3 February:

1. Alexa Westendarp - Der Prinz - 71.434
2. Lena Walterscheidt - Solist69.961
3. Nina Kudernak - Dione - 69.380
4. Hannah Cichos - Dias de Rio - 68.837
5. Ella Glasmeyer - Summerwine - 68.527
6. Kristin Biermann - Queensland - 68.101
6. Janet Egbers - Daniel Craig - 68.101
8. Ann Kathrin Lindner - Sunfire - 67.674
9. Lena Gundlage - Campino - 67.171
10. Lisa Horler - James Dean - 67.132
11. Marion Fohrer - San Salvador F - 67/016
12. Viola Maria Wilhelm - Dandelion - 66.783
13. Anna Louise Fuchs - Rihanna Forever - 66.667
14. Katharina Hemmer - Don Angelo - 66.589
15. Catharina Rasch Gunther - Digeridoo - 66.512
15. Sophie Reef - Silencium - 66.512
17. Catharina Rasch Gunther - Fantastic - 66.434
18. Jessica Krieg - Special Edition - 66.357
19. Jessica Krieg - Sergio Leone - 66.124
20. Kristin Biermann - Askari - 65.000
21. Ann Kathrin Lindner - Dulcia - 64.729
22. Linda Weiss - Sambatanzer - 63.953
23. Linda Weiss - Belle au Bois Dormant - 63.682
24. Maria Luise Misztl - Balian - 63.605
25. Maike Mende - Da Vincerico - 63.023
26. Sophie Stilgenbauer - Baptiste - 61.473
27. Iris Lindner - Whisper - 60.116
28. Carolin Heckenberger - Louisa - 59.651
29. Saskia Schneppenheim - Graciah - 58.721

The qualified pairs for the 2019 Piaff Forderpreis are:

Kristin Biermann - Queensland
Hannah Cichos- Dias de Rio
Janet Egbers - Daniel Craig
Marion Fohrer - San Salvador F
Anna-Louisa Fuchs - Rihanna Forever
Emma Glasmeyer - Summerwine
Lena Gundlage - Campino
Katharina Hemmer - Don Angelo
Lisa Horler - James Dean
Nina Kudernak - Dione
Ann-Kathrin Lindner - Sunfire
Catharina-Timora Rasch-Günther - Didgeridoo
Sophie Reef - Silencium
Lena Walterscheidt - Solist
Alexa Westendarp - Der Prinz
Viola Marie Wilhelm - Dandelion

They will join four more riders who are already part of the German U25 squad: Anna-Christina Abbelen, Jil-Marielle Becks, Ninja Rathjens, and Anna Magdalena Scheßl.

The first qualifier is in Mannheim on 3 - 5 May 2019 but on 13-14 April all qualified pairs are invited to a two-day trainer seminar with Heinze in Warendorf as preparation. The other three qualifiers after Mannheim are in Wiesbaden (7 - 10 Juni), Verden (7 - 11 August) and Ising (3 - 8 September). The finals are in Stuttgart on 13 - 17 November 2019.