Only a few hours after the Grand Prix Special of the CDIO Aachen, the German Dressage Team for the Olympic Games in Sydney was announced.
The German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR) selected at the recommendation of chef d'equipe Madeleine Winter-Schulze and team trainer Klaus Balkenhol the following combinations:
Nadine Capellmann with the 10 year old Westphalian gelding Farbenfroh (by Freudentänzer), Alexandra Simons-De Ridder with the Holsteiner bred Chacomo (by Calypso I), Isabell Werth on her 17 year old Hanoverian Gigolo FRH (by Graditz) and Ulla Salzgeber on the Latvian Rusty (by Rebuss). Alternate is Heike Kemmer with the Oldenburg gelding Albano (by Argentinus).
Reserve horses travelling to Sydney will by Capellmann's Nikolaus and Gracioso and Isabell Werth's Anthony FRH. All horses go into quarantaine August 8, 2000, in Kronberg, Germany and fly to Sydney August 24.
Related Link: Scores: 2000 CDIO Aachen
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