A record number of horses and riders attended the 2003 edition of CDIO** in Józefin-Poland. Fifty-three competitors, 78 horses from 18 countries came to Jozefin, in the neighbourhood of capital of Poland Warsaw.
Six competitions were organised over three days, including 4 Grand Prix.
Karin Rebhein and Domanio (pictured) won the Grand Prix A on Friday with 71,417% Elena Sidneva with Artax Condor and Martina Hannover-Strenberg with Ratino H 72,125% were the best riders on Saturday- individual classification during Nation Cup. Heike Kemmer with Albano won the GP Special with 69,44%
Elena Sidneva with Artax Condor won the Kür with 76,050% on Sunday afternoon. After the winter season break, Artax Condor and Elena Sidneva presented very good tests with a lot of harmony and impulsion. The pair as usual excelled in the passage, pirouettes and changes. Martina Hannover and Ratino H presented very fluent test with very good passage-piaff tour. The team competition was won by Germany with 210,708 % (Rehbein, Hannover, Kemmer, Rosenbauer), before Russia and Sweden.
The small tour was won by outstanding pair E. Kalinina and Onegin (Rus. Traken). Unfortunately the horse was lost during the accident on the way home. The best polish rider was Jaros³aw Wierzchowski on Wieland, who placed in the small tour.
by Wojciech Markowski
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Scores 2003 CDIO Jozefin, Poland