2013 Dutch Dressage Championships Scheduled For July

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 21:18
Dutch Dressage News

The 2013 Dutch Dressage Championships will be held on 16 - 21 July 2013 instead of on the usual third weekend of June. The Championships will be hosted in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, like last year.

The Dutch Dressage Championships will be held co-incidindly with the national equestrian show "Concours Hippique Haarlemmermeer" for budget reasons. Equestrian events in The Netherlands are struggling to exist due to financial problems. For instance this week it was announced that the plug was pulled on the national event in Eindhoven.

The date change for the Dutch Championships has been prompted by requests from the Dutch Equestrian Federation, who want to make the Nationals a final qualification event for Dutch team selection for the 2013 European Dressage Championships in Herning, Denmark, on 21 - 25 August 2013.

Source: De Hoefslag
Photo © Esmee van Gijtenbeek

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