Traditionally the last day of Aachen is the day when the German team is announced for the year's (inter)continental championship. With the 2013 European Dressage Championships being the highlight of the calender this year, the team was supposed to be announced in Aachen today.
Instead Klaus Roeser, chef d'equipe and chair of the German Dressage Selection Committee, stated that a meeting was held with the chef d'equipes of the other dressage nations in Aachen early Sunday morning, resulting in an agreement to request from the FEI and Herning show organizers a postponement of the team nominations until 10 August 2013.
"We still have seven weeks to go until the European Championships," Roeser explained. "We agreed with the other chefs d'equipe that this tight schedule is tough."
The German Federation has therefore named the long listed nominees from which the German team for Herning will be picked. The list includes:
- Helen Langehanenberg
- Isabell Werth
- Anabel Balkenhol
- Kristina Sprehe
- Fabienne Lutkemeier
- Nadine Capellmann
- Jessica Werndl
- Jenny Lang
The 2013 European Dressage Championships take place 20 - 25 August 2013.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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