German professional dressage rider Holga Finken has lost the ride on Countess Amely von Buckholtz' Grand Prix horse Daily Pleasure and her small tour horse Haydn. Both horses have moved to Isabell Werth's yard in Rheinberg where they will continue their training.
Daily Pleasure is a 14-year old Westfalian gelding by De Niro x Ehremarsch x Rinaldini. The chestnut gelding is bred by Kurt Gräfe. The horse started its competition career under Bernd Nöthen in 2005. The horse won the Bundeschampionate that year as a 4-year old and was 8th as a 5-year old in 2006. in 2011 the horse was competed by Silke Futterer-Sommer at small tour level but Holga Finken took him t Grand Prix level in February 2013. Their last show together was in May 2015 at the CDI Wiesbaden.
Haydn is a 10-year old Hanoverian gelding by His Highness x Wittinger x Bolero, bred by Hans-Heinrich Janssen. Finken began competing the black gelding in October 2013 at small tour level and kept him at that level for two years. Their last show together was the national competition in Redefin in March 2015, where they were second in the Prix St Georges.
The horses' owner Countess Amely von Buckholtz has placed both Daily Pleasure and Haydn in training at Isabell Werth's yard. Daily Pleasure is being ridden by Beatrice Buchwald and Haydn by Niklaas Feilzer.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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