The 5-year old Fursten-Look and the 6-year old Bluetooth became the winners of the very first Bundeschampionate qualifier of the 2016 show season, held at the national equestrian event in Redefin, Germany, on 29 April - 1 May 2016.
Nine horse-and-rider combinations contested the 5-year old division at L-level and Norwegian Isabel Freese aced the class aboard Paul Schockemohle and Lone Boegh Henriksen's Hanoverian stallion Fursten-Look (by Furstenball x Londonderry). The black stallion scored 9.5 for trot, 8.5 for walk, 9.0 for canter, 7.5 for submission and 9.0 for general impression to average a winning total of 8.7. Manuel Bammel and the Hanoverian bred Brunello HR (by Benetton Dream x Stedinger) were the runners-up with 8.3.. The dark bay gelding scored 8.5 for walk and trot, 8 for canter and submission and 8.5 for general impression.
In the 6-year old division Hof Kasselmann's assistant trainer Steffen Frahm steered Elena Knyaginicheva's Oldenburg gelding Bluetooth (by Bordeayx x Riccione) to victory in the M-level dressage horse test. The bay gelding scored a total of 8.2 and received 9 for trot, 8 for walk, 8.5 for canter, 7 for submission and 8.5 for general impression. Johanna von Fircks placed second on her father Helmut's Westfalian gelding Amadeus (by Ampere x Davignon) with a total of 8.1.. The bay gelding got 8.5 for trot, 8 for walk and canter, and 8 for submission and general impression.
Results - 2016 Bundeschampionate Qualifier - Redefin
5-year olds
- 1. Fürsten-Look - Isabel Freese - 9.5 8.5 9.0 7.5 9.0 --- 8.70
- 2. Brunello HR - Manuel Bammel - 8.5 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.5 --- 8.30
- 3. Forbes - Borja Carrascosa Martinez - 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.5 8.0 --- 8.00
- 4. Flanell - Vera Nass - 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 --- 7.70
- 5. Lonken's Fiandro - Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn - 8.0 6.5 8.0 7.5 7.5 --- 7.50
- 5. Budhi - Steffen Frahm - 8.5 6.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 --- 7.50
- 7. Glücksruf II - Libuse Mencke - 7.5 7.5 7.0 7.0 7.5 --- 7.30
- 7. Rockpool - Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn - 8.0 6.5 7.5 7.0 7.5 --- 7.30
- 9. Calandro - Lena Günnel - 7.5 7.5 7.0 5.5 7.0 --- 6.90
6-year olds
- 1. Bluetooth - Steffen Frahm - 9.0 8.0 8.5 7.0 8.5 --- 8.20
- 2. Amadeus von Nymphenburg - Johanna von Fircks - 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 --- 8.10
- 3. Belissario - Anna-Sophie Fiebelkorn - 8.0 8.5 8.5 7.0 8.0 --- 8.00
- 3. Fuggers Black Pearl - Ronald Lüders - 8.0 7.5 8.5 8.0 8.0 --- 8.00
- 5. Sanciscus - Andrea Engeler - 8.0 7.5 8.0 6.5 7.5 --- 7.50
- 6. Fürstenhof - Birte Senftleben - 7.5 8.0 7.5 6.5 7.5 --- 7.40
- 6. Dallas - Libuse Mencke - 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.0 7.5 --- 7.40
- 8. Quantaz - Ronald Lüders - 8.0 6.0 7.5 6.5 7.5 --- 7.10
- 9. Rosentraum - Kirsten Sieber - 7.0 8.0 6.5 6.5 7.0 --- 7.00
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2016 Bundeschampionate