Photo Report: Kraft and Ullman Show Power and Promise at 2021 CDI Sint-Truiden

Pony riders Georgina Kraft and Elin Ullmann showed power and promise in the pony division at the 2021 CDI Sint-Truiden on 16 - 18 April 2021, hosted at Stable Gravenhof in the apple orchard district of Belgium.

This first outdoor international spring competition after a long lockdown from showing due to Covid-19 and EHV-1, proved to be a challenge for many ponies and kids. The energy levels of the ponies were high in the sunny but windy cold and there were plenty of distractions around the arena to put the young riders to the test. 

Germany's Paulina Kraft trailered two ponies to Belgium and took home two trophies. Aboard the 8-year old German riding pony stallion Daily Challenge (by Dressman I x Kaiserwalzer), she won the team champion test on Thursday with 74.00% and the Individual test on Saturday with 73.405%. The dark bay stallion has a long show name, carrying the DSP prefix because he's a licensed breeding stallion and in addition the TI prefix to indicate the breeder and owner Tahani Ibrahim. Daily Challenge was previously ridden by Berlin based riders Melanie Gensig, Lily Bendig, and Nele Lieberknecht before Kraft took over in 2020 and brought the pony to her home base in Krefeld at the other side of the country . She trains with Beate Frenzen.

Kraft twice had countrymate Jona-Emily Bomberg on her heels. In her last year on ponies, Bomberg is giving it her all and has leased the German team pony routinier NK Cyrill (by Champion de Luxe x Power Boy) in the hopes of achieving a German pony team spot. The palomino proved reliability and helped her score 72.81% in the team test and 71.784% in the individual test, twice for a second place. Bomberg is coached by Stefan Lange. 

Swedish Elin Ullman acquired the 2020 Danish pony champion Morgensterns Dakar from Danish Tilde Rude Hare autumn last year. The 12-year old Rhinelander bred pony (by FS Don't Worry x The Breas My Mobility) was able to give his rider confidence in the 15-year old's first international competition in her life. Elin is in her last year on ponies as well. The pair placed third in the team test (70.810%), they were fifth in the individual (69.297%) and topped the board in the freestyle with 75,250%.

-- Text and Photos © Astrid Appels - NO REPRODUCTION ALLOWED !!

Eurodressage took photos of all riders at the 2021 CDI Sint-Truiden. If you are interested in photos for social media or prints, send us an email and we'll mail you the small versions of the photos to pick and choose from. 

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