Next week Germany will be holding its first of two Olympic team selection trials to determine the team of three that will travel to Tokyo to defend the team title.
The first trial is the 2021 German Dressage Championship in Balve and all team candidates are in principle required to ride there.
Isabell Werth, the world number one and sixteen time gold medal winner at the German Nationals since 1991, will be taking her number one Bella Rose and her number three, Quantaz, to Balve.
Number two, Weihegold (by Don Schufro x Sandro Hit), stays home as she has already proven her ability at the CDI's in Salzburg and Mannheim this year. Number four in her barn, Emilio (by Ehrenpreis x Cacir AA), did his last international in Aarhus in October 2020 where he finished second twice.
Werth confirmed her choice for Bella Rose and Quantaz for Balve to Dressursport Deutschland. "We discussed it like that will all involved and the dressage selection committee," she stated.
The 16-year old Weihegold won Kur gold at last year's Nationals.
Photo © Petra Kerschbaum
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