The medal winning German dressage team pony Cyrill continues his professorship as one of Germany's most cherished schoolmaster with a new German pony rider, his seventh in his sport career.
Cyrill is a 17-year old German Riding Pony stallion by Champion de Luxe x Power Boy. He is bred by Anja van Hoorn and owned by Stefanie Krause.
Multiple Team Pony
Cyrill was licensing champion and Bundeschampion, who competed at three European Pony Championships with three different riders.
Under the owner's daughter Nadine Krause he represented Germany at the 2015 European Pony Championships where they won double individual silver.
In 2016 Inga Katharina Schuster took him to the European Pony Championships in Vilhelmsborg and got silver in the individual test, but retired in the Kur.
Jana Lang rode him from 2017 through 2018 and represented Germany at the 2017 and 2018 European Pony Championships, winning team gold and two times individual test bronze.
Schoolmaster
In 2018 the stallion was allocated to Melina Thelemann, but never went to a CDI. Instead she showed the pony at nationals shows from 2018 till July 2020.
In 2021 it was Jona-Emily Bomberg's turn who successfully rode him at CDI's in Sint-Truiden, Hagen, Kronberg, Zandhoven and Ornago but did not clinch selection of a very competitive team spot.
In 2022 it was Viktoria von Braunmühl's time on the palomino. First trained by Anna Abbelen before switching to Tara Schneider, Viktoria competed Cyrill at the CDI's in Motesice, Troisdorf; Hagen and Le Mans this year with consistent scores in the seventies. The pair finished 8th at the 2022 German Pony Championships at the end of the season.
Mia Steinbusch
With Von Braunmühl having outgrown ponies and moved to junior level with the horse Dietrich (by Donnebrog x Londonderry), the ride on Cyrill has now been allocated to the 12-year old Mia Steinbusch.
The Aachen based Steinbusch competed in the 2022 German Developing Pony Rider Championship on her own, 9-year old grey pony mare HET Descada (by Donnerwetter x Golden Atreju). She also trains at Gut Römerhof.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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