Severo Jurado Lopez Obtains Second Spanish Olympic Team Hopeful

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Spain

Spanish Olympian Severo Jurado Lopez has obtained a second confirmed Grand Prix horse to ride in time for the FEI Olympic Ownership deadline. He has welcomed Lusitano Incrivel to his barn.

Incrivel is an 11-year old Lusitano by Pioneiro out of Zamora SS (by Oasis VCG).

Portuguese Start

He is bred by Sociedade das Silveiras in Portugal.

The grey was trained to Grand Prix level by Manolo Rodriguez Gonzelez in Arcos de la Frontera.

Katrin Burger

Incrivel moved to Germany as an 8-year old in the autumn of 2021. He sold to German Grand Prix rider and trainer Katrin Burger.

Under Burger the horse had two very strong show seasons, particularly on the national show circuit. He achieved over 30 placings in Germany at Grand Prix level. Incrivel was the first Lusitano ever to be in the reserve place for the 2022 Louisdor Cup Finals, after finishing 3rd in the Donzdorf qualifier with nearly 71%.

Burger and Incrivel at the 2023 CDI Wiesbaden

Their international show debut was in April 2023 at the CDI Troisdorf, where they scored 69.326% in the Grand Prix (4th). A month later they competed at the CDI Wiesbaden and scored 67.109% in the Grand Prix and were crowd favourites in the freestyle, in which they got 72.060%.

Severo Jurado Lopez

Incrivel has been offered for sale on Eurodressage, but during the winter owner Katrin Burger saw an opportunity that could benefit the horse's career as well as a future sale. She matched her horse to Spanish Olympian Severo Jurado Lopez.

"We brought Incrivel to his barn, because he had an idea for clients and then I thought he will be an authentic rider for an Iberian horse with much more international experience than I have," Burger told Eurodressage. "For me Severo is one of the top riders world wide and has a lot of contacts to people from all over the world."

After training the horse for several weeks, Severo saw an chance in securing a second iron in the fire for himself for the Paris Olympics, alongside his 2023 European Championship Spanish team horse Furstenglory (by Furstenball x Rohdiamant), owned by Swedish Olympian Juliette Ramel.

"Severo really liked the rideability and potential of Incrivel so we spoke about being an option for a team spot for the olympics," Burger explained. "Having a second iron in the fire will never be a bad idea at the end. We registered him for Spain with the FEI and they had a first training with 5* judge Francis Verbeek last week to make a strategie for the further training and competitions. First might be Lier in Belgium."

Incrivel is not off the market, but both owner and rider like to see Paris as part of Incrivel's career path and as "an exciting goal."

"Incrivel is still for sale, but at the moment we would prefer to get somebody who buys the horse or a part of it with the plan to go on international competitions with Severo and do some qualifications for Paris," said Burger, who added that of course the pair has to prove themselves first.