The 5-year old Apanachi, the 6-year old Farani, and the 7-year old D'Cinzano are the winners of the Bundeschampionate qualification classes held in Heidelberg-Ladenburg on 31 May - 1 June 2024.
In the 5-year old division ten pairs were entered and Olympian Dorothee Schneider aced the class on the Oldenburg gelding Apanachi (by Apache x Sir Donnerhall) with 8.34 points. The black gelding scored 7.8 for walk, 8.7 for trot, 8.3 for canter, 8.4 for submission and 8.5 for general impression. Apanachi sold for 650,000 euro at the 2023 PSI Auction to an Australian syndicate including Susan Gorst, Lyn Sultana, Deb McNicol, Fiona Mardling, and Maree Tomkinson. On the Ladenburg score sheets, Hof Kasselmann is written as owner. Apanachi’s owner group, known as Tomkinson Group Dressage, currently includes Lyn Sultana, Maree Tomkinson, and Mary Main. Lisa Rose and the Hanoverian stallion Furst Decour (by Fursten-Look x Destano) was second with 8.0 points. The class was judged by Anne Roßbach, Ute Kühn-Zöpfel, and Jörg Beerhenke.
There were only four pairs in the 6-year old division and Timo Kemmerer and his own DSP bred mare Farani (by For Romance x Samico F) scored 8.0 to earn a ticket to Warendorf. Judges Gotthilf Riexinger, Sabrina Kaufmann, Ute Kühn-Zöpfel gave the mare 7.8 for walk and trot, 8.0 for canter and submission and 8.4 for general impression. Dutch born Pieter van der Raadt and Furore Fantastico (by Fahrenheit x Sir Donnerhall) were second with 7.6 points.
Six pairs contested the S-level class for 7-year olds, judged by Frank Uhde, Sabrina Kaufmann, and Gotthilf Riexinger. Pieter van der Raadt topped the board n Stefan Heinrich's DSP registered D'Cinzano (by Duvalier x Fiorano). He scored 75.365% and edged out Anna-Louisa Fuchs on Christina Pradl's Dimanche Royal (by Damon's Damiani x Don Schufro), who scored 72.742%.
Results - 2004 Bundeschampionate Qualifier - Ladenburg
5-year olds
Judges: Anne Roßbach, Ute Kühn-Zöpfel, Jörg Beerhenke
- 1. Dorothee Schneider - Apanachi 38 - 8.340 (Germany)
- 2. Lisa Rose - Fürst Decour - 8.000 (Germany)
- 3. Henning Schlumbohm - Diamante 28 - 7.640 (Germany)
- 4. Tim Weber - Zackerey's Zazou - 7.540 (Germany)
- 4. Meike Lang - Eternal Flame 16 - 7.540 (Germany)
- 6. Thomas Sailler - Bonnet Alexandre - 7.380 (Germany)
- 7. Lukas Maier - Descartes 17 - 7.180 (Germany)
- 8. Carolin Brandt - Disteldiva - 7.120 (Germany)
- Sofie Lang - Q-Elsa - RET (Germany)
- Lara Juana Noelle Jung - Dimantino - DNS (Germany)
6-year olds
Judges: Gotthilf Riexinger, Sabrina Kaufmann, Ute Kühn-Zöpfel
- 1. Timo Kemmerer - Farani 6 - 8.000 (Germany)
- 2. Pieter van der Raadt - Furore Fantastico - 7.600 (Netherlands)
- 3. Karina Zimmermann-Rothermel - Ivone - 7.400 (Germany)
- Nicole Bühler - Freifrau - ELI (Germany)
7-year olds
Judges: Frank Uhde, Sabrina Kaufmann, Gotthilf Riexinger
- 1. Pieter van der Raadt - D'cinzano - 75.365% (Netherlands)
- 2. Anna-Louisa Fuchs - DSP Dimanche Royal - 72.742% (Germany)
- 3. Larissa Höhne - Krösus 5 - 68.642% (Germany)
- 4. Jürgen van Damme - Brave Heart JvD - 68.165% (Germany)
- 5. Franz Semler - Fabiano 101 - 65.311% (Germany)
- 6. Giulia Gasztecki - Deine Freude - 64.773% (Germany)
Related Link
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2024 Bundeschampionate Circuit