The 2024 Nurnberger Burgpokal qualification season has reached its penultimate round at 2024 CDI Donaueschingen on 13 - 15 September 2024.
The well known, historic show in Donaueschingen has changed show management his year and is currently under the care of Matthias Rath's company Schafhof Connects. With classes in three disciplines - dressage, show jumping, driving - and a plethora of exhibition classes and plenty of entertainment in the trade fair, Donaueschingen has retrieved its flair.
On a national level the CDI Donaueschingen includes the seventh of eight Nurnberger Burgpokal qualifiers and the finals of the Piaff Forderpreis for German Under 25 riders
The Nurnberg Concept
The Nurnberger Burgpokal for developing Prix St Georges horses is a bastion on the German dressage scene. Established with the help of Dr. Reiner Klimke, the show circuit and finals are a clear pathway for talented FEI level horses towards the top. Numerous future champions and Grand Prix team horses came through the Burgpokal system.
For 2024 the Nurnberger Burgpokal circuit includes eight qualifiers (Hagen, Munich, Balve, Bettenrode, Elmlohe, Görlitz, Donaueschingen, Darmstadt). The winners of each of the 8 qualifiers will compete in the finals in Frankfurt alongside the four highest scoring second placed riders at these qualifiers.
Hassmann and Maddox Mart Win
So far qualified are Juliane Brunkhorst (Diamante Negro - 75,683% and La Belle Noire - 73,000%), Dorothee Schneider (Barcelo OLD - 75,756%), Leonie Richter (Vitalos - 75,951%), Charlott-Maria Schürmann (Life Time - 76,878%), and Thomas Wagner (Escolar’s Emil - 73,854%).
In Donaueschingen, Lena Hassmann added herself to that list as she won the Prix St Georges Special aboard Schafhof's KWPN bred Maddox Mart (by ). She won the class with 73,610%. As a young horse the stallion was produced up the levels by Swedish Jessica Lynn Thomas before Hassmann took over the ride.
The second placed pair in Donaueschingen is Spaniard Borja Carrascosa aboard Filippo di Marco's 8-year old Italian bred Hanoverian Franky Di Fonteabeti (by Franklin x Wynton). He posted 72.293%, but that score is not high enough to be amongst the four high scoring second-placegetters to be considered for the finals.
The 8th and final qualifier is scheduled for 17 - 20 October 2024 in Darmstadt-Kranichstein. The finals traditionally take place in Frankfurt, this year on 19 - 22 December 2024.
With one more show to go the three second-place finishing combinations already sure for a spot in Frankfurt are Charlott-Maria Schürmann (Dante’s Pearl - 73.659% in Hagen), Lucie-Anouk Baumgürtel (First Vienna FH - 73.121% in Balve) and Lena Haßmann (Chère Celine OLD - 72.902 in Elmlohe).
Photo © Stefan Lafrentz
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