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Germany's Emily Rother is the individual gold medalist at the 2020 European Children Championships which concluded today 14 August 2020 at Stable Unikornis in Pilisjaszfalu, Hungary.
The 2020 European Children Championships are part of the 2020 FEI Dressage European Championships, which are held three weeks in a row in the Budapest region, featuring all five youth dressage divisions from children to Under 25 Grand Prix.
The Individual tes was judged by Annette Fransen Iacobaeus & Trond Asmyr for the Quality Component and by Alice Schwab, Katrina Wüst, and Freddy Leyman for the Technical score.
Rother is the 2020 European Children Champion
The 14-year old Rother received 76.790% for the technical execution of her ride and a whopping 95.50% for the quality of riding with 9.7 for seat, 9.4 for aids, 9.5 for precision and 9.6 for general impression.
"Emily is a rider with a lot of feeling. Today she once more bravely rode forwards and showed off the strengths of her horse," said German Children team captain Caro Roost.
The South German based Rother has been training for the past year with Sabina and Jörg Schrödter.
“I have only had Jasper for the last six months and this is just our fifth show together. My parents got him from my riding teacher Sabina Schroedter, and he gives everything to me," Emily explained. Her Jasper was previously trained by Carina Duelli.
Silver for Paschertz
A fall from her tall dark bay gelding during the team award ceremony and a quick trip to the hospital for a check up did not rattle the petite Paschertz who was back in full focus mode for the Individual Test. As last rider to go in the individual test, she scored 81.355% for the silver medal and got 73.210% for the technical part and 89.50 for the quality part, with 9.0 for seat, 8.8 for aids, and 9.0 for precision and general impression.
"Fortunately she got away with a fright and bruise and nothing worse," said Roost about the accident. "She completed the individual test very well and her horse gave her the necessary feeling of security again."
Paschertz trains with Dirk Heyse.
Bronze for Knipscheer
"I never expected this," said a thrilled Knipscheer. "It was a big surprise to go home with a medal. Amaretto went really well, even though there were a few small things that could have been better. I have been riding him since March last year and this is my second European Children Championship. The Championship started off a bit difficulty with a heavy trip and that's why it went a bit less in the preliminary test. After the team test there was great relief and now it worked in the individual test. I'm very happy."
"Little Lion" Kebie Fourth
"It was a thriller competition with the Germans and Dutch neck-to-neck," said Dutch Children team trainer Imke Schellekens-Bartels. "Maura rode a good test, faultfree and nice in the contact. She was really on form and got nice points. I had hoped for Kebie to win a medal too, so it was a bit of a disappointment. Kebie is like a little lion, so brave and combative. But still I'm very proud how the girls performed this week."
Austrian Bader Fifth
Text by Astrid Appels - Photos © Lukasz Kowalski
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