Three Welsh Dressage Champions to Compete at the KNHS Championships

The KNHS Indoor Pony Dressage Championships continued on March 16, 2019, in Ermelo. The Welsh pony breed was once again well represented, producing one champion in the Z class and two champions in the L2 class.

In the Z1/Z2 Category C, the top 4 consisted of Welsh ponies, with Marcella Berends and Allstar (by Anjershof Rocky) as champions.

Heidepeel’s Constantijn (by Equus Raspoetin), who was crowned champion in Class B just last week with Yelin Kayalar, finished in fourth place this weekend with Gwendolyn Krieger, just missing the podium.

In the Z2 DE category, Floor Van der Kuijl and Castenrayseweg’s Dreamboy (by Molenhorn’s Lucky Boy) qualified in the regular test to be among the top eight pairs allowed to compete in the freestyle. In the freestyle to music, the pair moved up one spot to seventh place.

Two L2 Champions

Veerle van Hof demanded that Equine parks Xander (by Orchard Boginov) won the championship title in the L2-DE class and Naita van der Velden became the L2 champion in Category C with Woldberg's Tobias (by Jarno van Den Deel).

Prize Winners

Z1/Z2 Category C

1 Marcella Berends with Allstar (by Anjershof Rocky), Z2 with 70.2561 TP4T
2 Gwen Troquet with Zandberg’s Diva Izebel (by Heitrak’s Marvin), Z2 with 69.060%
3 Esmee Boers with Roosendaal’s Miracle (by Den Bramel’s Baye), Z2 with 64.1881 TP4T

L2 Category DE

1 Veerle van Hof with Equine Parks Xander (by Orchard Boginov) with 69.722%
2 Fleur Kempenaars with Armano (by Morgenland’s Fabian) with 69.333%
4 Iris Sloof with Turfhorst “Let’s Be Better” (by Pippin’s Pride A.T.) with 66.3331 TP4T

L2 Category C

1 Naita van der Velden with Woldberg’s Tobias (by Den Deel’s Jarno) with 71.944%

L2 Category AB

3 Sanne Glissenaar riding Riton Cupido (by Bryn Storm) with 69.2781 TP4T

Sanne has been riding Cupido for just one year and has already won the Utrecht Regional Championship three times. At the Dutch National Championships, the pair previously won silver in Class B, silver in Class L1, and now bronze in Class L2. Sanne hopes she doesn’t grow too fast so that she can definitely compete in Class M2 with Cupido for at least one more year.

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Source: NWPCS