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AEA Dressage with the Stars 1999

Report by Berni Saunders

Pictures by Dolly Van Zaane

     3 & 4  year old Horses -  Final
Sponsored by Flowerdale Warmblood Stud & J. Lamers

Protocol for the Final of the Bates Young Dressage Horse Championships:
Top 10 horses of the Friday competition - Round 1 will come back for the final on Saturday in the groups below, which were detemined by placings. 

The final score will be determined as follows:-
For 1st. to 3rd place:  Friday score + Saturday score + Riding score
For 4th to 10th. place:  Friday score + Saturday score. 

The first group in the final ten was:

AEA Flemmington with rider Daisy Berris was awarded 730 from the judging panel.

Northern Montecello with Swedish rider Scarlett Nordgren  finished with 780

Aubaine Cameo the pretty mare ridden by Emmie Schmul had a better day for 800

Woodmount Flora and the young Rachel Calkin struggled with the astmosphere and her horse's lack of experience for 700 In the second group:

AEA Farrington capably ridden by Cokie Op Ten Noort from the Netherlands did the best with her young mount for 850

Gracefield Silkay ridden by Anne Smith were slightly behind yesterdays mark on 770

Donizetti and Michelle Buckley lost a little of Friday's sparkle for 740

The third group began with

Capone ridden by Kate Overton  worked well and scored 830

Marine Park Kadett beautifully ridden by leading Victorian eventer Michael Baker scored 820

Precision and Cheryl Lawrence were unable to improve on yesterday's ride for a score of 790

Michael Klimke rides the top three

dwts9911180.jpg (11617 bytes)Marine Park Kadett Michael Klimke really enjoyed his ride on 'Roly' and in fact placed him FIRST in this section on 890

I had the opportunity to speak with Michael Klimke later in the day, and proudly told him that I had bred the horse and started his dressage career.  Michael was full of praise and told me that he was one of the nicest young horses that he had ever sat on... so well trained and obedient.
You can imagine the thrill!!.

 

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Kate Overton warms up the beautiful Belcam stallion Capone
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AEA Farrington winner of the
3 & 4 year old class, with his capable riderCokie Op Ten Noort

Capone  was awarded for rideability 870

AEA Farrington Miahcel Klimke seemed to relly enjoy this ride  on this young stallion for 880

It was great to see an Australian bred horse take out this prestigious event, and sincere congratulations go to Dirk and Sicca Dirkjstra of Australian Equestrian Academy.  They did an excellent job to prepare and present their horses so professionally, particularly when you consider that they moved house the week before.  Sicca is known for her organisational skills and she must have 'dug deep' to keep everything under control.

When all of the previous sessions were totalled up the winner of the 3 & 4 yo class
AEA Farrington

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