Luxembourgers in Bübingen and Perl-Sinz
Dressage
A dressage tournament was held in the Bübingen area of Saarbrücken last weekend, attracting several riders licensed by the FLSE. The first placing for a Luxembourgish rider was secured by Sarah Kandel at Bübinger Hof, who, riding the Oldenburg gelding Jimmy Choo, received a score of 7.38 in an A-level dressage horse test, placing fifth. The winning pair, Björn Steigauf and Bonds Best, scored 7.96. Last Friday, Belgian rider Jerome Schneiders, licensed at CHB, finished second in an S-level Prix St. Georges dressage test with Escada, scoring 66.886 percent. Emely van Loon and Fabregaz were just ahead of Schneiders with 67.412 percent. In the subsequent Intermédiaire A dressage test, Schneiders secured victory with 69.868 percent on the Oldenburg gelding Boateng.
The second day of the tournament began with another second-place finish for Luxembourg: Lisa Arendt and the Oldenburg mare Delilah scored 65.354 percent in an M* dressage test, missing the victory, which went to Olivia Scherpf and Scotty, by just 0.505 points. Third place in an S-level dressage test for young horses went to Helena Bicker, a German rider licensed in Luxembourg with the CRL, riding Fine Top (70.054%), also an Oldenburg. For comparison, the winner, Uta Gräf, scored 72.431 percent on Herzenswunsch. Diane Erpelding (CHB) and the Hanoverian gelding Dancing Donny then secured their first podium finish in an S* amateur dressage test, placing third with 67.103 percent. The winner, Jennifer Schaack and Bon Voyage, scored only slightly higher (67.857%).
Laura Hendrickx (CIL) also finished third on the final day of the tournament at Bübinger Hof. Her Oldenburg gelding Fürstentanz received 7.30 points after an M* dressage test, while winner Lisa Meisberger scored 7.70 on Fantastica. Two Luxembourgish placings were achieved in the following Prix St. Georges: Maite Colling finished fifth on Fashion Hype (63.246%), followed directly by Nancy Colbett (CEL) and Dublin Snug (63.070%), with the highest score of 64.912% achieved by Anke Schweikard and Carlos. The only victory for a Luxembourgish rider came in the St. Georges Special: Diane Erpelding and the nine-year-old Dancing Donny prevailed with 67.927%, narrowly beating Laura Bach (Short Cut, 67.561%) and Jeruscha Schütz (Duke of Waldfried, 67.276%).
Show Jumping
At the Birkenhof equestrian center in Perl-Sinz (Germany), Kim Grangenette (Meeschhaff) was the only FLSE rider to place in an 80cm clear round class without a fault. In an A* show jumping class over 90cm, Irishman Alan Kelly (CHN) and Epsilon finished second (8.2 points) behind Caroline Fritz and Papillon (8.0). He also placed seventh with Clandestino (7.4), while another Luxembourgish pair, Kim Grangenette and Qwami (7.6), finished fifth. A Luxembourgish one-two finish was achieved by Jil Schroeder (Meeschhaff, riding Cellevue, 55.33 seconds) and Lydia Acquaticci (CRL, riding Oscar Charm Flight, 56.21 seconds) in an A** show jumping class over one meter. Paul Hendel (Quick Bobby, 56.43″) and Lucie Weber (CHSL, Sayana, 57.64″) were among the other Luxembourgers who placed.
Hendel, registered in Germany, placed third in a 1.10m show jumping class with the same horse (59.25 seconds). Linda Rock (CEL) finished fifth in that round on Casey (61.53 seconds), Jil Schroeder and Cellevue (62.35 seconds) sixth, Noemie Goergen (CRL) with Laravola (62.52 seconds) seventh, and Luca Leyder (CHN) on Chronos eighth (63.52 seconds). Shoorendran Nageswaran (CRL) and Kid Rock finished second in the M* points jumping class over 1.20 meters, with a time of 56.15 seconds, just behind winner Elisabeth Reinert and Encora (55.60 seconds).
The podium in the subsequent 1.30m class was firmly in FLSE hands: Stefan Berling from CEP won on Fabiola in 69.53 seconds, ahead of Stéphanie Hein (CHB), who achieved a time of 70.32 seconds on Kumquat du Gibet and also claimed third place on Lucky in 72.97 seconds. And in the tournament’s highest-level jumping competition, the S* class over 1.40m with a jump-off, Luxembourg-licensed show jumpers were unbeatable: Diane Kettmann (CRL) and Simply Fred won in 44.82 seconds, ahead of Marcel Ewen (CHB) and Impatient Marblesien (44.91). Ewen also finished fourth on Uzi (45.70), while third place went to Corinna Rupp (Coleona, 45.13).
Translated from German by AI and adjusted by Paul Krier. Original article will also be published in the “Lëtzebuerger Bauer” weekly newspaper.
