Wagner Ehlinger twice on the podium at the “Aachen Dressage Days”
Several dressage riders licensed in Luxembourg competed successfully in Aachen last week. In the juniors’ classes, Amélie Decruyenaere Haupert and Finaud placed fifth (67.374%) in the team competition and fourth (66.961%) in the individual competition. The other two Luxembourg riders, Dalia Thill with Best Friend Ever and Daria Marinucci on Delillo, also competed in this event.
Two-time Olympics participant and European Championship finalist Nicolas Wagner Ehlinger delivered a very strong performance. At the Aachen Dressage Days, he secured 70.348 percent in the Grand Prix on Quater Back Junior, which was enough to become third. He finished just behind winner Joao Pedro Moreira from Portugal, who scored 71.413 percent on Furst Kennedy, and Henri Ruoste. The Finn achieved 70.587 percent on Delaurentis.
Wagner Ehlinger fared even better in the Grand Prix Special. He finished a mere 0.447 percentage points behind the winners, Ruoste and Delaurentis, who scored 71.170 percent. The Luxembourger achieved 70.723 percent. Third place in the Special went to Great Britain’s Gareth Hughes, riding Mowgli-Olympia (70.702 percent). Wagner Ehlinger is currently ranked 72nd in the world.
Jumping
Odile Gierech and Victor Bettendorf competed in show jumping in Le Touquet. While Gierech didn’t achieve any particularly good results, Bettendorf managed a win over 1.40 meters last Friday with Horacio du Gue. On the same day, he finished eighth over 1.50 meters with Gibbs un Prince, and on the final day, he finished tenth over 1.35 meters with Tajmahal du Houlbec.
Translated from German by AI and adjusted by Paul Krier. Original article also to be published in the “Lëtzebuerger Bauer” weekly newspaper.