Jumping in St. Wendel, Dressage at Linslerhof
Jumping in St. Wendel
Yola Schartz secured a placing in St. Wendel with Serenade des Fusains; the Luxembourger finished eighth in the 1st section of an M* show jumping class over 1.20 m in 73.96 seconds. One day later she topped the podium with Keezou d’Alêne when she won another M* class at the same height in her section in 59.50 seconds, leaving Sönke Aldinger (Don Arko, 62.46) and Joachim Specht (Caprice, 64.08) well behind in second and third.
Marcel Ewen earned two placings, though not at the top, in a two-phase jumping class over 1.45 m in St. Wendel. With Uzi and a clear round in 28.62 seconds he finished seventh in that competition, and with Impatient Marblesien, also clear in 31.55 seconds, he was joint tenth.
On the third day of the tournament Yola Schartz (Serenade des Fusains, 73.76) and Kim Grangenette (Lola, 82.68) placed fifth and seventh respectively in the 1st section of a 130cm Youngster class. Diane Kettmann won an M** class also over 1.30 m with Armiteus in 65.62 seconds, narrowly ahead of Niklas Betz (Creation, 67.32) and Andreas Woll (Confetti, 68.48); Yola Schartz was eighth in that class on Le petit Louis with one rail down. The Kettmann–Armiteus combination also finished fifth in a top score jumping over 1.40 m in 69.02 seconds.
On the final day of the tournament Germany-licensed Luxembourger Sara Brendel finished a style jumping class over 1.10 m as joint third in her section (Charmeur, 8.00). Yola Schartz was fifth in section 1 of a 120 M* class on Keezou (60.64) and winner of section 2 on Dorett in 54.43 seconds, far faster than second-placed Elisa Heinlin (Vicky Lynn, 58.90) and third-placed Sönke Aldinger (Don Arko, 60.13).
Schartz finished third in an S* speed class over 1.40 m with Teepee d’Alêne (57.42), just ahead of Diane Kettmann on Armiteus (58.18). The class was won by Robby Krowoza (Starbucks, 56.15) ahead of Steffen Hauter (Power Light’s Passion, 57.34). In the concluding S** class over 1.45 m two FLSE riders were among the placings: Marcel Ewen and Impatient Marblesien were sixth (39.28) and were the only ones among them to qualify for the jump-off; Ewen on Uzi finished twelfth with one fence down, and Kettmann on First Vleut had two rails down in 20th place.
Dressage at Linslerhof
The dressage competition at Linslerhof in Überherrn, Saarland, began promisingly from a Luxembourg perspective: last Friday two FLSE riders reached the podium in an Inter II S*** dressage. Behind winner Anna Zeppke (Diogenes, 70.263%) Fie Christine Skarsoe (photo) was second on For Ferrero with a score of 69.386%. Diane Erpelding was third on Lorenzzo with 67.456%. In the following M** test another Luxembourger placed fifth: Nancy Colbett on Dublin Snug (66.562%).
German rider Sarah Scheuermann, licensed at Reitclub Meeschhaff, won the next day an A-level dressage horse test with Velipe (8.00) and was also joint fourth in the same competition with Serendipity (7.40). She then achieved a double victory in an L test for young horses: with 7.94 points she won again on Velipe and finished directly behind on Serendipity in second place (7.84).
The successful weekend for the FLSE continued on Saturday with two more Luxembourgers. Amélie Decruyenaere-Haupert won an L** dressage on Macciato with 8.20 points and was also joint fourth on Downtown-Abbey (7.40). She shared that fourth place with Lily Haas, who achieved the same score on Enjou.
Translated from German by AI and adjusted by Paul Krier.
