Victor Bettendorf not competing in Aachen, Wagner Ehlinger and Bäcker will
Fifteen-year-old dressage rider Téo Rouyr participated in the European Pony Championships in Le Mans, France, over the weekend of the end of the month and reached the final. Riding the eleven-year-old Westphalian gelding D’Ultimo, his performance in the team competition didn’t initially go as planned (23rd place, 67.172%), but in the individual competition, Rouyr achieved 69.270%, placing 14th and qualifying for the next round.
The winner of the individual test, Leni-Sophie Gosmann from Germany, scored 75.567 percent with Diamantini. In the freestyle, Rouyr and d’Ultimo even managed to finish on the 13th place with 71.570 percent, while the winner, Filippa Jaeger Jensen and Sir Sansibar, achieved 79.960 percent. Another pair from the Grand Duchy was also represented in Le Mans: Charlie von Roesgen and Nightley’s Naidoo (65.946% and 64.946%, respectively).
Wagner Ehlinger: “I’ll try to ride a good round”
Top show jumper Victor Bettendorf has decided not to participate in the World Championships in Aachen from August 11th to 23rd. “I currently have a horse that would be suitable, Gibbs un Prince, but it’s too early for him, as he’s a very sensitive animal and I probably wouldn’t be doing him any favors by participating,” said the world number 44 in a brief telephone conversation.
In dressage, Nicolas Wagner Ehlinger, who achieved an excellent 18th place at the 2025 European Championships in Crozet, will be competing. Wagner Ehlinger qualified with his well-known horse “Quater Back Junior” and will enter the dressage arena on August 11th or 12th. The exact starting order will be drawn after the vet check. “I’ll try to get the best possible result,” said Wagner Ehlinger. “I’m taking him (Quater Back Junior) to Aachen with the necessary care, as he’s getting on in years. I’ll try to ride a good round there.”
A Luxembourgish vaulter will also be competing: Philip Bäcker has qualified for the World Championships and will represent Luxembourg and the FLSE on Thursday, August 13th in the west of Germany. He has entered the horses Ballantines and Figo.
Translated from German by AI and adjusted by Paul Krier. Original article will also be published in the “Lëtzebuerger Bauer” weekly newspaper.