Good results from Charlie von Roesgen, Téo Rouyr and Philip Bäcker
After his remarkable success in Windsor, Victor Bettendorf competed in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera on the last weekend of May. He recorded four top-10 placings there, including a victory. Riding the thirteen-year-old gelding Doha de Riverland, the 36-year-old finished the qualifier for the Grand Prix of the “Big Tour” over 1.45 m in fifth place, clear and among well over sixty rivals. On the same day, 28 May, the Luxembourger also finished an 1.40 m class in eighth with Extasia Bella By Classic.
Over the same height Bettendorf finished sixth the following day with the only eight-year-old mare Tajmahal Du Houlbec. In the second qualifier for the CSI2* Grand Prix the current world No. 55 produced his best result on the Côte d’Azur: with Extasia Bella By Classic, a nine-year-old mare, he won in a time of 63.76 seconds, narrowly ahead of the Frenchmen Jean Luc Mourier on New Libero One d’Asschaut (64.18) and Marlon Trosset with Dadja de Moricerie (67.12). Bettendorf will remain in southern France next, competing in the Global Champions Tour leg in Cannes, entered with Doha de Riverland and Gibbs un Prince.
In Lier: Luxembourgers with good results
Earlier in May a few more Luxembourg equestrian sportspeople posted good results at different competitions and disciplines in Lier, Belgium. Vaulter Philip Bäcker competed in a six-person team representing Germany, performing on the Holsteiner Dinquero, and earning a score of 6.235 in a CVI 2*-SS2 competition, which was enough for third place. He scored 6.948 points in an individual competition at CVI3*-ISM3 level. The Hanoverian Ballantines was lunged by Alexandra Dietrich.
A few weeks later the young Luxembourg dressage riders Téo Rouyr and Charlie von Roesgen were in Lier, too, for several international pony competitions. Their results were impressive. Von Roesgen finished the team competition on Nightley’s Naidoo in sixth with 67.333 percent, Rouyr on D’Ultimo landed just behind in ninth with 66.476 percent. In the individual class the next day Von Roesgen–Naidoo placed eighth (66.482%) and Rouyr–D’Ultimo ninth (66.306%). The best Luxembourgian result came on 23 May in Lier, when Téo Rouyr on the mentioned D’Ultimo was not only fourth in the freestyle but also posted a strong score of 73.892 percent. Von Roesgen finished the freestyle eighth with 70.892 percent.
Translated from German by AI and adjusted by Paul Krier. Original article also to be published in the “Lëtzebuerger Bauer” weekly newspaper.