By Jean Llewellyn (press release)
Photography: © Hannoveraner Verband
It was a sensational year for the Hannoveraner Verband during the annual Bundeschampionat in Warendorf, with no fewer than nine Bundeschampions, five vice-champions and four third-place finishes.
With these phenomenal results, the 2024 Bundeschampionate in Warendorf became a veritable Hannoveraner festival.
Riding horses
The first Bundeschampion of the weekend was a Hannoveraner, when La Vie x De Kooning daughter Hann.Pr.A. London Eye (breeder: Kathrin Wassmann, Badbergen) beat off the competition in the class of four-year-old mares and geldings. She was brilliantly presented by Hermann Burger.
Victory in the class for four-year-old stallions also went to Hannover: The Libertad x Destano son Lindenberg (breeder: ZG Maack, Hamburg) as Jacob Schenk left the competition in their wake. In the impressive final of the three-year-old mares and geldings, Hann.Pr.A. Senorita La Bonita by Sir Heinrich x Westernhagen (breeder: Axel Windeler, Verden-Walle), who received the dream score of 10 twice, became Bundeschampionesse ahead of Boccaccio by Bonds x Dancier (breeder: Hans-Jürgen Hollmann, Geveshausen) with Danica Duen in the saddle.
The final decision in the riding horse classes was that of the three-year-old stallions. As in the qualifier, the Majestic Taonga x Desperados son Majestic Day (breeder: Anna Genfors, Förslöw/SWE) and Hermann Burger placed third.
Dressage horses
Greta Heemsoth celebrated a Hannoveraner double victory in the five-year-old dressage horse class. She won with the Fürst Samarant x Riverside daughter Hann.Pr.St. Felice (breeder: Rene Janzen, Wischhafen), with whom she had already won the qualifier, finishing second with the privately owned stallion Endorphin by Escolar x Don Nobless (breeder: Ingo Pape, Hemmoor). This was a sensational success for Ingo Pape, who owns both horses... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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