The German Equestrian Federation has picked the team that will represent Germany at the 2015 CDIO Rotterdam Nations Cup held annually at the Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This year's edition takes place on 18 - 21 June 2015.
The Rotterdam Nations' Cup will be the third leg of seven instalments of the FEI Nations' Cup series, which is now in its third pilot year.
Germany will be sending a team of relatively "young" Grand Prix riders as well as a German professional who is clearly climbing the ladder and capturing the attention of the German selectors.
Youngsters and new comers Sönke Rothenberger (20) and Kathleen Keller (25) will be chaperoned and supported by the most seasoned German rider on the team, Bernadette Brune. The Monaco based rider recently achieved two personal best score on her Oldenburg licensed stallion Spirit of the Age OLD at the CDI Wiesbaden, where she got 70.740% in the Grand Prix and 71.350% in the Special.
Another newbie representing Germany for the very first time in his professional career at Grand Prix level is 29-year old Steffen Frahm. He will be making his CDI come back aboard Doug and Louise Leatherdale's Hanoverian stallion Damsey (by Dressage Royal). The duo did its first internationals in 2013 at Wiesbaden, Rotterdam and Lingen, but then the dark bay stallion got injured. Their CDI come back is now two years later.
Photo © Astrid Appels
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