Fifth Avenue and Sandokan Win 2018 Lübeck Bundeschampionate Qualifier

Sun, 06/03/2018 - 21:00
2018 Bundeschampionate Qualifier
Libuse Mencke and Sandokan at the 2018 CDN Lübeck

The 5-year old Fifth Avenue and the 6-year old Sandokan were the winners of the Bundeschampionate qualification classes held at the regional show in Lübeck, Germany, on Friday 25 May 2018. 

The 5-year olds competed in the L-level dressage horse test, judfed by Friedrich Lueken, Britta Bando and Heidi Dörler. Only seven combinations contested the class, which was won by Christin Hilger on the Hanoverian mare Fifth Avenue (by For Compliment x Lord Loxley). The pair scored 8 for walk, 8.5 for trot and canter, 8 for submission and 8.5 for general impression to total 8.3 points. Sonja Marie Ellerbrock and the Holsteiner gelding Zhaviero (by Zhivago x Aljano) tied in second place on 7.5 with  Shereen Giese on Ines Augele's Spanish Sport Horse bred D'Artagnan (by Desperados x Ysero III). 

Judges Ursula Wolgast, Heidi Dörler and Friedrich Lueken assessed elevent 6-year old combinations in the M-level dressage horse class.  They put Czech rider Libuse Mencke on Jeacco van Pas' Mecklenburger bred Sandokan (by Surprice x Johnson) first with 8.3. The dark bay stallion got 9 for walk, 8 for trot, canter, submission and 8.5 for general impression. Two pairs tied in second place with 7.6 points: Shereen Giese on the Hanoverian bred Sir Sullivan (by Spörcken x Furst Heinrich) and Christin Hilger on the Westfalian Lord Fauntleroy (by Lord Loxley x Riccione).

Results - 2018 Bundeschampionate Qualifier - Lübeck

5-year olds

  • 1. Fifth Avenue (by For Compliment / Lord Loxley) - Hilger,Christin - 8.30
  • 2. Zhaviero (by Zhivago / Aljano ) - Ellerbrock,Sonja Marie - 7.50
  • 2. D`Artagnan (by Desperados / Ysero III) - Giese,Shereen - 7.50
  • 4. Lord Cristobal (by Lord Loxley I / Coriander) - Freund,Jana - 7.20
  • 5. Dornkönig (by Dramatiker / Dornfelder) - Mencke,Libuse - 7.10
  • 6. Double Surprise (by De Niro / Latimer) - Heuer,Kristina - 7.00
  • 7. Küstenjunge (by Elfado / Ivernel) - Bendfeldt,Kim­Elisabeth  -  6.60

6-year olds

  • 1. Sandokan (by Surprice / Johnson) -  Mencke,Libuse - 8.30
  • 2. Sir Sullivan (by Spörcken / Fürst Heinrich) -  Giese,Shereen - 7.60
  • 2. Lord Fauntleroy (by Lord Loxley I / Riccione) -   Hilger,Christin - 7.60
  • 4. Quiet Hero (by Quasar de Charry / Rotspon) -  Hümpel,Henrik - 7.50
  • 5. Rock Emotion (by Rock Forever I / Don Gregory) -  Hilger,Christin - 7.40
  • 6. Nearly Perfect (by Rheinklang / Tambour) -  Horst,Ken­Christian - 7.30
  • 7. Amaro T (by Ampere (NLD) / Fidermark) -  Svenson,Nadine - 7.10
  • 8. Feldgoldlütten (by Belissimo M / Quaterback) -  Denker,Ariane -  6.60
  • 9. Flow Feeling (by Fidertanz / Sergeant Pepper) -  Anselm,Christian - 6.20
  • 9. Hoheit (by Hampton / Wolkenstein II) -  Hertzberg,Julia von - 6.20
  • 11. Cesca Estella (by Catoo x Cor de la Bryere) - Fasch, Alexander - 6.0

Related Link
Eurodressage coverage of the 2018 Bundeschampionate