The gold medal winning Dutch team: Antoinette te Riele, Suzanne van de Ven, Maria van den Dungen, Dana van Lierop, and chef d'equpe Tineke Bartels
Photo © Astrid Appels

Dutch Team Breaks Germany's Golden Subscription at 2010 European Pony Championships

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:32

2010 European Pony Championships

A pony dressage team has, for the first time in 20 years, broken Germany's golden team medal subscription at a European Pony Championships. The Dutch pony team, consisting of Dana van Lierop, Antoinette te Riele, Maria van den Dungen and Suzanne van de Ven, won team gold with a score average of 73.741%. They beat Germany by a fraction of points (73.000%) while Denmark got the bronze with 68.741%.

Le Rouge and Offspring Excel at 2010 International Trakehner Championship

28/07/2010

2010 International Trakehner Championships

The International Trakehner Bundesturnier is a happening of a special kind. Trakehner horses from all over Europe come together for 4 days and compete in dressage and show jumping up to S levels,...

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Nathalie Zu Saeyn-Wittgenstein Gives Birth to Baby Boy

26/07/2010

Danish Dressage News

Danish Olympian Princess Nathalie Zu Saeyn-Wittgenstein gave birth to a son on Saturday 24 July 2010. The baby was born at 18.33h and has been named Konstantin.

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American Grand Prix Horses Kingston and Schumacker Undergo Colic Surgery

26/07/2010

American Dressage News

Sadly, it's been a week of colic attacks. In the United States two internationally well known Grand Prix horses were operated on for colic: Leslie Morse's Kingston and Melissa Taylor's Schumacker...

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2010 General Assembly and Reception of European State Stud Association

26/07/2010

Breeding News

In June the European state studs’ directors met at the Principal and Federal Stud Neustadt/Dosse (Germany) for their annual general assembly.

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Riccardo Sanavio's Usson van Essene Euthanized

26/07/2010

Italian Dressage News

The 2010 European Junior and Young Riders Championships started with a tragedy as Italian Young rider Riccardo Sanavio had to have his mount Usson van Essene euthanized after the horse broke its...

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From Kronberg to Bishop Burton, a World of Difference

28/07/2010

2010 European Pony Championships

It's 22.56 PM now (CET) and I'm sitting at the Ramada Jarvis in Willerby, the official show hotel for the 2010 European Pony Championships in Bishop Burton, UK. It's Wednesday evening and I traveled to England with Belgian professional equestrian photographer Dirk Caremans to cover the Pony Championships.

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Dutch Team In the Lead After First Round at 2010 European Pony Championships

28/07/2010

2010 European Pony Championships

The Dutch dressage pony team is currently in the lead after the first day of the team competition at the 2010 European Pony Championships hosted at Bishop Burton College near Hull, Great Britain, on 28 July 2010.

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Lutkemeier Ends Young Riders' Career with Triple Gold

27/07/2010

2010 European Junior and Young Riders Championships

Twenty-year old Fabienne Lütkemeier has ended her young riders' career with triple gold at the 2010 European Young Riders Championships hosted at Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff's gorgeous Schafhof in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. On Sunday afternoon the venue got packed with people and all stands were full to the brim. Spectators had be rounded up in chained pens to keep them from stampeding the place.

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Schurmann Waiting to Exhale Before Winning the Individual Test Gold Medal

27/07/2010

2010 European Junior and Young Riders Championships

"I knew Cathrine and Danielle are very good very so I was nervous," admitted the 17-year old German junior Charlott Maria Schürmann at the press conference, when she was asked if she was certain of her first place after her ride.

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Latest Scores

Scores: 2010 European Pony Championships

28/07/2010

2010 European Pony Championships - Bishop Burton (GBR) - 28 July - 1 August 2010

Scores: 2010 CDI Strassen

Scores: 2010 U.S. Young Dressage Horse Championships

Scores: 2010 European Junior and Young Riders Championships

Scores: 2010 CDI Hartpury

Editorial

Claartje's Claim: Controversy The Netherlands-Germany Rekindled in Aachen

22/07/2010

Opinions

(Guest columnist of the week is Claartje van Andel, editor-in-chief of Dutch equestrian website Dressagedirect.com) The vehement dressage relation between The Netherlands and Germany has been rekindled in Aachen.

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