Rostropowitsch at the Ankum Dressage Tournament
(Ankum) The name stands for virtuosity: Rostropowitsch. And while one Rostropowitsch carved out an incomparable career on the cello, his namesake is busy achieving great things in the Dressage arena. Rostropowitsch in Ankum - this is the nine year-old dark brown Westphalian stallion by Rockwell that Christoph Koschel (Hagen a.T.W.) rode into first place in the Intermediaire II Dressage Test at the Ankum Dressage Tournament.
Koschel won the test with 68.24 percent and was able to bring great joy to the horse's owner, since the stallion belongs to Koschel's mother and has already made it to the final of the TESCH Inkasso Cup - Young Horse Grand Prix (FN) this season. Also achieving success in that event was runner-up Darjeeling (66.84), offspring of De Niro, with rider Stephan Köberle (Freiburg). In third place came Westphalian stallion Wish Wonders (66.75) with his trainer Bianca Kasselmann (Hagen a.T.W.).
This weekend, just as on the previous weekend, the guard of young horses took centre stage at the opening of the event. And it is clear that those who have visited the Ankum Dressage weekends once before are keen to come again. This goes not only for Christoph Koschel, but also for Belgian Johan Zagers, for Köberle (travelling all the way from Freiburg) and for Michael Klimke (Münster).
In the M**-class Dressage test Sandra Walther (Iserlohn) claimed first place with Urban Legend (69.42), leaving young rider Charlotte Dassler (Bockhorn) in second place with William (68.76). The week before, Dassler had won a whole host of events at the ADC Tournament. Third place went to Friederike Rehkamp (Gehrde) and Wonderland (67.33).
Admission to the Ankum Dressage Tournament is free. Visitors are most welcome. Information, schedules, and starting and results lists are available at www.psi-events.de