Pratoni del Vivaro: World Championship rehearsal fluffed
Pratoni del Vivaro/ITA (fn-press). Ingrid Klimke took second place at the international four-star test event in Pratoni del Vivaro/Italy with Equistros Siena just do it. With a final result of 27.9 minus points, she only had to give way to the Swiss Robin Godel with Grandeur de Lully CH (26.4).
However, Klimke's joy about the good performance of her mare was not undiminished, because the two-time individual European champion and team Olympic champion had to abandon the cross-country ride with her long-standing championship partner SAP Hale Bob OLD due to injury on Saturday. After the dressage, the two were still in second place, in the cross-country the gelding then injured a tendon after a good first half on the open course. "I noticed immediately that something was wrong and immediately stopped the test," said his rider. "Fortunately, Bobby is with our team vet Dr. Matthias Niederhofer is in the best of hands and will now be looked after and spoiled by us.”
Her elimination also had consequences for the German team, which was still leading the Nations Cup after dressage by some distance. Because Anna Siemer (Siemer) also dropped out in the cross-country after she had to leave the saddle of her mare FRH Butts Avondale involuntarily at obstacle seven. And on Sunday morning Andreas Dibowski (Döhle) with FRH Corrida did not compete in the show jumping, so that only Sophie Leube (Hamm) with Jadore Moi remained in the ranking of the four German team riders (41.4 minus points/20th place).
“It just wasn't our weekend here. It's a shame, but strength comes from defeat," said national coach Peter Thomsen. "And there's still some time until the World Championships."
