– A course designer who is among the best in the world, dressage and jumping competitions up to M * level, a family atmosphere and an emotional climax with debutants – those were the equestrian days in Bad Windsheim.
Paula Schwab, Lara Schorr and Elina Knoblich are beaming like one another, while “Toni”, Wildfang and “Schnucki” carefully but dynamically switch from step to trot. “Our little ones present themselves” was the title of an atmospheric insert that played its part in making the Bad Windsheimer Reitertage a three-day tournament of special features. Other factors: 422 starts, a lot of ribbons for the local riding club, a moving speech for the honorary chairman, a course building legend that Bad Windsheim inserted between New York and Mexico, the “nice, family atmosphere”, as judge Anne Haag summed it up. and visibly close connections between riders and their horses.
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Trotting, waving, praising and all of that with good posture and body tension in the saddle. “You are doing it really well”, Anna Haag exclaimed enthusiastically to the three Windsheimers at the lead reins competition with large horse-like rides on Sunday lunchtime. “It is important to facilitate the start, to convey fun with the animal, but also responsibility and togetherness.”
“Very good conditions”
Emotionally, the insert was probably one of the highlights of the October Riding Days, to which several hundred spectators came over the weekend. “It’s nice that such a tournament is offered in rural areas,” praised Haag, who, as she said, has already ridden in the Großer Boden herself. “The conditions are very good for horses and riders.”
Waving for the audience: Lara Schorr with Wildfang and Tatjana Herbst
In any case, the course designer is exceptional: Werner Deeg is responsible for selecting the obstacles at top international tournaments of the world’s best. But there is no trace of air in the spa town. “I feel honored to be able to come to Windsheim every year,” said Werner Deeg. “I love the infrastructure here, the ground is great,” praised the expert, who has been friends with the Poschner family, who are very active in the riding club, “for what feels like 500 years.” By the way, Deeg is flying to Mexico for the next tournament today. For him, Windsheim is “back to the roots” and the only tournament he is “building” in Germany this year. Deeg: “It’s nice to see what is being done at the grassroots level.” He described the level at the weekend as “surprisingly good”.
Golden ribbon for Valentina Poschner
Grand Prix winner Stefanie Fraunholz (horse friends Dinkelsbühl) with Coleen in the flawless winning round.
Riders of the home club have shown remarkable achievements: Valentina Poschner and Kumatillo won the golden ribbon at the jumping horse test of the highest class M * in Bad Windsheim, fourth place in the jumping horse test L and eighth in the jumping test L. On horse Fifty Five was for Poschner was still fifth in the jumping horse class A *, ten in the point jumping A ** and fifth in the style jumping class A *. “It’s something special to ride here. Everyone knows me, everyone is watching, “said Poschner, who said of her horse Kumatillo in the M * jumping horse victory:” In the combination she saved me. “
Isabell Poschner (RFV Bad Windsheim) with A beautiful Mind when praising after the M * dressage, in which she was placed seventh.
Michelle Lungrin with Caltano and Katharina Schmidt with Anorah also took first place in the step-trot equestrian competition, in which Hanna Thauer and Goldi came third in the other division. Sophia Rabenstein and Lara Croft were eager, they secured the silver ribbon in the A ** jumping competition, were 14th in the A ** jumping competition, 18th in the L jumping competition and 22nd in the L jumping competition. Luna Schorr also received silver with a tomboy in the show jumping competition, she also placed eighth in the style jumping competition and was 11th in the standard jumping competition. Anne Schuster was also able to place herself with Fifty Five in the dressage competition, where Jule Wiesinger landed on position 16 with Wildfang. The M * jumping competition on Saturday was won by Jana Scheiderer (RV Arberg) with Nepton.
Valentina Poschner (RFV Bad Windsheim) with Kumatillo won the golden ribbon at the M * sprint horse test
As reported, Friday was all about dressage, there were further tests in the hall on Saturday. Isabell Poschner, who made it into the placement with her horse called “Schnucki”, A beautiful mind, was responsible for the greatest success. The specialty: “Schnucki” was almost a pure jumper until two years ago. “We haven’t been to the dressage that often, especially not at this level,” said Isabell Poschner. She was “very satisfied” with seventh place and a score of 6.7, but saw room for improvement in trot reinforcement and right traversals. Local hero Petra Horbaschk had to cancel her start in M * dressage at short notice, the winner was Christoph Schönherr with Quuno (RSG Weiden) with a score of 7.6.
A double zero at the Grand Prix
Things got emotional on the course before the Grand Prix, an M * competition with a winning round, titled as the Alois Zimmermann Memorial Jumping, as the club leaders around Sven Finnberg, Monika Rabenstein and Laura Beck with honorary chairman Günter Poschner said they were “probably the biggest supporter of the riding club “Thought. Then it got exciting again in the course created by Werner Deeg without Bad Windsheimer participation. The equestrian legend enjoyed a wheat beer and the Poschners on a spectator bench. Talking shop is also an important feature of a horse show.
Peter Poschner, who was the course designer with Deeg, had decided on his favorite before the winning round. But one rod fell – four penalty points. “You see, you have no idea,” teased Werner Deeg with a laugh. “Stefanie Fraunholz makes double zero” – the man from the top of the world was to be proved right and the rider from the horse friends Dinkelsbühl-Lohe with Coleen radiantly won the special overnight award from the Hotel Pyramide and the golden ribbon.
