The dressage trials, first tests of the equestrian triathlon, began the LOTTO Strzegom Horse Trials eventing competition.
In today’s first part of the dressage of the CCIO4*-S, the Nations Cup, we only saw the individuals. The best score belongs to Belgium’s Maarten Boon aboard Gravin van Cantos – 32,1. On Friday, the team riders will take the arena stage. As many as 9 squads are competing this year – including the USA, for the first time at the event. And the stakes are high – a win in the FEI Nations Cup series is a chance for a team to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the most demanding class – the 4*-L, the leader is Germany’s Michael Jung with Kilcandra Ocean Power – 31,5. In the 3*L, Dutch rider Janneke Boonzaaijer sits on top of the leaderboard with Coffee Ijs – 29,2. In the 3* class for Young Riders, the best score is that of Henna Friederike Grüllich (GER) with Elton VDR – 33,2. Bulgarian Viktoria Dimitrova leads the 2*L with Ibera Pomes – 29,6.
Germany’s Ben Leuwer riding Balou’s Mascot M is the leader of the 1*-Intro with 28,6, and in the pony CCIP2*-S the best dressage score belongs to Sina Brügger with Next Generation – 28,4.
280 horse-and-rider combinations representing 24 countries from all over the world compete in ten international competitions over four days at the arenas in Morawa.
Photo by Leszek Wójcik
