Western Competition Recap From Overseas in Germany

2015 NRHA Germany Easter Show:

Grischa Ludwig did it again. Just like at last year‘s Easter Show, he once more managed to win the CRI*** in the senior division. He scored a 220.5 aboard the 7-year-old AQHA stallion Sharp Dressed Shiner for owner La Mesa Ranch. Austrian Klaus Lechner and Julia Gaupmann‘s Cody Rooster Delmaso placed second scoring a 219.5.

“I’m so happy,“ Grischa said afterwards. “This is a world class horse, and I wanted so much to win this class, as it was the first CRI where they awarded Kay Wienrich’s new CRI Bronze Trophy. It is the most beautiful trophy in reining at the moment.”

Sharp Dressed Shiner might be a great horse for the FEI European Championships. The beautiful palomino is by Shining Spark out of Smartly Dressed and has got more than $17,000 NRHA LTE so far. Altogether, Grischa had three fine horses in this CRI placing fifth with Shine My Gun and 12th with Ruf Footwork.

For Klaus Lechner, it was a fine start into the season as well as he was one of the youngest riders of this division. 23-year-old Klaus started his reining career as a youth exhibitor (he was part of the Austrian team for the FEI EC Young Riders in 2011). Two years ago, he was Austrian RHA Futurity Champion Level 1 – aboard his now 10-year-old AQHA stallion Cody Rooster Delmaso (Ricochet Rooster x Made Of Lacy)

All Results CRI*** Seniors

1 242 Ludwig, Grischa SHARP DRESSED SHINER Performance Horses LLC, La Mesa 220,5 600,00 €

2 185 Lechner, Klaus CODY ROOSTER DELMASO Gaupmann, Julia 219,5 500,00 €

3 360 Klein, Verena OLENA JOE CODY Klein, Verena 217,5 320,00 €

4 324 Schmitt, Volker HICKORY VINTAGE Klucsarits, Claudia 217,0 240,00 €

5 241 Ludwig, Grischa SHINE MY GUN Madaus, Stephanie 216,5 200,00 €

6 313 Stein, Oliver TIMBERS WHIZZER Wilting, Norbert 216,0 140,00 €

7 204 Dörr, Mona THE SHIZ NIC Scholtes, Yves 215,0 0,00 €

7 115 Rohde, Stephan SMARTY DIAMOND Völkel, Katharina 215,0 0,00 €

7 186 Lechner, Klaus KH HES A SMART JAC Lechner, Franz 215,0 0,00 €

10 202 Dörr, Mona SNIPS MASTERMIND Bellemann, Clemens u. Cora 213,0 0,00 €

11 224 Lisec, Anna WHIZABLE Lisec, Sabine 211,5 0,00 €

12 175 Schmitt, Volker SMOKIN MIFILLENA Lubas, Sonja 211,0 0,00 €

12 240 Ludwig, Grischa RUF FOOTWORK van Hooft, Paul 211,0 0,00 €

12 201 Breug, Steffen QUOTACROME Zinsli, Christian-Peter 211,0 0,00 €

15 225 Lisec, Anna GOLDEN JAC THE BOSS Klipfel Chuck, Lisec Sabine & 210,0 0,00 €

16 351 Klein, Verena THE LADYS REVOLUTION Beckmann, Simone 207,0 0,00 €

17 312 Stein, Oliver LIL WANDA Stein, Silke 198,0 0,00 €

18 278 Tardrup, Charlotte MAGNUM LICORICE CHIC Tardrup, Charlotte 0,0 0,00 €

The winner in the Young Riders Category was Fabienne Kramer and her Dual Tuck Tari who scored a 215 in a field of five riders. Jennifer Luhmer and Peppys Lil Dreamer placed second scoring a 210.5 with Nicole Hubner and Hollywood Step following on third place (207).

It was a great start into the 2015 season for 21-year-old Fabienne Kramer, for whom it is her last year as a Young Rider. Fabienne is a multiple German Champion and Reserve Champion and claimed two gold medals at the AQHA Youth World Cup.

All Results Young Riders

1 277 Krämer, Fabienne DUAL TUCK TARI Krämer, Fabienne 215,0

2 226 Luhmer, Jennifer PEPPYS LIL DREAMER Luhmer, Jennifer 210,5

3 348 Hübner, Nicole HOLLYWOOD STEP Linden, Diana 207,0

4 265 Zschau, Franziska POCO RUF PEPPY Chanay Sky Management SA, 204,5

5 279 Beenhakker, Jody OAKLYNN BANJO Beenhakker, Jody 188,5

Lena-Marie Maas wins CRI*** Juniors

In the CRI*** Junior Category, the winner was Lena-Maria Maas who scored a 218 aboard her MR Stun Gun. Gina Maria and Sparkin Tinsel placed second scoring a 215.5. Altogether, there were eleven entries from Germany in this class.

All results Junior Riders

1 164 Maas, Lena-Marie MR STUN GUN Maas, Kathrin 218,0

2 264 Maria, Gina SPARKIN TINSEL Schumacher, Corinna 215,5

3 259 Wagner, Shawn HOLLYS ELECTRICSPARK Wagner, Christian + Rosie 212,0

4 183 Behringer, Jakob RASCAL SENSATION Behringer, Jakob 210,5

5 138 Kalk, Daniel SHEZA CUSTOM CROME Kalk, Hartmut 209,0

6 263 Kuttenreich, Lena DESDEMONA Kuttenreich, Werner und Lydia 200,5

7 113 Stuiber, Celina KALIZ GOLDEN RUGGED Stuiber-Kranzinger, Christine 199,5

8 195 Engel, Vanessa BIG TIME BUSINESS Engel, Thomas 189,5

9 196 Engel, Franziska KD WHIZOFFTHEFUTURE Engel, Thomas 189,0

10 235 Heil, Johannes FR GUNNER B SISI Heil, Karl 0,0

10 266 Mühr, Winifred PLR SILVER JAC Mühr, Astrid 0,0

2015 NRHA Germany Easter Show – More Entries Than Last Year

With more than 800 entries, the NRHA Germany Easter show was even more successful than last year. With Jackpot classes with more than 100 entries and Novice Horse classes with almost 80 entries, it was the perfect start of the 2015 show season. Open and Non Pro Riders from all over Europe used the chance of testing their horses for the new season. The highlights of this event were the Bronze Trophys and the CRI*** – qualifier for the FEI European Championships.

Alexander Ripper and Revolutionary Affair claim NRHA approved Easter Trophy Open

What a fine start for multiple FEI European Champion Alexander Ripper. With Jurgen Maibaum’s Revolutionary Affair (Einsteins Revolution x Coronas Affair) he claimed the first Bronze Trophy of the year in Germany, the NRHA approved Easter Trophy Open scoring a 143.5. Volker Schmitt and JSE Gunsnroses (owner Alexandra Melchert) followed closely on second place (143). It was not the first Bronze Trophy Alex Ripper and Revolutionary Affair who also won the 2014 Swiss Derby.