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Sabina
Illbruck Interview |
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At
the Munich International Horse Show, we got the
chance to sit down with Sabina Illbruck, whose son
Marco competed in the EYCup this weekend. Sabina has
been active in equestrian sponsorship for quite some
time and she is one of the co-sponsors of the "Prize
of the Future" series for riders under the age of
25. "There are many common points between the EYCup
and the Prize of the Future Series," says Illbruck.
"Both aim at giving riders under the age of 25 a
chance to compete at international events of renown.
The first competition of the EYCup series also
counts as the preliminary jumping competition of the
Prize of the Future, which is why some of the
participating riders also overlap."
Also, both Rudolf Hindelang and Sabina Illbruck both
sponsor the Prize of the Future series, in
Hindelang's case in addition to the EY Cup series,
in Illbruck's case in addition to the international
showjumping Team Sabina Illbruck, which includes
Lutz Gripshöver and the much-talked-about black
Westphalian mare Perina. "I consider it very
important to give our young riders a chance to
slowly prepare themselves for the international
circuit," says Illbruck. "one must not forget that,
after age 21, when they are out of the Young Riders,
they are suddenly expected to compete on the senior
circuit. But this is a complete change of scenery
for them. There is no or only minimal television
coverage of the young riders series, and so, with
the U25 series, we give them a chance to compete at
high profile events, establish a name for themselves
and thus also attract the attention of potential
sponsors." |
Sabina Illbruck (right)
with trainer of her son Marco |
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Matthias Weber wins on Blue Eye |
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Saturday
afternoon, Matthias Weber and Blue Eye won the U25 S*
star jumping competition when he rode the 11 year old
Holstein gelding through a clear jump-off, being the
only rider to do so. Tobias Meyer and Tamira were also
back in form and placed 2nd today, before Mynou
Diederichsmeyer who rode Kleopatra to 3rd place. The
riders had better luck with the weather today, finding
excellent conditions during what turned into a sunny and
pleasant day.
The
riders today negotiated a sophisticated but fair course,
of which the greatest difficulty being the blue oxer of
considerable depth.
Later, in the VIP tent, there was a pleasant surprise
for Rudolf Hindelang, who initiated the series.
"Professional Sportsline" CEO Stefan Bensch, whose
company offers equestrian yard equipment to the
discerning rider, was honored with a sponsorship himself
this time. "I am so impressed with Hindelang's special
effort that he has put into making these wonderful
opportunities available to young riders wanting to go to
the top of our sport, that I wanted to give something
back to him. So I have decided to equip his entire yard
with our exclusive new box stall signs." Rudolf
Hindelang was pleased, and daughter Carina, accepting
the prize on behalf of her father as the active rider in
the family, selected the suitable stall signs from
Bensch's extensive range.
Results, 03.05.2008
Gallery
of 3rd May - Preis der Zukunft |
Matthias Weber
Carina Hindelang accepts the
honors on behalf of her father |
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Michael
Kölz winner of the EYCup qualification 1,45m |
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Michael Kölz
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Riding with
care, Michael Kölz today won the 1.45
S** qualifier with Lewinski. It was all
tactics, really. In the first round,
Koelz had decided to go not for speed
but for clear. The course consisted of
13 obstacles and 16 jumps, which
included a triple and a double. Between
jumps 8 and 9, from vertical to oxer,
the riders had to negotiate the course
between two tree islands on a hill.
Either a straight, but riskier, or a
curved but slower line, could be ridden.
Kölz took the curved line, came through
with a clear as planned, but with a 2
point time penalty. These two points he
then took through to the jump-off and
got lucky: all the riders who went clear
in the first round, riding for full risk
and maximum speed once more, had one
down in the jump off, leading Kölz to
victory before Matthias Weber (Blue Eye
- 2nd place) and Andreas Rösch (3rd
place, Cliquot).
Results, 1,45m
Gallery
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4th Mai |
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Nicoletta
Stein leaves the men in her dust
(CSI JY-A/CSI U25 1.40m) |
Nicoletta Stein
Nicoletta Stein in
jump-off
Mr. Afflerbach awarded |
Nicoletta Stein won the 1.40 competition today,
having gone in as the first rider. She set the
amazingly fast time of 38.61 seconds with Lando,
which proved impossible to beat for the riders that
followed. (Picture 1, 2) A total of 15 riders had
made it through to the jump-off. but only 3 of them
finally went clear. Aside from Stein, they were
2nd-placed Michael Koelz (40.08 sec, riding Lord)
and Slovakian rider Tomas Kuchar, who rode Cento to
3rd place with a time of 43.42 seconds. Tobias
Meyer, who had won the highest ranked class of the
day, the 1.45 m, earlier that afternoon with Beauty
Belle van't Roosakker against stiff competition from
riders like Katharina Offel and Lutz Gripshöver, had
bad luck for a change. Tamara had one down in the
jump-off, and the pair placed 4th overall.
Patrick Afflerbach, on the other hand, had reason to
be proud - of his family! While he failed to make it
through to the jump-off, his father was honored just
before the final prizegiving. The Sr. Afflerbach
runs the Koenigsbrunn horseshow, which was
officially awarded the title of Best Show of 2007
(Picture 3), a prize that had previously gone to the
Thann Horse Sports Festival (www.reitsportfestival.eu).
Further Results S*, 1,40m
Gallery
of 2nd May |
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Tobias
Meyer today won the preliminary qualifier |
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EYCup Qualifier at the 2008 Munich International Horse Show
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In only two days,
the prestigious Munich International Horse Show kicks off in
Munich-Riem, and this time it is it's 25th anniversary, with
plenty of interesting celebrations and much to see. Part of this
important event is also the EY Cup, which enters a new
qualifying round. Among our riders, we will see such well-known
faces like Lawrence Greene, Hendrik Gravemeier or Jörne and Jan
Sprehe as well as Pascal Brunner who rides for Switzerland. But
also some of the smaller nations will be competing at Munich:
Croatian rider Janka Krasovec, for instance, will be there, or
the Luxembourg amazon Viktoria Häussler. The special prizes for
the 1.40 class on Friday and the 1.45 class on Sunday, as always,
come from the Thomas Sabo company for ranks 1-5. For this, we
extend our heartfelt thank yous! If you see our riders walking
around the show grounds, incidentally, there is plenty of reason
to congratulate - for numerous of our riders were nominated for
the "Prize of the Best" at Warendorf. These are: Oliver Berger
and Lex Loxley, Simone Blum and Kasandro, Michael Eichler and
Bugatti, Maximilian Lill and Zorika, Wolfgang Puschak and
Massimo de Flore, Maximilian Weishaupt and Celebration,
Nicoletta Stein with two horses to be announced, Max Schmid with
two horses to be announced, Kim Kniha and Kristian Kniha.
The special
prizes for places 1 to 5 are beeing sponsored by Thomas Sabo
GmbH
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1,40m |
S**,
1,45m |
Sponsor |
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Starter lists for the Pferd International 2008
(EYCup riders marked)
Results Munich International Horse Show
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