Hannover won the studbook ranking of five-year-olds at the WBFSH Studbooks Jumping Global Champions Trophy in Valkenswaard/NED.
At the premiere of the WBFSH Studbooks Jumping Global Champions Trophy in Valkenswaard/NED, Hannover’s five-year-olds won the studbook ranking ahead of Zangersheide and the Anglo European Studbook (AES). With the two fifth places in the competitions of five and seven year olds, Hannover was the most successful studbook from Germany.
Hannover’s trio in the five-year-old final included Diarello by Diamant de Semilly/Cascadello (breeder: Stefan Aust, Armstorf) with Tim-Uwe Hoffmann, Constable by Contendro/Diarado (breeder. Ilona Turowska, Sosnowica/POL) with Jaroslaw Skrzyczynski and DiCardo by Diacontinus/Chalet (breeder: Enno Köster, Loxstedt) with James William Passy, who had already impressed in the qualifications with clear rounds.
In the final of the seven-year-olds only one rider delivered a clear round. With the fastest four-fault round, Baloula FRH by Balou du Rouet/Dollar du Murier (breeder: Hans-Heinrich Philipps, Wunstorf) and Dieter Smitz took an excellent third place. In the studbook ranking Hannover came fifth, the KWPN was the winner. Besides Baloula FRH, Valantus by Van Halen Z/Adlantus As (breeder: Henning Müller-Rulfs, Ritterhude) with Amelie Ottens and Comilkora by Comme il faut NRW/Cassin II (breeder: Klaus Brandes, Asendorf) with Jordi Sander represented Hannover’s colours in the decisive round.
Hannover also finished fifth in the six-year-old class. The best Hannoveraner horse was Diabolo by Don Diarado/Grey Top (breeder: Eduard Voss, Eydelstedt) with Dieter Smitz with the fastest four-fault round in fifth place. The two had won the first qualification with a lead of more than one second. It’s Mylord by I’m Special de Muze/Mylord Carthago (breeder: Frank Johannsen, Buxtehude) and Thies Johannsen as well as Lubago by Lord Pezi Junior/Satisfaction (breeder: ZG Luttmann, Klein Heins) and Amelie Ottens completed the team. The classification of the ten studbooks was won by the Belgian BWP.
Eight-year-old Hannoveraner horses did not compete in Valkenswaard.
