DressageHub | Grand Prix Debut Gold For Semmieke Rothenberger and Flanell At The European Dressage Championships! @DressageHub | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Semmieke Rothenberger (Flanell), Raphael Netz (Elastico), Ellen Richter (Vinay NRW) and Ann-Kathrin Lindner (FBW Sunfire) grabbed Team gold on Wednesday, pinning The Netherlands’ Devendra Dijkstra (Hero), Febe van Zwambagt (Edson), Jessica Poelman (Chocolate Cookie RDP) and Jasmien de Koeyer (Esperanza) into silver medal spot.
Sweden took the bronze when Nathalie Wahlund (Cerano Gold), Jennifer Lindvall (Midt West Casino), Elin Mattson (Beckham) and Lina Dolk (Languedoc) pipped Denmark for bronze by a narrow margin.
Germany’s Rothenberger and Netz and The Netherlands’ Poelman posted the three highest scores in the team competition and continued to be locked in battle for the individual and Freestyle titles over the last two days.
Rothenberger had to settle for silver in the Grand Prix, but today was her day to shine when taking Freestyle gold.
The piaffe work that had come off so nicely for Netz yesterday didn’t quite happen today, and the end result was a score of 81.210 while Rothenberger’s mare Flannell posted 81.955 for a brilliant performance.
This 22-year-old rider, who hails from a family steeped in the Dressage world, already has a lifetime of Championship experience, winning multiple titles over the last decade at Pony, Junior and Young Rider level and she is continuing in the same vein in U25.
"This has been such a perfect Championship, it’s super organised here and the Kasselmann family did an amazing job," said Semmieke Rothenberger (GER).
She says her sudden rise to stardom is all due to the lovely gelding Chocolate Cookie RDP which was previously competed by Dutch counterpart Dana van Lierop. Poelman’s trainer Lotje Schoots put the pair together and it’s clearly the perfect partnership.
“He is really nice and very easy to ride and I have a great connection with him. He is always very willing”, said the young rider who produced wonderful piaffe and passage from the 14-year-old gelding.
She only competed for fun until last year when she was invited to ride in an observation trial by Chef d’Equipe Monique Peutz. “We had winter training for riders and Jessica told me she had Chocolate Cookie and I said bring him along and it looked so nice. First she was thinking she’d start slowly but I said no, there’s an international competition in Exloo so just give it a try, and she did and she did very well - now she has one silver and two bronze European U25 medals!”, said the Dutch team manager.
From EuroDressage: eurodressage.com/2021/09/12/semmieke-rothenberger-top-freestyle-gold-2021-european-under-25-championship
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Semmieke Rothenberger (Flanell), Raphael Netz (Elastico), Ellen Richter (Vinay NRW) and Ann-Kathrin Lindner (FBW Sunfire) grabbed Team gold on Wednesday, pinning The Netherlands’ Devendra Dijkstra (Hero), Febe van Zwambagt (Edson), Jessica Poelman (Chocolate Cookie RDP) and Jasmien de Koeyer (Esperanza) into silver medal spot.
Sweden took the bronze when Nathalie Wahlund (Cerano Gold), Jennifer Lindvall (Midt West Casino), Elin Mattson (Beckham) and Lina Dolk (Languedoc) pipped Denmark for bronze by a narrow margin.
Germany’s Rothenberger and Netz and The Netherlands’ Poelman posted the three highest scores in the team competition and continued to be locked in battle for the individual and Freestyle titles over the last two days.
Rothenberger had to settle for silver in the Grand Prix, but today was her day to shine when taking Freestyle gold.
The piaffe work that had come off so nicely for Netz yesterday didn’t quite happen today, and the end result was a score of 81.210 while Rothenberger’s mare Flannell posted 81.955 for a brilliant performance.
This 22-year-old rider, who hails from a family steeped in the Dressage world, already has a lifetime of Championship experience, winning multiple titles over the last decade at Pony, Junior and Young Rider level and she is continuing in the same vein in U25.
"This has been such a perfect Championship, it’s super organised here and the Kasselmann family did an amazing job," said Semmieke Rothenberger (GER).
She says her sudden rise to stardom is all due to the lovely gelding Chocolate Cookie RDP which was previously competed by Dutch counterpart Dana van Lierop. Poelman’s trainer Lotje Schoots put the pair together and it’s clearly the perfect partnership.
“He is really nice and very easy to ride and I have a great connection with him. He is always very willing”, said the young rider who produced wonderful piaffe and passage from the 14-year-old gelding.
She only competed for fun until last year when she was invited to ride in an observation trial by Chef d’Equipe Monique Peutz. “We had winter training for riders and Jessica told me she had Chocolate Cookie and I said bring him along and it looked so nice. First she was thinking she’d start slowly but I said no, there’s an international competition in Exloo so just give it a try, and she did and she did very well - now she has one silver and two bronze European U25 medals!”, said the Dutch team manager.
From EuroDressage: eurodressage.com/2021/09/12/semmieke-rothenberger-top-freestyle-gold-2021-european-under-25-championship
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