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Bremen
2008: Sylvia
Rzepka and DOCTOR ZIP NIC win first European CRI of the year
What
a great start for the reiners in Bremen today:
Twelve horses were
nominated for
the first European CRI of the year – and an important one in
Germany as well, as the first World Championship Reining will be in
Manerbio this year. And this CRI was really worth seeing! Sylvia
Rzepka rode the American Quarter Horse stallion DOCTOR ZIP NIC to the
first CRI Champion title scoring a 146.5 with great speed control,
fast, flat spins and beautiful smooth and long stops. NRHA World
Champion and World Reining Masters Champion 2007 Rudi Kronsteiner
(AUT) astride LIL RUF CODY and Rieky Young (NED) astride BURNT
STARLIGHT tied for second place scoring a 145. 2007 German Champion
Volker Schmitt astride JACS READY TO SLIDE uad Grischa Ludwig astride
GUNSLIDER tied for fourth place.
Two-times
German Champion Grischa
Ludwig was the first to go astride American Quarter Horse stallion
GUNSLIDER (owner Heike Nixdorf) scoring a great 144, which was
immediately topped by 2007 NRHA World Champion and FEI World Reining
Masters Champion Rudi Kronsteiner astride LIL RUF CODY: 145. Rieky
Young (NED) and her BURNT STARLIGHT achieved the same score – so
it looked like a tie for first place. Until Sylvia Rzepka entered the
arena showing a brilliant, smooth and fast pattern no.9. Bad luck for
Jan Boogaerts (BEL) who had one spin too much which resulted in Score
0.
The
crowd cheered and gave Sylvia
Rzepka standing ovations during the ribbon presentation afterwards (a
splendid one, by the way, showmanagers Ulli and Carola Vey did a
great job with the darkened arena and the riders entering the arena
with the title song of ‘Conquest of Paradise’). Sylvia was born
in Starnberg near Munich / Bavaria, became a star in the cutting
arena even as a kid and later entered a fine career as a reining
trainer in Mitterndorf close to Vienna / Austria. One of her show
success was the 8th
place (best German, second best European) in the individual final of
the World Equestrian Games 2006 at Aachen. A few months later her WEG
horse GOLDEN MC JAC died. Now she has got a new prospect for
international competition. DOCTOR ZIP NIC is a 6-year-old stallion by
Reminic owned by the Doctor Zip Nic Syndicate. German coach Kay
Wienrich: „I’m glad Sylvia Rzepka has got a great horse again. I
know her since she was a child. The way she showed and won today –
especially so early in the year – was remarkable. If she goes on
like that, she is on a good way towards becoming a potential member
of the World Championship team.”
1.
Sylvia Rzepka / DOCTOR
ZIP NIC GER 146,5
2.
Rudi Kronsteiner / LIL RUF CODY AUT 145
2.
Rieky Young / BURNT STARLIGHT NED 145
4.
Grischa Ludwig / GUNSLIDER GER 144
4.
Volker Schmitt / JACS READY TO SLIDE GER 144
6.
Nico
Hörmann / TOPSAIL WHIZARD GER 142
7.
Nico Hörmann / ARC SURPRISE SKETCH GER 141
8.
Peter Ljungberg / WHEELING ELDORADO SWE 140,5
8.
Oliver Stein / A STYLISH GALLO GER 140,5
8.
Alexander Ripper / OKIE JO LIL GER 140,5
8.
Jürgen Pieper / WHO IS MY DADDY GER 140,5
12.Jan
Boogaerts / BLUE QUICK COMMAND BEL 0
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