Alicia Ryan is all smiles after her test with Merricks Sonique. Image LL Foto.

Aussies in action on Friday at Ermelo

By Equestrian Life

The FEI/ WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses continued in Ermelo on Friday, with three Australian riders in action.

Hope Beerling finished in the top ten of the First Qualification for 7-Year-Old-Horses with American Hanoverian mare Vianne (Vitalis x Ramiro’s Bube), scoring a PB of 77.234%. Hope is Australian, although at this event she is riding under the US flag with Vianne being American-bred. The pair have now qualified for the 7YO Final on Sunday.

Hope Beerling and Vianne. Image LL Foto.

Alicia Ryan, riding the Australian-bred Merricks Sonique (Stedinger 2 x Hardenberg Donnerschwee), scored 69.849% for 31st place. It was fantastic to have an Aussie bred horse competing on the world stage, and what an amazing experience for Alicia. The pair will now contest Saturday’s 7YO Small Final.

The class was won by Denmark’s Anna Kasprzak and Danciero 7 (Dancier x Floriscount OLD) on 83.325%, with Germany’s Leonie Richter and Global Player OLD (Grand Galaxy Win x Don Schufro) second on 83.184%, and fellow German Nicole Wego-Engelmeyer with Diaton 3 (Dimaggio 2x Benneton Dream FEH) third on a score of 83.057%.

Full results from the 7YO qualifier can be found here.

In the First Qualification for 6-Year-Old-Horses, Maree Tomkinson and Imagine II (Ibiza x St Moritz) scored 72.2% for 39th place. The pair will now contest Saturday’s 6YO Small Final.

Maree Tomkinson and Imagine II. Image: LL Foto.

The class was won by Sweden’s Jeanna Hogberg and Be Allex (Ampere x Dalwhinnie) on 89.6%, ahead of Denmark’s Victoria E. Vallentin and Lyngbjergs St. Paris (Blue Hors St. Schufro x Blue Hors Rockefeller) on 89.4%, with the Netherland’s Dinja van Liere third riding Mauro Turfhorst (Glock’s Zonik x Negro) to a score of 88.3%.

Full results from the 7YO qualifier can be found here.

Still to come…

Saturday

CDI3* Grand Prix

William Matthew and Freischütz 5: 7.06pm AEST

6YO Small Final

Maree Tomkinson and Imagine II: 7.50pm AEST

7YO Small Final

Alicia Ryan and Merricks Sonique: 10.40pm AEST

5YO Final

Simone Pearce and No Limit: 3.10am (Sunday) AEST

Sunday