Never before did a combination start as such a favourite for the title, than Ulla Salzgeber and Rusty at the 2001 World Cup Finals in Aarhus, Denmark. Winning two World Cup Qualifiers with Rusty and two with Wall Street, Ulla Salzgeber lead the rankings with 12 points in advance to second placed Gonnelien Rothenberger. Ulla Salzgeber has taken over is the new Anky, the new Isabell, and she herself realises this the most. "I actually planned to stop riding competitions, but when I bought Rusty, I knew that this was the horse which would bring me to the top," Salzgeber said in an earlier interview. Ulla Salzgeber realises more than ever that she is now the supreme god Odin in paradise Walhalla of the dressage world.

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