Sunday March 30, 2003

Ulla Salzgeber Claims Third Consecutive World Cup Title

German dressage star Ulla Salzgeber claimed her third consecutive World Cup title at the 2003 World Cup Finals in Goteborg, Sweden, March 28-30, 2003. Never before were the World Cup Finals so predictable in its ranking, yet its competion still highly interesting. Salzgeber fully lived up to her role as supreme dressage queen on the scene and the only combination able to challenge Salzgeber was American Debbie McDonald.

The Latvian bred Rusty was top fit and produced some textbook movements in the flying changes and pirouettes during his Carmina Burana Freestyle. Scoring 82.19%, Salzgeber did break her personal record score, but gave one of her best performances ever seen. Receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, Salzgeber left the arena like a Roman polemarch.