Sunday March 30, 2003

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Glorious World Cup Finals' Debut for George Williams and Rocher

Placing fifth were Isabell Werth and Anthony FRH. The combination gave away their solid third position after the Grand Prix, as Anthony FRH predictiblt no longer behaved as a good boy. The dark bay gelding by Argument profoundly dislikes the piaffe and that showed again in their Kur. Fortunately, the Beatles music suited Werth's nicely constructed kur and the pair scored high on the artistic level. With 75.67%, they placed Sright in front of American George Williams.

Williams and his black diva mare Rocher brought electricity to the Scandinavium arena, which was packed with 11,000 spectators. Performing on a Madonna inspired freestyle, Rocher stayed energetic throughout the test, but came a bit too deep in the half passes. Scoring 75.56% and placing sixth overall, Williams had a wonderful World Cup Finals debut.

by Astrid Appels
Images copyrighted: Dirk Caremans

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