Friday June 4, 2005

American Combinations for 2004 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses

6-year olds: Bugatti Hilltop and Contester

The two top placing American 6-year olds are Bugatti Hilltop and Contester. The black Hanoverian stallion Bugatti (Bergamon x Rubinstein x Donnerhall) is owned by Hilltop Farm and competed by Michael Klimke in Europe. Klimke qualified the black at the very first Bundeschampionate qualification show in Bremen, where the pair scored an 8.8 and 8.3, averaging an 8.55 mark, the highest for an American owned 6-year old.

The bay Holsteiner stallion Contester in the second nominated American 6-year old for Verden. Contester is bred by Charlottenhof in Germany, owned by ADARA partners and standing at stud at Willy Arts' DG Bar Ranch in California. 1998 silver medal winning young rider Nicole Perry has steered the impressive bay stallion to an average 7.62 score in the West Coast Young Horse Selection Trials. Contester is by Contender x Lancetto and was Reserve Champion at the 2003 Dressage at Devon Breed Show in Devon, PA.

Text by Astrid Appels of Eurodressage.com
Image copyrighted: Paula Chmura

Related Links
Horsesdaily Scoresource: 2004 ESDCTA Memorial Weekend Dressage Show
Eurodressage: American Horses for '04 World Young Horse Championships
Dressagedaily: Dorie Addy-Crow and Sir Sinclair Excel in Florida
USEF: Short List American Horses for 2004 World Championships (pdf file)