Dressage legend Parzival of Adelinde Cornelissen said farewell to the public on Satuday afternoon. Adelinde said thank you to Parzival and all who contributed to his career. “The best thing is that we did it together. Teamwork makes the dream work.“

Marc Houtzager was the fastest in the main class of Friday evening, the VDL Groep Prize, a table A competition 1.55m. Houtzager crossed the finish line in the jump-off in 36.17 seconds with the KWPN gelding Sterrehof’s Calimero (v. Quidam de Revel).

The Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosch Prize, a competition against the clock with fences up to 1.45m, was won by Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts with the 13-year-old mare Ustina Sitte (Clinton x Parco).

The Grand Prix U25 was convincingly won by Anne Meulendijks and her 12-year-old KWPN gelding MDH Avanti (by United). The combination had a good performance and 19 excercises were awarded eights by at least one member of the jury. The final result ...

No less than six Dutch riders finished in the top ten of the opening class, the Brabants Dagblad Prize, on Friday afternoon. The winner had the Dutch nationality too: Harrie Smolders who passed the finish line in 55.95 seconds with the 10-year-old...

Belgium’s Isabel Cool was first to enter the arena with Constand (by Vic) and immediately set the winning score of 71.842%. Holland’s Ilse van Cranenbroek was a close second with Emerald S (by Ampere) and was therefore the best dutch combination.

Germany’s dressage queen Isabell Werth won the FEI World Cup Dressage Grand Prix this afternoon. She received a great score of 80% with her 11-year-old Westphalian gelding Emilio 107 (by Ehrenpreis).

An impression

During the festive Thursday evening several jumping legends returned to the competition ring. The spectators saw a good number of top riders compete in the Jumping Legends class. And they did a great job! The battle was fierce and stayed exciting till...

Winner of the first class at the 50th edition of Indoor Brabant was Raf Kooremans in the eventing competition. The Dutch rider was nearly 5,5 seconds faster than second placed Virginie Caulier from Belgium with Nepal du Sudre.