It was quite a run on the sand court in Riesenbeck: Johanna Beckmann and her Emelie van de Mirania Stam (v. Emerald) made not a single spring error in the three rounds of the U-25 German Championship and secured the gold medal with absolute confidence. With only 2.41 time errors on the scorecard, this was the deserved victory for the 21-year-old from Schleswig-Holstein.
„To have achieved this and to be the U-25 German champion is great. The best part was that my expectations were rather neutral. Sometimes it helps not to have very high expectations when you enter the championship,“ Johanna Beckmann said to spring-reiter.de. Of course, she also owes her title to her great 13-year-old mare Emelie van de Mirania Stam. „She has a lot of money and a huge fighting heart. She never gives up; she has also helped me a lot here; she has managed some critical situations very well,“ the winner said with satisfaction.
Second place went to the winner of the first qualifying round, Hannes Ahlmann and his 8-year-old horse Madness (v. Kannan), also from Schleswig-Holstein. Only in the second round there was a net roller, giving the pair four penalty points; otherwise, both of them also remained without any further errors.
Britt Roth secured third place on the podium with Jeffrey (v. Comme il Faut) and 4.31 penalty points in the final standings. Fourth place went to Marvin Jüngel with Don Corleone Z (v. Dominator 2000Z) and 8.99 penalty points ahead of Lia Sophie Bolten with Charming Cassillia (v. Cassillias) and 10.63 points.
The whole result: HERE