FEQHA EM

FEQHA European Championship of American Quarter Horses – 4-14. august, Kreuth, Germany

Til Europeans var der dansk deltagelse af hele 8 quarter heste. 
Birgit & Jens Erik Udsen fra Langstruphave Quarter Horses med deres 5 årige hingst Rojo Solo Cup, deres hoppe Thatsthewayilikeit og deres 5 årige vallak Kettchup. Natasha Møller fra Kumlegaard QH havde sin 7 årige hoppe IOnlyWannaBeWithYou og sin 3 årige hoppe RR A Certain Glamour. Elisabeth Potalivo, der til dagligt er tilknyttet Kumlegaard QH, havde sin 8 årige hoppe Assets Grand Slam og Rikke Weis, der til dagligt er tilknyttet Tuse Creek Ranch, havde sin 13 årige vallak Little Mega Jac med. Lars Christiansen, der til dagligt er bosat i Tyskland, var også til start med sin 14 årige vallak Dual Hickory CD.

Europamesterskaberne for de amerikanske quarter heste afholdes hvert år i august måned, og fandt i år sted på det helt fantastiske hestesportscenter i Kreuth, Rieden. Faciliteterne er helt i top med stor 40×80 main arena, 3 andre ridehuse, 4 store ridebaner, 3 overdækkede round pens, masser af flotte stalde og udendørsarealer. FEQHA havde fået stablet et super show på benene med prelims dømt af 5 AQHA dommere, og finaler i alle performanceklasser i OPEN, Youth, Amateur & Select Amateur. 

Resultater: 
Rojo Solo Cup:

  • OPEN Halter Aged Stallions (showed by Alexandra Jagfeld, Jagfeld Quarter Horses) – GOLD MEDAL & European Champion 2016
  • Amateur Halter 3 and over Stallions (showed by Birgit Udsen): 1st.
  • Total of 2 GRAND CHAMPIONS and 6 RESERVE CHAMPIONS
  • Qualified for the Junior Western Pleasure finals (shown by Alexandra Jagfeld) placing 6th

(Rojo Solo Cup med sit European Champion Trophy, photo: FB)

Thatsthewayilikeit: 

  • Green Western Pleasure (showed by Alexandra Jagfeld, Jagfeld Quarter Horses): 1st, 1st & 4th

(Alexandra Jagfeld & Thatsthewayilikeit, photo: figure 8 facebook)

Kettchup:

  • Amateur Halter 3 and over Geldings (showed by Birgit Udsen): 4th
  • Select Amateur Pleasure: Qualified for the final
  • FINAL Select Amateur Pleasure: GOLD WINNER & European Champion 2016

(Birgit & Jens Erik Udsen med Kettchup – European Champion 2016, photo: FB)

Assets Grand Slam (shown by Elisabeth Potalivo in Select Amateur & Novice Amateur events and by Natasha Møller in OPEN events):

  • Green Trail OPEN: 1st, 2nd & 3rd out of 35 (score 74,5)
  • Novice Amateur Hunter under Saddle: 4th & 6th
  • Qualified for finals: Amateur Select Trail (placing 3,3,4,4,5), Amateur Select Pleasure (placing 1,3,3,4,5 out of 12), Amateur Select Horsemanship
  • Senior Trail: Qualified for the final with a highscore of 77 in a steep class of 34 entries
  • FINAL Select Amateur Trail: 4th place
  • FINAL Select Amateur Horsemanship: 7th place 
  • FINAL Select Amateur Pleasure: 2nd, SILVERMEDALIST & Reserve European Champion 2016.
  • FINAL Senior Trail: 3rd & BRONZEMEDALIST with the score of 220!

(Natasha Møller & Assets Grand Slam, photo: figure 8)

IOnlyWannaBeWithYou & Natasha Møller:

  • Green Western Riding: Placing 3rd & 4th out of 18
  • Qualified for finals: Senior Western Riding (scoring 71-73, placing 3,4,4,6,8) & Senior Pleasure (placing 1,2,4 out of 14)
  • FINAL Senior Pleasure: 2nd, SILVERMEDALIST & Reserve European Champion 2016
  • FINAL Senior Western Riding: 2nd, SILVERMEDALIST & Reserve European Champion 2016 (scoring: 228,5)
  • OPEN All-Around Champion show 2

(Natasha Møller & IOnlyWannaBeWithYou, photo: figure 8)

Little Mega Jac & Rikke Weis:

  • OPEN Green Trail: 10th, 12th, 14th out of 35
  • Novice Amateur Trail: 8th, 5th, 2nd and overall placing 5th out of 30 (scores 71, 70, 70,5)
  • Novice Amateur Western Riding: 6th (score 70)
  • OPEN Green Western Riding: 9th & 9th
  • Qualified for finals: Amateur Western Riding & Amateur Trail (placing 1st, 5th, 9th overall 9th in a very steep class of 40+, scoring 75, 73, 73, 71, 71,5)
  • FINAL Amateur Western Riding: 10th place
  • FINAL Amateur Trail: 12th place 

(Rikke Weis & Little Mega Jac, photo: figure 8)

Lars Christiansen & Dual Hickory CD:

  • Amateur Cutting: GOLD WINNER & European Champion 2016 (score 211)

(Lars Christiansen & Dual Hickory CD, samt Ute Holm & Miss Little Pepto (EM vinder i Senior Cutting), photo: figure 8) 

EM er et meget langt stævne, så der blev masser af tid til social hygge – vi blev også uofficielt berømte for vores danske heppekor, der aldrig svigtede til præmieoverraskelserne. Alt i alt en super tur og et stævne, der varmt kan anbefales! Det er virkelig en oplevelse at være samlet med de bedste af de bedste i Europa – både heste og ryttere. Her kommer lige et par stemningsbilleder: 

(Birgit & Jens Erik Udsen med deres og deres hestes meget flotte præmiehøst)

(Elisabeth Potalivo & Assets Grand Slam – Reserve European Champion
Jens Erik Udsen & Kettchup – European Champion)

(En del af den danske lejr og heppekor efter Elisabeths sølvmedalje)

DKQHA ønsker stort tillykke til alle de danske ryttere og deres heste! Super skønt med flotte danske resultater til EM, og dejligt at høre “Der er et yndigt land” hele 3 gange!