Lap of Honor despite Broken Arm

Event rider Marie-Jeanette Steinle (22) from Inning (on the Ammersee in Bavaria) did not want to miss the 'Horse of the Year' presentation in honor of her 14-year-old French 3/4 Thorobred Traque Le vent. Despite a broken upper right arm, she climbed into the saddle of her bay gelding to complete a lap of honor around the show jumping stadium at the 62nd 1999 CHIO Aachen, including a sprint through the pond.

The young event rider had a fall at Breda international three-day-event in Holland three weeks ago, when her horse - not Traque Le Vent - somersaulted at a drop fence, and she was left to lie unconscious for a half an hour before the ambulance arrived at the scene.

Traque Le Vent was voted 'Horse of the Year' by the readers of the German equestrian magazine 'Reiter Revue International' (Dusseldorf) with a large majority, because he was the best German event horse at the World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome) last year. They are now aiming for the European Championship in Luhmuhlen, Germany in September, where they also want to impress the selectors with a view to the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

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