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First Horse Inspection for JYSK European Para-Dressage Championship Horses
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Posted by Louise Parkes



The BritisGreat Britain team members Anne Dunham, Sophie Christiansen, Natasha Baker and Sophie Wells, and Individual competitor Ricky Balshaw. (Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton)
At the FEI European Para-Dressage Championships 2011 in Moorsele (BEL), the British already had the team and three individual titles under their belt before adding four more on the final afternoon. The question this time around is whether the other countries that put pressure on them at the Paralympic Games in London last summer will continue to gain ground. Germany, Dutch and Danish riders upped their game while the Irish pulled a major surprise taking home team bronze at their first Paralympics.
Horse inspections for all three disciplines taking place in Herning are conducted in exactly the same way, with passports handed over to officials who then check each animal’s micro-chip before the horse is walked and then trotted before the Ground Jury.
Stinna Tange Kaastrup, who secured Freestyle Grade Ib gold and Individual Grade Ib silver in Moorsele, carries the high hopes of Danish supporters as the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championships get underway.
Facts and Figures:
- This is the first time for Para-Dressage to take place alongside other disciplines at the FEI European Championships.
- Competitors from 19 nations will participate.
- 11 countries have entered teams: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Russia.
- 7 nations will be represented by individual riders: Belarus, Finland, Israel, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia.
- Great Britain topped the medal table with eight golds at the last FEI Para-Dressage Championships staged in Moorsele, Belgium in 2011.
For further information on the ECCO FEI European Championships 2013: http://european-herning.dk/GB.aspx
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