Dressage Invitational: Nederlands Team Takes Home The Cheese

27 April, 2008, Goteborg, Sweden--- The first ever Dressage Invitational was well-recieved by the Goteborg crowds as the Dutch brought home a solid first place win with a team score of 417.433. The German team of Paula De Boer, Franziska Sauer and Weiger De Boer took second turning in a score of 391.542, followed very closely by the Danish team of Joan Jensen, Anna Kasprzak and Camilla Blicher and their 391.500. The Swedish teams came in fourth and fifth with scores of 391.117 for Sweden 1 and 329.250 for Sweden 2. Nederland's Junior Rider, Sanne Van Groten won the Individual Award with a collective score of 141.700

The Dressage Invitational comprised two rounds: The first being the highest test at the level that either the Young, Junior or Senior rider competed. The first round was held Friday and the second round consisting of their Freestyle Kurs was completed on Saturday evening after the Goteborg Trophy Grand Prix.

Several trends were apparent watching these freestyles not the least among them the incoming Halt being just inside of A. Several kurs also began with the required walk movements and then went directly to the canter work and back to required trot movements. Weiger De Boer's ending Halt and salute at C on his Holsteiner stallion Cosmopolitan was a very confident movement as he ended his salute staring the judge at C close range in the face.

Check back later this week for video of the complete event.