09 Jun Covalliero Dressage Days at Hof Kasselmann kick off with a win for the USA
(Hagen a.T.W.) ‘I didn’t expect this today,’ US dressage rider Kevin Kohmann expressed his amazement after his commanding victory in the three-star Grand Prix presented by Bucas. Aboard the Hanoverian Dünensee, the World Cup finalist from Basel 2025 achieved the best score of 71.370 percent, putting him at the top of the eight-strong US team that took the first four places. Second place went to Kasey Perry-Glass (USA) with Heartbeat W.P. ahead of Ben Ebeling (USA) on Bellena and Marcus Orlob (USA) with Jane. The best German pair was Nicole Wego-Engelmeyer and Citation in eighth place.
The three-star tour in Hagen a.T.W. is an important qualifier for the US dressage team for the Nations Cup in Aachen at the end of June. ‘In the last few weeks since Basel, we have focussed a lot on getting more calmness and relaxation into our riding. That actually paid off very well today and I am immensely pleased. I am now one step closer to Aachen,’ revealed Kohmann afterwards. Next up for him and his two-time World Cup partner, Dünensee, is the GumBits Prize Grand Prix Special at 7.15 pm on Friday.
The Covalliero Dressage Days from 5 to 8 June offer four days of dressage sport at the very highest level. Participants from 16 nations have entered for the multi-faceted sports programme consisting of CDI3*, CDI1*, CDIU25 and CDIYH. The Covalliero Dressage Days are also the second show that the Kasselmann family is organising specifically for para-riders. The para competitions are held in Grade I to V at international two and three-star level and have attracted a high-calibre field of participants to the Osnabrück region. This is also confirmed by the current number one in the world rankings, Fiona Howard (USA), who won three gold medals at her Paralympic debut in Paris last year. She has her Olympic partner Diamond Dunes with her. ‘The line-up is even stronger than last year, all the good riders from Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the USA are here. I’m primarily competing to have fun. In addition to Diamond Dunes, I will also be presenting my young horse for the first time,’ Howard explains. Incidentally, Howard purchased her future young star two years ago at the Hof Kasselmann & Schockemöhle Hybrid Auction, which will also take place this year as part of the Future Champions youth competition on 14 June. The collection of eight dressage horses and eight show jumpers has been live on https://www.hofkasselmann-auction.com/de/ since yesterday.
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Photo (c) Foto Rüchel