Coached by the Olympic and world champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, the daughter of the Minister President of the Federal State of Bavaria Markus Söder, was awarded 71.460 per cent by the five judges. Behind her in third was a fellow member of the German U25 team that won this year’s European Championship. Riding the 11-year-old Hanoverian mare Four Seasons FRH, Alexa Westendarp also broke the 70 per cent barrier (70.300).
Winner Helen Erbe was highly pleased with her performance saying: “It was a lot of fun riding such a class at the end of the season. I went all out today to win points in the segments that go well.”
“We saw a fantastic class today with an outstanding winner,” said the Liselott Schindling Stiftung’s Evi Eisenhardt when praising Helen Erbe. And Germany’s head coach Monica Theodorescu was also highly pleased: “We’ve had an extremely successful U25 season and we’re so grateful for having the Piaff Förderpreis. It’s so nice seeing the excellence we saw today.”
