The Al Shaqab Standard Show, Doha took place from February 24 to 26. Last week, Jorinde went to Qatar with her team and Charmer (v. Charmeur) for the CDI* 5 dressage. At the beginning of the week there was the vet check and runway recon. In the Grand Prix she achieved a score of 66.456%, on Sunday she was able to close the week super despite the tension with a score of 74.090% and came in 10th place.
Flanders Horse Expo, Ghent, took place from 10 to 12 February. On February 11, Jorinde participated in the FHE Team Challenge Dressage together with Anna Peeters and Maline Van Tulder. Under the team’s name “The Golden Girls” she took first place with a great performance of 222.601 points.
Jorinde also rode a freestyle with the stallion Golddream v/d Kempenhoeve (Jazz x Quarterback) and achieved a score of 76.1%.
CDN Dentergem took place last Sunday. Jorinde won the Prix st Georges with Karnival Zee T (by Eye Catcher) with a nice score of 69.559%. With River Rise Benneton (by Benneton Dream FRH) she achieved a score of 69.633% in the Inter 1 and ended up in 3rd place. With the gelding New Berry Z (by Negro) she scored 68.309%, placing her in 5th place.
Wim Verwimp also took part in the Prix St Georges with Escobar and achieved a score of 66.250% and finished in 4th place with this score.
As a nice end to the year, Jumping Mechelen is traditionally organized from 26 to 30 December. Also this year Jorinde started during this beautiful World Cup competition. She rode Charmer in the GP and Goldy vd Kempenhoeve in the Prix St George and she participated in the show class: Masked Riders.
With Charmer she scored 67.043% in the Grand Prix. On Thursday they rode Grand Prix Freestyle to Music and obtained a score of 73.170% after a small misunderstanding with the jury.
With Golddream vd Kempenhoeve she rode the Prix St George to a score of 67.853%. On Thursday she rode the Intermediair Freestyle to Music and achieved a nice score of 73.055%, placing her in third place.
Jorinde’s student Ruut Pasgang started with her 8-year-old James Pleasure in the Prix St Georges and achieved 64.853%. In the Freestyle to Music the duo scored 66.705%. This was James’ first big competition so he was still a little impressed with his surroundings.
Photo: Les Garennes
Charmer and Jorinde are in good shape and can look back on a successful weekend during the world cup competition of the Madrid Horse Week. During the Grand Prix the combination became 10th with a score of 68.457%. In the freestyle they achieved a neat 9th place with a score of 74.450%, which also means a new personal record for Jorinde and Charmer.
Photo: Afonso Bordallo Rodrigues
Last weekend the Stuttgard German Masters took place in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgard. No fewer than four disciplines and three World Cup competitions took place during the 36th edition of this five-star event. Jorinde saddled her Charmer for this beautiful World Cup competition.
On Saturday she rode the freestyle to music and achieved a personal best with the bay gelding 74.2%. Jorinde: “I am very proud of how Charmer behaved in this great arena. Unfortunately we had some mistakes in the tests, but we achieved a personal result and I am very happy with that!”
Photo: Digishots
On Sunday 6 November Jorinde started Just a Little Bit Krack v/h Klaverhof (by Tango) and Escobar (by Serano Gold) in the Prix St Georges. Not entirely without merit as she took both first and second place. With Just a Little Bit Krack v/h Klaverhof she was unanimously put at number 1 by the jury with a nice total score of 70.662%. With Escobar, one jury put her in fourth place, but she still achieved a nice second place with 67.795%.
Anna Peeters won the pony team test with Balotelli during CDN Dentergem with 71.7%. With Harlekin she won both junior classes.
Last weekend CDI Le Mans was held. Jorinde took River Rise Benneton and Ampere’s Diamond. For River Rise Benneton, this was his very first competition abroad. In the PSG they achieved a decent score of 69%. Unfortunately in the Inter 1 they had too many mistakes and they were unable to secure a place in the freestyle.
Ampere’s Diamond ran two clean tests with 68 & 67%. Unfortunately there was some tension in the freestyle and they scored 69.3%.
Jorinde: “Unfortunately last weekend I had just too many mistakes with River Rise Benneton and with Ampere’s Diamond some tension in the freestyle, but overall I had a good feeling with both horses. On to the next event!”
Pupils Ruut Pasgang, Elise Verwimp and Angelina Hermans also participated in Le Mans. Ruut and James Pleasure achieved a nice second place in the freestyle with 73.375%. Elise and Delyse van het Bergenhof placed 4th twice in the Children. Angelina Hermans and Valerion finished in a nice 3rd place with 72.700% in the freestyle on Sunday with the ponies. Earlier this weekend she became 2nd and 3rd.
