Level 2 debute with Mc Gregor

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Last Sunday Jorinde drove her debut in Dentergem with the five-year-old MC Gregor (Ferdinand x Belisar). She started the gelding in Level 2 and got a score of 66%. Jorinde: “MC still has to be 5 years old, there is still plenty of room for improvement, but I was already very happy how he passed this test.” Mc Gregor is owned by Amane Stables and has been in Jorinde’s stables since September last year .

A number of Jorinde students also started during Dentergem, namely:

Jill Hendrix scored 65% in level 2 with Jolly
Aurelie Ghislain drove a score of 64.5% in level 4 with Wagner
Ruut Pasgang drove a score of 68.4% in the Inter 1 with James

Jorinde wins Inter 1 with Domenico during CDN Turnhout

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Last weekend Jorinde was riding Domenico and Ampere’s Diamond in the Inter 1 during CDN Turnhout. She won the test with Domenico with a score of 71.1%. With Ampere’s Diamond she finished in a nice third place with 70.2%. She obtained the second international selection for both horses. With Just a Little bit Krack Jorinde came in second with 68.5% in the PSG.

The students of Verwimp also did not score very well in Turnhout. Kris Schepkens was third in the PSG with 66+%. Veronique Philippaerts-Engelen set a personal best of 69% in the Inter 1. Yinthe Van de Ven achieved a score of 66.9% in the Inter 1. All in all, a very rewarding weekend for the Amazons!

Photo: Ampere’s Diamond

Credits: MP Paardenfotografie

Jorinde and Golddream van de Kempenhoeve win Inter 1 during CDN Dentergem

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Last weekend Jorinde rode her last National dressage competition of 2021. For the Inter 1 she saddled Golddream van de Kempenhoeve (by Jazz) and Just a little bit Krack v/h Klaverhof (by Tango).

With Golddream she won the Inter 1 with 69.7%, Just a little bit Krack v/h Klaverhof followed in third place with 68.9%. For the PSG she saddled River Rise Benetton (by Bennetton Dream) with which she achieved a nice fourth place with a score of 67.1%.

Pupil Ruut Pasgang and her James finished second in the PSG with a score of 68% and in the Inter 1 she took fifth place with 66%. Kris Schepkens achieved a score of 66.2% in the same class with Rose Jolie.

Photo: River Rise Benetton
Credits: MB Paardenfotografie

It was a day of just not winning!

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During CDN Dentergem last weekend, Jorinde took four horses to present in the ring. As Jorinde described it was “a day of just not winning” for her, but she should certainly not be dissatisfied at all. With all four horses, Jorinde finished in the top 3 of the rankings and rode scores above 67%!

First of all, Jorinde started the horse Ampere’s Diamond v / h Klaverhof in the seven-year-old class. The jury gave her a high percentage of 75.3%.  This was good for a second prize.

Jorinde then presented her gelding Cape Town in the highest class, the Grand Prix. The combination rode a very nice test which was appreciated by the jury with 67%. This percentage was also good for a second prize.

Intermediate I & Level 4.3

After Jorinde made her Intermediaire 1 debut with Nolimit at the beginning of May, this combination has gotten quite the good feeling. Two weeks ago she already took first prize with 69.6% on CDN Grote Brogel. This weekend the jury appreciated the Intermediaire 1 test with 69.7% and a second prize. Jorinde temporarily ride Nolimit for owner Yinthe van de Ven, who unfortunately is injured after a fall.

Last but not least, Jorinde started her gelding River Rise Benetton in class 4.3. She was also able to ride a nice test with this horse. This time no second prize, but a third prize and a nice percentage of 67.7%.

Successful competition weekend for Team Verwimp

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Due to the outbreak of the rhino virus, there were unfortunately no more competitions for Team Verwimp after CDN Grote Brogel. Last weekend the team was allowed to go on competition again with their horses and ponies. Emma Driesen and Louise Brauwers showed their horses in Dentergem in the Young Rides and Juniors. In the same weekend Elise Verwimp and Anna Peeters presented their ponies at the well-known competition CDI Sint-Truiden. 

Dentergem

In Dentergem, the Young Riders tests were ridden by Emma Driesen. She presented her horse Grace to the jury. Despite the fact that Grace suffered a bit with tension in both tests, Emma could ride her nicely. The jury judged the tests with two good scores of 67.1% and 69.3%.

In the Junior class Louise Brauwers was allowed to show the qualities of her horses Esprit and Graaf Donnerhal. With her horse Esprit, Louise finished in 2nd place in the classification with a score of 68.48%. Also 3rd place in the rankings went to Louise. This time with her horse Graaf Donnerhall. With this gelding she scored 66.81%.

CDI Sint-Truiden

During CDI Sint-Truiden, 13-year-old rider Anna Peeters made her international debut with her pony Balotelli. What an experience to participate in an international show for the first time. The combination rode a beautiful test, which resulted in an 8th place in the pony individual test with more than 68%!

12-year-old Elise Verwimp also made her international debut in the Children with her horse Boemerang. As Elise self said about her experience, “I am very happy how it turned out. I was able to ride three wonderful tests and my results were also very good for the first time. I am really very proud of  my horse Boomerang. ” This beautiful combination learned a lot this weekend and had a lot of fun. All in all, a successful weekend that we can be proud of.

Team Verwimp in full competition rythm at CDN Grote Brogel

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Team Verwimp got back into the competition rythm at CDN Grote Brogel this weekend. Jorinde as well as her students Ruut Pasgang, Emma Driesen and Yinthe van de Ven were present in the ring and Wim’s student Alexa Fairchild also took part in the Grand Prix this weekend. Despite some healthy tension due to the competition break among the driven combinations ended the weekend satisfied with the ridden tests.

Grand Prix

Last Sunday the Grand Prix was ridden by Jorinde Verwimp and Alexa Fairchild. Dressage rider Alexa performed with her two horses Romy and Dabanos D’o4 several steady tests during CDN Grote Brogel and finished fourth (69.4%) and fifth (69.1%) in the rankings. Jorinde Verwimp followed them up with Cape Town at a sixth place and a score of 67.5%.

Intermediate I & Level 4

Jorinde together with Just A Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof and Golddream Vd Kempenhoeve set neat tests in the Intermediaire I, which were rewarded with a fifth (67.6%) and a sixth place (67.2%) by the jury. In Level 4 Jorinde and River Rise Benneton achieved a score of 68.9% and finished at a successful third place.

FEI 7-Year Preliminary

Despite some healthy tension, Ruut Pasgang and her James Pleasure rode in the 7-year-old preliminary to a score of 72.3%. With a small jury difference, the combination ended in an excellent second place.

Young Riders

Emma Driesen and Gelinia van Kairos made their debut in the Young Riders class and had a competition day with a number of sporting depths and highlights. Unfortunately, the team test led to a greeting. However, the individual test got rewarded with a score of 68% with room for improvement. Yinthe van de Ven saw this weekend as a good exercise for the trot and pirouettes with No-limit CV. The combination achieved a score of 67.2% in the team test and 63.7% in the individual test. All in all, the weekend ended succesfully.

International debut for Emma Driesen

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The competition rhythm is coming back again. After several competitions Jorinde Verwimp was present with a some of the team members from Dressuurstal Verwimp to ride at CDI St. Truiden. The competition offered different classes for the participants to register for. Jorinde appeared in the ring during the Inter I with Golddream (by Jazz) and Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof (by Tango). She also competed the Grand Prix with Cape Town (by Conteur). Pupil Emma Driesen made her international debut during the competition.

Prix ​​St. George

CDI St. Truiden started for Jorinde with her participation in the Prix St. George with Golddream and Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof. With Golddream Jorinde managed to achieve a score of 69.95%. Just below, Verwimp appeared on the score list with the test she had with Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof (also called Joepy), which scored 69%. Diete Vos, in training with Wim Verwimp, also appeared in this class and got Dandy L (v. Wynton) a score of 67.79%.

Inter I

On the second day, both Jorinde Verwimp and Diete Vos, with the same horses as they had participated with in the PSG, appeared in the Inter I. Unfortunately, Diete Vos had some miscommunications so that the score stuck at 62.94%. Jorinde achieved a score of 69.9% with Golddream. Her test with Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof was scored at 68.6%. By achieving these results, both horses were selected to ride the freestyle. Due to the regulations that a freestyle can be ridden with one horse per rider, Jorinde chose to do this with Golddream. Apart from some expensive mistakes, including in the broken line, Verwimp was very pleased with the freestyle.

Grand Prix

But Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof and Golddream were not the only talents that Jorinde brought to CDI St. Truiden. The Conteur gelding Cape Town also competed these days in the Grand Prix. The first test gave a final result of 65.94%. The freestyle went without major errors and came to a final score of 70.59%. With still room for improvement, Verwimp is already looking forward to the next games.

Juniors

For Emma Driesen, in training with Jorinde Verwimp, her participation in CDI St. Truiden was extra special as she was allowed to start internationally during the Juniors with Cardento (by Painted Black) for the first time. The first day the still new combination had some expensive mistakes. But the second day the feeling was a lot better and the combination had a nice test without major mistakes. With the freestyle on the last day, Emma rode another nice test and looked back at her first international show with a good feeling. Student Louise Brauwers also competed in the Juniors with the Johnson gelding Esprit. Unfortunately, Esprit suffered from a lot of tension, so the score was very depressed in the first test. During the freestyle the test went a lot better, which resulted in a final score of 66.47%.

New personal record for Jorinde Verwimp

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A busy day during CDN Sint-Truiden that took place last Sunday on August 16. Jorinde Verwimp appeared in the ring with four horses. She managed to perform well in both Inter I and PSG and even achieved a personal record with Cardento (v. Painted Black). Of course, the team members of Dressuurstal Verwimp could also be found in the ring. For Kevin van Ham, CDN Sint-Truiden was extra special as he had his debut in the Grand Prix.

Personal record

With the horses Gina’s Pearl (by Jazz) and Dispar Voulgo (by Negro), Jorinde participated during the Inter I. With Gina’s Pearl, Jorinde managed to get a great score of 68.09% and a second place. After a one-year break, this was Dispar Voulgo’s second competition. The combination had a good test but unfortunately had expensive errors, which kept the score at 64.56%. Jorinde also scored well during the Prix St. George. With Cardento she even achieved a personal record of 71.91% and a second place. The test with Gelini van Kairos (by Charmeur) was rated with 68.46% and a fifth place.

Great results

The team members also managed to score well during CDN Sint-Truiden. Hannelore Volders and Diete Vos, both in training with Wim Verwimp, competed with their horses during Inter I. Diete entered the ring with her gelding Dandy L and achieved a total score of 67.43% for her test. Hannelore Volders released her Domenico and achieved 66.69%. Yinthe van de Ven, in training with Jorinde, drove her No-Limit CV in the PSG and achieved 64.41% here. Also Annemik Vleugels joined the PSG with her Havidoff van Moretus. The combination got a score of 63,68%.

Grand Prix debut

For Kevin van Ham it was an extra special competition day. He had his Grand Prix debut with his gelding Eros. Right away he managed to drive to a neat score of 63.8%. A super score for his first time Grand Prix. Ruut Pasgang, pupil of Jorinde, rode with James during the 4.3. He already showed strong parts during the test and has gained a lot of experience.

 

International debut during CDI Grote Brogel Belgium

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The competition rhythm starts to come back for Jorinde Verwimp. Last weekend she participated with Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof (by Tango) and Golddream v / d Kempenhoeve during the international competition CDI Grote Brogel Belgium. This was the first international competition after the competition break caused by Corona. Verwimp was able to perform strongly with both horses.

Nice scores

During CDI Grote Brogel, Verwimp performed with two horses both the Prix St. George and the Inter I. Jorinde very well. In the Prix St. George and the Inter I, Golddream had a few small mistakes. Nevertheless, the PSG test got a score of 70.980% with a fourth place. The Inter I test was placed fifth with 68.677%. Also present during the Inter I was team member of Team Verwimp, Diete Vos. With her gelding Dandy L she achieved a score of 66%.

International debut

For the Tango mare, Just a Little Bit Krack v / h Klaverhof, the multi-day competition was an international debut. The mare had a great debut with two good, almost faultless tests. At the Prix. St George finished the combination in third place with 71.177%. But als during the Inter I got the combination good results. The third place was achieved with exactly 70%. “I am very satisfied with both horses. It was nice to start again internationally after the lockdown ”, says a satisfied Jorinde Verwimp.

First competition for Team Verwimp after corona break  

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Team Verwimp has been looking forward to last weekend for a long time. After excellent preparations, such as organizing various competition-oriented clinics, the time had finally come. The first competition after the corona break could be driven. That the preparations were not for nothing was evident from the results of the team members, including a second place in the Prix St. George for Jorinde Verwimp with Cardento and successful debuts of the pupils of Jorinde and Wim Verwimp.

Podium place for Jorinde Verwimp during PSG

Jorinde Verwimp appeared in the ring with three horses during the first competition. With the black Painted Black gelding Cardento she competed at Prix St. George level. The gelding has a lot of quality for the higher work and showed a good test last weekend, which was scored at 69.06% and a second place. In the Inter I Verwimp competed with Just a Little Bit v/h Klaverhof (s. Tango) with which she achieved 69.5% and a 5th place. With Juwel Krack v/h Klaverhof (s. Jazz) she also participated in the Inter I. The jury really appreciated the test and scored it with 66.9%, which immediately resulted in the first international score!

Alexa Fairchild takes podium place

Also present during the Inter I was a student of Wim Verwimp, Diete Vos. With her gelding Dandy L she managed to put down a strong test that was scored with 70.6% and 4th place! But Diete was not the only student of Wim who managed to score well last weekend. For example, Alexa Fairchild and Dabanos competed during the Grand Prix. With 68% she got her second international score and a 2nd place on the podium. Britt van de Weyer competed with Constantino where she got over 70% during the Pony Team Test.

Young Rider debut for Jorinde’s pupils

But not only Wim’s students managed to achieve great scores. Jorinde’s pupils were also representing Team Verwimp. Kevin van Ham got a fantastic 1st place with 67.9% during his debut in the Inter II. During the Young Riders rubric both Yinthe van de Ven and Matthias Dieltjens made their debut. Yinthe competed with her only 7-year-old No-Limit CV and got a really nice 67.6% with which she immediately received her first international score. Matthias competed with the mare Kalahari with which he showed a nice trot. Unfortunately, he had a few mistakes during the pirouettes which left the score at 64%

 

In short, it was almost a competition weekend as usual!