Irish Dressage rider Heike Holstein today (Sunday) recorded an impressive result at the four-star German show in Dortmund, taking eighth place in the Grand Prix Special with the Irish Sport Horse mare Sambuca (by Samarant) with a score of 64.404%. Victory went to Germany’s Isabel Werth with Emilio 107 on a score of 79.128%. On Friday in Dortmund, Heike Holstein, who is the reigning Irish national champion, achieved the first of two qualifying scores required for the 2019 FEI European Dressage Championships when scoring 68.217% with her home-bred Irish mare. Meanwhile in Show Jumping, Co Down’s Dermott Lennon and The Irish Sport Horse MJM Pursuit took victory in Saturday’s John Deere sponsored 1m45 Grand Prix at Vejer De La Frontera in Spain. At Herning in Denmark, Mayo’s Cameron Hanley and the Irish Sport Horse ESI Toulouse finished as runners-up Sunday’s two-star Grand Prix behind British winner Louise Saywell with Golden […]
