Reason to Rejoice? Or does Rath just the best of a moderate ride?
Was that Totilas? As the Kronberger Dressurreiter Matthias Rath and his black stallion had finished their Grand Prix at the European Championships in Aachen, one saw in puzzled faces. What had the people there actually seen Had they seen a befitting idea with a little too much power, as the optimists had expected after the year-long injury lay-off of celebrity pair?
Author: Evi Simeoni, Sports Editor
Or let the partly uneven kicks the hind quarters – and the fact that Rath had not even shown normal trot the Einritt, the gait, in which you can most likely discover a lameness with the naked eye – close to an ailing health of the 15 year old black horse? First of all, look at the note, to say the doubters finally sit the seven judges on the next turn. Result: With 75.971 percentage points, the two received an average of the experts an unusually low-censorship, even if one takes into account the error in the flying changes
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But let even at spitzfindigem inspection on the score sheet to recognize no clear Judge recommendation. From the (temporary) number one to eleven ranged the seven assessments. Ironically, the German judge Katrina Wüst sat Rath and Totilas with 72.9 percentage points far to the rear, Finland and Denmark each filed more than 80 percent. At this brand the world leader begins. Katrina Wüst said she had definitely seen the uneven steps and included in their review, but they’ve certainly considered him to be fit enough for the exam.
But why then were some of the faces in the German delegation, which had been working for months meticulously on a team gold medal, as if petrified, although the Germans were left with the rather disappointing result after three quarters of the team competition in the lead? Even before the appearance by the glamorous duo there had been rumors, Totilas have problems with the left hind leg. When veterinary check on Tuesday the decision that Totilas was healthy enough for a European fell from not unanimous. One of the two vets called for a follow-up, but was overruled by another veterinarian and two jury members.
© dpa does not seem to be quite satisfied: Rath is comforted by his stepmother
does not seem to be quite satisfied: Rath is comforted by his stepmother
Katrina Wüst, President of the Board of Judges would, in any case had the last word. “I should the horse not buy Yes,” she said, “but only to assess whether it is fit to compete.” The unequal steps in the examination, particularly noticeable in the trot reinforcements, were not considered by the jury as bad enough, to abzuläuten for lameness of the horse, how would the responsibility of the chief judge.
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This Office has also held the Dutchman Eduard de Wolff van Westerrode, which one could easily insinuate bias, since he had already not very well treated opponents of the Dutch team. From where in the middle of the short side, he had also not the best view of the critical points. Catcalls from the audience there had been during the test, as well as the situation remained unclear. Maybe the audience suggested less than the clock disorders in Totilas on, as above, that it is precisely in this pair, the display for the individual grades did not work.
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The last of the four German couples, Kristina Bröring-Sprehe with Desperados, had his idea not yet begun at press time, the distribution of medals was not yet clear, it was clear: The borderline appearance of Rath and Totilas on sultry Thursday afternoon is likely much substance for discussions give to the question, how many victims may be required by an animal of a team gold medal on home soil actually.
Rath but announced that he wanted to compete on Saturday in the Grand Prix Special with Totilas again, when it comes to individual medals. Despite the controversial notes of judges in their house: "The sit in there and may have seen something that you did not like," he said
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