Left: The Holsteiner Cavalor Cumano (Cassini I x Landgraf I) won the Best Horse prize at the 2006 World Cham- pionship in Aachen. Jos Lansink, his rider, was named World Champion. Right: Authentic (Guidam x Katell xx), ridden by Beezie Madden, 2006 World Championship, Aachen. Madden won the silver medal in the Final Four contest.
saying. I witnessed my horse participating. I know that that class had a big effect on her. I find the negatives outweigh the positive. Eric Navet: The Final Four was a fantastic class for the public about the riders’ ability to adapt their ride to different types of horses in a very short time. However, the format was, in my opinion, asking too much of the horses in the same week. I think that in order to reduce the number of such big jumps
it would have been possible to limit to only one round in the individual class on Saturday and also having only three riders in the changing horse final. The three remaining horses would then jump two less rounds. There is also an interesting remark about the changing
horse final, which is the importance of the draw. As a rider, you are lucky if you get to ride a very delicate horse just after his usual rider and not at the end when the horse could be messed up by different rides. Another example: a heavy horse with not too much blood will be exhausted when his unlucky last rider goes for this poor horse’s last round! As you can see there are pros and cons. This special final
used to make the WEG so special, so again I think that the idea to make the games a little less demanding for the final horses would have been a good compromise. Chris Kappler: That was a championship that contained its
own identity by having the Final Four. That separated it out as a unique and interesting competition. I think they continued to hone it down so it wasn’t overly burdensome for the horses, but still a test to see who was the overall great rider of that year. The Final Four captured perhaps the best rider of the group. It’s such a long history in our sport, it’s hard to imagine it’s
gone. I think it’s a loss to the sport, and a loss of identity. It’s all looking the same. There’s not that much difference in venues; they all look the same. That’s why Aachen and Spruce Mead- ows are spectacular. They have their own history. The Final Four was what made the WEG set apart. It’s been a frustrating year with the Olympic teams poten- tially being changed, and the WEG on top of it. It seems like a major upheaval for the sport.
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