Maree Tomkinson is one step further towards claiming the title of Australian Dressage Champion for the second year in a row after winning the CDI-W Grand Prix at the 2013 Australian Dressage Championships in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, October 25, 2013. Her winning partner….DIAMANTINA!!
DIAMANTINA is an 11-year old daughter of the top sire, Diamond Hit. Her dam is our state premium/elite mare, COSMOPOLITAN. After an excellent performance at the Oldenburger Elite Mare Show in Rastede and receiving a 1c rank, DIAMANTINA was twice finalist at the World Championship of the Young Dressage Horses in Verden as a 5- and 6-year old with her rider and co-owner, Maree Tomkinson.
The full brother to DIAMANTINA is our 6-year old licensed stallion, DON CISMO, who won with Stefan Puschmann the qualification to the Bundeschampionship by scoring nationwide the second highest score of 9.0. Furthermore, DON CISMO was also nominated for the World Championship of the Young Dressage Horses.
Here is how Eurodressage describes Maree Tomkinson and DIAMANTINA’s Grand Prix ride at the 2013 Australian Dressage Championships:
Tomkinson Grabs Grand Prix Lead at 2013 Australian Dressage Championships
Photo © Franz Venhaus
Last year’s defending champion was the last to go in the Grand Prix and the crowd waited eagerly to see her and her mare Diamantina’s first performance at a major event in almost a year. Judges awarded the combination a score of 67.96% which moved them into first position ahead of Sheridyn Ashwood and Prestige VDL who obtained a score of 67.77%. The battle for the top three was tight with third placed Rozzie Ryan and GV Bullwinkle scoring 67.36%.
Tomkinson was pleased with her performance but had been hoping for more of an improvement on the score she achieved last year.
“She can piaffe now quite clearly but she’s still a young horse so things will just get better," she said. "She’s an amazing horse and I’m very lucky to have her and I thought the test was a lot better and I think she has improved a lot. I’m very lucky to own a beautiful horse that gives me and all my team an enormous amount of pleasure. My Young Rider (Morgan Duell) won the CDI-Y this morning so it’s been a great day for us,” Tomkinson said.
CONGRATULATIONS to a great pair!!
Our chief trainer, Stefan Puschmann, selected the dressage and show jumping tournament held at the expansive grounds of the Bavarian Show Center in Kreuth as the last “test” before the Bundeschampionship (German Championship) in Warendorf.
With Quadriga’s SAN PRIMERO, a 5-year old stallion by San Amour (out of a full sister to Don Schufro) bred right here at Quadriga, Puschmann won the second level dressage test with a final grade of 8.2.
In the third level dressage test held the next day, Puschmann again took the victory round with this young stallion!
Congratulations for a job well done!
Wow, this is hot! This thought went through the head of our trainer, Maja Weber, as she entered the award ceremony for the first level dressage test in Bautzen. At 9 am, it was already 30° Celsius, and it got hotter by the minute. Maja had saddled DREAM OF JACKSON II and DE LA RONJA II, two of our youngsters, for their very first show. How sweet it was for rider and horses; they immediately took first and second place at their first outing!
Fourth place was awarded to Angelika Miethe with "Jolly Jument" by JAZZ RUBIN. What a show, three out of the first four horses in this test were offspring of our stallions!
Baschütz near Bautzen
During the Oldenburger Main Branding event, held in July at the Quadriga grounds in Radeburg, the commission awarded foal premium status and made their selections for the Oldenburger Fall Elite Auction. This year, we presented 18 of our 22 foals from 2013 (more was just not feasible for our presenters).
The evaluation commission, headed by Heiner Kanoski, CEO of the Oldenburger Horse Breeding Association (Oldenburger Pferdezuchtverband) was thrilled with the quality of our foals, and all were awarded Oldenburger Foal Premium Status. Furthermore, three foals were selected for the Oldenburger Elite Auction in Vechta!
Kudos to the entire team; in particular, to the three “handlers” who had beautifully prepared and expertly presented the dynamic mares and their foals in sweltering summer temperatures!
In case you are interested, you can check out all our foals with pictures and pedigrees under “News!” As you will see, all foals were bred with a focus on dressage blood lines!
Additionally, under the menu pick Sales/Foals 2013, you will find some foals already featured with videos.
Of course, we love to share some of the “outbursts of joy!” Here a few pictures (all taken by Brit Placzek).
Premium filly by Jazzman/Delamanga/Fidermark
Premium filly by Dr. Jackson/Jazzman/Fürst Heinrich (Elektia dam line)
Premium filly Dr. Jackson/Ron Rubin/Diamond Hit
Premium colt and stallion candidate Jazzman/Dr. Jackson
Premium colt Dr. Jackson/Romanov
Premium filly Sezuan/Dr. Jackson/Jazzman
Premium filly Dr. Jackson/Sandro HIt/Rubinstein
And here still a short look for the movements and the foal Show:
Second Review for the 2013 World Championship of Young Dressage Horses in Verden
After his qualification victory in Grabsleben for the Bundeschampionship in Warendorf, our stallion DON CISMO was initially scheduled to enjoy a lighter work load. However, this plan changed instantly when his rider received notification from the FN in Warendorf. Due to his fantastic qualification grade of 9.0, he had received a direct nomination for the second review for the world championship (even though he did not attend the first review).
Yesterday, the 16 “best 6-year old dressage horses of Germany“ met with their riders at the DOKR in Warendorf to compete for a total of seven start positions.
In the qualification test, DON CISMO wasn’t always able to show his enormous potential to the fullest as he appeared a bit tired from the long drive. However, his performance was still so good, that Stefan Puschmann with DON CISMO were nominated as a reserve for the 2013 World Championship for Young Dressage Horses in Verden!
Congratulations to his rider and trainer!
Qualification Picture Grabsleben
