2006 European Paint Horse Champions - SPHA

HARDY OELKE 

Rush Rush 

The best Paints in Europe headed to Aachen in pursuit 

of the coveted title of European Champion. 

Gold 

By IRENE STAMATELAKYS

International 

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HARDY OELKE 

Back in the “old days,” after 

winning a European Paint 

Horse Championship you 

had to wait two years to 

defend your title. The show was held 

only every other year. That’s a long 

time, whether you are raising top-notch 

halter horses or are a Youth exhibitor 

whose time is running out. 

Take 18-year-old Maya Franke, for 

example. Back in 2003, she placed 

third overall in Youth trail with her 

mare GMG Blueeyed Sally, winning 

the bronze European Champion title. 

Then, in 2005, she returned, repeated 

her bronze in Youth trail, and added 

four golds, a silver and a bronze to her 

collection—as well as the All-Around 

Youth title. The year 2006 was going 

to be the last year she would be eligible 

to compete in the Youth division. 

Luckily for Maya, she didn’t need 

to wait two more years. A forwardthinking 

decision was made to hold 

the championship show annually, and 

it returned to the prestigious equestrian 

facility in Aachen, Germany, last 

October, just a month after the site 

welcomed hundreds of horses and 

thousands of spectators for the FEI 

World Equestrian Games. 

Aachen, located in northwest Germany, 

is at the heart of Europe, close to 

The Netherlands and Belgium, easily 

accessible from Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam 

and Frankfurt. It’s known as the 

birthplace of the European spirit, a city 

of horses and host to high-level equestrian 

events year-round. 

From October 3–8, the American 

Paint Horse was the featured star in 

Aachen. The 2006 European Paint 

Horse Championship, organized by 

Paint Horse Club Germany, attracted 

260 horses from eight countries. Solid 

Paint-bred classes for Youth and Amateurs, 

as well as a Youth Team Tournament 

were added this year. In all, 

700 entries competed for 190 medals 

at what was Europe’s largest Paint 

Horse show. 

Striking gold, silver 

and bronze 

While European exhibitors share 

many of the same challenges as their 

American cousins, they also face some 

formidable obstacles on the trail to the 

top. For example, gasoline costs more 

than three times the U.S. average. 

Western tack and clothing are more expensive 

and harder to find. There are 

fewer shows, so fewer opportunities to 

hone skills and prepare horses. 

Reaching the European Championships 

is an achievement, a testament 

to the time, sacrifice and dedication 

spent getting there. Spending 

At Europe’s largest Paint Horse show—the European Championships—700 

entries competed for 190 medals. 

a few days in the company of people 

who share a passion for the Paint 

Horse breed, while watching and exhibiting 

some of the best Paints in Europe, 

is also a great reward. 

Of course, for the competitive spirit 

there are medals to be won. To become 

a European Champion and win 

a gold medal, there must be at least 

three horses shown in a class. With 

four to five horses, a Reserve Champion 

and silver medal are also 

awarded. In a class with six or more 

entries, a bronze medal is given to the 

horse placing third overall. 

Among the 260 horses competing, 

there were a handful that merited special 

honors. 

If there was an award for the hardest 

worker at this year’s show, Maya 

Franke would have won it. Instead, 

she went home with her second consecutive 

All-Around Youth title after 

she and her mare competed in 11 

Youth and two Open classes. 

In the Youth division, Maya earned a 

European Championship title in 

hunter hack, a Reserve Championship 

in trail, and bronzes in reining, showmanship, 

and Western pleasure. And if 

that wasn’t enough, she finished fourth 

in Senior trail and was the European 

Champion in Senior Western riding, 

repeating her 2005 gold in that event. 

“It was quite the feeling,” said 

Maya about winning the Youth All- 

Around. “The competition was 

tougher than last year, so I really felt I 

did something special.” 

Because she doesn’t live close to a 

trainer, Maya did most of her training 

herself. . During the summer, she 

worked with Christel Jagfeld, a German 

trainer. Otherwise, when she was home, 

she would ride “Sally” a couple of miles 

to the closest riding facility, and call 

Jagfeld when something wasn’t working. 

“One of the most remarkable moments 

was the Youth Western pleasure 

class, since we rode in the same stadium 

where the FEI World Equestrian 

Games reining competition was 

held a month before,” Maya said. “I 

never rode in such a big arena before, 

and on top of that, the sun was shining. 

It was a wonderful experience.” 

Sally, a 1998 bay tovero, is owned 

by Astrid Franke, Maya’s mother.

Reaching the European Championships is an achievement, a testament to the time, sacrifice and dedication spent 

getting there. 

Bred by Marianne and Heinz- 

Guenter Geisel of Schrecksbach, Germany, 

the Frankes have owned Sally 

since she was a weanling. 

Manuela Wilkens of Garrel, Germany, 

won her first All-Around Amateur 

honors with her mare, Docs J Diamond 

Delta. Throughout the week, the 

pair placed steadily in the top 10 in Amateur 

classes: horsemanship, hunt-seat 

equitation, Junior hunter under saddle, 

Western pleasure, trail, showmanship 

and 3-year-old and older mares. 

“My goal was to ride ‘Elsbet’ the 

exact same way at the show as I did at 

home,” said Manuela. “I did, and I was 

very satisfied with my performance. We 

worked very hard all year long.” 

In the Open division, Manuela and 

the 2001 chestnut tobiano were Reserve 

Champions in hunter hack. But 

one of the greatest moments for 

Manuela was when Ralf Hoffeld 

showed Elsbet to the Reserve Championship 

in Junior trail. 

“It’s always a touching moment for 

me to see those two,” said Manuela. 

Hoffeld, who is Manuela’s trainer, 

is more importantly her friend and 

spouse. 

Docs J Diamond Delta was bred by 

Dr. Alena Juha of Schortens, Germany. 

Manuela has owned the mare 

since she was a weanling. 

“I call her Elsbet,” said Manuela, “but 

she’s our little ‘diamond in the rough.’ ” 

Two horses shared the spotlight as 

all-around champions in the Open division. 

Docs J Jetadeebrand, owned 

by George Maschalani of Erbach- 

Rossbach, Germany, earned the title 

in shows 1, 2 and 5. XP Titans Tom 

Dooley, owned and bred by Sabine 

Gresens of Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany, 

was the All-Around Open winner 

in shows 3 and 4. 

Docs J Jetadeebrand, shown by 

Maschalani, Alexandra Jagfeld and 

Ulrike Mohr, earned points in halter, 

Junior Western pleasure, Junior 

hunter under saddle, Junior hunter 

hack and Junior trail, where he finished 

third overall and earned the 

bronze medal. 

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With her more than 20 years experience 

as a trainer, this is not the first time 

one of Maschalani’s horses has won an 

all-around award. But that doesn’t 

make this honor any less special. 

“I never go to a Championship 

with the expectation that my horses 

are going to win something,” said 

Maschalani. “I’m always glad if they 

perform nicely, if they are with me, 

and they move well. That is the best.” 

“ ‘Stoffel’ [which means ‘stuffed animal’ 

in German] is not like a stud. 

He’s very sweet, very nice, very gentle, 

like a teddy bear. But I hadn’t ridden 

him in a year,” said Maschalani, 

who purchased Docs J Jetadeebrand 

as a 2-year-old from breeder Dr. Alena 

Juha of Schortens, Germany. 

“I use him to teach my working 

students about pleasure and trail. And 

I brought eight horses to Aachen, so I 

only had time to ride Stoffel two days 

before the European Championship.” 

Given the little time he had to prepare 

his horse, Maschalani was very 

pleased. 

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“I hope to have more time for him 

in the next year,” said Maschalani. “I 

am glad to have the chance to ride 

such great Paint Horses.” 

XP Titans Tom Dooley, shown by 

Marko Dumeier and Sarah Posthoff, 

won reserve European Championships 

in Senior hunter under saddle 

and 3-year-old and older stallions. 

The 2000 sorrel overo stallion was 

also named the Reserve Champion 

stallion in shows 1 and 4. 

“We are so proud because we raised 

him and he turned out to be a versatile 

horse, very good minded, and 

very easy for an Amateur to show— 

as Sabine’s results in the Amateur Se- 

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nior Western pleasure have proven,” 

said Dumeier. “By going reserve, he 

shows that with a conformationally 

correct horse you can win in both halter 

and performance classes.” 

Showing solid Paint-breds is quite 

popular in Europe, and the Championships 

offered a full slate of classes 

for them in three divisions: Open, 

Amateur and Youth. In all, 18 percent 

of the entries were solid Paint-breds. 

One of the top competitors was the 

duo of Buddys Bourbon and Ulrike 

Mohr, of Bensheim, Germany. She 

exhibited the 1998 sorrel gelding in 

nine classes, clinching the Amateur 

All-Around Solid Paint-bred title, 

Having finished second last year to 

the Italians, this year the German 

team claimed the Nations Cup award. 

Left: Docs J Jetadeebrand, owned by 

George Maschalani of Germany, was 

the All-Around Open winner, earning 

titles in shows 1, 2 and 5. 

along with four gold medals, one silver 

and one bronze. 

The pair were named European 

Champions in Amateur SPB halter 

geldings, Amateur SPB Western pleasure, 

Amateur SPB hunter under saddle, 

as well as SPB 3-year-old and 

older geldings. They rounded out the 

week with a Reserve Championship 

in SPB Senior hunter under saddle 

and a bronze medal in SPB Senior 

Western pleasure. 

Their success came as a true surprise 

to Ulrike, who is from Bensheim, 

Germany. She has owned 

“Buddy”— her first Paint—for only a 

year, and it has taken the pair quite a 

while to come together. Ulrike came 

to the Championships without a specific 

goal in mind. Even when friends 

encouraged her to enter barrel racing, 

she thought it was just a chance to 

earn some points, not realizing she 

was in the lead. It wasn’t until they 

called her number during the awards 

ceremony that she learned they had 

won. 

“I was very lucky,” said Ulrike, 

laughing, when asked about her win.

She described Buddy as complicated 

and playful, a real handful. 

With a background in English riding, 

Ulrike did most of the training herself, 

hauling Buddy once a month to 

work with trainer George Maschalani. 

Buddys Bourbon was bred by Uwe 

Pauls of Schiffdorf Wehel, Germany. 

While there was no formal highpoint 

award for halter, there is no denying 

that the team to beat was Exclusive 

Paints, owned by Sabine Gresens. 

Together with her partner Marko 

Dumeier and trainer Michael Ochetto 

of Henderson, Texas, the trio won six 

European Championships and two reserves 

in halter. In addition, RH Sierra 

Impressive, Gresens’ stallion, was grand 

champion under all five judges. Tributes 

Decision and XP Cheerio Miss 

Sofie, both belonging to Gresens, each 

won Grand Champion Mare and Reserve 

Champion Mare titles. 

“We’re really pleased with the quality 

of the horses at the show,” said 

Dumeier. “You can see how hard people 

are working to prepare their 

horses.. The level of competition, the 

number of horses is increasing, and 

that’s exciting for all exhibitors.” 

Team spirit 

New this year was the Youth Team 

Tournament in which every young 

competitor was invited to compete. 

Knowing that few countries had 

enough Youth members coming to 

form a team, young riders were encouraged 

to make new friends and to 

come up with a five- or six-member 

multinational team. 

Rather than trying to squeeze additional 

classes into an already tight 

schedule, points earned in regular 

classes counted towards a team’s total. 

Each team member had to compete 

in one of six events: showmanship, 

Western pleasure, hunter under saddle, 

horsemanship, trail or reining. 

Youth Coordinator Jasmin Spindler 

made sure that every young person 

entered was part of a team. She encouraged 

the kids to get together, to 

get to know each other and to come 

up with a team name. 

The excitement slowly built 

throughout the week, and on the last 

day, when the points were tallied, the 

winning team was Lucky Rider. Earning 

100 points—20 more than the 

second-place team—were Kim 

Blockus, Alena Helmke, Astrid Smith 

and Maya Franke, all from Germany, 

and Ella Brave of Sweden. 

The girls had met earlier in the year 

when they competed at the Youth 

Team Tournament at the APHA World 

Show in Fort Worth, Texas. They kept 

in touch afterwards, met at shows in 

Germany and Denmark, and made 

plans to compete as a team in Aachen. 

But perhaps the most anticipated 

event of the week was the Nations 

Cup, held during the final evening’s 

performance. The atmosphere in the 

Albert Vahle Hall was absolutely electric 

as spectators and supporters, rooting 

for their home team, waved flags 

and cheered loudly as riders from 

France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands 

and Sweden paraded in during 

the opening ceremonies. 

Streamed live over the Internet to 

the APHA Convention held in San 

Antonio, Texas, the worldwide audience 

was on the edge of their seats as 

five horses and five riders from each 

team competed in trail, Western pleasure, 

horsemanship, hunter under 

saddle and reining. 

While Team Italy came prepared to 

defend their 2005 title, a mistake in 

the first class—trail—resulted in no 

points, leaving the Cup up for grabs. 

Having finishing second last year to 

the Italians, the German team was set 

to reclaim the award, and given the 

German riders’ strength and depth, it 

came as no surprise when they won 

three of the five events and amassed 

1,222 points, claiming the Cup and 

gold medals. Earning 1,008 points, 

The Netherlands took the silver, and 

with 920 points, Team Sweden held 

their ground, repeating their 2005 

bronze medal win. 

The 2006 Nations Cup champions 

from Germany were Birgit Bayer, Juliane 

Heino, Ulrike Mohr, Sarah 

Posthoff and Brigitte Sommer-Heinze. 

National pride 

Perhaps the element that makes the European Championships unique 

among all other Paint shows is the feeling of national pride that fills the air. 

When an exhibitor wins, he wins certainly for himself, but also for his country. 

During each awards ceremony, after the neck ribbons and medals are 

presented, the champion’s national anthem is played. It is truly a touching 

moment when you realize that despite the differences in language and culture, 

the American Paint Horse brought all of these individuals together. 

That, in itself, is sometimes worth more than gold. 

The 2007 European Paint Horse Championship location and dates will 

be announced in the Paint Horse Journal and on the Internet at ephc.info. 

Nations Cup Results — Overall Standings 

1st Germany 

2nd The Netherlands 

3rd Sweden 

Individual Medal Standings 

4th Italy 

5th France 

Number of 

Country Horses Entered Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals 

Germany 172 46 37 26 

Italy 30 14 14 10 

The Netherlands 25 5 2 1 

France 12 6 3 0 

Sweden 7 3 3 5 

Austria 7 4 3 0 

Switzerland 4 0 0 0 

Denmark 3 0 0 2 

Total 260 78 62 50

2006 European Paint Horse Champions 

Youth Mares (10 entries) 

European Champion: KB IMA LIL MS IM- 

PRINT—Owned by Felix Lejour and Sandra 

Dahl, Conflans Ste Honorine, France, 

and exhibited by Felix Lejour. 

Reserve Champion: COULD BE A MIS- 

PRINT—Owned by A. Alberto 

Rodeghiero, Molvena Vi, Italy, and exhibited 

by Lia Rodeghiero. 

Youth Geldings (6 entries) 

European Champion: ONLY ONE IMPRINT 

R—Owned by A. Alberto Rodeghiero, 

Molvena Vi, Italy, and exhibited by Lia 

Rodeghiero. 

Reserve Champion: FRECKLES TINY 

LEOBA—Owned by Sabine Raedler, Immenstadt, 

Germany, and exhibited by 

Bianca Raedler. 

Youth Showmanship at Halter 

(14 entries) 

European Champion: TINYSCHECKPOINT- 

CHARLY—Owned by Sabine Raedler, Immenstadt, 


Bianca Raedler. 

Reserve Champion: TINYS LITTLE DEER— 

Owned by Monika Hagen, Haldenwang, 

Germany, and exhibited by Verena 

Hagen. 

Youth Western Pleasure 

(16 entries) 

European Champion: SHES DOOLINS 

NIKITA—Owned and exhibited by Alena 

Helmcke, Appel, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: SHILOSSPOTTED- 

STAR—Owned and exhibited by Heike 

Strambach, Baeumenhein, Germany. 

Viktoria Kramer of Germany, and her gelding A Special Luck earned Youth 

trail champion and Youth reining reserve champion titles. 

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Youth Horsemanship (19 entries) 

European Champion: SHILOSSPOTTED- 



Reserve Champion: SHES DOOLINS 



Youth Reining (10 entries) 

European Champion: BB CATISFACTION— 

Owned by Michael Schlepuetz, Korschenbroich, 

Germany, and exhibited 

by Hanna Schlepuetz. 

Reserve Champion: A SPECIAL LUCK— 

Owned and exhibited by Viktoria 

Kramer, Kellmunz, Germany. 

Youth Trail (15 entries) 

European Champion: A SPECIAL LUCK— 

Owned and exhibited by Viktoria 

Kramer, Kellmunz, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: GMG BLUEEYED 

SALLY—Owned by Astrid Franke, 

Holzburg, Germany, and exhibited by 

Maya Franke. 

Youth Hunter Under Saddle (12 entries) 

European Champion: SHES DOOLINS 



Reserve Champion: SHILOSSPOTTED- 



Youth Hunt-Seat Equitation (11 entries) 

European Champion: SHILOSSPOTTED- 



Reserve Champion: TINYS LITTLE DEER— 


Germany, and exhibited by Verena Hagen. 

Youth Hunter Hack (4 entries) 

European Champion: GMG BLUEEYED 


Holzburg, Germany, and exhibited by 

Maya Franke. 

Reserve Champion: DOC DOLLAR LENA— 

Owned and exhibited by Maria Kaki, 

Strangnas, Sweden. 

Youth Barrel Racing (4 entries) 

European Champion: SPECKS PEACH 

BARS—Owned and exhibited by Sophie 

Schonauer, Bonn, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: MIGHT MCCUE— 

Owned by Brigitte Sommer-Heinze, 

Eggenthal, Germany, and exhibited by 

Tobias Ferling. 

Amateur Yearling and 2-Year-Old 

Stallions (4 entries) 

European Champion: MR HARLEKIN CIN- 

NAMON—Owned and exhibited by Martina 

Puetjer, Hamburg, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: SQ ARTRAGEOUS— 

Owned by A. Alberto Rodeghiero, 

Movena Vi, Italy, and exhibited by 

Michela Baggio.

Amateur 3-Year-Old and Aged 

Stallions (3 entries) 

European Champion: RH SIERRA IMPRES- 

SIVE—Owned and exhibited by Sabine 

Gresens of Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany. 

Amateur Yearling and 2-Year-Old 

Mares (10 entries) 

European Champion: XP CHEERIO MISS 

SOFIE—Owned and exhibited by Sabine 


Reserve Champion: I JUST WANNA RAP— 

Owned by Emilie Douchet and Samuel 

Bruhier, Le Ployron, France, exhibited by 

Emilie Douchet. 

Amateur 3-Year-Old and Aged Mares 

(18 entries) 

European Champion: TRIBUTES DECI- 

SION—Owned and exhibited by Sabine 


Reserve Champion: STYLISH SENSA- 

TION—Owned and exhibited by 

Alessandro Girardi, Desemzano Del 

Garda, Italy. 

Amateur 3-Year-Old and 

Aged Geldings (8 entries) 

European Champion: BEAUTYFUL TIME— 

Owned and exhibited by Vanna Bortolato, 

Olao Di Martellago, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: FRECKLES TINY LEO 

BAR—Owned and exhibited by Sabine 

Raedler, Immenstadt, Germany. 

Amateur Showmanship at Halter 

(25 entries) 

European Champion: CASHIN THE 

ASSET—Owned and exhibited by 

Eleonora Bordellin, Vincenza, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: BEAUTYFUL TIME— 



Amateur Junior Western Pleasure 

(10 entries) 

European Co-Champion: JETA TIME— 

Owned and exhibited by Aline De Jong 

Vonder Klift, Bennekom, The Netherlands. 

European Co-Champion: STYLISH SENSA- 

TION—Owned and exhibited by 

Alessandro Girardi, Desemzano Del 

Garda, Italy. 

Amateur Senior Western Pleasure (19 

entries) 

European Champion: COULD BE A MIS- 


Rodeghiero, Molvena Vi, Italy, and exhibited 

by Michela Baggio. 

Reserve Champion: HINTS SONNY 

HONEY—Owned and exhibited by Annika 

Friberg, Nossebro, Sweden. 

Above: RH Sierra Impressive, owned 

by Sabine Gresens of Germany, was 

grand champion under all five judges 

and earned the title of Open Stallions 

Champion. 

Right: Buddys Bourbon and Ulrike 

Mohr of Germany were the All-Around 

Solid Paint-Bred Champions. 

Amateur Horsemanship (20 entries) 

European Champion: JOYS SKIP N 

BARS—Owned by Manfred Beschorner, 

Renningen, Germany, and exhibited by 

Nicole Beschorner. 

Reserve Champion: FRECKLES TINY LEO 

BAR—Owned and exhibited by Sabine 

Raedler, Immenstadt, Germany. 

Amateur Trail (18 entries) 

European Champion: SMOOTH INVEST- 

MENT R—Owned and exhibited by 

Luisa Celi, Marostica, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: HINTS SONNY 



Amateur Reining (12 entries) 

European Champion: TITAN TEXAN— 

Owned and exhibited by Yves Fromont, 

Morance, France. 

Reserve Champion: DOCS J DELTA GO 

ON—Owned and exhibited by Angelika 

Schuermann, Herscheld, Germany. 

Amateur Junior Hunter Under Saddle 

(11 entries) 

European Champion: WHATA FRECK 

BOON US—Owned and exhibited by 

Annika Mueller-Hansen, Munka- 

Ljungby, Sweden. 

Reserve Champion: JETA TIME—Owned 

and exhibited by Aline De Jong Vonder 

Klift, Bennekom, The Netherlands. 

Amateur Senior Hunter Under Saddle 

(11 entries) 

European Champion: HINTS SONNY 






Amateur Hunt-Seat Equitation 

(14 entries) 



Renningen, Germany, and exhibited by 

Nicole Beschorner. 




Amateur Hunter Hack (3 entries) 

European Champion: WHAT A KICK— 

Owned and exhibited by Anneke Breuer, 

Duren, Germany. 

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Manuella Wilkens of Germany won her first All-Around Amateur honors 

with her mare Docs J Diamond Delta. 

Amateur Barrel Racing (3 entries) 

European Champion: JUSTA KISS N THE 

DARK—Owned by Christine and Werner 

Lieb, Großholzleute, Germany, and exhibited 

by Werner Lieb. 

Yearling Stallions (3 entries) 

European Champion: BULL TOUCH KID— 

Owned by Brigitte Dorst, Buurio, The 

Netherlands. 

2-Year-Old Stallions (5 entries) 

European Champion: HIGH CLASS 

WORLD—Owned by David Lisi, Livorno 

Riotorto, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: MS SILVER STAR— 

Owned by Silverio Vivenzi, Lumezzane 

Piatucco BS, Italy. 

3-Year-Old and Aged Stallions (4 entries) 

European Champion: RH SIERRA IMPRES- 

SIVE—Owned by Sabine Gresens, Morfelden-Walldorf, 

Germany. 

Reserve Champion: XP TITANS TOM DOO- 

LEY—Owned by Sabine Gresens, Morfelden-Walldorf, 

Germany. 

Weanling Mares (5 entries) 

European Champion: YOU BET IM RAD— 

Owned by Brigitte Drost, Ruurio, The 

Netherlands. 

Reserve Champion: UP SONDEE ELIZA— 

Owned by Angela Zinke-Kruse, Schiffdorf, 

Germany. 

Yearling Mares (9 entries) 

European Champion: XP CHEERIO MISS 

SOFIE—Owned by Sabine Gresens, 

Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: LADY SIDE IMPRINT— 

Owned by Ivan Simeoni, Valla Di Riese 

Piox, Italy. 


2-Year-Old Mares (5 entries) 

European Champion: I JUST WANNA 

RAP—Owned by Emilie Douchet and 

Samuel Bruhier, Le Ployron, France. 

Reserve Champion: REVOLUTIONS SKY 

BUNNY—Owned by Christina Eichner, 

Heiligenhaus, Germany. 


European Champion: TRIBUTES DECI- 

SION—Owned by Sabine Gresens, Morfelden-Walldorf, 

Germany. 

Reserve Champion: BARBIES IMPRES- 

SION—Owned by Marco Bertazzoni, 

Verona, Italy. 

Aged Mares (18 entries) 

European Champion: KB IMA LIL MS IM- 

PRINT—Owned by Felix Lejour and Sandra 

Dahl, Conflans Ste Honorine, France. 

Reserve Champion: XCLUSIVE BROWN 

SUGAR—Owned by Sabine Gresens, 

Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany. 

3-Year-Old Geldings (3 entries) 

European Champion: ENTERPRISE 

DREAMS—Owned by Michael Schnabel, 

Wuppertal, Germany. 


European Champion: BEAUTYFUL TIME— 

Owned by Vanna Bortolato, Olao Di 

Martellago, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: BUDDYS BUTCHER— 

Owned by Carolin Wolff, Zulpich, Germany. 

Yearling Longe Line (5 entries) 

European Champion: THIGH HIGH 

SOCKS—Owned by Emilie Douchet and 

Samuel Bruhier, Le Ployron, France. 

Reserve Champion: MAYBE MATHILDA— 

Owned and exhibited by Kim Blockus, 

Hasloh, Germany. 

Junior Western Pleasure (23 entries) 

European Champion: CASHIN THE 

ASSET—Owned by Eleonora Bordelillin, 

Vincenza, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: STYLISH SENSA- 

TION—Owned by Alessandro Girardi, 

Desemzano Del Garda, Italy. 

Senior Western Pleasure (20 entries) 



Renningen, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: COULD BE A MIS- 


Rodeghiero, Molvena Vi, Italy. 

Senior Western Riding (6 entries) 

European Champion: GMG BLUEEYED 


Holzburg, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: TI CHEROKEE CAC- 

TUS—Owned by Petra Roth-Leckebusch, 

Nuembrecht, Germany. 

Yearling In-Hand Trail (6 entries) 

European Champion: MAYBE MATHILDA— 

Owned by Kim Blockus, Hasloh, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: THIGH HIGH SOCKS— 

Owned by Emilie Douchet and Samuel 

Bruhier, Le Ployron, France. 

Junior Trail (11 entries) 

European Champion: SHEIKS ARTIST— 

Owned by Maria Donelli, Virgilio, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: DOCS J DIAMOND 

DELTA—Owned by Manuela Wilken, 

Gamel, Germany. 

Senior Trail (17 entries) 



Renningen, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: NICE SIDE R—Owned 

by Massimo Carraro, Limena, Italy. 

Junior Reining (14 entries) 

European Champion: HEZA DANCING WIZ- 

ARD—Owned by Sabine Irmscher, Ludwigshafen, 

Germany. 

Reserve Champion: JULIAS FLYING 

DELTA—Owned by Manfred Herb, Breitenbrunn, 

Germany. 

Senior Reining (15 entries) 

European Champion: DOCS J DELTA GO 

ON—Owned by Angelika Schuermann, 

Herscheid, Germany. 

Reserve Champion:TITAN TEXAN—Owned 

and exhibited by Yves Fromont, 

Morance, France. 

Junior Hunter Under Saddle 

(22 entries) 

European Champion: REVOLUTION 

CRUNCHYNUT—Owned by Oliver 

Strum, Velbert, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: CASHIN THE ASSET— 

Owned by Eleonora Bordelillin, Vincenza, 

Italy.

Senior Hunter Under Saddle 

(16 entries) 

European Champion: HINTS SONNY 

HONEY—Owned by Annika Friberg, 

Nossebro, Sweden. 

Reserve Champion: XP TITANS TOM DOO- 

LEY—Owned by Sabine Gresens, Morfelden-Walldorf, 

Germany. 

Hunter Hack (10 entries) 

European Champion: HR JACKS GYPSY 

MOON—Owned by Kerstin Gilsbach, Etgersleben, 

Germany. 

Reserve Champion: DOCS J DIAMOND 

DELTA—Owned by Manuela Wilken, 

Gamel, Germany. 

Cutting (4 entries) 

European Champion: PAINT ME A PEPPY— 

Owned by Hans Kuhn, Heusweiler, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: SUGAR PAINTED 

CHIC—Owned by Lisa Schepers, Wuppertal, 

Germany. 

Working Cow Horse 

(7 entries) 

European Champion: SMOKING MAR- 

QUITA—Owned by Marco Bertazzoni, 

Verona, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: SMOKIN RED BULL— 

Owned by Dieter Freese, Aurich, Germany. 

Team Penning (3 entries) 

European Champions: TWISTED CHIC— 

Owned by Werner Lieb, Großholzleute, 

Germany; TL CHEROKEES BEAUTY— 


Germany; MAC GUN LEOBAR—Owned 

by Peter Wiedenmann, Leipheim, Germany. 

Barrel Racing 

(4 entries) 

European Champion: MARY PEPPY 

BRIGHT—Owned by Alberto Tarabella, 

Seravezza, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: JUSTA KISS N THE 

DARK—Owned by Christine and 

Werner Lieb, Großholzleute, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Youth 

Showmanship (3 entries) 

European Champion: CANDY STAR HOLI- 

DOC—Owned by Gerda Jolink, Brummen, 

The Netherlands, and exhibited by 

Susanne Derksen. 

Solid Paint-Bred Youth Western 

Pleasure (4 entries) 

European Champion: JACS BRIG O 

LENA—Owned by Franz and Johanna 

Vorraber, Preding, Austria, and exhibited 

by Sarah Maria Vorraber. 

Reserve Champion: LUCKY LITTLE FEL- 

LOW—Owned by Anja Spelsberg, Remscheid, 


Laura Sophie Spelsberg. 

Solid Paint-Bred Youth 

Horsemanship (3 entries) 





Solid Paint-Bred Youth Reining 

(4 entries) 

European Champion: PEPS LIL DIXIE— 

Owned by Anke and Jochen Schmitz, 

Monchengladbach, Germany, and exhibited 

by Astrid Schmitz. 

Reserve Champion: JACS BRIG O LENA— 

Owned by Franz and Johanna Vorraber, 

Preding, Austria, and exhibited by Sarah 

Maria Vorraber. 

Solid Paint-Bred Youth Trail 

(3 entries) 

European Champion: LUCKY LITTLE FEL- 




Solid Paint-Bred Youth Hunter 

Under Saddle (4 entries) 

European Champion: LUCKY LITTLE FEL- 






Preding, Austria, and exhibited by Sarah 

Maria Vorraber. 

Solid Paint-Bred Youth Hunt-Seat 

Equitation (3 entries) 





Solid Paint-Bred Amateur Mares 

(11 entries) 

European Champion: AN IMPRINT R— 

Owned and exhibited by Adriano Gaspari, 

Rosa Vi, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: HEARTBROKER RE- 

VIEW—Owned and exhibited by Waltraud 

Feigel, Roth, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Amateur Geldings 

(4 entries) 

European Champion: BUDDYS BOUR- 

BON—Owned and exhibited by Ulrike 

Mohr, Bensheim, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: PLEASE FENCE ME— 

Owned and exhibited by Anne-Kathrin 

Koop, Lunestedt, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Amateur 

Showmanship (4 entries) 

European Champion: YOYOSLITTLEBIG- 

MAN—Owned by Elke Winter, Wesseling, 


Stephanie Winter. 

Reserve Champion: JUST A PAINTLESS 

BO—Owned and exhibited by Saskia 

Eijkelkamp, Westzaan, The Netherlands. 

Titan Texan, owned and exhibited by Yves Fromont of France earned the title 

of Amateur Reining Champion. 

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Solid Paint-Bred 

Amateur Western Pleasure 

(7 entries) 







Solid Paint-Bred Amateur Reining 

(3 entries) 

European Champion: SNOWY DELLORIAN 

ACE—Owned and exhibited by Janine 

Blockus, Hasloh, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Amateur Trail 

(3 entries) 

European Champion: MISTER BLACKY— 

Owned and exhibited by Pascal Filland, 

Grand Champ, France. 

Solid Paint-Bred Amateur Hunter 

Under Saddle (4 entries) 







Solid Paint-Bred Yearling and 


European Champion: A TOUCH OF 

DAISIES—Owned by Brigitte Drost, Ruurio, 

The Netherlands. 

Reserve Champion: ANNA IMPRINT R— 

Owned by Andrea Bresolin, Vedelago, Italy. 

Solid Paint-Bred 3-Year-Old and 

Aged Mares (11 entries) 

European Champion: AN IMPRINT R— 

Owned by Adriano Gaspari, Rosa Vi, Italy. 

Reserve Champion: HEARTBROKER RE- 

VIEW—Owned by Waltraud Feigel, Roth, 

Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred 3-Year-Old and 



BON—Owned by Ulrike Mohr, Bensheim, 

Germany. 


Owned by Anne-Kathrin Koop, Lunestedt, 

Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Junior 

Western Pleasure (6 entries) 

European Champion: JACS DANCING DIA- 

MOND—Owned by Egbert Meester, 

Troisdorf, Germany. 

Michael Ochetto showed XP Cheerio Miss Sofie, owned by Sabine Gresens, 

to a European championship in Halter Yearling Mares. 




Preding, Austria. 

Solid Paint-Bred Senior Western 

Pleasure (6 entries) 

European Champion: XP DESPERADO— 

Owned by Oliver Strum, Velbert, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: CHARMERS NITE— 

Owned by Martina Hess, Numberg, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Junior Reining 

(3 entries) 

European Champion: LASANS LITTLE 

LENA—Owned by Sandra Mauch, 

Bohringen, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Senior Reining 

(8 entries) 

European Champion: PEPS LIL DIXIE— 

Owned by Anke and Jochen Schmitz, 

Monchengladbach, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: SR SUNRAYS CO- 

MAND—Owned by Albert Schulz, 

Bergkamen, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Junior Trail (4 entries) 



Vorraber, Preding, Austria. 

Reserve Champion: MAGIC TECHNIQUE— 

Owned by Angelika Gallitzendorfer, 

Memmingen, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Junior Hunter Under 

Saddle (3 entries) 

European Champion: MAGIC TECH- 

NIQUE—Owned by Angelika Gallitzendorfer, 

Memmingen, Germany. 

Solid Paint-Bred Senior Hunter Under 

Saddle (6 entries) 

European Champion: XP DESPERADO— 

Owned by Oliver Strum, Velbert, Germany. 

Reserve Champion: BUDDYS BOURBON— 

Owned by Ulrike Mohr, Bensheim, Germany. 

Grand Champions 

Horses listed below each earned grand 

championships under different judges. 

Stallions 

RH SIERRA IMPRESSIVE, owned by Sabine 


Mares 

TRIBUTES DECISION, owned by Sabine Gresens 

of Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany. 

XP CHEERIO MISS SOFIE, owned by Sabine 


Geldings 

ONLY ONE IMPRINT R, owned by A. Alberto 

Rodeghiero of Molvena Vi, Italy. 

BEAUTYFUL TIME, owned by Vanna Bortolato 

of Olao Di Martellago, Italy. 

JUST LIKE A FLIP, owned by Rainer Koop, 

of Lunestedt, Germany.

2006 European Paint Horse Champions - SPHA

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