Thursday, 7 May 2009

Why a Swiss entrepreneur pays millions for a horse

Prices are called like always none. But it is whispered that the Basler Thomas Straumann paid three million for the point horse universe Inclusive North-Rhine/Westphalia.
Without good horse also the best jumping rider does not win a flower pot. The heavier the Parcours, the more decisive for success fortunes and attitude the four-legged star are. The best horses are therefore a precious property. They are preserved, maintained and often explained for unsalable. If a requirement achieves the erkleckliche seven-place pain threshold, which has practically each owner, nevertheless now and then an exception horse changes such as universe Inclusive North-Rhine/Westphalia the hand. The ten-year Westphalia embankment oh, with the Ludger Beerbaum numerous victories in nation prices, large ones prices and Weltcupspringen celebrated and besides with the Olympic Games in Hong Kong reached 7th single rank, has now a Swiss passport.

Succeeded this coup to the Basler Springsportmäzen Thomas Straumann, which possesses also the hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel. It gives the jump-joyful brown ones from now on to the Irish Denis lynches in Beritt. “We support this outstanding rider for some years. With universe Inclusive we found a strong horse, it will further forward bring.” Lynch, a former Jockey, is at 22. Place of the current world rank list classifies and leads in German Münster a tournament stable. Co-operation between the family Straumann and the Irish professional rider is intensive. Not only that also its other Toppferde Lantinus, Nabab's Son, Abbervail het van thing yard and Upsilon more d'Ocquier in its possession is located, he trains also of them horse-enthusiastic daughter Flaminia and cares for her on tournaments. The ambitious new generation horsewoman is member Swiss of the junior B cadre. It will terminate in the summer the school and afterwards during a yearly on Lynchs plant, where also its horses stand, will train. “Flaminia used up itself completely the horse haven”, says Thomas Straumann. And at good Vierbeinern it does not lack her. Fifteen horses are registered with the Swiss federation for horse haven on their names.

http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/weitere/Warum-ein-Schweizer-Unternehmer-Millionen-fuer-ein-Pferd-

Faster than Ludger Beerbaum

Warburg (stock). The Warburger jumping horsewoman Anna Maria Jakob decided the large price as a fifth woman in the 46-jährigen history Mannheim of the May market tournament for itself. Second became the quadruple olympia winner Ludger Beerbaum. Anna Jakob before Ludger Beerbaum - it gave already once: 2007 with the large price in Münster surprised the young Warburgerin the entire riding elite with its sensation victory of the Riders route stage. ” Münster will always somewhat particularly remain, because it was the first large victory. It is however beautiful to see that it was not a Eintagsfliege “, is pleased Anna Maria Jakob about the success in Mannheim, which will open it perhaps also further doors. ” I hope that I may ride along after this victory in the nation price season or other time “, look the 26-Jährige ahead. In Mannheim it ran for it already before the final very well. The qualification at the large price went it with the eight-year old Credo. ” I dared it simply times, in order to relieve louse boy. Credo made its thing super and the Quali loosely created “, explains Anna Maria Jakob.

Without release with a quarter time error it reached rank eight with Credo. In the” Championat of Mannheim “, one it saddled, reached three star it with stinging her parade horse louse boy the winner round and remained also here error free. The time was enough for the good sixth place. Rank one occupied tonuses hate man with” Laceful “. The qualification had before likewise completed it with louse boy and with four points of punishing place nine had occupied. It kept itself the completely large coup however for the conclusion jumping on Tuesday evening. In the Normalparcours the dream of stinging would have almost already burst. After a combination louse boy steered the Jakobs' to the right. ” I have myself vertan. Fortunately the spectators " in time completely loud; left rum" called, so that I could still correct “, report the Warburgerin of fright customer in Mannheim the MVV riding stadium.

The duo created the Parcours nevertheless error free and drew into the winner round. ” The tournament had run up to then super and in stinging is always everything possible. However still three correctly fast riders came to me, so that I had to go to Anna Maria Jakob's their considerations on risk “, describe before the winner round. In the Parcours was it then very fast on the way. 38.79 seconds meant place one, which them held also up to the last rider and were allowed as radiating winner prize money of 15000 euros in receipt to take. Place two went with more than one second arrears at the world rank list fourth Ludger Beerbaum. To the comparison: Anna Maria Jakobs occupied in the world rank list place 427, might climb by this success however a good piece upward. Congratulations it gave not only of the director of tournament, but also of CO coach of the national team Heiner to tightness man. That will refund report surely to its boss Otto Becker.

After the tournament in Mannheim further international tournaments stand in the Jakobs' appointment calendars in the coming four weeks equal three. ” On the coming weekend I start with young horses in Arolsen. Afterwards I am with the international tournaments in Pforzheim, Munich and Wiesbaden in the use “, explain the Jakobs. Three tournaments, on which it can measure again with the” large ones “of its guild. Before the German championships it grants itself one weekend tournament break. And then? ” Then planning is open “, says Anna Maria Jakob and hopes on an employment with one of the lining up nation prices.

http://www.nw-news.de/sport/lokalsport/sport_warburg/lokalsport_warburg