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Grand Prix Kür
Farbenfroh
Nadine Capellmann, GER
Still from video Kyra Beth Houston
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Farbenfroh and Nadine
Capellmann, GER, were the last pair to compete in the Grand Prix
Freestyle Aachen 2001. |
| Lita
Dove |
OK. I have always measured all other horses by Keen, the extravagant
and legendary chestnut Thoroughbred owned and ridden and partnered with
American Hilda Gurney.
Farbenfroh is the first horse Ive seen that possesses that kind of
unbelievable athleticism and movement. It is simply breathtaking.
Stunning. Unreal. The magnificence goes to the horse.
Capellmann is definitely making a partnership here, figuring out how
much she can ask.
The horse has three basic paces that are pure and amazing. And the
degree of difficulty is truly demanding: extended canter to pirouette at
A ( a small spook-but the partnership holds! Way to go, Nadine! And
Farbenfroh!) Walk to immediate canter half-pass!
Marvelous one-tempis, to pirouette, first half in canter, second half
in passage!
And it all works!
It is easy to understand why Ulla Salzgeber stood by anxiously,
waiting to see the scoreboard, before giving the team coach a hug.
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| Results |
2nd - 82.51%
| 16.18 |
16.95 |
16.63 |
15.50 |
17.25 |
82.51 |
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| Marks
by Movement |
10s total 2
10s Technical Extended Walk, Artistic Rhythm
9.5 Artistic Rhythm, choreography, degree of difficulty,
choice of music
9s Technical Extended trot, one-tempis, passage, piaffe,
piaffe-passage transitions, extended walk, collected trot
including half-pass right,
9s Artistic Choice of music, choreography, rhythm, harmony |
| Nadine Capellmann
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Nadine Capellmann, born on
9th July 1965 in Aachen, daughter of Aachen businessman Kurt
Capellmann (died in 1994), himself a successful show jumping and
dressage rider and for many years member of the
Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein (ALRV)
committee, sister of dressage rider Gina Capellmann-Lütkemeier. In
1984 and 1985 on Junior, she won the Junior European Championship
titles and individual silver and bronze respectively. In 1996 she
was Olympic reserve in Atlanta, and in 1997 team European Champion
in Verden and individual fourth, in 1998 she was Team World
Champion in Rome, also on Gracioso, and in 1999 German Dressage
Champion in Verden.
Trainer: Klaus Balkenhol
Nadine has a Master of Business Administration degree, likes to
play golf (if she can find time), cooking for friends, favorite
film is "Out of Africa", and favorite beverage:
tonic. |
| Farbenfroh |
Farbenfroh means
"Happy Colors" and he is a happy horse
Dr. Evi Eisenhardt, Judge at the European Championships, Verden,
August, 2001, commented about Farbenfroh: "He looks so
proud of himself when he's finished the test."
Farbenfroh is a 1990,
Westfalian gelding by Freudentänzer, out of Anuschka sired by
Aarstein. He quickly became the Sydney crowd favorite with
his sheer athleticism. Standing in third after the Grand
Prix Special, his freestyle was surely affected by teammate Ulla
Salzgeber and Rusty's music problems. Ulla's CD quit in the
middle of her freestyle and could not be restarted. A
considerable delay ensued and then Ulla was excused, leaving the
arena in tears as the waiting Nadine and Farbenfroh entered.
Even the FEI confirmed
Farbenfroh's place in the hearts of the Sydney crowd:
"First time
Olympian Capellmann, riding Farbenfroh, surprised the crowd with a
sensational test to finish in front of teammate Werth in the Grand
Prix Special. Her combined scores in the Grand Prix and the Grand
Prix Special place her in third spot going into the final." |
| Career Highlights |
Sydney 2000 - Team Gold,
4th Indivdual, with Farbenfroh
Atlanta 1996 - Alternate with Gracioso |
| Interview |
The name Capellmann is
well respected in equestrian circles. Nadine's father, Kurt
Capellmann, for many years member of the Aachen Laurensberger
Rennverein (ALRV) committee, and an honorary president until his
death in 1994, cut a fine figure in show jumping and in dressage
in the 1940s and 1950s. At the beginning of the 1960s, Kurt
Capellmann opted for dressage, and with great success. But
Championship medals as won by his two daughters, remained out of
the reach of the Aachen businessman. His other daughter, Gina
Capellmann-Lütkemeier, after two European Championship victories
with the German young riders' team in 1979 and 1981, won World
Championship gold with the German team in Toronto in 1986.
"My father was our first and foremost trainer", says
Nadine Capellmann, whose career began like that of many children
of riding households.
At the age of five, she was rampaging through the neighbourhood on
her pony, at ten she entered her first competition, and at junior
level had her first international successes. Now 33 years old, she
was part of the European Championship gold team in 1984 and 1985
and also won individual silver and bronze, riding Junior. There
was no other way for the Capellmann children to go, than into
dressage. "My father had closed off all the other routes by
getting rid of all the poles. He thought that show jumping was not
for girls", laughs Nadine Capellmann as she remembers. In
fact, she agrees with her father.
After having grown out of Juniors and
Young Riders, the horsewoman from Aachen was still reasonably
successful, but the pinnacle of success had so far eluded her.
Urion C and My Lord were her best horses in those years. It was
not until in the autumn of 1995 when she purchased her trainer
Klaus Balkenhol's ride Gracioso, a son of Grundstein I and now 14
years old, that she began her rapid ascent to the top. Now the
33-year-old rider is one of the stars - not just when she rides
Gracioso. Nadine has another, self-trained top horse in Farbenfroh,
the nine-year-old former 'Bundeschampion' (German Young Horse
Champion of his age group), who could just topple Gracioso from
his position in the coming year in view of the Olympic Games in
Sydney.
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