18th Manfred Swarovski Memorial Tournament CDI4* 12 to 14 July 2013 www.schindlhof.at www.facebook.com/Schindlhof Media Release 13 July 2013 Dorothee Schneider wins on Max-Theurer’s Fackeltanz OLD Dorothee Schneider struck back in the Small Tour: After 2nd place in the Prix St. Georges behind Stefanie Palm, who celebrated the first Tyrolean victory on Schindlhof after 18 years, the Amazons switched places in today’s Intermediaire I. The German Olympic silver medalist scored elegant 73.342 percent on Fackeltanz OLD, an 8-year-old Oldenburg stallion owned by Olympic champion Elisabeth Max-Theurer. Yesterday immediately after her ride in the Prix St. Georges, which earned her 2nd place, Dorothee Schneider hurried towards Innsbruck airport to catch her flight to Frankfurt and thus missed the award ceremony; today last year’s winner of the GP and the GP Freestyle on Schindlhof was happy to have time to stay. “Now I can really enjoy the tournament here,“ the athlete from Framersheim said. Yesterday, after her arrival in Frankfurt, the dressage trainer drove 230 kilometers from the airport to Perl-Borg, a town in Saarland near the border to Luxembourg, to ride horses on Peterhof, with which she will participate there in next week’s CDI4*. And then she had to get all the way back to Fritzens. High costs? “When I do something, then I want to get it done properly.“ Right! A good example: winning the Intermediaire with her personal best of 73.342 percent with the agile 8-year-old stallion Fackeltanz OLD. “Yesterday in the St. Georges we made two or three small mistakes. Today Fackeltanz was very focused. Considering his age of 8 years, he is very confident.“ Dorothee Schneider was full of praise considering the potential of the Oldenburg stallion that is owned by Elisabeth Max-Theurer. Competition 3 Intermediaire I 1. Dorothee Schneider (GER), Fackeltanz OLD – 73.342 Percent 2. Stefanie Palm (AUT), Royal Happiness – 71.316 3. Karin Rehbein (GER), Royal Princess M – 70.5 4. Jennifer Hoffmann (USA), XXXL Rubinio NRW – 70.211 5. Tatjana Svehla (AUT), Donaublick – 68.579 6. Louise Almlund Lokken (NOR), Mr. Gold G – 68.026 Media Contact: Daniel Winkler | +43 664 246 9087 | [email protected] Seite 2 von 2 7. Christilot Boylen (CAN), Hudson 18 – 67.974 8. Caroline Kottas-Heldenberg (AUT), Dark Rose – 67.605 9. Stefanie Weihermüller (GER), Wunderkind 9 – 67.5 10. Bianca Kasselmann (GER), Powerfee GB – 67.447 Detailed results here Find further information here: www.schindlhof.at and www.facebook.com/Schindlhof Live stream available on clipmyhorse.de Photos © Maximilian Schreiner www.im-blickpunkt.com, free of charge when mentioning the photo credit in context of the coverage of the 18th Manfred Swarovski Memorial Tournament PROGRAM Friday, 12 July 2013 Competition 1, Prix St. Georges | Winner: Stefanie Palm (AUT), Royal Happiness 71.711 Percent Competition 2, Grand Prix – Qualifying for Grand Prix Special | Winner: Valentina Truppa (ITA), Fixdesign Chablis 129 71,170 Saturday, 13 July 2013 Competition 3, Intermédiaire I | Winner: Dorothee Schneider (GER), Fackeltanz OLD 73.342 1:30 PM: Competition 4, Grand Prix – Qualifying for Grand Prix Music Freestyle Sunday, 14 July 2013 8 AM: Competition 5, Grand Prix – Consolation for non-qualified duos 10 AM: Competition 6, Grand Prix Special – The best 15 couples of Competition 2 are allowed to start. 1 PM: Award “Who is wearing the most beautiful hat“?* & special award “Mistress / master with hat and dog“, honor ride of the winners in the historic carriage of the Fröschl family, afterwards liberty dressage with Viola Bücking 2:15 PM: Competition 7, Grand Prix Music Freestyle – The 15 best couples of Competition 4 are allowed to start. *The top three of the hat competition will receive gifts from the following companies: D. Swarovski & Co., Swarovski Optik, Brennerei Rochelt GmbH, Bodega Norton, Biermann Mode & Kostbarkeiten. Each participant will receive a sweet treat by Sacher (Innsbruck). Media Contact: Daniel Winkler | +43 664 246 9087 | [email protected]