death tumbled chaotically from the sky into her city it crash-landed in the 10-year-old girl’s neighborhood The falling bombs killed two of her close relatives the girl watched her parents work out a terrible calculus about the future of their five young children the family would walk out of a Syrian war zone they would throw themselves on the mercy of the world They would seek asylum in another country The girl and her family left Aleppo and found their way to a Turkish refugee camp Within two months they would be on the road again Dangers stalked the girl throughout the ordeal That included the frightening night she spent in a Turkish jail with her mother and three younger sisters Their jailers did two things she never will forget they gave the woman and girls dry bread and dog food they confiscated the supplies the family had collected along their journey Gone were the precious life preservers they desperately needed for the next step to safety and freedom — the often-deadly ocean crossing in an inflatable raft Passage to their unknown future would be in a flimsy The wind was already whipping the Aegean Sea into chopping waves when they found themselves on a rocky beach on the west coast of Turkey Seventy desperate people packed the small boat The passengers trampled the children under foot and pushed them to the floor of the dinghy they removed those precious life jackets in order to breathe They contemplated what would happen if the boat capsized or sank They didn’t think once about whether they’d be accepted in the country where the journey would end and life would begin That was too far off for these seven of the 5,644,769 million Syrians who have fled the country since 2012 When the rubber boat finally reached the shore of Greece on a January day in 2016 aid workers handed the family apples and bananas Then those well-meaning helpers embarrassed the poor modest children by stripping off all of their wet clothes right there on the beach to put them in dry clothing Small kindnesses can become indignities when there is no understanding None of them realized that the family’s eventual integration into daily German society would hinge on a child This is the story of a young Syrian girl named Hind and an elderly German grandmother named Traudlinde Eichhorn This is the story of that spunky 10-year-old with flashing observant brown eyes and a name that sounds like “hint.” It’s the story of that kind grandmother a retired postal worker with time on her hands who noticed the young girl on her street one day About 900,000 more Syrians have fled their homes since December in the face of renewed violence in the civil war Hind and Eichhorn have something to teach them and those who may encounter them Germany desperately needs immigrants like Hind Its long experience with a dropping birthrate and its intense experiments with mass migration offer a complicated road map is aware of Germany’s potential demographic winter and for years she was transfixed by news reports about Syrians fleeing bombs and war About how Germany has accepted some 600,000 Syrians who applied for asylum About how the government efficiently distributed them throughout the country to diffuse the impact on any one town About how national leaders openly acknowledged that absorbing all these new people would be expensive at first but that doing so was a national investment that could pay off in the long run but I took no initiative to do anything,” she said Hind Al Hammoud literally walked into her life the fastidious Eichhorn sat on a stool on Kirchgasse (Church Street) outside her home bending down to scrape weeds out of the crack between the road and the sidewalk walked down Kirchgasse’s incline toward her “What’s that woman doing?” Hind said to Shahad She asked Eichhorn if the girls could help “Will you really help me?” the stunned grandmother said “I couldn’t believe it,” Eichhorn told the Deseret News speaking in her native German from the living room of her quiet home She has decorated it beautifully and keeps it immaculate were confused by her sudden relationship with a Syrian family Some had complained about foreigners who moved into their neighborhoods One had a bad experience with an apartment full of single men who were loud and stayed up late disrupting the German man’s routine and sleep Still more feared a sea change to German society Hind and her siblings gave them plenty of opportunities “Now they know where I hide treats for them.” learns jokes at school and tries them out on Eichhorn Eichhorn teaches her the nuances of German culture We don’t talk about it so much anymore,” she added with a smile They swap stories about how Eichhorn married young certainly would have been married years ago if she’d remained in Syria “She is a strong personality,” Eichhorn said The elephant in the room is how long this relationship will last hoping to remain in Germany permanently as refugees they still don’t know if Germany will grant them that status “It’s hard for her parents to commit to the language when they don’t know if they will have to return home,” Eichhorn says “A lot of Germans feel the same way: ‘Why should I engage with them “My hope for Hind is that she can stay in Germany,” Eichhorn said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a bold bet when other European nations balked at the height of the Syrian crisis in early 2015: She left her nation’s borders open “Wir schaffen dass” — “We can do it.” Many cheered An American presidential candidate soon said she should be ashamed Since 2015, Germans have watched about 1.5 million asylum seekers arrive, more people than the entire population of Estonia. With them came both resolve and criticism. For example, the fledgling Alternative for Germany Party adopted an anti-immigration position. Its national support skyrocketed from 3% to 14% in the 10 months after “We can do it,” according to Politico The United States is now at 1.729, the Deseret News reported in December. “Falling birthrates imperil our future,” blared a recent headline in The Hill more than 60% of Syrian refugees and asylum seekers are 25 or younger They offer a boost to the nation’s workforce The United States and Germany have taken vastly different tacks toward Syrian refugees and asylum-seekers: Germany accepted 185,000 of them in 2018 The United States accepted 62 America had accepted 12,587 in 2016 and 6,557 in 2017 The latest figures say Germany has absorbed 584,000 Syrians roughly equal to the entire population of Luxembourg Nearly five years after the in-migration began a significant percentage of refugees have begun to help fuel the German economy “If Germans want to maintain their economic well-being, we need about half a million immigrants every year,” immigration researcher Wolfgang Kaschuba told The Washington Post last year “We need to guarantee that our society stays young Its leaders consciously follow lessons of the past Germany was at the center of the greatest refugee crisis in history It also successfully absorbed a massive number of refugees from the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s about 80% of adult refugees had German jobs within eight years That sort of success begins not with immediate job opportunities but with required integration and language courses director of integration and migration for the Arbeiter Samaritan Bund he said one hard-earned lesson is that refugees need time “Many refugees could quickly get jobs working in factories or kitchens or as janitors at We want them to get jobs where they are in touch with many people and have to learn German.” refugees must learn to understand the value of commitments to Germans “You have to learn to call the hotel where you work when you are going to be late,” he said “You really have to accept that if you want to work in Germany they are going to obtain a job only to lose it.” Germany uses a computer system to assign arriving asylum seekers to different states based on the number of residents and economic power of each area German cities don’t have the capacity to provide refugee services so Frankfurt and others contract with Müffke and his social welfare organization which centers its activities on five main pillars — supporting German language acquisition proactive activities for children and gender programs “Our goal is to help refugees become successful and independent,” Müffke said “Our job is to help people integrate in as short a time as possible.” America provides elite support for a few months you’re on your own.’ But the refugee still doesn’t understand English or the society You should support them with the goal they should become independent.” Germany helped refugees solve problems reactively Müffke oversaw a beautification project at an apartment complex for refugees built and managed by his organization right in the center of Frankfurt The long word means transition accommodations The complex is designed to increase refugee participation in German society It’s in the middle of a German neighborhood The garden and common areas are designed to help refugees from all parts of the world interact with each other A soccer team has a coach from Syria and players from Eritrea and Germany “We help them understand how to work with the police why we have environmental policies and demonstrations “Men have to accept that their wives are considered equal here The beautification project is part of a day of service sponsored by the German arm of CBRE Some 50 company employees volunteered their time to plant trees make planter boxes and build lounge tables and chairs “We need to do more to give back than pay taxes We want to do something that has a purpose.” Erdely stopped hacking up grass where the vegetable garden would go to repeat the fact Germany lacks workers “To look down on refugees is odd because they are part of our economic and value system,” he said every society has to make sure not to lose itself We have to focus on integration so there is a benefit Müffke paused as he talked about one pillar of integration — children “We believe we have to start with the children,” he said for people from Afghanistan and Eritrea to be friends The children make friends with other children in German families It would be fair to say Hind was shellshocked the first time she walked into her German school as the only Syrian amid 1,400 students the family spent two days at a refugee center there before traveling to Germany by bus and train They arrived at the refugee center near Giessen on Jan they moved into one floor of a house in Neu-Anspach where a church holds activities designed to integrate the newest residents and a cafe holds events for asylum-seeking women The family moved into its current apartment in the summer of 2018 “I was embarrassed,” Hind said of her first days in her new German school It didn’t help that she’d missed a lot of school Her father kept her home before they fled Syria because of nearby violence “This is no Mickey Mouse school,” said Fritz Färber one of the teachers at the Adolf Reichwein School in Neu-Anspach The administration and teachers try to help Asylum-seeking students are assigned to integration classes They stuck together because they couldn’t understand the other asylum-seekers She likes korb ball — which is like basketball — as well as sword fighting Färber has a reputation as a “classroom daddy.” He gains the trust of his students When a field trip approached on which Hind would be the only Syrian He told them she needed their help and understanding Then he convinced her to go on the field trip but he didn’t become a music teacher until 20 years into his career when he was asked to start a school orchestra Hind attended a concert and asked to join his class Her eyes went wide at the sight of the trumpet She only told him the family couldn’t afford one found one of his old instruments and repaired it So she took the trumpet to a friend’s house She practiced incognito there for two months She finally eased into telling him about it She talked with him about arranged marriage and other Syrian cultural norms “She knows she can break her family’s and her culture’s traditions but she also knows that if she breaks those traditions it will separate her from her family,” he said she learned it by careful listening and observation “She built a trust in the culture and the school.” Färber noted that many refugees experience longstanding struggles with trauma Hind said her Syrian friends changed and began to act out more She distanced herself from those who didn’t integrate she said she tells her sisters and brother the recipe is simple the second-highest type of German schooling She is doing well enough that she could go to the next highest level and qualify for a university education girls are engaged as early as 10 or 11 and then married months later I knew a girl who was 10 who was engaged to a 26-year-old man I want to get an education or learn a skill first.” Not all of the Syrian students are doing as well it took many pieces to make it all fit together for her,” he said Including the help of a certain lonely German grandmother Americans continue to wrestle with the refugee question The federal government has failed to fix America’s broken immigration system American business owners have more jobs than they can fill Gary Herbert said politicians have weaponized the immigration debate as a way to earn votes rather than solving the problem Curtis introduced the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 in November to provide a solution that would allow states to tailor a temporary worker visa pilot program to their needs Meanwhile, President Trump says the country is “full.” In September, he signed an executive order granting local politicians veto power over the placement of asylum seekers in their communities. In January, saying Texas had done more than its fair share, Gov. Greg Abbott blocked refugee resettlement throughout his state. So did the mayor of Springfield At least 42 governors have consented to allow refugees to resettle in their states Utah’s governor sent a letter to the president saying the state wants more refugees those leaders seem to be following the German lead Some Germans want to formalize the goodwill that exists in some German cities and regions The integration council wants to divert some European Union refugee funding to towns and cities that desire to help. They could even create “migration profiles” of the types of asylum-seeking refugees they could best support, Petra Bendel, chairwoman of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration, told Frontline The German attitude toward asylum-seekers is generally positive the nation’s leaders know they cannot accept as many in the future He said people have migrated throughout the whole of human history a member of the Christian Democratic Union “What we need is a controlled migration process we have to give people a perspective of hope in their home countries The United States has South America and Central America We have to provide development aid and economic aid for those countries .. the motivation for people to stay in their country.” Germans worry about the financial cost of supporting asylum seekers until they receive refugee status and are fully integrated and employed, about the effect they may have on German culture and about crimes committed by asylum seekers and refugees, Wendt said. Some feel they threaten German economic prosperity. But the integration council’s 2018 barometer which measures public opinion about refugees every two years found that “most Germans believe refugees enrich their country’s economy and culture,” Frontline reported She learned they had eaten poisonous raw beans they found growing on the playground Four ambulances and two emergency doctors swooped in and swept away Hind’s three frightened sisters — Shahad Hind went with two of them to translate; her father went with the other two she asked Eichhorn another question: “Can you sleep here at our house with my mom?” who plugged herself into the German culture and a network of Germans who would help her when she and her family needed it most And she started with a simple act of service: pulling weeds A native-born “Oma” (the German word for grandmother) who opened herself to strangers from a distant land willing to respond to a crisis at a moment’s notice and to provide long-term daily nurturing and stability “I trust Fatima and the children,” Eichhorn said They know what I have in my cupboards better than I do.” One who was skeptical now regularly helps Hind repair her bike Germany has begun to deny it to some after they have worked for years on integration then we send them back without proving whether they will be safe or have work but there are more Germans who commit crimes and hurt women than there are refugees.” But success relies on both the asylum seeker and the resident of their new country the Al Hammoud family stood outside Eichhorn’s home watched quietly in blue jeans under a flower print dress held the bunny rabbit Eichhorn keeps for her Her right arm rested on the shoulder of Mahmoud’s Lionel Messi soccer jersey Her left arm was wrapped lovingly around Shahad in her pink sweater Nour and Nada mugged for everyone underneath Eichhorn’s towering sunflowers “These are my grandchildren,” Eichhorn said Equestrian centre Wintermuehle in Neu-Anspach (GER) invites dressage riders and spectators to a high class competition in an international ambience Wintermuehle will be the setting for a CDI 3* dressage competition "It is with great pleasure that we greet riders and fans at this top class event," said show director Arnold Winter "We invite all to our competition and enjoy a wonderful atmosphere with top class horses and riders at the Wintermuehle." The CDI 3* competition features classes for young horses and tests of all levels from ponies and children to junior/young riders and Under 25 as well as a small and big tour CDI Neu-AnspachThe show will also host the "Hessian Proessional Dressage Riders Championship on this magnificent weekend it will also be the last chance to qualify for the prestigious Bundeschampionate (German Championship) in Warendorf in September There is a special offer for a VIP package for competitors (10% discount) and visitors offering buffet food drinks and the best view of the main competition ring for the weekend For more information, visit www.equivents.de  Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot LondonNewsThe potential impact of Trump's tariff plans on St. Thomas EV factory By Bailey ShakyaverOpens in new window and CTVNewsLondon.caPublished: November 26, 2024 at 7:06PM EST Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The 5-year olds Dalton de Prepinson and Forte Village and the 6-year olds Feine Deern and Fabajo became the winners of the Bundeschampionate qualification classes held during the "Winternationale" CDI Neu-Anspach on 29 July 2023 The CDI at horse dealer Arnold Winter's Wintermühle kicked off on Thursday 27 July with some national tests There were no less than four winners in the two divisions Nine combinations competed in the L-level dressage horse test for 5-year olds Two pairs tied in first place on a score of 8.0 which earned them a ticket to the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf They are Helena Bicker on the French owner Hanoverian gelding Dalton de Prepinson (by Don Juan de Hus x Soliman de Hus) Luxembourg's Fie Skarsoe also got a trophy aboard Peter Schlüssen's Oldenburg gelding Forte Village (by Feinrich x Johnson) 8.5 for canter and 8 for submission and general impression In the M-level dressage horse test for 6-year olds there were 10 combinations competing and they were assessed by judges Elke Ebert There were again two winners on a score of 8.2 Laura Ihring piloted Nicola Krause's Hanoverian mare Feine Deern (by Franz Ferdinand x Lauries Crusador xx) to the victory after receiving 8 for walk and trot 8 for submission and 8.5 for general impression Charlotte Tollhopf rode Sportpferde Galleria's Fabajo (by Furst Belissaro x Wolkentanz) to the same winning score and submission and 8.5 for trot and general impression Hungarian Mate Garai braved the elements at the "Winternationale" international dressage competition at Wintermühle equestrian center in Neu-Anspach on 27 -30 July 2023 to win big aboard three of Sporpferde Galleria's dressage horses The rainy weather and pond-like puddles on the dressage arena at the CDI Neu-Anspach did not dampen Maté's spirit and he put his best foot forward to post outstanding scores on the leader board "Even if the weather was not the best all the time i really enjoyed being here and the show was very well organised," he commented The 31-year old Garai entered familiar turf when he trailered three of Sportpferde Galleria's horses to Neu-Anspach He has worked as a stable rider for Arnold Winter for years so the Hungarian was well acquainted with the venue Garai, who competed at three European Pony Championships before heading to the 2007 and 2008 European Junior Riders Championships on Julie de Deken's Romero (by Ritual x Freiherr), knew a decade ago a life with horses would be his professional path After being as an assistant rider at Wintermühle in Neu-Anspach the young man moved into the principle rider's role at Sportpferde Galleria a company founded in 2022 and seeking top talented young horses the company purchased its own sales and training facility in Mönchengladbach of which the full renovation is almost completed Garai made his international show debut on the Galleria horses at the start of July in Deauville The CDI Neu-Anspach was his second time out "I'm so thankful for the great horses and the support of the team at Galleria Sporthorses," Maté stated In Neu-Anspach Garai was in the winning mood Garai on Galleria's Summerville OLDEspecially in the young horses classes Maté was able to set his hand to dominating the competition Aboard Galleria's Summerville (by Sezuan x Diamond Hit) he was third in the preliminary test on 80.60% and won the Finals test with a whopping 89.40% The Oldenburg bred Summerville was competed last year by Spaniard Manuel Dominguez at the 2022 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo With the developing Prix St Georges horse Galleria's DeLaurentis FRH (by DeLorean x Stedinger) It was the horse's first international competition in his life and the pair placed second in the preliminary test with 80.361% and won the Finals test with 79.157%  Riding for Sportpferde Galleria has opened many doors for Garai who after years in saddle of sales horses and national shows has now finally made his international debut at the highest level Garai on Galleria's DeLaurentis FRHAboard Galleria's licensed Danish warmblood stallion Vincent Maranello (by Zack x Future Cup) he premiered at GP level in Deauville and made a huge leap forward in Neu-Anspach finishing sixth in the Grand Prix with 66.652% and second in the Special with 67.255% "I had the best weekend at the Wintermühle," Garai explained It was our first show together with Delaurentis and first S-class for him Summerville had a third place because he was at first a little bit shy with the water (in the arena) but then he produced an amazing 89,4% and first place Vincent gives me from test to test a better feeling The 2023 CDI Neu-Anspach also featured several national level classes including an important Bundeschampionate qualifier on 29 July Garai's assistant rider Charlotte Tollhopf  won the 6-year old dressage horse class aboard Galleria's Fabajo (by Fürst Belissaro x Wolkentanz) on a score of 8.2 Tollhopf also piloted the green Oldenburg Fausto OLD (by Fürstenball x Totilas) to a 6th place in the 5-year old division putting important mileage and experienced on this diamond in the rough Photos © Laura Beying Bärbel Eppinger's internationally competed Oldenburg stallion Rulaman has passed away Rulaman was a 1996 born Oldenburg stallion by Rubinstein out of Romanze (by Romadour II x Adjutant x Nonsens) Born at Eppinger's Lerchenhof in Münsingen Rulaman wasn brought into the world with the help of Bärbel's brother Heinert The stallion first proved himself in sport before he became a licensed stallion He was at based at equestrian centre Wintermühle in Neu-Anspach where Bärbel was working at the time as a trainer The stallion made his sport debut as a 4-year old in 2000 Three years later he made his debut at small tour level at a local show in Neu-Anspacht in August 2003 In October 2003 his international debut followed at the CDI-W Kaposvar where he finished in the top five in all three small tour classes Bärbel handed the ride to her cousin Anne Eppinger-Lutkemeier Eppinger and RulamanIn 2005 Bärbel and Rulaman made their national Grand Prix debut Their first international Grand Prix ride was at the 2006 CDI Wiesbaden In 2007 it was Anne's turn again on the stallion and she rode him in the junior level classes at the 2007 CDI-PJYR Bonn She also won the bronze medal at the 2007 German Junior Rider Championships Rulaman was a real family horse as Eppinger regularly competed him herself at that time Eppinger mainly focused on national level competition although she also campaigned him at the CDI's in Kaposvar They finished fourth in the GP Special at the 2008 German Professionally Dressage Riders Championships In 2012 Bärbel's 16-year old son Marc Eppinger competed the stallion the first time and last time at L-level at the local show in Münsingen in June 2012 It was the stallion's last competition start at age 16 The horse achieved over 30,000 euro in prize money a substantial amount at the time collected at national shows He was first licensed for the Hessian breed society in Alsfeld in February 2005 when he was 9 years old Rulaman at the 2010 CDI HagenIn 2006 Oldenburg approval followed and in 2007 the Baden Wurttemberger verband approved him He was offered at stud at Eppinger's yard as well as at the state stud Marbach in Gomadingen  He did not do a stallion performance test as he was accepted based on his sport results Rulaman did not make an impact as a breeding stallion with only 16 sport horses and 3 broodmares recorded in the FN database Rulaman enjoyed his retirement to the field An injury to his coronet band no longer properly healed and last week it was decided in the best interest of the horse to put him to sleep "He was a gift," Bärbel told Reiter Journal  The Werndl family have added a new FEI horse to their collection after acquiring Uta Graf's small tour ride Quick Decision The chestnut is an 8-year old Hanoverian gelding by Quaterhall out of Ronja H (by Rotspon x Lauries Crusador xx) The striking chestnut has moved yards quite a few times as a youngster He was first owned by with Martin and Jasmin Schaudt and purchased at their yard by Annette Göbelsmann-Schweitzer alongside a second horse the now 9-year old Hanoverian Diallo (by Dancier x Floriscount) The ride was allocated to Roxana Mohr, who trained with Uta Gräf at the time and rode her first Grand Prix test on Uta's Dandelion (owned by Annette) Mohr went independent at Fröhnerhof in Mehlingen and Göbelsmann-Schweitzer followed her with her horses Roxy made her show debut on Quick Decision in April 2021 and qualified for the 2021 Bundeschampionate where they placed 9th in the 5-year old finals At the same time Mohr also rode Annette's Westfalian mare Bonne Jument (by Belissimo M x De Niro) and this horse enabled Mohr to have her international show debut at amateur level at the 2021 CDI Deauville Roxana competed Quick Decision through the spring of 2022 including in the 6-year tests at the CDI Wiesbaden She quit as a professional rider and is now a real estate agent With Uta Gräf at the 2024 CDN DonaueschingenOwner Göbelsmann-Schweitzer moved the horse to Dorothee Schneider Uta premiered Quick Decision in February 2023 at S-level and rode the developing PSG horse tests in Darmstadt  and Neu-Anspach She showed him at several regional shows through 2024 to consolidate him at small tour level They campaigned in the Nurnberger Burgpokal qualifier in Donaueschingen Annette Göbelsmann-Schweitzer has now sold Quick Decision to the Werndl family who also tried Dallio but he stayed with Uta Graf "I’m very excited to have him with us," Benjamin Werndl told Eurodressage "to bring some great horses with amazing talent into the Grand Prix the next years Photos © Stefan Lafrentz Related LinksQuick Decision and Diallo Win 2021 Mehlingen Bundeschampionate QualifierUta Graf Secures Ride on Dandelion and Lawrence German squad listed young rider Paul Löcher has parted ways with his trainer Katrin Burger as he begins a new chapter as a college student combined with dressage riding The Maxdorf based Löcher is one of Germany's young rising stars. The German young riders squad for 2023 has only five riders in the A-squad and six in the B-squad Paul and Amaro T are members of the B-squad The 19-year old Paul made his international show debut as a junior rider in 2021 After finishing 13th with Limoncelli (by Lord Loxley x Graphitano) in the Preis der Besten he debuted at his first international at the CDI Kronberg in June 2021 In 2022 he rode Amaro T, an 11-year old Westfalian by Ampere x Fidermark, at the CDI's in Kronberg and Neu-Anspach. At the 2022 German Young Riders Championships they were 10th With the Baden Wurttemberger bred Fraser Island (by Finest x Laurentio) he contested the 7-year old tests at the CDI Neu-Anspach and was 19th in the warm-up round for 7-year olds at the 2022 Bundeschampionate Löcher and Amaro T at the CDI KronbergLöcher will begin his studies to for a professional future in real estate and the commute to his coach from his own yard in Maxdorf has become too time consuming I decided to also focus on my professional career in addition to my sporting career at the beginning of 2023 because I would like to take over my parents‘ real estate company later," Paul told Eurodressage "For this reason I will start my studies in a few weeks The resulting time commitment and the additional physical distance would unfortunately make further cooperation impossible." Paul started working with Burger and her husband Achim Neubert at the end of 2020 He became regional champion and went on to book his first national successes as well as got some international mileage "They have contributed a large part to my success We continue to be connected through many great memories and happy moments," he said Paul is now re-laying the pieces of the puzzle for his riding career combined with studies In the meantime he has been getting help from his home team and Australian Hayley Bereford Julia Kay on Second Sister vom Rosencarree"During my studies I will complete many practical modules and be accommodated by many well-known companies throughout Germany," he explained "Hayley is currently supporting me both in the training of my young horses and in my riding my sister and our team give me the best possible support when working with the other horses so that I can continue to concentrate very well on Amaro The Löcher family recently welcomed the horse Second Sister vom Rosencarree (also known Sweet Potato vom Carree) a rising 8-year old Oldenburg mare by Sandro Hit x Royal Diamond She is the full sister to Dorothee Schneider's Grand Prix mare Sister Act vom Rosencarree Löcher's sister Laura is also a dressage rider who began competing Paul's Limoncelli last autumn As of 1 February 2023, Burger and Neubert welcome Jerome Schaack as their new assistant trainer to their team. The Luxembourg born Schaack, who worked before for Christoph Niemann, will join Nina Dirks on the riders' team Photos © Sina Kuiper - Stefan Lafrentz German professional dressage rider Julia Kay has tragically lost her brave battle against cancer Julia Christina Maria Kay was born 14 July 1989 and horses played a central role in her life Originally she was quite versatile and showed an interest in vaulting but it was dressage that captured her heart At age 19 she did her first competition in vaulting but by 2009 she was competing dressage with horses Leona SD (by Laudabilis x Munchhausen) and Staatsfeind Nr 1 (by Statesman x Florencio) Her first shows she did in Luxembourg riding horses that are owned by LUX Dressage She did the official "bereiter" programme with an internship at Arnold Winter's dealer's yard Wintermühle in Neu-Anspach In 2014 she moved to Beelitz to ride for breeder Silke Pelzer at Brood Farm Rosencarree As a professional rider she also rode for several owners and competed in her first S-level test aboard the Oldenburg bred Salisbury Hill (by Serano Gold x Furst Heinrich) Her first big national championship was in 2018 when she rode Bentley (by Bordeaux x Quaterman) and Sir Napoleon vom Rosencarree at the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf They were 35th in the consolation and 12th in the Finals She finished the year winning the Berlin-Brandenburg Indoor Championships on Zimba (by Sheraton x Amulet) In 2019 Kay returned to the Bundeschampionate with All In (by Ampere x Sandro Hit) Grey Rose (by Grey Flanell x Furst Romancier) and Sir Napoleon She finished 14th in the consolation with All In Julia Kay on Sweet Potao at the 2022 CDI WiesbadenKay's professional career focused mainly on national level competition but in 2022 she made her international show debut a now 9-year old Oldenburg mare by Sandro Hit x Royal Diamond she competed at the 2022 CDI Wiesbaden in the 7-year old classes and a month later rode her on home turf at the CDI Neu-Anspach where she finished second in the 7-year old finals test Sweet Potao (sic, a typo for "Potato" which costs approx 1000 euro to be corrected with the German equestrian federation) is also known as Second Sister vom Rosencarree. She recently sold to German young rider Paul Löcher The last few years she trained with Philip Becker She last competed Barking (by Baron x Don Index) in the riding horse classes at the CDN Darmstadt-Kranichtstein in November 2022 She last sat on a horse a month ago at Pauline Paulsen's Hofgut Mauloff Six years ago Julia was diagnosed with cancer and was given only a short time to live but unfortunately succumbed to it when cancer returned a third time Her incredible spirit and fighter mentality made her live much longer and this mental resilience is also a quality she showed in the saddle as a competitive dressage rider Julia passed away on Friday morning 2 June 2023. Her funeral will be on 9 June 2023 in Sörup. In lieu of flowers, Julia wanted donations to be made the German Childhood Cancer foundation The Hungarian Grand Prix rider Robert Acs has decided to begin his independent business in Hungary after thirteen years on the job as an assistant trainer at the horse dealing yard Wintermühle in Neu-Anspach Acs and his life partner Aniko Lozinsky have relocated back to Hungary and are now based at the Braun family's equestrian centre in Mariakalnok where between 2007 and 2009 three international dressage competitions were held Acs is renting a stable section on the Braun property The professional rider recently made his international come back at Grand Prix level with the 12-year old Deep Impact (by De Niro x Rubinstein) At the 2015 CDI Fot in September he scored 63.920% in the Grand Prix (8th) but withdrew from the Special Acs also qualified three horses for the 2015 World Young Horse Championships in Verden: The 5-year old Hanoverian Quentin GH (by Quaterback x Sandro Hit) the Oldenburg gelding Sir Stanley W (by Stedinger x Florencio) and the 6-year old Olenburg bred Qatar (by Quaterback x Stedinger) but competed none Stella-Charlott Roth's small tour ride Echt Stark has been sold to German junior rider Capri-Marie Raum Echt Stark is an 11-year old Oldenburg mare by Royal Highness out of Enrica (by Fielmann x Sandro hit x Espri) She is bred at Zuchthof Bauer and was owned by Roth Echt Stark made her show debut under Saskia Löwel as a 4-year old in 2015 but in the summer of that year Ilona Kress took over the ride Kress and Echt Stark qualified for the 2016 Bundeschampionate but landed 36th place in the 5-year old warm up and withdrew from the consolation finals They returned a year later as winners of the Frankenthal and Ludwigsburg qualifier At the 2017 Bundeschampionate they were 8th in the warm-up round and 20th in the consolation finals In 2018 they competed in the Nurnberger Burgpokal qualifiers in Darmstadt In October 2018 Echt Stark moved into the barn of former Piaff Forderpreis winner Stella-Charlott Roth She began showing the mare at small tour level in June 2020 in Herbergen and made her international debut at the CDI Herzlake in September 2020 The duo campaigned successfully at national level the past two years their last start at the CDN Oldenburg in October 2021 Raum and Zirkon at the 2022 Preis der Besten Qualifier in Kronberg (Photo © Mirka Nilkens)The black mare has now been sold to German junior Capri-Marie Raum Raum competed at L-level on pony Inviva (by Champion de Luxe x Handryk) in 2019 and 2020 This year she moved to M-level with Evelyn Haim-Swarovski's former ride the 12-year old Rhinelander stallion Zirkon (by Zack x Sunny Boy) The pair competed in the Preis der Besten qualifier in Kronberg last weekend Capri also rides the 14-year old Hanoverian Don Rio (by Don Crusador x Rotspon) Echt Stark will be a new iron in the fire for Raum She trains with Constanze Rügheimer and is based in Nürnberg Photos © Mirka Nilkens Gestut Sprehe has sold its 7-year old Hanoverian stallion Cap Amour to Korean Olympian Dong Seon Kim Cap Amour is by Christ out of Delicia (by De Niro x Pik Bube II) He is bred by Egon Schröder and was owned by Gestut Sprehe Cap Amour was licensed with the Mecklenburger society but not listed on Sprehe's stallion roster The horse was first started in 2015 by Heike Klausing but then moved in training with Sabine Rüben's team  In 2017 he was shown by Judit Sarda at four shows one was the Bundeschampionate qualifier in Neu-Anspach but he did not compete at the Bundeschampionate in Warendorf In the spring of 2019 Australian Simone Pearce took over the ride and competed the horse at the CDI Achleiten after which they were selected to represent Australia at the 2019 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Ermelo They finished 18th in the preliminary round and 9th in the consolation finals with 73.893% Cap Amour sold to Dong Seon Kim and the horse has arrived in Seoul, where Kim is based. He recently moved back home from his German base St. Ludwig in Wegberg, which is now for sale "My plan is to ride him in Korea and train for the 2022 Asian Games," Kim told Eurodressage Joint Venture Audio Visual and Lighting has been named the exclusive distributor of Adam Hall Group’s product line for the Philippines Taking over the exclusive distribution of Adam Hall Group’s own brands LD Systems The event technology provider with headquarters in Neu-Anspach thus gains another distribution partner for the important APAC region Joint Venture Audio Visual is a corporate merger of several companies including full-service provider Systech Lighting and Controls Systech will represent the AVL brands of the Adam Hall Group in the Philippine market “We are pleased to add one of the largest event technology manufacturers in the world to our distribution portfolio with the solutions of Adam Hall Group,” explained Oliver C President Joint Venture Audio Visual Lighting “Since the end of the Covid pandemic the APAC region has been one of the fastest growing markets ever Together we will implement numerous interesting projects and further increase the awareness of the Adam Hall Group brands in the Philippines.” Asia Pacific added: “Joint Venture is the leading distributor for the AVL sector in the Philippines the large team offers ideal conditions to perfectly match our diverse portfolio to the different target groups.” www.adamhall.com jointventureaudiovisuallighting.com We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again More information about our Cookie Policy The former Hanoverian licensed breeding stallion and international young riders' horse Contendros Bube has passed away on 20 June 2021 Contendros Bube was a Hanoverian by Contendro out of Pik Bubes Girl (by Pik Bube I) Contendros Bube was licensed for breeding at the 2004 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden He did his 300-day stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf in the autumn of 2005 and scored 138.69 points for dressage (2nd) and 100.03 points for show jumping (22nd) to finish third with a total of 128 points His first competition was in May 2005 under Ralf Balzer but returned to the arena in June 2008 under Hans-Peter Klaus who competed him through 2011 from L-level to small tour level In 2010 Klaus once showed the stallion in a CDI He rode him in one Prix St Georges test at the CDI Lingen In 2011 he sold to Marita Runge as a youth rider's horse for her daughter Sarah Runge The new combination made its show debut in Neu-Anspach in September 2011 at S* level They had an international show debut in a winning way at the 2012 CDI Vejer de la Frontera where they won the preliminary test with 70.093% and placed second in the team and individual test They went on to show the next weekend in Vejer Two months later they competed at the CDIO-Y Saumur and won the kur to music Their fourth and last international was the 2013 CDIO-Y Saumur Saumur in 2013 was the horse's last international show Nationally Runge rode the horse in two more competitions: a local show in Neu-Anspach in August 2013 and in Donaueschingen in September 2013 At age 11 Contendros Bube did his last show there Sarah Runge and Contendros BubeContendros Bube was retired from sport because he was diagnosed with a heart condition "I couldn't compete him further because of issues with his heart and sadly we had to put him down today," Runge told Eurodressage yesterday As a breeding stallion he produced 59 mares which are registered as broodmares with the German equestrian federation He has 156 offspring registered for sport with the German NF and four of them are competing at S-level His most famous offspring is Christopher (Katharina Pickel) At the 2015 Klosterhof Medingen auction the then 4-year old Hanoverian bred Calandro (by Contendros Bube x Stedinger x De Niro) sold to Norway for 75,000 euro British 23-year old Mollie Summerland won the CCI 5* in Luhmuhlen on the 12-year old Hanoverian gelding Charly van ter Heiden (by Contendros Bube x Escudo II) Japanese Grand Prix rider Kazuki Sado has increased his chances for a Japanese team spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo by getting a second Grand Prix horse to ride for the 2020 season Ludwig der Sonnenkonig is a 13-year old Oldenburg stallion by London Swing x Liberator x Directeur the horse made its show debut in 2010 under Anna Pfeilsticker The stallion sold to British Sam Duckworth who first competed him at M-level in Neu Anspach in May 2014 Duckworth competed the stallion through Grand Prix level and in the Louisdor Cup qualifiers in Hagen and Donaueschingen until the end of 2016 Ludwig der Sonnenkonig moved to Helgstrand Dressage in Denmark to be sold He was first competed in Denmark by Joao Moreira at a Danish regional show in June 2018 In the autumn on 2017 the ride was allocated to Danish Under 25 rider Victoria Vallentin who became one of the Danish Grand Prix shooting stars of 2018 Vallentin and Ludwig der Sonnenkonig were in the running for a team spot for the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon but were bested by Betina Jaeger on Belstaff in the CDIO Aachen head-to-head WEG team qualifier after reviewing the rules once more it was not such a bad idea for the then 20-year old Vallentin to go to the 2018 European Under 25 Championships in Exloo instead of Tryon Senior team selection would have meant that she would no longer be allowed to compete in the Under 25 division in the next four years In Exloo she won the Short Grand Prix test bronze medal and in 2019 the pair won the Danish Under 25 Championships Vallentin quit her job as a rider at Helgstrand Dressage to move to Dennis Fisker's yard and lost the ride on the stallion The horse has now been leased to the Japan Racing Association as Sado's Tokyo hopeful The 34-year old Sado began competing internationally in 2015 with Bellissimo and Ziroco at international GP level He also rode at small tour level with Urban Legend In 2018 Japan Racing Association bought the Hanoverian Barolo (by Breitling W x Hitchcock) from A Seifert-Cohn and Carl Hester and competed him on the Japanese Team at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon To up his chances for Japanese team selection for Tokyo Sado has now been given a second iron in the fire The horse has already arrived at in The Netherlands where Sado trains with Tineke and Imke Bartels The new duo is scheduled to make its CDI show debut next week at the CDI Waregem in Belgium The winners have been decided: Two Adam Hall Group products have been honored with the internationally renowned German Design Award 2020 – the Cameo ZENIT B200 and the LD Systems U300 series While the battery-operated ZENIT B200 LED spotlight impressed in the “Excellent Product Design – Lighting” category the U300 series’ radio systems stood out in the “Excellent Product Design – Entertainment” category Once again a German Design Award recipient is further motivated to continue pursuing its path of developing innovative event technology solutions in close cooperation with its customers Both the UHF system solutions for radio and in-ear monitoring applications from the U300 series by LD Systems and the battery-operated LED outdoor wash light ZENIT B200 by Cameo embody the characteristic design of the respective brands offering professional users a well-thought-out combination of functionality and high-quality appearance for various day-to-day applications The German Design Award honours innovative products and projects (as well as their manufacturers and designers) that represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape It is awarded by the authority for brand and design in Germany: the German Design Council Established on the initiative of the German government as a foundation in 1953 it supports the industry in achieving added brand value through design This makes the German Design Council one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for communication and brand management in the area of design “The entire Adam Hall Group team is extremely proud that they are once again among the winners of the German Design Award in 2020,” says Alexander Pietschmann “Both the LD Systems and Cameo brands recently underwent comprehensive rebranding so we’re all the more pleased that our solutions not only impress event technology users but the international product design elite too Recognition of our efforts by the German Design Award jury encourages us to continue forging new paths in the future and assume a pioneering role as an innovative event technology manufacturer.” The official awards ceremony of the German Design Award 2020 will take place on February 7 as part of Ambiente 2020 in Frankfurt am Main www.adamhall.com died suddenly in McDonald’s toilet and was not found until the next daySun ReporterPublished: 19:39 25 Nov 2019A MAN died on a McDonald’s toilet and was not found until the next day The unnamed 48-year-old had gone there for lunch while working at a petrol station opposite The next day his boss asked if staff at the diner A spokesman for McDonald's said: "McDonald's and its franchisers have strict internal and external hygiene regulations and these are often checked. 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