The national dressage competition settles in the Vaumicel

The second edition of the national dressage competition took place for three days at the Vaumicel equestrian club, with 56,000 F in prizes. Fourteen events, organized in a floral setting of the mansion park, brought together about one hundred horses. Two appointments particularly attracted national and international riders: the international recovery Saint-Georges and the national haras prize, a recovery classified I.

The public was able to see Dominique d'Esme, who had participated in the Seoul and Montreal and Los Angeles Olympic Games, and Jacques-Henry Ménard, a professional squire member of the French team. The Senator of Bourgoing praised the development of dressage in the region thanks to this competition created two years earlier in Vierville.

The newspaper explains the requirements of this discipline: to make the horse flexible, light, calm and attentive, to the point of giving an impression of ease. The dressage events take place at step, trot and gallop, with free or imposed figures.

The management committee included Hubert de Bellaigue, President, Anne-Marie Coiffier, Vice-President, Nathalie Coiffier, Secretary, and Anne-Marie Léonet, Treasurer.

In the preserved results, Hava Thor, mounted by Miss Marais, wins the Vaumicel prize. The Conqueror and Vierville Prize, cover of Saint-Georges, goes to Kalifa IV, mounted by Dominique Brieussel, with 2,500 F, ahead of Romanus, mounted by Anita Huguev. In the Popsem Prize, cover in music, Miss d'Esme takes the first two places on Qualva des Combes and Rubin II. A ranking fragment, whose title is missing, also gives Superbe de Rio, mounted by Mr. Masbou, in second place.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The beginning of the awards is missing: the second place of Superb de Rio can certainly not be linked to an event.

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