The weekend of February 16, 17 and 18 was dedicated to the finals of the Horses2fly KFPS riding and dressage sports competition. At the Manege De Caprilli in Sonnega the competition is for the Tinnen Driver, Silver Whip, JongKFPS Talent Award and the Stal Bûtemare Trophy.
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Friday: driving
On Friday 16 February, finals started at 4pm with class B, followed by the other classes. The pairs will take to the track before 8pm, with seven pairs set to be a beautiful collection. The day ended with performances by Marrit de Vries and Wilma Reijenga and then the awards ceremony. The Tinnen riders await the best rider from the final won last year (for the second year in a row) by Wilma Reijenga with Jonas van de Miedweg (Maurits 437). This year Wilma and Jonas participated again, now in the ZZ class. At the awards ceremony, the best young racer received the JongKFPS Talent Award and the best racer over 40 years old was awarded the Stal Bûtemare Cup.
Saturday: B, L1 and L2
Saturday 17 February starts at 10am with dressage L1, L2 and dressage B. The awards ceremony will take place at around 17.00 with the presentation of the Silver Whip to the best rider of the class. Last year Isabelle Vroomans won in a Hummer (Elias 494). This year they will compete in the M2 final on Sunday.
Week: M1, M2, Z1, Z2 and ZZ-Licht
The day also starts on Sunday 18 February at 10am with class M1. The next dressage class finishes, after which the awards ceremony is expected at around 5pm with the presentation of the Silver Whip, won last year by Esther Postmus and Coco WE (Hessel 480), the JongKFPS Talent Award and the Stal Bûtemare Trophy.
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