Four competitors who rode in the 3-star Hagen, Germany, dressage show this month have been named to the U.S. team for July’s 5-star competition at Aachen. Kevin Kohmann, winner of the Grand Prix and Special at Hagen, will be riding Diamante Farm’s Duenensee.
Kevin Kohmann and Dunensee. (Photo © 2024 by Nancy Jaffer)
Kevin, tenth in the FEI World Cup Final in April, will be joined on the squad by Olympic medalist Kasey Perry-Glass on Diane Perry’s Heartbeat WP, Ben Ebeling with Anne Romney’s Bellena and Jennifer Hoffman on Joppe Partners’ Joppe K.
Marcus Orlob, who went to the Olympics with Alice Tarjan’s Jane, will ride as an individual with the mare in the 4-star at Aachen. He also will be in the 1-star with Alice’s stallion, JJ Glory Day. Kevin rides in that division as well with Diamante’s Scala, fourth in the Prix St. Georges and I-1 at Hagen.
Aachen takes on even more than its usual importance because it will be the venue next year for the world championships in every discipline except endurance, making it practically a reprise of its spectacular 2006 presentation of the World Equestrian Games.