Dressage-News

May 25, 2021

A short list of 11 riders and 18 horses for the Netherlands team for the Olympics in two months was announced Tuesday by the Dutch federation. Adelinde Cornelissen has four horses on the list, Marlies van Baalen, Edward Gal, Dinja van Liere and Hans Peter Minderhoud each have two horses.

The riders and horses:

—Marlies van Baalen, 40, and Ben Johnson, 15-year-old KWPN gelding, and
Go Legend, 10-year-old KWPN gelding

—Adelinde Cornelissen, 41, and Aqiedo, 16-year-old KWPN stallion,
Zephyr, 17-year-old KWPN gelding,
Fleau de Baian, 11-year-old KWPN stallion, and
Governor-STR, 10-year-old KWPN stallion

—Edward Gal, 51, and Glock’s Toto JR., 10-year-old Hanoverian stallion, and
Glock’s Total US, nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion

—Dinja van Liere, 30, and Hermes, nine-year-old KWPN stallion, and
Haute Couture, nine-year-old KWPN mare

—Patrick van der Meer, 50, and Chinook, 14-year-old KWPN stallion

—Anne Meulendijks, 27, and MDH Avanti, 16-year-old KWPN gelding

—Hans Peter Minderhoud, 47, and Glock’s Dream Boy, 13-year-old KWPN stallion, and
Glock’s Zonik, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion

—Denise Nekeman, 27, and Boston STH, 15-year-old KWPN stallion

—Emmelie Scholtens, 35, and Desperado, 13-year-old KWPN stallion

—Madeleine Witte-Vrees, 49 , and Cennin,14-year-old KWPN stallion

—Thamar Zweistra, 38, and Hexagon’s Double Dutch, 13-year-old KWPN stallion