“I am glad to have him!”
Holger Wulschner has been riding BSC Skipper by Stolzenberg/Lord Liberty (breeder: Konrad Deister, Harsum) for one and a half years now. The pair have consistently placed in good events and earned more than €40,000 in prize money, but they had not hit the jackpot yet. They had success at the Löwen Classics in Braunschweig in March, when they won the final of the Medium Tour. It was the first victory at the S-level for the black gelding who was born in 2004.
“The time had come for Skipper in the final. We remained faultless and had the fastest time in the jump-off, which spelled victory! I could hardly believe it,” Holger Wulschner is overjoyed. The first Grand Prix-victory was not long in coming: they came first in Oliva/Spain in April.
Holger Wulschner discovered Skipper at a horse show in Mecklenburg. Jasmin Selke-John rode this diamond-in-the-rough in jumper classes at the S-level. The young rider had brought the horse along from participating in young jumping horse classes to international competitions.
“He is very careful and has his own jumping style. I now and again inquired, if he was for sale. At one point, I got a positive response. Skipper came to my barn for three months on trial,” Holger remembers. “Skipper had the reputation to be very difficult, but now he is fine. He could not compete during the summer because of an injury. After the short break from horse shows, he started again and did much better from the beginning than he had done before. I am glad to have him!”
The talented jumper will remain in the stable of Holger Wulschner. The sponsor enjoys the success and already confirmed that long-term plans are to be made.
