Boost for Canada’s high performance dressage program
International dressage approximate in addition to double-decker Dr Volker Moritz has joined a squad of experts working together to aid Canadian high surgery dressage riders.
The group, formed by Desi Dillingham, MBE, Special Advisor to Dressage Canada, brings together a knowledgeable grouping who are working on programs to plow over Canada’s dressage athletes the best possible risk of success on the the world stage, including the 2014 World Equestrian Games (WEG), to move held adjacent summertime inwards Normandy, France.
Dr Moritz is the latest improver to the team, in addition to brings a wealth of expertise inwards the areas of grooming in addition to judging. He rode in addition to trained horses upwardly to the grand prix marking for over 45 years, in addition to has been awarded the High German equestrian federation’s Golden Riders’ Badge. He was likewise a approximate for most xl years, in addition to held FEI ‘O’ marking credentials for twenty years earlier retiring inwards 2010.
His vast judging resume includes 3 World Cup Finals, the 1998 in addition to 2002 World Equestrian Games, in addition to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Additionally, he was purpose of the set down jury of the prestigious CDIO Aachen contest for to a greater extent than than thirty years. Since retiring from judging, Dr Moritz has stepped upwardly inwards to a greater extent than of a coaching capacity, including beingness appointed the Belgian Dressage Team Coach for the 2012 Olympics.
His role on Dillingham’s squad of experts volition include providing Canadian Dressage Team riders alongside technical support, advice, in addition to a judge’s interpretation of their scores during CDI-level contest at the 2014 Global Dressage Festival serial inwards Wellington, Florida, USA this winter.
“When I got the telephone band from Desi, hollo for if I was interested inwards helping her construct upwardly a high surgery Canadian Dressage Team, I did non hesitate for a instant to accept,” said physician Moritz.
“Being involved inwards the transcend international dressage sport equally a judge, rider, trainer, in addition to double-decker for to a greater extent than than xl years showed that this is a lifetime commitment yous never tin stop.
“I already knew most of the Canadian grand prix riders in addition to their lineament potential,” he continued. “Nevertheless, it is a peachy novel challenge for me, in addition to I hope to create my really best. My foremost personal objective is that nosotros all cause got each other in addition to decease members of a happy in addition to successful identify unit of measurement equally presently equally possible. I await forwards to outset my novel project inwards the wintertime in addition to saltation flavor inwards Florida.”
Dillingham said the priority for the grouping was to qualifying riders for WEG inwards August 2014, alongside farther goals of the Pan American Games inwards 2015, in addition to the Rio Olympics inwards 2016.
“I had to rank together an experienced squad that could hitting the set down running,” Dillingham said.
“I know my ain strengths in addition to weaknesses, then I knew straightaway the skills I had to larn for the team. So my foremost port of telephone band was someone at the transcend of their game inwards the world, who was respected past times all. physician Volker Moritz was my foremost pick in addition to I was delighted when he accepted the role.
“We cause got to aid our riders to perform at their personal best inwards the adjacent few months, in addition to what amend agency than to convey to the tabular array la crème de la crème of what the the world of dressage has to offer. I am actually looking forwards to working alongside physician Moritz in addition to cannot hold off for our foremost larn together inwards Florida inwards January.”
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