A total of seven three- and four-year-old mares presented themselves to the judging team consisting of Hans-Joachim Ahsbahs and Dierk Groth at the Holsteiner Mare Championships at the Norla Fair in Rendsburg. The presentation of the mares was done by the former breeding director Dr. Thomas Nissen.
With outstanding individual scores of 9.5 each for canter and training and an overall score of 8.8, the Quim CL-Diarado daughter Misses Quim bred by Carsten Lauck won the championship. The mare was perfectly presented by Stefanie Harms in the large show ring. The Reserve Champion of the 18th Mare Championships went with an overall score of 8.6 to M-Covergirl by Catch-Casall (Gisela Neuhaus) with Lina Pasewald in the saddle. Third place with a score of 8.1 went to Katrin Grossmann on her homebred Holsteiner mare Grossi's Mathilda by Alcatraz-Quaterback. Fourth place went to Carina Wacks with Molly Malone W by Casall-Corrado I bred by Maike Westphal.
Hans-Joachim Ahsbahs summed up at the award ceremony: "We have seen a small but fine lot here on the course. The four top mares can compete statewide and also nationally. This is a very good quality of horses that we were able to judge today."
