Dirk Schrade

Dirk Schrade ( born June 29, 1978 in Münsingen ) is a German eventing rider.

Schrade is a banker and Pferdewirtschaftsmeister. He starts to rural farming Riding and Driving Club Volmarstein and operates in Sprockhövel a training stable.

  • 3.1 currently
  • 3.2 former successful horses

Career

Dirk Schrade was born in Münsingen and grew up in neighboring Gomadingen. He learned to ride by his father, who gave him the first time at the age of eight years riding lessons on the foal in Mehrstetten. After he first rode a Haflinger, he got the pony Chirocco made ​​available, with the first tournament he scored successes and began eventing. With this he wanted to participate in the German Championships of Pony Eventing, but was short Chirocco each to the championships can not be used. The start at the Pony Championships he won in 1992 after, with Oweron, he rode four days before the championship for the first time.

Due to the limited financial resources of the family Schrade was still dependent on foreign horses. He had his breakthrough with sporting MacIntosh, with whom he participated in the German Junior Championships in 1995 and 1996. In 1997 he participated in the German and in the European Championships for Young Riders, Hereupon he got the chance to do his military service in the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf. After this year, he first went back to Gomadingen, where he completed his training as a banker and a half years worked in this profession.

Already in the Bundeswehr Sports School was awakened the desire in him to make riding his profession. This he continued to now and started when DOKR National Training Centre in Warendorf a lesson Pferdewirt, from which he graduated with the Stensbeck Award due to its good performance. In 2001 he went to Elmar Lesch, in whose stable in Bavendorf he spent a year working. In 2002, he was inducted into the perspective group for young eventer and he returned to Warendorf.

Here he remained until 2009. This year he started his own business in the district Sprockhöveler Haßlinghausen. Here operates Dirk Schrade, who is now Pferdewirtschaftsmeister, a training stable. In addition to the training of horses he also trains horses hosts and trains other riders, such as the Japanese rider Yoishiaki Oiwa and Kenki Satō.

Participating in championships

At the German Championships Schrade has repeatedly missed out on a medal, he reached in the years 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, fourth place respectively. At the 2003 European Championships and the 2006 World Championships Schrade was replacement of the German team, also he did not finish in 2003 in Punchestown 's single competition. Due to the injury of his horse he could not as they had hoped to fight for qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games. Thus, the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010 was the first major event outside Europe, where he could actively participate with his horse Gadget de la Cere. With Michael Jung, Ingrid Klimke and Andreas Dibowski he was fifth in the team standings, with a better performance was prevented by a fall Schrades. Better ran the European Championships in Eventing 2011 in Luhmühlen. Behind Jung, Sandra Auffarth and Frank Ostholt he finished fourth and missed thus only just a first international medal.

While medal successes are still lacking in international championships to Schrade could already repeatedly place well at major equestrian events. In 2009 he was in the HSBC FEI Classics Rating behind Oliver Townend second and won the tournament Stars de Pau. At the CHIO in Aachen, he won Dibowski, Klimke and Bettina Hoy on King Arthur for the first time in 2009 the team standings, again in 2010 with Young, Klimke and Dibowski and 2012 with driveway, young and Klimke. In the individual competition he was in 2010 behind Andrew Nicholson and Dibowski third parties.

At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Schrade started with King Arthur. He belonged to the victorious German team.

Achievements

  • 2012, London: King Arthur's Gold in the team classification
  • 2006 Aachen: not finished with Sindy, testing
  • Not finished Gadget de la Cere fifth place in the team standings, check: 2010, Lexington KY
  • 2002: 2nd place CCIO 2 * Kreuth with Bellaire, also with the German team 1st place in the team competition of the CCIO 2 * Kreuth
  • 2003: 3rd place in CCIU25 3 * Bramham with Ecrin Raiselle
  • 2004: 3rd place CIC 3 * -W Luhmühlen with Sindy, 3rd place CIC 3 * Pratoni del Vivaro with Ecrin Raiselle
  • 2005: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Bielefeld with Gadget de la Cere, 1st place in the CCI 2 * Falkenberg with Gadget de la Cere, 3rd place in the CCI 3 * Kreuth with FRH Dusty Ches
  • 2006: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Sahrendorf with Be My Guest, 1st place in the CIC 2 * Kreuth with Be My Guest, 2nd place in the CCI 3 * Kreuth with Gadget de la Cere
  • 2007: 2nd place in the CCI 4 * Luhmühlen with Gadget de la Cere, 1st place in the CIC 2 * Ede Huskey, 1st place in the CIC 2 * Sahrendorf with Huskey, 2nd place in the CCI 2 * Test Event for Olympic Games / Hong Kong Grand Amour, 2nd place in the CCI 3 * Kreuth with Huskey; also with the German team 3rd place in the team competition of the CCI 3 * Boekelo with Admiral von Schneider
  • 2008: 2nd place in the CIC 3 * -W Strzegom with Sindy
  • 2009: 3rd place in the CCI 4 * Luhmühlen with Gadget de la Cere, 1st place in the CIC 3 * Jardy with Sindy, 3rd place in the CICO 3 * Aachen with King Arthur; 1st place in the CIC 3 * Bonn- Rodderberg with Gadget de la Cere, 1st in CCI 4 * Pau with King Arthur; also with the German team 1st place in the Nations of the CICO *** Aachen
  • 2010: 1st place in the CIC 3 * Barroca d' Alva with Gadget de la Cere, 3rd place in the CIC 3 * -W Strzegom with Gadget de la Cere
  • 2011: 1st place in the CIC 2 * Kreuth with King Arthur, 1st place in the CIC 2 * Radolfzell with King Arthur, 2nd place in the CIC 3 * Houghton Hall with Hop and Skip, 1st place in the CIC 2 * Strzegom with Under Suspection
  • 2012: 3rd place in the CIC 3 * Wiesbaden with King Arthur; also with the German team 1st place in the Nations of the CICO 3 * Aachen with King Arthur
  • 2013: 2nd place in the CIC 3 * Wiesbaden with King Arthur

Horses

Current

  • Hop and Skip ( * 1999), British chestnut gelding, Sire: Skippy; previously ridden by Christopher Brodie, Stephen Way and Kenki Satō

Former successful horses

  • King Arthur (* 1996, † May 2013), brown Holsteiner gelding, Sire: King Milford xx, Mother Father: Lorenz; ridden to 2007 by Peter Thomsen
  • Ecrin Raiselle (* 1992), Selle Français - old chestnut gelding, Sire: Cyborg, Dam's sire: Illustrator, last used in 2009 by Tabea Johanna Henze in international sport
  • Sindy 43 (* 1994), Württemberg chestnut mare, father, Stan the Man, mother father: Tassilo; last used in international sport in 2009
  • Gadget de la Cere (* 1994), brown Anglo-Arabian gelding, Sire: Athos de Ceran, Mother Father: Samuel; last used in 2011 in international sport
  • Admiral von Schneider ( * 1995), dark brown Holsteiner gelding, Sire: Sir Shostakovich xx, dam sire Calypso II; to 2006 by Imre Tóth and Marina Köhncke ridden, ridden since 2009 by Jarno DeBusschere
  • Huskey (* 1997), Irish brown gelding, Father: Horus, Mother Father: Touchstone; last used in 2008 in international sport
  • Be My Guest (* 1998), brown Saxon riding horse mare, Sire: Baba Karam, Mother Father: drive; ridden from mid-2010 by Clayton Fredericks

Awards

In November 2012 he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, along with 163 other athletes.

Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games Michael Jung (equestrian) 2011 European Eventing Championship Andrew Nicholson (equestrian) European Eventing Championship 2013 European Eventing Championship Holsteiner horse Irish Sport Horse Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund Funke Mediengruppe
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