made you want more. “Our goal is clearly the Olympic Games,” says her sporting mentor, Helmut Morbitzer, who is responsible for organizing many equestrian events in Linz-Ebelsberg and who himself took part in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Next week’s Nations Cup final in Warsaw will be a groundbreaking tournament for Babanitz and her horse Caipidor and their teammates. Should the red-white-red team prevail there as the winner, another tournament in Barcelona at the end of September will offer the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
There is hardly any support from the association for achieving these goals. “We prefer to rely on ourselves. Many sponsors help us train the horses or organize tournaments, all of which are very expensive,” says 66-year-old Morbitzer.
Dressage title fight in Steyr
Tomorrow in Steyr the state championship in dressage starts for the third time after 2015 and 2018. In addition to the age groups from pony to U25, the state championship in paradressage is also on the program for the first time. Also there is Paralympic champion and vice world champion Pepo Puch.
Source: Nachrichten
