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On Sunday, 14th August, Klara Salkova rode her bay stallion Smart Chiconita to the first place in Senior reining at the Czech Reining Championship. What a day it was - it was her second consecutive championship and seventh reining title in her career! She also added to her account a win and a third place in the Czech Futurity and a bronze medal in Junior reining.
The Czech Reining Championship was held on 13-14th August in Nova Amerika. The show was judged by Sylvia Katschker, Klaus Fock (both Austria), Jaroslav Dolezan (on Saturday) and Jaroslav Havlik (on Sunday).
There was 12 horse and rider combinations qualified for the Senior reining finals. The first go was won with a blistering 216 earned by Klara Salkova aboard her own Smart Chiconita. They began with a correct sliding stop to move to fast and well cadenced spins, which were definitely in the plus column. Clean circles with good transition from big fast to small slow helped to increase the score. Very precise figure eight was followed by Klara's signature - three deep and very confident sliding stops and perfect roll-backs. Smart Chiconita seemed very relaxed and taking a lot of pleasure from his run. On Sunday Klara perfectly managed to overcome the pressure and did an even better run. Rapid, flat spins, risky circles with good transitions and lead changes and above all superb sliding stops - it was reining at a really good level! When Klara and Smart made their final rundown ended with a deep stop, everybody knew that they will defend their last year's title. They scored a 217,5 and with the composite score of 433,5 became Czech Senior reining champions.
Earlier in the morning Klara Salkova earned another title, winning the Futurity division. Riding Doc Chexy Ridge, a Paint Horse mare (owner: H. Vankova), she earned a composite score of 403. With her second horse, Ima Dancin Dun It by Hollywood Dun It (owner: P. Julina), Klara Salkova placed third. Karel Barotek riding Fives Rooster was fifth and Hynek Fister on CB Sugar Dunnit was sixth.
In Junior reining Klara Salkova finished on the third step of the podium. With Monty Blue Sky (owner: V. Sedlacek) she earned a composite score of 416 and was just one half point behind Lukas Brucek and Karel Kubata.
Katerina Strakosova guided her 5-year-old mare Brooks Legacy to a respectable fifth place in Amateur reining. Marketa Zezulkova can speak of bad luck, as she had a 0-score in the first go of reining Youth abaord Smart Chiconita. But on Sunday she earned a good 211,5. With her scond horse, AP Genuine Doc Hat, she finished fifth.
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