Sat, 04/17/2021 - 18:54
2021 CDI Sint-Truiden
Finally, after seven months I was able to go to an international dressage competition again. Due to the prolonged corona lockdown and travel restrictions in Belgium and across the globe, and on top of that the EHV-1 outbreak, international competition went up in smoke this winter. No world cup circuit to warm your heart, no Global Dressage Festival to warm your body. It was a long wait.
"Hunger is the best sauce" they say in Belgium and only the day before the kick off of the CDI Sint-Truiden on 16 April 2021 I realised I was famished. On Wednesday I got my camera gear ready, set my alarm for 7 AM Thursday morning, and off I went on a 50 minute drive to the south of Limburg province. Stal Gravenhof is located in the apple orchards of Haspengauw, the area where the biggest amount of apples and pears are grown, mainly for export (to Russia in fact).