Germany’s Michael Klimke Rides Harmony’s Diabolo to Victory in Lövsta Developing Grand Prix Future Challenge

WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 26, 2020–Michael Klimke of Germany and Harmony’s Diabolo won the Lövsta Future Challenge for developing Grand Prix horses Sunday, the second qualifying competition for the final in the 12th week of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival.

Michael and the 10-year-old Hanoverian stallion (Desperados x Rousseau) scored 73.456% in the Intermediate II in the national level competition. Diabolo is owned by Harmony Sporthorses of Kiowa, Colorado for whom Michael competes their horses on both sides of the Atlantic.

“I was super happy with the piaffe/passage,” said Michael, who has been coming to Global’s winter circuit for six years. “Last year I rode Diablo in the small tour here in the CDI and won a few times, then he had kind of a break in the summer when I wasn’t showing much.”

The aim is to use Global as a springboard to campaign Diablo on the European CDI grand prix circuit when he returns to Germany in April with his string of seven horses.

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