News - about Chr Hess FEI judge

According to the German magazine St. Georg, Sjef Janssen has retracted his motion to scratch judge Christoph Hess from the FEI judges list. This has been confirmed by FEI Dressage Committee chairperson Mariette Withages on request of the German Equestrian Federation. St Georg wrote: "The FEI Dressage Committee has informed Janssen that it has rejected his motion. Janssen assumed that Hess has been biased, as he is involved in a lawsuit between Sjef Janssen´s partner Anky van Grunsven and the German magazine St. Georg. Hess provided St Georg with a written statement about an incident at the CHIO Aachen 2004, namely that Hess had a conversation with Janssen criticizing the training methods Anky van Grunsven used at the warm up ring in Aachen."

from www.eurodressage.com /Margareta

(par Margareta Westlin)