It was back in 1992 when the late Christian Thiess filed this report on the new star of German dressage, 22-year-old law student, Isabell Werth. It was good reading then – and it still is…
When top German trainer, Dr Uwe Schulten-Baumer Snr lost the star of his stable – Nicole Uphoff- after a personality clash, the full time industrialist and part-time dressage trainer shed few tears in public: “I have another pupil,” he assured the press, “she is eighteen years old now and at least as talented as Nicole, soon the world will be hearing from her.” He was right!
The new star is Isabell Werth.
As a youngster, she was an eventing rider, now at twenty two, she is European Dressage Champion. Isabell made the German Team for the European Championships in 1989, with Fabienne, and during 1991, she reached the top of the world on Gigolo with her European Gold Medal.
Isabell and Fabienne win the 1992 World Cup Final (note Monica Theodorescu, current German team coach in the background here)