Wilma Bornhager: Qualified in the last second – and took home the gold!
The team just qualified for the Swedish Championships, and there they won gold in the JSM. Meet Wilma Bornhager, the 15-year-old who was the best in the JSM and competes with both large horses and ponies in parallel. This autumn she is aiming for DressagePower Junior Trophy – The competition for Sweden’s best juniors! 🥇
Wilma, like many others, started at a riding school. She immediately fell in love with dressage and rode her first Swedish Championships as a 10-year-old. Since then, her achievements have piled up one after another. Wilma has won bronze, silver and gold at the Swedish Championships and has competed at the National Championships three times and the European Championships once!
Today she has a large horse and two ponies with which she competes, and a 1-year-old pony for the future.
”I’m 15 this year, so I have one more year of ponies. The plan for next year is to continue competing with ponies and large horses in parallel,” Wilma says.
Rosenstolz (Rotspon- De Niro), or Rose as he is called, is an 18-year-old gelding that Wilma's trainer Linn Larsson found in Denmark where he was then trained by Dennis Fisker. He is a seasoned and very kind horse that stands by his rider in all situations.
”I hadn’t had Rose for very long before the Swedish Championships so we just saw it as a big bonus that we managed to qualify and I thought it would be great fun. Once at the Championships, Rose was fantastic. After we had won, I couldn’t quite understand it!”, says Wilma.
A significant part of all her successes is her coach Linn Larsson. Wilma has been training with Linn for 3.5 years and says that Linn is not only present during the progress, but is also involved in many aspects of the initiative:
”Linn is a very important part of my training, she is there and supports me in every way. I learn something new with every training session and she really brings out the best in us. She is with us in competitions and makes sure that we and the horses have a good time.”
Meet Autumn, Wilma and Rose aim for the DressagePower Junior Trophy. Our competition where the best juniors in the country meet in a semi-final and final in the course during the DressagePower Horse Show. Wilma has never ridden under the DressagePower Horse Show before, but has watched the competitions in previous years via our live broadcasts:
”I chose to sign up for the Junior Trophy because it seems like a super fun competition. I’ve never been there or competed there, but I usually watch the live broadcasts and think it really looks really cool,” says Wilma.
The goal of the Junior Trophy is to have fun and to show off their best side.
We wish Wilma all the best 💜 Don't miss out on registering for our competitions (from MsvB and up!). www.dressagepower.se 📲