Hermann Burger qualified two dressage horses for the National Championships in Warendorf. The five-year-old Sezuan-son, St. Patrick, finished the qualification in second place with a total score of 8.1. In the qualifier for the six-year-old dressage horses, Eric by Escolar-Dimaggio, also ridden by Hermann Burger, received his ticket for Warendorf, too. In a test for young riding horses, David Lessnig rode the Millennium-daughter Madleen to second place with a total score of 8.3, Equire by Escolar came fifth.