At the FEI Driving World Championships for Young Horses in Szilvásvárad/HUN, the De Niro/Epernay son Dream Catcher (breeder: Rolf Temporini, Westergellersen) and Germany's Jessica Wächter defended their title from last year in the five-year-old class and became World Champions of six-year-olds. The driver from Aschaffenburg had another "hot iron" in the fire, with Best Buddy by Benicio/Lauries Crusador xx (breeder: Thomas Wendelken, Schwanewede) she celebrated the silver medal in the five-year-old class. Only a week before, she had driven her two Hannoveraner to the title at the Bundeschampionat.