Dalera BB and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl - photo credit: Lily Forado
Smaller rusty moments for today’s Grand Prix in Hagen
The huge class with 27 combination was with both very established combinations and more inexperienced combinations. The overall picture was really nice, but the long competition break was of course also affecting the last top timing in the arena for most of the combinations.
Among the young horses both Kontestro Db and L´Arbuste OLD were showing top qualities with just a few insecure moments.
Dalera BB / Jessica von Bredow-Werndl - super smooth floating supple trot tour, trend 80%, dancing passage, huge sit for piaffe, nice transitions, super relaxed walk tour, bit tense collected walk, bit unbalanced moments 2nd piaffe huge sit, nice 2 times, super extended canter, small unbalance for zigzag, error end 1 times, top balanced pirouettes, nice diagonal, smooth final.
Duke of Britain / Frederic Wandres - super power start, good half passes, bit tense rein back, tiny uneven steps for the passage, huge sit for piaffe, good walk tour, active 2nd piaffe with good transitions, ok 2 times could be more through from hind, bit unbalanced zigzag, bit small hind 1 times, 2nd pirouette bit unbalanced, good diagonal, bit unbalanced out of piaffe.
Well done de la Roche / Patrik Kittel - nice halt, tense diagonal, lovely expressive half passes lack bit flow forward, better diagonal, good passage, bit cautious piaffe, good transitions, bit short good walk, lack bit more activity for piaffe, nice 2 times, good extended canter, smooth supple zigzag, nice 1 times, lack more carriage for 1st pirouette, 2nd super nice, bit tense diagonal, lovely final centerline, superb halt.
Next generation of top horses
Kontestro DB / Henri Ruoste - super well balanced trot tour with top expression, active piaffe at the spot with tiny tensions for the transitions, good walk tour, nice active 2nd piaffe, bit tense into canter, good 2 times bit tense, bit conservative extended canter, count error and small tensions for zigzag, good 1 times, well managed centerline with pirouettes - all about support and being quiet in the saddle, strong final centerline.
L´Arbuste OLD / Senta Kirchhoff - Power trot tour lots of expression and suppleness for half passes, easy in and out of piaffe expressive passage, bit cautious extended walk tour, nice regular steps for piaffe at the spot, could show more under the gravity balance, nice into canter, super nice 2 times, good extended canter, nice zigzag counting error lack bit more uphill trend, nice straight 1 times, well balanced controlled pirouettes, super into trot at M, power diagonal, small tensions for final centerline.
Danish combinations unfortunately with to many mistakes for the canter tours
Bakkely’s Onandt / Lone Bang Larsen - super halt, good diagonal, supple swinging half passes with good crossing, good halt with nice rein back, nice into passage small blip starting the piaffe early, bit cautious piaffe, nice walk tour, lack bit more forward search for 2nd piaffe, good 2 times, bit small change after extended canter, zigzag lack bit more forward flow, error 1 times, bit big unbalanced pirouettes, good final centerline. 68,565%
Addict de Massa / Anna Kasprzak - nice halt, power diagonal, supple half passes with good crossing, super halt with nice rein back, good passage, super nice active passage, bit cautious transition out, super relaxation for extended walk with good over track, good collected walk, bit tensions for 2nd piaffe, good into canter at E, super nice 2 times, well balanced zigzag, 1 change with parallel hind for 1 times, lost balance into 1st pirouette, 2nd good control, bit tense passage, super nice final piaffe, bit tense final halt. 68,478%
