Group A
Everdale and Charlotte Fry top score in Group A - photo credit: Lily Forado
Group A with sovereign Charlotte Fry with KWPN stallion Everdale. They looked very confident and secure in the huge impressive arena, and Charlotte managed to show Everdale with an error free test and from entering halt where Everdale looked as if he said “hey there are actually someone watching us” he was fully focused together with Lottie. Olympic debut, Personal Best and Group winner.
Dante Weltino OLD and Therese Nilshagen - photo credit: Lily Forado
Dante and Therese showed one of their best Grand Prix performances today. Well balanced and expressive with clearly improved collection and balance for 1 time tempis.
Zack and Nanna Merrald finish as runner up for an individual spot - photo credit: Lily Forado
Super Olympic debut
The forecast for the group was a fight between Zack and Dante Weltino and today’s Dante showed great form all the way and Zack with a small technical error together with a bit cautious piaffe tours made their performance for a spot right outside the secure spots for the individual Grand Prix freestyle.
Group B
Bohemian and Cathrine Dufour in top of Group B - photo credit: Lily Forado
Another big relief
For the Danish team and Cathrine Dufour today’s performance was very important. Not just that Bohemian and Dufour are the strongest Danish card, but also the fact that they had some challenges going into the final Olympic selections - this chapter they just finished today with an outstanding performance and winner of Group B with impressive 81,056% and finishing 2nd at the individual ranking today.
Total US and Edward Gal impressed the judges and scored 78,649% - photo credit: Lily Forado
Lots of expression, still lacking bit more security for the series and with some smaller unbalanced moments. Highlights for trot extensions, half passes, passage and walk tour.
Group C
Dalera BB and Jessica von Bredow Werndl top score of the day - photo credit: Lily Forado
Lots of quality easy light contact but not quite same power for piaffe and passage tours as seen before but still enough to finish in top of the field, but from the sideline not 3% ahead of Bohemian and Dufour.
Sanceo and Sabine Schut-Kery just entered the global international scene - photo credit: Lily Forado
Where did they come from?
Yes they are part of team USA, but nevertheless they are totally unknown at European soil as last time there were in Europe was when Sanceo was 6 year old (in 2012) and participated at WCYH in Verden.
What a positive combination, lovely expressive, supple, super frame, extraordinary sit and quality for the piaffe, lots of push and power for the passage tours, super flying changes overall biggest surprise of the Olympics - congratulations on impressive personal best +78% but for sure more like a +80% test.
