Valesco, Glamourdale and Rock Star in top of tonights CDI4 Grand Prix Special in Aachen

Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry - photo credit: EQWO.net/Petra Kerschbaum

Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry - photo credit: EQWO.net/Petra Kerschbaum

🇩🇪Fabienne and Valesco a new combination for the German team

Top motivated Fabienne and Valesco for tonights Grand Prix Special. The now 10-year old Valesco shows more highlights which obviously also is reflected by the outstanding score of 77,638%. Super trot extensions, smooth transitions, active piaffe at the spot,

At beginning of the career the walk tour was a serious issue, but Fabienne has now developed the walk to be with clear rhythm for the extension but still a bit unbalanced for the collected tour.

Small tension halt, expressive diagonal power, missing bit more bend for half pass left nice flow, sharp into passage, super extensions, passage super tiny tension hind, good half pass right, super passage, power extension, super passage, easy transitions, good extended walk, good collected walk, super into piaffe, super transitions, super piaffe, very nice 2nd piaffe, tiny tensions hind passage, bit running into canter, bit short strides for half passes, nice 2 times, good 1 times, power extended canter could show bit more uphill, bit big 1st pirouette, nice 1 times, big 2nd pirouette, good into trot, power extension, super passage, wow into piaffe, super out, super passage, super halt.

🇬🇧Glamourdale and Fry with their 2nd International Grand Prix Special

Today’s performance with Personal Best and unfortunately the extra flying changes at the centerline with the pirouettes did the difference between being 2nd or winning today. Super performance with outstanding qualities and impressive picture of controlled power. The extended canter was just WOW but only today’s judge at M Danish Susanne Baarup rewarded them with 10! Today´s score was 77,170%.

Super halt, expressive diagonal with power, supple uphill crossing half pass left, super into passage, super passage, power extension, super passage, supple half pass right crossing, nice into passage, extension super, passage super transitions, trend 79%, good active walk, super into 1st piaffe, active piaffe, super transitions, 2nd piaffe some steps on himself, super into canter, super half passes balance power, superb 2 times full diagonal, power forward 1 times, WOW extended canter, good pirouettes, extra one times, super extended trot, super final centerline.

🇩🇰Rock Star and Danish Anna Kasprzak with best ever Grand Prix Special

Yesterday with Personal Best score in Grand Prix with 73,935% and today again Personal Best with 75,064% and clearly best ever performance. Anna has been able to improve the outline of the frame from showing mostly very short neck for the entire tests to show a very nice frame the entire test now. Today´s highlights were trot extensions, walk tour and pirouettes, but also showing good passage and nice series.

Super halt, super expressive supple power diagonal, good half pass left, good into passage, super extension, nice back to passage, nice regular passage, good half pass right, sharp into passage at C, super extension, good back to passage, small tensions hind for passage, trend 77%, superb walk tour, good piaffe but bit two tempi, good out into passage, piaffe bit forward, good transition to canter, good canter half passes, error 2 times, nice 1 times, power extended canter, superb 1st pirouette, nice 1 times, good 2nd pirouette, bit stocked into trot, power extension, becomes bit stocked for final passage, missing bit more flow and go for final piaffe, super halt.

All three top combinations with lovely steady contact.

Here you find the detailed scores.