Denmark took the lead
At the two first individual spots were top swedish combinations Patrik Kittel with his top horse Touchdown, while his stable rider Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson with Bergsjoholms Valbonne took the second place.
Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Zippo M.I. were at 3rd spot, while Anna Zibrandtsen and Quel Filou took 4th place. Nadja Sloth and Favour Gersdorf finished 8th with Scarlett and Anne Marie Hosbond finished individually as no 13.
As it is a team competition the best three combinations counts, and for the Swedish team Marina Mattson finished last and unfortunately the piaffe tours became kind of unexpected the exercise with biggest challenges for Anna Blomgren with Tørveslettens Sunshine, after the test they were eliminated.
H2R comments during the tests:
Daniel Bachmann & Zippo M.I. - Super halt, good power and balance for diagonal, well balanced half passes, super halt with good rein back, power diagonal, nice into passage, bit early piaffe, good rhythm for piaffe tiny trend forward, good transitions, nice passage, good into walk, could show bit more over the back for the extended walk, good collected walk, nice into passage, super piaffe at the spot, easy transitions, good into canter, good 2 times, bit swing out of corner (look like Zippo thinking half pass) before extended canter but quickly adjusted, good extension, super balance for zigzag, super 1 times, huge sit for 1st pirouette unfortunately lost balance out, looks as if he give Zippo bit more room for 2nd in super nice quality, good into trot, super diagonal, strong final centerline.
Quel Filou & Anna Zibrandtsen - Nice halt, super expressive diagonal, lovely frame at short side, nice flow and go for half passes, nice halt with rein back, super diagonal, nice into passage, bit tense hind, tense into piaffe, good steps and nice out, good extended walk with good relaxation and over track, good collected walk, good transition to passage, nice passage, good timing in and out of nice piaffe, tiny bit late into canter, error 2 times tensions with 1 times, good extended canter change at diagonal, zigzag bit unbalanced, good 1 times bit tense hind, good control for pirouettes, nice into trot, power diagonal, good final piaffe at the spot, super halt.
Favour Gersdorf & Nadja Aaboe Sloth - unfortunately the streaming quality was very poor, but from the score sheet it looked like a solid test without technical errors.
Scarlett & Anne Marie Hosbond - Super halt, well balanced diagonal, good half passes could show bit more forward go, good halt with rein back, nice diagonal, good into passage, good diagonal activity for piaffe bit travelling forward, good transitions, good relaxation for extended walk, tiny tension for collected walk, good into passage, good passage, good into piaffe bit forward but then nice steps at the spot, good out, good into canter, good 2 times, bit conservative extended canter, good zigzag lack bit more bend to right, good 1 times, good balance for pirouettes both bit big, good into trot, good diagonal, good final, bit few piaffe steps for the final.
Here you find the entire results.
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