Suppleness and power victory
Lottie and Everdale continues their strong season with a clear win in today´s World Cup final Grand Prix. Everdale looked a bit impressed when entering and again for the halt with rein back, but from there a powerful and supple performance without any technical issues, and at the same time Everdale and Lottie looks as if they really have a party performing together.
From today´s performance and with some weaknesses from the competitors Lottie and Everdale look like the combination for the World Cup freestyle trophy Friday evening.
Good halt, power supple diagonal, supple half pass with go and flow uphill, bit looking for the halt and dropping bit for rein back, supple power diagonal, nice back to nice passage, easy into piaffe, good activity, super transition out, good passage, good into relaxed active walk tour, active collected walk tour, ready at M for passage, good passage, super transitions, piaffe at the spot, super into canter, big 2 times uphill, power extension, superb zigzag go flow, power 1 times, super active 1st pirouette, 2nd tiny unbalanced at the end, good into trot, power diagonal, power final centerline, piaffe the spot, bouncy passage.
Patrik Kittel with Touchdown - Good halt bit tense out, good diagonal, good flow and crossing for both half passes, good halt tense rein back, good diagonal, bit swinging passage, become bit wide hind for piaffe, bit unbalanced transition out, good walk tour, bit early into passage, bit wide hind piaffe, lack bit more clear transition out, good into canter, good 2 times, good extended canter, need bit more uphill zigzag, good 1 times bit swing, tiny well balanced 1st pirouette, good 2nd bit hind aides into, good into trot, power diagonal, need more push hind for passage, bit tense in and out of piaffe, piaffe at the spot, good halt.
Nanna Merrald with Blue Hors Don Olymbrio - Good halt, bit looking, good out, good extension, good half passes could show bit more go for the first, left better, good halt with rein back, good diagonal, nice back to passage, nice passage, bit high in the neck for piaffe but well managed, good transitions, good relaxation for extended walk, good collected walk tiny tensions, nice into passage at M, super passage, good 2nd piaffe, good transitions, good into canter, big uphill 2 times, super extension but error before collection, super zigzag uphill power, super 1 times slight swinging, good 1st pirouette, super sit, super sit controlled 2nd pirouette, good into trot, power diagonal, super passage, small lack of impuls into final piaffe but well managed to continue, good halt.
Isabell Werth with DSP Quantas - Good halt, bit unbalanced diagonal, lack bit more clear forward flow and missing more suppleness left, super halt, bit dragning rein back, good diagonal, good into passage, easy into piaffe, good out, good passage, bit unbalanced for extended walk, same for collected walk, good into passage, good passage, good piaffe bit early, good out into passage, good into canter, error more times for 2 times, good extended canter, lack bit more suppleness and clear contact for zigzag, ok 1 times, bit spin end 1st pirouette, error change at X, unbalanced into 2nd pirouette, good into trot at M, super final piaffe bit tense, good halt.
Running comments from H2R about all tests today are available at Horse2rider Facebook.
Link to detailed results.
Photos: screenshots from Clipmyhorse.