36 startende i dagens CDI3 Grand Prix fra Compiégne i Frankrig, og med flere debutanter uden tekniske fejl.
Dagens første startende var (næsten danske) svenske Anna Blomgren Rogers med den 9-årige DV sølvmedaljehoppe Tørvenslettens Quattro. Det var parret internationale debut og derfor også nye for det internationale dommerpanel.
Parret starter ud med god første frie trav, og god balance i trav traversaderne. Lidt spændt tilbagetrædning, god overgang fra fri trav til passage. Super let og ubesværet og alligvel skarpt billede af piaffe og passage - uden spændinger, og det var ikke kun den første gang. Det var alle 3 gange, bare ikke helt honoreret efter kvaliteten, med max et par 8-taller hver gang. Toer serieren bliver lidt spændt men med gode gennemsprungne serier, ligesom zig-zag galoppen godt kunne have været en smule mere afbalanceret. Gode ettere og god balance i pirouetterne hvor den sidste bliver lidt stor. Super flot og udtryksfuld finale af midterlinien. Sikke en debut! Eneste skår i glæden var at dommer ved H amerikanske Anne Gribbons desværre kun så præstationen som en placering som nr. 22 med blot 67%. Klart en tur tættere på 72% end slutfacit 69,6%. Ekvipagen slutter som nr. 7.
Som 3. startende var med danske øjne et særdeles spændende nyt par, nemlig Anna Zibrandtsen og hendes nye dansepartner den 12-årige KWPN hingst Arlando. Og det blev en debutdanseopvisning af de helt særlige. Både flot i kvaliteten, da parret kunne ride fra banen uden tekniske fejl i det svære Grand Prix program, men også med den ekstra "lille" detalje at det rent faktisk ikke bare var deres debut sammen som ekvipage, men også Anna´s allerførste tur ad midten i et Grand Prix program nogensinde. Det giver hele præstationen et endnu større perspektiv.
Selve turen var meget velovervejet og velbalanceret - lidt konservativ, men bestemt et billede som man kun kunne ønske sig det. Flot indridningsparade, lette og udtryksfulde trav traversader, lidt spænding i parade med tilbagetrædning. Super flotte piaffe/passage/overgange flydende med flot løft og afskub. Serierne sad hvor de skulle, hvor man kunne godt ønske sig lidt mere udtryk. Flot kontrol af pirouetterne med god kvalitet. Super finale ad midten hvor man bestemt ikke kunne spore nogen form for debut. Parret slutter som nr. 2 med 71,680% og set med danske briller en sejr værdig.
Dagens vinder er rutinerede Helen Langehanenberg med hendes store unge Suppenkasper. Mange gode kvaliteter under vejs, men også flere momenter hvor man fornemmer at Suppenkasper ikke sporer helt lige bagfra.
Patrik Kittel debuterede også i dag internationalt sammen med den super elegante hoppe Well Done de la Roche CMF. Den blot 9-årige hoppe som er efter Fürstentraum/Walt Disney. Fjerlet i trav turen med skønt udtryk, super flot power afspændt passage og flot piaffe med godt løft og dejlig takt. Masser af positiv power og kvalitet i hele galopturen. Desværre igen en hoppe som kvalitetsmæssigt ikke stemte i hos amerikanske Anne Gribbons. Parret slutter som nr. 6 med 69.660%. En hoppe som Kittel selv naturligvis er topbegejstret for, og som indgår i hans egen "bruttotrup" af heste frem mod Tokyo 2020.
Selvom Diederik van Silfhout har mistet Arlando, så er han alligvel klar med afløser. Den 13-årige vallak Four Seasons e. Fürst Piccolo/Mon Cheri er også debutant internationalt i dag. Masser af grund kvalitet og power under vejs, og igen en fejlfri debut tur. Parret slutter som nr. 5 med 70,560%.
Se resultatet af hele klassen her. Og husk du kan fange op på H2R twitter om alle ekvipagerne i dagens felt.
36 starting in today's CDI3 Grand Prix from Compiegne in France, and with more debutants without technical errors.
Today's first start was (almost Danish) Swedish Anna Blomgren Rogers with the 9-year-old Danish Warmblood silver medal mare Tørvenslettens Quattro. It was their international debut and therefore also new for the International judging panel.
The couple starts out with a good first extended trot, and good balance in trot half passes. A little tense rein back, good transition from extended trot to passage. Super easy and effortless and yet sharp picture of piaffe and passage - without tensions, and it was not only the first one. It was all 3 piaffe/passage tour, not quite honored by the quality, with a maximum of a few 8 marks each time. The two times series with some tensions but with good well executed changes for the series. The zig-zag canter might have been with a bit more balanced. Good one times and good balance in the pirouettes where the last one gets a too little big. Super nice and expressive final of the centerline. What a debut! The only thing about this debut was the marks from jugde at H American Anne Gribbons who unfortunately only saw the performance as ranked for 22th place with just 67%. Clearly a test closer to 72% than the result of 69.6%. Placed as number 7.
With Danish eyes start no 3 was a very exciting new combination, Anna Zibrandtsen and her new dance partner, the 12-year-old KWPN stallion Arlando. And it became a debut dance show of the very special. Both nice in quality as also at test without technical error in the difficult Grand Prix program. The extra "small" detail, it was not only their debut as a new combination but actually also Anna's very first ever Grand Prix test. What a performance!
The test itself was very well-considered and well-balanced - a little conservative, but certainly a picture that one only could wish for as a debut. Beautifully entering halt, light and expressive trot half passes, a little tension for halt with rein back. Super nice piaffe / passage / transitions floating with nice lift and push from the ground. The series good, but where one could wish for a little more expression. Great control of good quality pirouettes. Super final at the centerline where you definitely could not see any kind of debut performance. The pair ends as number 2 with 71,680% and seen with Danish glasses a victory worthy.
Today's winners were routine Helen Langehanenberg with her big young Suppenkasper. Many good qualities along the way, but also several moments where it looked like that Suppenkasper did not stay completely straight from behind.
Patrik Kittel also made his international debut with the super elegant mare Well Done de la Roche CMF. The only 9 year old mare is by Fürstentraum / Walt Disney. Light footed in the trot with a tp nice expression in a light contact, super nice power relaxed passage and nice piaffe with good lift and nice beat. Lots of positive power and quality throughout the entire canter tour. Unfortunately, again, a mare with qualities that did not match American American Gribbons kind of top qualities. The couple ends as number 6 with 69.660%. A mare like Kittel himself obviously already loves, and is of course part of his own "squad" of horses towards Tokyo 2020.
Even though Diederik van Silfhout has lost the ride of Arlando, he is already ready for a replacement. The 13-year-old gelding Four Seasons by Fürst Piccolo / Mon Cheri is also a debutant internationally today. Lots of quality and power along the way, and again a flawless debut test. The couple ends as number 5 with 70,560%.
See the results of the whole class here. And remember you can catch up with H2R twitter about all the combinations from today's Grand Prix test.
