Just 0,368% difference between Gold and Silver today with 7 judges
Another great day with great sport, even though H2R favorite Sönke Rothenberger did not win the well deserved gold medal, he told at the press conference that it was actually a silvermedal with a golden edge.
Looking into the details of the scoring Sönke manage to get 7 x 10 for music and interpretation of the music. Looks like a clear we sign from the judges - this was outstanding, unfortunately still not enough to bring Sönke in from of Werth.
Sönke had just a small blip at the end of the one times when finishing a bit to close to C, but he manage to do them ones more without any issues. From there it was pure pleasure to watch, eventhough H2R is not the biggest fan of the style of music. The qualities of the exercises and the suppleness of Cosmo are just at higher level than Weihegold - and that makes the difference today seem from H2R point of view.
Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour, just shows so much strength going in there knowing what to beat to be the new leader and keep herself a bronze spot. Just two smaller issues when the 2nd double pirouette becomes a bit big and the 2nd piaffe lack a bit of impulsion, but from there it was pure lightness with high quality.
So as predicted the gold battle was between Werth and Rothenberger and the bronze battle was between Dufour and Hester.
Hester is a true master, but the qualities from the horses and the quality of the exercises makes the clear difference between a medal or just outside the medals.