Marianne Helgstrand and her "schoolmaster" Lollipop with international CDI3 Grand Prix victory today

Lollipop and Marianne Helgstrand

Lollipop and Marianne Helgstrand

The 15 year old Lollipop with Marianne Helgstrand won today’s CDI3 Grand Prix at home soil in Uggerhalne.

The overall impression of their test was with power and expression, and with a super nice trot tour including sharp and expressive passage/piaffe tours, good walk tour, for the canter the 2 times becomes slightly mixed up with some one times, but super nice one times though. Both pirouettes could be shown with a bit more control and balance. Result 71,217% and for sure a huge improvement since CDI4 in Herning in March, and also a couple for the Danish national coach Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein to keep an eye on.

3rd - Kastel´s Nintendo USA - good halt, nice diagonal, good crossing and carriage for half passes, bit unbalanced halt for rein back, bit running diagonal, nice transition to passage, good expression passage, good piaffe but a few uneven steps hind, nice transitions, good walk tour, nice transition to passage, very nice springing passage, good 2nd piaffe nice balance, error 2 times, good zigzag, nice 1 times, good pirouettes slightly hurried, good transition to trot, nice final, becomes a bit uneven hind for final passage.

4th - Bakkely’s Onandt DEN - Nice halt, power diagonal, super flow/go for half passes, becomes spooky at C for halt, power diagonal, nice flow passage, piaffe, passage with active piaffe, super walk tour, nice transition to passage, super sit 2nd piaffe, nice transitions, super 2 times, bit hind aides for zigzag, full risk extended canter, good 1 times, lack bit more clear canter for 1st pirouette, small issue into final piaffe.

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