H2R eyes on three of the internationals this weekend. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fame & Carl Hester - Screenshot Horse&Country.tv
CDI3 Wellington, Heckfield UK
Carl Hester and Fame made clean sweep wins of both CDI3 GP and GPS at Wellington, Heckfield, UK.
Best ever Grand Prix performance (from H2R point of view) from Carl and Fame.
Power, balance and quality without tensions. Super go and flow for the entire trot tour, lots of highlights ex halt with rein back with just one time 9 mark from judge B, German Pascal Strohbücker (8 - 8 - 7,5 - 8,5 - 9). Easy from extension back to passage, nice flow in and out of active piaffe tours nice nice regularity combined with high degree of collection without tensions, good walk tour without tensions (again collected walk for just 7,5 - 7,5 - 6,5 - 8 - 8), 100% clear rhythm active steps without tensions, super canter tour, straight series, 1st pirouette lack tiny control, and only technical issues was extra two changes at X, 2nd pirouette active and balanced, strong final centerline. As usual soft contact but this was also best ever outline for Fame (from H2R point of view). 77,044%. (PB in Riesenbeck 2023 Europeans with 78,540%).
Again for the Grand Prix Special with top score for Fame and Hester finishing with 77,638%, in pouring rain which also was reflected in some minor tensions but still without any major issues.
Both for the Grand Prix and the Special Indigro and Andrew Gould came 2nd for the Grand Prix a single technical issues, while some tensions and a few technical issues creeping in for the Special.
Grand Prix freestyle was won by Becky Moody with James Bond, 11 yr old by Desperado. Some tensions creeping into the walk tour, and for the GP errors for both series, while no issues for the freestyle.
CDI3 Hagen
American dominans for both Grand Prix and Special in Hagen where Kevin Kohmann with Duenensee took both the GP and the Special. Very harmonious overall picture, could show bit more sharpness for the piaffe / passage tours, strong canter work. For the Special Kevin unfortunately went wrong route, but still overall strong canter tour with highlights for series and pirouettes.
CDI4 Wiesbaden - double victories
Swiss Jessica Neuhauser and Danish Warmblood geiding Rockson took both Grand Prix and Grand Prix freestyle victories, while Joao Pedro Moreira and Drosa Fürst Kennedy OLD won both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.
Rockson & Jessica Neuhauser winner of CDI4 GP and GP freestyle in Wiesbaden
Huge success for Swiss Jessica Neuhauser with Danish Warmblood gelding Rockson winner of CDI4 GP for GP freestyle with 69,870%. They showed an error free test with good qualities. It was their first CDI4 Grand Prix victory. November last year they won CDI-W GP in Motesice SVK. Follow with Shiva NRW and Nadine Plaster with 69,022%.
Freestyle under flood light in Wiesbaden with fully packed arena and with the most beautiful castle as the back drop. Rockson and Jessica showed a strong freestyle with nice passage / piaffe tours, and a speciel new difficult detail with piaffe and direct transition to trot half pass showed with flow and in super balance. The walk tour becomes a bit on the toes. Strong canter tour with super double pirouettes, series on curved track with a small error hind for one times but successful repeated for the jokerline. Personal Best score 76,925%.
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special was won by Portuguese João Pedro Moreira with 10 yr old Drosa Fürst Kennedy OLD.
The Grand Prix was a super solid performance missing bit more go and in front of aides for more moments but still well managed with 70,761%.
Louisdor Preis
Qualifier with tickets for the final 9 yr Quick Decision & Benjamin Werndl and 10 yr old Forster by Finest / Boston with Tobias Nabben.
Again Benjamin Werndl shows Quick Decision in a great form and with lot of positive power even though Quick Decision does not fully relax he clearly feels comfortable during the performances under the guidance of Benjamin.
Forster under Tobias Nabben shows super overall qualities for the future with great abilities for piaffe/passage and transitions.
