The points from the two test riders Anke Unger and Marcus Hermes made the difference for today´s final for the 3 year old stallions.
Seen from the sideline, Secret still need some more support in the trot from the rider to balance all the way, as Finest Selection seems to be more ready and able to carry himself all the way, even though he comes very wide hind all the way from the trot work.
From retirement at the qualifier, going over the small final placed no 3 with the ticket for the final, and then with the victory today for the 5 year old horses, it was quite an achivement for Swedish Therese Nilshagen with DSP Dominy by Diamond Hit / Pour Plaisir.
See the entire results from 5 yr old final here.
Note at online results list from today´s U25 freestyle
Equstrian Sports | Dressage
FEI European Championships U25 Dressage Lamprechtshauen (Austria): Freestyle canceled because of technical defect after massive rain
Because of the water masses that came out of the sky in Lamprechtshausen during the last days, the freestyle of the FEI European Championships U25 dressage (Sunday, September 3rd) had tob e cancelled because of technical problems affecting also the music system, which isabsolutely necessity for a freestyle. For this reason the ground jury had to cancelt he final of the best 18 U25 dressage riders of this European Championships. The prize money of EUR 5000.- will be paid out equally to all 18 qualified riders.
After this regrettable cancellation, organizer Josef Göllner invited all 18 riders to the international U25 dressage competition at the Amadeus Horse Indoors 2017 (07.-10.12.2017) and secured the costs. In addition an attempt will be made to obtain a decision from the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) for the re-organization of this medal decision in Salzburg at the Amadeus Horse Indoors in December.
The team gold medal on Friday (01.09.) had gone to Germany before the Netherlands and Sweden. The individual medals in the U 25 Grand Prix had gone to Lisa-Maria Klössinger (GER, Anne Meulendijks (NED) and Juan Matute Guimon (ESP) on Saturday (02.09.) Austria's Karoline Valenta (NÖ) had reached the excellent fourth place in the Grand Prix and "Timna Zach (GER) and Franziska Fries (Lower Austria) were also qualified for the freestyle."It's a pity, of course. We all had been looking forward to the freestyle." said the Austrian girls after this decision.
Et U25 mesterskab som der forventet er domineret af de tyske og hollandske ekvipager i team konkurrencen. Men i dagens individuelle konkurrence ville både Spanien og Østrig blande sig i toppen i mesterskaberne, som betød at spanske Juan Matute med Quantico Ymas tog bronzemedaljen og østrigske Karoline Valenta med Valeta´s Diego tog 4. pladsen og henviste dermed Denise Nekermann med Boston STH til 5. pladsen.
3 danskere klar til küren
Danske Sille Engermann og Darius viste en super skarp tur uden tekniske fejl. Gode piaffe og passage ture, gode pirouetter og flotte gennemsprungne serier. Parret slutter som nr. 12 med 69,605% og er ligesom Marlene Stokborg og Fritz som slutter som nr. 15 med 66,163%, og Michala Mejlgaard Jensen og Trebiz der slutter som nr. 17 med 66% også klar til den individuelle kür finale i morgen. Victoria Vallentin og Fabienne slutter som nr. 26 med 62,116%.
Se resultatet af hele klassen her.
Fior and Frederic Wandres
Fior and Frederic came into the Bundeschampionate with good form from World Championships for Young Horses were they came 12th in the final.
For the Bundeschampionate they looked a bit sharper in general. They came 2nd at preliminary test and today´s winner with a total score of 8,9.
From H2R well deserved winner even though the overall tempo seems a bit too high. Great silver achivement from Spanish Borja Carrascosa coming into the final trough victory at the small final yesterday. Kira Wulferding with Brianna showing a strong test bringing them into bronze position with Kira´s huge experience.
From H2R - keep an eye on Silberstern by Silbermond / Raphael with Annabel Frenzen. This is a very nice horse with lots of expression, lovely balance and natural power for the trot tour, bit unbalanced moments in the walk and good canter. They were placed as no 7.
Note: Think it could be nice if it was not allowed using whip at the Bundechampionate for the 5 yr old and 6 yr old horses.
See the entire results here.
Most expensive foal became no 57 a colt by For Romance / Chinook sold for 20.000 euros. 2nd most expensive no 39 a filly by Daily Diamond / Astrix sold for 13.000 euros (one of H2R favorites).
See the entire results from the auction here.
Secret winner by 3 year old stallions
Video source: www.horses.nl
The 3 year old stallion Secret by Sezuan / St. Mouritz from Gestüt WM with Jessica Andersson showed a great performance today in Warendorf.
The full packed arena with a lot of sharp eyes were ready for the 3 year old stallions.
Super concentrated with good power all the way, scoring: 8,5 for trot - 9,5 for canter - 9,5 for walk - 9,0 for rideability and 8,5 for confirmation = total score of 9,0.
See the entire results for 3 year old stallions here.
From today´s small final qualified for the final:
With 75 starters the German judging team were really doing a great job for yesterday´s preliminary 5 year old test. (Hope the judges from WCYH could get a tip, so that you could see the entire class the same day also at WCYH - not divided into two different days).
From watching the 5 year old horses yesterday Lord Nunes by Lord Loxlex / Jazz with Matthias Bouten in the saddle looks like Bundeschampions.
Super supple through the body, nice natural uphill frame, elasticity of the ground and top presentation, for sure there must be some more points saved for the final for this combination. Non of the other combinations were showing qualities like them, even though they just came 2nd.
The overall picture for the 5 year old horses compared to the 6 year old horses, were much better, showing much more suppleness and qualities in general.
Only the 12 best combinations are ready for the final and the last 3 for the final will qualify through the small final today. The final for the 5 year old is Sunday at 13.00 and 6 year old horses will be Saturday at 13.00.
Patrik Kittel and Cathrine Dufour at the SAAB Top 10 press conference in Gothenburg. Photo: H2R
Kittel excited about taking part of Danish Warmblood stallionshow 2018
H2R caught a busy Patrik Kittel during the European Championships, talking a bit about next years job at Danish Warmblood stallions show, where he is going to be the test rider of the 5 year old Danish Warmblood horses qualified for the final in Herning, taking place from 7 - 11 March 2018.
Top price foal by Glock´s Toto Jr / Voice
Successful auction for Glock´s Toto Jr offsprings
Most expensive foal became no 94 by Glock´s Toto Jr / Voice sold for 51.000 euros.
Also 2nd most expensive was by Glock´s Toto Jr with Apache as damsire - sold for 41.000 euros.
See all prices here.
See all prices here.
Longines FEI European Championships Gothenburg 2017
Great success in Gothenburg as European Championships brought party atmosphere to the city
During seven days in August, the city of Gothenburg was transformed in to an arena full of horses, riders and drivers and the result was a rousing success. Almost 125 000 people visited Ullevi Stadium during the Championships, 30 000 people followed the Driving Marathon in Slottsskogen City Park and Heden Arena became the meeting place and beating heart of the event that the organisers had hoped.
The Longines FEI European Championships fulfilled all the organisers’ hopes and wishes of a great event. All three championship venues attracted huge numbers of visitors and when you add the Swedish team’s excellent performance during the week, the Championships really was a success story.
The Championship week started off spectacularly by an opening ceremony in front of a nearly sold out Ullevi Stadium, where Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine officially declared the championships open.
At Heden Arena, the venue that was free to enter, Para-Equestrian Dressage started the week. The amazing riders fought hard to earn the medals and many great moments were captured on film where the incredible interplay between rider and horse really showed. Swedish rider Louise Etzner grabbed a bronze and a silver medal. The week continued with Driving, an event that attracted huge crowd who wanted to experience the fast paced driving up close. As the Driving Marathon came around on Saturday, the streets were lined with people as the teams travelled from Heden Arena to Slottsskogen City Park, where they were greeted by 30 000 people who enthusiastically cheered the competitors on. Heden Arena was also home to the event area where shopping, restaurants and activities welcomed a great number of people during the championship week.
Ullevi Stadium hosted the Jumping and Dressage and the iconic venue impressed both riders and visitors. Sweden started strong and grabbed their first medal on Wednesday with a team bronze in Dressage. The gold went to Germany with the experienced Isabell Werth leading the way.
Not to be outshone, the Swedish jumping team responded on Friday by taking the silver in the Team Jumping event, beaten only by Ireland. As the final event of the week, the Individual Jumping, rolled around, the crowds had descended in force on Ullevi Stadium. They were there to cheer on Peder Fredricson and his incredible horse H&M All In, who reciprocated by winning the gold medal to a raucous reception from the home crowd.
The medals in the Individual Jumping was presented by Her Majesty Queen Silvia.
The best young riders (under 25) competed successfully in the Lövsta Future Challenge International in both Jumping and Dressage at Ullevi Stadium. The competition was very well received and attracted big crowds.
The Championships have received a lot of praise from visitors, the tourism and hotel trade and the sports world. Moving the horses and the events in to the city and making equestrian sport accessible to everyone was a huge success.
56 foals are ready for the auction - both dressage and jumping breeding
Presentation at 15.30 and auction at 19.00. Possible to follow via free live stream at www.uhorse.tv.
Watch the entire collection here.
From H2R point of view the most interesting foals here below with no 53 as the high light.
Når EM for U25 for alvor starter i morgen i Østrigske Salzburg, er de 4 danske ekvipager klar med både landstræner Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein og chef d´equipe Kimi Nielsen på sidelinien.
Et smugkig på morgentræningen via livestreamingen ser ud til at der er super flot vejr.
Som Nathalie fortæller så er det meget hårdt selskab op mod tyskerne og hollænderne, men det er samtidig en fantastisk måde at prøve kræfter og samle erfaring. Et mesterskab i U25, er en rigtig god vej for at samle erfaring frem mod en seniorkarriere.
Alle links til stævnet findes via H2R kalenderen her.
De danske ekvipager er:
Huge imprint from Fürstenball offspring at the top of the placements
Flambeau by Fürstenball / Wolkentanz I with Anne-Katrin Pohlmeier became top score with 8.9 for today´s preliminary test at 6 yr old Bundeschampionate. A clear 10 for the walk.
Fior by Fürstenball / Sandro Hit ridden by Frederic Wandres scored 8,7.
Also both Barccardi and Nymphenburg´s First Ampere were at start and qualified with 8,4 and 8,3.
Silberstern by Silbermond / Raphael with Annabel Frenzen also one to follow for the final.
See the entire results here.
Tomorrow morning with 5 yr old preliminary test.
Tomorrow morning at 11.30 with 6 year old preliminary test with at total of 37 starters, including German participants from World Championship for Young Horses in Ermelo this year. See start list here.
Thursday morning at 8.00 with 5 year old preliminary test.
Remember you can follow the entire competitions via live stream at Clipmyhorse.
All available links are online at H2R calendar.
Kimi Nielsen under det nyligt succesfulde EM i Göteborg med Team sølv og to individuelle bronzemedaljer til Cathrine Dufour. Photo - H2R.
30. August 2017
Kimi´s farvel til jobbet som holdleder og elitechef for senior dressuren
H2R har i dag fanget både Nathalie og Kimi for et par kommentarer.
Jobbet som landstræner og holdleder levner ikke meget tid til at hvile på medaljehøsten efter sidste uges EM for seniorer. Både Nathalie og Kimi er nemlig lige nu på vej til Østrig, for at være en del af U25 teamet som er klar til EM i Salzburg.
Om Kimi´s farvel til de to vigtige poster fortæller Nathalie: "Det er bare super ærgerligt. Siden nytår med vores tætte samarbejde omkring landsholdet, som jo har været intenst og særdeles succesfuldt, men bestemt også fra min tid som rytter på landsholdet, hvor Kimi altid var klar til både at informere, lytte og svare."
"Ingen er uerstattelige, og jeg vælger at se vinklen i den retning, at en ny person på chef d´equipe pladsen helt sikkert også vil kunne bidrage med nye ideer og input. Jeg er super glad og stolt over at vi er kommet så flot fra start sammen, og den nye person til pladsen kommer ihvertfald til et topmotiveret team, både dem som lige har været i ilden, men også de ryttere som ligger lige udenfor. Kvaliteten sammenholdt med det store antal af internationale ekvipager, har aldrig været højere i dansk dressur. Vores fokus omkring seniorer har naturligt været skarp på EM, og i september bliver der lidt ro."
"For mig har de første 8 måneder i år jo været starten på mit job som landstræner, og bestemt super spændende 8 måneder. Masser af nye udfordringer som er blevet krydret med et rigtig godt samarbejde med de enkelte teams omkring landsholdet. Jeg glæder mig meget til de næste godt 3 år på posten. I oktober går mine/vores forberedelser i gang i forhold til næste års store mesterskab, nemlig VM i Tryon i USA (11. - 16. september 2018), og sideløbende håber jeg selvfølgelig at en super afløser for Kimi kan støde til," slutter Nathalie.
10 års udvikling i dansk dressur
"Det har været 10 spændende år, med masser forskellige oplevelser, som jo med sidste uges medajlehøst var en af de særlige. De sidste 8 måneder har været utrolig spændende i mit job, og der er ingen tvivl om at det arbejde Nathalie har lagt for dagen siden dag ét også har være medvirkende til EM successen. Det ses med al tydelighed på resultaterne, at DRF med Nathalie som landstræner har fået hele "landstrænerpakken".
"For 10 år siden da jeg startede på jobbet var der vel omkring fem danske internationale Grand Prix ekvipager. De seneste to år har Danmark været repræsenteret til ca. 500 CDI-starter rundt omkring i hele Europa, og flere nations cup - ret imponerende for vores lille land, og vel og mærke med gode placeringer i de forskellige felter."
"Fremtiden ligger åben for mig, og jeg har ikke lagt mig fast på hvad der skal ske, men efter 31. oktober er jeg klar til nye spændende udfordringer," slutter Kimi.
29. august
Kimi stopper som elitechef og holdleder i dressur.
Efter 10 succesfulde år som holdleder for dressurlandsholdet og elite- og talentchef i dressur har Kimi Nielsen valgt at stoppe for at kaste sig over nye projekter.
Startede og slutter på toppen
Kimis første mesterskab som holdleder var OL i 2008, hvor Danmark som bekendt fik en historisk bronzemedalje for hold. Her 10 år og 10 mesterskaber senere var Kimi så igen støtten bag holdet ved EM i Göteborg i sidste uge, hvor landsholdet sikrede sig en historisk sølvmedalje, og Cathrine Dufour fik to individuelle bronzemedaljer. At talentarbejdet også har båret frugt under Kimis arbejde vidner utallige mesterskabsmedaljer i ungdomsrækkerne også om.
”Det har været en fantastisk rejse, som jeg er glad for at have været med på. Dansk dressur er stærkere end nogensinde, og vi har fået opbygget et stærkt og godt samarbejde mellem vores nye landstræner Nathalie og rytterne, hvilket præstationerne i Göteborg er et levende bevis på. Derfor føler jeg også, at det er det rigtige tidspunkt at kaste mig over nye projekter og give tøjlerne videre til nye kræfter,” siger Kimi.
Kimi fortsætter frem til 31. oktober, så hun kan følge rytterne på banen ved World Cup Herning i uge 42.
H2R har fanget Danmarks pt. bedste landsholdsrytter Cathrine Dufour, den nye EM team sølv- og dobbelte individuelle bronzevinder, for en kommentar til den overraskende nyhed fra DRF i dag.
"Jeg blev rigtig ked af det, da jeg hørte at Kimi ikke skal fortsætte som vores klippe på landsholdet. Vi skylder hende en kæmpe tak for hendes store arbejde - gennem de to sidste år (hvor jeg har været en del af landsholdet) har Kimi virkelig gjort en forskel.
Det team vi havde i år ved EM, var for mit vedkommende et team man kun turde drømme om. Kombinationen af Nathalie og Kimi virkede som det perfekte match, og det kunne jeg som rytter naturligvis tydeligt mærke, eftersom vi havde samme mål for øje, og samme tilgang til tingene.
Jeg er rigtig ked af, at Kimi ikke længere skal være en del af holdet, og vil gerne takke hende mange mange gange for hendes enorme indsats, støtte og passion for vores sport," siger Cathrine Dufour.
55 dressage foals will be at the auction Thursday in Borculo.
Schedule for the auction:
The auction is at the program at Clipmyhorse, but unfortunately without any information if it is with streaming from both presentation and auction.
The most attractive foal from H2R point of view are:
You can find the entire collection here.
At the Danish Warmblood Equsana Elite Show the best young mares from all over the country gather to compete for the champion titles of the year. Four 3-year-old saddle-graded mares were awarded a gold medal
The best of Danish sport horse breeding is represented at the Danish Warmblood Equsana Elite Show which takes place every year at this time at the Danish Warmblood head quaters. Top quality foals, 2-year-old fillies and young saddle-graded mares have been selected at regional foal shows and mare gradings all over the country during summer to meet in the finals at Vilhelmsborg.
Three outstanding dressage mares
Nothing less than three 3-year-old dressage mares were awarded a breeder medal in gold, eight in silver and nineteen in bronze. Among the three gold medal mares the judges selected the champion mare to be decorated with the title Danish Warmblood Dressage Mare of the Year – and she is Skovens Tzarina (bred by Kirsten Bjerregaard Hansen and Jens Lund Pedersen) out of the very successfull combination Blue Hors Zack and Blue Hors Don Schufro. Skovens Tzarina shares her dam with older brother Skovens Rafael (by Blue Hors Romanov) who is Nordic dressage champion 2017. Skovens Tzarina who was awarded 10 for her fantastic canter is owned by Andreas Helgstrand who purchased her at the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction in 2014.
The very feminine and sporty Straight Horse De Milla (bred by Straight Horse ApS) by De Niro x Blue Hors Zack excelled with a very powerful trot which earned her a 10. Her dam is a full sister of international Grand Prix stallion Zonik. Gold medal mare Straight Horse De Milla is still owned by her breeders. Third gold medal dressage mare is the tall and elegant Queensparks Wendy (bred by Kurt Gosmer and owned by Helgstrand Dressage) who earned a 10 for her very uphill and ground-covering canter.
Fürstenball / Blue Hors Romanov filly sold for 57.000 euros.
50 out of 65 foals changed ownership at the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction on Saturday night at Vilhelmsborg where Helgstrand Dressage acquired the top priced foal
In a packed show hall with 950 dining guests, the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction proved to be a festive event Saturday night at Vilhelmsborg. The auction of this very attractive collection of foals was live streamed on Clipmyhorse and followed by sport horse enthusiasts in many parts of the world.
Auctioneer Casper Cassøe succeeded in selling 50 out of 65 foals (76.9%) to buyers from Austria, Denmark, Dubai and Luxemburg for a total turnover of 665,000 euro. The price highlight of the auction was the fabulous filly by Fürstenball x Blue Hors Romanov, named Vianna. She is out of the same dam line as the international dressage star Mistral Højris, and she is a regional foal show winner having scored 10 for trot.
Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard from Helgstrand Dressage was present at the auction and had his boss, Andreas Helgstrand on the telephone from the European Championships in Gothenborg. They had no doubt that Vianna was more than suitable for Helgstrand Dressage and they were very content to get the last bid on this outstanding filly at the knock-down price of 57,000 euro.
The Danish breeders are mostly known for producing dressage horses of very high international quality but there are also very successful breeders of show jumping horses and strong dam lines of international jumping blood in Denmark. An excellent representative of Danish breeding of show jumpers is the colt foal Cordento II by Cornet Obolensky x Cardento. Sold for 40,000 euro this outstanding colt foal remained on Danish hands.
Head of auction, Louise Ringsbo, has expressed her excitement about the exceptionally high quality of the foals in this collection.
– We are very pleased with the execution of the auction which has provided us with new clients and a massive interest from abroad. The foals have obtained a good price level, and we were very happy to be able to sell the foals in front of a large and supportive crowd.
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