Isabell delivers everytime - also for today´s World Cup freestyle in Stuttgart with Weihegold OLD

Werth just keep on doing her things

When watching Werth at nearly all international competitions during an entire year you actually never see her fail. And if thought for a second that her position could be in a kind of danger for today´s freestyle - you were just absolutely wrong. 

Werth is just doing was she is best at WINNING!

Top 3

Weihegold GER - spot on piaffe / passage tours, well balanced half passes, good walk tour, small error front for 2 times, superb double pirouettes, 360 turn piaffe pirouette - just AWESOME!

Sammy Davis Jr GER - dancing tango theme suits very well, well managed and beautiful expressive test.

Damsey FRH GER - very electric passage and piaffe tours, super extended walk, half passes trot lack bit balance, bit on the toes for collected walk, 1st canter pirouette not successful unfortunately an expensive mistake. Strong final.

Strong tests

Superb World Cup freestyle debut delivered by Fabienne Lütkemeier and her just 10yr old Fabregaz. The longlegged gelding was playing very obedient along all the way, and the test from Fabienne did definitely not lack of difficulty as if it was for a "beginner". They finish with impressive 78,190% as no 5.

Swiss Marcela Krinke-Susmelj and her long time partner Danish Warmblood Smeyers Molberg were strongly back on track today, from a not so strong Grand Prix yesterday. More power and suppleness combined with good double pirouettes made it to placement as no 12 today. 

Spanish Morgan Barbancon and her stallion Sir Donnerhall II seems to develop from competition to competition at the moment. Today they finished 10th a head of much more experienced combinations. 

Today the co-commentator at FEI-tv together with John Kyle was British para Olympic gold medalist Natascha Baker. She brought in many nice comments during the competition.

For more comments from the World Cup freestyle, check out Horse2rider Facebook. 

See the results here. 

Stallion Gala in Vechta - many interesting young stallions to follow in the future

Atterupgaards Botticelli and Severo Jurado Lopez 

Attractive stallions for tonights Oldenburger Stallion Gala in Vechta

Helgstrand Dressage was represented with 4 stallions, Atterupgaards Botticelli, Farrari OLD, Revolution and D´avie. 

First stallion from Helgstrand Dressage was 5 yr old Danish Warmblood stallion Atterupgaards Botticelli by Benetton Dream / Caprimond / Donnerhall with Spanish Severo Jurado Lopez in the saddle. Severo and Botticelli has recently become a combination as Helgstrand purchased half of Botticelli from Stud Atterupgaard. This is for sure a combination you have to keep an eye on, as the stallion shows his outstanding qualities under Severo. 

4 yr old Revolution is a true revolution - no doubt this big framed boy is an outstanding top mover, and watching him under Helgstrand himself they look like a couple for the future. And not least going into this intense arena seems to just bring the best out of him.

D´avie and Severo Jurado Lopez

Last Helgstrand stallion to go tonight was 5 yr old D´avie with Severo in the saddle. This stallion is right now transforming to a pure athlete under Severo, and at the same time D´avie looks much more confident.

Other stallion stars

First Selection by Follow Me / Lauries Crusador xx from Lodbergen still shows super qualities under Lukas Fischer, alway uphill with a lot of suppleness. The sharp eyes could wish for at bit rounder canter from behind.

Baron by Benicio / Sir Donnerhall is showing something spectacular, but at the moment it just looks like that he still needs more strength from behind to be able to carry and push correct from behind all the time. An interesting stallion to follow for the future.

Secret by Sezuan / St. Moritz did not disappoint his fans. Swedish Jessica Lynn Andersson showed him in the best way. Lots of power and expression and 3 outstanding gaits. There are for sure a lot of breeders out there waiting even more to see his foals next year.

Belantis - Sir Tender son 2017 OLD Champion stallion

2nd reserve Champion, Danish owned Sansibar AK by Sandro Hit / Fürst Heinrich. Bred by Andreas Klinker and owned by HP Horses

Champion stallion:

Reserve Champion: 

2nd reserve Champion:

FEI General Assembly 2017 live stream

FEI PRESS RELEASE

The FEI General Assembly 2017 is taking place from 18-21 November 2017 at the Sheraton Montevideo Hotel in Montevideo (URU).

On Tuesday 21 November there will be a livestream of the General Assembly available via the following link, from 9am local time:

http://inside.fei.org/fei/general-assembly/live

All information on the FEI General Assembly, including the programme, is available here.

Oldenburger Stallion Gala tomorrow Saturday at 17:00 (live stream)

7 Premium stallions for OLD licensing today (total results)

From today´s presentation free one stallion stood out - no 70 by Grey Flanell - Licotus is H2R favorite for the Champion title tomorrow. 

Helen, Inessa and Severo also to compete at Saab Top 10 Dressage in Stockholm

Helen Langehanenberg (GER) will come to Stockholm to ride in the Saab Top 10 Dressage. Photo: Roland Thunholm

PRESS RELEASE

Three new top riders ready for the new competition Saab Top 10 Dressage

Helen Langehanenberg (GER), Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez (ESP) and Inessa Merkulova (RUS) are all ready for the new modern dressage competition and CDI5* "Saab Top 10 Dressage" in Stockholm, Sweden.

"I'm so proud of this competition. It will be absolutely amazing, says Swedish top rider Patrik Kittel, who is one of the brains behind the new concept Saab Top 10.

Langehanenberg, Jurado Lopez and Merkulova will join an already star-studded field of riders where, among others, the dressage crown princess Cathrine Dufour (DEN) will challenge the queen and world ranking list number one Isabell Werth (GER).

Through Saab Top 10 Dressage, Sweden International Horse Show is creating a new modern dressage competition designed to give the audience the greatest possible experience.

“We want to give clearness to the sport and more glamour and festivity to the audience. This concept allows the audience to really get to know each and every one of the ten riders "says Kittel.

Saab Top 10 Dressage has the world's highest ever prize money in dressage (158 000 Euro + a Volkswagen car) and that amount will almost double next year. Sweden International Horse Show (SIHS) is already known for having a different concept than most other international shows, and has the largest indoor audience in the world.

“SIHS has a very modern frame with its large LED screen and at the same time a story of delivering both top stars and show to the sport. The concept with short and easy to grasp competitions serves as a perfect basis for developing the dressage", says Kittel.

Saab Top 10 Dressage

Saab Top 10 Dressage, CDI5*, is open to the ten best riders in the world. It takes place over two days (2nd - 3rd of December) during Sweden International Horse Show in Stockholm. The competition includes Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. Some of the top riders will also give personal comments and advice during the national dressage competition on December 1st.

Sweden International Horse Show 30th of November - 3rd of December 2017, http://www.swedenhorseshow.se/english/news/

Weihegold and Werth 6% ahead of Damsey and Langehanenberg (video of the entire World Cup Grand Prix)

Today´s World Cup Grand Prix from Stuttgart became another triumph for Weihegold and Werth winning with 82,06%, 6% ahead of Damsey and Langehanenberg with 76,06%. From H2R point of view not really 6% difference - judge for yourself. 

H2R comments on top 3

Weihegold OLD GER - good start, bit cautious extended trot, supple half passes, superb halt with rein back, fire on the ground passage, super transitions, super piaffe, small disturb 2nd part passage, good walk, 2nd piaffe/passage top qualities, error 2 times, well balanced zig-zag, bit tense 1 times, superb sit control by pirouettes, cautious extended trot, superb final, open halt. 82,08%. 

Damsey FRH GER - wow extended trot, smooth half passes lack bit carriage to left, good halt rein back, easy 1st piaffe / passage, superb extended walk lots of suppleness, bit forward piaffe, lovely side picture, super supple 2 times, control zig-zag+, bit lovely 1 times, super control pirouettes, a couple of 1 times at X, super final piaffe, bit stocked for final meters. 76,100%.

Zaire-E GER - bit tense halt, bit running extended trot, active half passes, bit tense halt rein back, superb 1st passage/piaffe/passage tour, good walk lack bit more over the back walk, bit tense 2nd piaffe tour, super series, nice pirouettes, clock work final centerline. 74,740%.

(comments from all rides available via Horse2rider, Facebook page).

See results here. 

Winner Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD:

Watch the entire test here below. Helen Langehanenberg and Damsey FRH is at start 2.00.30.

Missing some of the top stallions for the archive from lunging of Oldenburger stallions yesterday

Remember the dressage stallions starts with catalog no 40.

Unfortunately there is no video from catalog no 70 by Gray Flanell / Licotus (from Schockemöhle), no 71 by Londontime / Danone I (new stallion at Blue Hors) and catalog no 74 by Sandro Hit / Fürst Heinrich (from HP Horses). From eyes direct at the sideline they all 3 looks like Premium candidates. 

Link HERE.

From yesterdays lunging the stallions below showed something extra:

No 47 - Diamond Hit / Fürst Heinrich

No 53 - Finest / Christ

No 57 - Follow Me / Sir Donnerhall I

No 59 - Fürstenball / Donnerhall

No 79 - Wild Child / Florencio

From H2R point of view the absolute top spots goes to no 47 by Diamond Hit / Fürst Heinrich or no 59 by Fürstenball / Donnerhall. 

Today presentation free starts at 14:00 via live stream. 

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Full archive from Oldenburg from presentation on hard surface (video)

Oldenburg Licensing: Schedule & Livestream

Photo: © Beelitz

PRESS RELEASE

The highlight of the year is now only a few days away: at the Oldenburg Licensing, which will be held from November 16th to 18th, you will find outstanding stallions for dressage and show jumping. Only the cream of this year’s crop was admitted to the Oldenburg Licensing. If you can’t make it to Vechta personally, you can watch the Oldenburg Licensing live on the Internet. You can go directly to the livestream from the home page of the Oldenburg website www.oldenburger-pferde.com.

As of Thursday morning, there will be a button on the home page of the Oldenburg website that will take you directly to the log-in for the livestream. During the event, it will also be possible for you to view archive videos of tests already taken in the scope of licensing. As an alternative, you can also use the following link to go to the livestream and watch the schedule: http://oldenburger-pferde.net/en/media/live-streams/live.html?hid=

The livestream on the Internet will show all licensing tests as well as the award of premiums and the Oldenburger Hengst-Gala [Oldenburg Stallion Show]. The auction will not be broadcast on the Internet. 

The Oldenburg Licensing begins on Thursday, November 16th, at 11:00 a.m. with an inspection on hard ground. Starting at 2:00 p.m., the stallions will begin the second stage of the test, lunging. 

On Friday, November 17th, the stallions will show off in their parade disciplines. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the jumper stallions will present themselves in free jumping. As of 2:00 p.m., the dressage stallions will demonstrate their fascinating movement quality while running loose. On Friday evening, after announcement of the licensing, it is party time in Vechta. We would like to celebrate with you and a DJ in the big tent next to our arena. 

Saturday, November 18th, is a day full of highlights. The day begins at 9:30 a.m. with the exciting award of premiums and selection of the Champion Stallions. At 11:00 a.m. the best four-year old stallions that have presented their first crop in an offspring inspection will compete for the Main Premium. Starting at 1:00 p.m. the exciting Oldenburg Stallion Market Auction will begin in which licensed stallions as well as stallions not licensed will be for sale. These spectacular days are concluded Saturday afternoon by the magnificent Oldenburg Stallion Show, which will start around 5:00 p.m. Newcomers and old masters from famous stallion stations will enchant viewers in a unique, joint presentation.  

Championship finals for Spanish PRE horses (videos)

Best Spanish horses stands out

From following the Spanish Copa ANCCE championship finals for 4 yr, 5 yr and 6 yr old horses today the overall picture was pretty clear - the winner stood out.

There were clearly quality differences from today´s winners compared to all the other finalists.

From each year the winnners were showing 3 good gaits with the trot as the best gait, and the canter as the weakest. Well ridden and well presented winners.

In general the biggest challenge for the Spanish horses looks like the canter, as you also see the same picture when showing the horses by hand and judging of the confirmation (morfologicos) where the horses in general lacking more volume, carriage and balance for the canter. 

Tomorrow is 7 yr old final where Olympic rider Daniel Martin Docks is favorite for the title with the outstanding Ataturc Duc. They looked super smooth and relaxed for today´s small training. 

SICAB starts tomorrow

From 14 November to 19 November

SICAB is the Spanish answer of Danish Warmblood stallion show, of course with just the Pura Raza Espanol horses. 

All diciplins are represented, like they also are showing their horses for a special presentation shown by hand, which is a great tradition. Day 1 is with presentation of the 3 year old stallions, and day 2 is with finals for 4 year old, 5 year old and 6 year old horses, which are qualified during the year. 

SICAB takes place at Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Sevilla. (Sevilla is the capital of Andalucia).

See the entire program here, and you can of course follow the event via live stream. 

2 hours with very interesting Breeder´s Day at HP Horses (videos)

Saturday afternoon with a new and different angle of a Breeder´s Day

For this afternoon Lone Bøegh Henriksen, HP Horses has invited Inge Workel from Oldenburger Verband, Emma Blundell from British stud Mount St. John and international Danish judge Susanne Baarup to add with their comments during the presentations. Very informative and good comments about the horses and what they were looking for as a breeder or judge. 

Very special ones from H2R point of view were: 

• HP Valentino, colt by Vitalis / Apache (dam Ala Fasine)
• Best of Mount St. John, 2 yr old filly by Fürst Romancier / Bordeaux
• Sansibar AK by Sandro Hit / Fürst Heinrich - ready for OLD stallion licensing
• Be My Beauty Queen, filly by Bonds / San Amour

If you haven´t had the time to be present at the Breeders Day at HP Horses or via live stream, you still have to possibility to catch up from archive at Clipmyhorse. 

Small summary from Sunday´s competitions at Blue Hors Dressur Festival

Julianelyst pro rider Dennis Fisker winner of MA2 small tour

Small tour MA2 victory for Dennis Fisker (Denmarks new jr/yr team coach) with 11 year old Rosenstolz by Rospon / De Niro with 71,491%. Rosenstolz owned by malaysian Quzandria Nur, and recently successful at Southeast Asian Games winning both team gold and individual gold, and trained by Dennis Fisker from Julianelyst in Denmark. As Quzandria now expecting her first child Dennis Fisker has taken over the further education and showed Rosenstolz with two victories this weekend at Blue Hors Dressur Festival. 

Rosenstolz looks like a very exciting horse with lovely balance and expression for the trot tour, and shown with good contact all the way. The walk becomes a bit tense. Superb canter tour with very nice series and lovely sit and balance for the pirouettes, eventhough Dennis seems to get into the pirouettes in quite a high tempo, it does not affect the quality of the pirouette. Only small issue was a small canter for the shoulder in at right. 

Pernille Pilborg and Hoelgaards Armani at European Championship in Roosendaal 2017 - photo H2R. 

Young Rider Pernille Pilborg and Hoelgaards Armani was place 2nd today. They have just ended their Young Rider year, where they were part of the team at the Europeans in Roosendaal, and are now working towards U25 level. 

Placed 5th today was pro rider Mette Svare Ehlers with Zacksusme. A lovely light test in a good frame with an overall easy picture, but unfortunately with an error for the 1st canter pirouette. Some disagreement from the judges placed 5 - 10 - 3! 

Success combination Quarton and Anna Kasprzak continues their winning streak

Bundgaard Byg winner 2017 Anna Kasprzak with Quarton (photo by H2R from Equitour 2017)

Today´s final was an Intermediaire I freestyle, and Kasprzak and Q (Quartons stable name) were showing an expressive and powerful test. Today Anna was just asking and Q looked as if he was just waiting for the question. Super obedient and with high quality - well deserved winners. Before the final Anna got a bit ahead of the music and made just a small volte before continuing for the final halt where the music stops.

2nd today was Nanna Merrald with Gørklintgårds Quaterboy also with same bloodlines as Quarton, with Quaterback as sire and Don Schufro as damsire. Super sharp test with lot of power and lovely balance troughout the test. Huge changes and superb quality. 

3rd became Daniel Bachmann with Blue Hors Veneziano. Supple test but with some smaller issues. 

For sure this top 3 will be horses for future big sport. 

Small Grand Prix freestyle with just 4 combinations

Rock Star and Anna Kasprzak during Equitour Aalborg 2017 - photo H2R. 

Rock Star and Anna Kasprzak took the Grand Prix freestyle victory

Seen from the "sideline" the difference between Anna and 2nd placed Daniel Bachmann with Blue Hors Zepter was not as big as nearly 3%, while Anna had some difficulties especially at the end of the test to get the music to fit into the test and it became some kind of "messy". Technical wise the piaffe becomes a bit too much forward today. They finished with 79,042%.

Daniel Bachmann and his young Blue Hors Zepter showed a good test, but still with some small insecurities, but much more settled for the piaffe / passage tours as we saw them lately in Herning. Exciting couple to follow for the upcoming season. Result 76,292%.

Blue Hors with stallion presentation Saturday afternoon (video)

Saturday afternoon was with the presentation of some of the Blue Hors stallions during the national event Blue Hors Dressur Festival.

The first stallion Zagori by Zack / Sir Donnerhall II / Don Schufro was the most attractive 2.5 year-old stallion. Zagori is right now in preparation for the upcoming Danish Warmblood stallion selection. A young stallion with format and nice model that seems to move active off the ground.

Also the stallion selected for the NRW licensing by Zack / Florencio looks like an exciting young horse.

The other youngsters, also a couple selected for NRW and OLD licensing, generally seems to lack more stallion expression and power.

The 5-year-old Zalabaster still thinks it's a bit "dangerous" to be in his own arena when the music plays, while Farrell seems to be more settled together with Allan Grøn.

The stallion Dreamline is stationed at stud in Germany, and he was shown by Swedish Jenny Johnson. Dreamline stays stationed in Germany and 14 yr old Hotline, who was shown by hand will for the next 3 seasons be stationed at Landgestüt Warendorf.

Aftenens nationale Grand Prix klasse til Blue Hors Dressur Festival blev vundet af Anna Kasprzak med Rock Star

Top 3 efter første afdeling af Grand Prix klassen

Inden pausen havde Anna Kasprzak og Rock Star lagt sig komfortabelt i spidsen af klassen med 73,167%. Starter skarp ud med god fri trav, det kniber lidt med balancen i traversaderne, god parade med tilbagetrædning. I piaffe turene lader Anna Rock Star gå noget frem, men bevarer energien og rytmen og laver også tilhørende gode overgange. Super afspændt skridt tur. Solid galop tur, hvor der kun lige er en lille fejl i changementet efter den frie galop. Ellers en galoptur hvor Anna angriber hele vejen. 

Carina Cassøe Krüth og May-Day Graftebjerg viser en flot trav tur, med gode øgninger og gode traversader, skridten bliver lidt kort og med lidt spændinger. I galopturen opstår der lidt spændinger som Carina lagt hen ad vejen har styr på, men desværre indløber der et par mindre fejl. (Placeret som nr. 4 med 68,233%)

Lone Bang Larsen og Onandt giver et harmonisk billede. Det er dejlig at se Lone kan sidde og indvirke så diskret hele vejen, da Onandt ser ud til at være flot foran hjælperne og klar på opgaven hele vejen. Desværre indløber der nogle fejl under vejs som koster i det samlede regnskab. Fejl i 2´er serien, den første galop pirouette som bliver lidt spin og ukontrolleret mens den næste er i god balance, og der er lidt uro/ubalance ind i den sidste overgang fra galop til samlet trav ved M. Dejlig let billede med gode vinkler og god aktivitet for passage og piaffe turene. (Første uplaceret som nr. 5 med 67,967%)

De bedste to i 2. afdeling

Blue Hors Zepter og Daniel Bachmann Andersen kommer flot fra start, med en dejlig velbalanceret trav tur, gode passage og piaffe ture, hvor Daniel kan få lov at regulere under vejs. God skridt tur. Anspringet til galop bliver desværre med anspring, gode toere men med fejl i etter serien. Den sidste overgang ved M bliver ikke ved bogstavet og Daniel bliver nødt til at tage Zepter helt ned i skridt for at lave overgangen til trav. Slutter rigtig godt af ad midten. (Placeret som nr. 2 med 72,067%)

Skovlunds Garmin G og Betina Jæger var noget med på bølgelængde i dag end sidst vi så dem i Herning til World Cup stævnet. Betina rider rutineret turen og får vist en tur uden tekniske fejl, selvom det stadig kniber med et helt reelt flow og go for piaffeturene. (Placeret som nr. 3 med 69,467%).

Se hele resultatlisten her. 

79,280% CDI4 Grand Prix comeback for Showtime FRH and Dorothee Schneider (video)

At 9.00 Dorothee Schneider and the 11 year old super horse Showtime FRH made a very impressive comeback today after 1 yr injury break.

Smooth and powerful trot tour as we know them, good walk tour where Dorothee for the first 5 meters at the beginning of the extended walk struggling a bit, as Showtime will not really take the forward search through the body towards the hand, but after the 5 meters he starts marching. Good canter tour with highlights of the pirouettes, one times with a small error in the mid, and throughout the canter tour Dorothee seems to encourage Showtime to keep he nose in front of the pole.

2nd became Ingrid Klimke yet again with an international Grand Prix debut, today with the expressive 9 yr old mare Geraldine. Smooth and effortless test in nice harmony, with good series and pirouettes, and where you just can wait for a bit more strength for the piaffe and passage tours. 

See the entire results here. 

Remember to catch up on Horse2rider.com Facebook page

Lately Horse2rider made a Facebook page to be able to share even more dressage- and breeding news from all over the World. 

Many news from other parts of the sport and breeding will be shared at Horse2rider.com Facebook, like today´s news about ex Franklin (from Horses.nl), and H2R comment about international Grand Prix debut for Franziskus and Ingrid Klimke.