Stallion licensing and auction at DSP Hengsttage 24 - 27 January 2018

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40 dressage stallions are ready for licensing in Munich

The program for the DSP Stallion Days are:

Wednesday 24 January

16.00 Free jumping dressage stallions

Thursday 25 January

8.30 Presentation on hard surface

13.00 presentation free dressage stallions with walk ring

Friday 26 January

09.00 lunging dressage stallions

After lunging all dressage stallions with walk ring and decision of licensed or not licensed

20.00 Stallion Gala

The entire licensing is available via Clipmyhorse. 

Four H2R favorites are shown below with videos.

No 74 by Van Vivaldi/Converter is presented for the licensing by Danish Stud Blue Hors, and is for sale at the auction when licensed. 

You will find the entire collection here. 

76.680% World Cup Grand Prix debut win for Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik with Edward Gal (video)

Recently Edward Gal made his World Cup debut with the just 9 year old Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik by Zack / Romanov at London, Olympia.

Enjoy their winning Grand Prix here below.

Experience the Great Herning Horse Show with huge fair, stallion licensing, clinic, auction, young horse championship and much more. 

Mark your calendar from 7th to 11th March 2018

Click on the banner below to find the entire schedule.

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To timers show fra World Cup stævnet i Herning

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Til årets Show til World Cup stævnet i Herning blev det danske EM team bl.a. også hyldet for deres flotte hold sølvmedaljer. 

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Hingstekåringens endelige tidsplan

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NYHED PÅ VARMBLOD.DK I DAG

Der er godt og vel 10 uger til, at Dansk Varmblods Hingstekåring med avl, sport og gallashow løber af stablen den 7.-11. marts 2018, og den endelige tidsplan får du her.

Dansk Varmblods sekretariat og hingstekåringsudvalget har lagt sig hårdt i selen for at skabe en tidsplan for hingstekåringen til bedst mulig gavn for alle brugere af arrangementet – gæster, hingsteejere og ryttere m.v. Det har resulteret i en tidsplan, der giver rig mulighed for at følge én linje, hvad enten man er mest til det avlsfaglige eller det sportslige, og om man brænder mest for dressur eller springning.

Forbedret visning af ungehingstene

– De danske hingsteholdere har udtrykt ønske om, at hingstene vil blive vist i longe før løsvisningen, hvilket vil betyde, at de inden løsvisningen har akklimatiseret sig og har fået brændt toppen af deres energi af og dermed ikke bliver for overgearede under løsvisningen. For at højne niveauet under løsvisningen vil der i år blive tilknyttet et par beridere til at hjælpe piskeførerne med at få hver enkelt hingst mest hensigtsmæssigt igennem løsvisningen, fortæller direktør Casper Cassøe.

Esben Møller fra hingstestationen Blue Hors sætter pris på, at sekretariatet og hingstekåringsudvalget har lyttet til hingsteholdernes ønsker. Han synes, det er rigtig positivt, at hingstene gennemgående skal vises i samme hal, og at de lørdag får en fridag inden den afgørende kåring søndag.

– Det gør en væsentlig forskel, at hingstene bliver longeret, inden de vises løse. På den måde får de lov til at krudte af, og det medfører en betydelig mindre risiko for, at de kommer til skade, når de er løse i hallen. Jeg tror faktisk også, at det optimerer avlsledens mulighed for en ordentlig vurdering, når hingstene ikke er for vilde. Jeg er meget positiv overfor det, udtaler Esben Møller.

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Dansk Varmblods hingstekåringsudvalg har gjort sig umage for at opfylde så mange ønsker som muligt for brugerne af arrangementet, og et gennemgående ønske fra hingstekåringens besøgende er, at det bør være lettere at finde rundt i tidsplanen og få lagt sin egen strukturerede plan for, hvad man helst vil se.

Det tilgodeses blandt andet ved, at hele fredag i KRAFFT Arena M byder på hingsteaspiranter fremvist i longering og derefter løse i hallen. Der er afsat primetime-sendetid til præsentationsklassen for dressurhingste fredag i Boxen og igen lørdag eftermiddag. Tilsvarende præsentationsklaser for springhingste får super sendetid i Danish Computer Group Arena E, hvor der forventes fuldt hus. Det sker fredag efter løsspringning og lørdag inden den store Grand Prix-springning.

– Hele tidsplanen er udarbejdet under hensyn til, at besøgende ønsker at kunne følge én linje, fortæller direktør Casper Cassøe.

Til gengæld har hingstene helt fri om lørdagen, indtil hingstekåringsprogrammet genoptages søndag med de helt store højdepunkter som frasortering og kåring i Jyske Bank Boxen.

Let at finde rundt i

Den røde tråd i hele planlægningen er altså at give publikum mulighed for at vælge deres egen linje og i videst mulig omfang finde de samme arrangementer i samme haller. Således vil Unghestechampionat alle dage finde sted i den samme hal, og det gælder både for dressurhestene i Blue Hors Unghestechampionat i Boxen og for springhestene i Katrinelund Unghestechampionat i KRAFFT Arena M. Testrytterdelen for dressur- såvel som springhestene ligger nu lørdag formiddag og præcis i samme hal, som hestene har gået de øvrige dage.

– Vi mener, at der er mange positive elementer i den nye tidsplan, der gør det meget nemmere for brugerne at finde rundt og følge præcist det, de ønsker. Det er også nyt, at man endnu ikke ved, om hingstene opnår kåring, når auktionen starter. Det er naturligvis noget, vi har haft med i vores overvejelser, men vi håber og tror ikke, at det får nogen afgørende betydning, slutter Casper Cassøe.

Se tidsplanen HER.

Fantastic sports year in 2017 with greetings from FEI (video)

Proud moments - headlines for Dufour with first individual medal in 32 years for a Danish combination.

Big success for the very sharp Germans throughout the year, while the Danish team with Cathrine Dufour and her 14-year-old Danish Warmblood Atterupgaards Cassidy made their own headlines, winning team Silver, together with Anna Kasprzak with Donnperignon, Anna Zibrandtsen with Arlando and Agnete Kirk Thinggaard with Jojo AZ, and Dufour also took two times individual Bronze at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Sönke, Isabell and Cathrine took the podium spots at the European Championships this year at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sönke, Isabell and Cathrine took the podium spots at the European Championships this year at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Landsstævnet i Esbjerg er igen klar med gratis livestreaming

Når Esbjerg og Omegns Rideklub er klar med deres landsstævne, som afholdes fra 18. til 21. januar 2018, vil det igen være med livestreaming fra udvalgte klasser. 

Et stævne som sidste år tiltrak mange interessante ekvipager, og samtidig var det også rigtig godt besøgt af publikum. 

Stævnet er med klasser fra MB til Grand Prix og sidste anmeldelsesfrist er 8. januar 2018.

Se propositionerne her. 

4 victories this weekend for Germany´s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (video)

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Her smile says everything, but her style and her way of riding her horses just makes a very light and easy picture. Her two mares for this weekend in Frankfurt just did their best, and as Jessica explains at the subsequent interview with Clipmyhorse, she is just trying to build up confidence for her horses every time she goes into the arena. 

Zaire did both tests this weekend with any technical issues and with personal best for the Grand Prix with impressive 77,220%.

Louisdor Preis final with future top stars (H2R favorites Dalera BB, Faustus and Carlos)

Today´s Louisdor Preis final and yesterday´s Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final are both some of the very highlights of the year, always with top riders and showing new top horses. And this years Louisdor final was without exception. 

For the young trakehner mare TSF Dalera BB it was just her 3rd indoor event ever, and of course Jessica was full of prayers for this talented high quality mare. Lightness, suppleness and ability are the three main words for today´s winning performance for the prestigious young Grand Prix horse Louisdor Preis final.

H2R comments during the test

Winner:

Dalera BB by Easy Game/Handryk with Jessica von Bredow-Werndl - expressive well balanced extended trot, nice half passes well managed, bit open halt for rein back, could be a bit sharper into passage, nice passage, easy light piaffe with smooth transitions, super transition to walk, huge supple extended walk, good collected walk, bit spooky start of passage looking, wauw nice 2nd piaffe, good 2 times, some tensions for zig-zag, good 1 times, super active pirouette with nice control, late transition at M, nice extended trot, easy smooth transitions and super passage/piaffe centerline.

Placed 2nd: 

Faustus by Falsterbo / Forrest xx with Dorothee Schneider - expressive start, nice flow for half passes nice crossing, good halt with rein back, nice extended trot, small tension into 1st passage, good piaffe lack bit clear power for passage, extended walk with good relaxation over the back, good collected walk, nice 2nd piaffe tour with good transitions, small error begin 2 times, good zig-zag, nice flow for 1 times, lost bit canter quality for 2nd pirouette, super extended trot, small stop before final piaffe but continues, good passage at centerline. 

Placed 3rd:

Franziskus by Fidertanz/Alabaster with Ingrid Klimke - power extended trot, nice half passes, nice halt bit tense rein back, smooth extended trot, nice into passage, nice piaffe steps but very much forward, short extended walk need more over the back, small disturb in collected walk, better on the spot 2nd piaffe, nice 2 times, good extended canter change could be a bit more fluent, error mid of 1 times, good pirouettes, super extended trot could show bit more clear collection at the end, lack bit more clear forward power for final piaffe at centerline.

Placed 4th:

Carlos by Carabas/Weltmeyer (2017 European Champion for YR under Hannah Erbe) with Heiner Schiergen - this is a horse with the whole package. Walk, trot, canter, piaffe and passage, lots of ability and power still not 100% settled for the entire Grand Prix tour, but no doubt this horse is one to watch for the big future.

Skovens Rafael havde dyre etter fejl i Grand Prix Special i går, og Rustique var lidt spændt over juleatmosfæren i küren i dag

Skovens Rafael - Equitour 2017. Photo: H2R

Skovens Rafael - Equitour 2017. Photo: H2R

Lotte Skjærbæk og Skovens Rafael var til start i gårsdagens CDI3 Grand Prix Special i Frankfurt

Parret kommer godt fra start med flot fri trav skrådt igennnem, god traversade til højre, men desværre en lille "svimmelhed" i traversaden til venstre, hvor det ligner at Lotte i et splitsekund lige mister retningen og bøjningen i traversaden. Gode passage og frie trav ture, hvor man godt kunne ønske sig lidt mere tryk af jorden i passage og dermed mere udtryk. Super afspændt skridt med kvalitet. God overgang ind til den første piaffe tur og gode trin med fin overgang ud igen. Ligesom den næste piaffe også er med god kvalitet. Overgangen fra passage til galop bliver lidt a la overgang gennem skridt. Flotte 2´ere, efter 12 flotte ettere ser det ud som om Rafael synes det var nok, ihvertfald kommer han ikke for hjælpen til de sidste 3. Desværre indløber der også fejl af 2 gange i etteren ad midten. Begge pirouetter mangler lige den sidste balance. God overgang til trav og super øgning ad langsiden. Gode afslutning ad midten hvor Lotte lader Rafael gå en smule fremad i piaffe. Parret slutter som nr. 6 med 66,215%.

Dejligt at se Skovens Rafael til stævnet her i Frankfurt med mere lukket mund end vi tidligere har set ham. Det giver et meget bedre indtryk generelt.

Mai Tofte Olesen og Rustique var første startende i dagens CDI3 Grand Prix kür

Dagens tur virker en smule forceret. Det er umiddelbart lidt svært at fornemme om Rustique er lidt præget af julestemningen i arena, eller om Mai bare har valgt et lidt højt tempo. Parret starter godt ud i trav turen, i den første piaffe vifte mister Rustique et enkelt trin. I galopturen indløber der en lille fejl i den første etter serie, mens den efterfølgende er i orden. Gode pirouetter. I trav traversaderne kunne man godt ønske sig lidt mere smidighed. Parrets speciale med fri trav på buet spor bliver desværre med en taktfejl i den første del i dag. God afslutning ad midten. Parret slutter som nr. 5 med 69,450%.

ET GENNEMFØRT DRØMMESTED

Margins in favour of Werth for the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final with QC Flamboyant OLD

Escolar and Hubertus Schmidt "lost" the title

Clearly not satisfied audience in Frankfurter arena - they all saw Hubertus Schmidt with the 8 year old stallion Escolar by Estobar / Fürst Piccolo in front of Isabell Werth with QC Flamboyant OLD by Fidertanz / De Niro.

Just 12 points between QC Flamboyant OLD and Escolar, and from the sideline Escolar just showing more natural top basic qualities, especially for the canter tour with clearly more balance and power. 

Werth delivered as usual and with her top experience she also managed an error free test. Eventhough Hubertus Schmidt and Escolar show an small imbalance going into the canter half passes, and an error after the extended canter where Escolar is ahead of the aides, the still looked like winners. The judging panel saw them with placements as 1 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1.

Matthias Bouten still with the best international hands

It is not just a pleasure watching Matthias Bouten with his horses, every time his beautiful soft and quiet hands are catching H2R attention.

Today his is well deserved placed as both no 3 with Quantum Vis MV by Quaterback / Gloster. Smooth trot tour with lovely power always with the nose lovely in front of the verticle. Good walk tour. Nice canter tour, but with a bit of tensions for the series. After the 4 times series it´s with a clear pat on the neck. 

Bouten also took 4th spot with Bodyguard. Smooth error freetest in a nice balance, and again here Bouten also clearly rewarded Bodyguard after well performed 3 times. 

Two of the other top stars Soiree d´Amour OLD and Foundation

Soiree d´Amour and Kira Wulferding showing superb picture, bit big eyes at begin of the walk tour and then also at the end of the 4 times - costly issues for today´s final. In general the canter has been very well developed since we saw Soiree d´Amour last time.

Foundation and Matthias Rath showing superb supple trot tour, bit of tensions for the walk tour and the extended walk could be bit more over the back with more over track. Nice canter tour except an error at the end of the 4 times. 

See the entire results here. 

 

Rustique og Skovens Rafael i Frankfurt

Skovens Rafael og Lotte Skjærbæk til Equitour 2017 - photo: H2R

Skovens Rafael og Lotte Skjærbæk til Equitour 2017 - photo: H2R

Det var comeback til Rustique og Mai Tofte Olesen efter en ufrivillig stævnepause, da Rustique først på sommeren pådrog sig en mindre foldskade. Parret var sidst til stævne i Compiegne i maj måned. 

Dagens Grand Prix tur blev med et par mindre fejl. Parret start godt ud, traversaderne mangler lidt mere bøjning og smidighed. Alle 3 parader er gode. Generelt kunne man godt ønske sig lidt mere power og go i trav turen. Gode piaffe og passage ture, og god skridt tur. Et par af changementerne i 2´er serien kunne godt være flottere gennemsprungne til højre. I den ene omstilling i zig-zag galoppen bliver changementet med samlede bagben, og desværre indløber der en fejl i de 15 ettere. Den første pirouette er med god kontrol og god kvalitet, mens den anden bliver lidt stor. God afslutning ad midten. Parret slutter som nr. 11 med 66.920%.

Anden dansker i feltet var Skovens Rafael med Lotte Skjærbæk. 

Parret kommer flot fra start, super udtryk og power i den første frie trav på diagonalen. Gode smidige traversader med dejlig bæring. Den første den af passagen bliver lidt ubalanceret og den første piaffe ligner lidt at Rafael går lidt væk fra Lotte. Super fri skridt med masser af smidighed og total afslappet, den samlede skridt mangler lidt mere samling. Overgangen til passage ved M bliver mere a la overgang til trav, piaffe bliver god og med efterfølgende god overgang og god passage frem mod galopanspringet, som også bliver godt. Super flotte 2´er, god fri galop, men desværre er Lotte lidt for langt fremme i programmet, da hun rider ad midten og starter på pirouette i stedet for zig-zag - en dyr og ærgerlig fejl, hvor hun med det samme vender runder og kommer med zig-zag i stedet. Ud af zig-zag turen bliver det til et ekstra changement efter de vender til højre ved dommerne. Det 15 ettere er der, men mangler mere balance generelt. God afslutning ad midten. Parret slutter som nr. 13 med 63,620%. 

I morgen tidlig er Lotte og Rafael klar til Grand Prix Specialen som første ekvipage kl. 9.00. 

FEI Press Release - Sweden’s Kittel wins leg five at Olympia, but Britain’s Faurie pushes him all the way to take second place

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Kittel jumps to strong lead on Western European League table and looks well on his way to Paris Final; Netherlands Gal has to settle for third

They say it’s never over until the fat lady sings, and at tonight’s FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League qualifier at Olympia in London (GBR), when it seemed Sweden’s Patrick Kittel (41) already had it in the bag, along came the home side’s Emile Faurie (54) with a last-to-go ride that almost overtook the league leader.

Scoring 80.405, the British rider took even himself by surprise when slotting into runner-up spot just 0.155 percentage points behind the super Swede who is now well on his way to the Final in Paris (FRA) next April. Kittel has had a great run, and with 75 points on the board is sitting pretty. But after tonight’s electrifying victory gallop during which he “high-fived” loads of spectators on his tour of the iconic Grand Hall, he said, 

"“I take my hat off to the showjumpers, I don’t know how they do it - I’ve done three shows in a row and now it’s 'give me a glass of champagne and get me to bed', because I’m totally exhausted!"

Patrik Kittel SWE

This win means even more to him because his only other visit to the London venue was a disaster. “The last time I was here was 13 years ago and I finished last. I went home in the lorry feeling really bad but my wife, Lyndal, said you have to go back, Olympia is an amazing show and you can’t leave it another 13 years!” 

British riders were holding the top three places after Richard Davison opened the second-half of tonight’s action, but, fourth-last to go, it was Edward Gal’s (47) score of 79.340 that Kittel was chasing when second-last into the ring. The Dutchman’s big moving stallion, Glock’s Zonik who topped yesterday’s Grand Prix, produced some breathtaking extensions and mesmerising trot-work, but the nine-year-old lost balance at times, and mistakes including a break in the one-tempi changes left them looking vulnerable. In total contrast Kittel and Delauney, the 11-year-old gelding with which he claimed individual 11th at this summer’s Longines FEI European Championships on home ground in Gothenburg, produced a flawless performance. Kittel insisted he didn’t expect to win, “but my horse is such a trier”, the Swedish star said.

Faurie however threw down a powerful challenge with a sensational test from the fabulously handsome stallion Delatio and has, tonight, set British Dressage fans’ hearts fluttering with excitement all over again. The expression of near-disbelief on the face of the three-time Olympian and European team gold medallist when his score was announced said it all. “I’m in shock at the percentage score, not the performance, he was so great in the ring and I’m in love with this horse!” he said. “I was hoping to go one better than yesterday (when they finished fourth). I don’t know him that well yet because I’m only riding him a few months and I just wanted to do him justice”, he added.

“I had too many mistakes tonight, but I’m pleased with Zonic” Gal said. Like all the other riders he heaped praise on the London fixture. “You don’t have an atmosphere like this anywhere else” he pointed out. “There was one woman screaming so loud I was wondering what’s happening here, do we need to call an ambulance or something?!”

Kittel meanwhile is already planning ahead. “I’ll take my other horse, Deja, to Amsterdam because he’s the one I want to ride at the Final” he explained. The Dutch city will host the next leg of the series when the action resumes at the end of January. 

Watch the competition highlights here on YouTube 

Result:

1. Delaunay OLD (Patrik Kittel) SWE 80.560

2. Delatio (Emile Faurie) GBR 80.405

3. Glock’s Zonik (Edward Gal) NED 79.340

FULL RESULTS

 

 

27 Danish Warmblood colts selected for main licensing in Herning, March 2018

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62 colts were ready for yesterday´s pre-selection at Vilhelmborg in Aarhus.

It was a cold and rainy day, but still with breeders and dressage entusiasts sitting in the arena with hot coffee watching and chatting about every single step of the maybe new stallions.

The day started with presentation free in the arena where you really saw a lot of promissing stallions, from there the Danish Warmblood licensing comittee were selection 30 colts for hard surface, subsequently shown by lunging and ending up with a total of 27 for the main licensing. 

From watching the entire day, there are no doubt that the lunging makes the difference. Powerful supple movers from the presentation free, showed for a big part far from the same qualities for the lunging. 

Huge positive imprint from Grand Galaxy Win

8 colts by Grand Galaxy Win selected for the main licensing. Galaxy seems to add a lovely type, long legs, supple movements, but to the down side some might lack a bit of strength for the topline. Will be very interesting to see the devolopment from now to the licensing. 

You can find much more videos from presentation free at H2R Facebook page. 

3 top favorites from H2R point of view:

Birkedals Aston by Bøgegårdens Alphabeat/Landtinus - super supple mover of the ground with lovely expression and superb balance. This colt is already co-owned by family Würtz Green, as a future prospect for their son, junior rider Kristian Würtz Green.

Forever by Fürst Romancier / Desperados - lovely modern type, and still with young horse look. Supple mover through the body.

Mr. Grey by Grey Flanell / Dalwhinnie, nice frame with power and suppleness of the ground and super modern look.

See the entire list of stallions selected for stallion licensing in Herning here. 

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