Dennis Fisker showed a strong Intermediaire I test at Aalborg Dressage Event today

Dennis Fisker with Rosenstolz - photo credit: Maria Børresen

Danish national junior and young rider coach Dennis Fisker has been very busy already at Aalborg Dressage Event, as he is both competing at the international small tour and the national small tour. Today with two victories - both with horses owned by Malasian Quzandria Nur. 

For the international tour Dennis Fisker showed Rosenstolz. Yesterday they came 2nd, but today they were just a bit more sharp all the way, except a tense halt with rein back. Nice flow and very nice balance for shoulder in/volte/half passes, lovely extensions, the collected walk which is not the strongest exercise for Rosenstolz was active and with good rhythm, but one judge gave an 8, maybe a bit too generous. Strong canter tour with good quality for the pirouettes and series. 

Photo credit: Maria Børresen

Danish Allan Skov showed a solid test with Showhit without any technical issues, but you could wish for a bit more carriage/balance hind for the canter tour. 

Lone Bang Larsen and Thranegaardens Rostov - Herning 2018. Photo credit: H2R

Today Lone Bang Larsen and Thranegaardens Rostov did also manage to show an error free test but today´s overall picture became with some minor tensions and the overall picture was not quite with same balance as for yesterday´s Prix Sct. Georg. 

See the entire results here. 

VIDEO - Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen kept the Germans behind for today´s Louisdor Preis qualifier

Prestigious victory for Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen today in Hagen

Being foreign rider competing at this national Loiusdor Preis qualifier, which is a competition for 8-10 year old young Grand Prix horses, is as a startingpoint maybe not the easiest odds.

But a very solid and well balanced test without any issues from Blue Hors rider Daniel Bachmann Andersen with the 8 year old breeding stallion Blue Hors Veneziano by Vivaldi secured him the well deserved victory, in front of Germanys big names Hubertus Schmidt and Isabell Werth. 

Qualifier for the final is Sunday 10.30 at Hagen. 

Further qualifiers are:

• Wiesbaden 18 - 21 May 2018
• Werder 21 - 24 June 2018
• Donaueschingen 16 - 19 August 2018
• Ising 4 - 9 September 2018
• Oldenburg 1 - 4 November 2018

Isabell Werth showed the expressive elegant stallion DSP Belantis by Benetton Dream, but he is still not settled enough to be able to show the piaffe steps as he is not really carrying hind, but instead showing a kind of pushing out and becomes somewhat crop high. 

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76,085% international Grand Prix Special nearly speaks for itself

Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: H2R

Today´s victory for Danish Cathrine Dufour with her 8 year old Bohemian at their international Grand Prix Special debut at Aalborg Dressage Event was not a single point to much. 

From yesterday´s Grand Prix which she also won, the feeling for some moments were a bit

“This is hard stuff, I do what I can, but the exercises are coming so quick after eachother”

— Bohemian

Yesterday with some minor issues. Today showing 120% confidence and power, transformed exercise by exercise to expression and accuracy step by step. It was just a pleasure to follow, eventhough you sat a bit on the edge of the chair while watching. 

Bohemian DEN - super halt, nice flow half pass left, lovely expressive passage, sharp at letters, extended walk bit tense, super collected walk, easy active regular piaffe, good transition to canter, nice balance for zigzag canter, super series just 11 at centerline (last 2 not from rider), super pirouettes. Strong final centerline. Leaving the arena without any sign of tensions - IMPRESSIVE 🌟🇩🇰 

Hopefully video of the test will be available later - it is something very special to watch. 

2nd today was British Emma Hindle with Romy del Sol. Again today she manage to do an error free test where Romy keeps the focus. Lot´s of power and lovely qualities still shown with some tensions.

3rd was Danish Lone Bang Larsen with Bakkely´s Onandt. Super smooth and supple trot tour, very nice relaxation for the walk tour with good quality, the piaffe tours are a bit forward. In the canter tour some errors creeping in today - looks like a bit of tensions. 

Other Danish combinations

Just outside the placements Danish Helene Melsen and Aston Martin are showing a powerful and expressive trot tour, good walk and unfortunately with a couple of minor errors for the canter tour today. But nice to see the extra power and risk Helene is showing today. 

Laura Mølvig and her big boy Atterupgaards Wolfgang showed at strong trot tour, but unfortunately they were loosing some valuable points for their canter tour today. The judges were a bit too far from eachother with 63% and 71% for lowest and highest. 

Carina Cassøe Krüth and May-Day Graftebjerg are lacking a bit more "teamwork" today, as May-Day for more moments seems to be kind of unfocused, and of course this is expensive. 

See the entire results here. 

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Lone Bang Larsen and Thranegaardens Rostov winner of CDI3 Prix Sct. Georg at Aalborg Dressage Event today

Thranegaardens Rostov and Lone Bang Larsen, Herning 2018. Photo credit: H2R

Danish Lone Bang Larsen took the victory in the Prix Sct. Georg small tour today at Aalborg Dressage Event, follow by Danish pro rider Dennis Fisker and another Danish pro rider Allan Skov

1 - Thranegaardens Rostov DEN - nice power and well balanced trot tour, nice shoulder in/volte/half passes, good walk, effortless canter tour with nice balanced pirouettes, nice forward series. 

2 - Rosenstolz DEN  - strong well balanced trot tour nice frame and power all the way, collected walk becomes a bit tense, good extended walk, solid canter tour with nice pirouettes and series.

3 - Midtgaardens Showhit DEN - nice energy and power for trot tour with nice balanced shoulder in/volte/half passes, good walk tour, some tensions for the canter tour, lack bit more clear balance from behind, lost some energy/canter for both canter pirouettes. Nice series bit tense hind.

See the entire results here. 

Cathrine Dufour and her just 8 year old Bohemian winner of CDI3 Grand Prix debut (video)

Bohemian and Cathrine Dufour - Equitour 2017. Photo credit: H2R

A huge CDI3 Grand Prix class today at Aalborg Dressage Event with 25 combinations at start. During the test the Danish weather seems to become quite tough with a lot of wind. And for the last combinations Charlotte Haid-Bøndergaard and her experienced Roberto des Frettes it just became too hard at the end of the canter tour, unfortunately "destroyed" more exercises. 

At home soil the Danish combinations showed great strength, and Danish top rider Cathrine Dufour showed her just 8 year old Bohemian by Bordeaux for the first time at international level. 

Dufour brings her great experience for this young boy into the international arena with best possible outcome. A few moments during the test where it was obvious that this is very new soil for Bohemian, and that the buttons are not yet fully adjusted. Of course Cathrine was very proud of her young partner, and told about her final centerline where Bohemian is convinced about the final halt at X. "Today´s it just felt more like tensions for the final halt instead of a proper piaffe",  Dufour said with a big smile. 

With today´s debut this combination could be a very interesting card for the upcoming Nations Cup at Equitour, Uggerhalne, DEN late May. 

Bohemian DEN - superb halt, bit running extended trot, nice balanced half passes, superb halt with rein back, smooth transition to expressive passage easy into nice active piaffe, super passage, extended walk could be more free, nice collected walk, ditto 2nd piaffe, error 2 times, good control zigzag, nice 1 times, superb sit and elasticity for pirouettes- wow centering 2nd pirouette, small misunderstanding for final piaffe.

Enjoy their test below in this news.

2nd today was another great Danish combination Lone Bang Larsen and Bakkely´s Onandt. Lone Bang has for sure also the experience bringing a young star into the international level, and here she has a very interesting card for the future.

2 - Bakkely’s Onandt DEN - good power, nice balance swing for half passes, not steady halt and tense rein back, small canter for extended trot, nice expression for passage good 1st piaffe, good walk tour, much forward 2nd piaffe, nice 2 times, bit unbalanced zigzag, nice 1 times, nice control/quality for pirouettes, good final.

British Emma Hindle might be this fields most experienced rider, and she bring her very talented Romanov daughter Romy de Sol. No doubt about the talent, but until today the road has been a bit difficult as Romy is a mare with a kind of "sensitive behavior" in the ring, but today Emma managed very well, although there is still room for improvement. 

3 - Romy del Sol GBR - less is more. Emma Hindle must be pleased with her test today. The hot lady Romy behaved very well all the way today with just some minor issues, lovely suppleness for the trot tour, easy light piaffe and expressive passage, bit hold back walk tour and well managed canter tour. 

Carina Cassøe Krüth and May-Day Graftebjerg - Herning 2018. Photo credit: H2R

Danish pro rider Carina Cassøe Krüth with May-Day Graftebjerg showed nice test today also with improvements. The "former issues" for Carina and May-Day has been about the series, and today they managed without any mistakes. Overall picture is easy and light with nice suppleness and nice contact.

4 - May-Day Graftebjerg DEN - good start with nice light expression, good half passes, good extended trot, nice transitions and easy piaffe, good passage, good walk, ditto 2 piaffe, tense transition to canter, good 2 times, good zigzag, bit swing tense 1 times, 2nd pirouette with nice control and balance, nice extended trot, good final piaffe, bit unbalanced out of piaffe.

You will find comments about every single combination at Horse2rider.com Facebook page. 

See the results here. 

Video of Desperados and Kristina Bröring-Sprehe from today´s CDI4 Grand Prix in Hagen

De Niro sons in top of today´s CDI4 Grand Prix for freestyle at Hagen

Today´s big tour from Hagen showed a lot of qualities in the top of the field. Lovely following the entire test, and of course making a bit of comments (mentioned below in italic writing).

Desperados and Kristina Bröring-Sprehe winner of today´s Grand Prix with 79,109%, where the scoreboard ones again seemed a bit too hot.

1 - Desperados FRH GER-good start, strong extension, nice balanced half passes, bit forward 1st piaffe nice activity, good walk tour, bit unbalanced into 2nd piaffe bit forward, extended canter with unbalanced change, nice zigzag, good series, huge sit and control for pirouettes but could be a bit smaller, side picture of passage with some smaller tensions.

Deep Impact and Severo Jurado Lopez - Equitour 2017. Photo credit: H2R

Lovely to see Spains top rider Severo and Deep Impact back in the "game" showing top qualities, and for sure a very strong card for the Spanish team for this years WEG in Tryon. 

2 - Deep Impact ESP  - power expressive extension, small tension between half passes, nice flow go, superb halt with rein back, power into passage, nice bit forward piaffe good transitions, nice relaxation for walk, 2nd piaffe nice active, nice 2 times, bit unbalanced zigzag, nice 1 times, bit unbalanced into 1st pirouette, 2nd bit turned, smooth extended trot, power final. 

3 - Delaunay OLD SWE - expressive trot tour, nice balanced all the way, good walk tour but at the end Dude gets a bit excited, but routined Kittel picks up the passage a bit early, nice passage /piaffe tours with smooth transitions. Solid well balanced canter tour.

Blue Hors Don Olymbrio and Daniel Bachmann Andersen, Herning 2018. Photo credit: H2R

Ones again Daniel is very well prepared - this time with the young Blue Hors Don Olymbrio. It looks like that Daniel knows his horses so well, and at the same time brings his own experience and confidence into the ring, also showing Olymbrio with maximum output today. 

4 - Blue Hors Don Olymbrio DEN - power start, active half passes nice uphill, bit unbalanced rein back, nice extended trot into passage, bit cautious 1st piaffe forward, good walk, 2nd piaffe more settled at the spot, expressive 2 times, power extended canter, nice balanced zigzag, nice 1 times, 1st pirouette lack bit more canter, 2nd with nice balance, power extended trot, nice passage, bit few final piaffe steps.

5 - D’Agostino GER - 18 year young, power trot, supple half passes, good 1st trot tour, good walk, 2nd piaffe slightly off the hand, nodding a bit, power 2 times, extended canter power, balanced zigzag, super 1 times, 1st pirouette lack bit more carriage hind, 2nd better, easy final.

6 - TSF Dalera BB GER - power balanced extended trot, active half passes in nice balance, super halt with rein back, smooth transition to passage, small forward 1st piaffe, lovely sit, bit tense collected walk, lovely easy 2nd piaffe, lost 1st change and 2nd last for zigzag, nice series, nice control for pirouettes, transition through walk, canter for final extended trot, nice final.

See the entire results here. 

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Top placement for Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Blue Hors Zee Me Blue in Hagen today

Daniel and Zee Me Blue just 0,147% from today´s victory

Winner of today´s international Prix Sct. Georg was Hubertus Schmidt with the 8 year old mare Toscana OLD by Bentley / Rubinstein. Followed by Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen and his 8 year old Danish Warmblood stallion Blue Hors Zee Me Blue by Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Don Schufro.

H2R running comments about the placed combinations:

Toscana OLD/Hubertus Schmidt GER-nice and supple trot tour, nice balanced shoulder in, volte, half passes, walk pirouettes need bit more collection, good walk, nice supple zigzag canter, nice canter pirouettes, lack bit uphill 4 times, nice 3 times, very easy and effortless test.

Blue Hors Zee Me Blue/Daniel Bachmann Andersen DEN - good halt and forward, very expressive diagonal, nice flow balance volte/half pass, super at right hand, bit big walk pirouettes, good walk, good zig zag canter, good canter pirouettes, 1st change after pirouette before rider, ok series very visual rider aides.

Bailando/Holga Finken GER-good trot tour, for a few moments a bit lack of balance, good walk, supple extended walk, canter pirouettes need bit more collection, nice through series.

Bluetooth/Insa Hansen GER - smooth trot tour, nice push from behind and well balanced, bit tense collected walk, could stretch bit more for extended walk, lack bit flow half pass right, 2nd pirouette becomes bit unbalanced, good series. Super final halt.

Saphira Royal/Stefanie Wolf GER-easy active light footed trot tour showing good expression and nice balance, bit tense walk pirouettes, superb extended walk tour, hind rider aides for change after zigzag, good sit for both pirouettes, 2nd becomes bit unbalanced out, nice series.

Daley Thompson/Ann-Christin Wienkamp GER - good flow for trot tour, small unbalance volte left, nice balance right, good walk tour with nice pirouettes, bit “speaking” in super extended walk. Good canter pirouettes, bit small change after 2nd pirouette, bit tense series

Fiderprincess/Kara Bosman BEL-lovely expressive trot, lack bit carriage for half passes, nice 1st walk pirouette, small trot for extended walk, bit hurried canter pirouettes, lack bit more collection, super uphill and top expensive series😍. 

See the entire results here. 

Live stream from CDI3 Aalborg Dressage Event

Again this year you have the possibility to follow the entire CDI competitions via live streaming at Zibrasport. 

The event starts Thursday at 11:30 with CDI3 Prix Sct. Georg, followed at 13.50 with CDI3 Grand Prix.

See the entire program here, and remember it is just from Ridebane.dk there will be live streaming. 

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2 days stallion performance test Wednesday and Thursday from Münster-Handorf

Live stream schedule at Clipmyhorse:

Wednesday

15:15 - 4 year old stallions

16:30 - 5 year old stallions

Thursday

08:00 - 4 year old stallions test rider

09:45 - 5 year old stallions test rider

Horses & Dreams OnlineAuction with a small collection

The auction began on Friday, April 20th, and will end on Saturday May 5th, from 2:00 PM CET.

Two of the horses at the online auction stands out, as both catalog no 1 and no 2 seems to bring extra qualities for the future. 

Very exciting which one will be the most expensive. 

See the entire collection here. 

CDI4 Hagen with strong entry field for next week

Danish competitors:

(Severo Jurado Lopez is at start with both Deep Impact and Sir Schiwago.)

The entire CDI4 entry list here.  

In small tour Daniel Bachmann Andersen brings Blue Hors Zee Me Blue, and for the Louisdor Preis he brings Blue Hors Veneziano.

You can find all entries here. 

Great intertainment awaits at Equitour Aalborg 23-27 May

Once again, Equitour Aalborg sponsored by ECCO will be hosting FEI Nations Cup in both dressage and show jumping in combination with exciting auctions, stallion show and much more

You will certainly have the possibility to be entertained in North Jutland when the international show Equitour Aalborg sponsored by ECCO will be held in Uggerhalne on 23-27 May. Youth meets experience in international competitions in both dressage and show jumping at the impressive competition venue at Helgstrand Academy. The organisers are Olympic rider Andreas Helgstrand and the experienced event organiser Jens Trabjerg who has organised international shows on Danish soil since the late 90's at different locations.

FEI Nations Cup in show jumping as well as dressage will be the highlight of the international competitions.

Last year, the Danes were triumphant in the Nations Cup with victories in both show jumping and dressage which was obviously very popular with the home crowd.

Auctions of foals and cars

Do you have a big passion for fast and special cars? Then you should visit Campen Auktion’s exclusive special auction, held during Equitour Aalborg on Friday 25 May.

The Nordic International Sales is a foal auction which was a great success last year, and the prices reflected the exclusive collection of dressage foals which was created in a collaboration between Equitour and Danish Warmblood. The winning bid placed on the filly foal Faretti by Franklin/Don Frederico (bred by HH Horses) reached nothing less than 150,000 euros.

Helgstrand Dressage stallion show

On Sunday 27 May, Helgstrand Dressage stallion station will present some of their outstanding breeding stallions under rider. In a matter of only 10 years, Andreas Helgstrand has cemented his name as owner of one of Europe's most significant and influential stallion stations, standing stallions that are used by breeders all over the world. Besides distributing their semen internationally, the stallions are also trained to compete in dressage and several of them have achieved impressive results in young horse championships and some are close to a breakthrough on the international dressage scene.

Almased Dressage Amateurs

Almased Dressage Amateurs is a new international dressage tournament for amateurs organised by Helgstrand & Trabjerg and presented by Almased Wellness.

Both Helgstrand Dressage and Blue Hors were showing their stallions abroad yesterday

4 stallions from Helgstrand Dressage were shining at stallion show today in Helsingborg

For the Swedish stallion show Simone Pearce has taken over the ride of Grand Galaxy Win and Springbank II VH, as their daily rider Severo Jurado Lopez was busy showing D´avie and Botticelli at Helgstand stallion show in Germany.

Quaterhit with Kenneth Damgaard showing lovely balance, expression and balance, and the new combination Kenneth and Franklin seems really to fit each other. 

The stallion show from Sweden is available at the archive at Clipmyhorse. 

"Open House" at Hagen

In Hagen Helgstrand Dressage stallions invited for "Open House" where about 500 people attended in the sunny spring weather.  

The German stationed stallions For Sure, Valverde (video below together with Eva Möller), Jovian, So Unique and Don Deluxe were of course shown, and from Denmark the stallions Ferrari OLD, For Emotion, D’avie and Botticelli were also shown. 

Blue Hors stallions at Hengsthaltung Martin Determann

Also Blue Hors stallions has been abroad this weekend, as Daniel Bachmann Andersen showed Blue Hors Zackerey, Blue Hors Emilio and Allan Grøn showed Blue Hors St. Schufro, Blue Hors Fifty Cent, Blue Hors Farrell and Blue Hors Londoner, while Blue Hors Rockefeller was shown by hand at the stallion show at Martin Determann in Germany.

Video impressions from Blue Hors stallion show

You will find all videos from the stallion show via Blue Hors Youtube channel here. 

9,08 top score for the 3 year old Escolar son Escamillo at 14 days performance test at Neustadt-Dosse

Escamillo - private photo Kimberly Davies

Clear dressage winner with 9,08 and this years top score 3 year old Escamillo by Escolar/Rohdiamant at 14 days performance test in Neustadt-Dosse.

Huge master list for CDI3 Aalborg DEN 26-29 April

Danish participants: 

See the entire CDI3 master list here.

Double victory for British Emile Faurie with Dono Di Maggio in Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at CDI3 in Aachen (video)

Emile Faurie and Dono Di Maggio - photo credit: Koen Gomes

It was a kind of "ghost arena" in beautiful weather at the Deutsche Bank arena in Aachen, as you could hardly not see any spectators. But still the competition was good eventhough it was not CHIO mood. 

The 11 year old gelding by Dimaggio / Santander H made his debut last year in July together with Emile Faurie and since then we haven´t seen them.

It was a very smooth and nice "come back" showing two effortless tests with just an error for the one times in the Grand Prix, and Dono Di Maggio suits Faurie very well. Nice natural suppleness, good piaffe/passage and nice series. 

Today Adelinde Cornelissen and Aqiedo came 2nd with 71,745%. They show a very controlled test with nice expression and good balance. Today´s test with just a small error for the 15 one time tempies. 

See the entire results here. 

Results at 14 days performance test in Schlieckau (video of OLD Champion stallion 2017 and winner of testing)

Final day at 14 days stallion performance test

When having the chance to follow the young stallions at the performance testing, here just the final day, but still having the possibility to see the qualities from daily training, instead of ex. at shows, the picture of the young horse becomes much more clear. 

For this 14 days test more of the very interesting stallions from last years licensings were represented. 

Is this the way the breeders, owners and riders wants to see a 3 year old top horse presented after 2 weeks testing?  

It is far from a positive impression that this testing leaves. Nearly all the stallions are lacking clear balance, very few of them are actually able to carry themselves, and most of them looks stiff and unmotivated. 

The final day is available via the archive at Clipmyhorse. 

Judge for yourself when watching the performance test winner which is also last autumn´s OLD champion stallion Benefit by Belantis / Sir Tender (video below).