Et felt med både nye og "gamle" ekvipager, og gensyn med Joachim Thomsen i DM feltet med to heste, Søbakkehus Mia-Bella og Darwin Toftagergaard (tidligere under Lone Bang Larsen).
Hele tidsplanen for stævnet på Broholm findes via linket her.
Også UVM kandidaterne for 5 års, 6 års og 7 års klasserne er klar.
Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour during 2017 Danish national championships. Photo credit: H2R
Today´s Grand Prix Special was dominated by the Swedish Ramel sisters, both trained by Patrik Kittel.
Juliette Ramal still has her hand full for some moments during the test today, but this horse Buriel K.H. just show so much qualities "in between" with extraordinary expressive passage, smooth transitions, sharp active piaffe tours and outstanding pirouettes. 75,532%
And today the sister of Juliette, Antonia Ramel with her gelding Brother de Jeu took the 2nd place. This combination was also at start earlier this year at CDI3 in Herning DEN, and since that time they´ve gained a lot of confidence, and now being able to show their test with both high qualities and just a few minor issues.
Very exciting times for both girls for the next months towards WEG selection.
Both Danish combinations did good tests with a few minor issues, but kept the silver position for the Danish team.
If you want to watch the entire Grand Prix Special you will find the Youtube link below.
Move the timeline to 51:50 to watch Ulrik Mølgaard / Michigan (DEN), 1:44.40 Juliette Ramel / Buriel K.H. (SWE), and to 2:05:40 for Anders Dahl / Selten HW (DEN).
Again today Cassidy and Cathrine showed their strength being individual winner of the Grand Prix freestyle with their new freestyle.
Super intense with lots of transitions and super power, high degree of difficulty. Just a small issue going into the one times where it looks like Cassidy misunderstands the signal and instead doing transition to trot, but Cathrine catch the canter quickly and makes a line of superb one times. 84,250%.
Watch the test from Cassidy and Dufour at the time 1:41:40. Right after is Patrik Kittel with Well Done de la Roche scoring 78,950% (from H2R point of view a clear +80% test), and placed 3rd is Gareth Hughes with Classic Briolinca (76,825%) - they are right after Kittel.
Finally again at the top of the podium
Germany´s Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier and her long time international partner D´Agostino are always in top of the field, but not very often as winners - last time they won was the CDI-W Grand Prix at Neumünster back in 2015.
Today they took a well deserved victory at Wiesbaden showing their powerful style from start till end of the test, and it does for sure not look like an 18 year old top horse being at the international circut for the last 7 years. It is a pleasure to follow this combination as they are always topmotivated entering the arena.
See the total results here.
79,696% for Danish Dufour and Cassidy
This score just shows how strong they actually are. And as Dufour said after her ride today:
"I´m very pleased about our performance, as I did not ask for maximum at anytime today - it was a very nice feeling leaving the arena with a clear test knowing there is actually more to show".
Entire Swedish team in Compeigne are students of Patrik Kittel
Kittel is a busy and successful man himself, and today he secured himself and his team the leader position in the CDIO5 competition, with strong test from Juliette Ramel and her extraordinary Buriel K.H. going into 2nd position for the individual ranking today, and the sister of Juliette, Antonia Ramel with Brother de Jeu into 5th position and Rose Matthiesen with Zuidenwind as no 7.
H2R comments about top 3 tests today
1 - Atterupgaards Cassidy - Super entering halt, nice half passes, super halt with rein back, easy 1st piaffe / passage, super walk tour, nice 2nd piaffe / passage, small tension for transition to canter, nice 2 times, power extended canter, nice zig-zag, good 1 times, well balanced pirouettes, super final centerline.
2 - Buriel K.H - tense halt, good extended trot but bit tense, nice half passes, tense halt for rein back bit forward, active piaffe nice transitions, good walk, WOW 2nd piaffe / passage / transitions, strong canter tour with nice series, good zig-zag, 1st pirouette becomes too small an Buriel loosing the balance, 2nd pirouette is WOW with huge sit and balance, bit tense transition to trot, superb final centerline.
3 - Well Done de la Roche - tense halt, extended trot bit on the toes and lacking more let go, lovely light footed supple half passes, good halt for rein back bit tense rein back, super nice transition to passage, easy in and out of a good piaffe, nice expression for the passage, bit on the toes for the extended walk, good collected walk, super nice 2nd passage/piaffe/passage tour. Very strong canter tour with lovely series and well performed pirouettes, nice flow and go all the way, super nice final centerline, super straight and well balanced final.
H2R comments about the two other Danish team members
6 - Selten HW - Super start, power extension, nice half passes with good swing and balance, superb halt for rein back bit resistance for rein back, 1st piaffe bit forward and lack more steps, good extended walk, bit tense collected walk, tension hind for transition to passage (small kick), lack more clear rhythm for 2nd piaffe, error for 2 times, bit unbalanced zig-zag, one change for 1 times with parallel hind, super nice control and quality of both pirouettes, best piaffe at final centerline.
18 - Michigan - super start with well balanced entering halt, straight out into trot, expressive power extension, good half passes with nice swing, not square halt for rein back, good transition to a nice passage, unfortunately very limited 1st piaffe tour as Michigan is only showing very small steps lacking elevation and activity, good walk tour with nice transition into a good passage, 2nd piaffe becomes a bit better, good transition to canter, very solid canter tour with nice big series, good zig-zag but pirouettes could be with more sit and centering, final piaffe becomes again very limited.
If you want to have a look at the entire class today you will find the link here below. For top 3 you must move the timeline.
At 3:34.00 Atterupgaards Cassidy
At 3:07:40 Buriel K.H.
At 4.10.40 Well Done de la Roche.
Både Compiegne i Frankrig og Ranshofen i Østrig er startet i dag
I Compeigne er CDI3 Grand Prix klassen afviklet i dag med et kæmpe starterfelt på 34 ekvipager. Her vandt Hans Peter Minderhoud med Glock´s Dream Boy med 71,457%.
Placeret som nr. 9 i klassen blev Nathalie med M & M´s med 67,891%. Om dagens tur fortæller Nathalie:
"Jeg er ret tilfreds med med turen i dag, og jeg havde lagt en plan som det lykkedes fint at følge. Det kan stadig være lidt en udfordring i nye omgivelser, men han var med mig hele vejen. Jeg valgte at ride min skridttur noget afventende, så jeg ikke risikerede at den skulle blive ilende. Mine piaffe og passage ture fungerede rigtig godt," fortæller Nathalie.
Imorgen kl. 10.00 starter CDIO5 klassen og her er alle 3 danske ekvipager klar til start. Cathrine Dufour med Atterupgaards Cassidy, Anders Dahl med Selten HW og Ulrik Mølgaard med Michigan. Der foreligger endnu ikke nogen online startliste.
CDI3 med unghesteklasser i Ranshofen i Østrig
Danske Kristine Møller blev i dagens 6 års klasse placeret som nr. 2 på DV vallakken UNO Spotlight e. San Amour/Donnerhall som Gestüt Pallerhaff og Stutteri Evo erhvervede sig på Dansk Varmblods forårsauktion tilbage i 2015.
Parret opnåede følgende karakterer: Trav 7,8 - Skridt 7,9 - Galop 8,2 - Ridelighed 8,2 - Samlet indtryk 8,2 = 80,60.
Samtidig blev Kristine også placeret som nr. 5 med 69,324% på Trakehner hoppen Standing O´vation i Prix Sct. Georg klassen, hvor danske Fie Skarsø med Shy Boy blev placeret som nr. 3 med 69,816%.
Østrigeren Ulrike Pruntaler vandt både Prix Sct. Georg og CDI3 Grand Prix klassen.
With 8 foals the stallion Franklin by Ampere / Ferro really makes his imprint for the upcoming exclusive auction where 20 foals are selected.
The auction takes place during Equitour Aalborg 2018, at Saturday May 26 at 20:00, and if your not able to be present you will be able to follow the auction via live stream at Zibrasport.tv.
3 foals in the top of the collection
Of course the fulsister of last years price top (sold for 150.000 euros) catalog no 1 by Franklin / Don Frederico looks like a new top star.
No 12 a colt by Franklin / Fürstenball - he shows a lovely balance and rhythm in a natural uphill frame.
No 18 is a colt by Franklin / Belstaff is a lovely elastic foal with nice expression.
See the entire collection here and find all needed informations about the auction.
Inquieries about the collection
You are always welcome to contact the auction team. Questions about the auction can be directed to auction@varmblod.dk, tel. +47 87 47 54 17. Louise Ringsbo, tel. +46 61 67 94 93 Danish Warm Blood Auction or Per Jensen per@helgstranddressage.dk at Helgstrand dressage.
Patrik Kittel and Sezuan during Danish Warmblood stallion show 2018. Photo credit H2R
No scores under 9,0 for Sezuan´s Donnerhall at the 14-days test in Neustadt. (just jumping free was 7,00).
See the entire list of results from the 14 days test here.
16 June with private auction at Gestüt Borgmann
27 nice young horses for the upcoming private auction at Gestüt Borgmann. And this collection is from H2R point of view with clear Elite qualities.
Two horses with extra qualities
Top favorites by H2R are 6 year old Veneciano by Vivaldi / Insterburg and 5 year old Discover by Don Frederic / Ferragamo. They are both showing top expression, 3 super nice gaits and does really look like horses for the big sport. But also the 4 other highlighted below shows great potential.
Find information about the auction here.
The huge event coming up at Compiegne will also be available via live streaming.
Link for streaming is available at H2R calender.
Annabel Frenzen won yesterday´s preliminary qualifier for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal with her 7 year old SilberStern by Silbermond/Raphael and today she repeated this victory and secured herself one of the attractive tickets for the final in later this year at Frankfurt. Good test where there for some moments is a lack of strenght, as both walk pirouettes becomes a bit unbalanced like also the canter pirouettes lacking more balance and collection.
Frenzen also became 2nd with Kieferhof´s Imperius by Imperio/Florestan I.
From H2R point of view the Danish Warmblood gelding Rockson placed as no 3 today showed a more settled test than the two horses placed in front of him and Uwe Schwanz. The just 7 year old Rockson show a lot of power supple power for the trot tour, the start of the extended walk becomes a bit tense but he settles well at the end, and the 2nd walk pirouette becomes a bit big. Lovely canter tour with super nice qualities for both the pirouettes and the series.
Next qualifier is at Balve Optimum 7-10 June, during the German championships.
See the entire results from today here.
Selvom mesterskaberne i norske Kristiansand "kun" har været for dem der var med, så er der vidst ingen tvivl om at danskerne har både nydt det, og høstet hvad der nærmest kunne høstes.
Det danske senior GULD team bestod jo af:
I den individuelle konkurrence høstede Karin Nissen en bronze medalje, mens de 3 andre piger cementerede deres styrke ved at de alle 3 var på skamlen individuelt, med Carina Cassøe Krüth og May-Day Graftebjerg som ny nordisk mester. Se deres vinderridt herunder.
Også U25 titlen gik til Danmarks Victoria Vallentin efterfulgt af Nanna Merrald, og med svensk bronze.
Der stod iøvrigt Danmark på langt de fleste topplaceringer i alle de andre CDI klasser til stævnet i Norge.
It was just their 2nd ever Grand Prix Special together.
CDI5 Grand Prix Special in Munich
Super easy and effortless test with very light aides for every single exercise and at the same time super power all the way. Natural frame and light contact. Just a small issue by entering halt where Dalera shows some tensions. Well deserved 76,106% and it also looked like a very emotional Jessica leaving the arena as everything went into a higher level today.
2nd is Anabel Balkenhol with Heuberger showing a bit of unbalanced moments today and lacking bit more natural forward flow.
See the entire results here.
CDI4 Grand Prix Special in Hamburg
Australian Kristy Oatley repeated the victory from the Grand Prix, today with a bit of tensions but still lots of qualities, and the Grand Prix Special is really at test for Du Soleil when Kristy is able to show it without errors. Entering halt becomes a bit unbalanced, super extensions and nice transitions, into the first piaffe Kristy has to ask for the piaffe, in the turn after the 2nd piaffe towards canter transition, Du Soleil jumps into canter as if it was for the Grand Prix transition, and the judge at C is really quick ringing the bell as if she was doing wrong route. Clear canter tour with just some minor tensions. It looks like Du Soleil felt the audience a bit more today. Final score 71,468%.
See the entire results here.
DRESSAGE: FREESTYLE BY NAME, FREESTYLE BY NATURE
Mount St John Freestyle lived up to her name, winning the FEI Al Shira’aa Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. Ridden by Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin, the pair dominated the class, running away with the victory and was the only one of the 12 combinations to break the 80% barrier with a score of 81.2%.
The nine-year-old mare produced a confident programme that made the most of her off-the-floor paces, impressive passage and extensions.
“That was only her second freestyle and it’s not something we practice at home so I am really happy. Everything she does, she does so well and I can’t ask for more, especially at this stage,” said Charlotte who rode the programme to the music ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ that was originally made for Valegro. “It was Valegro’s very first music and brings back many memories and always gives me goosebumps – and I just love riding to it.”
Carl Hester also chose to introduce Hawtins Delicato to freestyle using a former successful programme, originally used for his Olympic team gold medal horse, Uthopia. Delicato, like Freestyle, however also looked at ease performing to music.
“He felt much more rideable tonight,” said Carl who bought the British-bred gelding as a four-year-old from breeder Judith Davies, and has since bought a sibling. “He is a very exciting horse and at this stage just needs nursing along."
Former British team rider Gareth Hughes finished one better tonight to make the top three with Don Carissimo and was ‘over the moon’ with the outcome. “That is only his second outing this year and was a whole lot better than the first – he is a real trier,” said Gareth.
Once again the five British riders took the first five places, with British-based Dane Ulrik Moelgaard and Michigan completing the top six.
See the results here.
Stemning Broholm 2017 - photo credit: H2R
Hvem skal udtage hestene til UVM i Ermelo?
UVM-dressurudvalget har i dag sat navn på de tre dommere, som skal udtage de ekvipager, der skal repræsentere Danmark ved UVM i dressur den 2. - 5. august 2018 i Ermelo
UVM-dressurudvalget kan i dag udsende en meddelelse om ændring i dommerbesætningen til udtagelse af heste til UVM i dressur. Grundet stort arbejdspres under DM-stævnet på Broholm har Helle Krasnik Trolle og Natalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein desværre været nødt til at melde fra i udtagelsen af heste til UVM i Ermelo.
I Gunilla Nyman Faurby og Birthe Lyder Nielsen har UVM-udvalget fundet to gode erstatninger for dem, og selvfølgelig som oprindeligt planlagt berider Dennis Fisker. Det betyder, at dommerbesætningen er næsten identisk med 2017, og det gik jo rigtig godt. Her kom 10 af 12 danske heste i finalen og vandt en guld- og to bronzemedaljer.
Vigtige datoer ved UVM-udtagelsen:
Lovely weather and the best backdrop with Windsor Castle for tonights internationsl Grand Prix.
Of course the start list showed a couple of very interesting combinations, and they did not let anyone down.
2nd to go was international debut for Carl Hester with his new star 10-year old Hawtins Delicato by Diamond Hit. A very harmonius overall picture and Delicato suits Carl very well.
Starting out with a very quick entering halt, with a bit of tension, nice diagonal, good half passes with nice balance and carriage, but with a small tension in the hand for transition between the half passes, nice halt with rein back, very regular and expressive passage with nice suspension, nice into the piaffe, lack a bit strength for the first step out of a very nice active and regular piaffe with a nice angle. Good walk tour, nice over track for the extended walk and good rhythm for the collected walk, nice big two times, superb well balanced zigzag, small error in the mid of the one times, bit over tempo final of 1st pirouette and lost balance slightly, 2nd pirouette in better balance, good quality of the canter and nice angle for the pirouettes, nice final centerline with best transition out of the piaffe today. 75,717%.
Last to go was Charlotte Dujardin with MSJ Freestyle. As expected Charlotte was riding for every single point. Strong start with power extension and lot of expression, nice half passes in good balance, open halt for rein back, smooth from extended trot into passage, super expressive passage with a lot of suspension. Lack more clear transition into piaffe with small uncertainty until Freestyle catch the piaffe rhythm, the piaffe itself is with huge sit and again it becomes a bit unbalanced for her to get straight out for the passage (same picture for all three piaffe tours), bit tense two times, nice zigzag, good one times, nice quality for pirouettes.
The next three placed British combinations showed good tests with a couple of issues.
Danish Ulrik Mølgaard and Michigan showed a strong start with max power diagonal, nice flow and go for half passes, good halt but bit tense rein back, 1st piaffe becomes a bit tense, while the 2nd is with more impulsion from the very nice passage, good extended walk, bit tense collected walk, bit unbalanced zigzag, nice series, pirouettes need bit more carriage on the hindlegs, lack energy for the final piaffe.
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