Så tæt på og alligevel ikke en team medalje til de 4 unge U25 damer til EM i dag

Victoria E. Vallentin og Ludwig der Sonnenkönig - Photo credit: Thomas Bisgaard

Victoria E. Vallentin og Ludwig der Sonnenkönig - Photo credit: Thomas Bisgaard

0,089% var forskellen på den utaknemmelige 4. plads og en bronzemedalje 

De fire danske ekvipager var klar til dagens team konkurrence og Michala Mejlgaard Jensen og Trebiz lagde ud for danskerne.

Landstræner Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein fortæller om dagens dansker ridt: 

"Michala og Trebiz red en veldisponeret tur og generelt havde Michala Trebiz bedre i formen end hun havde i Aachen."

"Sille og Darius havde en fin tur, men desværre lagde Sille den første pirouette ved forkert bogstav og overgangen fra galop til trav var ikke helt flydende."

"Nanna og Sådan Que red en flot og velovervejet trav tur med gode piaffe og passage ture, mangler lidt den sidste afspændthed i skridten og desværre indløber der en fejl i toerne."

"Victoria og Ludwig red en flot tur uden tekniske fejl".

"Desværre var marginalerne ikke på vores side i dag, men pigerne kæmpede flot", fortæller Nathalie fra Exloo i Holland. 

Individuelt var det britiske Charlotte Fry fra Van Olst Horses med Dark Legend som red bedste Intermediaire II i dag, skarp forfulgt af tyskerne Jil-Marielle Becks med Damon´s Satelite og Lisa Maria Klössinger med FBW Daktari. 

I morgen gælder det den individuelle konkurrence. Se startlisten her. 

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U25 European Championship without live streaming

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When first part of European Championship in Exloo, the Netherlands starts tomorrow afternoon with the team test, Intermediaire II it will only be a Championship for people attending Exloo, as there will not be any live streaming from the Championship. 

Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon will be with individual medals, as Friday will be the freestyle where the 18 best combinations from Grand Prix Thursday  (max 3 per nation) will be qualified for the freestyle. 

The Danish team: 

  • Victoria E. Vallentin / Ludwig Der Sonnenkönig
  • Nanna Skodborg Merrald / Saadan Que
  • Sille Engermann / Darius
  • Michala Mejlgaard Jensen / Trebiz 

Link for start- and results are available via H2R calendar. 

 

 

Daniel Bachmann top placed in both big tour and small tour today in Cappeln

Also successful final day at Cappeln

This morning Daniel Bachmann Andersen rode the just 10 year old KWPN stallion Blue Hors Don Olymbrio by Jazz / Ferro Grand Prix Special placed 3rd with 73.532%.

And later he rode the 8 year old Danish Warmblood stallion Blue Hors Zee Me Blue by Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Don Schufro in Intermediare I placed 2nd with 73,529%.

Daniel told after today's rides "I'm very satisfied with both stallions today. I was able to show both stallions very nicely, and as the both still are young at their levels, I'm very pleased with their developments. It is a very nice event with very nice atmosphere and good conditions for both horses and riders."

The Grand Prix Special was won by Juliette Ramel with Buriel K.H. with 76% and the Intermediare I was won by Marlies van Baalen with Dion Johnson with just 3,5 points ahead of Daniel and Zee Me Blue. 


Placeringer til Daniel Bachmann Andersen og Blue Hors Don Olymbrio i Cappeln i dag

Blue Hors Don Olymbrio og Daniel Bachmann Andersen - photo credit: Koen Gomes

Blue Hors Don Olymbrio og Daniel Bachmann Andersen - photo credit: Koen Gomes

Dagens CDI4 Grand Prix med kvalifikation til Grand Prix Special blev vundet af Patrik Kittel med Well done de la Roche med 75,042%.

5. plads med 72,565%

Blue Hors Don Olymbrio og Daniel Bachmann Andersen var til start internationalt for første gang siden Hagen, og efter dagens tur fortæller Daniel:

"Don O var fin på banen, desværre med lidt småfejl under vejs. Det kræver stadig lidt mere rutine at komme hele turen rundt uden småtingene, men det er bl.a. også for at samle mere rutine at vi er til start her," siger Daniel.  

Landstræner Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein og M&M´s slutter som 1. uplaceret i feltet med 69,326%.

 

Today's placed combinations: 


CORRECTED - Full live streaming schedule at Clipmyhorse for WEG in Tryon (only available in Germany)

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THE STREAMING WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR GERMAN PREMIUM MEMBERS!


Don't worry if you haven't secured yourself a ticket for WEG

For this years WEG in Tryon Clipmyhorse will provide full live stream from the entire event. 

  • 12 September (8:45 local time/14:45 CET) - Wednesday - Grand Prix (Team Competition / Individual Qualifier)
  • 13 September (8:45 local time/14:45 CET) - Thursday - Grand Prix (Team Medals / Individual Qualifier)
  • 14 September (10:30 local time/16:30 CET) - Friday - Grand Prix Special (Individual Competition Medals)
  • 16 September (8:30 local time/14:30 CET) - Sunday - Grand Prix Freestyle (Individual Competition Medals)
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OLD Elite Foal auction 25 August - live stream final presentation at 11 a.m.

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Vitalis tops the list of foal for the upcoming OLD Elite auction

A huge collection for the elite auction, and Vitalis tops the list of offsprings. Many very nice foals for the collection. 

Unfortunately a couple of videos are missing ex from both Santo Domingo foals.

H2R top favourites are:  

1 - light mover with lovely long front legs. 

17 - active expressive mover.

18 - supple uphill mover. 

29 - super expression uphill frame. 

86. Superb "antrit". 

See the entire collection here. 

Schedule: 

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Pony EM med fuld live streaming

Når Pony EM fra Bishop Burton i England skydes i gang med team konkurrencen i morgen onsdag, er det med fuld live streaming af hele mesterskabet fra FEI Youtube kanal. 

LINK til FEI Youtube kanal HER. 

Husk at du skal lægge 1 time til starttiden, som jo er engelsk. Så start tid kl. 13 er start tid kl. 14 dansk tid. 

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Hvis du vil følge de danske ekvipager findes alle links via H2R kalenderen. 

  • Alexander Yde Helgstrand / Adriano B
  • Frederikke Gram Jacobsen / Gee Gee
  • Maja Emilie Leth / Goldfevers Hella Bella
  • Sophia Winther Andersen / Der Harlekin B

The next generation of superstars emerge at Ermelo

FEI press release

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The Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses 2018 certainly didn’t disappoint as 22,000 visitors from all across the globe enjoyed five days of spectacular sport. This was the third time for the event to take place in Ermelo (NED), and a total of 180 horses from 19 studbooks lined out in the three age categories. The Westphalian stallion, Revolution, claimed the Five-Year-Old title, the Hannoverian, d’Avie, topped the Six-Year-Olds and the KWPN, Glamourdale, clinched pole position in the Seven-Year-Old division. And as the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Aat Both, pointed out, “the overall quality was formidable!”

Five-Year-Olds

Winner of the first qualifying competition, Revolution (Rocky Lee x Rouletto) earned a massive 9.62 points and posted two perfect-10 scores in yesterday’s Final. Ground Jury member Maria Colliander described him as “a rockstar, a powerhouse” after he pinned the Hannoverian stallion, Destacado (Desperados x Londonderry) ridden by Germany’s Matthias Alexander Rath, into runner-up spot and and the Oldenburg mare, Candy OLD (Sir Donnerhall x Furst Heinrich) with Rath’s compatriot Eva Moller on board into third. 

Revolution’s Danish rider, Andreas Helgstrand (41), was very proud of his rising star. 

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Seven-Year-Olds

The medals for the oldest category of horses were next to be decided, and the four that were heading the leaderboard going into this morning’s finale remained at the top, but not in the same order. Glamourdale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) was in third as the day began and the powerful black stallion proved to be the show-stealer, also picking up a 10 for his fantastic canter. 

Posting a mark of 87.050 for British rider Charlotte Fry (22) he was almost three percentage points clear of the KWPN stallion Governor-Str and Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen who were taking their second silver medal in 12 months, while Norway’s isabel Freese steered the Hannoverian, Fuersten-Look (Furstenball x Londonderry), into bronze. The latter were the leading pair as the day began, but a mistake in the last line of their test cost them dearly.

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Six-Year-Olds

Last but not least to take their places on the podium were the six-year-old contingent and it was a special moment for Spanish rider Severo Jurado Lopez when he collected his fourth gold medal and his third in succession at Ermelo. That meant he also claimed his third Longines watch today. 

His Hannoverian chestnut d’Avie (Don Juan de Hus x Londonderry) collected 9.26 points to finish just ahead of Germany’s Laura Strobel with the Rheinlander Villeneuve (Vitalis x Dancier), while bronze went to Dutch rider Dinja van Liere with the KWPN Hermes (Easy Game x Flemmingh) who scored 8.78. “D’Avie is a superb horse with a bright future ahead!” said judge Isobel Wessels.

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VIDEOS - Another World Champion title for Helgstrand Dressage and Severo Jurado Lopez

d´Avie and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: Lily Forado

d´Avie and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: Lily Forado

Another super win for Severo in 6 year old finals at World Championships for Young Horses

Even though is was not a fully polished test today, with two small issues for the flying changes, it was a convincing performance with a motivated and very well trained horse - a worthy World Champion, and the 2nd stallion from Helgstrand Dressage this year with a gold medal. 

And this was the 5th World Champion medal for Severo, and his 4th of gold! (bronze medal last year with Quel Filou and 3 x 🥇with Danish Warmblood mare Fiontini). 

H2R comments during the test: 

What a lovely picture for the trot tour, superb half pass left, super balance shoulder in, bend in the body half pass right, good transition to walk, maximum outcome extended walk, superb collected walk, superb pirouettes, small tension transition to canter, bit small 1st change, 2nd more relaxed with super nice quality, error front 3rd change, coming superb back for medium canter, 4th change super, lack bit more flow for transition to trot, super diagonal.

 

From H2R point of view Villeneuve came much too close to d´Avie, as Villeneuve clearly was lacking more power and expression today. 

3rd position and bronze medal with a convincing start of the class. Well presented and with good quality all the way. 

Placed 5th Danish Warmblood stallion Hesselhøj Donkey Boy

H2R comments during the test: 

Small tension for entering halt, super medium trot, good shoulder in, turn and good half passes, superb active walk, small issue transition to canter, bit high tempo for the canter tour, superb changes, super extended trot.

VIDEOS - Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry were shining for the 7 year old World Champion title today

Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry - photo credit: Lily Forado

Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry - photo credit: Lily Forado

7 year old final

A pleasure to watch the new World Champion from entering halt to final halt. So much control and still let go, in an easy and obedient way. Super frame and expression. Even though the walk is not a highlight Charlotte gets top outcome, and when said that it is a very useable walk especially when thinking towards Grand Prix. 

H2R comment during the test: 

Super expression for the trot tour, nice stretching, lot of balance, easy going very into to aides, smooth all the way, super transitions, bit short walk but clear rhythm, good collected walk and nice pirouettes, WOW diagonal canter, sit and activity for pirouette, super changes, super series. WHAT a super horse and rider.

Interview with the new World Champion for 7 year old horses, 22 year old British Charlotte Fry:

Winning test: 

2nd position - Governor Str / Adelinde Cornelissen

H2R comments during the test: 

Very smooth balanced trot work, very nice steady contact in an uphill frame all the time, super nice walk tour with nice walk pirouettes with good balance and clear beat, nice balance/control/sit for pirouettes, super flow series. Super test!

3rd position - Fürsten-Look / Isabel Freese

H2R comments during the test: 

Bit open halt, super 1st diagonal, smooth turns, half passes, lovely stretching, small unbalance 2nd half pass, super extended walk, bit big collected walk, super beat, small unbalance out of 2nd walk pirouette, lovely half passes, what a sit for pirouette and the expression for the pirouette in itself, super 4 times, error 3 times. Super test.

4th best today and best 7 year old mare in the World

It is a superb result, but for Danish Carina Cassøe Krüth this is now her final position with the outstanding Danish Warmblood mare Heiline´s Danciera for the 2nd year, as she also came 4th as a 5 year old, and last year also 4th with her 2nd horse Red Diamant. 

Enjoy their test here below: 

VIDEOS - Andreas Helgstrand and Revolution World Champion for 5 year old horses

Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado

Strongest ever 5 year old final at World Championship for Young Horses

When watching the entire final starting with the points at a very high level just might get the feeling that this was kind of over heating. But the field for this years final was actually at a level that we've never seen before. 

It was very much about the "day" for each horse, as it was a really high quality field. The differences became the about the margins.

I was very interesting to see that it was not just the big stallions or the light-footed mares scoring, but common for the top was three top gaits, high ride ability and not least potential as future top horses. 

It was of course both a relief and a huge achievement for Andreas Helgstrand winning his 3rd gold medal at World Championships for Young Horses. At the beginning of the finals he was at start with Zhaplin Langholt, and was eliminated due to a bit of blod in the mouth caused by a tiny slit in the lip, so coming in as last to go with Revolution knowing that he had to do his and absolute best to be crowned as the Champion just made an extra positive pressure for performing at his best together with Revolution. And they did not let each other down, result was clear from the judges.

The two expressive top mares Straight Horse Ascenzione and Atterupgaards Delorean did also impress the judging team with their lightless, expression and qualities. Victoria and Ascenzione showed a strong final while some tension crept in for Selina and Delorean today, but still with a special comment from co-commentator at Clipmyhorse, German top Young Horse judge Christoph Hess "world class horse". 

Podium - Silver Matthias Alexander Rath - Gold Andreas Helgstrand - Bronze Eva Möller. Photo credit: Lily Forado

Another Vitalis son makes the entry for the finals via the small final for 7 year old today

Nexolia Feodoro with Simone Pearce - photo credit: Lily Forado

Nexolia Feodoro with Simone Pearce - photo credit: Lily Forado

Valparaiso, Brianna and Nexolia Feodoro ready for 7 year old final tomorrow

Yet another final spot for Danish based Australian rider Simone Pearce, this time with the 7 year old Nexolia Feodoro, as she also competed successfully at last years World Championship.

Unfortunately for Swedish Jacob Nørby Sørensen (representing DEN/Danish Warmblood) with Ellegaardens San Droneur they finished as 5th today.

For the other two Danish combinations Carina Cassøe Krüth with Red Diamant and Michael Søgaard with Jukebox the way over the small final did not really work out the way they have hoped for, as they were ending up as no 12 and no 20 today. 

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