Ferrari OLD and Andreas Helgstrand during WCYH in Ermelo 2018 - photo credit: Lily Forado
Super harmonious and smooth test with just a small issue after the 2nd change. At the moment the class is still running but it does look like a victory scoring 89,200 - with trot 9,5 - walk 8,8 - canter 8,3 - submission 8,8 - potential 9,2
En god idé kunne også være at lurer lidt på startlisterne til konkurrenceklasserne som jo foregår udendørs på Vilhelmsborg - LINK HER.
3. sejr på stribe
Den forholdsvis nye Helgstrand ekvipage Carina Nevermann Torup og den 8-årige Springbank VH, (som jo er helbror til den kårede hingst Springbank II VH) viste en flot tur med et par enkelte afstemningsfejl undervejs. Flot form og power hele vejen i dag. Parret debuterede sammen tilbage i juni måned med to sejre og kunne i dag føje den 3. sejr til deres fælles CV.
Super flot kulisse til dagens dressur på Vilhelmsborg
På førstedagen til Danish Derby Horse Show var en af Danmarks smukkest beliggende ridebaner i gården på Vilhelmsborg shinet op til dressurfest.
På resultattavlen kunne det umiddelbart godt se ud som om top ekvipagerne red meget ens, men der var tydeligt forskel uanset placeringsrækkefølgen som var korrekt.
Anne Sofie Aaen og den smukke velgående 6-årige vallak Fürsten-Flame efter Fürstenball - Weltmeyer viste en super flot og harmonisk tur i dejlig naturlig balance og med godt flow hele vejen. Der indløber et par mindre spændingsfejl under vejs, men generelt en nydelig præsentation i en flot og naturlig form med god og rolig kontakt.
Efter turen fortalte Anne Sofie at Fürsten-Flame lige var til den friske side og så opstår der et par fejl, men en hest som er fantastisk at arbejde med og som jo bare viser overskud som jo helt sikkert bliver endnu mere værdifuldt senere i uddannelsen. Samtidig glæder Anne Sofie sig over at have en kvalitetshest som Fürsten-Flame i stalden, og glæder sig jo ekstra over han er hendes egen.
Generelt viste alle 5 damer i toppen af dagens klasse rigtig god ridning med veluddannede kvalitets ungheste.
Nu venter Youngster Cup finalen på søndag, hvor de 10 bedste 6 års heste er klar sammen med de 5 bedste 7 års heste.
Update from Danish Anna Zibrandtsen Instagram today:
Instead Rikke Svane and Finckenstein TSF steps up - they are ready for Tryon.
Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction come up Saturday at 19.00
An outstanding collection is ready for Saturday´s Elite Auction in Denmark.
If you cannot be present in Denmark you still have the possibility to follow both the presentation 14.30 - 15.15 live at Clipmyhorse, and of course the auction starting at 19.00.
After the presentation in the afternoon the stables will be open for further viewings and meeting the breeders with the mares and foals. Please let me know if you want H2R to check out any of the foals, I will of course be helpful with extra videos etc. before the auction. Feel free to sent an email to charlotte@horse2rider.eu.
For all informations about the foals and phone bidden contact Louise Ringsbo lrb@varmblod.dk or mobile +45 61679493
Large framed and long legged colt. At the dam line all mares are with passed performance tests and graded at main stud book, and the dam has produced three horses classified at M-level. This colt is very well moving with expression and suppleness in both trot and canter with nice freedom and natural knee action. Also the walk is supple with good spaciousness. The sire is the new World Champion for Young Horses Revolution, and the dam sire is Heslegård’s Rubin (that's why the colt will have the lovely grey color for the future). Rubin has produced a lot of Grand Prix horses, among them Mai Tofte Olesens international Grand Prix partner Rustique. This is a special boy by the World Champion Revolution.
A noble, long legged og well moving colt, with nice stallion expression and with a very strong performance pedigree. His dam Møllegårdens Kabaret is an elite RDH mare, and has through the years delivered a huge amount of very well moving and successful sport horses, among them Møllegårdens Pas Partout by Don Primero sold at elite foal auction for 400.000 Danish kroner (about 50.000 euros), Tailormade Attention by Abanos as became Premium stallion and at that time most expensive foal at the elite auction sold for 500.000 Danish kroner (about 67.000 euros), and Møllegårdens Sunrise by Sunny-Boy qualified for the final at Danish national federation championship for young horses. The sire Florenz is under education by German Rieke Schneider, and he has more times been qualified for the Bundeschampionate.
Harmonious, long legged and extremely elegant with super confirmation, with a very rare pedigree, as his dam is full sister of the top star of Danish Warmblood triple World Champion for Young Horses and top foal producer Sezuan. This combination with Franklin looks like a dream combination, as the colt shows superb gaits with active hind legs and lovely smooth knee action. Very appealing type and harmony that just stands out. One of this collections most attractive foal with a very special dam.
The foal is an embryo foal.
Isabell Werth with Descolari - photo credit: M. Schreiner
74,488% win for Werth with the Desperados stallion Descolari
Not a quiet polished cooperation yet, but the top experience from Werth brings the best out the combination together, and for sure the overall picture will be different when bringing Descolari to the final at Frankfurt in December.
For now there are still two qualifiers before the final:
Qualified now are:
Find the gold of the future on the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction 2018.
Danish Warmblood proudly presents a stellar collection of 65 carefully selected foals offered for sale on the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction at Vilhelmsborg on Saturday 25 August
The exquisite collection of 65 elite auction foals consists of 21 show jumping foals and 44 dressage foals. Each foal is handpicked at the Danish Warmblood foal shows, taking into consideration the conformation and gaits of the foal as well as the performance value of its pedigree.
A collection second to none
The wide collection of high-quality foals represents the best in Danish sport horse breeding. Many of the foals are regional foal show champions, and most of them are out of performance-strong dam lines which have produced several top horses in sport and breeding.
When it comes to sires of the dressage foals you will find names like the new FEI/WBFSH young horse world champions from Ermelo, D'Avie and Revolution, the top foal producer Franklin, the Danish Warmblood gold medal awarded young stallions Blue Hors Zackerey and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, the 4-year-old Westphalian dressage champion Valverde and many renowned sires.
Good to know
The auction foals will be presented at 14.30–15.15 on Saturday 25 August at the Danish Warmblood Elite Show at Vilhelmsborg. The stables will be open at 15.30–16.30 for foal inspections and the auction will take place at 19:00 on the same day and place.
The Elite Foal Auction will be live streamed at www.clipmyhorse.de which improves the conditions for buying foals over the phone. Phone bids must have been arranged beforehand with the Danish Warmblood Secretariat on e-mail auktion@varmblod.dk by 25 August at the latest.
The Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction is sponsored by Dansk Hesteforsikring which ensures that foals purchased at this auction on 25 August 2018 are life insured for the knock-down price the following 7 days within the borders of Denmark.
Owner and breeder Jens Thorsen with his 3 year old Champion mare Sommelie Souveraine by Sezuan / Silvermoon. Photo credit: Sabine Beck
At the elite mare show at Landgestüt Zeibrücken Saturday 18 August the Champion mare became the expressive and well moving 3 year old Sommelie Souveraine daughter by Sezuan / Silvermoon bred and owned by Jens Thorsen, Gestüt Pallerhaff.
Sommelie Souveraine has already a successful fullbrother 4 year old Spectre who recently became both Landespferdechampion and reserve champion at South German Riding horse championships under Christine Møller, Gestüt Pallerhaff.
Source: pferdezucht-rps.de
14.200 euros for the most expensive colt by Fürstenball - Benetton Dream at the auction this weekend in South Germany.
See the entire results here.
422 – Netstutteriets Fazza by Franklin x Blue Hors Zack x Blue Hors Don Schufro
The top foal producer Franklin has sired this magnificent colt foal whose dam is a full sister of the only stallion in the world that holds the title “triple world champion for young dressage horses” Sezuan. On the dame side of this outstandingly beautiful and elegantly moving colt foal you find some of the most successful sires of modern dressage horse breeding, Blue Hors Zack and Blue Hors Don Schufro both of which both appear on the Rolex WBFSH ranking. The dam has produced several international sport horses.
During the past 25 years the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction has steadily grown into a substantial success; not only for the breeders who have achieved good prices for their foals but even more so for the customers who have purchased foals that have grown into talented and successful sport horses.
Leading breeders support the Elite Foal Auction
Danish Warmblood is widely known for breeding high-quality dressage horses that are among the best in the world, and we believe that this year’s collection of 44 dressage foals exceeds the expections of our customers leaving them a wide range of absolute top foals with powerful presence og promising pedigrees to choose between.
– We are very grateful that many of the leading breeders in Danish Warmblood have chosen to sell their foals on the Elite Foal Auction. Thanks to the breeders we are able to present this unique collection that we believe will attract buyers from wide and far, says Louise Ringsbo, head of the auction.
In terms of bloodlines the dressage foals represent some of the strongest and most successful dam lines of Danish breeding, and on top of this you find some of the most popular and current sires like top foal producer Franklin who has nine foals in the collection which also counts foals by the new world champions for young horses, 5-year-old Revolution and 6-year-old D'Avie, as well as sires like Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, Blue Hors Fifty Cent, Blue Hors Hotline, Blue Hors Zackerey, Bøgegaardens Santiago, Florenz, Floriscount, Foundation, Franziskus, Freischütz, Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, Quantensprug, Quaterhit, Romeo, Sandro Hit, Scolari, Sir Donnerhall I, Valverde og Valløs Dreaming Marong.
Immaculate collection of show jumpers
Until now, only a few have discovered the outstanding quality of the Danish show jumping foals offered for sale on this auction. The auction committee is very proud to present the best collection of show jumping foals ever, and the superb quality of the foals will make it hard to choose one over the others.
– We hope that foreign customers will discover the unique quality of the show jumping foals on this auction. The foals represent top performance dam lines in combination with international top stallions. The entire collection exudes quality at an international level that is rarely seen, says Casper Cassøe, general manager of Danish Warmblood.
Each of the 41 show jumping foals derives from a strong and solid dam line, and all together they represent internationally sought-after bloodlines through their renowned sires such as Asca Z, Balou, Bently vd Heffinck, Bøgegaardens Apollo, Casall, Ci Ci Senjor Ask, Cicero Z van Paemel, Comme Il Faut, Comme Il Faut Plus, Cornet Obolensky, Der Senaat III, Favorit Ask, Glascow-W vh Merelsnet, Halifax van het Kluizebos, I'm Special de Muze, Quartz Ask, Rockland, Untouchable, Uriko, Vivant vd Heffinck, Zirocco Blue and Zuccero.
84,362% for today's Grand Prix Special did really bring back Cosmo and Sönke from yesterday's Grand Prix. (video can be found at H2R FB site).
I was an absolute different picture from yesterday's tense Grand Prix till today's supple and obedient Grand Prix Special.
After the test father Sven Rothenberger also said to Dressursport Deutschland about Sönke´s ride: "So clever ridden and so much with the head, and there is still more to get, but today's ride was fully as planned".
Lots of power and suppleness and most of all a fully concentrated Cosmo today. Seen from the side line the walk could have been with a bit more freedom and relaxation, and the trot half passes with a bit more bend and suppleness.
Also the team coach was a part of today's preparations as it was clearly not the way they wanted the test to be shown like yesterday, so the plan from Monica Theodurescu was clear just to walk around the arena today before entering, not fully agreed by Sönke as he rather wanted to trot before entering - but plan succeeded.
So right now the picture is again clear for both Werth and Rothenberger direction Tryon as the two last spots still are open, and for sure a hard battle between Helen Langehanenberg, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Dorothee Schneider. Helen Langehanenberg and Damsey FRH will do a final Grand Prix next week in Münster, while Dorothee Schneider lately had a visit from Theodurescu and Johnny Hilberath has seen Dalera BB at training - all horses look good is the last message from the German team trainers.
Still a bit more than a week before final German decision is made for the team for Tryon.
Source: Dressursport Deutschland.
4 year old
Test rider Stefanie Wolf gave a 10 for Helgstrand Dressage stallion Jovian, and after her ride she said:
"It don't feel like I sit on a 4 year old horse, I don't know if it goes even better in this age. Totally balanced, on a long rein you can do transitions, give the reins retake the reins he is immediately up and really powerful, of course the gaits you saw it before already the trot and canter is really really huge, but it is so easy and nice to ride also for such a big horse, I was so comfortable but I think you could all see it - he was really nice."
5 year old
6 year old
Cosmo and Sönke Rothenberger - photo credit: Gomes Media
CDI4 Grand Prix Donaueschingen
The quite small arena does make some of the horses a bit on the toes, and for one of Germany's absolute top combinations this event was for sure ment to be a bit of a test before going to Tryon next month. The couple has not been at start since they won the German Championship in Balve back in June, as they were surprisingly also not at the team for CHIO Aachen this year. From the sideline it looked like a kind of tactical move not showing the form for the audience and not least up against the competitors before WEG.
From the entering halt you could clearly see that it looked like a kind of handfull for Sönke. And it was also a conservative first diagonal with the extended trot, some big eyes for the short side before going into the first half pass to the right, where you felt that Sönke still had a lot to do to keep Cosmo focused about the job, and from the transition to half pass to the left Cosmo discovered something in direction H, spins around and overturns the fence and steps outside the arena with the hind legs. Sönke manage to get Cosmo back on track, but they never get the real connection with harmony and lightness for today´s test. Eventhough Sönke manage to show strong passage, piaffe and transitions, clear series and good pirouettes. The walk is somewhat tense and without suppleness and freedom, like the zig-zag canter becomes a struggle and with errors. 76,196%.
Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD ones again shows their routine together and winning with impressive 82,652%. Today it looks like a bit as if Weihegold is not 100% responding to the half halt coming back from extended trot tours, as it looks like she becomes a bit in the hand of Werth instead of responding from first step.
Also Jessica von Bredow-Werndl having a challenge with her mare Zaire, as the surroundings seem to affect the concentration a bit sometimes during the test today. They finish as no 2 with 76,413%.
When next Saturday´s Elite Foal Auction comes up at Vilhelmsborg in Denmark it will be with a huge collection of top individuals from the best Danish breeding lines combined with some of Europes best stallions.
Today's FOCUS foals from H2R are:
Masculine colt, with correct confirmation, super expressive and with a strong top line. He is a combination of strong dressage stallions, Franklin, Ferro, Flemmingh and Michellino, and by the dam line also with a small valuable Holsteiner influence. He shows three excellent gaits with both push from behind and knee action, including a super walk. Expression and power for a future breeding- and riding horse.
This colt is long legged, with uphill frame and very nice expression. The breeding line is mainly with horses showing good results in the sport at high level. The colt shows three very good energetic gaits, with good balance, action from behind with good uphill tendency in both trot and canter and clear and supple walk. The sire Hesselhøj Donkey Boy is rewarded with a gold medal in Danish Warmblood. Last year he won bronze at World Championships for Young Horses, and this year he was placed at no 5 in the final in Ermelo. A stallion which shows great ride ability and at the same time he stamps his offsprings positive. Grandfather Blue Hors Don Schufro does not need further introduction.
Elegant and long legged colt. He is big framed and harmonious and very functional with lots of suppleness and lightness for both trot and canter, with an extraordinary good balance. The walk is in a good rhythm. The sire Freischütz was just one season at Helgstrand Dressage before he was sold to Luxembourg. With Blue Hors Zack as damsire it looks like you get the nobility and lightness as you wish for from today’s breeding- and sports horses.
FEI press release - and video of the winning freestyle test below.
It’s a big thumbs up from Jil-Marielle Becks GER (silver), Charlotte Fry GBR (gold) and Lisa Maria Klossinger GER (bronze) after stepping off the Freestyle podium at the FEI European Dressage Championships U25 2018 in Exloo, The Netherlands today. FEI/Leanjo de Koster, DigiShots
British rider wins Freestyle to scoop second gold medal in two weeks; Germany takes team and Grand Prix titles
Exciting British newcomer, Charlotte Fry (22), posted her second sensational victory of the past two weeks when winning today’s Freestyle at the FEI European Dressage U25 Championships 2018 in Exloo, The Netherlands. Just 12 days ago the Dutch-based Yorkshire rider, who trained with British legend Carl Hester during her teenage years, claimed the 7-Year-Old title with Glamourdale at the Longines FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships in Ermelo (NED). This afternoon she added another gold medal to her collection when posting a great score of 82.145 with the lovely 10-year-old gelding, Dark Legend, to be crowned U25 Freestyle champion.
The result ensured she went home with a full set of colours, having posted the biggest individual score in Wednesday’s Team Championship to boost Great Britain to bronze medal position, and slotting into silver medal spot behind yesterday’s Grand Prix winner Jil-Marielle Becks (20) from Germany.
Becks was joined by Bianca Nowag (Fair Play), Juliette Piotrowski (Sir Diamond) and Lisa-Maria Klossinger (FBW Daktari) to top the team standings with a score of 219.706 which left them well ahead of their Dutch rivals in silver medal spot. Carlijn Huberts (Watoeshi), Maxime van der Vlist (Bailey), Denis Nekeman (Boston STH) and Jeanine Nieuwenhuis (TC Athene) racked up a final tally of 212.765 for The Netherlands. But the British foursome of Fry, Ryan Todd (Charlex Eskebjerg), Rebecca Jane Edwards (Headmore Delegate) and Claire Gallimore (Annette Ballerina) were hot on their heels in bronze when posting 212.118.
Becks, who with her 10-year-old chestnut gelding Damon’s Satelite was an individual bronze medallist at the Young Rider Championships in Valencia (ESP) in 2016, won yesterday’s Grand Prix with a score of 75.385, while Fry took silver when posting 75.308. Bronze went to Denmark’s Victoria Vallentin (20) who rode Ludwig der Sonnenkoenig to a mark of 74.000.
Fry turned the tables today however when pinning Becks into silver in the Freestyle, and it was the German rider’s team-mate, Klossinger (25), who scooped bronze this time around with FBW Daktari.
She said that Dark Legend is a very nervous horse. “This is the first show he felt confident in the ring, so he peaked at a good time!” she pointed out. “Today was a really good test, he couldn’t have been better, he really rose to the music and danced to it!” she added.
And her plans for the future? “To compete at the Olympic Games some day - but for now I just want to get my feet back on the ground and start training again!” she said.
Everyone was singing the praises of the venue at Hippisch Centrum Exloo where the Organising Committee stepped up to the plate at very short notice following the withdrawal of Roosendaal. And the quality of the performances from the Dressage world’s rising stars left even the judges in awe. “What we saw here this week was almost at the same level as senior riders, and it’s really very exciting!” said Ground Jury President, Francis Verbeek-van-Rooy.
Full results here
Press release from Danish Cathrine Dufour
No World Equestrian Games in Tryon for Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour (UK version below)
WEG bliver desværre ikke i denne omgang for Cassidy og jeg.
Cassidy har lavet en mindre skade på sig selv på folden, hvilket gør at vi får et træningsstop, her meget tæt på afgang til World Equestrian Games. Han har været i sit livs form denne sæson, så det er selvfølgelig utroligt ærgerligt, og jeg er naturligvis skuffet over at, WEG bliver uden vores deltagelse. Men vi vil gøre alt for at passe på Cassidy, og derfor er det naturligvis hans velbefindende der står absolut øverst på listen.
Jeg ønsker mine holdkammerater og rytterkollegaer al held og lykke til WEG, og håber at alle får et fantastisk stævne. I denne omgang følger vi med hjemmefra, og hepper med alt hvad vi har på vores danske landshold.
Vi kommer stærkt tilbage!
WEG will unfurtunately be without Cassidy and I.
Cassidy has made minor injury at the field, which means that we currently can’t work him. It’s of course very disappointing as he’s been better than ever during this season. We will do everything we can to take care of Cassidy in the best way possible, and therefor we won’t push him to do anything he’s not ready to. I’m sad that we won’t be a part of the danish team, but we wish our colleagues all the best for WEG 2018.
We will be back!
Very special moment today - with 3 jumping girls at the U25 podium - photo credit: Lily Forado.
See the full results of the U25 Grand Prix here.
Glæd jer til finalestævnet i Dansk Ride Forbunds Unghestechampionater i dressur powered by Pavo. Her kan I nemlig opleve verdensmestrene for 5- og 6-års heste 2018 – Revolution med Andreas Helgstrand og D’avie med Severo Jurado Lopez i sadlen. Efter henvendelse fra Helgstrand Dressage har styregruppen bag championaterne besluttet at give de to verdensmestre direkte adgang til finalestævnet, så der er lagt op til unghestedressur i verdensklasse hos Blue Hors i uge 41. Det er ekstra pladser, der er tildelt, så der tages ikke pladser fra kvalifikationerne.
Photo credit: Lily Forado
A very strong collection for the Elite Foal Auction at Danish Warmblood 25 August
Foals from some of Denmarks most successful breeders with the best dam lines. Among the sires represented with most foals is Franklin in top of the list with 7 foals selected, while Valverde is represented with 6 foals, and the collection also counts foals from top stallions like Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, Blue Hors Fifty Cent, Blue Hors Hotline, Blue Hors Zackerey, Bøgegaardens Santiago, D'Avie, Florenz, Floriscount, Foundation, Franziskus, Freischütz, Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, Quantensprung, Quaterhit, Revolution, Romeo, Sandro Hit, Scolari, Sir Donnerhall I and Valløs Dreaming Marong.
H2R present the first three FOCUS foals from this years collection:
Long legged, uphill colt with outstanding gaits, and his expression just says "here I am". The dam is graded by the main studbook, and has passed the mare performance test. The sire Romeo is one of a very few stallions representing the very attractive Rubinstein bloodlines both with valuable abilities for movements and not least high coveted ride abilities. Dam sire De Noir has throughout the years proved his value as dam sire, where Danish Warmblood currently has shown the beautiful mare Delizia by Fürstenball and with De Noir as dam sire, which were representing Danish Warmblood at World Championship for Young Horses in Ermelo under Anne Troensegaard. Further in the dam line we find Michellino who is the answer of both power and ability for the most demanding dressage exercises. This colt looks like the super combination of breeding and sport.
The dam of this impressive colt is the silver medal mare Chakira Skovvang. She is also the dam of Wilson Skovvang, as was selected for the licensing in Herning, like the silver medal mare China Skovvang placed in top of the dressage breeding ranking. The sire of the colt is D´avie which recently became World Champion for Young Horses with Spanish top rider Severo Jurado Lopez in the saddle. The colt shows an appealing type and very correct, with nice supple top line in all three gaits and with superb canter. Looks like a copy of his sire and the combination with one of the strongest dam lines in Danish Warmblood makes him special in this collection.
Extraordinary, long legged, nobel, very modern type and elegant dressage colt. Dam line are all graded mares. The colt show super trot and canter with lovely freedom and power, and good walk. A very strong dressage breeding for the colt with Franklin, Sandro Hit and Weltmeyer, where both Sandro Hit and Weltmeyer has been leading breeding stallions first as sires and now further out in the breeding lines.
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