VIDEO - Blue Hors Veneziano and Daniel Bachmann Andersen winner of national Grand Prix today

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The national Danish event at Vilhelmsborg taking place at the same time as Danish Warmblood Elite mare show and Elite Foal show and auction has finished with a national Grand Prix class today. 

After today's test it was a very satisfied Daniel Bachmann Andersen: 

"Veneziano is really doing his best in the arena, and I'm very confident about his development, and of course there is much more to reach. At the moment it is very important for me to build up more strength through the positive way his is working. He really gives a good feeling and has no weaknesses, but he is still just 8 year old, and I'm in no hurry," said Daniel.

2nd was Lone Bang Larsen with Bakkely´s Onandt 71,100% and 3rd was Charlotte Heering with Bufranco with 70,667%.


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Best result ever at the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction

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At the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction new records were set Saturday night at Vilhelmsborg with highest average price and highest knock-down price ever

Auctioneer Casper Cassøe had 62 carefully selected foals under the hammer and 84% were sold for an average price of 15,962 euro and a total turnover of 830,000 euro. Customers from Norway, Spain and the USA were among the fortunate bidders at the auction.

The Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction is privileged to have many returning customers and among them are Helgstrand Dressage who purchased five very good foals by their own stallions D’Avie, Franklin, Revolution and Valverde. They purchased the champion dressage colt foal Diaz Skovvang by world champion D’Avie for 45,000 euro

The dressage colt foal Netstutteriets Fazza, by the popular foal producer Franklin and out of a full sister to the triple world champion Sezuan, became the price highlight of the auction. Helgstrand Dressage succeeded in placing the last bid at 121,000 euro which is the highest knock-down price ever at the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction.

Danish team dressage rider, Anna Zibrandtsen has bought several foals and young horses at the Danish Warmblood auctions and she purchased two filly foals at the auction Saturday night. One of them was the sought-after Remember Me, by Blue Hors Don Olymbrio/Sezuan, that had been named champion dressage filly foal and became the most expensive filly foal on the auction as she sold for 80,000 euro.

A collection of 23 show jumping foals is considered to be the best ever on the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction. They achieved an average price of 11,609 euro and were mainly sold to Danish show jumping stables one of which bought six show jumping foals. The most expensive show jumping foal displayed a unique pedigree with three Olympic stallions like pearls on a string: Cornet Obolensky - Baloubet du Rouet - Cento. This colt foal sold for 26,000 euro.

Head of the auction committee, Ulrik Kristensen is delighted about the number of returning customers that come back year after year to buy some of the best foals.
– The auction has been a roaring success in terms of execution as well as numbers. I could not be happier on behalf of the studbook as well as the breeders, says Ulrik Kristensen.

 

(TOTAL PRICE LIST) 110.000 euros top price for colt by Marc Cain at OLD Elite Foal Auction yesterday

Part of OLD Press release

Top price by Marc Cain / San Amour I

Top price by Marc Cain / San Amour I

Oldenburgs conquer the world

The 17th Elite Foal Auction at the Oldenburg Horse Center Vechta achieved a phenomenal result. The prize highlight was Marco Polo by Marc Cain - San Amour I - Depardieu. This colt, bred by Ulrike Finck-Deichner from Hessian, was knocked down for 110,000 Euro to a renowned dressage stable in Germany. The colt comes from the well-known Egale dam line.

Inspirado by Asgard’s Ibiza - Fürstenball - San Amour I, bred by Marcel de Wilde from Belgium, was sold for 68,000 Euro to a famous stud. Dam Finest Dream also started her career in Vechta.

Zara by Zackerey - Bretton Woods - Donnerhall, bred by the Blue Hors Aps stud from Denmark, changed hands for 59,000 Euro to a well-respected dressage stable. Zara comes from the famous Finnländerin dam line. Grand dam Fabina, Champion mare of the Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede 2003, is the sister of Olympic Champion Don Schufro.


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(TOTAL LIST OF PRICES) Top foal by Franklin / Zack / Schufro sold to Helgtrand Dressage for 121.000 euros

Netstutteriets Fazza - top price winner at 121.000 euros.

Netstutteriets Fazza - top price winner at 121.000 euros.

Yesterday's Danish Warmblood Elite Foal auction became ones again a huge success, the the top producer Franklin by Ampere/Ferro with top prices and absolute highlight with the expressive super well moving colt from Netstutteriet, with a fullsister of triple World Champion Sezuan as dam. 

It´s was of course a very happy Andreas Helgstrand being able to get to last bid in a sharp final duel.

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VIDEO - Springbank VH og Carina Nevermann Torup vinder Prix Sct. Georg

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.

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Super flot kulisse til dagens dressur på Vilhelmsborg

Super flot kulisse til dagens dressur på Vilhelmsborg

Youngster Cup skudt i gang på Vilhelmsborg

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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.

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Focus foals by Revolution, Florenz and Franklin - Danish Warmblood Elite Foal auction 25 August

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.


 

 

Werth with another qualifier for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal last weekend at Donaueschingen

Isabell Werth with Descolari - photo credit: M. Schreiner

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: 

  • Horses & Classic – Sommerturnier Schenefeld 06.10. – 07.10.
  • Faszination Pferd 30.10. – 04.11.
  • Finale Frankfurt 13.12 - 16.12

Qualified now are:

  • Friederike Hahn/Die Fürstin 73,927%
  • Dorothee Schneider/First Romance 73,659%
  • Kira Wulferding/Brianna 76,171%
  • Annabel Frenzen/Silber Stern 72,756%
  • Hubertus Schmidt/Bonamour 73,372%
  • Kira Wulferding/Bohemian Rhapsodie 75,927%
  • Ann-Christin Wienkamp/Daley Thompson 72,780%
  • Thomas Wagner/QC Fillipo Niro 72,122%
  • Ingrid Klimke/Bluetooth 74,707%

The gold of the future goes under the hammer

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Find the gold of the future on the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction 2018.

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.

 

Sezuan daughter Champion mare at Pferdezuchtverband Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar

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Owner and breeder Jens Thorsen with his 3 year old Champion mare Sommelie Souveraine by Sezuan / Silvermoon. Photo credit: Sabine Beck

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

65 outstanding foals comprise the collection at the Danish Warmblood Elite Foal Auction on 25 August at Vilhelmsborg, Aarhus

422 – Netstutteriets Fazza by Franklin x Blue Hors Zack x Blue Hors Don SchufroThe 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 c…

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.

Cosmo and Sönke very strong back on track for today's Grand Prix Special at Donaueschingen

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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.  


Finals at Pavo Cup today

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."

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5 year old

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6 year old

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Not the best rehearsal for Cosmo and Sönke Rothenberger before WEG

Cosmo and Sönke Rothenberger - photo credit: Gomes Media 

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%.