Olympia launches new FEI DRESSAGE WORLD CUP™ competition
Media Release: 05 October 2018
HPower Group, organiser of Olympia, The London International Horse Show, host to the UK leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™, has worked in consultation with the FEI and international dressage riders to revitalise the FEI Dressage World Cup™ competition by making it more interesting to a wider audience. The two evenings of the newly designed competition will be seen at Olympia on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th December 2018.
Agreed by the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Committee, this will form a two-year pilot project, which seeks to actively engage the audience and broaden the discipline’s appeal, particularly during the Grand Prix Test.
The changes to the existing dressage format include significant alterations to the Grand Prix phase, although the test will still be judged and ridden in the same format as all other FEI technical tests and will continue to demand the highest level of technical ability, accuracy and precision. The Grand Prix changes include
A shorter Grand Prix technical set Test of five minutes
Music will be selected for each rider, by a professional Musical Director, for the Grand Prix Test, which will reflect each combination’s personality and interests
After the Grand Prix, riders will remain in the arena to watch the Judges scores, which will provide immediacy and instant reaction
During the Grand Prix, spectators will be able to assess their own marking skills against the professional Judges
After each Grand Prix Test, riders will discuss their performance in a short interview in front of the audience. Collectively, it will give the audience a Masterclass from the rider’s perspective over the entire competition.
Richard Davison, Dressage Consultant to the Olympia Organising Committee, who has been working together with the FEI on the project said, “The World Cup series is a really important opportunity for us to showcase dressage and widen its appeal. This pilot project is an exciting initiative aimed at adding considerably more spectator appeal, while maintaining traditional dressage values and a highly competitive format.”
Simon Brooks-Ward, Show Director, said: “This new format is not a gimmick or a theatrical experiment. I have been convinced, for some time, that Dressage in the World Cup Series has been underperforming against its potential. Unashamedly – and I believe quite rightly – we want to make the Grand Prix evening at Olympia as meaningful, relevant and exciting as the Freestyle night. Two cracking nights of elite competition will do a lot to improve Dressage’s visibility amongst those who have not been initiated into the complexities of the sport.”
Adding to the dressage entertainment will be The Reprise Des Douzes from La Garde Republicaine, who are renowned for their balletic dressage moves and technically difficult group riding. The Olympia Grand Prix evening, on Monday 17th December, is set to be an evening where the audience can immerse themselves in the highly skilled sport of dressage.
For more information on how to purchase tickets, please visit www.olympiahorseshow.comor telephone the box office on 0844 995 0995.
Springbank II VH and Severo Jurado Lopez showed outstanding qualities
Springbank II VH and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: H2R
A huge class of the best 4 year old Swedish Warmblood horses
From watching the entire class the over all impression was unfortunately with lack of basic qualities for the Swedish young horses.
Lack of power, expression and suppleness, and for the majority also lack of balance. Of course the environment is very different as they are all qualified at the outdoor season, and now has to do the final indoor.
Once again Swedish Warmblood has invited British international judge Isobel Wessels as part of the judging team. Super nice and constructive comments, as it often became somewhat difficult the express clear enthusiasm, when the qualities obviously were missing.
From H2R point view the offsprings by Skovens Rafael just brings something extra. And of course the combination of Severo and Springbank is something special. The walk was definitely worth more than and 8,5.
Brilliant Blend by Blue Hors Don Romantic / Hohenstein also showed nice qualities and nice natural frame, and is the last horse qualified for Saturday´s test riding by Charlotte Dujardin, as the 10 best horses will be tested. Testing starts at 17:00.
Listen to the comments here below:
New short Grand Prix test will part of pilot phase in London Olympia 2018
FEI Dressage World Cup™ Western European League (WEL) - Pilot phase in London Olympia 2018
Further to the meeting held with the WEL Dressage World Cup™ Organisers and our brainstorming session in June, we are pleased to inform you that, as proposed, the OC of the CDI-W London Olympia (GBR) will conduct a pilot test for the Grand Prix, by using a shorter Grand Prix test. The aim of this pilot phase is to maintain a pacey and interesting competition on the first day, keep the audience engaged, expose emotions with direct interview of the athletes still mounted at the end of the test.
The short Grand Prix test will be published as an annex to the approved schedule of the FEI Dressage World Cup qualifiers, CDI-W London Olympia 2018.
Source: Informations from FEI
A few very interesting horses for the upcoming HANN elite auction in Verden 13 October
Huge collections for the upcoming HANN elite auction with both riding horses, young stallions and foals.
Before the auction takes place there will be different days to watch the presentation of the horses via live stream.
H2R favourites are:
Young stallions
Very limited when you just see the stallions in trot and walk by the hand, as they all must be prepared for lunging.
Foals
Here you find the entire collections.
One super star at OLD elite auction for riding horses 6 October
Unfortunately nearly half of the video time on each horse is in slow motion, and at the same time a lot of the horses are shown direct from the front which doesn´t make any sense.
Absolute top price from H2R point of view is this 4 year old gelding by Dimaggio - Brentano II. He just brings the whole package for the future. Super expression, lovely balance, sharp hind legs and suppleness in the body for all three gaits.
Also for H2R top list is no 1 by San Amour. Light-footed mare with good balance and nice expression.
See the entire collection here.
Best elite foals from H2R point of view:
Total list of foals here.
Andreas Helgstrand nomineret til Entrepreneur Of The Year
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year er en af verdens mest anerkendte vækstskaberkonkurrencer, som hylder de bedste vækstskabere i Danmark og globalt. At Andreas er nomineret til denne pris er en stor anerkendelse af hans store arbejde med Helgstrand Dressage.
Allerede fra den spæde start i 2008 havde Andreas store ambitioner for Helgstrand Dressage og på bare 10 år har virksomheden udviklet sig til at være en af de største og mest innovative virksomheder i branchen. Andreas har fra start turde satse stort og det har i den grad været katalysator for virksomheden, der i dag er blandt verdens største salgs- og træningscentre for eliteheste.
Til trods for virksomhedens størrelse sætter Andreas stadig en stor ære i at være med i alle beslutninger og udgør dermed stadig virksomhedens livsnerve. Med mange internationale sejre bag sig er Andreas et stort forbillede i dressurverdenen og det lokker rigtig mange nye talenter til Uggerhalne ved Aalborg, hvor virksomheden har hovedsæde. Især mange ryttere ser en ansættelse hos Andreas som en kickstart for deres fremtidige karriere.
- Jeg er utrolig stolt over at være nomineret til denne pris for anden gang. At være blandt de bedste vækstskabere i Danmark er en stor anerkendelse og det glæder mig, hvis jeg kan være med til at inspirere andre. Men Helgstrand Dressages succes er i høj grad båret af de mange dybt passionerede og dygtige folk, som vi har ansat. Uden deres ekspertise var vi aldrig nået hertil, hvor vi er i dag, fortæller Andreas.
Det overordnede formål med konkurrencen er at motivere, engagere og fremme iværksætterlyst og entrepreneurskab og inspirere morgendagens vækstsuccesser.
Vinderen af Entrepreneur Of The Year i Nordjylland findes på Restaurant Fusion i Aalborg torsdag den 8. november. I alt har juryen nomineret 5 kandidater i hver region og blandt de i alt 6 vindere findes der en national vinder, som kan bryste sig af titlen som årets EY Entrepreneur Of The Year.
Du kan læse mere om EY Entrepreneur Of The Year her
Kilde: Helgstranddressage.com
Billetsalget starter i dag kl. 16.00 til årets hestefest i Herning 2019
Ved Dansk Varmblods Hingstekåring i Herning 2019 kan man bl.a. opleve firestjernet dressur, Patrik Kittel som testrytter og en clinic med Cathrine Dufour. Fra i dag kan du sikre dig billetter.
(total lists) Another top foal from Klosterhof Medingen for Danish Anna Zibrandtsen
Most expensive foal at yesterday’s Elite auction at Klosterhof Medingen was sold for 55.000 euros.
A very attraktive colt by Borsalino - De Niro - Canaster sold to Danish Grand Prix rider Anna Zibrandtsen from Bregnerodgaard. She has over the years been a regular client at Klosterhof Medingen elite auction and purchased more top foals.
Most expensive riding horse became no 10, but H2R favourites were no 4 by Blue Hors Don Olymbrio and no 22 by Quantensprung.
Dufour and Bohemian with second CDI3 victory at Flyinge today
Bohemian and Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: H2R
Another strong performance from Dufour and her just 8 year old Bohemian
Strong performance but at the same time without any pressure, that really make sense when talking about a just 8 year old horse doing Grand Prix.
When you watch a horse like Bohemian at the highest level you don’t get the feeling that it is to early, as he is doing the entire test without any tensions, and the most demanding exercises as piaffe, passage, transitions and pirouettes with top qualities just makes him unbelievably talented.
For today’s Grand Prix Special the extended trot tour could be with a bit more push/power from behind, lovely supple well balanced half passes, superb transitions to passage, and passage with nice regular steps and good elevation, easy in and out of nice active piaffe except today’s first piaffe where Bohemian is going to the toilet exactly when making the transition from collected walk to piaffe, but Cathrine manage to show the piaffe a bit later and of course with some tensions. A very expensive “visit at the toilet” as the scores dropped at least 2%. Strong canter tour with nice series, the first pirouette with the last canter step where the balance is slightly lost, but recovers for the second pirouette with top quality. Super final and lovely final 100% steady halt. Great score and great test 73,915% and still with huge potential.
Cathrine Dufour and Bohemian winner of CDI3 Grand Prix at Flyinge SWE
Bohemian and Cathrine Dufour during Equitour 2017 - photo credit: H2R
First international event outside Denmark for the young Danish combination Bohemian by Bordeaux with Cathrine Dufour in the saddle, and a strong victory with 74,239%.
This was actually the first indoor show of the autumn season, and for some combinations it also became with some tensions showing in the big indoor arena.
Today’s winner did not show any tensions in this new environment. Cathrine manage to show Bohemian in the demanding Grand Prix test without any technical issues and a great picture for the piaffe and passage tours with lovely balance and rhythm all the way. Other highlights were both canter pirouettes with lots of sit, balance and top quality. The extended walk could be with a bit more let go over the back and for some moments especially in the canter tour the pole becomes slightly hind the vertical.
At the subsequent price giving ceremony Bohemian acts like a very experienced horse, standing quietly waiting for his riders signals and enjoying the atmosphere while 2nd and 3rd placed were spinning around.
For the three next placed combinations it was a mix of some tensions with very nice qualities, all looked a bit affected by the indoor environment.
5th placed was Danish Carina Cassøe Krüth with May-Day Graftebjerg. And today’s test became a bit of a relief, as they managed very well to show a clear test without any technical issues. They’ve been struggling with the series, but very well managed and performed today. In general today’s best frame and superb extensions, very nice piaffe tours with the exact 12-15 steps just with minor tensions going out from the piaffe. The halts lacking bit more steady quietness and the extended walk could have been with more freedom.
Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson showed the 12 year old Syriana by Sir Donnerhall for the first time internationally. Lovely light-footed power expressive mare with the whole package, but lacking the experience. Very interesting combination to follow.
Placed 9th today was Lone Bang Larsen with Bakkely´s Onandt. It looked like a bit of a challange for Lone keeping Onandt focused in the arena, and unfortunately the halt with rein back became very tense like the whole walk tour became on the toes today. Very costly and kept them away from the top of the class. A lot of strong things with super qualities was not enough to bring them back on track today.
Outstanding Malin back at competition with double win together with Foreign Affair
Yesterday with CDI3 Prix Sct. Georg win and today with Intermediaire I freestyle win
2nd win for Patrik Kittel rider Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson with the 8 year old gelding Foreign Affair by Rock Forever / Scandic. The combination won the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal qualifier in 2017 in Hagen and Foreign Affair was then sold to the Rothenberger family.
Yesterday’s Prix Sct. Georg win with 75,147%, while today’s Intermediaire I freestyle victory was with impressive 78,209%.
Today with a very balanced and expressive test. Starting from the entering halt with canter, superb series with huge changes with lovely airtime, and the 3 times are executed on a very curved track without any issues. Nice pirouettes super nice 2 times, good walk, expressive and supple trot tour with super nice half passes and extensions.
Donnperignon will retire after the World Cup in Herning
Anna Kasprzak and Pepe during Equitour 2017 - photo credit: H2R
The 19-year-old gelding, who has been Anna’s faithful companion in competitions around the world since 2012, gets his well-deserved retirement
In fact, Donnperignon, who is called Pepe, came to Kasprzak Dressage in Autumn 2011 in order to accompany Anna to the European Championships in 2013 in Herning. But Andreas Helgstrand, Annas's coach, believed that they could as well try to qualify for the Olympics the following year. And so, the equality found a common melody so fast that after a ten-month partnership they were taken to ride the world's biggest dressage scene, namely to the London Olympics in August 2012. Here, Anna and Pepe performed a memorable first ride in soaking rain.
"That ride stands out for me. It was my first ride at the Olympic Games, and the rain was pouring down on us from the moment, we entered the arena. At that moment I thought that this should not ruin it for us, and luckily Pepe carried on without tipping an ear. So even though it was not very fun when we performing in the pouring rain, it's a great memory to have and think back on. And I also think other people remember us for that particular ride," Anna says about the experience at the London Olympics 2012.
In addition to the 2012 Olympics, Pepe has followed Anna to five other international championships: the European Championship in Herning in 2013, the FEI World Equestrian Games in France in 2014, the European Championship in Aachen in 2015, the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 and the European Championship in Gothenburg in 2017. In addition, they have won the Danish Championship 2013 and 2015. And as a competition horse, Pepe is a character for herself, says Anna.
"Pepe is always aware when he attends an event. At home in the stable he is not so much of a talker, he would rather just relax for himself and he is happy if he has water, food and hay. But during competitions he is so awake and I'm always sure he enjoys it. He has always been great to travel with, regardless of it being on long flights to Qatar and Brazil or many hours in the truck around Europe,” Anna says.
Traveling around the world to enter competitions is not something you do alone, and there is one person in particular that has meant a lot for Anna and Pepe's success together. Jane Kallestrup, Annas groom, has faithfully followed Anna and Pepe to all international and national competitions over the years.
"I owe Jane so much. She has been a very important part for me and Pepe's partnership, and there is no doubt that Jane and Pepe have a very special relationship. For example, when Jane was weaving his mane before a competition, and she would suddenly leave him alone in the box for a few minutes because Pepe had signaled to her with a nod that he just has to pee before she can continue. And all the years I've had Pepe, Jane has driven Pepe to the blacksmith every time he needed it. She has a huge share in our success, because I've always been able to concentrate on what I should because I knew Jane had 100 percent control of everything around Pepe," Anna tells about her groom who fortunately continue to to follow Anna to competitions in the future, even though Pepe won’t be joining anymore.
In future the younger generation of competition horses who counts Rock Star, Quarton, Romanova and Patrik will be in position for hopefully many more international and national successes in the arena and while there is an exciting future awaiting, it will also be a different task for Anna.
"Pepe has always made me feel safe because I know him so well. The same security is still under construction with my other horses, and it's an exciting time and something I'm looking forward to have with them, but with Pepe, I knew that he would always go to the arena and do his very best for me. Pepe was the one who showed me the way, but now I'm the one who leads the younger and more unutilized horses, and I'll have to get used to that. But I hope that I get a lot of good results with the new ones as well, though I will definitely miss Pepe when we go to the big events. But fortunately he is still in the stable at home for hopefully many years to come," Anna says.
Andreas Helgstrand, who coaches Anna, also had a significant impact in Anna and Pepe’s success together.
"I owe Andreas a huge thank you as well because he has always believed in us. When we bought Pepe, he was the one who said that I could just as well try to qualify for the Olympics. He said, "It may not be realistic to you, but there is no harm in trying!" And I thought that if he says it can be done, it might be possible. Him believing in Pepe and I has given me great confidence and has pushed us further,” Anna says.
At home at the stables, Pepe's retirement will continue to include riding and going to the paddock which he enjoys a lot.
"Pepe's body and mind still enjoy activity, so as long as we can ride him, we will. Fortunately he is still healthy and strong, so he'll keep getting some good walks," Anna says.
19-year-old Pepe's last tour in the limelight will be during the show Saturday evening at the World Cup in Herning on October 20th. And even though it is a held partner, Anna now retires, she is also determined that Pepe no longer will enter competitions.
"I've always said that no results should decide when he's not going to ride competitions anymore. He has met all requirements, expectations and wishes. When we bought him, I hoped that he could teach me a lot, but I had not imagined that we should achieve that much together. He has been a great partner and I owe him the best retirement."
Source: Kasprzakdressage.com
Dufour giver clinic, Kittel er tilbage som testrytter og 4-stjernet international dressur
Alt sammen en del af programmet når dørene åbnes for 40 års jubilæet til Dansk Varmblods hingstekåring i Herning, som finder sted fra 6. til 10. marts 2019
Masser af titler, kæmpe erfaring og stadig blot 26 år gammel
Danmarks absolut bedste dressurrytter gennem de seneste år hedder Cathrine Dufour, hun er 26 år og sammen med sin 15-årige vallak Atterupgaards Cassidy har de sat Danmark og dansk ridning på det helt store internationale verdenskort.
Parret ligger lige nu nr. 4 på FEI World Ranking kun overgået af Isabell Werth med to heste og amerikanske Laura Graves. En mindre skade holdt desværre ekvipagen ude af VM sammenhængen i Tryon, men Cathrine melder heldigvis at Cassidy lynhurtigt var tilbage i let træning, så alle fans og dressurelskere kan godt glæde sig til at se dem tilbage på banerne.
I 2019 udgaven af torsdag aftens clinic i Herning, vil Cathrine Dufour være hende som fører ordet fra midten af arenaen.
Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: H2R
Giver erfaringer videre
Tidligere i år introducerede Cathrine Dufour, DufourClub, og her er målet bl.a. at give guldkorn videre til de næste stjerner.
Et par af Cathrine´s store forbilleder har altid været de skarpe damer Isabell Werth og Charlotte Dujardin, men hun har savnet at kunne "stjæle” lidt fra dem under vejs, eller at de måske ville fortælle lidt mere fra deres egen måde at træne og ride konkurrence på.
To ekvipager i arenaen
Det foreløbige program vil være med en første del af clinic´en hvor Cathrine har to ryttere med i arenaen, hvor hun vil prøve at forklare overfor publikum hvilke teknikker og finesser hun forsøger at give sine ryttere frem mod de enkelte delmål sammen med hesten.
Selv i sadlen
Mens anden del bliver med Cathrine selv i sadlen, hvor hun under vejs vil vise og fortælle hvordan hun bygger sin træning op, og samtidig vise nogle de udfordringer som hun løber ind i til dagligt i sadlen.
Så der er lagt op til en aften hvor publikum får mulighed for at suge til sig fra en af Danmarks mest succesfulde dressurrytter gennem tiderne.
Cathrine Dufour glæder sig rigtig meget til opgaven, og er klar til at dele ud af “guldkorn” når der traditionen tro afholdes clinic torsdag aften i Herning, sponseret af Skagen Fondene.
Patrik Kittel under Unghestechampionatet 2018 - photo credit: H2R
Patrik Kittel er tilbage som testrytter til Unghestechampionatet
Successen fra foråret i år med den svenske internationale Patrik Kittel i sadlen som testrytter i Blue Hors Unghestechampionatet bliver en gentagelse i 2019 udgaven.
Patrik Kittel er en fantastisk formidler og en rytter med en super indfølingsevne. Han gav både publikum og de unge heste en super god oplevelse og en fair bedømmelse under testningen i 2018.
Den success har Dansk Varmblod valgt at gentage, og Kittel har takket ja til at komme tilbage til Unghestechampionatet, og glæder sig rigtig meget til igen at kunne afprøve nogle af Dansk Varmblods absolut bedste 5 års heste.
Kittel vil ligesom i år også være at finde i andre sammenhænge i løbet af Herning-dagene.
CDI4* dressur
Den internationale dressur er også blevet en del af hingstekåringen i Herning, og er blevet taget rigtig godt imod af både publikum, ryttere og sponsorer.
Det betyder at Dansk Varmblod i 2019-udgaven har fået opgraderet stævnet fra CDI3* til CDI4*. Opgradering er sket i form af ekstra opbakning fra både Ecco og Blue Hors fortæller en særdeles tilfreds direktør Casper Cassøe Krüth.
HUSK BILLETSALGET START 1. OKTOBER
Topføl til DWB World Cup Følauktion
Fredag den 19. oktober finder DWB World Cup Auction sted under World Cup-stævnet i Herning, og Dansk Varmblods auktionsudvalg er på udkig efter føl af høj kvalitet
Når Casper Cassøe auktionerer 15-18 nøje udvalgte topføl fredag eftermiddag den 19. oktober i MCH Messecenter Herning, vil det være foran et stort fagpublikum fra ind - og udland, som er samlet til World Cup-stævnet i Herning, der vil sætte den perfekte ramme om en følauktion over føl auktionen.
Auktionsudvalget er på udkig efter DV-registrerede føl af spring- eller dressurbetonet og præstationsstærk afstamning. Føllets kvalitet kommer i første række, og dets alder er underordnet – så længe det ikke er så gammelt, at det er gået ind i plagestadiget. Som udgangspunkt er DWB World Cup Auction ikke er for føl, der tidligere har været til auktion.
Har du et oplagt emne, som du ønsker besigtiget til World Cup-auktionen, skal du sende din tilmelding til lrb@varmblod.dk med oplysning om føllets afstamning og hoppestammens resultater samt gerne foto og video.
Tilmeldingsfristen til besigtigelse er den 3. oktober 2018. Der kan udelukkende tilmeldes føl, der er registreret i Dansk Varmblod. Udtagelsen af føl til auktionen finder sted lørdag den 6. oktober på Vilhelmsborg, hvor føllene også vil blive filmet.
Kilde: Varmblod.dk
Result from 14-days test at Schlieckau
Highest over all scoring dressage stallion was Belgardo by Best of Gold/Sonnenstrahl/Weltmeyer, with a final dressage score of 8,70.
It was definitely not from the final testing day with the test rider which pictured the over all scoring, as most of the stallions were missing both power and suppleness in the body that day.
CDI3 comes up from Thursday from Flyinge in Sweden
Danish participants for the big tour:
A huge list of CDI3 participants - check out here.
Big tour:
Friday - GP
Saturday - GPS
Sunday - GPF
Full live stream schedule via Equisport.tv.
All available links are online at H2R calendar.
St. Schufro, Franklin and Johnson with top foals for Swedish Elite auction 5 October
22 dressage foals and 1 embryo is up for sale at Swedish Warmblood Elite auction
Over all a nice collection of quality foals with strong dam lines, and from H2R point of view no 1 shows something extraordinary, like both 35 and 41 are with extra qualities.
The auction 5 October at 19:30 will be available via live stream at Clipmyhorse.
See the entire collection here.
H2R favorites:
VIDEOS - More national titles for Dujardin last weekend
Dujardin with strong Young Horse performances and new national titles
Groom Alan just got of the plane from WEG last Tuesday, and then it was off to next show, where Alan brought up 8 horses for the British national Championships starting Wednesday afternoon.
And of course Charlotte was not able to do this on her own.
Charlotte thanked Sadie Smith and Katie Bailey once more for keeping the horses running throughout the World Equestrian Games, as well as all the team behind the scenes for their support. “I had two days to prepare and as the week’s gone on the horses have got better and better – I’m a perfectionist so whilst my preparation wasn’t ideal I’ve been so pleased with the horses and the results.” - source: British Dressage.
From Dujardin´s FB site: “A brilliant weekend at the Le Mieux Nationals Dressage Championships. Flo (Hawtins San Floriana) won the six year old class and the Medium title. Flora (Florentina) won the Inter I Freestyle. Mount St John VIP won the Advanced Medium, with Pumpkin (Gio) in second and Brioso II in third. Nancy (River Rise Nisa) came fifth.”
2010 - Florentina by Vivaldi / Rubels
2011 - Mount St. John VIP by Vivaldi / Donnerhall
2011 - Gio by Apache / Tango
2012 - Hawtins San Floriana by San Amour / Florestan I. New 6 year old champion and former champion as both 4 year old and 5 year old.
