The “Danish” list of stallions selected for the main licensing are:
including catalog no 203 by Grand Galaxy Win - Blue Hors Don Schufro - Ravage Quintus xx, breeder HH Horses, Solrød.
Entries for CDI-W and CDI3 this week in Herning, DEN
CDI-W
CDI3
Carina Cassøe Krüth at top the podium with both her 7 year old horses
Pure nice riding and well educated horses
Carina Cassøe Krüth and her dancing princess Heiline´s Danciera was able to repeat last year win at 6 year old today. Carina was already in the lead with her other mare Red Diamant, and knew with a sharp performance that her no 1 dancing princess Heiline´s Danciera actually could beat herself - and mission complete.
It was pure easy and effortless riding for both performances. Nice flow, easy steady contact, nice frame, very obedient and very well performed - a pleasure to watch when you get the feeling that it actually looks easy.
Maria Anita Andersen and Thybo´s Laban took the bronze with a solid quality test and with Michael Søgaard and his World Championship partner Jukebox as no 4. Jukebox and Michael showed really great form today as Jukebox looked very expressive and motivated for the job. Maria and Michael scored exactly the same by the test, and the tiny difference was just by the gaits from judges point of view.
VIDEO - Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen triple national Champions
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen - photo credit: H2R
How to beat a World Champion
Jan Møller Christensen and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy just showed how to beat a World Champion this weekend.
As everyone knows when you reach this level and the final with a young horse it is often about having the right day and being able to show an effortless test without errors. This all succeeded for Jan Møller Christensen with Hesselhøj Donkey Boy for the third year in a row.
The bay elegant and very well moving stallion was both day´s very focused on the task, and Jan was able to show him the best possible way, not just one day but actually both for the preliminary test and for today’s final test. Even though Jan did tell after today’s test that his feeling was even better yesterday, it was still enough beating the World Champion D´Avie with Severo Jurado Lopez in the saddle.
The influence of the environment looked as if it became the difference between winning or becoming second for Severo and D´Avie. The first day D´Avie showed some excitement for the trot tour and today the canter tour became with some tensions and minor errors.
You just have to remember that it is no shame coming 2nd when the winner actually was performing better that day.
Also at the podium for the 6 year old horses was Helgstrand with his World Championship stallion Ferrari OLD by Foundation.
VIDEO - Revolution with Helgstrand in the saddle is just something extraordinary
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Helgstrand Dressage/Mia Bach
World Champion
Going into the national championships as a World Champion is not always equal to another win. But for Revolution together with Helgstrand himself in the saddle they look very much like they are untouchable.
The overall picture and the qualities makes this combination very complete, and for today’s final Helgstrand shows his own eager and ability to go all in when it really counts. Nothing left just the competitors behind him and Revolution. (video below)
Again 2nd spot for Daniel Bachmann Andersen and again with a Zack son, Zampalo, a very correct and well moving stallion, supple and very well trained, but not an impressive eyecatcher.
3rd and very well deserved was the very hard working rider from one of Denmarks most well known studs Atterupgaard, Selina Solberg Vittinghus with the most beautiful mare Atterupgaards Delorean by Bon Bravour. The mare is not just beautiful she is also a super mover in all gaits with a surplus for the trot. Always presented in a nice frame and with a great attitude and very nice balance. Selina and Delorean are like Anne Troensegaard with Delizia coached by Rune Willum.
Unfortunately Delizia became a bit to tense during today’s test and they ended up as no 11.
Selina Solberg Vittinghus with Atterupgaards Delorean - photo credit: Thomas Bisgaard
VIDEOS - Springbank II VH and Severo Jurado Lopez kept everyone behind for today's final
Springbank II VH and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: Helgstrand Dressage/Mia Bach
Top stallions and top mares
As predicted this years finals especially for the 4 year old and 5 year old became something extraordinary.
Springbank II VH
Springbank II VH by Skovens Rafael / De Niro with Severo Jurado Lopez in the saddle just shows top qualities combined with huge abilities. It just looks like a pleasure riding this “Rolls Royce”, as Charlotte Dujardin described Springbank from last weekends Breeders Trophy in Sweden, when testing him.
When watching them it looks like a horse 100% on the aides and obedient and at the same time in a lovely natural frame. The three gaits are all with extra qualities, and are at the same time shown with natural suppleness without tensions in the body.
Now we can’t wait for 2019 and hopefully a combination for World Championship for Young Horses.
Blue Hors Zackerey
Yet another Zack son with superb qualities. Together with Daniel Bachmann Andersen this young stallion gives a lovely overall picture in a nice natural closed frame, moving active of the ground. Today’s mark for ride ability might be in for discussion, as Zackerey clearly puts in his protest for the halt by kicking, but the judging team still felt this was a 9,5 mark.
Queenspark Wendy
3rd today the super gold medal mare (German bred) by Sezuan / Blue Hors Soprano bringing the combination of lightness and power quick of the ground.
The breeding stallions with huge imprint
A look down the result list shows a great development of the breeding stallions. Over the years the demand from the breeders asking for quality stallions not just showing their qualities for the stallion performance tests, but also showing qualities for the sport and especially where they also has to show their basic gaits and abilities for both lengthening and collection, has definitely been taken into consideration when deciding next years foal.
Results HANN Elite auction - Fürstenball with most expensive riding horse sold for 125.000 euros
No 4 one of H2R favourites - a mare by Fürstenball / Windspiel sold for 125.000 euros.
Also the 3 most expensive foals were on H2R top list.
VIDEOS - 6 year old preliminary test with strong test from Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen - photo credit: Thomas Bisgaard
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen with top performance
From the start list it was once again with a World Champion combination, D´Avie with Severo Jurado Lopez. Today D´Avie was just a bit too much on the toes for the trot tour even though Severo is a master to present a horse, the tensions just crept in for the trot tour, but still scoring same level at today’s winner Hesselhøj Donkey Boy with 9,2 for the trot.
Jan Møller Christensen and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy are defending national champions, but said that it is almost a totally different world moving from 5 year old top class to 6 year old top class, of course not when the horse has both the qualities and abilities.
The walk….
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy showed a top performance together with Jan Møller Christensen today, super balance all the way. Very obedient, 100% concentration about the job and supple. Nice frame and easy light contact without any technical issues.
The “big” question from a lot of people has always been “but what about his huge walk”?
It´s never been an issue when performing, as it has always been with a clear beat with huge over track, and now as 6 year old you can just sit back enjoy every walk step from today’s rein back and forward with clear beat from the first step till the last step (just with some excited steps before the transition to canter today). The “tricky” phase when picking up the rein from extended walk does not becomes tricky at all, Donkey Boy (and Jan) just manage to add activity for the more collected walk, and at the same time maintaining the clear beat - this is just outstand and well deserved without any doubt a clear 10 for the walk.
No doubt the 2018 champion will be either Donkey Boy or D´Avie - tomorrow will tell us.
New to H2R is the stallion Adoro by Ampere / Donnerschwee with Helgstrand Dressage rider Manuel Springhetti. Super nice expressive performance with a lot of qualities and easy effortless.
Today’s best flying changes
New Blue Hors rider Nanna Merrald and Blue Hors Zirrus shows a very solid test and without any doubt today’s best flying changes.
A couple of “different” scores
One combination with the comments from the judges about just one clear change and to much on the forehand = 8,2 for ride ability.
Both changes with error and short/long walk = 8 for potential.
No Consolation finals
The format without consolation final does not really suit a young horse final. Going to the finals with one of the highest scoring young horses and then having the test destroyed like Rikke Dupont today with Hayden KS today. It looked like he got very scared from the applauding audience for the combinations before, and that became the end of the finals for Rikke and Hayden without getting the chance again via the consolation final.
Winner:
2nd
3rd
VIDEOS - 15 combinations ready for 5 year old final at Danish national federation championship for Young Horses
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Revolution and Helgstrand himself with another top performance
The big impressive stallion Revolution with Andreas Helgstrand in the saddle is a very successful combination, and today without exception and with a clear well deserved 10 for the canter.
Helgstrand Dressage also dominates the 5 year old
2nd today was Kenneth Damgaard with For Emotion, for sure not an easy ride knowing that there was no room for tensions or on the toes walk today, but much better control than for the qualifier at Vilhelmsborg.
The new combination Severo Jurado Lopez and Devenport does really show great development also since Vilhelmsborg qualifier.
Videos of top 3 are posted below.
Difficult to be “happy amateur”
Just two non professionals are ready for the final, no 4 Pernille Elten Sigsgaard with Møgelvang Farrari by Sezuan/Come Back II, they are like Helle Wibe with DD Benissima by Belissimo M/Don Romantic well known from Danish Warmblood Young Horse championship finals earlier this year in Herning.
Words of praise for “just” 9,1
For Daniel Bachmann Andersen with the Zack son Zampalo it might have been kind of weird when the judges just had words of praises for the trot work and then just rewarded with 9,1. From the sideline it definitely sounded like closer to 10.
One horse is for sure missing for the 5 year old final tomorrow
From the start of this preliminary 5 year old class it became somewhat weird with scoring from the judges. But without watching the individual marks the conclusion is that 15 horses are ready for the final with just one missing.
The light footed and expressive chestnut mare Straight Horse Sezuanna by Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Don Schufro (full sister of Sezuan) with Kenneth Damgaard in the saddle was first to go this morning. They were just rewarded with a total of 75,200, without a single mark over 8,0!
This is a young horse competition and it is also about ride ability and potential. For Sezuanna it was clearly not a question about not being ride able, as she was nice obedient all the way, just showing some “baby” tensions throughout the test today. The way this mare moves is for sure for the future, and the general qualities of the gaits are clearly for at least 8 even with today’s tensions, and then of course with a smaller deduction for the ride ability today, but the huge potential is obvious. The marks were: Trot 7,8 - walk 7,2 - canter 7,6 - ride ability 7,2 - potential 7,8
Another combination with a very weird judging was Delizia with Anne Troensegaard. This mare has never been shown as balanced and powerful as for today’s trot tour, and yes she is still missing the final strength for the extensions but still keeping the balance. Every single step for the rest of the trot tour was spot on, and more like a 9,5-9,7 and not as scored just 8,5. The walk itself was good with clear beat, but could have shown more relaxation. Score from judges just 7,3, at least 1.0 too low for today’s test. The canter was today’s “problem” as tensions were shown throughout the entire canter tour and starting with error for the transition to canter where the rider trying twice before Delizia taking the signal. But bringing the ride ability mark as low as 7,2 seems to be out of line. At the same time the potential is obvious even with the tensions for the canter today, and the deduction down to a 8,8 level instead of the scoring 7,8 had been much more correct.
These two mares shows something very exciting when you wear the “future glasses”.
Winner:
2nd
3rd
UPDATED with day 2 results - OLD pre-selection
JJ Horses in Norway with their stallion by Sezuan / Don Romantic selected as a reserve for the OLD licensing.
The pre-selection will continue tomorrow and monday.
Danish national Young Horse Championship finals has started today
Heiline´s Danciera / Carina Cassøe Krüth - photo credit: Thomas Bisgaard
Today with preliminary tests for 7 year old and 4 year old horses
The 10 best placed from today’s preliminary 7 year old test are qualified for Sunday´s final. And for the 4 year old 22 combinations will be qualified for the final.
Unfortunately there is no live streaming from today’s qualifier, but from tomorrow morning Zibrasport.dk will be live - (pay per view) for both Saturday ad Sunday kr. 79,- (about 10 euros).
All links for start lists and results are available via H2R calendar.
Tomorrow is with preliminary 5 year old and 6 year old, where 15 from both 5 year old and 6 year old will be qualified for Sunday´s finals.
Worlds best Young Horses at start but still no foreign judge
The majority of Worlds best young horses are at start for the national championships, among them World Champion for 5 year old Revolution and World Champion for 6 year old D´avie.
The field of top horses deserves a combination of national judges, and for sure also a pair of international eyes for this very international field of top young horses. The recent Swedish Breeders Trophy was ones again successful with international judge Isobel Wessels as a part of the judging team.
7 year old horses ready for the final from today’s preliminary round:
(entire collection is online) Small but TOP collection for DWB World Cup Foal Auction
Danish Warmblood Top foals
A small but very exclusive collection of just 11 dressage foals for the upcoming auction during World Cup in Herning.
Focus foal today
This is the best Asgard´s Ibiza foal ever seen. This colt just shows something extra and at the same time with a strong dam line.
For more informations and full collection LINK.
Frydenssangs Imola is a leggy and refined dressage colt with a lovely masculine expression. A foal with open frames and very agile. He has an excellent movement in trot and canter with up-hill tendency and good impulsion.
He is out of well-bred dressage blood and derives from a very successful mare line. This line includes three elite mares within the first four generations and the granddam is also a bronze medal mare. She produced the stallion Hot Shot, which was approved for the stallion performance testing, and the silver medal mares Wrigley’z and Waikita.
Her 3rd dam has produced the elite mare Blue Hors Rositta and the medium level dressage horse Hopkins. The medium level dressage horses Tiki and Smedegaardens Butler also derive from this lineage.
The Grand Prix "PILOT test" for CDI-W London Olympia is now available
Very interesting “new” Grand Prix test
No halt with rein back, very short half passes in both trot and canter, just two extended trot tours, shorter walk tours.
The test is now part of the approved schedule for London Olympia.
DRESSAGE ARENA
14 - 17 October with NRW pre-stallion selection with full live streaming
Nearly 200 young dressage stallions are ready for the pre-selection at NRW
Baccardi is the stallion with most offsprings, a total of 8, while both Benicio, Borsalino and Bon Coeur will be represented with 7 offsprings each.
Full list of stallions for pre-selection here.
The main licensing takes place from 26-28 November at Münster-Handorf.
Schedule:
The entire pre-selection will be available via live stream at Clipmyhorse.
VIDEO - Top Franklin filly is ready for auction at World Cup Herning
Friday 19 October in the afternoon at 16.45 Danish Warmblood will for the first time present World Cup Foal Auction during the World Cup event in Herning.
The first Dressage foal is already online and it is another extraordinary offspring by Franklin.
Worres Nina is a beautiful, light-footed filly with excellent movement, carriage and form.
She is extremely well breed - the father Franklin has already showed that he produces offspring which possesses his own excellent carriage and movement.
The mother Valløs Nikita competed at M level at 6 year, and so did Worres Nina´s halfsister Valløs Natalja, before the went in to breeding.
Grandmother on the mothers side is ERDH mare Nichoel Damgaard who decends from the wellknown Damgaard mareline, which have produced several approved stallions and medal awarded mares.
Nichoel Damgaard ERDH is out of the same mare as Moonlight Damgaard EDH - Silver Medal mare Finette Damgaard ESRDH by Donnavan. Moonlight Damgaard EDH is - among others dam to ERDH hoppen Valløs Finette by Blue Hors Future Cup and to Silver Medal awarded mare Valløs Miss Doolittle SRDH by Dr. Dolittle.
Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final getting closer - just one qualifier in Nürnberg is missing
The list of well known names with young talented horses are nearly completed, as it is only the last qualifier event at Nürnberg end of October before the total field for the prestigious final has been found.
And from the list this year will be without exception - a high quality field of young talented horses under some of the best German riders.
Lately the very well moving KWPN stallion Eclectisch by Olivi under Susan Pape secured a ticket for the final by the qualifier at Schenefeld. The final takes place from 13 - 16 December in Frankfurt.
Neu-Anspach: Thomas Wagner QC Fillipo Niro 72,122%
Verden: Ingrid Klimke Bluetooth 74,707%
Donaueschingen: Isabell Werth Descolari 74,480%
Schenefeld: Susan Pape Harmony´s Eclectisch 73,756%
(Full results) NRW Elite auction - most expensive riding horse sold for 100.000 euros and most expensive foal sold for 20.000 euros
Most expensive riding horse sold for 100.000 euros
Most expensive colt sold for 20.000 euros.
VIDEO - Enjoy the entire testing of 4 year old stallion Springbank II VH by Charlotte Dujardin
Springbank II VH and Severo Jurado Lopez
Yesterday’s top scoring 4 year old stallion Springbank II VH by Skovens Rafael / De Niro was just showing outstanding qualities under World Class rider Charlotte Dujardin,
Vivaldi blood lines tops the OLD Elite Auction
Part of OLD press release
2,5 Mio Euro for Oldenburg Horses
Golden price peaks in Vechta: The Fall Elite Auction shined with brilliant horses and excellent prices. Customers from all over the world secured their future champions in the Oldenburg Horse Center Vechta for 2,5 Mio Euro in total.
The most expensive horse at the 89th Fall Elite Auction at the Oldenburg Horse Center Vechta was Vivat Rex by Vivaldi - Samarant - Rubinstein I, bred by Heinrich Gerriets, Wilhelmshaven. This dancer with awesome movements was sold to customers from the Netherlands for 200,000 Euro. The second most expensive horse Silver Black OLD by Sandro Hit - Donnerhall - Classiker, bred by Georg Sieverding from Emstek, was knocked down by Fabian Kühl for 150,000 Euro. The Brillantring Mare Tara by Tomahawk - Hotline - Rubinstein I, bred by Maike Krause from Hameln, changed hands for 110,000 Euro to Switzerland.
The price statistics of the foal collection was led by Vardy by Vitalis - Florencio I - Feinbrand, bred by Hans and Britta Scherbring from Visbek. This highly noble colt was sold to a well-known stud in Lower Saxony for 120,000 Euro. “Apart from long-term customers we were able to win many new Oldenburg friends who secured their champions for the future in Vechta”, rejoiced Auctioneer Fabian Kühl.
Dujardin testing the 4 year old horses at Swedish Breeders Trophy
For the third year in a row Charlotte Dujardin is test rider at the final for the 4 year old horses at Swedish Breeders Trophy at Flyinge.
10 young horses were qualified for today’s testing. Even though the qualities were somewhat limited from the preliminary round, Dujardin just manage to get the best out of every single horse, and at the same explaining and commenting all the time about what she feels and likes and where she sees the abilities and weaknesses.
From the first part two horses were showing super qualities, the first horse by Blue Hors Don Romantic / Hohenstein. Lovely frame, easy and quick off the ground, super nice contact, scoring 8,5 for ride ability and 9,0 for potential. And then a smaller mare by Skovens Rafael / Quaterback with a bit of not so clear contact, but superb engine and willingness to work combined with lightness for the gaits, as Dujardin prefers, and with the comment we already know from Dujardin “I wanna take her home”.
2nd part with the stallion Demand by Ampere / Blue Hors Don Schufro. Some of the comments from Dujardin during her ride “Great qualities of the transitions, very even in the contact and not “man like” at all, really really impressive - by far my best ride, and big applause for the rider”. (Yvonne Österholm).
Just some of the comments from Dujardin about Springbank II VH “like getting in a Rolls Royce cruising, I just don’t know what to say that´s incredible, love love love him, his the best 4 year old I’ve ever sat on, 10 is just not enough, I give Severo a 10, and I give the breeder a 10, Springbank is my ideal man”.