2018 with Champion stallions from HANN, OLD and NRW for Helgstrand Dressage
Another top star for Helgstrand Dressage. Lots of power and over view for every presentation. Every time with lovely balance and natural power off the ground from first step.
Reserve champions
This year Westfalen Verband chose to name 3 reserve champions.
No 1 by Apache/Fürst Romancier, no 4 by Baccardi/Laureus and no 50 by Vitalis/Krack C.
The were sold at the auction for 400.000 euros, 370.000 euros and 370.000 euros.
We are very happy to announce that there will be a livestream from Sweden International Horse Show, November 29 - December 2 2018. The stream will be broadcasting all of the events, except FEI World Cup™ Driving that you can follow at FEI TV.
All of the parts that is not broadcasted at SVT will also be available in Sweden. The price for the service is 89 SEK per day or 259 SEK for a full event pass.
You will find the stream at: www.swedenhorseshowlive.com
Sezuan and Patrik Kittel during Danish Warmblood stallion show 2018 - photo credit: H2R
Sezuans Donnerhall (2015) by Sezuan / Sir Donnerhall I
Today with final day at 50-days performance test in Schlieckau in Germany with a final total score of 9,19, with 10 for canter and 9,5 from test rider today.
See the entire results from Schlieckau here.
Both 3 year old and 4 year old winner of 30-days performance test at Danish Warmblood by Sezuan
3 year old So Unique by Sezuan / Donnerhall won the performance test with total of 872,50 points.
While 4 year old Tørveslettens Sylvester won his age group with 870,50 points.
Saturday 1st December and Sunday 2nd December with SAAB top 10 dressage from Stockholm.
The competition will be possible to follow via live stream. Link will be available via H2R calendar.
Spanish dressage legend, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat (52), posted a definitive victory with Delgado when the FEI Dressage World Cup™ visited Madrid, Spain for the very first time today. And host nation riders dominated at this fourth round of the 10-leg 2018/2019 Western European League series when Claudio Castilla Ruiz (35) finished second with Alcaide ahead of Portugal’s Maria Caetano (32) and Coroado in third.
Showing some lovely work with her 11-year-old Lusitano stallion, the Portuguese rider went to the top of the scoreboard with a mark of 77.655 when sixth to go of the 14 starters. And she stayed out in front despite the best efforts of 2016 FEI Dressage World Cup™ champion Hans Peter Minderhoud from The Netherlands when he posted 76.110 with Zinardi in the closing stages.
But Castilla Ruiz raised the temperature dramatically when next into the ring, starting out with one-handed one-tempi changes down the centre line that drew a gasp of amazement from the crowd. He smiled in delight as his impressive 13-year-old stallion showed great activity in his piaffe/passage, and when the Spanish showman completed his test with another display of one-handed control then the audience rose to their feet and roared with approval as he posted the new leading score of 78.915.
Ferrer-Salat’s style has always been more understated, but the level of excellence shown by this consummate horsewoman has brought her many great moments including team silver and individual bronze at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games with the wonderful Beauvalais and individual bronze at the FEI European Championships 2015 with Delgado.
At 17 years of age the Westphalian gelding is now in the twilight of his career, but he showed he’s not finished yet when placing 13th in the Grand Prix Special at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, USA in September. And today he rose to the occasion once again, working in complete harmony with his rider as he pumped out his trademark clockwork passage to post the winning score of 81.285 despite a single error in canter.
When the penultimate partnership of Great Britain’s Richard Davis and Bubblingh retired after the 12-year-old Dutch gelding reared in over-excitement at the start of their test, then the Spanish rider could be seen walking Delgado on a long rein in the warm-up area as they prepared to enter the arena - cool as a pair of cucumbers.
"Before he does his test I always let him walk so he can relax and breathe, and then he’s ready to perform. I talk with him a lot and it’s always a wonderful feeling with him, he trusts me and I trust him!"
Beatriz Ferrer-Salat (ESP)
She is thinking ahead to Delgado’s retirement - “sometime next year, depending on how he feels”, she said. And she has a “very nice nine-year-old” who she hopes will begin to follow in his footsteps at the beginning of next year.
But tonight she was delighted that he performed so well in front of her home crowd once again. “Delgado is very fresh lately and willing to perform - he’s very much with me still and I’m very proud of him!”, Ferrer-Salat said.
The FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League now moves on to Salzburg (AUT) in two weeks’ time.
Result
1. Delgado (Beatriz Ferrer-Salat) ESP 81.285
2. Alcaide (Claudio Castilla Ruiz) ESP 78.915
3. Coroado (Maria Caetano) POR 77.665
Live stream at Clipmyhorse from the final day at the 50-days stallion performance test at Schlieckau with test riding from Tuesday morning at 8:00.
See the entire catalog of stallions here.
Enthusiastic audience for World Cup Dressage the first time in Madrid
Top routine and high degree of difficulty for Spanish Beatrice Ferrer-Salat with her 17 year old Delgado.
Today’s biggest smile was definitely from Spanish Claudio Castilla Ruiz when performing his top test with Alcaide.
Hans Peter Minderhoud struggled going into the one times where Zanardi seems to misunderstand the aides and goes into trot, and Minderhoud has to do a circle to get into the canter again and continue for the one times. Costly error today which kept him off the podium.
See the entire results here.
Benjamin Werndl and Famoso OLD winner of Deutschen Bank Preis, Grand Prix Special. Foto: Sportfotos-Lafrentz.de
9 year old Famoso OLD with international Grand Prix Special win
“I have a very special horse with Famoso OLD, and it is now up to me to continue this development”, Benjamin Werndl told after today’s international debut Grand Prix Special victory with impressive 76,766% on home soil in Olympiahalle in Munich.
Lovely test with lots of natural power and energy, tiny tensions for the first two piaffe tours, and a few tensions behind for the canter tour in the corners, otherwise a smooth easy test with great expression and go all the way.
See the entire results here.
Click at the link below, and move the time line to 1.48.20 to watch Beatrice with Delgado.
See the results of the Grand Prix here.
Top price - sold for 180.000 euros
Gigabyte - the new OLD Champion stallion
Even though the new OLD Champion stallion is registered in Oldenburger Verband, it is very much Danish Warmblood, as the entire dam line is Danish Warmblood, and the stallion is bred by long time Danish Warmblood breeder Henrik Hansen.
Gigabite as the stallion is named showed himself with convincing qualities from the first step over all the days and was from day 1 the Champion stallion.
Oldenburgs Breeding Director Dr. Wolfgang Schulze-Schleppinghoff about the Champion Stallion: “This son of Grand Galaxy Win T is a very successful mix of the best dressage bloodlines in Europe. The black stallion has developed excellently since the pre-selection. His movement, especially that he showed during lunging, is not much better. In the trot he has shown impressive dynamics and enormous power from the hind leg. His movement trough the body is nearly perfect, so we could only honored this with a 10,0. A correctly made stallion, nice in the type characteristic, from which we will hopefully see many offspring."
During the stallion licensing HH Horses and Helgstrand Dressage sold a part to Paul Schockemöhle, and Gigabyte will in 2019 be stationed at Schockemöhle in Germany.
Blue Hors Zackerey - pure Danish Warmblood product of best qualities
Premium stallion and rewarded with Danish Warmblood breeders medal of gold, and now as first ever Danish Warmblood stallion the new Main Premium Champion.
Blue Hors Zackerey is bred by Tove and Ove Møller Nørgaard and owned by Stud Blue Hors. Zackerey is right now under education by Blue Hors rider Daniel Bachmann Andersen.
Total list of licensing results:
Just 0,5% between victory and 2nd place today
Today’s international Grand Prix for Grand Prix Special became a very close race.
Not unexpected Hubertus Schmidt showing a very strong performance with the young stallion Escolar this morning in Munich. Nothing seems to be a challenge during the test, and Hubertus is able to adjust whenever it is necessary. Easy and effortless with a happy athlete.
International 75% debut for Werndl with Famoso OLD
Today’s big surprise and with Benjamin Werndl with his also just 9 year old gelding Famoso OLD by Farewell III. They just entered the international Grand Prix scene with a solid well performed and expressive 75,413% test today. Lovely power expression all the way, nice suppleness through out the test, just a small issue for the zig-zag canter. Super nice piaffe / passage tours, nice activity and balance, nice series and good pirouettes.
The overall picture was very confident and with huge overview.
See the entire results here.
Favorite from H2R - no 68 by Grand Galaxy Win / Don Schufro / Rawage Quintus
Day 1 at OLD licensing with presentation on hard surface and lunging of the stallions
Lunging of the stallions - dressage stallions starts with catalog no 40. Unfortunately there is no video of one of the highlights no 50 by Diamond Hit / Fürst Heinrich / Don Schufro (Weihegold OLD).
No 56 by Floriscount / De Niro / Matcho AA showed himself with very nice balance. Looks like a top price for the auction.
From the stallions which we haven’t been able to watch before no 68 by Grand Galaxy Win / Don Schufro / Rawage Quintus looked like a top stallion. Super expressive, modern, long legged and supple mover. Bred by Danish HH Horses, and owned by HH Horses & Helgstrand Dressage. He will not be at the auction.
Also no 81 by Veneno / Don Romantic / Sandro Hit showed great qualities for the lunging today.
The two other “Danish” stallions showed themselves very nicely - no 42 by Bon Coeur / Caprimond, bred by Stutteri Atterupgaard, and Danish Warmblood no 80 by Sezuan / Don Romantic, bred by JJ Horses. No 80 will be available via the auction.
Tomorrow at 2 p.m. the dressage stallions will be presented free, and later with the announcement of the licensing.
Full live stream via Clipmyhorse from KWPN pre-selection of stallion for the main licensing taking place from 30th January - 2nd February 2019.
4 year old Jameson RS2 by Blue Hors Zack / Negro with Marieke van der Putten in the saddle continues his success. Yesterday winning with a total score of 92 points - walk 8,5 - trot 9,0 - canter 10 - harmony 9,0 - total impression 9,5. (From H2R point of view the 10 for the canter is not as obvious as rewarded).
5 year old Imposantos by Wynton / Krack C with Bart Veeze winner with 89 points - walk 9,0 - trot 9,0 - canter 8,5 - harmony 9,0 - total impression 9,0. (From H2R point of view over all picture is lacking more lightness and self carriage).
6 year old Hermes by Easy Game / Flemmingh with Dinja van Liere winner with 87 points. Unfortunately it was not possible to hear the individual marks. But an over all very nice balanced test, showing very nice half passes and super easy flying changes.
See the entire results here.
Photo: © Beelitz
The highlight of the year is now only a few days away: at the Oldenburg Licensing, which will be held from November 22nd to 24th, you will find outstanding stallions for dressage and show jumping. Only the cream of this year’s crop was admitted to the Oldenburg Licensing.
If you can’t make it to Vechta personally, you can watch the Oldenburg Licensing live on the Internet. You can go directly to the livestream from the home page of the Oldenburg website www.oldenburger-pferde.com.
As of Thursday morning, there will be a livestream of the Stallion Days on the home page of the Oldenburg website. During the event, it will also be possible for you to view archive videos of tests already taken in the scope of licensing from the stallions for sale. You can also use the following link to go to the archive: https://oldenburger-pferde.net/front_content.php?idart=793&changelang=2
The livestream on the Internet will show all licensing tests as well as the award of premiums.
The auction and the Oldenburger Hengst-Gala [Oldenburg Stallion Show] will not be broadcast on the Internet.
The Oldenburg Licensing begins on Thursday, November 22nd, at 11:00 a.m. with an inspection on hard ground. Starting at 2:00 p.m., the stallions will begin the second stage of the test, lunging.
On Friday, November 23th, the stallions will show off in their parade disciplines. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the jumper stallions will present themselves in free jumping. As of 2:00 p.m., the dressage stallions will demonstrate their fascinating movement quality while running loose. On Friday evening, after announcement of the licensing, it is party time in Vechta. We would like to celebrate with you and a DJ in the big tent next to our arena.
Saturday, November 24th, is a day full of highlights. The day begins at 9:30 a.m. with the exciting award of premiums and selection of the Champion Stallions. At 11:00 a.m. the best four-year old stallions that have presented their first crop in an offspring inspection will compete for the Main Premium. Starting at 1:00 p.m. the exciting Oldenburg Stallion Market Auction will begin in which licensed stallions as well as stallions not licensed will be for sale. These spectacular days are concluded Saturday afternoon by the magnificent Oldenburg Stallion Show, which will start around 4:30 p.m. Newcomers and old masters from famous stallion stations will enchant viewers in a unique, joint presentation.
Champion stallion:
Most expensive dressage stallion sold for 35.000 euros by Bon Coeur / Quadroneur (not licensed).
She has won everything there is to win in her sport, many times over, but there was a huge sense of achievement for Germany’s Isabell Werth (49) when she steered Bella Rose to victory in the third leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League at the German Masters in Stuttgart (GER) today.
"This was her last show before her injury four years ago, so to come back today and to win like this is something special!"
Isabell Werth (GER)
said the super-champ who scooped double-gold with the 14-year-old mare at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, USA two months ago.
On a day when Germany dominated the podium as Werth’s Rio 2016 Olympic gold-medal-winning team-mate, Dorothee Schneider (49), finished second with Sammy Davis Jr and 2013 FEI Dressage World Cup™ champion Helen Langehanenberg (36) lined up third with Damsey, spectators were treated to a feast of top sport. And the fourth-place finish for Denmark’s Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Blue Hors Zepter was another highlight. Not only was the 10-year-old stallion competing in his very first World Cup competition but he was also doing his very first Freestyle test, yet he was relaxed, confident and full of promise for even greater things to come.
From the outset there was a big buzz in the Schleyer Halle, with The Netherlands’ Emmelie Scholtens and Desperado, who finished last of the 14 starters in yesterday’s Grand Prix, bouncing back to set the standard with a nice pathfinding test at 75.365. Marie Emilie Bretenoux and the expression-filled Quartz of Jazz from France kept spectators spellbound with their intriguing floorplan for a mark of 75.225, and then seven-time Olympian, Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven, pushed the target score up to 79.670 with the veteran Don Auriello.
But Germany’s Benjamin Werndl was the first-half show-stealer when, last before the break with the 14-year-old gelding Daily Mirror, he carried the crowd through a test that oozed energy and excitement to throw down a new marker at 80.340.
With extraordinary accuracy and control, Langehanenberg went into the lead when posting 81.470 when fourth-last to go, and she was still out in front when Bachmann Andersen put 81.190 on the board. But it was compatriot Dorothee Schneider’s 81.840 that Werth was chasing when last into the arena. And she nailed it by a considerable margin, posting 85.660 despite one major blip.
"She was a bit tense in the canter work and I got behind the music, so I had to push it and that was the reason for the mistake in two-tempis!"
Isabell Werth (GER)
But as the athlete who has collected eight World Championship and six Olympic gold medals pointed out, “she was brilliant again for the rest of the test. The piaffe/passage couldn’t have been better and her half-pass extensions were super!” she said, and that was borne out by the number of maximum scores she earned from the judges which put the result beyond doubt.
Today was some busy day for the defending series champion who will be going for a back-to-back hat-trick of wins, and her fifth in total, at the Final in Gothenburg (SWE) next April. It began with a practice ride at 06.00 and then a win riding Emilio, with whom she topped the qualifier in Lyon (FRA) two weeks ago, in this morning’s German Dressage Masters before flying to Northern Germany for an awards ceremony and then rushing back to compete in this afternoon’s FEI World Cup qualifier.
Werth however seems to thrive on pressure, and she really wanted to show the home crowd that her precious mare is back to her best after that long four-year injury break during which she was patiently nursed back to full health. “It was a special situation and a special atmosphere here today, the arena was absolutely full of spectators and a lot of horses were tense and spooky, but Bella Rose was fantastic, she really wanted to give everything, she was just brilliant!” Werth said.
The Western European League series now moves on to Madrid (ESP) next weekend.
Watch highlights here
Results
1. Bella Rose (Isabell Werth) GER 85.660
2. Sammy Davis Jr (Dorothee Schneider) GER 81.840
3. Damsey FRH (Helen Langehanenberg) GER 81.470
10 year old Faustus with Dorothee Schneider
15 times German Masters title for Isabell Werth and 3rd for Emilio
Unbelievable achievements for the Queen of Dressage Isabell Werth winning her 15th German Masters title today. Strong test with just tiny issues.
Comments during the test:
Emilio GER - Super start, power balanced diagonal, supple half pass left, super transition to passage, regular passage with lovely suspension, well balanced half pass to right nice uphill, good walk, lack tiny more forward search for 1st piaffe, bit unbalanced / bit hind aides 2nd piaffe, zigzag canter with small unsteady balance in the contact, nice 2 times, nice 1 times, nice balance / control for both pirouettes, nice 9 one times, transition to trot could be a bit more smooth, good final. 79,872%
Otto-Lörke-Preis 2018 winner
The Otto-Lörke-Preis is rewarded to the best 8-10 year old Grand Prix horse in Germany. This year well deserved honor for Dorothee Schneider with Faustus. It was the forth time for Dorothee Schneider winning this prestigious title.
Comments during the test:
Faustus GER - nice start, easy diagonal, supple half pass with nice flow to left, lovely side picture of the passage, easy in and out of extended trot tours, super half pass to right, tiny canter moment for final extension, good extended walk but could show bit more over the back, nice collected walk, good power for 1st piaffe, super out, 2nd very nice with good transition, super transition to canter direct from passage, super series, super extended canter, very nice pirouettes where Faustus keeps the rhythm and elasticity every stride, bit stocked transition to trot, lack bit more power clear flow for final centerline. 76,426%.
World Cup debut is planned for Faustus and Dorothee Schneider in Salzburg.
3rd today:
Zaire GER - power start, super expression, very nice passage tours, slightly over power for extensions and with a small canter, small unbalanced step for extended trot, good walk, tensions for 1st piaffe, nice transition out, super expressive passage, 2nd piaffe nice, lack bit more clear transition to canter, very nice zig-zag canter, nice 2 times but could show more suppleness from hind, ok 1 times bit tensions, super extension but could show more suppleness coming back for change, small error begin 1 times, nice control pirouettes, super nice transition to trot, not balanced extended trot bit uneven front, nice final centerline. 75,809%
See the entire results here.
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