The buyers of the most expensive foal at tonights HANN auction in Niedersachen Halle was the new cooperation named “Die fünf Fragezeichen” (the five question marks) Dr. Kerstin Klieber & Stefan Sandbrink, Fam. Pistner (QC Flamboyant), Ernst & Rosi Kemper, Helder Carvalho and Falk Schubert (Finch Hatton).
It became a close race in the top today not for Hubertus Schmidt himself as yesterday with top placements for both Denoix and Goldberg, but today Lena Waldmann with Oldenburger stallion Morricone by Millennium / Rubin Royal were pretty close, (from the sideline closer than the scoreboard) with just 2% difference.
Another strong performance from Hubertus Schmidt with Denoix by Destano today. The big stallion has already developed very well throughout this season, and is getting both more strength and experience for the test.
Denoix / Hubertus Schmidt - super presentation with a supple trot tour, with nice expression, super walk tour with nice walk pirouettes, super strong canter tour without any technical issues, super halt for rein back, bit tense rein back with power extension towards halt. 76,951%.
Morricone / Lena Waldmann - super nice overall picture easy and obedient test in a nice natural closed frame, very much to like with super suppleness. Looks like a super rideable high quality stallion also for the future. 75,024%
For both Nicole Wego and Dorothee Schneider it was not their day. Nicole´s horse Budhi got the tongue over the bit and she had to retire, while Dorothee´s Fürst Magic wasn’t that magic today, he started out in canter from the entering halt and more issues crept in during the test, so instead of showing a bad score, Dorothee wisely chose to retire after the final halt.
1st place - Just 9 year young ZINQ Abegglen and getting so much more confident every time. Today fully concentrated in the very windy arena, and showing top qualities all the way with super elasticity and balance, and Marcus is able to ride him in a very light contact all the way and still keeping a lovely collection. From the sideline a clear +75% test today.
2nd place - Dorothee Schneider and Faustus showed a really nice test with highlights for the trot tour with super nice half passes, active piaffe and expressive passage. Good walk tour, an error at the beginning of the one times and bit unbalanced canter pirouettes, the transition to trot at M becomes through a few walk steps.
3rd place - FRH Davinia la Douce with Anabel Balkenhol showed a very nice test. The 12 year old mare by Don Frederico / A Jungle Prince is new at the international level as Balkenhol showed her first time this year at Grand Prix level in Hamburg back in May.
No major technical issues, nice expressive trot tour, good piaffe tours, expressive passage, smaller unbalance going out from the piaffes, good walk, not the biggest walk but nice activity and rhythm, nice canter tour, today with a small error at the end of the two times, and a slightly overturned 2nd pirouette. For sure a very interesting combination to keep an eye on.
See the entire results here.
Danish Warmblood 40 year anniversary will also be part of the upcoming Elite mare and Elite foal show taking place at Vilhelsmborg 24 & 25 August.
Best foals from all over Denmark are gathered
From each of the 7 regions of Denmark, two dressage fillies and two dressage colts are appointed, as well as 1 showjumper filly and 1 showjumper colt foal are appointed from each foal show. Also Norway and Bornholm might contribute with foals for the Elite Show. As the foals are the best of their region, you can expect to see an exquisite collection of foals at Vilhelmsborg.
All selected foals are evaluated on Saturday in their respective heats, and these following four title owners are found:
Best Showjumper Filly Foal
Best Showjumper Colt Foal
Best Dressage Filly Foal
Best Dressage Colt Foal
Auction and huge dinner
On Saturday evening the huge and festive dinner takes place, followed by the Elite Foal Auction where around 60 of the very best foals from the foal shows are up for auction.
The auction lot is revealed during August at our website, showing videos and pedigrees, so keep posted!
The three-course dinner must be ordered and paid in advance, please contact sh@varmblod.dk for further information. At the auction as well as all other events during this show (apart from the dinner) you have free entrance.
Best 2-year-old fillies
From the regional shows and farmers’ exhibition shows all over Denmark the best 2-year-old Danish Warmblood fillies are selected to go to the Elite Mare Show to fight for the titles Best 2-year-old Dressage Filly and Best 2-year-old Showjumper Filly on Sunday. The young dressage mares are shown free in arena during the day, and the young showjumpers are loosejumped in the early Sunday morning.
Medal aspirers – the young newly graded top mares
The young mares aspiring for a medal are exclusively mares with a very good riding test and they are selected to go to this Elite Mare Show by the DWB judges at their mare grading in June or August. A small heat of older performance mares with a passed saddle grading as young, can enter for their own medal class, if they have suffiently high performance results. Among the approx. 40 mares in total, a few – normally around 3-5 mares - get a breeders’ gold medal, some get silver and some get bronze. Among these mares some of the mare seen again as representatives of Danish Warmblood at the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo and Zangersheide and competing at advanced level later in their carrier.
Examples of medal mares competing succesfully in Verden or Ermelo are UNO Donna Unique, Polka Hit Nexen, Fiontina, Fiontini, Svalegårds Terra, Straight Horse Ascenzione, Straight Horse Sezuanna, Delizia, Atterupgaards Delorean, Red Diamant, and Heiline’s Danciera, and in Zangersheide Chinett Ask, Fendi Ask, and HipHop Ask.
The small, but very well-jumping heat of showjumper mares are shown loosejumping on Sunday morning and the dressage mares are shown ridden in the early afternoon. Showjumper Mare of the Year and Dressage Mare of the Year are appointed and honoured.
Join us at Vilhelmsborg – How to get here
Nearest airports:
Aarhus Airport: approx. 1h15 by car
Aalborg Airport: Approx 1h50 by car
Billund Airport: Approx. 1h30 by car
Source: Varmblod.dk
Which team are qualified, and how to be qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a team at the European Championships in Rotterdam.
Denmark just has to be placed as 6th, 7th or 8th in the team competition at the European Championships in Rotterdam to qualify directly to for the Olympics as a team.
At the paper it looks like Denmark, Portugal and Belgium for the final team spots.
Olympics 2020 in Tokyo with the new dressage format
Each team with 3 combinations - no drop score. Each team can bring a reserve combination - can only be used due to medical reasons.
Grand Prix is qualifier for Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix freestyle.
Team medals will be decided after the Grand Prix Special - and only from the Grand Prix Special score. The special test will be performed to music of the rider’s choice - the music will have no bearing on the marks.
Top 8 teams from Grand Prix will be qualified for Grand Prix Special.
The two best-scoring combinations from each group in the Grand Prix, plus the next 6 best combinations across all the groups, will qualify for the grand prix freestyle. Individual Olympic champion after the freestyle.
All informations here - FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games.
In Hagen this year at Future Champions the new format was tested.
More about the details for the new format.
Soon the European Championships comes up, more precisely from 19th August to 25th August
Monday - 19 August
09:00 - Longines FEI European Championships Dressage Grand Prix - Presented by Rabobank - Teams (1st group)
Tuesday - 20 August
08:00 - Longines FEI-European Championships Dressage Grand Prix - Presented by Rabobank Teams (2nd group)
Thursday - 22 August
16:00 - Longines FEI European Championships Dressage Grand Prix Special - Presented by Rabobank
Saturday - 24 August
15:00 - Longines FEI European Championships Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle - Presented by Rabobank
EC Dressage
70 participants from 24 countries signed up for the European Championship Dressage. 14 countries will compete for the team title which currently is in the hands of the German team. Isabell Werth (GER) is the reigning European Champion. Also at the Longines FEI European Championship Dressage presented by Rabobank the countries will compete for Olympic qualifications. Five countries - Germany, Great-Britain, Sweden, The Netherlands and Spain already secured their qualification at the 2018 World Equestrian Games. For the other countries the European Championships are the chance to qualify.
7 year old final with threes strong combinations in top
For the 7 year old final dressage judge Mr. Andrew Gardner was at the microphone with some super explanations and comments after each test. This way of putting on words and describe what the judging team actually found very valuable and also where they’ve made their deductions just make this championships some special and bring the dressage into an even more exciting level.
D´avie and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: Lily Forado
For D´avie and Severo Mr. Andrew Gardner explained that they were not making any deductions for the canter quality itself even though there were a few minor things, those thing were taken into consideration by the submission mark - therefor a clear 10 for the canter.
D´avie 🇩🇪 super start so much expression and quality, smooth supple turns, giving the rein loosing the suspension a bit, good extended walk, super collected walk with very nice pirouettes, good transition to canter, good zigzag, nice extension, superb pirouettes control and quality, bit tension for series, applauding audience for final centerline.
The highest quality marks of the World Championships
For rider Jan Møller Christensen the higheste quality marks will of course be remembered, but his possible “loss” of the gold medal will take a couple of weeks to overcome, he told H2R after the test.
As Jan told at the subsequent press conference when asked about his development with Donkey Boy from 5th place last year to the silver medal this year. “I think the horse just become stronger from last year. Last year he was good, but of course I can feel he is more ready now and he is stronger. With young horses its important to remember that sometimes they are ready, sometimes they are nearly ready, and sometimes they are really ready”.
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen - photo credit: Lily Forado
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy 🇩🇰 good halt, power diagonal slightly wide hind, easy light trot tour, easy coming back from extension, nice contact, top extended walk for 10, better collected walk than for the preliminary test, good pirouettes, nice zigzag (hind for riders aides?) very nice canter pirouette, lost 1st change at C, goes into trot, good 2nd pirouette, nice 4 times, good 3 times, nice halt, applauding audience for the final meters.
Short partnership with huge success
Only since January 2019 Total Hope and Isabel has been partners, and before going to the German selection for this World Championships they won the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal qualifier in Redefin with impressive 77,293%, so they already proved their qualities at this level. For both the preliminary test and the final test they showed strong performances, and unfortunately the subsequent comments did not mention anything about the collected walk tour, which was something very special, when Isabel was able to show such a good quality after a huge supple extended walk tour, without rhythm issues.
Total Hope OLD and Isabel Freese - photo credit: Lily Forado
Total Hope 🇩🇪 not straight into the halt, super swing for trot, could be a bit more uphill, lovely giving the reins, super nice shoulder in and turns, supple half pass, super extended walk, very good collected walk with good pirouettes, super zigzag really change from behind, superb diagonal, becomes slight hind aides into 1st pirouette, better forward flow 2nd, superb big 4 times, super 3 times nice flow forward, super halt.
Well deserved 10 for canter but for sure a 9,5 for walk today as it was todays best and most correct collected walk!
The KWPN stallion Jovian claimed the 5-Year-Old title, the Oldenburg stallion Zucchero topped the 6-year-Old division and the Hannoverian stallion d’Avie returned from his 2018 triumph to star once again as a 7-Year-Old at the Longines FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo (NED) at the weekend. This was the fourth time for the event to be held at the Dutch venue, and next year it will return to Verden in Germany where it was previously staged over a period of 15 years.
It has become a superb testing ground for future champions as horses compete against their peers born in the same year, firstly in a qualifier from which the top 12 qualify directly for the Final while the rest go into a small final from which the top three also make the cut.
5-Year-Olds: An historic number of 10s
Denmark’s Andreas Helgstrand had a glorious weekend when taking gold and bronze in this division. In Saturday’s finale he first competed Queenparks Wendy, a mare by three-time World Breeding Chamionship winner Sezuan, and in a solid test she showed lovely relaxed walk and a canter so uphill it earned a 10 and the temporary lead in the class on a total of 9.42 points.
The sensational breeding stallion Secret, another son of Sezuan, won the qualifier for Sweden’s Jessica Lynn Thomas and was a big audience favourite. But they had to settle for silver when Helgstrand returned to squeeze past them and post the winning score of 9.66 with Jovian. “The trot had so much spring, so much suspension, front and hind matching well”, said judge Maria Schwennesen from Australia.
"We had such a strong group of 5-Year-Olds from our stable that it was hard to say which would do best! I am very happy for my two horses doing clean tests. Jovian has been the easiest horse to ride from the first day he entered our stables. I also want to compliment the jury, and especially their explanatory statement to the audience: critical yet positive, it was perfect!"
Andreas Helgstrand (DEN)
6-Year-Olds: A final with sugar-coating as Zucchero comes out on top
The test for the 6-Year-Old final demands a heightened degree of difficulty, so it sifts out the real potential stars who may well be the Grand Prix horses at the Olympic Games in 2024.
Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg and the Danish Warmblood, Straighthorse Ascenzione, kicked off yesterday morning with a score of 8.94 before The Netherlands’ Bart Veeze and the KWPN stallion Imposantos nearly scored a 10 for walk to total on 9.8. The first to challenge his lead was Helgstrand, this time partnering Zhaplin Langholt which is owned by American Grand Prix rider Charlotte Jorst. The pair were clapped down their final centreline before their mark of 9.34 went up on the leaderboard. And then the Danish rider returned to go even better with his 5-Year-Old champion from last year, Revolution. The arena was hushed as this pair showed superb rhythm and a breath-taking, ground-covering uphill canter, and the trot was rewarded with a 10 for a total final score of 9.44.
However the spectators showed who their favourite was when they cheered Germany’s Frederic Wandres and Zucchero OLD all the way from their final corner to their final halt. “This horse excelled in the flying changes and lateral work, he was the closest to perfection! His future as a dressage horse is bright!” commented the judges after they posted the winning mark of 9.66.
"I have competed here every year, come close twice with fourth place so this is very special! It is a very difficult test, almost a small St Georg and and I knew I had to have the horse really supple and that we must trust each other. I have a strong relationship with Zucchero"
Frederic Wandres (GER)
7-Year-Olds: D’Avie is champion once again
The 7-Year-Olds have to deliver a combination of excellent gaits and precision, with technical scores awarded by two judges along with the conventional five-score assessment of Trot, Walk, Canter, Submission and future Perspective.
If any horse has a stellar pedigree it is Total Hope OLD, a son of Isabell Werth’s super-mare Weihegold OLD and world champion Totilas. An approved stallion ridden by Norway’s Isabel Freese who has been working for Paul Schockemohle in Germany for many years, the black stallion went into the lead on a score of 84.250.
However the pair were overtaken by Denmark’s Jan Moller Christensen and Hesselhoj Donkey Boy who previously took a bronze as a five-year-old. Rewarded a 10 for a huge walk and another for potential, they went out in front when posting 85.02. But last year’s 6-Year-Old champion D’Avie presented a performance that made the audience burst into applause well before the end, and this son of Don Juan de Hus snatched the gold by a whisker when putting 85.107 on the board.
“Of course I felt pressure defending the title, especially when the competition comes so close!” said rider Severo Jurado Lopez, a man who has made something of a habit of great results at these championships down the years.
"My dream is to continue with the education of D’Avie and to keep riding him to the highest level, like I do with Fiontini"
Severo Jurado Lopez (ESP)
explained the Spanish star, referring to the mare with which he won at each level in these Championships and who now looks set for stardom on the big stage.
Full results here
Zucchero OLD and Frederic Wandres - photo credit: Lily Forado
What top of the final for the 6 year old class today
The 5 year old was really extraordinary top quality. Said that the top of the 6 year old class really showed some very interesting horses for the future. This next level is with a more collected work including flying changes, and here you really starting to see the extra qualities or weaknesses.
For the 6 year old final the subsequent live comments were provided from German judge Christoph Hess, always with a good explanation for each mark, even though you might not always agree.
The podium was 🥇Zucchero, 🥈Revolution and 🥉Zhaplin Langholt, but from today’s performances it actually looked like Zhaplin Langholt, Zucchero and Revolution.
🥇Zucchero looks like not just the complete package with 3 super paces, but the willingness and natural power is also part of the package, and when watching him from the pricegivning the piaffe steps seems to available when needed.
Zucchero OLD 🇩🇪 nice from back active trot tour, forward flow for shoulder in, volte, half pass, super extended walk for a 10, but disturb for collected walk - looks like a 9, uphill 1st change with great quality, 2nd clearly from behind change, 3rd change super nice, becomes a bit short into 4th change but very nice, super extended trot, applauding before entering the centerline.
🥈Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand had one to beat Zucchero - the flying changes had to be correct today for the gold. Unfortunately still not 100% in order which was clearly reflected by the submission mark.
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Revolution 🇩🇰 nice entering halt, this is X-factor for the trot tour, super balance, lengthening of the frame for extensions, super balance for shoulder in, volte, and really bend for half passes, bit to much let go of the rein for extended walk tour, very nice active collected walk, could collect a bit more for the pirouettes, super uphill canter, lack more clear flow for 1st change, 2nd better bit behind the hand, super 3rd change, power extension and transition back to collection, not clean 4th change, super extended trot, applauding final centerline.
🥉All time H2R favorite Danish Warmblood young horse is Zhaplin Langholt, so much expression, super balance and top qualities. For the preliminary test it was not a 100% polished test, but that fact Helgstrand also was aware of, and today he produced a test not just for a bronze medal, but more like a gold medal from H2R point of view.
Zhaplin Langholt and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Zhaplin Langholt 🇩🇰 lovely power balanced trot tour nice suspension and flow with nice frame, supple half passes 9,5 for trot from H2R point of view, super walk searching the rein well all the way, good collected walk, small unbalance 2nd walk pirouette, great canter with well performed big changes - 10 for the canter! super diagonal with extended trot, applauding audience. This is a MEDAL
🥇World Champion Jovian with Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
4 x 10 for new World Champion today
Never ever before has the quality of the 5 year old field been that high. Before going in to this final there were at least 8 candidates for the just 3 spots at the podium. Once again the qualities of the horses from Helgstrand Dressage made the head lines, and Helgstrand himself in the saddle always goes for the medals.
“I knew I had to give my absolute best”
“This year it was a really tough competition with so many good horses and riders. Already before the championships has started I knew that the field would be strong, and all horses looked very sharp for the preliminary test Thursday. I only had one way to beat Secret today and that was to give my best together with Jovian, and I knew we had a bit more in the bag for today if everything succeeded. I’m very happy and pleased about my medals for both Jovian and Queenparks Wendy, and very proud of our runner up as 4th for Valverde with Eva Möller, 5th for Springbank II VH with Severo Jurado Lopez and 11th for Espe with Eva Möller”, told Andreas Helgstrand.
Secret and Jessica Lynn Thomas came, saw and nearly conquered - only beaten with 0,02 points - that like a victory.
🥈Secret with Jessica Lynn Thomas - photo credit: Lily Forado
The Sezuan imprint for this 5 year old class was underlined with two medals for his offsprings. Both Sezuan offsprings shows strong basic paces, huge rideability, top expression and high quality for the future.
The bronze medal was won by Danish Warmblood gold medal mare Queenparks Wendy - this girl just want to work and please her rider all the way.
🥉Queenparks Wendy with Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Watch the entire 5 year old final here below.
To watch - move the timeline to minus (-)
🥇 Jovian - move timeline to -1:05.30
🥈 Secret - move timeline to -1:16.30
🥉Queenparks Wendy - move timeline to -2:26.30
Total Hope OLD and Isabel Freese - photo credit: Lily Forado
Straight Horse Ascensione and Helen Langehanenberg - photo credit: Lily Forado
Zhaplin Langholt
Vestervangs Garson with Emma Ahlberg - photo credit: Lily Forado
Strong performances from experienced riders Dorothee Schneider and Adelinde Cornelissen
At first sight Sisters Act with Dorothee Schneider does not look as something special, but this mare is just a proper future Grand Prix horse in the making. The way she is moving, the lightness and the obedience looks like the right combination for the future.
Sisters Act 🇩🇪 / Dorothee Schneider - very light footed trot tour, super collected walk, good extended walk, supple half passes, the quality of the canter is a bit tense, lost balance into 1st pirouette, good half pass and good change, lack bit more clear canter in the pirouette, good half pass with nice change, extended canter lack bit more volume and airtime, good halt.
For the third time in a row Gelder stallion Henkie and Adelinde Cornelissen made it direct to the final. Over all very polished picture in great harmony.
Henkie 🇳🇱 Adelinde Cornelissen - nice halt, well balance and controlled trot tour, collected walk need more collection, super extended walk, super transition at C for canter, nice medium canter, super balanced 1st pirouette, change after half pass late, nice 4 times, lack bit balance 2nd pirouette, nice half pass with good change, good diagonal, good halt.
Both Danish combinations will go to the small final tomorrow
Ryvangs Damon Dione 🇩🇰 Julie Dyrgaard - expressive nice balanced trot tour, good walk tour with nice relaxation for extended walk, need bit more relaxation for the pirouette, error change after 1st half pass, error final change for 4 times, bit 2nd pirouette, lack more balance and carriage, ok 2nd change at centerline, bit tense halt. (placed 21)
Vestervangs Garson 🇩🇰 Emma Ahlberg - very expressive trot, bouncy, good walk lack bit more over track for extended walk, good collection for 1st pirouette becomes bit big, good half pass, bit swing change, error begin of 4 times, becomes bit side wards for 2nd pirouette, swinging towards change at centerline, bit conservative extended canter, open unbalanced halt. (placed 24)
See the full results here.
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy and Jan Møller Christensen - photo credit: Lily Forado
Danish Jan Christensen and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy are back in Ermelo going for the podium
“I entered the arena knowing my horse and his qualities, but from there you really never know what happens. I knew that we were on good form, as Donkey Boy has developed very nicely over the last year, and I didn't feel any kind of technical issues entering this 7 year old quite demanding level”, told a very happy and humble Jan Christensen after his super ride with 10 for both walk and perspective, placing him 2nd right behind D´avie and Severo Jurado Lopez.
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy 🇩🇰 Jan Møller Christensen - power trot tour, supple swinging over the back, the collected walk lack bit more collection, superb extended walk, nice 1st pirouette with good change, loosing a bit the collection on the short side, super big 4 times, good half passes and change on centerline, small lost of balance out of 2nd pirouette, very nice extended canter, nice halt.
Matchball OLD with Stefanie Wolf - photo credit: H2R
One to watch for the second part today was Stefanie Wolf. She is always bringing her horses very well prepared and showing them effortless at their level.
From the selection Matchball OLD was one of the German horses that stood out and he did not disappoint today. Stefanie is showing her horses in a very classic way. Balanced and expressive, and even though Matchball is not with the most expressive neck he is presented in a nice frame and contact all the way.
Matchball OLD 🇩🇪 Stefanie Wolf - very controlled and balanced trot tour, very marked and correct collected walk, nice extended walk small issue into canter instead of trot, active canter pirouette, active 4 times with big changes, superb quality of pirouette to right, very nice half passes with lovely bend and good change at the centerline, good extended canter. Very nice presentation.
D´avie and Severo Jurado Lopez - photo credit: Lily Forado
The stallions dominates
Severo and D´avie is going for the Gold again this year, but not without hard competition.
In the first part Total Hope OLD with Isabel Freese showed that breeding is not a coincidence. The combination of Totilas and Weihegold OLD makes a very attractive horse for both sport and breeding.
The two stallions are very different in types and way of moving and both with top marks and top performances.
D´avie 🇩🇪 / Severo Jurado Lopez - like a cat for the trot tour, bit tension for collected walk, good extended walk, superb frame, good transition at C, huge sit for 1st pirouette, super change, nice half pass small swing before change, error - take self last change for 4 times, good pirouette, nice half pass and change at centerline, good extended canter, bit open halt.
Total Hope OLD 🇩🇪 Isabel Freese - lovely swinging trot tour with super balance, collected walk becomes a bit quick, small disturb end of walk tour, good transition to canter, lots of sit of pirouette, super 4 times, 2nd pirouette lack bit balance, super nice half passes with change at centerline, super extended canter, nice halt.
Super solid performances from Danish riders
Betina Jæger is at start for Germany with Bonderman, and delivered a very solid performance with super control and balance all the way.
Bonderman 🇩🇪 / Betina Jæger - very controlled and balanced trot tour, good quality of the walk tour, good transition to canter, good 1st pirouette nice balance, super half pass and straight change, last change for 4 times with parallel hind, good quality pirouette, super half pass and change on centerline, good diagonal, nice halt.
Anna Zibrandtsen is at start for Denmark representing Danish Warmblood with UNO Don Olympic. A lovely combinations which suits each other so well and makes a beautiful picture, unfortunately the heavy rain and the umbrellas seems to disturb the walk tour today.
UNO Don Olympic 🇩🇰 / Anna Zibrandtsen - nice start, super elastic supple uphill, tense when turning in the walk, looks as if the umbrellas caught the attention, tense walk tour, super nice transition to canter at C, a single parallel jump into first pirouette, nice pirouette, nice half pass and super straight change at centreline, super 4 times uphill with top quality, nice 2nd pirouette, bit conservative extended canter.
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Revolution and Helgstrand in top of the class
Of course Andreas knew it was not a walk in the park to get to the top of the class, so he tried his best. Today the flying changes did not succeed as good as expected, but the basic qualities of Revolution are just special.
Revolution 🇩🇪 Andreas Helgstrand - nice halt, supple expressive trot with nice balance, nice half passes showing good bending with nice flow, superb halt for rein back small tension for rein back, good walk tour could search the bridle bit more, superb canter quality, bit slow 1st change but clear, parallel hind for 2nd change, good transition to trot and nice halt.
Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik with huge imprint
Impressive 3 sons in top of the field by Glock´s Zonik, all with 3 outstanding gaits, lots of expression and format and all with abilities for the big sport.
Imposantos and Feel Free OLD among the top placed
Imposantos with Bart Veeze is imposantos for both trot and walk, but when it comes to the canter, the 3 beat rhythm is just not shown correctly and the forward search is also missing for the entire canter tour.
Imposantos 🇳🇱 / Bart Veeze - good power for the trot tour, bit active mouth, bit unbalanced into half pass to right, good halt with rein back, very good and relaxed walk, lacking a bit more clear beat for the canter, seems a bit hurried, changes ok but lack more expression.
Feel Free OLD with Bernadette Brune showed a very nice performance. It is a very active and forward going horse and looks eager to please her rider. And from the sideline this horse really looks like a future Grand Prix horse, but just not seen or recognised from the judges with just 8,6!
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