A star-studded field of young stallions will start their stallion performance test in Denmark Monday.
VIDEO - Blue Hors Don Olymbrio and Daniel Bachmann Andersen showing top form at home soil
78,043% - strong CDI3 Grand Prix test and super timing once again from Daniel Bachmann
Daniel and Don O made sure that it was the Danish national anthem for the first dressage competition at the international event in Herning this weekend. Nice motivated, controlled and expressive test where Daniel is able to adjust things along the test and keeping a very nice balance and expression all the way.
Back in the saddle of Belstaff is Helgstrand Dressage rider Betina Jæger. They really fit each other and makes a nice powerful picture, Belstaff has been back at Helgstrand since end of the summer, and Betina really shows him with great qualities all the way, and Betina is able to produce each exercise with power from the hind quarters. This combination could really be very valuable for next years Olympics for Denmark.
Routined German rider Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier is struggling to keep the piaffe tours together and also the weak walk tour makes some kind of limitation for Fabregaz.
Placed 5th today was Danish Helene Melsen with Aston Martin. A clearly much better over all picture and more balanced as we’ve seen them lately. Unfortunately Danish judge at M Lone Dichmann saw the combination as no 12, while they were placed 3 - 5 - 7 - 6 by the other 4 judges.
H2R comments during the top 3 tests:
Blue Hors Don Olymbrio 🇩🇰 bit unbalanced into halt, good diagonal, nice uphill half passes, super halt with rein back, good diagonal with nice power, good transition to passage, good piaffe with nice transitions, could show a tiny more activity for the piaffe but super timing, nice relaxation for extended walk with good ground cover, good collected walk, direct to passage, tiny forward trend 2nd piaffe good rhythm, nice smooth transitions, good transition to canter, huge 2 times uphill just 2 x 9!, nice extended canter, superb zigzag, superb 1 times, bit unbalanced 1st pirouette, small 2nd pirouette lack maybe 1 canter stride, power diagonal, super final centerline - THAT´S HOW TO DO A GP TEST!
Belstaff 🇩🇰 - very nice halt, good diagonal with nice balance and power, nice supple super crossing half passes, good halt with rein back, good diagonal, bit hard into passage, good passage, small disturb piaffe, good transitions, huge relaxed walk, bit tense end of collected walk, good 2nd pi/pa tours, good transition to canter, 2 times need bit more forward flow, nice extended canter with super change, smooth well managed zigzag, good 1 times, super nice pirouettes, good transition to trot, nice diagonal, active off the ground passage, piaffe with hindquarters bit out to left at centerline.
Fabregaz GER - good halt, nice extensions, lack bit more carriage and bend for half passes, good halt but dragging rein back, good extension, good passage, some resistance for piaffe very much forward, lack clear transition out, short extended walk, lack clear beat for collected walk, bit late transition to passage, stops for piaffe and very limited activity for the piaffe, good 2 times, good zigzag but lack bit more suppleness, good flow for one times, super nice quality 1st pirouette a clear 9! 2nd not with same form and quality but still nice, good extension, best piaffe for the final centerline, good passage and nice transitions.
You can find more running comments at H2R Facebook here.
Full results here.
Adjusted pilot project of shorter Grand Prix for CDI-W at Olympia
Last year a shorter Grand Prix test was introduced for CDI-W at London Olympia, and it was clearly a test lacking more flow and the lines also came out a bit odd.
When reading this adjusted test it makes much more sense, and look like it brings a very nice and natural flow. The most demanding part is the 11 one times at the centerline between two pirouettes, but same line as for Grand Prix Special where there are only 9 one times.
Very interesting if this will be the future of the championship Grand Prix.
FEI press release - Eleven legs on the road to Las Vegas 2020 Final
Denmark’s Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Blue Hors Zack will be chasing down a back-to-back victory on home ground at the opening leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Western European League 2019/2020 in Herning, Denmark this weekend. (FEI/Liz Gregg)
Hot on the heels of a super summer of sport, culminating in the edge-of-the-seat excitement of the FEI European Championships in Rotterdam (NED) in August, the best horse-and-rider combinations from all across Western Europe are ready to rock-n-roll when the new-season FEI Dressage World Cup™ series kicks off in Herning, Denmark this weekend.
This first leg of the 2019/2020 league has attracted a stellar cast of 21 riders from 10 countries including the host nation’s Daniel Bachmann Andersen who will partner the one-eyed wonder-stallion Blue Hors Zack with which he is ranked sixth in the world, and with which he pinned Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg and Damsey into runner-up spot at this opening fixture 12 months ago.
The Dane also concluded last season’s qualifying rounds with victory in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED) in March where Langehanenberg again had to settle for second place. But the German star turned the tables at the 2019 finale in Gothenburg (SWE) in April when she made it to the third step of the podium on the last day while her Danish rival just missed out when finishing fourth. The game of cat-and-mouse between these two super-talents and their horses will resume when the Grand Prix gets underway in Herning on Saturday, 19 October, at 13.00 local time.
The strong Danish contingent will also include Agnete Kirk Thinggaard and JoJo Az who helped claim European team silver two years ago in Gothenburg (SWE) along with Anna Kasprazak riding Rock Star, and Cathrine Dufour who is ranked seventh in the world with her top ride, Atterupgaards Cassidy. This time out Dufour will partner the considerably younger Bohemian, who helped secure second place in the hotly-contested Dressage Nations Cup at Aachen (GER) in July when competing alongside Kirk Thinggaard and Bachmann Andersen.
However the German presence will be a powerful one, as Langehanenberg, series champion in 2013 and runner-up in 2012 and 2014 with the great Damon Hill, will be backed up by compatriots Frederic Wandres and Benjamin Werndl who both made their mark on last season’s Western European League. Werndl steered Daily Mirror to victory in Salzburg (AUT) in December and Wandres followed suit with the aptly-named Duke of Britain at Olympia in London (GBR) a few weeks later where he pinned home heroine, Charlotte Dujardin riding Hawtins Delicato, into runner-up spot.
Dujardin of course is one of the biggest draws in this sport, having set so many world records scores during her spectacular partnership with the now-retired and still much-loved Valegro with whom she claimed the FEI Dressage World Cup™ title in 2014 and again the following year. The British rider has stated her aim to qualify for the 2020 Final and may line out at the second leg of the new series in Lyon (FRA) next month, and at her hugely popular home fixture in London Olympia in December so that should send a ripple of excitement through her huge fan-base.
It’s going to be full-on from the outset this season, with Stuttgart (GER) hosting the third leg, also in November, and Madrid (ESP), Salzburg (AUT), London Olympia (GBR) and Mechelen (BEL) all taking place in December
Round eight in Amsterdam (NED) will get the new year off to a great start and then it will be on to Neumunster (GER) and Gothenburg (SWE) in February before ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED) brings this qualifying series to a close in March. After that it will be all eyes on the Final which returns to Las Vegas (USA) for the fifth time.
The very first FEI Dressage World Cup™ champion was a Dane, Anne-Grethe Jensen who stormed to victory with Marzog in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED) in 1986, and some years later she reflected on the effect of that success which led to a rapid expansion of the sport in her home country. Dujardin’s charming partnership with Valegro has also inspired more than one new generation of young female athletes right across the globe, and more recently Judy Reynolds has done the same.
The Irish rider and her brilliant little horse Vancouver K finished fourth at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final in Omaha (USA) in 2017 and have been smashing national records ever since. And this summer they led the very first Irish team in the history of the sport to Olympic qualification with a series of extraordinary results at the European Championships. The knock-on effect has been increased membership of the national governing body and a huge rise in entries for the recent National Championships at which over 700 tests were ridden over three days.
Reynolds has also confirmed that she will compete in the Western European League over the coming months as she prepares for Tokyo 2020, but everyone knows there’s really only one rider they all have to beat. And that is Germany’s Isabell Werth.
It’s 27 years now since this legendary lady won her first FEI Dressage World Cup™ title in Gothenburg (SWE) riding Fabienne. And, with a hat-trick of wins with her 2016 Olympic team gold-medal-winning mare Weihegold over the last three seasons, and sweeping all before her at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ and again at this year’s FEI European Championships with her other mare Bella Rose, she’s like an unstoppable train.
As defending champion she just has to compete twice with whichever horse she would like to take to the 2020 Final. But for all the other Western European League contenders the road to Las Vegas begins this weekend, and good results will be key to their journey every step of the way.
Don’t miss a hoofbeat….
Western European League Calendar here
Masterlist for Leg 1, Herning here
HANN stallions for licensing and auction 23 - 26 October
No 54 - by Cadeau Noir / Licosto - photo: Ernst
H2R favourites:
Impossible to get the full picture from videos with only trot and walk by hand, but very exciting first impressions from the stallions selected below.
3 attractive Ibiza boys showing modern types, with suppleness and movements off the ground.
No 45 - super supple with very interesting blood combination.
No 53 - not a super modern type, but a dream of a sport horse.
No 54 - lots of stallion look, with superb suppleness in the body for both the trot and walk.
No 73 - long legged modern super mover.
No 82 - exciting stallion with top modern type and super blood combination.
No 101 - top mover but not the most modern type and attractive confirmation.
No 103 - super supple boy, at the moment he is lacking a bit more stallion expression. Very interesting blood combination with Vitalis x Fürstenball.
No 104 - one of the most expressive and modern stallions for the collection.
See the full collection here.
VIDEOS - winners of Danish national Young Horse Championships 2019
4 year old winner Kardieno by Dante Weltino / Parcival with Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard - photo credit: Mia Bach/Helgstrand Dressage
5 year old winner Queenparks Wendy by Sezuan / Soprano with Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Mia Bach/Helgstrand Dressage
6 year old winner Revolution by Rocky Lee / Rouletto with Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit Mia Bach/Helgstrand Dressage
Hesselhøj Donkey Boy by ERA Dancing Hit / Milan with Jan Møller Christensen.
45 young dressage stallion selected for OLD licensing 21 - 23 November in Vechta
“Danish” stallions selected:
Nr. 180 by Revolution / Belstaff / Londonderry bred by Sally Schultz, DEN - also selected.
Top comments for this years Danish national championship finals for young horses
Future young horse championships with top riders as part of the judging teams
The absolute top sport was of course the main thing, but said that the comments during each test at live stream by Zibrasport was just outstanding.
Daniel Bachmann Andersen was the anchorman, first with international judge Susanne Baarup for the 4 year old final and then with Daniels rider colleague Mette Svare Ehlers for 5 year old, 6 year old and 7 year old finals.
It just brought the entire championships into a higher level following the professional, very knowledgeable and super sharp comments. Daniel bringing his experience direct to the viewers together with the judging angle from first Susanne Baarup at 4 year old final, and then Mette Svare Ehlers bringing the theory, education scale, balance, tact, self carriage etc.
More times Daniel and Mette did not agree about the judging, and Daniel pointed out more specific issues that the judges didn't take into account when giving the points, or at least they did not point it out for the subsequent comments about each combination.
It was also very interesting to hear Daniel when he a few times got a bit annoyed about riders bringing their young horses for the finals when they rather should have kept them home in order to prepare or build them up for the job, than just bringing them along knowing they were not ready.
Also great with the extra eye for Grand Prix potential, and sometimes telling about which horses he would love to try, and for those not show the greatest potential today, but nevertheless showed clear basic paces and rideability, where Daniel pointed out the natural develop over time and through that, hopefully being able to make the horse more supple and showing more expression.
It is obvious that the top riders can bring something extra for the judging of the young horses, and they really have the words in their power when speaking / explaining from their own experiences.
For Danish Warmblood Young Horse Championship finals taking place during the stallion licensing in March 2020 where Daniel is going to do the test riding of the best 24 young horses, he will do his comments while riding each horse in Danish, and for the foreign audience it will be possible to listen to English speak (running translation of Daniels comments while testing each horse).
Top price 140.000 euros at HANN Elite auction for top horse by Livaldon / Longchamp
The absolute best horse sold to Spain for 140.000 euros.
Young stallions:
Top price sold for 52.000 euros by Fürstenball / Laurentio
VIDEOS - 5 year old and 6 year old qualifier today at Danish national Young Horse Championships
Queenparks Wendy and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
For the commentator spots at live stream provided by Zibrasport were Danish international top rider Daniel Bachmann Andersen from stud Blue Hors and his former colleague breeding consultant Karsten Pedersen.
Daniel was very informative and clear in his opinion about each horse, giving a good explanation and adding his personal experiences. It was very interesting also to hear both Daniel and Karstens opinions about the entire format for these championships, as they were questioning about the differences in the judging from each qualifier, and then without 2nd round with selection before going into the finals.
The finals are the first indoor event for the young horses of the year, and for more riders it became kind of a challenge keeping the horses relaxed and focused on the job in the impressive surroundings.
A 2nd qualifier would for sure have been nice for the combinations not directly qualified for Sunday´s finals, while the young horses then got one more opportunity in the arena with the possibility to qualify for the final.
Helgstrand Dressage medal horses did not disappoint
When Mr. Helgstrand himself put on his competition clothes he is going for the victory. Today with a busy and successful day winning both preliminary tests for 5 year old and 6 year old.
5 year old
Danish Warmblood mare Queenparks Wendy by Sezuan / Soprano was dancing through the test without any technical issues. From H2R point of view the trot tour became a bit forced for some moments. The golden boy KWPN stallion Jovian came second today with a bit of tensions but still so much power and quality. Severo and Swedish bred Springbank II VH showed great form today with no marks under 9,0!
H2R Personal favorites Elverhøjs Raccolto by Sezuan / Sandro Hit with Meike Lang and Eternity by Escolar / Sir Donnerhall I with Cathrine Dufour came 5th and 10th today. Both girls showing their horses in the best way nice and easy, in a good balance and accurate all the way. Very disappointing scoring though for Eternity and Dufour the walk just scored with 6,0! and the rideability with only 8,8 - it clearly looked like a 10 as Eternity was very attentive, super balanced and all the way in a beautiful frame.
The full results here.
6 year old class with a strong top 3
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Lily Forado
Revolution and Helgstrand showed a strong performance with lot of power and well balanced. Still the flying changes are lacking a bit more fluency.
The stunning mare Atterupgaards Delorean with Selina Vittinghus in the saddle showed a super performance even though the overall all picture became with a bit of tensions.
Favour Gersdorf with Nadja Sloth also showed a strong performance without any technical issues. The weakest pace was the canter today.
The entire results from the 6 year old qualifier here.
VIDEOS - Kardieno and Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard winner of 4 year old preliminary test today
Kardieno by Dante Weltino / Parcival and Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard - photo credit: Helgstrand Dressage
22 best combinations from today’s preliminary 4 year old test are ready for Sunday´s final
Today 38 combinations were ready for the preliminary test at Danish national YH championship at Blue Hors.
Winner:
2nd place: Suarez with Mette Sejbjerg Jensen
Suarez by Sezuan / Desperados and Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen/Danish Warmblood stallion licensing 2019. Photo: H2R
3rd place:
4th place:
Here you find all detailed results from today’s class.
D´avie (video) and Hesselhøj Donkey Boy keep their positions from WCYH for preliminary test today
10 best 7 year old combinations ready for Sunday´s final at Danish federation national championship.
Here you find the detailed scoring.
Dujardin getting ready for FEI World Cup season 2019/2020
PRESS RELEASE - CDI-W LYON
THE FEI DRESSAGE WORLD CUP: THE CLASH OF THE QUEENS
Their male counterparts had better watch out! The FEI Dressage World Cup leg in Lyon, organised as part of the Longines Equita Lyon Concours Hippique International (30 October to 3 November), will offer its loyal public a line-up of riders, and in particular of lady riders, which has rarely been seen at a French dressage show.
Charlotte Dujardin at the FEI World Cup leg in Lyon for the first time
The last (and only) time she appeared in the main arena at Lyon-Eurexpo was back in 2014, at the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, organised by Sylvie Robert’s team. And it was in Lyon that the English rider, at that time partnered by her legendary Valegro, won her first Final. Charlotte Dujardin, two-time winner of the title (Lyon 2014, Las Vegas 2015), three-time Olympic champion (team and individual medallist in London in 2012 and individual medallist in Rio in 2016), World champion in 2014, and five times gold medallist in a European Championship between 2011 and 2015, has made the 2019-2020 FEI Dressage World Cup her objective this winter. After a curtailed European Championship in 2019, where with Mount St John Freestyle she nevertheless beat her own record in the Grand Prix (81.91%), ‘Queen Charlotte’ is aiming to qualify her young ten-year-old mare for the 2020 Final in Las Vegas. Since her titles in Lyon in 2014 and Las Vegas in 2015, Charlotte Dujardin has only competed in three FEI World Cups: London in 2015 and in 2018, and Amsterdam in 2016. This season she should appear on at least three occasions, including Lyon.
Is Isabell Werth, one of our most loyal riders, heading for a fifth victory in Lyon?
Just as the Lyon ring brought success for the English rider Charlotte Dujardin, other riders have succeeded her since 2014 and in particular Germany’s Isabell Werth. Winner of the FEI World Cup leg in Lyon in 2010, then in 2016, 2017 and 2018, this legend of equestrian sport has nothing but praise when speaking of the only French leg on the circuit. She was also the ‘patron’ of the candidacy of the show, when Sylvie Robert’s team was applying to the FEI to organise a Dressage World Cup. In 2019, the German team is sending another of its brilliant ambassadors in the form of Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, who won the bronze medal this summer at the European Championships, and will also be appearing at the Longines Equita Lyon Concours Hippique International. She will be riding Zaire-E, the horse with which she came second at the FEI World Cup leg in Budapest, at the end of September.
Serious competitors also to be found on the men’s side
Dutchman Hans Peter Minderhoud, the winner of the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in 2016, is expected in Lyon, along with his fifteen-year-old stallion, Glock’s Zanardi. Sweden’s Patrik Kittel, another horseman loyal to the Lyon leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup, will be riding his gelding Delaunay OLD, the horse with which he leapt up the world rankings this month (from the twentieth to the thirteenth position). The combination also won the FEI World Cup leg in Budapest, ahead of Jessica von Bredow-Werndl.
French riders headed up by Morgan Barbançon-Mestre
In the Hungarian World Cup leg in Budapest, Kittel was the winner, Germany’s Von Bredow- Werndl was second and Mestre came third. Riding Sir Donnerhall II OLD, she finished in the Grand Prix Freestyle with a record score for the combination: 77.75%! Morgan and ‘Gus’ (the affectionate nickname given to the stallion by his rider) will head up a major French delegation in Lyon. The audience at the Longines Equita Lyon Concours Hippique International will have the chance to show their support for Stéphanie Brieussel and Amorak, Anne-Sophie Serre and Actuelle de Massa, and Alexandre Ayache with Zo What.
11, 12 and 14 October with OLD stallion pre-selection in Vechta
3 intensive stallion pre-selection days starts tomorrow in Vechta
List of stallions Danish bred or Danish owned presented for the OLD licensing commission:
Full list of stallions for the pre-selection here.
Interesting to see which horses dominates the WBFSH World Ranking list
Notes about DWB
Atterupgaards Cassidy, Gørklintgårds Dublet and Glock´s Zonik N.O.P. all are well known at the list with both breeders, owners and riders.
Rossetti by Glock´s Romanov / Midt-West Ibi-Light ridden by Finnish Henri Ruoste and former ridden by Danish Jan Møller Christensen. Breeder: ELSEBETH LYKKE ANDERSEN, NÆRUM (DEN9.
Fleraro by Flemmingh / Royal Z I ridden by Ukrainian Inna LOGUTENKOVA, BREEDER: KIRSTEN CHRISTENSEN OG PALLE V. NIELSEN, GRENAA (DEN).
May-Day Graftebjerg by Dream of Heidelberg / Vemmetofte Rainman ridden Danish Carina Cassøe Krüth, BREEDER: ARNE BJERG NIELSEN, NYKØBING SJÆLLAND (DEN).
CDI-W and CDI3 entries for Herning DEN 16 - 20 October
CDI-W:
CDI3:
HUSK i dag er sidste dag for tilmelding til årets egnethedstester
Daniel Bachmann Andersen er testrytter i Unghestechampionatet 2020 i Herning.
Er du klar med din 4 års hest til årets egnethedstest, og måske også en af de eftertragtede 50 pladser (+10 reserver) til Herning, så husk det er sidste frist i dag for tilmelding.
LINK TIL TILMELDING HER.
Læs alt om det nye format af Unghestechampionatet her.
Region 1 Midtbornholms Ridecenter
Dato kommer
Egnethedstest i spring og dressur
REGION 1, Vallensbæk
Søndag den 3. november
Egnethedstest i springning & dressur
REGION 3, Stutteri Ask, Lørdag den 2. november
Egnethedstest i dressur +eksteriørkåring (OBS, der står i springning i Ridehesten oktober. Det er ikke korrekt. Det afholdes i dressur)
REGION 4, Billund Sportsrideklub
Lørdag den 26. oktober
Egnethedstest i springning
REGION 5, Vilhelmsborg
Lørdag den 9. november
Egnethedstest i dressur
REGION 6, Ikast
Lørdag den 2. november
Egnethedstest i springning
REGION 7, Brønderslev Rideklub
Søndag den 27. oktober
Egnethedstest i dressur
Danish Warmblood World Cup Foal Auction with ELITE qualities
DWB World Cup Foal Auction ready with 2nd edition
During the first leg of the FEI World Cup season 2019/2020 taking place in Herning, Denmark from 16 - 20 October, Danish Warmblood will present an exclusively selected collection of 13 dressage foals for DWB World Cup Foal Auction.
The auction will take place October 18 at 17:00 in arena M. The presentation will take place October 18 at 12.30. Both presentation and auction will be available via live stream at Zibrasport.tv.
Remember to sign up for phone bidding - mf@varmblod.dk.
Any questions or details about the foal do not hesitate to contact Louise Ringsbo mobile +45 61679493 or lrb@varmblod.dk.
H2R favorites with absolute ELITE qualities:
Here you can find the entire collection.
130.000 euros for top mare by Sir Heinrich at NRW Elite Auction
From watching the collection and lately the live presentation 3 mares stood out (H2R news here) - all 3 mares took the top prices!
12.000 euro for top foals by Floriscount and Escolar at DSP Last Chance foal auction yesterday
Filly by Floriscount / Ars Vivendi
