Anna Kasprzak - photo credit: H2R
Danish dominans for tonights CDI3 Grand Prix at Lillestrøm, Norway
It was international debut for Danish Olympic rider Anna Kasprzak with her new GP partner the 11 year old Fuhur by Fürstenreich. Overall very harmonious picture, where Fuhur look like a real partner in the arena, staying very attentive and focused all the way. No exercise wise weaknesses, and absolute highlights for the piaffe and passage tours. Huge ability to sit, keeping the activity with smooth transitions. Only big issue for today was at the end of the one times where Fuhur look as if 11 ones were enough and Anna did unfortunately not manage to finish that line.
Fuhur / Anna Kasprzak DEN - good halt, good balance for diagonal, active uphill half passes with nice flow, good halt tension for rein back, good diagonal, nice passage, easy transitions, active piaffe with huge sit, superb extended walk, super collected walk, small tension transition to passage, super 2nd passage/piaffe/passage tour lots of activity and expression, good into canter, straight 2 times, good extended canter, super timing for zigzag, error 1 times stops after 11 and does not finish, nice sit and activity for pirouettes, good diagonal, super easy and powerful final centerline.
Second placed was Danish Marianne Helgstrand with Lollipop. They showed a nice test with just an unfortunate issues at the final centerline where the collection maybe was a big to much as Lollipop obvious starts the final piaffe very early, but Marianne manage to bring him back to passage and do the piaffe at X. For Marianne it was a clearly improved test without errors for the series, as this part unfortunately has been an issue lately.
Lollipop / Marianne Helgstrand DEN - super halt and direct forward, power diagonal, becomes a bit hectic half pass right, super halt with bit tense rein back, good diagonal, nice into passage, good passage, good piaffe, nice transitions, good walk tour, nice into passage, good piaffe lack bit forward search, nice transition out, good into canter, nice 2 times, super expressive power extended canter, bit unbalanced zigzag, nice 1 times, good pirouettes well balanced, nice transition to trot, power diagonal, bit communication problems starting the piaffe very early but manage to keep on and do the piaffe at X.
Another Danish international debut combination was Dennis Fisker with Delatio. Dennis Fisker has been training Delatio and his owner Qabil Ambak towards the Olympic qualification, but unfortunately they did not manage to qualify, and therefore Dennis now got the possibility to compete Delatio at international level. Overall a good test, but Dennis was like Qabil struggling a bit showing the piaffe tours, but the experience from Dennis was also clearly reflected by the 2nd piaffe, where he prompt was asking 2nd time for the piaffe when Delatio seems to be a bit too laid back, and Dalatio was willingly responding.
Dalatio / Dennis Fisker DEN - good halt, well balanced diagonal, nice balance for half passes, good halt becomes bit deep in the frame for rein back, good diagonal nicely into passage, lack bit more clear flow into the piaffe, piaffe lack bit more energy, good out into passage, good walk tour, nice transition to passage, bit tensions hind, Dennis have to remind Delatio about the job for the 2nd piaffe, but well managed, good into canter, super nice 2 times, good extended canter, bit unbalanced zigzag, crop high first changes for 1 times, pirouettes lack bit more control, good diagonal, good passage, piaffe lack bit energy but best one.
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