Chestnut fillies with top prices
Another top filly secured for Danish Lone Bøegh Henriksen, HP Horses.
2nd most expensive
See the full list here.
Louisdor Preis finals for Greek Air with Emma Kanerva and First Romance with Dorothee Schneider
Hubertus Schmidt & Denoix PCH won today’s Louisdor qualifier, but as they already qualified at Hagen today’s no 2 and 3 are ready for the final.
No doubt Emma Kanerva with Greek Air were ready for the final with a very smooth performance, but from H2R point of view Fano and Jasmin Schaudt were for sure not scored as they deserved today. They ended up as no 5.
1 - VIDEO Denoix / Hubertus Schmidt - easy obedient test, smooth trot tour with expressive passage good transitions and active piaffe tours, bit tense extended walk tour need more let go, super well balanced canter tour.
Nr. 2 - Greek Air / Emma Kanerva - super smooth effortless test with this 9 year old gelding. No technical issues, nice flow forward with positive attitude all the way.
Nr. 3 - First Romance / Dorothee Schneider - good trot tour, passage lacking more clear elevation, good piaffe trend, good walk tour, some tensions for the canter tour with error for 2 times, 2nd pirouette with best balance.
VIDEO - Vitalis son Villeneuve with Dorothee Schneider ready for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final
Christoph Hess commenting each combination today - photo credit: Clipmyhorse
77,220%
Today’s final was not surprisingly with the 8 year old stallion Villeneuve and Dorothee Schneider at top of the podium, as they already at yesterday's “warm-up” test showed great qualities and won. Dorothee Schneider shows an effortless test with the big impressive stallion, and manage all the time to keep a well balanced and easy picture.
Villeneuve / Dorothee Schneider - bit unbalanced into halt, good power diagonal, smooth half passes, power diagonal, nice transition into walk, marching extended walk, super collected walk with nice pirouettes, well balanced canter pirouettes, change after 1st by himself, good canter half passes, good series lacking a bit more uphill expression, bit tense rein back, good final halt.
2nd today was the Vivaldi son Vainqueur with Hubertus Schmidt, well managed all the way but the big stallion is clearly lacking some more strength.
Today judge Christoph Hess was subsequently commenting each ride for the audience, and as usual with super details and often with development from former performances.
Here you find the entire results.
VIDEO - 9 year old Glock´s Toto Jr and Edward Gal with national 79,493% Grand Prix debut today
FEI Update - July 2020
DRESSAGE
FEI eDressage™ online assessment platform goes live
The FEI has launched the FEI eDressage™ Online platform in partnership with Black Horse One (BHO) and SAP, to provide a unique environment for FEI registered Dressage and Para Dressage Athletes to boost their training and development. FEI registered Athletes can upload videos of their FEI Dressage test to the FEI eDressage™ Online platform every week, for it to then be anonymously judged by a pool of FEI 5* level Dressage and Para Dressage Judges.
In the first phase, a number of videos will be randomly selected and Athletes will then be provided with feedback on their performance and given pointers for improvement. This platform provides Athletes with the opportunity to have their tests remotely evaluated by a group of top-level judges and to receive key insights that could benefit their performances. In the long run, it also has the potential to become a valuable source of content for training FEI Officials in close collaboration with the FEI’s online e-learning platform, FEI Campus.
Promotion of Dressage 5* Judges from 1 January 2021
Four FEI 4* Dressage Judges - Peter Storr (GBR), Kurt Christensen (DEN), Lars Andersson (SWE) and Ulrike Nivelle (GER) - have been promoted to 5* status, the highest rank, by the FEI Dressage Technical Committee. The promotion, which will come into effect on 1 January 2021, will allow these Judges to officiate at major FEI Dressage events in the future, such as FEI Dressage World Cup™ Finals, FEI Championships at Grand Prix level, FEI World Championships and Olympic Games.
This promotion will bring the number of FEI 5* Dressage judges to 41.
The FEI would like to congratulate the promoted Judges and wish them much success in their continued judging career.
ORGANISERS
Return to Play: FEI Policy for Enhanced Competition Safety during the Covid-19 Pandemic
As you may know, the FEI Policy for Enhanced Competition Safety during the Covid-19 Pandemic came into effect on 1 July 2020 in a bid to harmonise the return of international competitions during the Covid-19 pandemic, and contribute to the efforts that are made all around the world to minimize or reduce the spread of the disease.
The Policy requires that all Organisers (OCs) of FEI Events across the world use the same tool in order to evaluate the risk posed by their Event in terms of Covid-19 transmission and provides guidance for social distancing and hygiene measures in the context of FEI equestrian sport. It is not intended to replace the applicable guidance and policies from domestic government and health authorities, but to supplement their recommendations with sport specific considerations. The Policy includes:
A framework outlining objectives, roles and responsibilities.
A decision-making system for sports federations/sports event organisers when planning events during the Covid-19 pandemic. This system, which was developed by the WHO, is composed of a risk assessment tool (new FEI version published today), a decision making tree, and an accompanying document outlining relevant considerations.
Best practices for FEI Event Organisers.
Under this Policy, conducting and documenting the risk assessment – together with the National Federation – is mandatory for FEI Event Organisers.
A Covid-19 Communication Plan Checklist for Organising Committees as well as detailed FAQs and the Risk Assessment tools are regularly reviewed and all available on the Return to Play hub. Please visit these pages regularly for updates and do not hesitate to contact Catherine.bollon@fei.org for further assistance.
10.500 euro top price foal by Secret at 1st Ekestrian dressage auction
Secret / Negro / Donnerhall colt became top price at 1st edition of Ekestrian auction with 10.500 euro.
2nd most expensive was an embryo by Vitalis out of Quaterback's full sister! Damline of Poetin and Samba Hit sold for 10.000 euro.
See the full prices here.
Top price at 3rd DSP Foal Online auction - PURE DRESSAGE sold for 25.000 euro
Denmark ready with selection criteria for FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden
Part of informations from Danish WCYH committee:
SELECTION CRITERIA at the World Championship
for young horses in dressage
Indoor in VERDEN.
9 – 13 December 2020
The Corona pandemic, of course, creates certain challenges regarding the selection and execution of this year's World Championship for dressage horses. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to announce a plan until now.
The World Championship event is scheduled as an indoor event at Verden from 9 - 13 December 2020.
27 & 28 October at Vilhelmsborg
On the first day, the age-appropriate preliminary FEI program is ridden. The second day is the age-appropriate final program.
At the competition, all registered equipages must ride both days.
This year only one selection will be held.
On the second day announcement of 4 combinations + 2 reserves in each age group selected.
Registration: by 16 October 2020 to Ane Marie Jensen (anemarietoft9@gmail.com).
Full informations here.
LINK for FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden.
Limited quality for KWPN Online foal auction - top price 9.000 euro
9.000 euro became top price for KWPN Online Foal auction with just 16 foals. The top price filly was sold to The Netherlands.
2nd most expensive was a filly by Le Formidable sold for 7.500 euro in the USA.
Here you find the entire list of prices.
37.000 euro for top foal by Governor / Don Schufro at Grand Prix Sales auction 4 July
Part of news at Grand Prix Sales:
Worldwide interest for first edition Grand Prix Sales Online
Top results in first edition of Grand Prix Sales on Friday and Saturday night.
A lot of professional stables from The Netherlands and abroad invest in the collection jumping and dressage foals of Grand Prix Sales Online. Buyers from the USA, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy made their bids quickly, resulting in good prices for the auction foals and their breeders.
Sannah Angenent: “We succeeded in offering both breeders and buyers an interesting online auction platform. Marjolein Ras and I wanted to auction a small collection of topclass foals. The opportunity to cooperate with partner CSI Twente, the well known prestigious show in The Netherlands, was fantastic. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 we had to decide to auction our topclass foals online. Looking at the auction results we are very happy the way it went and also grateful for the confidence of both breeders and buyers worldwide. In addition, almost all auction foals will go to profession stables and one of them will go to one of the world’s best Grand Prix riders”.
Powerman Texel the favoritePowerman Texel (Governor x Bleu Hors Don Schufro), was the top seller with 37.000 euros. Biddings were made right from the start of the auction. This promising dressage foal has a great future ahead as the well known dressage family Nekeman invested in this top foal.
Lens Nekeman : “Yesterday I checked the Grand Prix Sales collection together with my wife Berna and our daughters Denise and Jeanine. We were impressed by the quality of Powerman Texel and how he is moving. We have good experiences with buying top foals at elite auctions. We hope we will be very successful again with this foal.” Powerman Texel was bred by the famous breeder Wim van der Linde from Texel.
The other top sellers were the dressage foals Pablo Picasso (Glock’s Taminiau x Florencio) sold for 23.000 euros who stays in The Netherlands and Pearl Jam LH (v. Le Formidable x Fürst Romancier) for 19.000 euros who leaves to a dressage rider in the USA.
Auction results dressage foals
Powerman Texel (Governor) 37.000 euro
Pablo Picasso (Glock’s Taminiau) 23.000 euro
Pearl Jam LH (Le Formidable) 19.000 euro sold to USA
Princess Apple (Jameson RS2) 14.000 euro
Princess van de Wimphof (Escamillo) 13.000 euro
Pinot Noir N (Glock’s Toto Jr.). 13.000 euro
Pandémie D’Amour LK (Le Formidable) 10.000 euro sold to USA
Pablo (Just Wimphof) 9.500 euro
Perfect Black (Glamourdale) 8.000 euro
Purple Rose (Fontaine TN) 7.500 euro
Pinatubo E.H. (Deparon US) 6.500 euro
Playboy SQBS (Daily Diamond). 6.500 euro sold to Spain
VIDEO - Impressive national small tour debut for World Champion Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand
Revolution and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Helgstrand Dressage/Mia Bach
77,561% debut at Prix St. Georg
Well balanced powerful test without any technical issues in a very nice steady frame. Revolution really shows his talent throughout the entire test, fully focused together with his rider all the way, and with extra qualities and super abilities for the canter pirouettes. A strong candidate for the World Championships for Young Horses later this year.
23.500 euro top price filly at HANN online foal auction sold to USA
Part of press release
Young stallion sets top price
Corona-induced alternative sales channels can increase the previous year's result
Verden. For the fourth time this year, it meant "The Bid-Up is on" for the youngest Hanoverians. For an average price of 8,514 Euros the 18 dressage offers found buyers from six countries.
The solid price structure provided four hammer prices above 10,000 Euros. At the top of the statistics is head number 81, the first foal in the collection: Force Majeure by Franco Nero/San Amour I found a new owner in the USA for 23,500 Euros. Thus Franco Nero, a Franziskus son from the Verden Stallion Market, delivered the top price in his first foal year at a Verden auction. The breeder of Force Majeure, Stephan Herrmann from Northeim, is not only the breeder of the stallion Franco Nero, but has also already delivered the most expensive auction foal in Verden to date in 2017 with the dam of this foal, the state premium mare A Speciality for You.
Here you find the entire list of prices.
Superb test from Fiontini and Andreas Helgstrand in today’s Grand Prix Special
Super solid quality test from Helgstrand with Fiontini in their first Grand Prix Special.
No technical issues, nice supple trot tour, easy in and out of passage tours, good piaffe, the walk tour is just extraordinary, super canter tour, smooth series and well balanced canter pirouettes. Looked a tiny bit out of petrol for the final.
“I’m very satisfied about our debut, can’t wait for our next competition together. Still dreaming about the Olympics”, says Andreas Helgstrand.
Andreas Helgstrand and Fiontini with super national Grand Prix debut together today
Another win today for Andreas Helgstrand, this time with triple World Champion for Young Horses Fiontini. Andreas recently took over the ride of both Fiontini and also the stallion D´avie, both educated and former ridden by Severo Jurado Lopez, which recently started up his own business.
First horse Andreas rode was D´avie. The just 8 year old stallion look like a super partner in the arena, really fighting together with his rider, even though the entire test of course still need more routine and strength. They delivered a technical strong test. The super supple 10 year old Danish Warmblood mare Fiontini dances though her test, with just a tiny unbalanced moment at the end of the 2nd pirouette and maybe a bit to enthusiastic Helgstrand for the final diagonal as she jumps into canter. This mare just brings the entire package, walk, trot, canter, piaffe and passage including suppleness and expression.
Agnete Kirk Thinggaard came 2nd and 3rd with her two horses Blue Hors Zatchmo and Atterupgaards Orthilia, both with a few technical issues, where the overall picture lacking a bit more light and balanced contact for both horses today. Lovely to see the top mare Orthilia back in the arena after an injury break.
Top of the placements today:
Helgstrand and Ferrari OLD winner of 🇩🇰national Intermediaire II
Ferrari OLD with Andreas Helgstrand in the saddle took today’s Inter II victory at the Danish national event in Hjallerup.
They showed a technical strong test with highlights for the trot tour, expressive passage, good active piaffe steps and nice transitions, the collected trot itself could be a bit quicker, the walk tour need more relaxation in the body and becomes bit unbalanced, super nice canter pirouettes, both series becomes a bit short.
Impressive chestnut fillies ready for OLD Online Elite Foal auction 9 - 12 July
Two wauw girls which for sure will bring the top prices for this upcoming OLD Online Foal auction.
Both girls very well moving, and with a surplus to the Vitalis daughter as her topline looks a bit stronger than the Viva Gold - judge for yourself below.
Here you find the entire collection.
Best filly by Foundation / Sir Donnerhall I at Taunus Talent auction sold for 21.250 euro to a Swiss buyer
Live stream from Danish national event at Hjallerup Thursday and Friday
Photo credit: H2R
With a field of top horses with top riders Danish broadcast channel Zibrasport.tv now provides live stream from the national event this weekend from Thursday and Friday.
You can buy access for the event for 79 dkr. (about 11 euro) or you can subscribe for Premium membership for just 49 dkr. a month (about 6,5 euro).
LINK for purchase of access.
Preliminary Grand Prix start list:
Live stream schedule:
Here you find LINK for start- and results
COVID-19 relocate the Danish World Cup qualifier
The Danish division of the FEI World Cup in dressage and the CSI * & **,
CSIP-T will relocate from Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning to Vilhelmsborg. The reason is uncertainty regarding the consequences of COVID-19 and the assembly rules in October with consequences for both planning and finances.
From World Cup at Vilhelmsborg in 2005. Photo: Ridehesten.com
The uncertainty about the assembly rules in October has made it necessary to move the FEI World Cup Dressage event from Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning in October to the National Equestrian Center, Vilhelmsborg near Aarhus. An international event of this size requires a lot of preparation, and for the sake of ticket sales, the organizers have chosen to adhere to the assembly rules applicable until 31 August of a maximum of 500 people.
– The uncertainty, and the severe restriction of the allowed number of spectators in line, make the implementation in the known format financially impossible, and we had no choice but to cancel or move the World Cup qualification this year, says Casper Cassøe, one of the organizers behind the event, and the other organizer, Jens Trabjerg points out that this type of events has extremely difficult working conditions:
– It is perfectly understandable that there are rules on assemblies during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many would like to experience the World Cup qualification live, but of course there is no need to compromise with the audience and the safety and health of the athletes.
The organizers expect the move to cost a six-figure amount but have chosen to invest in maintaining the event in Denmark.
Director of the Danish Equestrian Federation, Morten Rodtwitt states: – The Danish Equestrian Federation praise the event organizers behind World Cup Herning. In a difficult time, they have shown constant care, been creative and, not least, willing to think in positive, alternative solutions. The World Cup is a prestigious tournament that only the very best international event organizers will have the opportunity to hold, so it is crucial that Denmark remains part of this circle. By moving the qualification to Vilhelmsborg, we keep the qualification on Danish soil while taking the necessary health measures, and this is a solution that our federation supports 100%. The same will undoubtedly apply to the Danish dressage riders, who will be more than ready to go for the first World Cup qualification in October.
The World Cup moves to Vilhelmsborg
The organizers have applied to the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) for an exemption to move this year's World Cup qualification to the National Equestrian Centre, Vilhelmsborg near Aarhus. And FEI has granted the dispensation for this season, so that the World Cup series can kick off in Denmark in keeping with tradition.
- With the support of the International Equestrian Federation, FEI, to move the event to Vilhelmsborg, we will again be able to enjoy international dressage at the highest level and enthralling show jumping classes on Danish soil. It is important for the sport at home and abroad that we get started with the international competitions and especially in the World Cup qualification. And we will be able to do so at Vilhelmsborg, says Casper Cassøe, adding:
– The restrictions, in combination with the uncertainty about the rules in October, make Vilhelmsborg the natural and right choice for the location of the World Cup event this year.
Vilhelmsborg has permanent stables, heating and training facilities for horses and riders, and the facilities for the spectators can be scaled to match the current requirements of the authorities. The intimate atmosphere in the show arena provides the opportunity to produce good broadcasting for those around the world who passionately follow the World Cup Series, which is of great importance to the event's sponsors.
– Fortunately, we have received great support from our major sponsors in this particular situation, and we are grateful for the understanding. Of course, the spectacular setting in Jyske Bank Boxen and space for many spectators will be missed this year, and we look forward to returning to Herning in 2021, says Jens Trabjerg.
The host city of Herning and MCH A/S both express regret and understanding of the organizers' decision in this extraordinary situation and look forward to welcoming the World Cup in 2021.
Vilhelmsborg hosted the World Cup finals in dressage in 2000, and the organizers promise that everyone will do their utmost to create a beautiful setting for the World Cup event at Vilhelmsborg this year to the benefit of riders, audiences and TV viewers from all over world.
Successful Danish Warmblood premier online foal auction
The new concept for organising the first edition of 2020 Danish Warmblood foal auction with successful turnout
The presentation of the foals for the auction was as usual with nice videos where the foals were shown in all three gaits. The online auction with the possibility for pre-bidding which made it even more interesting to check out each foal and follow the bidding towards today’s online live auction.
The online auction was made in cooperation between Danish Warmblood and Blue Hors, and in connection with Blue Hors foal championships it even became a bit in the mood of a “normal” foal show, even though there were very few people gathered (according to the current Danish coronavirus restrictions).
For this type of online live auction it seems perfect with a collection less than 20 foals. All the foals developed positively since the videos were captured, and you did not miss a final presentation before today’s auction.
The combination of live-, online- and phone bidding was also quite easy to follow live, and make this kind of auction credible for everyone.
Top price foals
Not surprisingly the super well moving colt by Livius / Aljano was sold for today’s top price at 37.000 euro - this colt was secured for Blue Hors by breeding manager Martin Klavsen.
2nd most expansive foal became the filly by Vitalis / Apache sold to Blue Hors rider Nanna Merrald for 20.000 euro.
Here you find the entire list of prices.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT DANISH WARMBLOOD FOAL AUCTION
Sunday August 16 at 3 pm - at Blue Hors