Just 3 dressage horses were offered for sale at this auction.
Portrait of a breeding legend - Quaterback
893 offsprings registered with a total of 31 competed at Grand Prix level
Most famous offsprings are Quater Back Junior with Luxembourg rider Nicolas Wagner, DSP Quantaz with Isabell Werth and Pathetic with Dorothee Schneider.
Registrated Danish Warmblood Grand Prix offsprings by Quaterback:
2008
Tørveslettens Quattro bred by Stutteri Tørvesletten - rider Anna Blomgren Rogers (SWE)
Quater Figlio bred by Helle and Michael Bjerre Drost - rider Mona Mangseth (NOR)
2009
Gørklintgårds Quantico bred by Stutteri Gørklintgård - rider Nanna Merrald (DEN)
Gørklintgårds Quater Boy bred by Stutteri Gørklintgård - rider Nanna Merrald (DEN)
To watch the breeding portrait (20 minutes) click at the photo here below.
Watch the Grand Prix freestyle class from yesterday's British national Championships
Move time line to:
1.16.30 to watch - Gio and Charlotte Dujardin
Begin of 2nd part interview with Carl Hester talking about Charlotte´s performance with Gio.
58.30 - Mount St. John Freestyle and Charlotte Dujardin
1.08.00 - DSP Rose of Bavaria and Laura Tomlinson
1.18.30 - Erlentanz and Sonnar Murray-Brown
1.28.30 - En Vogue and Carl Hester
Price giving ceremony
11.20 - interview with Charlotte Dujardin where Carl Hester joins a bit later
Watch the Grand Prix class from yesterday's British national championships
The start of 2nd part with Jenny Rudall interviewing Ricard Davison about Totilas and his extraordinary appearance at the dressage scene, and how Totilas and Edward Gal made their special partnership and performances into the history of the equestrian sport.
Move the time to watch the tests:
1.07.40 - Charlotte Dujardin with Gio
57.30 - Carl Hester with En Vogue
1.08.00 - Sonnar Murray-Brown with Erlentanz
1.26.30 - MSJ Freestyle with Charlotte Dujardin
1.35.30 - DSP Rose of Bavaria with Laura Tomlinson
Dujardin breaking 90% for the first time since Valegro
Mount St. John and Charlotte Dujardin at Europeans 2019 - photo credit: Lily Forado
Grand Prix and Grand Prix freestyle from British national Championships
Two days of super nice live coverage from the British national championships with both very good commenting by Spencer Sturmey and Matt Frost during the tests and quick small live interviews after the tests with Jenny Rudall (unfortunately some issues about the streaming for the Grand Prix).
The British championships of course caught our attention as the list of participants counted some of worlds absolute top riders with their top horses.
Charlotte Dujardin showed her championship mare MSJ Freestyle with an extraordinary performance today and her first +90% after Valegro.
MSJ Freestyle and Charlotte Dujardin - Power start, super expressive and well balanced trot tour, super relaxation for extended walk with nice over track, the lateral work is just outstanding in both trot and canter, bit big double pirouettes, super 2 times, full risk extended canter tours, huge 1 times with a small error, straight joker line with super 1 times, small issues for transition back to trot, super piaffe tours, power extension towards final halt. 90,200%
Charlotte Dujardin talking with Jenny Rudall after her test:
“I haven’t ridden that freestyle since the start of the year in Amsterdam, I haven’t even practiced it! I was really behind the music and spent time having to catch up instead of riding it,” Britain’s golden girl told us after her test. “I was really pleased with her [Freestyle] yesterday and she felt really good, there were still a few blips today but they’re easy to iron out and if I’d practiced more it would’ve been better! I watched both tests back yesterday and thought I’d ridden too safe and just sat there, Carl always says Tokyo isn’t here yet so don’t over do it but I thought it was safe. I went for more today and both horses felt really relaxed.”
2nd placed:
Gio and Charlotte Dujardin - So nice with Valegro music suits perfectly. Power, balance and expression for the trot, passage and piaffe tours, good walk tour not a huge over track but good, two times bit tense in the ground jump at the begin but becomes more relaxed at the end, lovely double pirouettes well managed, power forward 1 times. Amazing test! 88,05%
3rd placed:
Carl Hester showed the big En Vogue owned by Charlotte Dujardin with much more harmony for today’s freestyle, and seems that the big gelding really lightning up Mr. Hester for the next big championship goals.
En Vogue and Carl Hester - Super nice start, lovely balance and power for piaffe and passage with smooth transitions, good extensions, active power for 2nd piaffe small tension out, doing a lot of extensions (normally not Carl´s favorite exercise), good collected walk, short extended walk lacking more relaxation over the back, small error hind begin of 2 times, super sit and balance for 1st double pirouette, good 1 times, bit big 2nd double pirouette, lacking clear transition to trot, becomes a bit hot for the final centerline. 86,47%
4th placed:
Erlentanz and Sonnar-Murray Brown - Strong canter tour, top series super forward flow, well managed double pirouettes, really going for it today, superb extended walk unfortunately a small stumble hind, coming from collected walk to piaffe, lacking a bit energy, lovely half pass, keeping better energy coming from passage into nice piaffe turn, active expressive passage, missing a bit more clear forward search for piaffe final. 83,58%
5th place:
DSP Rose of Bavaria and Laura Tomlinson - Lots of quality for each exercise, superb tiny double pirouettes, very difficult floor plan, 1 times on big half circle and again one times straight at the centerline, super extended walk tour, very attentive, final centerline with piaffe turn. What a great debut freestyle. 79,95%
Christmas greeting from Helgstrand Dressage "A year that we will never forget"
The ending of this year is approaching and even though we would prefer not to mention COVID19, then we can’t deny that this pandemic has had an influence on this year’s events and the cancellation of several of them. We really looked forward to the yearly Open House-event where we normally show our collection of stallions and open our doors for everyone that wishes to see the company from the inside.
Before the world closed down in March we luckily participated at the stallion shows in Germany and the biggest event of the year The Danish Warmblood Stallion Show in Herning. This was the beginning of a fantastic breeding season with results that have never been greater.
Fortunate by Foundation/Quaterback.
Amazing breeding season ahead
2020 was also the year where Helgstrand had to say goodbye to several of the top breeding stallions among them D’avie by Don Juan de Hus/Londonderry, who was sold to Lisa Müller through Isabell Werth. Isabell Werth also secured herself a future top horse, the Sezuan offspring Joshua. Janiero Platinum left the stable and we look very much forward to follow this exceptional stallion at his new owner, Christinelund Dressage in Sweden.
Also, our darling Quarterhit moved to France to Dominique Degueldre and is now trained by Stephanie Brieussel. Luckily several new young top stallions were added to the collection at the stallion licensing shows, such as the Champion Stallion from Westfalen, Forever Love by Fair Game/Destano or the Champion Stallion from Oldenburg, Fortunate by Foundation/Quaterback. The breeders can therefore look forward to the new breeding season 2021, to a collection of stallions that has never looked more fantastic.
Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen and Foco Loco-w winning
the U25 Danish Dressage Championship.
Achieving amazing results despite the situation
Even though many of the competitions were cancelled this year, we managed to qualify 24 horses for the finals at the Danish National Championships for Young Dressage Horses and 15 horses were qualified for the prestigious World Championship for Young Horses.
The riders at Helgstrand have done an amazing job and among the impressive results, we can mention Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen’s Gold Medal at the European Championship for U25 riders and also winning the Danish Championship for U25 riders together with Foco Loco-w.
In addition, Alexander Helgstrand won the Team-Silver Medal at the European Championship with Grevens Sa’Va’.
Andreas also had some impressive results with the three-time World Champion Fiontini, which he won the Bronze Medal at the Danish Championship with - a horse that Andreas hope to qualify to the Olympics.
Nothing is that bad, that something good can’t come out of it – our riders use this competition break to train the horses and they all show top form and great development. This is shown at the sales list at Helgstrand, where new horses are added every week – so if you are looking for your future star or a skilled and experienced Grand Prix horse, then now is the time to get in contact with us.
Helgstrand's new facility in Syke, Germany - Helgstrand Germany.
New location in Germany
2020 was the year where Helgstrand invested in new facilities in Germany, Helgstrand Germany, which is located between the three largest German Breeding Associations near Syke, a little south of Bremen. Eva and Ulf Möller moved here at the end of November and have settled very well in the new surroundings and an intriguing selection of horses from Helgstrand have already moved in.
Now that we have come to the news from abroad, we can add that the renovation of Helgstrand Dressage USA is soon finished. The horses have already moved in and the competition season has started. In addition to the abroad news, we can add a new partnership; the four-times Olympics participant and British Equestrian legend Richard Davidson who shall be in charge of the British side of Helgstrand.
Many new projects to come
Finally, 2020 was also the year where Helgstrand invested in new and exciting projects. With the ambition to be the leading equestrian company, Helgstrand brought the majority of shares in the equestrian brand Kingsland Equestrian and in addition established cooperation with X-Drive Robots about Riding Arena Robots, which is robots for preparation and maintenance of indoor arenas.
Even though COVID19 affected and challenged us, we are pleased to still have some very good results to look back on throughout the year. Now we look forward and hope for a better 2021. New and exciting projects are on their way and we can’t wait to reveal them to you in the new year.
Finally, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy and New Year. May the holidays and the New Year bring joy to you and your family.
Take care during this situation.
Greetings,
Marianne og Andreas Helgstrand.
Dujardin in a league of her own with her two horses at British national championships today
Dujardin showed both her horses with usual strong performances, and was just in a league of her own. Small unbalanced moments for the piaffe tours for both horses, but huge ability and power. Superb half passes in both trot and canter for both horses, super expressive passage tour, expressive extended trot for MSJ Freestyle where Gio still needs a bit more technic and strength to push for the extensions. Both horses with good pirouettes, and presented in a lovely closed and steady frame.
The new partnership En Vogue by Jazz with Charlotte Dujardin´s horse ridden by Carl Hester showed a technical well performed test, but overall missing more balance and of this was just their beginning of a partnership and from the sideline very very well scored with 77%!
Laura Tomlinson and her big well moving Bordeaux mare Rose of Bavaria does not show any exercise weaknesses, but the lack of self carriage and very strong contact does unfortunately not give a nice harmonious picture.
Tomorrow the 15 best combinations will be ready for the freestyle.
Remember you can follow the competition via horseandcountry.tv for free. Grand Prix freestyle is scheduled to 10.45 local time (11.45 CET).
VIDEOS - well deserved winners of Nürnberger Burg-Pokal and Louisdor Preis finals
Destacado FRH and Matthias Alexander Rath showed a great winner performance in yesterday’s final at Nürnberger Burg-Pokal on home soil.
Rath and Destacado advanced from 4th position at the preliminary test. Destacado shows super power and suppleness for the trot tour in a very nice balance and frame, superb walk tour with huge over track for the extended walk, active and clear collected walk, good canter but still showing some tensions for the series.
Click at the photo below to watch the 76,268% test.
Sandra Nuxoll with two young top Grand Prix horses and from the preliminary test Bonheur de la Vie by Bordeaux showed power and qualities a winner worthy.
For more of the competitors the clarity and balanced became some of the issues, but for sure a field of more future international Grand Prix horses.
Click at the photo below to watch the 77,140% winner performance.
700.000 euro top price at PSI auction for 4 year old Dimaggio / Benetton Dream stallion
PART OF NEWS AT PSI-AUKTION.DE
Ankum — Success made by P.S.I.’, a recipe for success that prevails even in times of Corona and nationwide lockdown. The trust of the international buyers in the Kasselmann and Schockemöhle families and the loyalty to the P.S.I. brand seem unlimited. “We would like to thank our clients, employees and everyone involved for the trust places in us in those troubled times”, summarized Paul Schockemöhle and Ullrich Kasselmann.
For the first time in the 41-year history of Performance Sales International, the event took place without an audience. Bidding on the selected dressage and show jumping collection took place exclusively by telephone after prior registration. For a last look at the auction candidates in the ring, there was FaceTime with the sales managers or a live stream on the P.S.I. homepage. However, two other traditions were not interrupted: as in previous years Marko Vassalli sang Beethoven’s well-known ‘Ode to Joy’ at the start the auction, and the quality of the collection again left nothing to be desired this year.
The four-year-old Hanoverian stallion Diaton (Dimaggio x Benetton Dream) was certainly on the wish list of many dressage connoisseurs. The son of the well-known dressage horse maker Dimaggio is out of Blind Date Bailola by Benetton Dream, who is competed by Swedish Olympian Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven. The pedigree is completed on the maternal side by the Trakehner stallion Hohenstein. In the end, clients of Californian Grand Prix trainer David Wilson, Perfect International Equine Inc came out on top at 700,000 Euros. Frederic Wandres, Hof Kasselmann rider and Olymic squad member, is entitled to train Diaton for the international young horse sport.
A ‘hot line’ to the dressage mecca Wellington secured another future star in the arena: the licensed Virtual Story by Vitalis x Don Primero comes from the proven Oldenburg dam line of Love Story, which has already brought us many successful dressage horses, elite mares and premium stallions, such as Dream Catcher and Franklin’s Love.
The full siblings Great Story and Gremlin by Grey Flannel x Donnerschwee sold for 450,000 and 500,000 Euros respectively. The talented KWPN gelding Jovanni (Davino x Gribaldi) had already caused a buzz in the live presentation last weekend and was worth 500,000 Euros to a well-known patron of dressage in Germany.
VIDEOS - Getting ready for the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal and Louisdor Preis finals
Dorothee Schneider with both winner and second position today - photo @clipmyhorse
The prestigious finals takes place at Schafhof in Kronberg this year
For both Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final and Louisdor Preis 12 finalists were ready for this very speciel 2020 edition. Everything adjusted according to the corona restrictions and for this event only the rider and one person per horse were allowed.
No coincidence that Dorothe Schneider actually has 3 horses qualified for the finals, but just allowed to start two. And from watching today’s “warm-up” class Sisters Act MD OLD look like the clear winner even though she was pretty close with her second finalist Villeneuve at the scoreboard.
Danish co-owned HANN stallion Fürsten-Look with Isabel Freese showed a solid test unfortunately with some technical issues today.
Full results here.
Click at the photo below to watch Dorothee Schneider and Sisters Act MD OLD winner performance.
The winner of Louisdor Preis final is still open
Louisdor Preis final is a difficult task for the young Grand Prix horses, and from just some tiny tensions the demanding test becomes quite difficult in order to keep it all together, focus, strength and accuracy. Today’s absolute highlights were presented by Sandra Nuxoll. Both horses showed top qualities, lovely frame and not least eager to work and performe. Sandra Nuxoll is for sure not Mrs. no name in the sport as she also spotted and produced three international top horses Delaunay OLD (Patrik Kittel), Stand by Me (Lisa Müller) and Destiny OLD (Kristina Bröring-Sprehe).
Bonheur de la Vie & Sandra Nuxoll
Good halt, bit running diagonal, bit unbalanced half passes to right, lovely passage, active piaffe off the ground, nice transitions, good short diagonal, nice into expressive passage, super nice 2nd piaffe tiny forward, sharp out into expressive passage, good relaxed extended walk, good collected walk, medium canter need more volume, good 1st pirouette, good 2 times, well managed 2nd pirouette, super 1 times, easy into trot, super passage, tiny forward trend for piaffe, super passage.
Danish Warmblood represented with two horses
The clear Danish combination Danish Warmblood gelding Marschall-Bell by Blue Hors Don Romantic/Michellino (bred by Tina and Nicolai Jepsen) with Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen showed a nice test, some minor tensions today and no major issues and finished as 4th like Danish Warmblood gelding Rockson by Blue Hors Rockefeller/Sorento (breeder Anette Nilausen and Niels Jørgen Johansen) with German rider Uwe Schwanz also with some minor tensions today (finished 7th). Both Danish horses can for sure jump up the ranking for tomorrow´s finals.
Marschall-Bell & Daniel Bachmann Andersen:
Good halt, good power for medium trot, need bit more uphill for half passes, active hind for passage, small distrub in piaffe good at the spot, nice passage, bit unbalanced piaffe, good transition out into expressive passage, good relaxed extended walk, bit hurried collected walk, good medium canter, nice half pass, lost balance pirouette, good 2 times need bit more uphill, very nice 2nd pirouette, good 1 times bit tense, nice into trot, good passage small lack of impuls into piaffe, good passage, nice halt.
Full results here.
Blue Hors Christmas movie
Stallions presented:
Blue Hors Zackorado
Blue Hors Kingston
Blue Hors Valenzo
Blue Hors Farrell
Blue Hors Santiano
Blue Hors Monte Carlo
Blue Hors Viconte
Blue Hors St. Schufro
Blue Hors Zackerey with Severo Jurado Lopez
Blue Hors Fortron
Blue Hors Zack with Nanna Merrald
Blue Hors Zatchmo
Top foals in 2020 - Vitalis, Glamourdale and Quaterback
2020 became another successful year for the breeders with a lot of top quality foals
During this season the different auctions and private posts at Facebook showed some incredible foals.
Many different sires with top class offsprings, but during the season H2R has saved a few extraordinary foals.
3 high class foals:
Vitalis / Stedinger / Lord Sinclair (co-owned by Atterupgaaard and Helgstrand Dressage)
Glamourdale / Quaterback / Stedinger / Weltmeyer
Quaterback / Donnerhall - sold for 43.500 euro at DSP online auction (purchased by Mandy Zimmer Cartaxo)
FEI reopen bidding process U25 European Championship and Verden will host WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses 2021
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FEI Board makes key Championship decisions for 2021 and 2022
The FEI Board took a series of key decisions on allocation, cancellation, and reopening of bids for FEI Championships at its videoconference meeting this week.
Following the cancellation by the Organiser of the FEI Dressage European Championship U25 2021 in Donaueschingen (GER), the Board agreed to reopen the bidding process for the Championship. The deadline for expressions of interest to be submitted to the FEI (bidding@fei.org) is 15 January 2021 and the FEI Board will take a decision on the allocation of this Championship at its February 2021 teleconference.
Due to the Covid-19 related cancellation of the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses 2020 in Verden (GER), and following consultation with all parties involved, the Board agreed to reallocate the 2021 Championship to Verden. The 2021 Championship had originally been allocated to Ermelo (NED) for the three-year cycle, 2021-2023. The Board has now agreed to allocate the 2024 Championship to Ermelo, meaning that the Dutch venue will host the Championships in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Hannoveraner Yearbook Stallions 2021 published
PRESS RELEASE
Verden. The Hannoveraner Yearbook Stallions 2021 has been published. In addition to the proven, comprehensive set of figures, there are some innovations. Show classes and the breeding value "height" are published. This makes the yearbook an essential source of information for modern breeders.
For the first time, the section "Offspring Performance Sport" lists the levels in which offspring of a stallion are successful. For the disciplines dressage and jumping there is valuable additional information on this subject. The "Progeny Performance Breeding" lists the Hannoveraner or Rhineland progeny registered for the Hannoveraner Verband. For the first time this number is divided into several age groups. In the section "Breeding Value Estimation" the breeding value height is added.
The proven and interesting reference book offers on 600 pages the current breeding value estimation and a lot of information about the sires. In addition, all young stallions, which were registered for the first time in 2020 in the Stallion Book I of the Hannoveraner Verband, are presented in detail with photo and text. The stallions approved for Hannover are published in the yearbook with information on the results of the stallion performance test, successes in competitions, breeding values from mare performance tests, studbook inspections and selections for auctions. Show successes of the offspring, number of licensed sons, daughters with state premium or Hannoveraner premium and auction horses can also be found. WFFS test results are included, too.
The Hannoveraner Yearbook of Stallions 2021 costs 25 Euro plus mailing costs and is available from the Hannoveraner Verband.
Olympia Online Begins Tomorrow
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It’s been a difficult year for everyone, but this week we’re giving you the opportunity to relax and enjoy a little bit of that Olympia magic! Each evening at 6pm we’ll be uploading a new streamed Olympia Online performance onto the Olympia website for you to enjoy. Made up of all your favourite bits of Olympia, plus new interviews and footage, each stream will be available for 24 hours (until the next day’s performance is released!)
Wednesday 16 December – Focus on Dressage
Dressage Unwrapped Masterclass featuring Gareth Hughes, Stephen Clarke, Richard Davison, Pippa Funnell, Richard Waygood, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin ● The Shetland Pony Grand National ● Pride of Portugal Lusitano Display ● The Guinea Pig – Tristan Tucker ● NEW! Totilas vs Valegro: What Makes the Perfect 10? With Carl Hester and Richard Davison ● The Moment: Valegro’s Retirement ● The Olympia Christmas Finale
JOIN IN WITH OUR WATCH PARTY AT 6PM – POST A PHOTO ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING #OLYMPIAONLINEPARTY AND YOU COULD WIN A MAGNUM OF CHAMPAGNE TAITTINGER!
FEI Update - 15 December 2020
DRESSAGE
Dressage Judges Advisory Group (JAG)
Please note a Judges Advisory Group (JAG) for Dressage has been appointed by the FEI Dressage Committee, in accordance with the recommendations of the Dressage Judging Working Group. As part of their job description, the JAG will embed the role of the Judge General and the Dressage Education working group, while the Judges Supervisory panel (JSP) will continue to act at Championships, Games and Finals as before.
Both groups will work closely with the Dressage Committee on all matters related to Judging. The members of the JAG are Katrina Wüst (GER) (Spokesperson), Stephen Clarke (GBR), Hans-Christian Matthiesen (DEN), George Williams (USA) and David Hunt (GBR) (liaison with the JSP).
International Dressage Riders Club (IDRC)
Following the IDRC General Assembly on 7 December 2020, a new Board was elected, consisting of the following members:
President: Isabell Werth (GER)
Vice President: Kyra Kyrklund (FIN)
Treasurer: Michel Klimke (GER)
Secretary General: Klaus Roeser (GER)
Members: Beatriz Ferre-Salat (ESP), Catherine Haddad (USA), Carl Hester (GBR), Hans Peter Minderhoud (NED), Victoria Max-Theurer (AUT) and Yvonne Losos (DOM).
The IDRC is an FEI Memorandum of Understanding (MOUS) signatory, and for more information on all signatories and the formalisation of relationships between the FEI and third party associations, visit Inside.FEI.org.
Top price at NRW Youngster and Broodmare auction - 2,5 year old For Romance I colt sold for 47.000 euro
21 & 22 December with British national Grand Prix Dressage Championships - LIVE at Horse&Country.tv
Here you find the huge list of entries, with among others Charlotte Dujardin with both MSJ Freestyle and Gio, Carl Hester with En Vogue (owned by Charlotte Dujardin) and many more.
Live stream schedule: (you have to subscribe for at least a month for £5.99 (about 6,6 euro) - very easy to unsubscribe.
3 big national German finals comes up - full live stream at Clipmyhorse
Frankfurter Festhalle international event moved to Schafhof
Piaff Förderpreis (U25), Louisdor Preis (Young Grand Prix horses) and Nürnberger Burg-Pokal (7-9 year old horses at small tour level) finals comes up this weekend at the privat yard Schafhof at Kronberg owned by family Linsenhoff.
It will for sure be a combination of the best German U25 riders and the best young talented horses.
Definite entries are not available online yet.
Full live stream schedule:
Four highlights from live presentation of PSI Auction collection
Saturday afternoon the beautiful Christmas decorated arena was prepared to show this years PSI collection.
From the 22 young horses, H2R picked 4 which all showed really nice qualities, and looked like potential prospects for the big sport.
Very interesting that the Gribaldi bloodline via Grey Flanell and Top Gear (by Totilas) dominate for three of the absolute best horses from this collection.
If your curious to watch yourself yesterday’s live presentation is not yet available on the archive at Clipmyhorse.
First shown at the presentation was no 8 by Top Gear. Supple well moving in all three gaits, showing nice contact and super ride ability.
No 1 by Grey Flanell - Top “here I am” look, lovely natural frame, super contact and bodywise soft. Full package horse.
No 17 by Grey Flanell - some moments with wow, but also showing some tensions at the presentation, but definitely look like a horse with a huge potential for the future.
No 19 - Super light footed feminine and impressive mare. Super well balanced and expressive trot with lovely balance and shoulder freedom, good walk and good canter, but not an outstanding canter as you could wish for a bit more overall ground cover and airtime.
Here you find the entire collection.