Big relief for Danish Dufour with Bohemian today in Herzlake
Mission complete
From a very difficult competition at Compiégne where Bohemian became very tense and Cathrine was not able to enter the arena for the Grand Prix Special, today’s goal was clear - to get Bohemian back on track.
And from the very first step to the final halt Bohemian was fully focused and did not show a single wrong step. Effortless, expressive and powerful like we’ve seen them so many times in the past.
Super halt, power diagonal, supple half passes with good crossing, superb halt with rein back, power diagonal, WOW passage/piaffe/passage and transitions spot on, super relaxation for extended walk, super collected walk tour, 15 at the spot piaffe steps, super passage, nice into canter, super 2 times, power extended canter, good zigzag becomes bit hind vertical, super 1 times, controlled 1st pirouette, super 2nd pirouette, super into trot at M, good diagonal, super power final centerline, super halt. 80,348%
For both Cathrine and the Danish national coach Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein it was a big relief and a very happy moment This was the most import ride for Dufour in a very long time, as she has been and is the anchorman at the Danish team, and it would be more like a nightmare if the national coach and the team to disregard from their appearance at the national team for the Olympics.
From H2R point of view Daniel Bachmann Andersen knocking at door for the reserve spot for the Olympics with Marshall-Bell even though they still need more kilometers at the competition arena.
Good halt, good power for diagonal, good crossing half pass right, lack bit carriage left, unbalanced halt with rein back, good diagonal, bit tense hind for passage, lack bit more energy for 1st piaffe, could show bit better flow for transitions, good walk tour, nice and easy 2nd piaffe in good balance well balanced transitions, good into canter, nice 2 times, good extended canter, bit unbalanced zigzag, good 1 times, lack bit balance for 1st pirouette, 2nd better control and balance, bit unbalanced hind for diagonal, good final centerline, nice halt. 72,826%
Daniel and Fanalino took the final placement today - Bit unbalanced halt, well balanced diagonal, nice swing half passes lack bit more bending, bit hurried rein back, power diagonal, good passage, nice active piaffe bit unbalanced out small unbalance turning of passage, good walk tour, nice 2nd piaffe tour, nice 2 times, good extended canter, good zigzag, ok 1 times bit tense, 1st pirouette need more sit, 2nd need bit more control, good diagonal, some resistance for final piaffe, good passage, nice halt.
Only 10 points behind were Lone Bang Larsen with Thranegaardens Rostov. A very honest mare in the arena only lacking bit more routine for the Grand Prix. Super halt, power diagonal, power crossing uphill flow half passes, good halt with bit resistance for rein back, power balance for diagonal, good into passage, bit tense hind for piaffe and bit tense for transition out, super relaxed exetended walk nice collected walk, bit forward 2nd piaffe lack a bit of energy, good into canter, nice 2 time jumps bit to left, power extended canter, super balance for zigzag, small error mid 1 times, good 1st pirouette bit big, lost balance 2nd pirouette, good final diagonal, nice final centerline.
Well Done de la Roche and Patrik Kittel with super strong performance today at Le Mans
It´s getting closer
Presumeably the Swedish team trainer Bo Jenå will make his decision for the Swedish Olympic team after this weekends competition.
Patrik Kittel is the anchorman at the Swedish team and with Well Done de la Roche he shows consistency and quality +75% tests, while also Antonia Ramel with Brother de Jeu delivers each time. About Buriel KH with Juliette Ramel they show some awesome piaffe and passage work, but for some moment the lack of balance and control does not make the perfect picture. Therese Nilshagen and Dante Weltino shows also consistency eventhough they are not scoring that impressive, and still misses a bit more clear transitions in and out of piaffe, some tensions hind for passage today and lost of balance for final pirouette.
From the sideline Jeanna Högberg with experienced Lorenzo look like the perfect match for the Olympics.
Bakken Dressage - et team med resultater og ambitioner
Lige udenfor Haderslev finder man Bakken Dressage, hvor rytterparret Silje Bakken og Michael Møller Flintrup driver deres forretning. For 3 år siden overtog parret driften af ejendommen, som nu er 4. generation af Møller Flintrup - og sidste år fik parret også datteren Johanne.
Siden de er flyttet ind på adressen, har de etableret isoleret 20 x 60 ridehus, luftefolde og græsfolde sideløbende med, at de også har moderniseret stuehuset, hvor de lige nu er igang med at etablere seperat lejlighed, udover de i forvejen tre værelser som er til rådighed for stedets ansatte. Inden vinteren er projekt overdækket longering på “to do” listen, og beklædning af loftet i ridehallen står højt på ønskelisten.
H2R besøgte Bakken Dressage på en smuk solskinsdag, hvor græsset var nyslået og rallet revet.
Privat stald med fokus på de unge heste
Silje viste rundt på ejendommen, hvor der pt. er +35 unge heste i træning. Og travlhed har betydet, at det også har været nødvendigt at tage boksene i laden i brug. Teamet består af Silje selv som primært står for uddannelsen af stedets unge heste, ligesom også Michael rider et par heste om formiddagen. Derudover er der en rytter ansat samt to piger til at hjælpe til i stalden med opsadling og staldarbejde.
Lige nu står den på højsæson for hopper som skal gøres klar til kåring, og typisk har hopperne været inde helt først på året for at blive tilredet, og har så været hjemme hos ejerne/avlerne igen for at få en lille pause inden de skal gøres klar til kåring.
Silje Bakken, rytter Christine Ropers og Michael Møller Flintrup
Tre måneders forberedelse
I det meget tidlige forår stod den på mange tilridningsheste, og i år var Michael sammen med en lokal rytter klar allerede kl. 05.00 om morgen til at longere den første hest. “Det var nogle hårde dage, men lige nu høster vi frugterne, da vi jo kender hopperne og har den rigtige indgangsvinkel nu her 2. gang de kommer ind,” fortæller Michael.
En hoppe som skal forberedes til kåring vil Silje og Michael som tommelfingerregel helst have ind tre måneder før. Erfaringen for rytterparret er, at man hverken kan eller skal skynde sig med de unge heste. Det handler om at hesten bliver både mentalt og fysisk klar til opgaven, og selvfølgelig opnår et optimalt resultat på dagen. Og som Silje fortæller, så skal der rides kilometer på hver enkelt hest. Dagens lille kig på træningen gav klart indtryk af velredne og særdeles velgående ungheste på vej mod deres første opgave.
Succes
I løbet af årene har bl.a. guldmedaljehopperne Grevens Fakina og Højgaardens Miss Unique trådt deres “barnesko” hos Silje og Michael, og de siger også samstemmende at de sætter stor pris på deres gode samarbejde med avlerne, da det jo er deres fælles mål og ambitioner som giver sig udtryk i de gode resultater.
Et kig forbi fodrerummet vidner også om, at selvom hopperne er i træning er avlerne i fuld gang med næste års føl, så koordinering med dyrlæge i forbindelse med inseminering når hopperne er i træning klares naturligvis også. Bakken Dressage melder allerede nu alt optaget til forårssæsonen 2022.
Rundturen i stalden vidner om et stort Revolution år, da nærmest 2/3 af hopperne er efter ham. Hopperne er betydelige i størrelse, og fællesnævneren er 3 gode gangarter og et rigtig godt temperament med stor ridelighed melder rytterparret.
UVM drømme
Coronaåret sidste år var jo naturligvis helt udenfor den almindelige rutine, i forhold til at gøre hopper klar til kåring, men som Silje fortæller, så var avlerne meget forstående i forhold situationen og det påvirkede naturligvis også salget. Men den del er indhentet i de første måneder i år. En stor del af Bakken Dressage er jo også at markedsføre og sælge avlernes unge heste, og her bliver det indgående kendskab til hver enkelt unghest naturligt et positivt kort i forhold til at matche fremtidig hest og rytter.
Championaterne har i mange år været synonym med Silje Bakken, og hun har da også allerede været afsted med superstjernen i stalden den nu 6-årige sølvmedaljehoppe Sweetnes e. Blue Hors St. Schufro / Tailormade Lancelot, avlet af Lisbeth B. Andersen og ejet af Silje Bakke og Christine Bock Paulsen. Parret kvalificerede sig til mellemrunden fra den indledende klasse i Billund med 88,60.
Sidste år var ekvipagen klar til UVM men det blev jo grundet corona aflyst, så lige nu krydser Silje fingre for at hun kan sikre sig en billet for at repræsenterer Dansk Varmblod til UVM i Verden efter sommerferien.
Start lists for 2nd Dutch observation for WCYH in Verden
Lantanas from Van Olst Horses with Lottie Fry - photo credit: Van Olst Horses
2nd Dutch observation for WCYH takes place 21 & 22 June in Ermelo. Combinations selected for 3rd observation with riders which are going to the Olympics will be exempt for the 3rd observation and will be part of the final selection (at paper) together with the present combinations 19 & 20 July. .
22 & 23 June with first observation of German Young Horses for WCYH in Verden
Germany getting ready for 1st observation for WCYH in Verden with training 22 June and riding a test 23 June.
The test riding part 23 June will be available to follow via live stream at Clipmyhorse.
2nd observation and selection of the German Young Horses will be 26 & 27 July.
Entries for 22 & 23 are not online yet.
Detailed schedule here.
Schedule for CDI3 Herzlake Germany this weekend with full live stream at Clipmyhorse
Danish riders Cathrine Dufour, Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Lone Bang Larsen will participate at CDI3 Herzlake this weekend.
There will be full live stream via Clipmyhorse. Link for results is available at H2R calendar.
Schedule:
46.000 euro top price Dynamic Dream colt at NRW foal auction
Danseur d'Amour by Dynamic Dream/For Romance I. Photo credit: Reckimedia
Detailed informations about each foal here.
18 selected Danish Warmblood foals ready for auction at Blue Hors 26 June
The preliminary collection is ready
The next Danish Warmblood auction in cooporation with Blue Hors takes place during the event “Blue Hors Summer Festival” 26 June.
A quick view at the preliminary collection shows a strong crop of foals with super gaits and out of Europe’s top stallions underlined with strong dam lines.
Among the stallions represented are: Glamourdale, Jameson RS2, Knock-Out, Blue Hors Monte Carlo, Revolution, Blue Hors Kingston, Secret, Springbank II, Vitalis, Hesselhøj Donkey Boy, Blue Hors Farrell and Gørklintgårds Santos.
The bid starts Thursday 24 June at 5 pm and will finish Saturday LIVE at 8 pm.
For any informations feel free to contact Louise Ringsbo:
Louise Ringsbo
Marketing — Selection of foals — Customer Contact — Seller Contact
100.000 euro top price at OLD riding horse auction for 9 yr old gelding by Glock´s Romanov
Part of press release
The 5th Oldenburger Online Special Edition presented an international online auction with first-class results. Both the riding horse and foal collections were highly sought after by Oldenburg friends from abroad.
The nine-year-old Roncevall OLD by Romanov Blue Hors - Donnerhall - Darling, bred by Jantje Borgers from Apen/Lower Saxony and exhibited by Crisol Sporthorses from Madrid/Spain from the stable of Oldenburg friend Cristina Figueroa de Bourbon, shone as the acclaimed price leader in the riding horse collection. For 100,000 Euros, the likeable dressage artist switches to dressage enthusiastic Olympic customers in Austria. Roncevall OLD was already Vice Champion of 4-year-old riding horses in Spain. Dam Doratha is sister to the Intermediaire II successful DMJ Rubens/Martina Hannöver-Sternberg. Sire Romanov Blue Hors was reserve champion at the Oldenburg licensing and won team silver at the European Championships in Herning under Dutchman Hans Peter Minderhoud.
Top price at Grand Prix Sales auction - colt by Vivino sold for 20.000 euro
45.000 euro top price foal at OLD auction by Follow Him´s Schöneweide/De Lorean
Price winner video foal:
Here you find the entire list of prices.
Check out this auction with exclusive selected foals
41.500 euro top price for 4 year old mare by Apollon / Fürst Grandios sold to USA
VIDEO - National US event for Olympic prospects taking place this week
Yesterday with Grand Prix for the very long “long list” for the US team.
Like the recent German and Dutch championships the national scores seems overheated, and your not in doubt that the nations wants to show top points before the Olympics.
When watching the very nice test from Salvino and Adrienne Lyle you also clearly get the feeling of very positive scoring. You can watch the test here below and judge for yourself.
Here you find all available links including links to video of all the GP tests.
Top 7 scores from yesterday:
1. Adrienne Lyle / USA / Salvino / 82.413%
2. Sabine Schut-Kery / USA / Sanceo / 78.978%
3. Steffen Peters / USA / Suppenkasper / 77.696%
4. Nick Wagman / USA / Don John / 75.652%
5. Olivia LaGoy-Weltz / USA / Rassing’s Lonoir / 75.131%
6. Alice Tarjan / USA / Candescent / 74.282%
7. Charlotte Jorst / USA / Katel’s Nintendo / 73.631%
Future Champions i Hagen startet her til morgen
For de morgenfriske er de individuelle junior og ungrytter konkurrencer startet i flot sommer solskin i de smukke omgivelser i Hagen.
Et kig ned over startlisterne vidner om høj kvalitetsheste og avlshingste, så det er virkelig op til de unge ryttere at kunne leve op til forventningerne.
Lodtrækningen har været så de 3 første danske ekvipager var til start i første afdeling fra morgenstunden.
I eftermiddag går team konkurrencens første del med junior klassen som starter kl. 12.45 og ungrytter klassen som starter kl. 15.30.
Hele stævnet kan følges via live stream på Clipmyhorse, dog med den udfordring at man skal være Premium medlem for at se med, og derudover er det ikke muligt med blot et log-in at følge begge baner samtidig.
Link til startlister og resultater findes her.
17 dressage horses and 16 dressage foals are ready for OLD online auction
Thursday 10th June the online auctions of OLD riding horses and foals starts.
From the video presentation of the riding horses collection they quality in general is with good horses, but no horses with outstanding qualities. You can find the entire riding horses collection here. You get the chance to see the riding horses under saddle at 7 pm Thursday where a live presentation will be available at Clipmyhorse.
Among the foal collection H2R picked only two foals showing very good movements and expression.
Here you find the entire foal collection.
Global Dressage Auction foal collection is Online!
Press Release
And... WE ARE LIVE
We proudly present you the very first foal auction collection of Global Dressage Auction!
10 exceptionally talented dressage foals
2 exclusive frozen embryo's
What about offspring from the 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 of 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝘇, 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶, 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗳𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘂𝘀? Or a direct descendant of Hermès, that won the bronze medal at the Dutch National Dressage Championships last weekend in a spectacular fashion and is in the race for an Olympic ticket?
Go check out this outstanding collection https://veiling.globaldressageauction.com/veilingen/soon
⏰ 19th of June: start auction
🏁 22nd of June: auction closes
VIDEO - Glock´s Total US and Edward Gal Dutch national championship Grand Prix freestyle
Selected Dutch combinations for Olympics Tokyo
Edward Gal with Glock´s Total US (reserve horse Glock´s Toto jr.)
Hans Peter Minderhoud with Glock´s Dream Boy
Dinja van Liers with Hermes
Marlies van Baalen with Go Legend (reserve combination)
VIDEO - Well deserved ticket for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal final for Ann-Christin Wienkamp with Finley
76,293% ticket for Ann-Christin Wienkamp and Finley
Pleasure to watch Ann-Christin again this weekend with a very well prepared Finley, and of course they deserve a spot in the final which they actually already earned back at the qualifier in Mannheim end of April, but unfortunately not from the judges point at that time.
Ann-Christin showing Finley with a nice forward flow In a nice balance and form without any technical issues.
Placed 2nd Isabell Werth rider Niklaas Feilzer with Leo Löwenherz, expressive horse with highlights for the trot tour and well managed canter tour.
Imposantos and Bart Veeze showed a strong test with lovely suppleness but for more moments Imposantos lack more clear uphill open frame.
Enjoy the winning test here.
VIDEO - Gold medal freestyle for TSF Dalera BB and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl
Another well deserved gold medal for Delera and Jessica.
