The announcement of the Spanish team for the Olympics has not been published yet from team trainer Rudolph Zeilinger, but a closer look into the latest results, current form and experience shows a clear picture of top 3 from the Grand Prix yesterday at Grote-Brogel in Belgium, with Beatrice Ferrer-Salat, Claudio Castilla Ruiz and Severo Jurado Lopez and then it may look like a reserve spot for either Jose Garcia Mena or Juan Matute jr.
Det danske team er klar til start i Finland til Nordic Baltic Championships
Det danske team - Trine Mittag, Joachim Thomsen, Anne Troensegaard og Sanne Svendsen
De danske seniorer er klar til fรธrste konkurrence dag i morgen i Finland.
Teamet bestรฅr af:
Trine Mittag & Gammelenggรฅrds Easy
Joachim Thomsen & Aarรธeยดs Ghandi
Anne Troensegaard & Kipling
Sanne Svendsen & Hannah Montana
H2R har fanget Joachim Thomsen til en lille update om turen indtil nu
โTuren herop var utrolig lang, fรธrste stop var travbanen i Stockholm hvor vi havde pause inden vi sejlede til ร bo i Finland. Selve sejlturen var frygtelig varm, sรฅ vi var nรธdt til at have blรฆsere osv tรฆndt under det meste af turen, men heldigvis klarede alle danske heste den nรฆsten 24 timers rejse super flot. Hestene har vรฆret friske fra vores fรธrste trรฆningsdag heroppe og vi er kommet fint pรฅ plads. Vi har vรฆret heldige at fรฅ bokse indendรธrs, selvom det er lidt begrรฆnset med plads og vi derfor har fรฅet tackbokse udenfor i teltstalden. Vi hygger og har det sjovt sammen i vores lille team, og er gode til at hjรฆlpe hinanden.
Vejret klager vi ikke over da termometeret siger omkring 27 grader. Fredag aften var der trรฆning pรฅ opvisningsbanen, dog kun med 15 minutter til hver nation. Alle hestene er gรฅet gennem vetcheck og vi er nu klar til hold Grand Prix klassen imorgen,โ fortรฆller Joachim Thomsen.
Starttider i lรธrdagens Grand Prix: HUSK det er minus 1 time i forhold til DK tid
15.18 (14.18 DK tid) Hannah Montana / Sanne Svendsen
16.23 (15.23 DK tid) Kipling / Anne Tronsegaard
17.37 (16.37 DK tid) Gammelenggรฅrds Easy / Trine Mittag
17.46 (16.46 DK tid) Aarรธeยดs Ghandi / Joachim Thomsen
Aarรธยดs Ghandi nyder sit ophold i det finske - privat foto.
Link til startlister og livestreaming findes via kalenderen her pรฅ H2R.
41.000 euro top price at HANN Online auction for Blue Hors Monte Carlo filly
Don't leave anything for Werth - she will definitely go for the victory
Never underestimate Isabell Werth
Final test of the Dutch team candidates before the Olympics at CHIO Rotterdam this weekend. And with 4 solid performances the Dutch team brought themselves into leading position for the team competitions, but the individual winner today was a Germanyยดs Isabell Werth with her 16 year old Weihegold OLD.
Todayโs performance from Werth was really strong and also for the not so flashy parts the trot extensions and half passes Werth showed Weihegold in the best way by keeping her maximum balance and expression.
Weihegold OLD / Isabell Werth - Good halt, good diagonal, good half passes missing bit more carriage, nice halt with rein back, good diagonal, nice into passage off the ground, tiny tension out of nice piaffe, could show more over the back extended walk, good collected walk, sharp into passage, good piaffe at the spot at begin bit better sit than at the end, good transition to canter, nice big 2 times, super extended canter, well balanced zigzag, does not take the aid at first but successful 15 one times, superb quality pirouettes, nice into trot, good diagonal, WOW passage, super piaffe and transitions, super halt. Very nice test!
The favorite today at home soil Edward Gal with Glockยดs Toto US showed a nice balanced test, but unfortunately with some extra flying changes today.
Glockยดs Total US / Edward Gal - Good halt, nice expressive balanced diagonal, huge crossing uphill half passes, nice supple in the body at left, super halt with rein back, super diagonal, nice passage off the ground, small tensions hind for active piaffe at the spot, super passage, active extended walk, super quality of the walk, small tension into passage, some tensions hind 2nd piaffe, super passage, nice into canter, nice 2 times, super diagonal extended canter, error end of zigzag (extra flying changes), tense before starting one times, bit short in the neck, extra change after 1st pirouette, super nice 2nd pirouette, power diagonal, super passage, good piaffe small tension out.
Glockยดs Dream Boy N.O.P. / Hans Peter Minderhoud - Nice halt, power diagonal, nice supple half passes with good crossing, good halt bit cautious rein back, good diagonal, nice into passage, nice expressive passage, good activity for piaffe and smooth transitions, good into walk, nice extended walk, bit tense for collected walk, nice into passage, good 2nd piaffe, super timing, nice into canter, small error 2 times, good extended canter, well balanced zigzag huge side ways, good 1 times, WOW 2nd pirouette balance and super control with sit and clear canter, good diagonal, strong final centerline.
Hermes / Dijna van Liere - Super halt, good balance for diagonal, lack bit more uphill half pass right, nice balance uphill left, good halt with rein back, good into passage, bit tense hind passage, active at the spot piaffe, nice transitions, super relaxed extended walk, good collected walk, nice 2nd piaffe with good transitions, tiny tension into canter, good 2 times, good extended canter, nice bending bit tension but well managed, super nice 1 times, good pirouettes with bending and sit, super diagonal, very nice and active final centerline, open halt. THEY are definitely also ready for the Olympics.
For the clear reserve combination for the Olympics Marlies van Baalen and Go Legend shows another strong and consistent performance today.
Saturday the team competition will be completed with Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix freestyle.
36.500 euro top price colt by Franz Joseph Junior sold to NED at NRW foal auction
Nordic Championships starts tomorrow Wednesday at Ypรคjรค, Finland
VIDEOS - extra observation event for Danish young horses for World Championships in Verden
Yesterday and today with extra observation tests for potential candidates for WCYH in Verden
Due to the very tight schedule this year the planned observations dates 13 & 14 July at Vilhelmsborg unfortunately were at the same time as Falsterbo Horse Show and the selection commission were ready with extra dates this weekend for combinations or riders going to Falsterbo Horse Show.
It was a small group of horses but nevertheless some very interesting candidates.
From H2R point of view two very clear candidates:
6 year old Sweetnes by Blue Hors St. Schufro / Tailormade Lancelot ridden by Silje Bakken and bred by Lisbeth B. Andersen
And by the 7 year old candidates Atterupgaards Cooper by Charmeur / Gribaldi ridden by young Sara Aagaard Hyrm and bred by Stud Atterupgaard also showed a strong and high quality performance.
Candidates at start this weekend at Blue Hors:
Intermediaire I sejr til Anders Hoeck med Blue Hors Zwobber
Toppen af dagens Intermediaire I med god ridning og god kvalitet.
Lidt indtryk fra hver enkelt ekvipage:
UNO Day Sun - flyende tur i god balance med godt udtryk og god form, gode serier, mister balance i 2. pirouette.
Svalegรฅrds Dear One - korrekt tur uden tekniske fejl, den samlede skridt bliver lidt spรฆndt. Generelt virker kontakten lidt forholdt hele vejen.
Sullivan - flotte รธgninger, spรฆndt tilbagetrรฆning, mangler lidt mere afspรฆndthed i skridtturen, spรฆnder i changementer, mangler lidt mere kontrol og balance i begge pirouetter.
LL Korsbjergs Domestic - overordnet billede savner mere lรธsgjorthed og smidighed.
Stensgaard Chrush - billedet er prรฆget af en ofte meget stรฆrk kontakt, og det kniber med at kunne komme rundt i en korrekt form i dag.
Blue Hors Zwobber - super flow i trav turen, fin parade med tilbagetrรฆdning, god skridt tur, fine fremadgรฅende serier, mister minimal fremadsรธgning ind til den fรธrste pirouette, rigtig god kvalitet hele turen.
Baunehรธjens Carpaccio - god travtur, momentvis lidt dyb i formen, lidt spรฆndt tilbagetrรฆdning, lidt kort i skridten รธnskes mangler lidt mere afspรฆndthed over ryggen, pirouetter med fin kontrol, god serier.
Fie H - godt flow og udtryk i travturen, lidt kort og spรฆnder i skridten, lidt spรฆndinger i galopturen, skal sรฆtte sig mere i pirouetter og der indlรธber fejl i 2ere.
Blue Hors First Choice - snรฆver form i trav turen, rytter forsรธger at justere under vejs med noget uro pรฅ hรฅnden, god skridt tur, fejlridning glemmer รธgning, god kvalitet i galopturen.
Mintebjergs Online - generelt mangler der mere balance og bรฆring i turen i dag.
Quintus - mangler lidt mere samling og kontrol, der indlรธber et par tekniske fejl i slutningen af turen.
Fabius - god power i traven men mangler generelt lidt mere kontrol pg bliver momentvis uens bagi, lidt kort i skridten, pirouetterne mangler mere forberedelse og kontrol, lidt spรฆndte serier.
Sรธren Pedder - dejligt udtryk og power desvรฆrre momentvis lidt store รธjne, spรฆndt og kort skridt tur, tekniske spรฆndingsudfordringer i galopturen.
Carlton Hill VDL - ikke startet
Hรธjvangs Unik - lidt hektisk travtur, god skridttur, der indlรธber fejl i 2er serien.
Top price colt at DSP auction by Va Bene sold for 80.000 euro
Va Bene and Dynamic Dream with top price colts.
Top price filly by Vitalis sold for 30.500 euro at Danish Warmblood auction tonight
Another successful Danish Warmblood auction
Huge activity from abroad combined with buyer sitting at the arena it once again became a successful auction fo top quality Danish Warmblood foals.
Vitalis, Secret and Blue Hors Monte Carlo with top prices at the auction tonight.
Here you find the entire list of prices.
VIDEO - So many 10ยดs for top 3 today at Kronberg
Bella Rose, Showtime and Dalera - team Germany without any discussion
Top qualities worth top scores but towards the Olympics the international judges also seems to be kind of extra positive as the 10ยดs sometimes are getting a bit to easy at the scoreboard.
For the first piaffe tour for Werth today this was not a clear 10 as Bella Rose started out a bit looking but after a few steps she was fully focused at the job. Christoph Umbach judge at C today was the only one just rewarding 2 x 10 for the transitions and also finishing at 82.500%. Also for extended walk Umbach was at the best level with a 6,0 as you donโt need to be an expert to see that the rhythm is far from clear and actually at a level more around 5,0. The one times today are just executed by the master herself as Bella Rose becomes quite tense but Werth manage without errors.
Showtime and Schneider were showing a strong test, their piaffe tours are not fully at the spot, like also their series are with some tensions today.
Dalera has to go to the toilet for the first half pass to the right and loosing the trot and forward search and after the extended canter the flying change are not totally clean, also their series are with tensions, but still manage to finish +81%.
Here you find the entire results with detailed scores.
Blue Hors Summer Festival started today
A huge program for this weekend at Stud Blue Hors
Today the event started with national competitions, preliminary round for 3 year old and 4 year old horses sired by Blue Hors stallions.
Tomorrow evening there will be foal auction held by Danish Warmblood in coorporation with Blue Hors.
Additionally an extra observation event for Danish Warmblood young horses for WCYH in Verden will take place, as the planned observation will be at the same time as Falsterbo Horse Show.
Excitement and enthusiasm
Lots of activity during the day and from watching the preliminary 4 year old class today, there were also a lot of โnewโ riders showing their young horses.
The 8 best 3 year old and 4 year old young horses are ready for the finals starting tomorrow morning at 8 am.
Mares with their foals arrived this afternoon and were prepared for tomorrowยดs prestigious Blue Hors foal championships.
Everyone seems to be very excited and enthusiastic taking part of Blue Hors Summer Festival.
Young Horse Championships and Foal Championships will be available LIVE at Clipmyhorse, while chosen dressage classes will be available LIVE at Zibrasport.
Danish team for the Olympics
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Bohemian & Cathrine Dufour
Heilineโs Danciera & Carina Cassรธe Krรผth
Blue Hors Zack or Atterupgaards Orthilia & Nanna Merrald
Reserve: Bufranco & Charlotte Heering
Boys are boys - strong collection for Danish Warmblood auction
A total of 8 colts will be available for Danish Warmblood auction 26 June
Today at 5 pm the auction will be open for pre-bid and Saturday at 8 pm the will close with LIVE presentation of the collection at Blue Hors.
The colts for this auction shows powerful movements and like the fillies they are represented by strong stallions with great dam lines.
Blue Hors Monte Carlo, Jameson RS2 and Secret all proved themselves as top foal producer. For this auction the buyers also have the change to secure a future top prospect.
Remember final presentation will be at 2 pm Saturday before the final bid round starts at 8 pm. - both will be LIVE at Clipmyhorse.
H2R top price candidates are:
Dutch young horses appointed for final selection 19 & 20 July
Kjento and Charlotte Fry also ready for final selection - photo credit: Timo Martis
Danish Warmblood up-coming auction with girl power
Danish Warmblood auction 26 June at 8 pm
18 selected top foals from Danish Warmblood breeders are ready for the auction.
The combination of online bid, live presentation and final bid round makes this auction attractive for both buyers abroad and live at the arena.
Saturday 26 June with final LIVE presentation at 2 pm and the auction at 8 pm - both will be available LIVE via Clipmyhorse.
Here you find all infomations about the auction.
Girl power from top stallions and strong proven dam lines
A total of 10 fillies are available for the buyers. Each filly with gaits and pedigree for both future sport and breeding.
On H2R filly list are:
VIDEO - 5 year old, 6 year old and 7 year old German horses appointed for final selection 27 July
Todayโs โwinnerโ of German 5 year old 1st selection was Danciero with Eva Mรถller - photo credit: Helgstrand Dressage.
Eva Mรถller and Danciero showed medal quality test today in Warendorf.
5 year old German horses selected for final selection 27 July:
6 year old horses selected:
7 year old horses selected:
German observation for WCYH Tuesday and Wednesday - live stream at Clipmyhorse
If you want to follow the German candidates for WCYH in Verden, you can from tomorrow Tuesday at 8.00 am follow the 5 year old and 2 pm the 7 year old - both have to show the preliminary test.
Wednesday is 6 year old starting at 9 am.
Judges: Dr. Dietrich Plewa and Reinhard Richenhagen
National team coach: Monica Theodorescu will support perspective trainer Sebastian Heinze and Hans-Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen.
Both days with live stream at Clipmyhorse. Start lists will be published at H2R Facebook as soon as they are online.
Secure your future top star now
๐ฅ๐ฅ Auction Time, make your bid wherever in the world!
Exceptional talents await you! Outstanding quality, exquisite looks, intelligence and world-class breeding sums up what you can expect from this highly interesting collection!
Koos Poppelaars of Stal Poppelaars VOF has carefully selected these phenomenal foals!
๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐จ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฏ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐จ.
โฐ auction is running
๐ 22nd of June: auction closes
๐ https://veiling.globaldressageauction.com/veilingen/open
Herzlake a very important and successful competition for Danish Cathrine Dufour
Cathrine Dufour winner of both CDI3 Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at Herzlake, Germany - photo credit: EQWO.net / Petra Kerschbaum
Today Dufour and Bohemian showed another top test
A Grand Prix Special rewarded with โjustโ 82,064%. Impressive score but very impressive performance, and watching the detailed scoring there were from H2R point of view clearly missing some 9ยดs for ex. the centerline with pirouettes and one time changes - this line was a clear 9 mark line. Piaffe tours were at the spot with maximum steps, well balanced transitions, super passage, and the final centerline where Bohemian shows super power supple passage. This test was more like a 85% test.
Itยดs not always just about the scores
For Danish Cathrine Dufour this event was definitely not at the planned schedule before the Olympics but the circumstances after the โexitโ from the 2nd day at Compiรฉgne where Bohemian became tense and very insecure going into the arena and not entering the centerline became a whole new challenge, not just for Cathrine Dufour herself but also for the entire final preparation for the team towards the Olympics.
The team trainer and also personal trainer for Dufour Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, made a quick a clear decision - they needed a โtest competitionโ more before the Olympics and therefore Herzlake was scheduled for Cathrine Dufour, Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Lone Bang Larsen.
Metal coach Rasmus Bagger part of the team in Herzlake
For the sharp viewers a male person was standing at the arena next to trainer Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein when Dufour and Bohemian entered the arena. Mental coach Rasmus Bagger has been working with Cathrine Dufour since she was 12 years old and he was this weekend also a part the team for this particularly event to coach and support Cathrine Dufour.
As Cathrine describes the situation after Compiรฉgne it has been three weeks with hard work โrecoveringโ from the experience at Compiรฉgne for both her and Bohemian.
โFor the past two weeks Iยดve had some sessions together with Rasmus Bagger guiding me to take back the โleadershipโ when riding Bohemian after our competition at Compiรฉgne where he got frighten and insecure.
Weโve been taking about my body language and how I can make Bohemian secure again, and for sure it has also been about myself. So this weekend with Rasmus Bagger at the sideline was about bringing the theory together with the practice, and we have also been training together at home before this weekend. I really feel that my body language tells something totally different now, as I now realise that for the last few competitions there has been some issues and instead of facing the facts I was kind of avoiding โthe problemsโ hoping for the best and thinking hopefully I can manage.
Itยดs been a very valuable help as this part is also very mentally related and about keeping yourself forward thinking and up towards the Olympics. I leaned a lot mentally the last weeks and itยดs been very very exciting and I feel really well prepared towards the Olympics nowโ, tells Cathrine Dufour.