VIDEO - Høj kvalitet hos de unge hopper til DV´s Eliteskue i torsdags

Quaterhit e. Quatergold / Sandro Hit / Brentano II

3 nye guldmedaljehopper

Hesselhøj Donkey Boy brillierede endnu engang med to ud af tre guld medaljehopper, og der er ingen tvivl om at Donkey Boy har slået sig fast som den helt store ridehesteproducent. Afkommene besidder alle tre gangarter, og vil i høj grad og lade sig ride og uddanne. Hvorvidt Donkey Boy også bliver Grand Prix heste producent vil tiden vise, når afkommene er gamle nok.

Springbank II VH ligner også en ridehesteproducent, og nu med den første guldmedaljehoppe.

  • ÅRET HOPPE - Nr. 228 Dina Holmklit e. Hesselhøj Donkey Boy / De Noir, avlet af Trine Udklit Sørensen, ejet af Kristin Andresen

  • Nr. 229 Brandtbjergs Divya e. Hesselhøj Donkey Boy / Blue Hors Don Olymbrio, avlet af Brandtbjerggaard v. fam. Buhl, ejet af Agnete Holmsted

  • Nr. 241 Sparkletini e. Springbank II VH / Franklin, avlet og ejet af HH Horses

Quaterhit med særdeles spændende fremtidshopper

Medaljekaraten er lavere men kvaliteten er bestemt ikke dårligere længere nede af listen. Med på H2R toplisten finder man yderligere i alt 8 hopper. Alle de hopper ligner fremtidige rigtig spændende sportsheste, der naturligvis har afstamning, som også berettiger dem til at være blandt medaljehopperne.

  • Nr. 221 For Time e. For Dance / Solos Carex avlet af HH Horses, Henrik Hansen og ejet af samme med Helgstrand Dressage. Velgående med kvalitet.

  • Nr. 234 Kastaniegårdens Monclair e. Quaterhit / Fürstenball avlet og ejet Maria Hindkjær. Tydelig præg af mormors far Michellino med super dejlig kvik afvikling af bevægelsesforløbet med flot udtryk.

  • Nr. 235 Springborgs Essie e. Quaterhit / Jazz avlet af Stutteri Springborg og ejet af Jurado Dressage. Masser power af jorden i god balance og flot udtryk.

  • Nr. 236 Nordstrands Quinoa e. Quaterhit / Blue Hors Hertug, avlet og ejet af Gitte Nordstrand Larsen. Meget udtryksfuld, smidig og særdeles velgående i alle 3 gangarter.

  • Nr. 242 Lygum´s Zelina e. Blue Hors St. Schufro / Blue Hors Zack avlet af Lygum Horses og ejet sammen med Bakken Dressage. Masser udtryk og power til fremtiden med høj høj kvalitet.

  • Nr. 250 Remember Me DWB e. Blue Hors Don Olymbrio / Sezuan, avlet af Lena og Rasmus Dalsgaard, ejet af Bregnerødgård. Velgående i dejlig naturlig lukket form, med et aktivt bevægelsesforløb op af jorden.

  • Nr. 253 Atterupgaards Mahalia (4 år) e. Foundation / Lord Sinclair, avlet og ejet af Stutteri Atterupgaard. Smidig i alle 3 gangarter, som går sig dejlig naturlig fri i traven med god energi, super galop og rigtig god skridt. Mahalia med eliteskuets mest imponerende “cv”.

  • Nr. 270 Falkendaune Macohl (10 år) e. Fürstenball / Schwadroneur, avlet af Thomas Bach Jensen og ejet af Henrietta og Andreas Skjold. Sportsresultaterne taler for sig selv, pt placeret som nr. 51 på FEI´s World Ranking for Young Riders.

Med et spinkelt grundlag blot ud fra afstamninger, præsentationen og karakteristikken vover H2R alligevel den påstand, at alle ovenstående hopper umiddelbart havde kvalitet til at gå en medaljekarat op.

Video af nogle af de meget spændende unge hopper LINK

Fry takes Freestyle gold on phenomenal night in Herning

There was magic in the air tonight at the Stutteri Ask Stadium in Herning, Denmark where Great Britain’s Lottie Fry and her spell-binding stallion Glamourdale claimed their second gold medal of the week in the Blue Hors FEI Dressage Freestyle World Championship.

In Monday’s Grand Prix Special the pair pinned Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Vamos Amigos into silver medal spot and The Netherlands’ Dinja van Liere into bronze, and tonight the same three athletes filled exactly the same places on the Freestyle podium.

But the electricity and excitement in the air this evening was on a whole other level. The sound of more than 10,000 people screaming with delight at the glorious sight of beautiful horses and their stylish riders dancing under the floodlights heralded the arrival of a new era in the sport that has been evolving rapidly over the last decade and more. 

And leading the charge of change are three ladies with lovely young horses that are only starting out in their careers and who have incredibly exciting futures ahead of them

Spell

Fry and Glamourdale were third-last to go of the 15 Freestyle starters and from the moment they entered the arena they had the crowd under their spell. From foot-stomping passage and piaffe to the 11-year-old stallion’s trademark high-stepping extended canter they kept the audience enthralled, and despite a couple of mistakes they racked up colossal scores to put 90.654 on the board and bring the spectators to their feet in a joyous frenzy.

Van Liere had to follow that but wasn’t the least bit intimidated. Her 10-year-old stallion just seemed to grow in confidence with every move, and picking up scores of nine and ten along the way the elegant pair posted 86.900 to slot into silver medal spot. But Laudrup-Dufour and her 10-year-old gelding Vamos Amigos demoted them to bronze with a performance that put 89.411 on the board and set the home crowd alight yet again. 

Van Liere was delighted to collect her second medal of the week at her very first World Championship. The 31-year-old athlete has really put herself on the map with some exceptional performances over the last five days. 

“I’m incredibly proud of my horse, he did such a fantastic job today”, she said tonight. “On Saturday and on Monday he was a little bit tense and I thought today with all the audience he would be more tense but he was actually so relaxed. He’s just getting better and better so I was extremely proud that he did such a good job and I had all his focus”.

Enjoy the experience

Laudrup-Dufour was under the utmost pressure with the hopes of her country sitting heavily on her shouldersm but she said she just decided to enjoy the experience “and it was fantastic riding through that gate again. The crowd tonight were the real superstars, I’ve never seen anything like it, it was like being at a soccer game!”, she said.

“I was super happy with my horse, he was hot today but with that said he’s ten years old, it’s my third horse within four years to take an individual medal with and I’m very proud of him and my team”, she added.

She was asked afterwards if she was disappointed with her result, “no you always go for gold but it’s an honour to be here with these two girls and I do really think that we are a part of changing the sport of dressage and it makes me so proud!”, she pointed out.

Fry said she’d never experienced anything quite like riding into the arena tonight. “The second you entered the crowd was going crazy before you even started, and that already was exciting for Glamourdale to go in there and he knew that it was full and he needed to show off. But as soon as the music started it was the most insane feeling, he was dancing to his Freestyle and I just felt I could sit there and enjoy it. I was listening to the crowd singing along and getting excited about his extended canter. Honestly it was the best feeling in the world and I never have been in an arena like that or ridden a test like that before. 

"This is exactly what Glamourdale was made for - arenas like this, music like that and floor-plans like this! It was all perfect today!"

Lottie Fry (GBR)

Judges

Judge at C, Denmark’s Susanne Baarup, said the judges enjoyed tonight’s Freestyle competition just as much as everyone else.

“It’s amazing to sit there giving marks for such good riding and floor-plans and music, and it’s the small details that decide the placings and we saw extraordinary quality. Out of 15 combinations 13 were plus 80% scores. It’s an honour and a pleasure to be able to judge a world championship and for me it’s particularly special because I was born in this area”.

She was also delighted to see so many young horses doing well. “A lot of people say we don’t see a lot horses form the (Young Horse) world championships doing Grand Prix. But here in this field of nice horses there have been a lot who had success as young horses. It shows the basic riding was done in the correct way”, she pointed out. 

Changes

Laudrup-Dufour talked about the changes she sees happening in the sport. Changes for the better.

“I think style-wise all three of us (herself, van Liere and Fry) we are light riders and we want to try to shape the horses in the softest way possible. It is tricky with such powerhouses, all our three boys are super powerful and it takes a lot to control it but I think it’s impressive - the way both Lottie and Dinja ride, it’s so light and you can’t see that they are doing anything. As Susanne said to see the young horses coming through the system is great. They start to get older now and they can show how much the breeding meant over the last few years, you can tell that these horses are born to do this and it makes it so much more fun for us riders. You don’t have to tell them what to do, you can just go along with them”, she pointed out.

One horse who is certainly born to do it is Glamourdale who rocked the ring on is way to victory this evening. ”It is really hard to believe this all actually happened”, said Fry, “but everything with Glamourdale is nothing short of amazing. He has had this music at stallion shows growing up, so he always dances to it. When the crowd joined in and sang tonight he just loved every minute of it!”

Result 

A farewell to Cassidy - the horse that made Dufour

ECCO FEI World Championships 2022
Herning (DEN)
Dressage

A farewell to Cassidy - the horse that made Dufour

By Stinna Tange

Farewell Atterupgaards Cassidy ridden by Catherine Laudrup Dufour (DEN) during the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 in Herning (DEN) © FEI/Leanjo de Koster

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Last night, we witnessed the emotional farewell to the crowd favourite Atterupgårds Cassidy.  

In front of an enthusiastic home crowd Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour took one last dance under the spotlights with her beloved Cassidy. After 12 years together and countless championships under their belt, the two of them share an extraordinary partnership. However, time has come for the 19-year-old Cassidy to enjoy his senior life back home at Cathrine and Rasmine Laudrups-Dufour’s yard. Though it is important for Cathrine that Cassidy retires while he is fit and happy, it is never easy when a good thing comes to an end as Cathrine explains “it is the end of an era and that’s what makes this so emotional” she continues “but in reality nothing changes for me and Cassidy. We’ll keep having the same routines and we’ll keep training because Cassidy loves to train! But I feel that he deserved one last dance and his fans deserve one last dance.”

"So, tonight was for Cassidy. I owe him everything (…) he is my best friend and I do everything with him myself and that is the favourite part of my day. Just to be around him (…) he brings me so much peace and happiness."

 Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN)

He will never do Grand Prix

Cassidy was not necessarily destined or expected to become one of the best dressage horses in the world. Even though he was doing well at the Danish Young Horse Championships, not many people believed he would progress beyond the small-tour. And the same can be said for Cathrine, who initially liked the feeling she got from Cassidy and together with her then-trainer Rune Willum decided that he would be the one even though she wasn’t completely blown way when she tried him, but explains “he was just so soft and supple and had so much power! And quickly after I’ve got him home, I realised that this could be something very special”. 

She was proven right when they won their first individual medal at the FEI Dressage European Championships for Juniors 2010 just one month later. Cathrine thought that her first individual European Championship medal would be the highlight of her career, but this was only the beginning of a wonderful partnership. The pair would go on to win a medal at every European Championship for all age groups (Junior, Young Rider and Senior) and become the first partnership ever to have done so. “I also think that is why people love Cassidy so much”, Dufour responds when asked what she thinks is the reason for Cassidy’s huge popularity. 

"It is the good story. That we have taken that long road together: a young normal girl and her young horse. I never had a Grand Prix horse before Cassidy, so I also had to learn, whilst I was educating him and because of that he made me the rider I am today." 

He will never do Grand Prix

Cassidy was not necessarily destined or expected to become one of the best dressage horses in the world. Even though he was doing well at the Danish Young Horse Championships, not many people believed he would progress beyond the small-tour. And the same can be said for Cathrine, who initially liked the feeling she got from Cassidy and together with her then-trainer Rune Willum decided that he would be the one even though she wasn’t completely blown way when she tried him, but explains “he was just so soft and supple and had so much power! And quickly after I’ve got him home, I realised that this could be something very special”. 

She was proven right when they won their first individual medal at the FEI Dressage European Championships for Juniors 2010 just one month later. Cathrine thought that her first individual European Championship medal would be the highlight of her career, but this was only the beginning of a wonderful partnership. The pair would go on to win a medal at every European Championship for all age groups (Junior, Young Rider and Senior) and become the first partnership ever to have done so. “I also think that is why people love Cassidy so much”, Dufour responds when asked what she thinks is the reason for Cassidy’s huge popularity. 

"It is the good story. That we have taken that long road together: a young normal girl and her young horse. I never had a Grand Prix horse before Cassidy, so I also had to learn, whilst I was educating him and because of that he made me the rider I am today." 

He will never do Grand Prix

Cassidy was not necessarily destined or expected to become one of the best dressage horses in the world. Even though he was doing well at the Danish Young Horse Championships, not many people believed he would progress beyond the small-tour. And the same can be said for Cathrine, who initially liked the feeling she got from Cassidy and together with her then-trainer Rune Willum decided that he would be the one even though she wasn’t completely blown way when she tried him, but explains “he was just so soft and supple and had so much power! And quickly after I’ve got him home, I realised that this could be something very special”. 

She was proven right when they won their first individual medal at the FEI Dressage European Championships for Juniors 2010 just one month later. Cathrine thought that her first individual European Championship medal would be the highlight of her career, but this was only the beginning of a wonderful partnership. The pair would go on to win a medal at every European Championship for all age groups (Junior, Young Rider and Senior) and become the first partnership ever to have done so. “I also think that is why people love Cassidy so much”, Dufour responds when asked what she thinks is the reason for Cassidy’s huge popularity. 

"It is the good story. That we have taken that long road together: a young normal girl and her young horse. I never had a Grand Prix horse before Cassidy, so I also had to learn, whilst I was educating him and because of that he made me the rider I am today." 

“I only had this one horse and I loved him so much and even though the transfer from Young Rider to Grand Prix wasn’t easy and Cassidy and I struggled with the piaff, I couldn’t just give up on him nor on our partnership. I had to figure out what I was doing wrong since he didn’t understand, and therefor the focus was always on how I could help him. You don’t just quit on your best friend. That was also a huge lesson for me - keep trying until you succeed! So even if a horse has difficulties with one or two things it does not mean you should quite on them”. 

When living-legend Kyra Kyrklund joined their trainer team together with Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein everything clicked, and Cathrine and Cassidy started to master that special art of making Grand Prix look effortless.

To have developed together with your horse like Cathrine has with Cassidy over many years gives a very special confidence in the partnership Cathrine explains “when I saw Cassidy for the first time, he was a six-year-old and afraid of the big screen. Fast forward to our international Grand Prix debut in 2015 it was the exact same situation! But at the time we had been through so much together already, so I never doubted we would also be able to solve that problem. And that is the beauty of having taken that long road together and developed the special bond that we have, it gives you a certain confidence - no matter the situation”. 

Cathrine highlights the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as one of her biggest moments with Cassidy “having my father walk me and Cassidy into the big arena at the Olympics was something I’ll never forget. When he let go of Cassidy, he said ‘Have a good ride and enjoy it’”, Cathrine recalls.

And so, they did. Finishing 13th in the Freestyle at their very first Olympic Games was a huge accomplishment which led to many offers to buy Cassidy, but for Cathrine, their partnership had grown so strong, and she says it was unfathomable to think of selling Cassidy and she’s grateful to her parents for letting her make that decision to keep him.

So, Cassidy stayed with Cathrine and they went on to win an individual bronze at the FEI Dressage European Championship in Gothenburg in 2017. The pair were naturally contenders leading into the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, but unfortunately Cassidy suffered a minor injury in the field so they were unable to go. Fortunately, they bounced back for the European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam (NED) and took home yet another individual bronze medal. That would also be Cassidy’s last Championship, followed by a few more successful World Cups, before it was time to call it a day. 

So, what is the most important lesson Cathrine takes away from her more than decade long partnership with Cassidy? 

“I think what Cassidy has really taught me is how important good horsemanship is. You know, just how much of a difference it makes to really get to know you horse and spend time with them on the ground as well. It is really necessary to build that special bond if you expect them to give you everything in the arena.”
 

To view Cassidy’s greatest results – click here

For more on Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour – check out her FEI Biography here

Lottie and Glamourdale win the Special in style

Great Britain’s Lottie Fry was the golden girl at the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 in Herning, Denmark tonight when taking Grand Prix Special gold with the gorgeous stallion Glamourdale. On a night when the final four riders brought something very special to the ring it was host-nation superstar Cathrine Dufour who claimed silver medal spot ahead The Netherlands’ Dinja van Liere and Hermes.

Van Liere, who turns 32 next week, has a formidable record of success at the World Young Horse Dressage Championships, and in 2018 she steered Hermes into bronze medal spot in the Six-Year-Old category. Move on four years and the pair have achieved a very great deal, peaking with a clean sweep of victories at the CDIO5* on home ground in Rotterdam six weeks ago. 

Yesterday they helped clinch an Olympic qualifying spot for their country when the Dutch finished fifth in the Blue Hors FEI Dressage Team World Championship, and in today’s Grand Prix Special they posted a new leading score of 79.407 when fourth-last to go. It wasn’t what she had been hoping for - “I really wanted over 80%” she admitted at tonight’s post-competition press conference, but it was enough to pressure the final few in the closing stages and stake that place on the podium.

Impressed

“He was a bit impressed by the arena on Saturday and again today, but we had a job to do and we wanted to do a nice test without big mistakes so I was happy I could do that. He spooked twice a little bit but quickly focused again and went on. He’s still so young and so talented!”, she said of her 10-year-old stallion.

Character-wise apparently Hermes is “really smart but he’s also a clown and thinks everything is so funny. He’s really enthusiastic which makes him fun to ride and he loves all the attention. You can see it when we do the salute at the end of a test, he has a really big ego and next to that he has so much talent for all the collected work and piaffe and passage so I’m really happy to have a horse like him”, the Dutch rider said.

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Vamos Amigos settled the fate of team gold in Denmark’s favour yesterday and the crowd in the Stutteri Ask Stadium were with them every step of the way again in today’s Grand Prix Special. In a delightful test they earned a mark of nine for a transition before making a costly mistake in the two-tempis they still put them out in front with the first over-80-percent score when putting 81.322 on the board. 

“I’m really pleased with Vamos, he felt a lot better than yesterday. I felt the connection improved a lot. Of course there was that bit in the two-tempis, that’s just sport and we tried to go for it - and the crowd were fantastic!”, she said.

Still screaming

That crowd were still screaming when Fry came into the ring with just two left to go. “They were literally going wild and he (Glamourdale) could feel the atmosphere and rose to it today. He was trying so hard and he gave me the most incredible feeling throughout the test!”, the British rider said.

Yesterday she admitted that she was concerned that their lack of expertise in the pirouettes would let herself and her horse down today. But in the end they nailed them.

"Anne van Olst, my trainer, was up the entire night worrying how I was going to fix those pirouettes, and I got a great tip from Isabell as well. And with the combination of both of them we got it done today!"

Lottie Fry (GBR)

she said, having posted what would be the winning score of 82.508.

It wasn’t decided however until the final partnership of Isabell Werth and DSP Quantaz came into the ring as the last pair to go. And the German ace and defending Grand Prix Special World champion made quite an entrance. 

As she passed the departing Fry on her way into the ring she gave her British rival a congratulatory high-five before re-establishing the most dramatic passage in preparation for going down the centreline. It was a wonderful sporting gesture. 

“Isabell is literally the queen!”, Fry said of the Dressage superstar who slotted into fourth place, just off the podium, with a score of 79.073. “She is amazing, she has inspired me since I was five years old so it’s incredible and she’s the nicest person, always cheering and supporting!”. 

Blown away

Talking about Glamourdale, Fry said she was blown away the first time she rode him as a six-year-old. “I’d never sat on anything like him before. He’s always been so special and the feeling he gives now is the same as when he was six - the sky is the limit! 

“When he was seven he won the World Championship for Young Horses and that was when we knew he was a massive showman, he loves going in the ring, the more people the better, he wants to show off, he just wants everyone’s eyes on him! And then we made the step to Grand Prix and he just keeps getting better and better and stronger. He’s one in a million, I’ll never find one like him again. The future is also so exciting, this is his first senior championship and I feel like there is so much we can improve that it’s scary!”, Fry said.

Now it’s on to the last collection of medals in Wednesday’s Grand Prix Freestyle. Fry says she has something very special under her belt with her floorplan and musical score.   

“The theme is Best of Britain, it’s all British tracks and it really suits Glamourdale. When you turn it on he just can’t stop dancing to it!”

So don’t miss a hoofbeat….

Result 

Team gold makes the Danish dream come true

They were always tipped to take the title, and Denmark’s Nanna Merrald Rasmussen, Carina Cassøe Krüth, Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour lived up to the challenge in style when claiming team gold on home ground at the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning tonight. But they were chased all the way to the line by Great Britain’s Richard Davison, Gareth Hughes, Charlotte Dujardin and Charlotte Fry who finished just over one percentage point behind in silver medal position while the defending champions from Germany had to settle for bronze.

As the last two riders from each of the nations in strong contention took their turn it was nip-and-tuck all the way and impossible to predict where the medals would fall until the very end. But despite the most intense pressure the Danes achieved the goal they set themselves when these Championships were first allocated to their country three years ago, earning the world team title for the very first time.

Heat

British star and London Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin and her nine-year-old Imhotep began to turn up the heat early this afternoon when putting 77.407 on the board, and when team-mate and last-line rider Charlotte (Lottie) Fry produced a breath-taking test from Glamourdale for a new leading score of 80.839 then Team GB went out in front.  

Dujardin was thrilled with the horse she calls Pete. “He’s only done three Grand Prix competitions, he’s very inexperienced and I had no idea how he was going to be in there today. I was so proud of him, I had one little blip but it was just a miscommunication more than anything, I absolutely love that horse. He makes me smile from ear to ear every day! He has so much power, so much expression, he wants to work and to please you. Now he just needs to get used to the environment and to be given some time”, she said.

She has been riding Imhotep since he was five years old. “I haven’t done big shows with him but I know him well and have a really good partnership with him”, she explained. She is taking care not to ask too much from him too soon in his career however. “It’s a fine line because he’s nine and I don’t want to overdo it, but I wanted to do enough to get enough points for the team today. I didn’t want to scare him and I felt I had a really nice ride but I can’t tell you how big everything feels. In a year or two when he can manage all that power he’s going to be spectacular!”, she pointed out.

It was Fry’s performance that firmly sealed Britain’s place on the podium however. This 26-year-old dressage athlete’s angelic expression masks nerves of steel. She didn’t hold back when it came to giving her all in the ring today, and Glamourdale relished every moment of it, leaving the crowd gasping while he racked up maximum 10 scores for much of his canterwork. 

“He’s a massive showman!”, Fry said. “He and I were in our own little bubble but when the crowd clapped on the last centreline he loved it, he lifted his head and he went Wow!!”

Had to do

Meanwhile Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Marshall-Bell earned 76.584 for the home side, so when Danish anchor Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour entered the arena with Vamos Amigos she knew what she had to do. She had heard the crowd hailing Fry’s spectacular performance, but she wasn’t going to let that intimidate her. She says pressure just gives her a lift.

“I’ve been dealing with it since I did my first Championship when I was 11 years old and I’m fine with it, it just brings me closer into the zone!”, she said after putting the biggest score of the competition on the board with 81.863 which would leave Denmark on the top step of the podium, but only 1.228% ahead of the British in silver medal spot while Isabell Werth and DSP Qantaz and Frederic Wandres and Duke of Britain FRH secured bronze for Germany, their final tally of 230.791 leaving them less than three percentage points further adrift. 

Laudrup-Dufour was also partnering a horse that is still on a learning curve. Vamos Amigos hasn’t always been the most settled ride but he has come into his own this year. 

"I managed to ride him to the limit but stay on the right side of chaotic and brilliant today!"

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (Team Denmark)

 she said. “He’s had a super season so far, he’s been riding a wave since Neumunster really. Leipzig (Longines FEI Dressage World Cup Final 2022 in April) was like riding on a bomb but I think that atmosphere might have matured him too”, she pointed out.

Satisfied

German star Isabell Werth has competed in many World Championships during her sparkling career and said that she and her team “are very satisfied with our bronze medal”. Her country’s record is second-to-none with 12 titles from 15 editions of the team competition, but it’s a time of change with new partnerships emerging and others leaving the sport.

“We didn’t come here as favourites and we knew the Danish would ride for the gold. We were not quite sure about the British but Charlotte always delivers when she needs to. We had a really open championship and it was nice to see. We are not disappointed at all and we knew when we came here with new riders and horses that it would be difficult. It was a great competition and we are all satisfied with our results”, she said.

This gold medal means a great deal to all of the Danish team. Nanna Merrald Rasmussen, who set out the Danish stall with a great ride on Blue Hors Zack yesterday admitted the reality hasn’t quite sunk in yet. “I was shaking and so stressed when Catherine was riding. We saw Lottie (Fry) riding on our phone in the stables and saw she was amazing so we knew Catherine had to ride at her best to get the gold. To finally bring this medal home is amazing!”, she said.

The only time Denmark has ever placed on the Dressage World Championship podium was back in 1982 in Lausanne (SUI) when Anne Grethe Jensen (Marzog), Tove jorck-Jorckston (Lazuly and Finn Sakso-Larsen (Coq d’Or) clinched bronze.

“We are all overwhelmed!”, admitted Danish Chef d’Equipe Anne-Mette Binder tonight. “We hoped to make a good impression and have a good result here in Herning for the Danish audience but also for everyone travelling here. The riders all followed the plans we had from the start and I’m really, really proud of my team today. The expectations were high and our fantastic riders have fulfilled them!”, she added.

Of the 19 competing nations Team Sweden finished fourth ahead of The Netherlands in fifth and Team USA in sixth, and the top six nations have now qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

However attention now turns to tomorrow’s Grand Prix Special for which the top-30 individuals have qualified, and if this weekend’s team competition is anything to go by it’s going to be another gripping day of top sport.

Don’t miss a hoofbeat

Results here

Dinja gives the Dutch the edge

Some days it’s the small things that make all the difference, and today was one of those. For The Netherlands’ Dinja van Liere it was all smiles when she rode to the end of her Grand Prix test with a perfect halt from the 10-year-old Hermes who posted the highest score on the opening day of the Team competition at the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark to give her country the overnight advantage.

But just moments before, Great Britain’s Gareth Hughes had a very different experience when, excited by the clapping of the crowd, Classic Briolinca just couldn’t stop dancing at the end of a great performance and never came to a proper halt. Precious lost marks may well have made the difference between fifth for the British team or a higher placing going into the second day.

However in a sport in which human and horse compete as one, the influence of the equine partner’s flight instinct is never far away so nothing can ever be completely predictable. It’s part of the magic and the challenge of it all…

Second day

As the Grand Prix Team Championship goes into its second day tomorrow when the medals will be decided it’s still a wide-open competition. The 12-time champions from Germany are hot on Dutch heels thanks to Benjamin Werndl and Famoso OLD who put the second-best score of the day on the board with 77.003. And they have two more stars to come tomorrow when Isabell Werth (DSP Qantaz) and Frederic Wandres (Duke of Britain FRH) take their turn. 

Ingrid Klimke kicked off the German effort with a smart 75.683 from Franziskus to ensure they were always going to be right in the mix. It was a personal best for this partnership.

“That was my major aim, and I got it!”, said the lady who is a longtime legend in the sport of Eventing and who is experiencing the very first Dressage Championship of her sparkling career. “He was with me the entire test. There was not a single moment in which I didn’t feel absolutely confident with our performance. Of course he loves the extensions and in the last trot diagonal he knew what comes next. He lowered his croup in the corner and he wanted to show everyone how great a mover he is!”, she pointed out.

Better

Today’s leading rider, van Liere, felt her stallion could have done even better. “Normally his piaffe and passage are brilliant but he didn’t do them to his best today and the same for the pirouettes”, she explained. But she got it spot on in the halt, her horse was not in the least bothered by the spectators’ clapping as the pair marched down their final centreline. 

"Hermes is a clown - he likes the applause and he knows it’s for him! When he enters the arena he doesn’t like to hear it (clapping) but when he finishes he thinks of course this is for me, because I’m the best!"

Dinja van Liere (The Netherlands)

Team Denmark are in third following two solid performances from Nanna Merrald Rasmussen and Carina Cassøe Krüth, the latter’s mark of 76.863 deciding this first-day result for the Danes who are firm favourites for the title. 

Merrald Rasmussen was close behind with a personal best 76.724 and she was very pleased about that. Talking about her Olympic ride, the 18-year-old stallion Blue Hors Zack, she said “he hasn’t done a lot since Tokyo, just two competitions because he’s been very busy breeding. He has done many, many shows in his career and he needs to be a little bit hungry when he is going out. If I do too many shows with him he will be a bit bored with it. He has to be fresh and happy to go out again, and that was the plan here and why we didn’t take him to Aachen”, she explained.

Super

“I did the Danish championships with him and he was super. You never really know, he is 18, I wondered should he really be on the team again and then we took him to the Danish Championships and he was on fire! So we thought ok do the same routine before coming here, no shows just a lot of normal work at home, that was the plan and it has paid off!”, said the rider who followed her success at her home Championships in June with getting married one week later.  

She said she felt “just super, super proud!” to produce that personal best in front of her home crowd. “They were supporting me like crazy at the end, the tears were almost coming. Normally you get a hand-clap down the centreline in the Freestyle but this was just special!”, she said after the spectators went a little wild. 

When team-mates Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Marshall-Bell) and Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (Vamos Amigos) complete the Danish effort tomorrow they will be hoping for an even bigger response from the sidelines because they have Blue Hors FEI Dressage World Championship team gold clearly in their sights.  

With the Swedes in fourth thanks to Juliette Ramel’s 76.164 it’s really tight at the top of the leaderboard however, and with the best three scores to count for every nation anything can happen when the battle resumes in the morning. 

Have you checked out the Elite foal collection for Danish Warmblood auction in Herning?

World Championship sires

Possibility to purchase three very attractive fillies from sires participating at the World Championships. Two by KWPN stallion Glamourdale and one by Total Hope OLD, both young stallions with impressive entries at the international scene. Glamourdale is at start for Great Britain with Charlotte Fry in the saddle and Total Hope OLD is at start with Norwegian Isabel Freese.

Join the breeder dinner before the auction

As Tuesday is the rest day for the dressage competitions you have the possibility to join Danish Warmblood Elite foal show taking place in Boxen next to the main stadium in Herning.

Here you find the schedule and pedigree on all the foals. A total of 28 foals selected for the Elite Foal show will participate. The judging of the dressage foals starts at 1 pm.

Breeder dinner is at 5 pm and costs dkr. 300,- and the auction starts at 7 pm. Just contact Louise Ringsbo for further informations about the foal and/or purchase of tickets for the breeder dinner.

Battle for Dressage Team title is about to begin….

The stage is set and it's all-systems-go at the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 in Herning, Denmark where Dressage gets underway tomorrow morning at 11.00 local time with Switzerland’s Gilles Ngovan first into the arena in the Grand Prix which will decide the fate of the Blue Hors FEI Dressage Team title. 

A total of 93 athlete/horse combinations will line out over two days of super-hot competition in the team event. And in the draw conducted by Technical Delegate Janet Lee Foy from the USA and President of the Ground Jury, Denmark’s Susanne Baarup this afternoon, the places on the starting grid were decided. 

Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal, Finland, Austria, Ireland, Poland, France, Spain, Belgium, Great Britain, Australia, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and USA will compete in that order, and America’s Ashley Holzer and her 12-year-old mare, Valentine, will bring the first-day action to a close just before 20.00.

Hotly tipped

The hosts are hotly tipped for success, and first into the arena for Team Denmark will be the recently-married Nanna Merrald Rasmussen who will be 16th to go with Blue Hors Zack, while compatriot Carina Cassøe Krüth and Heiline’s Danciera will run 43rd of the 46 opening day contenders.

On Sunday it will be Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Marshall-Bell who will be first to fly the Danish flag before Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Vamos Amigos wrap it up for the home side. Laudrup-Dufour has been in spectacular form of late and looks set to be the one to beat all the way through the Championships which conclude next Wednesday, 10 August, with the always popular and much anticipated late-night Grand Prix Freestyle.  

Unpredictable

Of course equestrian sport is always unpredictable and Team Germany, with a massive tally of 12 world team titles to their credit, will be doing everything they can to maintain their dominance while the Swedish team are in confident mood.

Swedish Chef d’Equipe, Bo Jenå, is optimistic for his side’s chances.

"It’s always hard, but for sure we will do our best to take a medal, we have planned for that!"

Bo Jenå (Chef d'Equipe Team Sweden)

 he said today. 

“We have been training and competing and started very well this year. We did a few more shows than we normally do because it’s a short way for us to travel to Denmark - it was way more last year going to Tokyo. Our horses are in very good shape and we had a nice pre-camp at Patrik Kittel’s place last week so we are all feeling good!”, he added. 

Riding Touchdown, four-time Olympian Kittel is joined in the Swedish side by Jeanna Hogberg (Astoria), Juliette Ramel (Buriel KH) and Therese Nilshagen (Dante Weltino OLD).

Big boost

Winning the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ 2022 has also been a big boost to the Swedes. “We used the series as a build-up to these world championships, it was a really good way of testing our riders”, Bo Jenå explained. Sweden has only once been on the Dressage World Championships Team podium, in Rome (ITA) back in 1998, but hopes are high and Jenå believes his team have what it takes to make it happen again.

“I think it’s a very open - the Danish team are the favourites for sure this time but after them there are many countries that can fight for the medals and we are among them!”, he said.. 

Amongst the 93 starters in the team event will be 19 individual riders vying for a top-30 finishing spot in order to qualify for Monday’s Grand Prix Special before the top-15 will then go through to Wednesday night’s Grand Prix Freestyle.

The excitement is about to begin so don’t miss a hoofbeat……

Dressage Grand Prix Team startlist here 

Individual startlist here 

Results Herwart von der Decken Show - The show victory runs in the family

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Verden. Among the dressage mares, Hann.Pr.A. Exclusive left the triangle as the winning mare.

She trotted ahead of  them all: Hann.Pr.A. Exclusive by Escamillo/Fidertanz, bred and owned by Johannes Westendarp, Wallenhorst, took the lead in the group of 55 mares. On the same sand, where her sire Escamillo became Vice World Champion of young dressage horses a year ago, the black beauty was able to convince the judges Ulrich Hahne, Heike Kemmer and guest judge Sönke Rothenberger. "She was brilliant with a good impulsion and great dynamics in trot and used the walking ring to win over the judges as well," Ulrich Hahne was full of compliments.

The first dressage mare to enter the triangle was Hann.Pr.A. Barcelona, whose performance secured her the title of reserve champion mare. The Baron/Don Diamond-daughter (breeder and owner: Herbert Linz, Baindt) was a very special mare for the judges, she showed herself beautifully and with a good rhythm.

The Friedrich Jahnke Prize, which is awarded annually to the highest scoring family of the current show season, was awarded to the three daughters of St.Pr.St. Faconnable. The Fürst Heinrich/Calypso II-daughter produced with Belissimo M the St.Pr.St. Barcelona and the Hann.Pr.A. Brasilia and with Baron the Hann.Pr.A. Bogota. All mares are bred and owned by the Brüning family from Ochtmannien.

The best Danish Warmblood foals, 2 year old mares and young ridden mares are ready for the Elite Show

Boxen in Herning will host Danish Warmblood Elite mare show and Elite foal show 2022

While your in Herning for the World Championships, you also get the chance to follow the best young Danish Warmblood future stars.

Both for the Elite Foal Show and auction (Tuesday 9 August) and the Elite Mare Show (Thursday 11 August) will take place during the World Championships in Herning, inside the huge Boxen arena.

The best foals participated at regional foal shows are selected for the Elite Show, and will run for the title filly of the year and colt of the year. A high quality collection of Elite foals will be for sale at auction Tuesday evening - the rest day between the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix freestyle.

Here you find the schedule including all foals and mares for the Elite Show.


Ny Toftegaard er rammen om DV-stutteriet Worre

June og Mogens Worre omgivet af hopper med deres føl.

Ny Toftegaard - rammen om Stutteri Worre

Næste stop på sommerbesøget var hos June og Mogens Worre på Ny Toftegaard ved Hårlev på Sjælland.

Ejendommen har siden stutteriets start dannet rammen om avlsarbejdet, og da Mogens Worre planmæssigt skulle på pension for et par år siden, valgte parret at istandsætte og modernisere hovedhuset, for at kunne flytte ind der.

Mens hestene holder styr på June´s hverdag, hvor der også tid til en evt. hjælpende hånd med børnebørnene, så er der heller ikke blevet mindre at lave for Mogens, som bruger pensionisttilværelsen på flere bestyrelsesposter og spændende bibeskæftigelser. (Læs artikel fra Landbrugsavisen)

“Fuld pasning”

Hesteriet har altid haft topprioritet hos avlerparret, og udover en stor flok avlshopper med føl på sommerfolden, nyder den DV kårede fuldblodshingst Baccarat også sit otium Ny Toftegaard.

Sommertiden bruges ligesom de fleste andre stedet på at få istandsat staldene og kalket, så der er klar til endnu en vintersæson.

På markturen møder vi en stor flok af parrets egne hopper og føl, og hvor der også går et par “pensionærer” i form af avlshopper med føl. Her er man ikke et sekund i tvivl om hvad June står for, da hun fortæller, at hvis man vil være kunde hos hende, skal man ikke komme rendende i tide og utide (sagt med et smil på læben). Men det nytter jo ikke noget, at man som hesteejer dukker op, for at tage sin hoppe eller føl ud af flokken, eller give dem en gulerod sammen med de andre, det giver kun uro og problemer, så begrebet “fuld pasning” er rent faktisk det som June tilbyder. Pakken er ikke kun foder, udmugning og foldtid, det omhandler hele pakken inkl. smed, dyrlæge, inseminering, kontrol scanning osv.

Der holdes øje

Alle hopper og føl nyder folden på ca 20 tdl. og det skarpe øje fanger straks en flok fold heste med velplejede hove. Man fornemmer tydeligt at det erfarne avlerpar kender vigtigheden af det korrekte fundament. “Hvis der er et føl som skal korrigeres under vejs, så bliver det gjort så ofte som det er nødvendigt”, fortæller June.

På en separat fold går en mindre flok unge hopper som lige har været skilt fra da de skulle kontrol scannes, og umiddelbart ved siden af står en hoppe på fold for sig selv. “Hun er lige pludselig begyndt at være mere end almindelig hård ved sine medsøstre, og så må hun jo bare lidt i skammekrog, indtil hun kommer på bedre tanker” fortæller June.

Det lange avlsarbejde

Ved frokostbordet går snakken på avlsarbejdet, og her mærker man tydeligt June og Mogens´ passion for fuldblodshestene. En passion som startede for mange år siden, og hvor de i dag stadig avler på en enkelt fuldblodshoppe, men som Mogens også klart indrømmer, så “koster det” en generation at avle fuldblod ind i dressuravlen. Værdien af at have tilført fuldblod i avlen har de nu selv gående på markerne, i form af hopper hvor fuldblod er repræsenteret på morsiden på langt de fleste føl.

Reproduktionen for årgang 2023 er på plads med 7 dressurføl, to ifolet Glamourdale, Vitalis, Danciero, Be Sure, Escaneno og Hesselhøj Down Town, 2 springføl og 1 fuldblodsføl.

Salg af føl

Stutteri Worre er nærmest fast gæst når der er følauktioner - og i år er heller ingen undtagelse, idet de allerede har solgt to føl på auktion i år til hhv. USA og Blue Hors.

June og Mogens er også klar til VM, idet de også har fået udtaget et særdeles lovende hoppeføl til Dansk Varmblods Elite auktion, som afholdes i forbindelse med VM i Herning, tirsdag den 9. august kl. 19 i Boxen.

En helt ekstra oplevelse som avlerparret glæder sig meget til, og selvfølgelig krydser fingre for at føllet også bliver solgt godt.

VIDEO - Daniel og Nathalie tæller ned til Herning

Nu går det snart løs

De sidste forberedelser er igang for de 4 danske ekvipager, og idag fortæller Daniel om de sidste forberedelser frem mod VM, hvor han har haft Nathalie med på sidelinien.

Og som Nathalie fortæller i videoen herunder handler det ikke alene om træning, men i høj grad også om den rette timing frem mod opgaven der venter.

Team konkurrencen starter lørdag morgen med første del af de ialt 95 ekvipager, og det er chef d´equipe som skal aflevere en kuvert med hvilken dag hvilke ekvipager skal ride. Herefter bliver startrækkefølgen lavet ud fra ekvipagernes placering på FEI´s World Ranking (i grupper af 5). Anden del af team konkurrencen er søndag morgen.

De 30 bedste ekvipager fra teamkonkurrencen går videre til Grand Prix Specialen mandag, og herfra går de 15 bedste videre til küren onsdag aften (dog max 3 ekvipager fra hver nation).

Alle ekvipagerne skal være klar til fredag morgen kl. 8.00 hvor der er første vet check. 2. vet check er onsdag formiddag inden küren.

Wednesday 10 August at 9 am

Følg med LIVE på Zibrasport på alle IKKE VM-klasser

Hvis ikke du skal til Herning den kommende uge, har du stadig masser muligheder for at følge med fra hele stævnet, idet Zibrasport streamer fra alle IKKE VM klasser, ligesom Clipmyhorse streamer fra alle VM klasser og DR2 er også klar med fuld program fra Herning.

Du kan se følgende LIVE på Zibrasport Equest under VM i Herning:

Fredag d. 5. august
08:00-10:00 Dressage Junior Individual, CDI-J
12:00-16:00 Jumping Small Tour, CSI2*
16:30-20:30 Jumping Big Tour (GP Qual.), CSI2*
Riders Corner (tidspunkt ikke fastlagt)

Lørdag d. 6. august
08:00-10:00 Dressage YR Individual, CDI-YR
10:00-10:30 Riders Corner
12:00-16:00 Jumping Small Tour, CSI2*
13:00-13:45 Sissel Sandø-Ulbæk
16:30-20:30 Jumping Big Tour (GP Qual), CSI2*

Søndag d. 7. august
08:00-10:00 Dressage Junior Freestyle, CDI-J
10:00-10:30 Riders Corner
11:00-13:00 Dressage U-25 Individual, CDI-U25
12:00-12:45 Sissel Sandø-Ulbæk
13:00-14:00 Foredrag med Rikke Buhl (KU/dyrlæge)
14:15-15:00 Helgstrand clinic
15:30-19:30 Jumping Small Tour Final, CSI2*
21:30-22:00 Riders Corner

Mandag d. 8. august
08:00-09:50 Dressage CDI-YR Freestyle
10:20-12:10 Dressage CDI-U25 Freestyle
09:00-12:00 Jumping Big Tour Grand Prix, CSI2*
12:30-13:00 Riders Corner
21:30-22:00 Riders Corner

Tirsdag d. 9. august
Riders Corner (tidspunkt ikke fastlagt)

Onsdag d. 10. august
10:15-10:45 Riders Corner
17:30-18:30 Annette Paterakis
19:00-19:30 Riders Corner

Torsdag d. 11. august
08:00-10:00 Int. AG Jumping Medium Tour, CSI3*
08:00-10:00 KRAFFT Jumping Tour of Amateurs, CSI-AM
11:30-12:00 Riders Corner
21:00-21:30 Riders Corner

Fredag d. 12. august
07:30-09:30 KRAFFT Jumping Tour of Amateurs, CSI-AM
08:30-09:45 Pony Trophy
10:15-10:45 Riders Corner
11:00-14:00 Int. AG Jumping Medium Tour, CSI3*
13:00-14:00 Tina Dufour clinic
15:00-18:00 Jumping Big Tour, CSI3*
16:00-16:45 Alizée Froment clinic
18:00-18:45 Q&A med Tristan Tucker
20:00-20:30 Riders Corner

Lørdag d. 13. august
07:30-09:30 KRAFFT Jumping Tour of Amateurs, CSI-AM
08:00-08:30 Riders Corner
10:15-11:30 Pony Trophy
12:00-12:45 Tristan Tucker clinic
12:30-15:00 Int. AG Jumping Medium Tour Final, CSI3*
15:00-15:45 Poppy Blandford clinic
16:00-17:00 Lise Berg (KU/dyrlæge)
16:00-18:30 Jumping Big Tour, CSI3*
17:00-17:30 Riders Corner
20:00-23:00 SHOW Night presented by Mustang Trailers

Søndag d. 14. august
08:30-09:00 Riders Corner
09:00-11:30 Jumping Big Tour Grand Prix, CSI3*
12:15-13:00 Poppy Blandford clinic
17:30-18:00 Riders Corner

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26 Danish Warmblood dressage foals are ready for the Elite Auction

Elite Foal Auction during World Championships in Herning

As a spectator at World Championships in Herning this year you also get the chance to purchase your next Danish Warmblood top star.

The auction takes place Tuesday 9 August at 7 pm in Boxen in Herning and pre-bidding starts 7 August.

For this Elite collection 15 fillies and 11 colts are selected, all from top damlines and with top sires.

FREE ENTRY FOR EQUIPARK AND ALL SIDE EVENTS 9 AUGUST

85.000 euro top price filly by Glamourdale at Westfalian Online foal auction

Photo credit: Reckimedia

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Glamorous OnLive Auction in Westphalia

OnLive-Auction of dressage foals with top results

 

Münster: 77 foals with the finest dressage pedigrees were up for sale at today's OnLive auction at the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch. Glamorous was not only the name of the top priced foal. The friends of the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch celebrated their foals with a unique atmosphere. At an average price of 13,688 Euros, 65 young offers changed hands. A daughter of Glamourdale stood out especially in the lot. She was sold for 85,000 Euros.

 

Glamorous! The name said it all. The Glamourdale/San Amour daughter had already made a fabulous appearance at the video shoot. In today's auction, the filly, bred and exhibited by Gestüt Schultenhof in Norden-Norddeich, trotted in the rhythm round after round with a lot of expression and elasticity. The bids were flying high. The brwon filly descends from the direct line of Sagami, who is highly successful in the dressage ring with Benjamin Werndl. It was an exciting bidding duel until the very end. At last, auctioneer Thomas Münch knocked down his hammer at a price of 85,000 Euros. For 17,500 Euros, the same customers bought the colt with the head number 9. Bon Totilas by Bon Vivaldi NRW/Totilas (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Welsing/Bornhorst, Ankum) impressed with his type and his flawless performance in Münster-Handorf. 

The most popular colt paraded with the head number 1. He also lives up to his name: Total Dance by Total Diamond PS/For Dance (breeder and exhibitor: Daniela Graé, Senden) convinced with first-class movement quality. The liver chestnut colt made a perfect start to the auction! The customers fought for a long time on the spot and online at the screens at home. The colt, who descents from a top dam line, was knocked down online for 44,500 Euros.

Herwart von der Decken-Schau 3 August LIVE from Verden

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Hanover's best three-year-olds are crowned

Herwart von der Decken-Show brilliant start of the Verden Championships

Verden. One of the breeding highlights of the year is the Herwart von der Decken-Show. On Wednesday,  August 3, the best three-year-old mares from Hannover and the Rhineland will present themselves in Verden to determine their mare queen. The jumping mares will complete the spectacular free jumping under the open sky from 9.30 a.m. CET, before the dressage mares dance on the triangular course from 1.15 p.m. CET onwards.  

At noon the triangular track belongs to the dressage mares. The 53 pedigrees contain the finest pedigrees that Hannover has to offer. The two Olympic team winners, Sönke Rothenberger and Heike Kemmer, will award the marks together with breeding director Ulrich Hahne. In addition, the best mare family of the past show season will be awarded the Friedrich Jahncke Prize.

The Herwart von der Decken Show is the magnificent prelude to the Verden Championships. On the show grounds of the Verden racecourse, the best young riding, dressage and jumping horses compete for the coveted yellow and white winner's sashes and the title "Hannoveraner Champion". In addition, Verden is a station of the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal and offers dressage competitions up to Grand Prix Special. The exciting programme is completed by the Verden Elite Foal Auction, which takes place for the first time as a hybrid auction. The foals will be presented on the show grounds on Friday from 2 p.m. CET before they are auctioned off in the Niedersachsenhalle from 5 p.m. CET onwards.

The Herwart von der Decken Show will be broadcast live on the internet at ClipMyHorse. Further information and catalogue: www.hannoveraner.com

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