Great Britain takes European team gold on riveting day in Riesenbeck

It was team gold for Great Britain at the FEI Dressage European Championship 2023 in Riesenbeck (GER) today where the hosts and defending European champions from Germany had to settle for silver medal spot ahead of the reigning World champions from Denmark in bronze.

Fantastic individual performances were the order of the day, with world number one, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, posting the biggest score of the competition with the super-mare TSF Dalera BB when putting 84.612 on the board. But it was Lottie Fry’s personal-best Grand Prix result of 81.258 with the stallion Glamourdale that clinched it for the British side, boosting them to pole position on a final tally 242.220 when the best scores from each team were added.

Germany completed on a total of 239.674 while Denmark rounded up their tally at 228.727. Sweden slotted into fourth place ahead of The Netherlands in fifth and France in sixth while Austria, Belgium and Spain earned the three Olympic qualifying spots up for grabs when filling the next three places in that order.

Fry was joined in the victorious British side by Gareth Hughes (Classic Briolinca) and Carl Hester (Fame) who strutted their stuff yesterday, and Charlotte Dujardin (Imhotep) who also produced a stunning performance today.

Raised the temperature

It was Germany’s Frederic Wandres who first raised the temperature on a very hot day when producing a strong score of 77.888 with Bluetooth OLD under the midday sun. “It was so hot in there, but Bluetooth is used to the heat a little bit from competing in Wellington (USA). He has had two seasons there and every day it is 30 degrees so he is able to deliver very good scores in the heat. I think we showed a very harmonious ride and a consistent frame from the beginning to the end with no technical mistakes”, he pointed out.  

But Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep set a whole new standard when putting 82.422 on the board for a test in which they earned multiple scores of 9 and 10 and held the crowd spellbound.  

“The relaxation, the frame is getting better, he still has moments where it could be better but it all comes from experience. Just going through the test, for 10 years old that’s done as little as he has, it really is amazing. It normally takes years and years to get them to that point. Last year I think he’d done maybe four or five Grand Prix before the World Games (FEI Dressage World Championship).

"He did just three shows before coming here and preparation-wise he needs to do more shows but smaller shows just to give him experience, but then he goes and does that! I love him to bits!"

Charlotte Dujardin GBR

Start

She didn’t have a great start to the week however. “When I got here Pete (Imhotep) had been travel sick, there were complications getting here because of the EU paperwork that was done wrong, so he had 19 hours of travel and he’s never travelled that far. So he arrived with travel sickness but we have a great team of vets that helped so thankfully he was fine. And then Isabella (her six-month-old baby daughter) got a temperature. She was really sick and had high fever so I got about an hour’s sleep on Monday because she was so poorly - it’s been a bit of an emotional roller-coaster for me this week!”, Dujardin said.

With just one more rider to go for each team the result was still hanging in the balance. And when world number one, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, blew the competition wide open with what would be the biggest score of the competition then Germany looked set to threaten Britain’s overnight lead.

Consistent scores of nine and multiple scores of 10 for piaffe and for seamless transitions throughout their entire test earned a massive mark of 84.612. She was delighted.

“Being here in Germany riding my wonderful, beautiful mare Dalera is always a gift. Every time I am allowed to enter the arena it is a gift. She always tries her very best and it’s just up to me. If I am focused and on point then she is as well, she is my mirror!”, she said. But there would be one more twist in the tale.

Immense pressure

Third-last into the ring, and under immense pressure, the horse-and-rider combination who claimed the individual title at last summer’s FEI Dressage World Championship in Herning (DEN), Britain’s Lottie Fry and the super-stallion Glamourdale, would ensure that although von Bredow-Werndl would have the highest score of the day it would be Team GB on the top of the team podium this evening.

The stallion kicked off his test with a huge mark of over 87.00 but ended up on 81.258, still a personal-best for the British partnership. “He felt amazing in there, he had a few small distractions, some noises from outside caught his attention but still he got a personal best which shows we’ve really improved on a lot of things from last year and we were excited to get back in there”, Fry said.

That score would lift the British total past Germany and onto the top step of the medal podium.

On fire

"He went in there on fire! I just felt a few little distractions, his eyes wandering to the outside of the arena, but I think he had many many highlights today as well, some things that have never been as good, so we are focusing on those and really going for it tomorrow!”

Lottie Fry GBR

The stallion was awarded six scores of 10 for his trademark and thrilling extended canter and the spectators will be looking forward to seeing it again in tomorrow’s Grand Prix Special for which the top 30 individual riders have qualified.

Carl Hester threw down the British gauntlet yesterday with what he described as his “best test to date” with Fame.

“I’ve only been riding him for about nine months and I was absolutely delighted with him. My take-away from yesterday would be if I could ride the beginning of my test like I got to ride him at the end of the test that would help to get more points in there. He’s a joy to ride, a joy to be around, and I’m very lucky to have him!”, he said this evening.

Emotion

Team-member Gareth Hughes was filled with emotion. “We’ve been a team since 2019, Lottie - her career so far has been unbelievable, what the future brings is mind-boggling. We have Carl, he gets on a horse and he is just a master - he’s been coaching me for 20 years. Charlotte, for me she’s the best test rider in the world, it’s just an honour to watch her today and it’s an honour to be part of this team and all I can say is thank you!”, he said. 

This was only Britain’s second team gold in the 60-year history of the FEI Dressage European Championship. Dujardin, riding Valegro, and Hester, riding Uthopia were on that winning side in Rotterdam in 2011 and, a year later, they clinched team gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Today’s result seems like a good omen a year ahead of Paris 2024.

But more immediately there is tomorrow’s top-30 Grand Prix Special to look forward to and then the Freestyle finale on Sunday. Von Bredow-Werndl won both at the last European Championship in Hagen (GER) two years ago but she looks set to face stiff competition in defence of both of those titles, especially from her nearest challengers in the Grand Prix - Dujardin, Fry, Denmark’s Nanna Skodborg Merrald with Blue Hors Zepter and Hester. 

The Special kicks off at 10.15 local time, so don’t miss a hoofbeat….

Startlists and Results here 

Great Britain takes the lead on opening day at Riesenbeck

Great Britain took the early lead in the team standings on the opening day of the FEI Dressage European Championship 2023 in Riesenbeck, Germany today.

A breathtaking Grand Prix performance from 56-year-old veteran Carl Hester with his relatively new ride, the 13-year-old gelding Fame, earned 78.540 for the biggest score of the day, giving his country a narrow advantage over Germany in second place while Denmark slotted into third.

Austria and Spain, both fighting for one of the three team spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, are in overnight fourth and fifth places. And France and The Netherlands share that fifth place with the Spanish after all three sides finished on exactly the same scoreline.

The team medals are decided over two days, so another 33 horse-and-rider combinations will compete in the Grand Prix tomorrow before the podium places are confirmed.

Strong target

Mathias Alexander Rath set the first strong target when putting 74.845 on the board with the stallion Thiago GS. “He felt really fresh yesterday at the vet-check, you could see he had a lot of energy and a lot of power. Today I was super-happy how he behaved in the arena, you have to remember that he’s just ten years old and still developing and still at the beginning of his career”, the German team pathfinder pointed out.

Daniel Bachmann Andersen and the 12-year-old stallion Vayron then put Denmark on the map when slotting in behind the German pair on a score of 74.146, despite losing a shoe in the corner of the arena at the end of the final extended trot. 

“Going down the centreline he was fine, but then I went outside and I felt he wasn’t lame, but he felt different. The shoe came clear off and the hoof is perfect so we just have to get it back on!”, he said afterwards. 

He described Vayron as “a very green horse, he’s in his very first Grand Prix season - I think this was his eighth Grand Prix in his life”. He said he’s been riding the horse for just over a year “and we’ve grown together, we had to find each other. He was educated by a top rider, (Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg), but with a complete other length of body and body strength, so I had to get to know him and we had to do some things differently. And I had to give him some show experience as he hasn’t been going to many shows”, the tall Dane explained.

Then Gareth Hughes got even closer to Rath’s score with a lovely performance from the mare Classic Briolinca. After putting 74.565 on the board the British rider said, “I’m over the moon with her, I thought it was one of the best tests she’s done! Very clean, no real mistakes, I was slightly disappointed with the mark but so happy with the mare”. The horse has been a much-loved member of the Hughes family since she was three years of age.

“She’s 17 now and has done several championships and she’s been amazing for me and amazing for the team”, he added.

Leaderboard

As the first day was drawing to a close, the legend that is Isabell Werth produced a new leading score of 77.174 from DSP Qantaz.

"I think it was his best competition this year! He was more relaxed and not fighting, it was easy-going, so that was really nice to feel”.

Isabell Werth GER

The 13-year-old gelding competed in the FEI Dressage World Cup™ series over the winter months to give him more experience, “and I think that was quite helpful. And then we had a little break…..and the next was Aachen”, she explained.

She is really enjoying the facilities at Riesenbeck. “The venue is very super, it’s so professional in the infrastructure, so great, especially now in this temperature and with this weather. When the horses are in the stables it is cool and the air is fresh, so the conditions are perfect.” It has been extremely hot all week, with temperatures today reaching over 30 degrees.

Werth was followed into the ring by Andreas Helgstrand and the extravagant young stallion Jovian who slotted into fifth behind Hughes and pushed Bachmann Andersen down to sixth when posting 74.410. 

The Danish pair were late into the warm-up arena because Jovian lost a shoe, but neither horse nor rider lost their cool. 

“He’s a horse you need a big driving licence for!”, Helgstrand said. Jovian was very full of himself this morning so he took him for a walk. 

“My strategy was to get him to calm down so I could show that walk (in the test) and the walk was there. I couldn’t make it as good as I wanted in piaffe and passage, but at the end of the day I’m happy. He’s a dream horse, and in one more year he will be very, very nice!”, he added.

Master-class

Third-last to go, Carl Hester then put Great Britain out in front with a master-class in the art of horsemanship. 

"If I never did another test again it would be a lovely one to finish on!"

Carl Hester GBR

said the six-time Olympian after putting 78.540 on the board with Fame for the biggest score of the opening day and with a test that had the crowd roaring in appreciation as the pair moved into their final halt.
 
“I absolutely love this horse, I worship riding him. I look forward to riding him every day!”, he said of the 13-year-old gelding that was formerly competed by team-mate Fiona Bigwood, but who was offered to Hester at the end of last year due to her busy life full of family commitments. “She always said this one’s for you when she was riding him and she was right, it was love at first ride!”, Hester said today.

He described Fame as “very spicy and hot” and “a full-time job. It’s not just a case of get on him. He’s in the field all day, he’s a stallion, he goes out all day in his paddock and you have to manage him so he relaxes. 

“He’s the kind of horse I love, a bit quirky and hot but wonderful and kind. You need someone who has time to ride a horse like that…..he wants to go, but he’s the kindest person in the stable and with children and other horses…there’s not been a morning since January when I haven’t thought I can’t wait to get on him!”, he said.

Stands tallest

Meanwhile in the race for Olympic qualification it is Team Austria that stands tallest after today, their top score of 71.724 from Florian Bacher and Fidertraum OLD giving them the edge over the Spanish who also posted two 70 percent scores, the best of which came from Alejandro Sánchez del Barco with the charming PRE stallion Quincallo de Indalo who earned a mark of 71.584.

It will be quite something if Austria can succeed in taking one of the Olympic slots in Dressage this week, just days after their Jumping team earned their ticket to Paris next year against all the odds at the FEI Jumping European Championship 2023 in Milan (ITA). 

Florian Bacher believes they can do it. “It’s looking quite good!”, he said after his impressive ride with the 14-year-old Fidertraum who is competing in his fifth championship.

However there’s plenty more sport to play out before those places are confirmed and the 2023 FEI Dressage European Team Championship medals are handed out. Luxembourg’s Fie Christine Skarsoe and Imperador Dos Cedros will kick off the second day of action at 09.30 local time, so don’t miss a hoofbeat….

Startlists and Results here

https://www.longinestiming.com/equestrian/2023/european-championships-dressage-and-para-dressage-riesenbeck-riesenbeck-horstel

Bakken Dressage med sidste forberedelser inden eliteskuet

Silje Bakken & Michael Møller Flintrup gør klar til Eliteskuet - her med en af de unge hopper, Røjleskovens Secret´s Unique - foto: H2R

Ugen op til Eliteskuet

En ikke helt almindelig tirsdag formiddag i hallen hos Bakken Dressage, hvor de unge hopper går ind i den afsluttende fase frem mod fremstillingen til Eliteskuet i weekenden.

En rutine som Bakken Dressage med Silje Bakken og Michael Møller Flintrup i spidsen, med stor succes har prøvet en del gange tidligere. Ugen op til Eliteskuet er ret fast skemalagt for hopperne, så det hedder mandag og tirsdag under sadel, onsdag og torsdag har de fri, og så er de klar til let arbejde under sadel igen fredag og køretur til Vilhelmsborg lørdag med præsentation under rytter om søndagen.

Forløbet for den unge hoppe

Der er lidt forskel på hvornår de unge hopper dukker op til forberedelse til kåring.

Nogle avlere vælger at sende deres hopper i tilridning i februar, og hvis alt går efter planen bliver der også plads til en pause, inden det går løs mod de sidste forberedelser til kåring og evt. Eliteskue. I den pause benytter avlerne sig også ofte af at få ifolet hoppen.

Den anden model er hvor hoppen kommer i tilridning i maj og gøres klar til kåringen og evt. efterfølgende eliteskue.

Under vejs i forløbet er avlere/ejere naturligvis velkomne til at følge med fra sidelinien i den daglige træning, men ellers sørger Bakken Dressage normalt for at få lavet lidt videomateriale, så avlere/ejere kan følge lidt med fra sidelinien alligevel.

5 hopper udtaget til eliteskuet og 2 yderligere kåret i RDH

I år har Bakken Dressage haft 8 hopper gjort klar til kåringerne, heraf en 2 års og en 5 års, mens de restende 6 er 3 års hopper.

Tilbage i 2018 havde Bakken Dressage også 5 hopper med til Eliteskuet, så det er dagen hvor alt skal klappe, da der ikke er meget tid at løbe på indimellem, fortæller Silje.

Silje, Michael og teamet glæder sig til at vise avlernes og ejernes “produkter” bedst muligt til Eliteskuet. Dømt ud fra de to sorte hopper som H2R fik set til tirsdagens træning ligner det bestemt hopper med højkarat medalje potentiale. (Se video klip herunder).

Medaljehistorikken

Medaljehistorikken fra Bakken Dressage taler sit eget sprog.

2014: Højgaardens Miss Manifique , sølv. 

2015: Højgaardens Miss Unique, guld.

2016: Bøgegårdens Bea, bronze, + Højgaardens Temporina , bronze.

2017: -

2018: Årets hoppe: Grevens Fakina , guld + Gozzip, guld + Højgaardens Lady Gaxie, sølv + Overgaards Me’rell, bronze + Grevens La Choi, bronze + Forever Fine i OLD + kvalificerede Grevens Superball.

2019: -

2020: Vestermarkens Shakira , guld. 

2021: Årets hoppe: Valerie B guld + Graciosa, bronze.

2022: Lygums Zelina, sølv.

Efter Eliteskuet

Når Eliteskuet slutter på søndag, er det alene 3 hopper som går hjem til deres ejere, hvorefter foreløbig 5 heste gøres klar til efterårets egnethedstest.

Få et snigkig på et par af de sorte 3 års hopper som er klar til Eliteskuet.⬇️

SK Ivanna e. Asgard´s Ibiza/Hohenstein (helsøster til Iron) avlet og ejet af Susanne Bastrup Kastberg - foto: H2R

3 års hoppe Røjleskovens Secret´s Unique e. Secret / Blue Hors St. Schufro, avlet af Lene Birk Larsen og ejet af Johanna Charlotte Botved - foto: H2R

4 year old stallion qualifier Thursday with Endorphin by Escolar / Don Nobless in top

Endorphin - photo: hengststation-pape.de

Stallions at Bundeschampionate

The breeding season has finished and now we have the possibility to watch some of the young stallions at the Bundeschampionate.

The weather conditions has been a bit challenging but when the 4 year old horses were ready yesterday they were also supported by the sun, but still with a very wet surface which affected some of the horses.

Clear quality highlight from Endorphin with Greta Heemsoth, lovely development, strong body, beautiful type and three really nice basic gaits showing super suppleness for trot and canter, while the walk looked a bit affected from the wet surface today.

Also Escanto PS brings something extra but the weather conditions also made some kind of impact for their performance.

Førstedagen til landsstævnet i Århus med spændende nye ekvipager

Landsstævnets første to klasse blev afviklet i dag, og til dem som ikke havde lagt vejen forbi Vilhelmsborg var der alligevel mulighed for at følge med via Clipmyhorse som streamer fra hele stævnet.

MA1 med sejr ti Frederikke Gram Jacobsen og For Emotion

Dagens første klasse MA1 blev vundet af Future Dressage rytter Frederikke Gram Jacobsen som fornyligt har overtaget tøjlerne på den nu 10-årige For Emotion e. Foundation / Sandro Hit, som har været lidt rundt omkring i løbet af sin uddannelse, senest hos Jacob Nørby, Gunnarlunda i Sverige og nu tilbage i hos Anna Kasprzak, Future Dressage.

Sammen med Frederikke Gram Jacobsen ligner den powerfulde For Emotion et rigtig godt match. Lidt ubalanceret indridningsparade men der fra en god travtur med dejlig naturlig sving og bæring, skridten bliver lidt dyr i dag da han bliver lidt på tæerne. Den første halvpirouette i galop bliver lidt spændt i starten, der sniger sig en fejl ind i slutningen af 4er serien. Parret vinder klassen med 71,018%

MBO klassen blev vundet af Daniel Bachmann med Ducati de Lux

De to EM ryttere Daniel og Carina har valgt at “forberede” sig til den kommende uges EM, med start af nogle unge heste til stævnet i Århus.

7 årige Ducati de Lux e. Donkey Boy / Blue Hors Zack som i dag gik den 3. start nogensinde. Flot udtryksfuld langbenet hest med god balance i traven, taktfast god skridt og god galop, hvor den stadig mangler lidt mere sikkerhed og balance i changementerne. I dag indløber der et par mindre tekniske fejl, men parret slutter på 73,974% nok til at tage sejren.

Tæt fulgt af hoppen Tophøjs Diadora e. Donkey Boy / Blue Hors Don Romantic med Carina Cassøe Krüth, avlet af Anette Nilausen og Niels Jørgen Johansen. Det var ekvipagens debut sammen og præstationen rakte til dagens 2. plads i klassen med 73,846%. Rigtig god aktiv power i traven hele vejen, under vejs med lidt spændinger, god skridt tur, god galop med lidt spændinger og et par mindre usikkerheder i changementerne.

Tre hurtige EM spørgsmål til Andreas

Jovian & Andreas Helgstrand til UVM - foto: Lily Forado

  1. Første gang mesterskab med Jovian, hvad er dine forventninger?

  2. Hvad glæder du dig mest til i næste uge?

  3. Hvad er dit bud på fordeiingen af holdmedaljerne?

Tidligere mesterskabsmedaljer:

🥉- individuel VM Grand Prix Special 2006 Aachen med Blue Hors Matiné

🥈- individuel VM kür 2006 Aachen med Blue Hors Matiné

🥉- team OL 2008 Beijing med Blue Hors Don Schufro

Countdown for the European Championships next week (schedule, full entries & link for start and results)

Link to start and results.

Entries:

Bundeschampionate 2023 started today with 5 yr old qualifier and 4 yr old qualifier for mares and geldings

5 days of the best German Young Horses has started today

Eyes are on the prestigious Bundeschampionate.

All competitions are available at ClipMyHorse.

Schedule:

Wednesday

08.30 - 5 yr old qualifier

12.00 - 4 yr old qualifier mares and geldings

Thursday

07.30 - 5 yr old small final

08.00 - 6 yr old qualifier

16.00 - 4 yr old stallions qualifier

Friday

08.00 - 6 yr old small final

12.30 - 3 yr old mares and geldings qualifier

13.00 - 7 yr old qualifier

18.30 - 3 yr old stallions qualifier

Saturday

07.30 - 7 yr old small final

11.00 - 4 yr old FINAL mares and geldings

11.00 - 5 yr old FINAL

16.00 - 4 yr old FINAL stallions

Sunday

11.00 - 7 yr old FINAL

11.30 - 3 yr old FINAL mares and geldings

14.30 - 6 yr old FINAL

16.00 - 3 yr old FINAL stallions

Here you find link for start and results.

Blue Hors inviterer de unge Grand Prix talenter med til championatsfinalerne

(Nyhed på Blue Hors 29. august)

Når Blue Hors åbner dørene for årets finaler i Pavo og Dansk Ride Forbunds championater for unge dressurheste i uge 41, bliver der i år mulighed for både at se landets mest talentfulde ungheste, men også færdiguddannede Grand Prix-heste. Det sker, når der, som noget nyt, udbydes en Grand Prix tur for de unge heste i alderen 8 til 10 år. Således vil man under stævnet, kunne følge med i hele hestens uddannelse fra A til Z – og altså fra 4-års hest til Grand Prix hest.

Den røde tråd i hestenes uddannelse

De traditionsrige championatsfinaler for unge dressurheste blev for syv år siden udvidet med en konkurrence for 7-årige heste – og nu inviteres de 8-10-årige heste også med til festen! Det sker ved den forsøgsvise afvikling af en Grand Prix tour dedikeret til de ”upcoming” Grand Prix heste.

Det er værterne hos Blue Hors, der, i dagene 11. – 15. oktober, udskriver konkurrencen, der afvikles i Intermediare II og U25 Grand Prix, hvor førstedagens Intermediare II fungerer som en kvalifikation til finalen, der afvikles for de otte bedst placerede ekvipager. I finalen rides der U25 Grand Prix.
Ved at lade hestene konkurrere på dette ”lave” Grand Prix-niveau, håber man på at kunne lette overgangen fra ”talentfuld unghest” til ”uddannet Grand Prix hest”. Så, her er muligheden for at møde nogle af Danmarks kommende internationale Grand Prix heste!

Ungheste Grand Prix turen er åben for ekvipager, der i kvalifikationsperioden har redet minimum 1 x 66% i sværhedsgrad 7 samt for ryttere, der i kvalifikationsperioden har redet minimum 70% i sværhedsgrad 7.

Hos Dansk Ride Forbund er man rigtig glad for, at Blue Hors er villige til at forsøge at afvikle denne Grand Prix tur for ungheste i deres fantastiske faciliteter. Vi kender lignende koncepter fra andre lande, f.eks. den tyske Louisdor-Preis for unge Grand Prix-heste og man ved, at det er både populært for rytterne og attraktivt for publikum at kunne se de unge talentfulde grand prix heste konkurrere på dressurens højeste niveau.

I DRF’s arbejdsgruppe for dressurchampionaterne i Danmark er vi rigtigt glade for, at man på Blue Hors er villige til at gøre forsøg med afvikling af en ungheste Grand Prix-konkurrence. At det sker i rammerne af championatsfinalen 2023 for landets bedste 4- til 7-årige dressurheste er fantastisk. På den måde sluttes ringen omkring uddannelsen af dressurheste fra A til Z ved en og samme begivenhed på fornemste vis

Start of part 2 - Foal Edition 2023 Van Olst Sales - 1 September at 12 pm

The Van Olst Sales Online "The Foal Collection, part 2" features 18 dressage foals alll sired by the Van Olst stallions.

Worldchampion Kjento has 5 foals in the auction, followed by Lantanas and Nacho who both have 3 foals in the auction. Worldchampion Glamourdale, who will compete at the European Championships next week is presenting two foals.

Here you find the entire collection.

Results OLD elite foal auction - top price 67.000 euro colt by Las Vegas / Vivaldi sold to UK

Part of OLD Press Release

The Brits in shopping mood

Oldenburg elite foals are in great demand worldwide – the Brits especially were in a buying mood and secured no less than ten Oldenburg youngsters at the 31st Elite Foal Auction at the Oldenburg Horse Center in Vechta. On average, Oldenburg fans paid 13,000 euros for their Oldenburg young talent. More than a third of the auction foals were knocked down to Oldenburg friends around the globe.

The nephew of Dante Weltino OLD Las Cruces by Las Vegas - Vivaldi - Welt Hit II stood out as the top-priced foal. With a knockdown price of 67,000 euros, the movement-genius colt received the top bid. Las Cruces is bred by Olaf Bahls from Voigtsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The stallion prospect was sold to an international dressage stable in Great Britain. His dam Ronja is sister to the top sire and Swedish championship horse Dante Weltino OLD/Therese Nilshagen, SWE. Granddam Rihanna is sister to Riwera de Hus, Olympic participant in London under Jessica Michel, FRA.

Valentin by Va Bene - Sir Donnerhall I - Depardieu, bred by Ulrike Finck-Deichner, Homberg, Hesse, and exhibited by GestütWäldershausen, Homberg, became the second most expensive foal in the collection. For 26,000 euros, the picture-perfect dancer will remain at a dressage stable in Germany. Dam Escapade is sister to Ennigaldi, who already brought auction price top Marco Polo by Marc Cain for 110,000 Euros as well as to former auction horse Egalina de Luxe, who is successful in Great Britain. From the renowned mare line of Egale/Egatine: The Grand Prix horses Elisienne/Nicki Grandia, USA, London Eye OLD/Simone Kruse and Oldenburg champion stallion Don Deluxe.

Dansk Varmblod Norge med flot kvalitet til følskue

Årets hoppeføl e. Donkey Boy / Sezuan, avlet af Andresen Dressage - foto: H2R

To dage med 29 dressurføl

De danske dommere i år var Jens Søgaard og Johnny Hansen, sammen med det faste hjælper crew Ulrik Kristensen og Ib Kirk samt Tommy Christensen (som var manden med de unge ben, der sprang til når der var brug for hjælpen til mønstring, så alle hestene blev præsenteret bedst muligt).

Fra venstre Ib Kirk, Jens Søgaard, Johnny Hansen, Tommy Christensen og Ulrik Kristensen - foto: H2R

Dansk Varmblod Norge har med den absolutte hovedkraft Ole Jørgen Jørgentvedt fra JJ Horses gennem mere end 10 år afholdt årlig følskue med tilhørende hoppekåring i DV regi. Før den tid var det lavet som Følfestival med alle racer.

I 2023 udgaven var følskuet delt over to lokationer, startende i fredags hos Ole Jørgen Jørgentved, JJ Horses i Norge med 11 føl, og derfra til lørdagens kombinerede følskue og hoppekåring på det nyopførte anlæg Evje Herregård som er hjemsted for Andresen Dressage som ejes og drives af Kristin Andresens datter Alexandra Andresen.

Gennem de senere år har Kristin Andresen jo også været en af kræfterne, som har bakket op og deltaget med både hopper og føl.

De smukke nye faciliteter danner til dagligt rammen om føl, avlshopper, ungheste, hingste og rideheste, og indeholder alt hvad ethvert hestehjerte drømmer om. Fitness afdeling, for personalet men selvfølgelig også for hestene med vandbånd, skridtbånd, vibrationsbånd og skridtmaskine med longering i midten. Ejendommen er omringet af masser græsfolde, store lufte folde, og løsdrift afdeling som er bygget ind under ridehusets ene ende. Tilhørende skov hvor man let kan bruge 2 timer på hesteryg, og alligevel kun set en lille del af området.

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Årets følskue og hoppekåring var det første arrangement hos Andresen Dressage, og faciliteterne og personalet gjorde dagen let og samtidig hyggelig for både deltagere og det tilrejsende dansker team.

Generelt var kvaliteten af føllene det bedste set til dato i Norge. Hoppematerialet er blevet bedre og det sammen med mere målrettet avl, kan avlerne i Norge nu begynde at høste frugten af. Også ros fra begge dommere, som bestemt synes kvaliteten var rigtig god, og at både hoppe materialet og årets føl giver gode perspektiver for fremtidens avl i Norge.

Året hoppeføl e. Donkey Boy / Sezuan fra Andresen Dressage ⬇️

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2. bedste hoppeføl JJ Sapphire e. So Perfect / D´avie (bedste gangartsføl) fra JJ Horses

Bedste hingsteføl Equity D´Lux e. So Perfect / Uno Don Diego fra Lux Horses AS v/Birgitte Forsland

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