Lotte Buchhave og Grand Galiano melder klar fra den danske lejr i Aachen

Grand Galiano nyder Aachen livet - privat foto.

Selvom det var planlagt som endnu et lille podcast klip, så ville teknikken (eller måske mere H2R´s, færdigheder) ikke helt som planlagt, så derfor et lille skriv i stedet.

Alle er kommet godt på plads i Aachen

Hedebølgen har også ramt Aachen, og igår aftes da Lotte og hendes mand Gert forlod stalden stod der 38 grader på termometret.

Lotte og Gert bor ca 1 km fra Aachen stadion, mens rytter Rikke Dupont og hendes mand og træner Allan Hansen bor på hotel inde i Aachen. Som Lotte fortæller er det altid hende, som er hotel ansvarlig, når de er på tur og derfor også førstevælger i forhold til adgang til stalden.

Selvom varmen raser i Aachen så trives Galiano super fint fortæller Lotte, og hun kender ham så godt og holder jo selvfølgelig skarp øje med om han drikker som han plejer under de vejrforhold.

Danskerne er alle samlet i samme staldafsnit med undtagelse af juniorekvipagen Brianna og Clara Arnkjær som står i en anden stald, og som lige har været forbi og hilse på hos resten af danskerlejren.

Gårsdagens møde med CDIO5 rytterne var dels velkomst og informationer, herunder ekstra fokus på at både heste og ryttere var godt dækket ind med væske i forhold til de ekstraordinære vejrforhold.

På de tre opvarmningsbaner er der sørget godt for på ryttere og heste med bl.a. både æbler og gulerødder på køl.

Træning og vet check

Dagen startede tidligt imorges hvor der var åben træning på hovedarenaen fra kl. 6.30. Og i forhold til vejrudsigten var teamet klar til den tidlige træning, hvor Rikke og Galiano trænede let og red nogle få af linierne. Igår var træningstiden nations opdelt hvor de alle 4 havde arenaen for sig selv.

Alle de danske heste gled let gennem vet checket, hvor Danmark var på som 2. nation efter Belgien. Nu venter lodtrækningen om morgendagens starttider (klassen starter kl. 9.00 torsdag) inden det rigtig går løs for Grand Galiano og Rikke Dupont´s debut i Aachen.

Resten af dagen

Lige nu står den på Prix St. Georg hvor Nadja er til start, og senere i CDI4 Grand Prix med Kenneth Damgaard.

Onsdagen sluttes temmelig sikkert af med en lille træktur på arealerne i Aachen for Grand Galiano, fortæller Lotte fra sin plads på en bænk i skyggen, hvor der begynder at komme mange mennesker på det store flotte Aachen anlæg.

Today and tomorrow with final Danish Warmblood selection for WCYH in Verden

Danish Warmblood has 4 slots for each age group and normally selecting 2 reserves

For the final selection the starts list for today:

5 yr old

6 yr old

7 yr old

Following 7 yr old are still active for finally selected, but will not physically participate in the 2nd selection: Fiona Bigwood/Quinn G - has started in England and is assessed based on the video from there. Nadja Sloth/Bonita Gersdorf - rider will ride in Aachen and has therefore ridden an extra ordinary selection for the selection committee.

Stutteri EVO og Stutteri G værter for årets hoppekåring og følskue for Hannoveraner Avlsforeningen i Danmark

Den forgangne weekend stod i HANN avlernes tegn i Danmark med hoppekåring og følskue på hhv. Stutteri EVO i Jylland og på Stutteri G på Sjælland.

Dommerteamet fra Hannoveranerforbundet i Tyskland var Sandra Frieling og Bo Heitmüller.

Dutch rise to the occasion in Rotterdam

Outside of the arena, the pressure was on Dutch anchor rider Marlies van Baalen as she began her CDIO5* Grand Prix test with Habibi DVB, as her score would determine the outcome of the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™. 

But inside the arena, van Baalen had her focus elsewhere.

"For me, it was a great test. I had no idea where we were in the competition or what score I needed to get [for us to win]. I was just focused on my horse and on the test. 

Marlies van Baalen

(DEN)

"We all know that Rotterdam is a super nice competition with the arena, but it's not always the easiest for the horses. I was very happy that Habibi was super focused today and relaxed," van Baalen continued. "I could ride a very steady test, which was enough."

Van Baalen and Habibi's 71.957% score secured a narrow victory for The Netherlands. Led by Chef d'Equipe Patrick van der Meer, the four-rider squad of van Baalen, Thamar Zweistra (Hexagons Luxuriouzz N.O.P.T.), Marieke van der Putten (Kuvasz RS2 N.O.P.T.), and Hans Peter Minderhoud (Glock's Taminiau) finished on a total score of 215.587, less than a half-point ahead of Great Britain (215.152). Belgium finished third (205.609). The Netherlands was the only team to have all of its riders score above 70 percent, an impressive feat considering that three of the team's horses are aged 10 or younger.

"I have to say, we have three kind of inexperienced horses here, so they really did a good job, but they also learned good things," van der Meer said. "I think it's really important that when we ride with an audience like this, that the horses are able to relax enough, and that they can get good experience, and I think they really did a good job and managed it well."

Minderhoud was the team's highest scoring rider, earning a 72.739% for his test with the 10-year-old stallion Glock's Taminiau. The mark neared a personal best for the combination as they finished second individually.

"This horse hasn't done a lot of big competitions, and I think this was the biggest arena he's seen in his life so far," Minderhoud shared. "The first part [of the test], he was looking a little bit at everything, but then he went really well. He's a young horse and he hasn't seen a lot in his life until now, and he was really good."

Great Britain put up a strong fight, with Lottie Fry (GBR) bringing forward her World Champion and Olympic bronze medal-winning partner Glamourdale for the first time since winning April's FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final (SUI). The pair put up the highest marks of the day to put their team in contention, scoring 75.109%, though mistakes down the center line of pirouettes brought their score down below their average.

"I have to say, it was such an amazing test and such an amazing feeling," Fry said. "We were really working as one in the arena, and everything I asked, he gave. He was just incredible. Unfortunately, there was quite a big misunderstanding, which we didn't get back from very easily, so two very expensive marks there, but apart from that I was so happy coming out [of the arena] because of the feeling he gave, and he was so happy to be doing it. He was really excited, and you don't need more than that."

For van der Meer, his team accomplished two goals: a win on home soil and successful exposure to a big atmosphere for horses and riders with championship promise.

"Winning is always nice, especially in Rotterdam, our home country, and this competition is an amazing show with the Nations Cup. I'm really proud of my riders and all the horses," he said. "This is a really good start also for the next wave we have to get up to the European Championships (ESP) and the World Championships (GER) next year." 

The 15 points earned by the Dutch catapulted them to the top of the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ series leaderboard; they now share the lead with Germany on 35 points. Great Britain sits third with 24 points. The series resumes with its penultimate leg at Aachen (GER) on 03 July 2025.

FULL RESULTS

Elysée og Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen kvalificeret til at deltage i UVM udtagelse for Tyskland

Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen er klar til UVM udtagelse i Tyskland den kommende uge - foto: H2R

På mandag går det løs i Warendorf med første udtagelse af de tyske heste til UVM i Verden (5. - 10. august).

EVO rytter Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen og den 6-årige Elysée e. Escolar / Laurentio (avlet af Johannes Westendarp) vandt i weekenden 6 års klassen som blev afholdt på Uggerhalne Sportsrideklub (international 4* dommer Kirsten Søgaard) med 85,4 og dermed kvalificeret til at ride UVM udtagelse for Tyskland den kommende uge.

Anne-Mette er jo super erfaren og succesfuld i UVM sammenhæng, og Elysée ligner et rigtig godt bud på en plads blandt tyskerne. Startlisterne er endnu ikke online for næste uge, men der kommer helt sikkert flere spændende kandidater.

For de danske ryttere med udenlandske heste, er det desværre meget begrænset i forhold til at kunne kvalificere sig på hjemlig grund, idet de danske championater jo først har kvalifikationer efter sommeren.

UVM udtagelse i Tyskland

Det tyske program for dagene hedder på første dagen, obligatorisk træning, og det betyder som det står at træningen er obligatorisk. Her er almindelig træning, men der gives klare desinger om hvad man gerne vil se, og hvad der evt. gerne skal ændres på inden førstedagens udtagelse.

Herefter rides der alderstilsvarende indlendende program både tirsdag og onsdag. Umiddelbart efter bliver det offentliggjort hvilke heste der er klar til deres sidste udtagelse som er 15. juli. Til den sidste udtagelse rides finaleprogrammet.

Udtagelserne kan følges via Clipmyhorse.

Adgangskrav for at kunne deltage i udtagelse

For de tyske heste er der helt klare regler for hvordan man kan få adgang til at deltage i udtagelsen.

Kravene for 6 års heste er:

  • allerede kvalificeret til Bundeschampionatet (kravet for kvalifikation er min 8,0)

  • var kvalificeret til Bundeschampionatet som 5 års og mindst en gang placeret i M

  • placeret en gang som 1, 2 el 3 i klasse M med mindst 8,0

  • finaledeltager ved Bundeschampionatet som 5 års

  • finaledeltager ved UVM som 5 års

  • 6 års tyske heste med udenlandsk rytter (som ikke er udelukket fra konkurrence) og har deltaget i CDI el CDI lignende udskrevet klasse placerest som nr. 1, 2 el 3 i klasse M med mindst 8,0.

Det også tydeliggjort i de tyske udtagelseskrav, hvordan man derudover kan kvalificere sig til deltagelse med ex ekstraordinær top kvalifikation til ex Bundeschampionatet. Se udtagelseskravene her.

Nomination and admission for the second selection is based on impressions and performances from the mandatory training and the relevant FEI test in the first selection by a selection committee. The selection committee makes the nomination decision for the second selection. During the Mandatory Training, the selection committee consists of two experienced dressage judges with qualification for young horses. During the riding of the FEI tests, the selection committee additionally includes the German National Dressage Coach. On the warm-up arena youth trainers can be involved. They are not members of the selection committee but may be consulted for their impressions before the nomination decision.

June, July and August with foal shows in Germany

If you want to keep an eye on which combinations makes it to the top of the German foal shows this year you have the possibility to either follow LIVE or catch up later at Clipmyhorse archive.

Each foal show with a lot of foals from same stallions which makes it possible to get a good impression on how each stallion is able to make their imprint on the next generation.

Klosterhof Medingen (3 May) with a lot of Escaneno, St. Emilion and Global Hope foals.

Champions:

no 17 Filly by-Escaneno - Florencio I - Don Romantic. Obvious winner filly with nice uphill supple movements

no 33 Colt by St. Emilion - Herbstkönig - Florencio. (H2R pick was reserve champion by St. Emilion - San Amour)

16 May - Reinland Foal Championship - Schloss Wikrath

Champion filly at Foal championship Reinland 16 May by Iowa Gold / Escamillo - outstanding filly!

Champion colt at Foal championship Reinland 16 May by Venturo / Quaterback (will be at Wicrath July auction). Lovely mover.

Va Bene / Quaterback champion colt from foal show in Luhmühlen 13 June. He will be available at HANN Elite foal auction. Super supple mover.

Champion filly Bargstedt/Großenwörden 14 June by Barbaresco / Wolkenstein II

Champion filly by Despacito / Bon Coeur at Pape foal show 15 June. Overall qualities at this show was very good with Pape´s own breeding in top.

Champion at Gestüt Bad Woldsee 15 June by Von und Zu / San Amour

Interview med Nathalie og Daniel efter clinic på Kirstineholm i Århus

Eftermiddagens program “I maskinrummet med Daniel og Nathalie” blev afholdt oå Kirstineholm i Århus, hvor første del af eftermiddagen var hvor Daniel tog os med på turen helt fra starten frem til i dag. Efterfølgende var Daniel i sadlen på 3 forskellige heste med Nathalie på jorden.

Werth and Wendy on their way to the 2025 Champion title

Wendy and Werth shines at German Championship

The 11 yr old Danish Warmblood mare Wendy de Fontaine and Isabell Werth enters the scene again with a great performance.

We haven´t seen Werth and Wendy since last year at Lövsta Top 10 and Wendy has been at the entry list for two internationals but didn´t show up.

Luckily she is back in top form showing a really nice performance. Overall more relaxed natural movements, less up / down but clearly better supple forward flow without being hectic. Some tensions creeping into the piaffe tours but not reflected by any disturbance of the balance and rhythm. Bit tense rein back, but nice halt. A clear picture of the better relaxation is the walk tour which for both the extended walk and especially the collected walk with clear rhythm and good quality. (Yes Werth could show Wendy in a bit more collected frame for the collected walk, but this frame seems to be the best way to keep the best balance and rhythm). Solid canter tour where you could wish for more jump of the ground for the series and an error also creeping into the middel of the one times, nice pirouettes, nice balanced final centerline.

Silver and bronze

Bluetooth OLD and Denoix will for sure be the two horses for the podium in the Special, and it is all about the form of the day. Tiny errors will make the diffirences even though it is two completely different horses and riders with different highlights.

Not at the podium

Diallo with Jessica is still a fairly new combination and they still need more time and will from H2R point of view not be able to challenge the podium.

Vayron

Such a pity for Ingrid Klimke with Vayron showing some colic symptomes and therefore not at start. They were for sure serious contenders for a medal, but as we already know the big boy Vayron can be sensitive.

Grand Prix results:

Wellington, Heckfield 🇬🇧, Hagen 🇩🇪and Wiesbaden 🇩🇪 internationals this week

H2R eyes on three of the internationals this weekend. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Fame & Carl Hester - Screenshot Horse&Country.tv

CDI3 Wellington, Heckfield UK

Carl Hester and Fame made clean sweep wins of both CDI3 GP and GPS at Wellington, Heckfield, UK.

Best ever Grand Prix performance (from H2R point of view) from Carl and Fame.

Power, balance and quality without tensions. Super go and flow for the entire trot tour, lots of highlights ex halt with rein back with just one time 9 mark from judge B, German Pascal Strohbücker (8 - 8 - 7,5 - 8,5 - 9). Easy from extension back to passage, nice flow in and out of active piaffe tours nice nice regularity combined with high degree of collection without tensions, good walk tour without tensions (again collected walk for just 7,5 - 7,5 - 6,5 - 8 - 8), 100% clear rhythm active steps without tensions, super canter tour, straight series, 1st pirouette lack tiny control, and only technical issues was extra two changes at X, 2nd pirouette active and balanced, strong final centerline. As usual soft contact but this was also best ever outline for Fame (from H2R point of view). 77,044%. (PB in Riesenbeck 2023 Europeans with 78,540%).

Again for the Grand Prix Special with top score for Fame and Hester finishing with 77,638%, in pouring rain which also was reflected in some minor tensions but still without any major issues.

Both for the Grand Prix and the Special Indigro and Andrew Gould came 2nd for the Grand Prix a single technical issues, while some tensions and a few technical issues creeping in for the Special.

Grand Prix freestyle was won by Becky Moody with James Bond, 11 yr old by Desperado. Some tensions creeping into the walk tour, and for the GP errors for both series, while no issues for the freestyle.

CDI3 Hagen

American dominans for both Grand Prix and Special in Hagen where Kevin Kohmann with Duenensee took both the GP and the Special. Very harmonious overall picture, could show bit more sharpness for the piaffe / passage tours, strong canter work. For the Special Kevin unfortunately went wrong route, but still overall strong canter tour with highlights for series and pirouettes.

CDI4 Wiesbaden - double victories

Swiss Jessica Neuhauser and Danish Warmblood geiding Rockson took both Grand Prix and Grand Prix freestyle victories, while Joao Pedro Moreira and Drosa Fürst Kennedy OLD won both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special.

Rockson & Jessica Neuhauser winner of CDI4 GP and GP freestyle in Wiesbaden

Huge success for Swiss Jessica Neuhauser with Danish Warmblood gelding Rockson winner of CDI4 GP for GP freestyle with 69,870%. They showed an error free test with good qualities. It was their first CDI4 Grand Prix victory. November last year they won CDI-W GP in Motesice SVK. Follow with Shiva NRW and Nadine Plaster with 69,022%.

Freestyle under flood light in Wiesbaden with fully packed arena and with the most beautiful castle as the back drop. Rockson and Jessica showed a strong freestyle with nice passage / piaffe tours, and a speciel new difficult detail with piaffe and direct transition to trot half pass showed with flow and in super balance. The walk tour becomes a bit on the toes. Strong canter tour with super double pirouettes, series on curved track with a small error hind for one times but successful repeated for the jokerline. Personal Best score 76,925%.

Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special was won by Portuguese João Pedro Moreira with 10 yr old Drosa Fürst Kennedy OLD.

The Grand Prix was a super solid performance missing bit more go and in front of aides for more moments but still well managed with 70,761%.

Louisdor Preis

Qualifier with tickets for the final 9 yr Quick Decision & Benjamin Werndl and 10 yr old Forster by Finest / Boston with Tobias Nabben.

Again Benjamin Werndl shows Quick Decision in a great form and with lot of positive power even though Quick Decision does not fully relax he clearly feels comfortable during the performances under the guidance of Benjamin.

Forster under Tobias Nabben shows super overall qualities for the future with great abilities for piaffe/passage and transitions.

Highlights from München & Hamburg last weekend

With international top events in München, Hamburg, Exloo and World Cup in Lipica, National championship in Spain and national junior and young rider championship in Denmark it was a very busy weekend.

If you didn´t manage to follow H2R Facebook posts during the weekend you here have the possibility to catch up on some of the highlights.

Viva Gold OLD & Isabell Werth entered the scene with top qualities - photo: screenshot/Clipmyhorse

CDI5 Grand Prix debut win for Diallo and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl in München today

Diallo & Jessica von Bredow-Werndl winner of CDI5 GP - photo: screenshot/Clipmyhorse

A pro and an amateur

It was clearly a dance with a pro rider with an inexperienced horse when watching Jessica and Diallo today. Ex for the subsequent pricegiving Diallo looked a bit tense when standing and pulling his head to one side while Jessica just gave him the reins and after a few minutes he was standing still and enjoyed the atmosphere.

As Kyra Kyrklund explained at the mini demo last week during Danish national championship the dressage is just like dancing, one is leading and one is just following. This was also the clear fact today for Jessica and Diallo performing in their first 5-star Grand Prix together.

Diallo was on his toes but was in best hands under Jessica where she all the way asure him that she will only ask for dancing steps which he is capable of performing, and end of the test with winner score.

Half passes in both trot and canter missing bit more suppleness, super tact and balance for passage/piaffe tours, the series are ok but some tensions creeping in and they become a bit to quick of the ground like also the final relaxation is missing for the pirouettes, transition to trot at M bit stocked, super obedient and powerful with nice frame and contact all the way.

For Patrik Kittel and 11 yr old super mare Dante´s Herzchen by Dante Weltino it was their 2nd big event and also their 5-star debut. From the “side line” Dante´s Herzchen look more comfortable and familar to the big setting, and actually only look a bit green from the piaffe and transitions while rest look quite strong with good over view. But again the experience from Kittel brings confidence to the inexperienced gourgous mare.

Today Dorothee Schneider ones again shows strong piaffe / passage tours including smooth transitions but unfortunately still struggling to get the series without errors.

Opdateringer fra årets DM uge på Randbøl Dressage Academy

Vayron NRW & Ingrid Klimke with top performance in CDI5 Grand Prix Hamburg

Vayron NRW & Ingrid Klimke winner of CDI5 Grand Prix - photo: screenshot / Clipmyhorse

Vayron and Klimke building up partnership in the arena

Today was their 4th international event together scoring PB with 74.500% and for sure their best performance together. It is definitely not the most easy tight arena in Hamburg, but Vayron was fully focused on his rider and the job today.

Power from first step to final halt and fully relaxed leaving the arena. Trot tour with power, balance and uphill suppleness all the way, smooth into first passage, big passage, super into active 1st piaffe, easy transitions, super walk tour relaxation and over track search to the hand, lack bit more power for 2nd piaffe tour, strong canter tour with super nice series and well managed pirouettes, final piaffe missing bit more power.

Swedish Sofie Lexner with Inoraline W - photo: screenshot/Clipmyhorse

Inoraline W and Sofie were very close to a team spot last year for the Olympics and does for sure now again look like a “hot pair” for this years European Championship to represent the blue and yellow colors.

They show the easy and effortless riding with power, light uphill contact, close mouth and steady tail. The regularity of the gaits including passage, piaffe and transitions are really high quality.

Special Blend and Isabell Werth today with their 3rd international show together. Highlights for piaffe tours and transitions, easy with good angle and activity. Missing bit more power from behind and still room for improvement for half passes, the walk tour lack more suppleness and becomes somewhat unbalanced and small errors creeping into both series.

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