Strong performances from the girls with their mares
Carina Cassøe Krüth was able to step up her two very nice performances from the qualification day, to top performances for both her Danish Warmblood mares in the final.
Carina rode Red Diamant as first rider and took the lead with 8,92. Very focused, effortless and strong performance, and then she could just wait until her second ride with Heiline´s Danciera. And in the meantime keep an eye on yesterdays strongest competitors, Anne-Marie Hosbond with Fräulein Hansemann and Betina Jæger Jensen with Flora.
Anne-Marie showed a very nice test, but with a few issues for the final which kept her away from the podium. Nice balanced trot tour, walk pirouettes lack more collection and quality, and the first flying change with a bit of tension, while the 4th change was not clear.
2nd last to go was again Carina Cassøe Krüth, now with her 2nd horse Heiline´s Danciera. This Fürstenball mare has gained a lot of strength in general since we saw her at World Championships in Ermelo, and Danciera was also very focused about the job today. Elegant and powerful without any tensions - a clear victory.
Betina Jæger Jensen did a great test with the powerful mare Flora, and seen from the sideline with more relaxation, and still lots of power from behind, again shown with superb flying changes where Betina really manage to prepare towards the flying change and get a great expression for the flying change. This performance made it into a well deserved 3rd place at the podium.
Allan Grøn and Blue Hors St. Schufro showed a much more relaxed test today than for the qualifier, but still a bit to much of everything in between. When watching this stallion you also really get the feeling of a future Grand Prix horse, but for the 6 yr old test at the final there were to many issues along the way, and with the 3rd change with a quick kick and the 4th change not clear the overall picture became a bit blurry. For sure one to keep an eye on for the big future.
Another huge achivement for experienced Bettina Laisbo riding her own bred Trakehner gelding Kut´n Move into a 6th place among the top pro´s.
See the entire results here.