Today Swedish Breeders Trophy (Swedish Championships for Young Horses) has started with 5 yr old preliminary test.
In the top of the field was the stallion Total Hope with very famous pedigree, as his sire is Totilas and his dam is Weihegold.
Note from H2R: Today´s performance and the predigree does unfortunately not make it to the top scoring of 93,6.
Words of praise from the judging team and lot of applause from the audience scoring:
Trot 9,5 - walk 9,5 - canter 9,0 - submission 8,8 - potential 10 = 93,6.
Watching the performance today was a lot on and off in the balance for all 3 gaits. Lovely expression and good power, but for turns and change of speed there was clear lack of balance. And the balance issues are of course a natural consequence from having a little long hinglegs combined with a short neck.
Breeders Trophy can be followed via live stream at Equisport.tv - all links available via H2R calendar.