"Thank you Pepe" - Anna Kasprzak and Donnperignon Equitour Aalborg 2017. Photo credit: H2R
Very sharp CDI4 field
Extra interesting to follow todays competition via live stream at Clipmyhorse, as former Olympian rider German Heike Kemmer also was at the commentator box. Lots of nice comments and additionally with her long time part of the Hanoverian breeding commitee, she also added some interesting comments about how some stallions stamps their offsprings.
Danish combinations
First to go was Danish Anna Zibrandtsen and Arlando. Lovely over all picture, easy and supple. Superb piaffe / passage tours with smooth transitions. Good relaxed walk, but you could wish for more over track. Good canter tour without any technical issues, but after both the 2 times and the 1 times there are some tensions hind. 70,700% and placed as no 7.
Ones again Danish Anna Kasprzak and Donnperignon showed that they are in for the top placement at the big international competitions. With "just" 18 yr of age it looks like the team around Pepe are 100% focused about the management, and he still looks both top fit and motivated for the job. Today they finished as no 3 with 74,320 (placed 1 with judge at E German Evi Eisenhardt).
Damsey and Langehanenberg beats Emilio and Werth
Since a very long time Werth has been unbeatable no matter what horse she showed. But for the first time she showed a kind of "weakness", if you can talk about weakness when mentioning Isabell Werth. But facts today were more minor issues combined with errors in both series, and seen from the side line, they could easily have been placed behind Pepe and Kasprzak.
Helen and Damsey has really found each other. Helen manage to bring the best and the most easy picture from Damsey all the way. Ex the 1st piaffe where you could wish for a bit more, but for sure Helen knows and feels how much she can ask for. Small lost of a step into the first passage. Rest of the test is both with suppleness and high qualities - well deserved win today with 75.900%.
See the entire result from the class here.