Anna Kasprzak and Quarton at Equitour Aalborg 2017 - photo credit: H2R
14 starters for today´s Prix Sct. Georg in Aachen
Danish Anna Kasprzak and SWB Quarton by Quaterback / Don Schufro were 3rd to go. The big arena seems not to impresse the 8 yr old gelding with his experienced rider in the saddle. It certainly doesn´t look like their just 2nd international competition together.
Anna really starts out in a very convincing style, super power and expression from both rider and horse. For the first shoulder in / volte / half pass exercise Quarton seems to be slightly tilting his head in the volte. Good quality of all 3 gaits with power. The walk tour with the first pirouette where Quarton loses a single step, nice relaxation for the extended walk with good stretching of the neck. Active canter, the end of the zig-zag with a change with parallel hind. Super nice half pirouettes in the canter with good sit and balance. Super series. Well deserved victory with 72,237%, and still plenty of room for more points.
Today´s field of competitors did count more international riders with small tour horses, so it was a very interesting class to follow, as this also shows "what to come" one day for the big tour.
Placed 2nd Spanish Juan Matute. He is riding a controlled nice test without any major issues, but at the same time the test also lacking some high lights.
3rd Helen Langehanenberg with the chestnut mare Brisbane. And today Brisbane looked a bit chestnut, not that motivated and with the ears in a bit of "it doesn´t matter" position, but experienced Langehanenberg makes her do all the things with just issues for the one walk pirouette and the one canter pirouette.
4th Escolar with Hubertus Schmidt, seems to lack a bit of focus in the arena, but Schmidt manage quite well as always.
5th Kristina Bröring-Sprehe and her new Desperados son Destiny are struggling a bit with the correct balance from H2R point of view. For the collected trot work Destiny often becomes a bit heavy in the hand and sometime a bit hind the verticle.
6th Sönke Rothenberger with the just 7 yr old Sankt Anton. Seems that Sönke not really want let go today, and most of the test is quite cautious. Looking forward to see the couple in the future.
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