Blue Hors Don Olymbrio and Daniel Bachmann Andersen
Another outstanding performance from Danish Daniel and Don O with personal best performance at home soil today with 79,702% in Grand Prix Special. The improvement is obvious as Daniel earlier has shown Don O with a bit weaker pirouettes where both were clearly at a much higher level today, especially the 2nd one.
Placed 2nd today was Austrian Victoria Max-Theurer with her “new” superstar Rockabllly, 9 year old gelding by Rock Forever/Ehrentusch. Very obedient and nice expression all the way, a horse without any weaknesses and Vicky is obviously also very pleased about him, as this is his 2nd international big tour event, and his first ever Grand Prix Special.
Danish Betina Jæger and her “on/off” partner in crime Belstaff showed again a strong test today. On/off in the way that she actually startede his Grand Prix education, and then he was sold and now the talented gelding is back again at Helgstrand Dressage.
5th and last placement went to Marianne Helgstrand with Lollipop. They just showed their best ever trot tour, super balanced without the “usual” passage like trot steps, but super nice forward flow and clearly differences between trot and passage. Unfortunately a few errors for the canter tour, which Marianne clearly blamed herself after the test.
H2R comments during the tests:
Blue Hors Don Olymbrio 🇩🇰 - good halt, nice extension, lovely side picture, uphill crossing half pass left, sharp into passage at C, nice passage / trot/ passage, smooth half pass right, very expressive passage, smooth in and out, good extended walk, good collected walk, smooth 1st piaffe with nice transitions, super picture and balance for 2nd piaffe, bit tense into canter 78,5 trending score, supple half passes, super 2 times, super 1 times, full risk power extended canter, well managed and balanced pirouettes, (2nd best ever for them), super transition and smooth long side, very nice easy final centerline.
Rockabilly AUT - good halt, good expression and balance for extended trot, supple half pass left with nice crossing, direct into passage, very nice passage with regular rhythm all the way, super half pass forward crossing, nice in and out from trot / passage / trot, good extended walk, good collected walk, bit cautious small steps forward 1st piaffe, bit forward 2nd piaffe good transitions, good into canter, bit low in the neck for canter half passes, ok 2 times with some tensions, good 1 times, very nice extended canter with clear transitions, bit volte like 1st pirouette, good 1 times, much more balanced 2nd pirouette, good balance for long side, active passage, good piaffe nice final.
Belstaff 🇩🇰 - bit open halt, power diagonal, super nice carriage swing half pass left, small misunderstanding into first passage transition, super expressive passage/trot/passage tours, small canter into half pass to right, nice passage/trot/passage, super active extended walk with huge over track (just 1 x 9) bit tense forward 1st piaffe lack more clear transitions, lack bit more energy for 2nd piaffe, better transitions, good into canter, good canter half passes, error 2 times, 1 times with power, good extended canter, good balanced pirouettes, nice 1 times, good long side, lack bit more straightness for the piaffe at the centerline.
