Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour - photo credit: Lily Forado
SAAB Top 10 - a very special event
More riders from the absolute top of the World Ranking were again this year ready for this special event, and it became a high quality class today.
Imagine to say “another day at the office” when commenting about Isabell Werth with Weihegold OLD winning today’s Grand Prix with impressive 83,652%, but it was really the fact. No technical issues, high quality piaffe/passage tours, super pirouettes, and not least the timing from Werth throughout the entire test makes it still very interesting to follow.
Today the second place went to 🇩🇰 Danish Dufour and her nearly 17 year old partner Atterupgaards Cassidy. It was a top motivated Cassidy and super sharp Dufour dancing through their Personal Best 80,870% Grand Prix (former top score from 02/2018 Göteborg with 80,674%.
Atterupgaards Cassidy DEN - super halt, uphill balance and power diagonal, nice half passes, bit tense halt with rein back, super diagonal, good 1st piaffe good transitions, good walk tour, super 2nd piaffe where Cassidy waiting for signal to go forward, good transition to canter, super 2 times, sharp extended canter, easy smooth zigzag with super flow, superb 1 times, supple tiny pirouettes with huge sit and balance, good transition at M, WOW diagonal, tiny resistance begin of piaffe, super final.
Three combinations at 77%
Another very experienced pair Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with Zaire E showed a very strong performance with an overall very harmonious and elegant picture.
Kittel the man behind SAAB Top 10 showed again that his mare Well Done de la Roche now really has settled for the piaffe tours and this brings them direct into the top of the field today.
Therese Nilshagen and Dante Weltino OLD keep improving for their piaffe tours, and it´s a pleasure to watch the power and suppleness for the trot tour and then the extended canter today was just WOW!
