Prize giving - photo: Clipmyhorse
From “retired” to victory
2019 winner 9 year old L´Arbuste by Danish Warmblood stallion Skovens Rafael / Zardin Firfod, bred by Morten Plenborg 🇩🇰 and owned by Equeco GmbH.
L´Arbuste OLD was as 7 year old placed as no 6 at the final at WCYH in Ermelo, and since then he has been successful at small tour level, and now they made the big step into the Grand Prix sport together with Senta Kirchhoff.
They won the first qualifier for this Louisdor Preis 2019 final in Hagen back in April.
Today´s victory was far from the direct way, as Senta Kirchhoff Friday for the preliminary test had to retire while L´Arbuste was more than normally impressed by the surroundings, and from H2R point of view it did definitely not look like a possibility to “recover” much for the final. But today L´Arbuste and Senta Kirchhoff made Louisdor Preis history (as far as H2R know) while no-one has ever been able to come from “retired” in the preliminary test, direct to top of the podium for the final. Furthermore Senta told at the subsequent interview that today’s performance was just 50% of their normal standard.
Also the breeder Danish Morten Plenborg was present in Frankfurter Festhalle for the final, and as he told after Friday’s class he was nearly on his way back to Denmark Friday evening, but luckily he stayed and enjoyed L´Arbuste OLD together with Senta Kirchhoff winning the Louisdor Preis final 2019.
