Super German summer weather this morning for today’s CDIO5 Grand Prix in Aachen.
🇺🇸 Alcazar and Kathrine Bateson-Chandler with 1st parts best performance scoring 72,674%. Showing an expressive test, lovely passage and no technical issue.
Alcazar USA - good halt, nice expression diagonal bit short frame, nice crossing half passes, good halt with rein back, nice expression diagonal, nice back into passage, good passage, small uneven steps hind 1st piaffe, need bit more let go for extended walk, bit tense collected walk, good transition to passage, easy into piaffe bit tense, lack bit more flow out, nice transition to canter, swinging 2 times, nice extended canter with super change at the diagonal line, good zigzag, nice quality 1 times becomes bit short in the neck, lack bit control for 1st pirouette, 2nd pirouette lack final control out, nice diagonal, super nice passage, bit tense piaffe, nice halt.
Two Danish combinations
Jojo and Agnete showed a nice test but unfortunately with costly errors for both series.
🇩🇰Jojo AZ DEN - super halt, nice diagonal, lack using corner before going into 1st half pass, lack bit balance to left, good halt with rein back, good diagonal, nice transition to passage, nice 1st passage/piaffe/passage with good transitions, good walk tour, good transition to passage, nice 2nd piaffe with good transitions, error end 2 times, becomes a bit flat for extended canter, well balanced zigzag, error mid 1 times, lack bit more canter for 1st pirouette, 2nd better, good transition to trot, good diagonal, super smooth final centerline. 71,413%
Fidelio and Anders showed a solid test, and considering the horse is just 10 year old and still lacking experience and strength, and only issue was counting error from Anders in the zigzag.
🇩🇰Fidelio v.h. Bloemenhof DEN - good halt, nice diagonal, good half passes but could show bit more flow, open halt bit tense rein back, super nice diagonal, good transition to passage, lack bit more clear rhythm for piaffe but nice side picture, good passage, good walk, nice piaffe but becomes bit limited with power from hind, nice 2 times, good extension, nice balanced zigzag unfortunately with counting error, super smooth 1 times, good pirouettes could show bit more power from hind, super diagonal, nice final centerline. 71,043%
🇩🇪Unfortunately not the piaffe day for Damsey and Helen - he just kind of ignored the signals from Helen today for all three piaffe tours and did not look as motivated as we usual see him. Final score 71,239%