Secret and Jessica Lynn Thomas took the lead with impressive 9,54.
Secret 🇩🇪 / Jessica Lynn Thomas - nice halt, bit high tempo, super balance and expression, small canter for 2nd serpentine, bit open halt with bit tense rein back, bit unbalanced huge active walk, good canter tour with nice simple change, good transition to trot, high tempo for half circle.
From H2R point of view the walk is for 8,0 today - huge but some kind of unbalanced.
Two Dutch combinations new in the top
Renate van Uytert-van Vliet with Johnny Deep showed a strong overall test with power and expression and top gaits.
Johnny Deep 🇳🇱 / Renata van Uytert-van Vliet - super nice expressive strong power trot tour, super supple walk tour with nice relaxation and over track, very good canter, becomes bit against the leg for transition simple change, good transition to trot, nice stretching.
Emmelie Scholtens with Johnny Be Goode show a good test, but from H2R point af view the over all impression of the trot tour with a bit to high neck like the canter was good but not quite for 8,8.
Johnny Be Goode 🇳🇱 / Emmelie Scholtens - very nice trot tour with good expression, bit high in the neck, super supple clear and big walk with nice relaxation, good canter, nice simple change, good transition to trot but small canter after, good stretching.
The scoreboard getting hot now!
Danish Warmblood gelding Søgaards Bon Royal and Camilla Ahlers Pedersen showed a very good test. Bon Royal is a very complete horse, with super nice expression all the way presented in a super nice frame.
Søgaard Bon Royal 🇩🇰 / Camilla Ahlers Pedersen - good halt, nice frame, small tension at F after extension, nice supple serpentines, bit unsteady halt small tension rein back, nice relaxation and over track with good activity for the walk tour, good canter tour, super nice simple change, good counter canter, nice transition to trot, good stretching for half circle, good halt.