Laponia and Borja Carrascosa placed 7th in Grand Prix Special with 70,404% - photo credit: H2R
Dancing Dalera
It´s just a pleasure to watch Delera and Jessica dancing together. Tiny issues was just two not 100% square halts and a lost change at the beginning of the 9 one times at the centerline, small tensions for the series but at the same time with power and the rest was supple, effortless and powerful, combined with an always super frame.
Well Done de la Roche with most relaxed performance to date
For the Grand Prix Special Kittel for sure can be very satisfied about his effort together with Well Done. The top sensitive mare started the test with a good halt, bit tense diagonal and first extended trot, but from there you just get the feeling that they are just doing their own “trainings session” at home, with lovely supple half passe, smooth piaffe tours with super timing for the transitions, relaxed uphill series and well balanced pirouettes. The walk tour still need more relaxation and let go.
Kontestro Db shows talent and ability all the way
With just 10 year Kontestro Db is the youngest horse in the field. Often when watching the young Grand Prix horses it´s about getting more strength for the demanding exercises, for Kontestro it just look like a matter of “experience and kilometers” as he already got the entire top quality package - trot, canter, walk, piaffe and passage.
Entering the arena Konstetro looked hot, but from the halt where it was clear that his very experienced Finnish rider Henri Ruoste just gave him the time he needed to breath, halt, relax and go. Smooth expressive power trot tour, for the walk tour it looks like he is disturbed by an insect which also affected a bit into the first piaffe. The canter tour is solid and with top timing from Ruoste all the way - it look like you have to be very quiet up there.
Wrong course for Santa Kirchhoff - forgot the canter half passes
The 10 year old L´Arbuste OLD with Senta Kirchhoff showed a strong test with good qualities for the trot tour, passage and transitions, bit hold back walk tour, good piaffe tours, the issues for test came with a tense transition to canter from passage and lacking the final transition to collected trot at M as Senta was struggling to bring L´Arbuste back to trot. The wrong course became of course costly for the very talented combination.
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