Day 1 at national championships often tells the full story and for the German national championships today’s strength and weaknesses were shown in the Grand Prix class.
Top 3 (H2R German team for the Olympics)
TSF Dalera BB and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with well deserved Personal Best performance - it was harmony pure and without any discussion the clear winner today.
Dalera BB / Jessica von Bredow-Werndl - Good halt, power balanced uphill diagonal, crossing balanced flow half passes, superb halt with rein back, power diagonal, direct into passage, WOW 1st piaffe with super transitions and WOW passage, trend 87%! good walk tour, direct into passage, SIT BALANCE ACTIVITY AT THE SPOT 2ND PIAFFE, super into canter, good 2 times tiny tensions, power extended canter, good zigzag tiny error? , active 1 times, nice quality pirouettes, super sit tiny big, nice into trot, power diagonal expressive, super final centerline. 85,040%
Bella Rose / Isabell Werth - Good halt, tiny lack of uphill extended trot, lovely half passes super light crossing, super halt with rein back, lack bit power diagonal, good into passage, smooth into piaffe, bit tension hind for a few step, super transition, good walk tour, good into passage, tense hind passage, and for transition bit tense, good piaffe, nice out, good transition to canter, good 2 times bit nodding, good extended canter, bit unbalanced zigzag bit nodding, nice 1 times, better sit than usually for both pirouettes, good diagonal, super final. 81,320%
Showtime FRH / Dorothee Schneider - Super halt, power expressive diagonal, good half passes lack bit crossing, good halt with rein back, power diagonal, super passage, good piaffe lack bit more clear transitions, good extended walk, super collected walk, super passage, lacking bit sharper transitions, good 2nd piaffe, good into canter, nice 2 times, power diagonal, super balance for zigzag, nice 1 times, super control 1st pirouette tiny lost balance out, 2nd good quality, power diagonal, super final centerline. 80,520%