Jovian and Andreas Helgstrand - photo credit: Timo Martis
It can rain, snow or whatever weather - Jovian and Andreas just doing their thing together
Pressure or not they just performed for their gold medal today. The perfect match because Andreas Helgstrand is able to show the big stallion in a powerful and easy way without any need of extra push or pull. The scores speaks for itself - no comments and well deserved World Champion.
From the preliminary test Mrs Helgstrand was obvious for the silver, but today she unfortunately did not shine in the same way with the super nice Sezuan son Elverhøjs Raccolto. Whether it was nerves or a bit to much pressure on the talented Raccolto it just didn’t look the same easy and effortless way as day 1, so suddenly the silver position was open.
Bronze position from the first round Quando Unico with Simone Pearce start their test today with a lot of quality and lovely balance, but at the end of the canter tour they just lost the rhythm and flow and also their chance for the medal.
On the other hand Anne-Mette Strandby Hansen with Eternity just rode their chance and succeeded today. Lots of elasticity, quality and expression for the trot, strong canter tour and a bit limited walk tour but enough to step up on the podium.
But where did Blue Hors Touch of Olympic L and Nanna Merrald come from?
Actually they came from 6th place in the preliminary test going surprisingly directly into silver position. Super solid performance today without any technical issues, superb walk tour and well moving in both trot and canter. Over all a very harmonious quality combination but unfortunately lacking clearly more expression and power for the silver position from H2R point of view.
