Cathrine and Free shines i Stockholm today
Flow, balance, ease, cadence, eleasticity, collection and relaxation - all in one package. At the price giving Cathrine told that she is ready for more for the freestyle Sunday.
Bit unbalanced halt, power balanced diagonal, good half passes, best crossing left, good balance, super halt with nice rein back, bit conservative diagonal nice into passage, good passage, super sit for piaffe, good transitions, good passage, super extended walk relaxed over the back, good collected walk, super into passage at M, springy passage, nice sit for piaffe, good out into passage, nice passage, nice into canter, trend 80%, super 2 times, nice extended canter, good change, good zigzag, good 1 times bit flat, super balance and sit pirouettes, 2nd WOW!, super into trot, power supple diagonal, nice passage, easy into piaffe, good piaffe, good out, super passage, nice halt.
Wendy on fire
Werth is a kind of magician in terms of success in the arena. Today she brought a “über motiviert” Wendy de Fontaine with some smaller technical issues for the canter tour today, and Werth really had her hands ful especially for the canter tour.
Unsteady halt, (6,2), good power diagonal, good flow and go for half passes, bit tense halt with rein back, good diagonal, nice into passage, good passage, easy into piaffe, super balance tiny forward trend, easy out into nice passage, super extended walk active over the back, good collected walk, ready set go at M for passage, nice passage, super into piaffe, super piaffe, nice out, good into canter, last change for 2 times parallel hind, good extended canter, good zigzag, mid 1 times 1 parallel hind, good pirouettes, 2nd best control, good into trot, nice diagonal, nice passage, easy into piaffe, nice piaffe, nice out, open halt.
HANDS FULL today - super motivated Wendy!
Hermes first outing since Olympic Paris
Even though Hermes did not look as sharp as we have seen him before, Dinja manage to produce an error free test with clear highlights of their trademark piaffe and passage.
Good halt, good diagonal, good crossing half passes missing bit carriage, bit open hind halt bit tense rein back, good diagonal, good into passage, good passage, easy into active piaffe, good out, good passage, bit tense hind, relaxed over the back extended walk, super collected walk, could be a bit sharper into passage, good passage, easy into piaffe small tension but at the spot, good out, good passage, good into canter, bit tense but good 2 times, good extended canter, good change, good zigzag, super 1 times, good 1st pirouette, lack more control 2nd, good into trot, good diagonal, nice passage, good piaffe, good passage, good halt.
The unfortunate Danes
First to go today was Daniel Bachmann Andersen with his team World Champion partner Marshall-Bell. Unfortunately when entering the great arena Marshall got the tongue over the bit. Before the start signal you could see that Daniel was aware of the issue, and unfortunately he retired short after the start.
Nanna Merrald and Blue Hors Znickers were ready for their CDI5 debut. And they really stepped into this top level with a strong performance, and not least with improvement.
Bit open halt, expressive supple power diagonal, uphill crossing supple half passes with go and flow, nice halt with rein back, super diagonal, easy back to passage, active of the ground piaffe, put the front legs bit forward but keep the balance, good out big passage, short extended walk but improving, same for collected also improving, super into passage at M, super passage, easy into piaffe bit forward, bit tense, same angle in front as first one, good out, good into canter, super 7 x 2 times and then the last 2!, nice extended canter, nice zigzag, super 1 times uphill sit and jump through the body, sit and balance top for both pirouettes, nice into trot, power balance diagonal, nice passage expressive, active piaffe bit forward, super passage, nice halt.
UNFORTUNATELY ELIMINATED by subsequent bid control due to some kind of red.
Nanna told that she was very happy about her performance, and of course very regrettable about the issue at the subsequent bid control as Znickers felt really super during the entire performance today.
Here you find the entire results.