Winner Dieudonné & Raphael Netz - Photo: screenshot/clipmyhorse
Today it was only their 2nd international Grand Prix together, as they recently made their debut in Herning DEN with 70,261% placed as no 3.
For the GP performance today Raphael showed the 11 year old Dieudonné with power and expression as we saw them first time in Herning, but this time with more control and relaxation.
Nice halt, super expressive of the ground diagonal, good balance crossing half passes, bit of the contact for halt with rein back, power diagonal, super back to passage at V, big passage, well managed transitions into and out of good piaffe steps, super passage, super begin of extended walk tour last part bit looking tense, good collected walk, good into passage, bit tense high hind 2nd piaffe, becomes hind aides looking, moves backwards, but manage to continue, good passage, good into canter, nice 2 times, good extended canter, bit unbalanced zigzag, ok 1 times swinging, nice quality and balance for both pirouettes, super into trot, balance power diagonal, big passage, good piaffe, nice out, good halt. 71,630%
Definitely a combination to keep an eye on. Young Raphael Netz is showing his horses with super fine aides, good contact and super obedient.
Danish debut
For Danish amateur rider and Olympic reserve Nadja Aaboe Sloth the Salzburg event is for the first time with two “home produced” Grand Prix horses. For the 5-star tour Nadja brings her Olympics reserve horse Favour Gersdorf, and today for the 3-star she brought the 10 yr old mare Miss Holsteins Marikka by Johnson / Florencio, bred by family Holstein. This was her first international big tour, and they did very well. Overall no technical weaknesses and from the “side” it looked more relaxed than Nadja felt, as she told after her test that Marikka actually felt a bit insecure in the arena and she didn´t have the 100% forward search, but overall very happy about their first international together.
Super relaxed in the arena before the signal. Super halt, good power for diagonal could show bit more lengthning of frame, good balance and flow for half passes, good halt with rein back, could show bit more let go for diagonal, good into passage, small stumble in passage before transition to super nice piaffe, well balanced and also successful transitions, relaxed extended walk with good over track, bit hurried collected walk, nice into passage, good passage, tiny tensions hind for piaffe, travelling forward, good passage, nice into canter, super 2 times full diagonal, good extended canter, good zigzag, good 1 times bit swing, good sit pirouettes, lack bit more control, good into trot, need bit more let go for diagonal, very nice final centerline. 67,152%
Here you find the entire results from the CDI3 GP.