Vividus QRE & Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour with new team member international top groom Lars Seefeld - private photo.
The international field for big tour Aalborg is very limited as international events are fully packed for this weekend throughout Europe.
Mannheim with CDI4, Exloo with CDI3, Redefin with CDI3, Compiégne with CDIO5 and CDI3, Verolanuova with CDI3 and next week with Swedish national Championships.
Today´s Grand Prix in Aalborg was won by Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour with 9 yr old Vividus QRE, Swedish bred by Zaladin MI / Don Charly. It was just their 2nd international event together as they made their international debut back in March in Herning with victory in GP and 2nd place in GPS with 72%.
Only 7 combinations for the big tour
It was a clearly improved overall picture as the frame/neck was more open as we saw Vividus in Herning in March. Very balanced with good expression all the way and Cathrine is able to guide the young Vividus without any technical issues. Just for the zigzag canter some tensions creeping in, and as Cathrine after her test stated, “that was purely on me, and therefore I really had to help him for the subsequent one time tempies. Overall I´m very pleased with him, as he at the moment feels stronger every day for his daily work and like today I was able to bring it into the competition arena too” says Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour. Today´s score 74,022%.
Placed 2nd today with 69,829% was 9 yr old Danish Warmblood gelding Grand Galiano by Grand Galaxy / Blue Hors Don Schufro, bred by Lotte and Gert Buchave and ridden by Rikke Dupont. Super solid performance with good balance, always nice in the contact and frame. No exercise weaknesses and with a bit more strength for the piaffe tours and pirouettes it is definitely a combination in the 70´s.
