Maxi Kraft´s Barcelo OLD & Dorothee Schneider with double victory in Donaueschingen - photo screenshot Clipmyhorse.
Danish bred Maxi Kraft´s Barcelo OLD with Dorothee Schneider took both Prix St. Georg and Intermediaire I vitories with convincing performances. They are definitely getting ready for the Nürnberger Burg Pokal final in December in Frankfurt. They already got their qualification for the final back in May in München with a winner score of 74,53%.
In H2R opinion this is how a supple, obedient and well educated horse must look anno 2024. Soft contact, to a closed mouth with natural frame and balance all the way.
Small starter fields for CDI4 tours
Special tour with 8 combinations and for the kür tour with 6 combinations.
For the CDI4 Grand Prix for Special took Helen Erbe with Carlos FRH the victory with a solid performance but where the walk tour ones again shows the impact of the scores dropping overall 2%. Technical with two minor issues end of 1 times and lost of balance for final trot extension. 71,196% only 1,5 point ahead of 2nd placed Facilione with Helen Langehanenberg.
Grand Prix Special with Dayman and Dorothee Schneider in front. Overall the frame becomes bit to tight, for the passage a few unbalanced steps hind and likewiese the right front leg does not always come up like left for the extensions. Unfortunately error for all three series. Final winner score 70,745%.
For the CDI4 Grand Prix for kür with Fie Skarsøe and Imperador dos Cedros in the top with a good performance, for the trot half passes some small lack of balance hind creeping in, but only tiny technical issue for the two times, rest was well performed. Score 70,087% and fully agreement for the judging panel.
Grand Prix kür with another victory for Fie Skarsøe and Imperador dos Cedros, becomes bit to short in the neck through out the test, small error for 2 times, strong piaffe turns, passage half passes and nice pirouettes. 75,175%.
Nürnberger Burg Pokal qualifier was won by Lena Hassmann with Maddox Mart with 73,610%. In the trot tour the just 7 yr old stallion still needs some support for the contact to stay up and free and also missing bit more under the body push, good walk tour, super canter quality but as for the trot tour he sometimes need some extra support, very nice halt with rein back and super nice flying changes, 1st half pirouette missing more balance and control while 2nd becomes more balanced with good quality.
