It it not the first time this combination caught H2R attention, as they already showed something special from the preliminary round for DERBY STARS VON MORGEN and at Louisdor Preis final.
First of all it is a super cool horse. The environment in the quite small arena is pretty tense as the audience are really close to the arena, and at the same time with lot of noice through out their performance.
Easy, effortless, super nice contact and frame and still with some green moments. A pleasure to watch.
Comments after the performance by Christoph Hess:
“Ladies and gentlemen have you also been riding the test like I did? The first word as I wrote was WONDERFUL, and until the end I had the word wonderful in my head. And have you seen the final line, those stupid one times, it was not as if it should happen, so nice into, the horse was straight, in front of you, uphill, everything in top and now she will do 15 one times, but then two times error, but better for one exercise than errors for two exercises.
Isn´t a super horse, isn´t it a super combination. Like she goes in walk now, how she does the piaffe, a dream, how is does the passage, a dream, like the transition in and out of passage, a dream. How she is able to make the transition from piaffe, passage to total relaxation to the walk, a dream horse. If I have to point out kind of weakness was the first pirouette, 2nd you´ve executed super, a little bit bigger.
You must not forget the mare is just 10 years old or will be 10 this year. She has made her qualifier and a few weeks ago in Frankfurt where they were placed 3rd in Louisdor Preis final, now here today. In Oldenburg they have won the half final, a top sympathetic horse, but the rider is likewise sympathetic. A really nice and harmonious combination. How is the feeling the saddle? Shiva is always nice, she always wants to please me.”