Kardieno and Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard - photo credit: Timo Martis
The 5 year old Kardieno by Dante Weltino OLD / Parcival (gelderland dam line) was presented as the first horse for Friday evening program in Den Bosch.
Kardieno is approved for KWPN, DWB and OLD.
Video captured by Peter Stojanov.
H2R comments for the three Premium stallions during the presentation free today
314 - Bordeaux / Florencio - superb type, supple mover from behind. Still on H2R top list
362 - Dream Boy / United, super mover with nice expression - best of the Dream Boys
547 - Totilas / Krack C - still impressive supple mover
Top favourite Mansion by Totilas / Krack C did not disappoint for today’s presentation free.
547 - Totilas / Krack C - Premium Stallion. Photo credit: Timo Martis
314 - Bordeaux / Florencio - Premium Stallion
314 - Bordeaux / Florencio - Premium Stallion. Photo credit: Timo Martis
362 Dream Boy / United - Premium Stallion
362 Dream Boy / United - Premium Stallion. Photo credit: Timo Martis
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Two intensive and exciting days comes up from tomorrow morning in Den Bosch
For the sharp “selector” you’ve now had two very valuable opportunities to watch the young KWPN stallions before the final selection takes place.
First the pre-selection days in December and lately the first ever lunging part for the stallions, which certainly made the picture much more clear in terms of both balance and suppleness.
H2R favourites:
314 - Bordeaux / Florencio
342 - Desperado / Jazz
362 - Dream Boy / United
554 - Vitalis / Bon Bravour
547 - Totilas / Krack C
587 - Vitalis / Sir Donnerhall I
But the next two days will tell much more.
Live stream schedule at clipmyhorse here.
First 2-days stallion performance test comes up 2-4 February from Münster-Handorf
As usual Clipmyhorse will live stream from both with own rider and the final day with test rider.
Live stream schedule:
Biggest ever program
From Wednesday March 4 to Sunday March 8, Messe Center Herning will be transformed to a pure horse mecca.
The program is bigger than ever, and here below you can get the overview for each day.
You can order your tickets here, or get much more information about the entire event here.
Bakkely´s Onandt og Lone Bang Larsen - Photo credit: Timo Martis
Første gang til CDI-W i Amsterdam
For Lone Bang Larsen var weekendens World Cup stævne i Amsterdam et stævne på listen over et af “højdepunkterne” i karrieren sammen med hendes nu 13 årige DV vallak Bakkely´s Onandt e. Onassis / Michellino, avlet af Preben Hald, Tjele.
Som Lone fortæller efter hun er hjemvendt fra Amsterdam, så var det en rigtig god fornemmelse at få startet 2020 på det her niveau. Hun ærger sig selvfølgelig over en dyr indridning i Grand Prix klassen, hvor Onandt var noget imponeret over omgivelserne og stemningen i den flotte arena, men derfra glæder hun sig også over at han er med hende hele vejen og tingene lykkedes rigtig godt. Küren som Lone har lavet er med stor sværhedsgrad, hvor hun bl.a. laver serierne på buet spor. Et par spændingsfejl indløber i starten af to serier, mens hendes pirouetter mangler lidt mere kontrol og balance. Parret avancerede fra deres 15. plads i Grand Prix´en og slutter som nr. 14 i küren.
Photo credit: Timo Martis
“For Onandt var stævnet jo kæmpe stort, og det største vi har prøvet sammen til nu, og det var fantastisk at fornemme hvordan han stille og roligt vendte sig til de store forhold og den intense stemning, både på opvarmningen og i arenaen. Det er helt sikkert at stævnet har givet os begge super erfaring, og Onandt lærer i lyn hurtigt at sådan er det bare, og slappede rigtig fint af resten af stævnet efter vores Grand Prix start,” fortæller Lone. Så lige nu er næste kryds i kalenderen for Onandt og Lone det internationale stævne i Herning i forbindelse med hingstekåringen. “Det glæder jeg mig rigtig meget til, for der skal nok blive både top stemning og top sport”, siger Lone.
“Alle snakkede jo om, at det var nærmest et mesterskabsfelt i World Cuppen, så det var selvfølgelig super fedt at nå med i küren også. Stemningen var i top til stævnet, og jeg fik rigtig mange positive kommentarer med på vejen fra både dommere og rytterkollegaer,” fortæller Lone.
FEI-tv kommentatorer
For dem som fulgte med på FEI-tv var kommentering også med et ekstra niveau i Amsterdam. Normalt vil man som seer helst være fri for at kommentatoren snakker for meget i küren, men med de to co-kommentatorer, i første halvdel Carl Hester og i anden halvdel Richard Davison, gav det küren et helt særligt ekstra niveau.
Fra videoklippet herunder kommenterer Carl Hester på nogle af øvelserne i starten af küren, og senere med en del af kommentarerne fra hele deres kür.
“Strong music, strong trot work here, good degree of difficulty, you see with the music as a spectator you kind of know what´s coming there, I like this horse I haven’t seen it before, it´s expressive you know you want to watch it, it´s got plenty of energy, it´s good energy, trot work very good, showed good piaffe / passage work, a little bit tight through the body for the walk, big stride horse in canter as well, we saw her ask but she didn’t get it, she was clever enough to wait another stride and get them, she fixed it very well that’s clever riding, both pirouettes are about 3 meters, but because he is such at big striding horse it´s quite difficult to get them tidy and small because his strides are rather big, nice coming up the centerline, uphill picture, just some green looking mistakes, all to do with concentration with this horse, Denmark will be pleased to have this horse for their future”, slutter Carl Hester.
Mount St. John Freestyle and Charlotte Dujardin - photo credit: Timo Martis
Dujardin and Mount St. John Freestyle were shining in today’s World Cup freestyle.
So much power, balance, correctness and quality - judge for yourself. And the piaffe tours reached a new level for this top combination today.
Top price stallion sold for 180.000 euro to Landgestüt Celle - photo: #clipmyhorse
The best stallion at the auction was the Sezuan / Fürst Heinrich son, sold for 180.000 euro to Landgestüt Celle, while the attractive “spider” by Spörcken / Fürst Piccolo was sold for 95.000 euro to Gestüt Tannenhof.
Danish bred stallion by Franklin / Don Schufro which also was among the licensed stallions was sold at the auction for 57.000 euro.
List of prices:
Weihegold produces flawless performance on road to 2020 Final
The partnership that has claimed the FEI Dressage World Cup™ title for the last three years, Germany’s Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD, proved unbeatable at the eighth leg of the Western European League 2019/2020 qualifying series in Amsterdam (NED) today.
In an awe-inspiring line-up it was Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin, series champion in 2014 and 2015, who finished second with Mount St John Freestyle while 2010 title-holder, The Netherlands’ Edward Gal, slotted into third with a stunning ride on the stallion Glock’s Zonik NOP.
This was Werth’s fifth consecutive victory at the Dutch venue, and making it all the more significant for the German superstar was the fact that every one of those wins has been recorded with the brilliant mare who also carried her to team gold at the Rio Olympic Games.
"It all started for Weihe and me when we won the World Cup here in 2016, so Amsterdam has always been a special show for us. From here we went up and up in the sport, and it’s amazing to still have have her feeling so good and motivated and engaged with me when she is 15 years old. It was a super atmosphere again today, the crowd were so emotional and they were on their feet when we finished so we really enjoyed that!"
Isabell Werth (GER)
The sparkling start-list included many of the sport’s rising stars along with six previous champions. And it was Werth’s compatriot and 2013 series winner Helen Langehanenberg who held the lead at the halfway stage following a super test from her 18-year-old campaigner Damsey FRH who effortlessly executed a long series of perfect pirouettes on his way to putting 84.380 on the board.
Third in after the break however, Gal and Zonik wowed the home crowd with a dramatic test that went into the lead with 85.385. But, fourth-last to go, Werth and Weihegold changed everything when scoring over 90 percent. “It was my first time over 90 in Amsterdam but I had Charlotte coming in behind me so I had to be as good as possible because I knew she was going for it!”, said the rider who had posted a massive 90.280.
And indeed Dujardin didn’t hold back, opening her floorplan with jaw-dropping extended trot and never looking back.
"I knew I had quite a score to beat, but my horse felt good and I tried my best to give her the most confidence possible. This is only her third onsite show. Coming in today I knew I had to go for it and try my best and I was really pleased - this is the best she’s ever been!"
Charlotte Dujardin (GBR)
said the British rider who posted a superb 89.505 which couldn’t be beaten for runner-up spot.
The clash between Dujardin and Werth has now become the most mesmerising in the sport. Can the undisputed Queen from German hold onto her crown, or will Dujardin, who was all but untouchable during her reign with the great Valegro when she set and re-set multiple world records, eventually push her off her throne?
It is all set to play itself out as this year progresses, and with Dujardin now well-qualified for the Final in Las Vegas (USA) in April that looks set to be a cracker. Werth plans to take Weihegold once again, and should they succeed in making it four titles in a row then they will be the very first partnership to do so in the 35-year history of the prestigious FEI Dressage World Cup™ series.
Before all that however there are three more Western European League qualifiers left to run, at Neumunster (GER) in three weeks’ time where Werth again plans to compete, at Gothenburg (SWE) at the end of February and in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED) in March.
Result here
WEL Standings here
22 dressage stallions licensed at Deutsches Sportpferde
Program for the last day:
10.00 presentation of stallions for the auction
11.15 stallions for premium award
12.15 DSP mare championship
14.00 Auction
The field of the Premium candidate stallions from H2R point of view after two days are:
38 Benicio / San Amour / Cabaret (out of same dam line as licensed stallion Sandbrink) - very nice balance by lunging
68 Sezuan / Fürst Heinrich - overall very nice stallion.
55 Foundation / San Remo (not at the auction)
71 Spörcken / Fürst Piccolo - still lack some strength and development body wise.
72 Top Gear / Sandro Hit - very nice balanced by lunging
See the full list of licensed stallions here.
Championship mood
Impressive lineup for today’s World Cup Grand Prix at Jumping Amsterdam.
Top 3 (H2R comments during the tests)
Watch out Werth when Dujardin is able to polish the piaffe tours a bit more she will pass you and Weihe.
Today’s test from Werth was kind of building up for the final, when getting into the canter tour she just build up for the final with a very strong canter tour, and finishing this part with superb pirouettes, and then doing a final centerline with outstanding qualities.
Weihegold OLD GER - good halt, conservative diagonal, half pass right lack bit more forward flow, left good, super halt with rein back, good diagonal, sharp into passage, smooth piaffe and transitions, bit unbalanced walk tour, nice transition to passage, super passage, nice piaffe but not with same sit as usual, good into canter, good 2 times, super extended canter, good zigzag, good 1 times, SUPERB 1st pirouette, very nice 2nd pirouette, good transition to trot, limited extension at diagonal, 🔥FIRE ON THE GROUND final centerline.
MSJ Freestyle GBR - good halt, POWER balanced diagonal, well balanced half passes, super halt with rein back, WAUW diagonal, smooth passage, tiny double beat step for 1st piaffe, good passage, super walk tour good relaxed extended walk, good transition to passage, 9-10 steps for 2nd piaffe, good transition to canter, nice 2 times, super extended canter, WAUW zigzag, error hind end of 1 times, bit turn for 1st pirouette, much better balance and control 2nd pirouette, good into trot, power diagonal, super passage, bit two tempi of final piaffe.
Desperado NED - nice halt, power expressive diagonal, good half passes but lack more bending left, bit tense rein back, good extension, good transition to passage, good piaffe, bit tension hind passage, super walk tour, good transition to passage, good 2nd piaffe nice activity, good transitions, nice transition to canter, big 2 times, power extended canter lovely coming back change over the hind quarters, good zigzag, tension hind for 1 times bit crop high, super control and sit for both pirouettes, good transition to trot, power diagonal, very nice and smooth final.
Impressive motivation and strong Dutch performances
Common for the three stallions at start for The Netherlands were top motivation today. Danish Warmblood stallion Glock´s Zonik was showing his best performance ever together with Edward Gal. Very nice piaffe tours with good transition and expressive passage, the overall picture was with clearly improved go and flow and obedience.
Hans Peter Minderhoud and Glock´s Dream Boy really went for it today, unfortunately with a few mistakes but still lots of power and expression all the way.
And Emmelie Scholtens and Desperado were also on fire with a very strong test without any technical issues.
For Adelinde Cornelissen with Zephyr it was also an improved test when watching the piaffe tours, as this exercise has been their weak point.
British Fry showed a very strong performance together with KWPN stallion Everdale, superb 1st piaffe AT THE SPOT, lots of expression and power without any technical issues, unfortunately the final centerline looked a bit like Fry was lacking a bit focus herself.
Sönke Rothenberger was at start with 12 year old Santiano R by San Amour/Lord Sinclair. Back in April last year they’ve made their international debut at Nieuw en Sint Joosland, and then they were at start in Wiesbaden, and later in September made their World Cup debut at Budapest. They showed a good test where Sönke is able to manage the not so strong piaffe tours in a very nice way.
Danish Lone Bang Larsen with Bakkely´s Onandt showed an error free test, unfortunately starting with a very tense entering halt, but from there a nice well performed test. They are also ready among the 15 combinations for the freestyle.
See the entire results here.
Glock´s Total US and Edward Gal winner of national Prix St. Georg - photo credit: Timo Martis
Subli Cup finals
Already yesterday evening the spectators were ready in the huge RAI arena in Amsterdam.
The five best Dutch 4 year old and 5 year old horses were ready for the Subli-Cup finals, including PAVO Cup winners 2019 Keano RS2 by Governor/Krack C and Johnny Depp by Bordeaux/Jazz.
For the 4 year old (now 5 year old) the Keano RS2 with Marieke van der Putten showed good qualities, like also Jonny Depp (now 6 year old) with Renate van Uytert-van Vliet showed a super test, Johnny Depp is a beautiful stallion with a lovely natural closed frame without being short in the neck, and he is showing three supple well balanced quality gaits.
Van Olst Horses rider Charlotte Fry was also at the final with the 5 year old Jeroen Leatherdale by Lord Leatherdale / Negro, another quality horse with an outstanding canter, unfortunately the huge environment did affect the performance with some tensions and they finished 5th.
A strong national Prix St. Georg class
14 combinations were ready for the national Prix St. Georg, but for most people one combination was of course in the spotlight, 8 year old Totilas / Sir Donnerhall I son Glock´s Total US with Edward Gal in the saddle. And they did not disappoint. A 75% test still with room for improvement.
H2R comments during the test:
Glock´s Total US - open halt dropping behind the hand, good diagonal, small unbalance for shoulder in, nice volte and half pass, good diagonal, well balanced shoulder in, nice volte and super half pass to right, super collected walk, marching and active, good walk pirouettes, some disturbing for extended walk shaking the head more times, well balanced canter half passes, nice balance and sit for both pirouettes, good 4 times, good 3 times, good extended canter change lack bit more jump of the ground.
Some of the other combinations which caught H2R attention:
Endyrava DC (2009 gelding by Lord Leatherdale/Monaca) with Corinda Luttjeboer - lovely power horse showing an easy active test with good qualities.
Finnländerin (2010 mare by Fidertanz/Donnerhall) with Madeleine Witte-Vrees - nice power test without any technical issues, just both halts showing some tensions. Unfortunately most of the test with open mouth. (Purchased last year as future GP hope for Madeleine With-Vrees).
Great Lady TC (2011 mare by Bretton Woods/Osmium) - nice flow test with good suppleness, superb extended walk, minor moments of loosing the collection for the canter tour. (Former WCYH participant in 2016 and 2017).
Toskira (2012 mare by Sir Donnerhall I/Rubinstein I) with Marieke van der Putten - expressive trot tour with nice suppleness, limited walk tour, bit tense canter tour, lost 1st change after 1st pirouette, looks like a tongue problems at the end of the test. (PSI auction 2016)
Foundation RR (2010 KWPN stallion by United/Jazz-same dam as Johnny Depp) with Kirsten Brouwer - very nice overall picture, good walk tour, super nice series, tension final change at 3 times.
The top international judging panel with H: Mariette Sanders-van Gansewinkel C: Susanne Baarup B: Susan Hoevenaars did often not agree about the combinations throughout the class, more times with a difference of 4%.
Full results here.
FREESE Isabel (GER), Total Hope OLD Frankfurt – Festhallen Reitturnier 2019 NÜRNBERGER BURG-POKAL winner – © www.sportfotos-lafrentz.de/Stefan Lafrentz
The prestigious Nürnberger Burg-Pokal series for 7 - 9 year old horses at Prix St. Georg is ready with 2020 qualification events.
NÜRNBERGER BURG-POKAL 2020 qualification events:
Hagen aTW Horses & Dreams 22.04. - 26.04.
Mannheim Maimarktturnier 01.05. - 05.05.
Balve Longines Balve Optimum with national German Championships 07.05. - 10.05.
Redefin Pferdefestival Redefin 15.05. - 17.05.
München-Riem Pferd International 21.05. - 24.05.
Werder Dressurfestival Bonhomme 18.06. - 21.06.
Kronberg Schafhof Dressurfestival 25.06. - 27.06.
Bettenrode Bettenröder Dressurtage 08.07. - 12.07.
Elmlohe Elmloher Reitertage 30.07. - 02.08.
Verden Verden International with World Championships Young Horses 04.08. - 09.08.
Donaueschingen CHI Donaueschingen 13.08. - 16.08.
Ising/Chieming Dressurturnier Gut Ising 16.10. - 18.10.
Finale
Frankfurt Festhallen Reitturnier 17.12. - 20.12.
Straight Horse køber helsøster til Romanov og Rubin Royal hos Harli Seiftert
“Hos Straight Horse i Allerød er det i disse dage svært at få armene ned. Efter flere besøg og mange snakke, er det lykkedes os at få lov at købe to pragtfulde hopper fra Harli Seifters verdensberømte Rodilore-hoppestamme. Vi betragter det som en stor ære, at Harli Seifert, der i en alder af 80 år, skærer en smule ned på sin avl, betror os disse to hopper. Harli elsker sine heste højt, og sælger dem meget nødigt.
Runa er datter af Rumirell og Grundstein II og dermed helsøster til den perlerække af kårede hingste, der er kommet fra denne kombination, herunder Romanov, Blue Hors Rockefeller, Rubin Royal m. fl. Hun er ti år og har tidligere leveret meget succesfulde afkom. Vi har valgt at ifole hende med Belany, der netop i efteråret 2019 blev fløjhingst ved hingstekåringen i Oldenburg.
Djura Rouge er 5 år gammel og er datter af Rumirella – endnu en helsøster til Romanov og dermed også til Runa – og hun er efter Don Schufro. Set i lyset af vi netop har mistet Don Schufro i avlen, og vores egen Bøgegaardens Don Romina, er ved at være oppe i årene, er vi lykkelige for at få denne unge, velgående Don Schufro datter i stalden. Hun forbliver de næste to måneder hos Lodbergen og hun ifoles med For Romance inden hun kommer hjem. Samtidig vil Lodbergen fortsætte ridningen af hende.
Vi glæder os usigeligt til at få disse to skønne hopper hjem i stalden og endnu mere til at se hvad de kan tilføre vores avl,” fortæller Eva Götzsche og Mogens Pedersen fra Straight Horse.
Both H2R favourites from the presentation no 1 the 4 year old gelding by Sir Heinrich / Fürst Piccolo and no 4 the 5 year old mare by Escolar / Fürst Piccolo were sold for top prices.
No 1 sold for 42.000 euro and no 4 sold for 72.000 euro.
Other top prices were No 16 by Belissimo M / Briar sold for 50.000 euro and no 67 by Rock Forever / Florencio I sold for 43.000 euro.
Tophøjs Ferrari (private photo - Stutteri Tophøj)
Development from promising foal to talented dressage horse
When the buyers purchase their future star at an elite foal auction it is of course with knowledge about the bloodlines, watching video presentation, and not least the final presentation during the auction where they make their final decision. And then comes about two years of watching and waiting before you actually get to see the real value of the purchase.
For the 2017 premier edition of the exclusive foal auction Nordic International Sales, some of the foals has lately been in the “spotlight” as ex. both Stenagers Ben Hur and Agedrupgaards Reniro has been selected for Danish Warmblood stallion licensing.
Stenagers Ben Hur by Borsalino/Florenciano bred by May-Britt and Bjarne Christensen, owned by Stutteri Teglovnen v/Per Færch Thomsen.
Agedrupgaards Reniro by Revolution/De Niro bred by Louise Lynge og Simon Lorenzen, owned by Gestüt Pallerhaff, v/Jens Thorsen, LUX.
Here below 2nd most expensive foal in 2017 Tophøjs Ferrari (by Floriscount/Tailormade Temptation) bred Anette Nilausen and Niels-Jørgen Johansen, purchased at the auction by Norwegian international rider Cathrine Rasmussen, now showing his first very promising steps as a talented dressage horse.
Tophøjs Ferrari
OLD saddle licensing takes place 3rd and 4th April
32 young stallions are listed for Tuesday´s pre-selection for OLD saddle licensing.
Here you find all the stallions for pre-selection.
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