Elite Foal Auction during World Championships in Herning
As a spectator at World Championships in Herning this year you also get the chance to purchase your next Danish Warmblood top star.
The auction takes place Tuesday 9 August at 7 pm in Boxen in Herning and pre-bidding starts 7 August.
For this Elite collection 15 fillies and 11 colts are selected, all from top damlines and with top sires.
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Glamorous OnLive Auction in Westphalia
OnLive-Auction of dressage foals with top results
Münster: 77 foals with the finest dressage pedigrees were up for sale at today's OnLive auction at the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch. Glamorous was not only the name of the top priced foal. The friends of the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch celebrated their foals with a unique atmosphere. At an average price of 13,688 Euros, 65 young offers changed hands. A daughter of Glamourdale stood out especially in the lot. She was sold for 85,000 Euros.
Glamorous! The name said it all. The Glamourdale/San Amour daughter had already made a fabulous appearance at the video shoot. In today's auction, the filly, bred and exhibited by Gestüt Schultenhof in Norden-Norddeich, trotted in the rhythm round after round with a lot of expression and elasticity. The bids were flying high. The brwon filly descends from the direct line of Sagami, who is highly successful in the dressage ring with Benjamin Werndl. It was an exciting bidding duel until the very end. At last, auctioneer Thomas Münch knocked down his hammer at a price of 85,000 Euros. For 17,500 Euros, the same customers bought the colt with the head number 9. Bon Totilas by Bon Vivaldi NRW/Totilas (breeder and exhibitor: ZG Welsing/Bornhorst, Ankum) impressed with his type and his flawless performance in Münster-Handorf.
The most popular colt paraded with the head number 1. He also lives up to his name: Total Dance by Total Diamond PS/For Dance (breeder and exhibitor: Daniela Graé, Senden) convinced with first-class movement quality. The liver chestnut colt made a perfect start to the auction! The customers fought for a long time on the spot and online at the screens at home. The colt, who descents from a top dam line, was knocked down online for 44,500 Euros.
Hanover's best three-year-olds are crowned
Herwart von der Decken-Show brilliant start of the Verden Championships
Verden. One of the breeding highlights of the year is the Herwart von der Decken-Show. On Wednesday, August 3, the best three-year-old mares from Hannover and the Rhineland will present themselves in Verden to determine their mare queen. The jumping mares will complete the spectacular free jumping under the open sky from 9.30 a.m. CET, before the dressage mares dance on the triangular course from 1.15 p.m. CET onwards.
At noon the triangular track belongs to the dressage mares. The 53 pedigrees contain the finest pedigrees that Hannover has to offer. The two Olympic team winners, Sönke Rothenberger and Heike Kemmer, will award the marks together with breeding director Ulrich Hahne. In addition, the best mare family of the past show season will be awarded the Friedrich Jahncke Prize.
The Herwart von der Decken Show is the magnificent prelude to the Verden Championships. On the show grounds of the Verden racecourse, the best young riding, dressage and jumping horses compete for the coveted yellow and white winner's sashes and the title "Hannoveraner Champion". In addition, Verden is a station of the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal and offers dressage competitions up to Grand Prix Special. The exciting programme is completed by the Verden Elite Foal Auction, which takes place for the first time as a hybrid auction. The foals will be presented on the show grounds on Friday from 2 p.m. CET before they are auctioned off in the Niedersachsenhalle from 5 p.m. CET onwards.
The Herwart von der Decken Show will be broadcast live on the internet at ClipMyHorse. Further information and catalogue: www.hannoveraner.com
VM feberen raser lige om lidt. Uanset om hverdagen primært handler om uddannelse af heste, undervisning eller avl er VM i Herning på kalenderen.
En sommerdag lagde H2R vejen forbi “Slottet” Dressurstald Willum Thomsen til formiddags ridning og barriere-snak, mens både Joachim og Rune var i sadlen. Joachim red den 6-årige vallak Follow Your Heart e. Follow Me / Don Frederico, avlet af Henriette Bregendorf og Brian Hisselholm Jensen, ejet af Stutteri Logslund & Dressurstald Willum Thomsen, og Rune red den 10-årige DV hoppe Hevringholms Delaya DWB e. ERA Dancing Hit/Blue Hors Hertug, avlet af Anne-Sophie Høyer Christensen, ejet af Maria Bjerg.
Udfordringer
Selvom begge herrer er særdeles erfarne og selv besidder en stor “værktøjskasse”, så har de aldrig været bange for at søge inspiration og hjælp fra andre. De har begge gennem en lang årrække succesfuldt haft bl.a. Kyra Kyrklund med på sidelinien, og benytter sig stadig af chancen når den travle træner har tid i kalenderen. Gennem den senere tid har Rune og Joachim haft Morten Thomsen med på sidelinien, et samarbejde de begge er særdeles glade for. “Mortens ekspertise og “andre øjne” giver ikke kun nøglen til nye indgangsvinkler for at løse en given udfordring, det giver også ekstra motivation til bruge nye “redskaber” i træningen af staldens øvrige heste. Måden Morten læser hestene på, og hvor vi mærker effekten med det samme, er ganske enkelt unik", siger Rune og Joachim samstemmende.
Nye mål
Med succesfuldt DM for Joachim med både Aarøes Ghandi, som han selv ejer, og den unge Vivaldi søn Vichy Pax, som er avlet af og ejes af Stutteri Pax v/Dorit Axel og Thomas Pensbo er Joachim klar til en forhåbentlig spændende efterårssæson, hvor en Louisdor Preis kvalifikation sammen med Vichy Pax lige nu ligger på tegnebrættet.
For Rune og Delaya har sæsonen allerede budt på fin Inter II debut, og Grand Prix debut venter formodentlig også i efteråret fortæller Rune.
En travl hverdag
Rune har de sidste mange år været en særdeles efterspurgt som underviser, og kalenderen er også fyldt godt ud hvis man spørger lidt ind til hverdagen. Udover en god håndfuld hjemlige ryttere, går turen også ofte til både Sverige og Tyskland. Så når Rune tager afsted får han typisk redet selv om morgenen inden afgang, og det er herefter Joachim som holder skansen på hjemmefronten.
VM klar…
Selvom hverken Rune eller Joachim er til start til næste uges VM, så er det alligevel med en stor portion stolthed at Rune melder klar til VM. En helt særlig begivenhed finder sted efter Grand Prix Specialen som går mandag den 8. august, nemlig endegyldigt farvel til Atterupgaards Cassidy som sammen med Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour siger farvel foran hele dressurverdenen. Rune blev fornyligt ringet op af Cathrine med invitation til denne specielle aften, en invitation som Rune naturligvis takkede ja til, og som Cathrine fortæller H2R “selvfølgelig skal Rune med, han er nærmest den vigtigste, føler jeg❤️”.
British Charlotte Fry telling about her excitement going to her first World Championships with Glamourdale.
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With a tide of change once again sweeping through the sport of international Dressage, it seems very possible that the host nation will shine when the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 gets underway in 10 days time. With a mighty show of strength over the last year, and impressive results at the premier showcase in Aachen (GER) just a few short weeks ago, Team Denmark is in great shape right now.
Leading the charge is world no 2, Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour, who partnered Bohemian in the team that finished fourth at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last summer. They then went on to win team bronze at the European Championships in Hagen (GER) a few weeks later where Dufour also claimed individual bronze in the Grand Prix Special and silver in the Freestyle.
Major stir
Roll on 2022 and the Danes caused another major stir when swamping the leaderboard at the fifth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2021/2022 Western European League in Neumunster (GER) in February. World no. 1, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, claimed pole position with her Tokyo Olympic champion TSF Dalera BB but, in a field filled with class, Laudrup-Dufour - this time riding the younger Vamos Amigos - finished second ahead of compatriots Nanna Skodborg Merrald (Atterupgaards Orthilia) and Carina Cassøe Krüth (Heiline’s Danciera) in third and fourth. German legend Isabell Werth had to settle for fifth place with her relatively new ride, DSP Qantaz.
Then at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final in Leipzig (GER) in April, Laudrup-Dufour and Vamos Amigos finished second in the Short Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle, each time sharing the podium with von Bredow-Werndl and Werth. And in Aachen earlier this month she was joined by Skodborg Merrald, Cassøe Krüth and Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Marshall-Bell) to post victory in the penultimate leg of the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ 2022 series before going on to win both the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle with Vamos Amigos.
It’s no wonder that this is the team now selected to represent the host country when the action kicks off in just over a weeks’ time.
History
The history of the FEI Dressage World Championships dates back to 1966 when the first edition was staged at the Swiss Cavalry School in Bern (SUI) with a starting field of just 24 competitors. Germany has been the dominant force since then, claiming the team title for the twelfth time at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Tryon (USA) in 2018.
Running on a four-year cycle. half-way between each Olympic Games, Denmark has only once made it onto the Team podium when taking bronze at the fifth edition in Lausanne (SUI) in 1982.
However the Danish team finished fourth and Andreas Helgstrand really put his country on the map when clinching Freestyle silver and Grand Prix Special bronze in Aachen in 2006 partnering Blue Hors Matine. The pair were in the best of company, with superstars Isabell Werth and Satchmo and The Netherlands’ Anky van Grunsven and Salinero filling the other two podium places on each occasion.
And now Team Denmark are a real force to be reckoned with.
Paris 2024
The Blue Hors FEI Dressage World Championships 2022 provides the first qualification opportunity for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games so there’s a lot hanging in the balance. The top six teams, excluding the hosts, will make the cut from the long list of 20 competing nations that includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.
A total of 95 athletes from 34 countries will line out, and there will be individual representatives from another 14 countries; Armenia, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Hungary, India, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Moldova, Palestine, Singapore and South Africa.
The defending Team champions from Germany will of course be determined to uphold their incredible record despite the absence of von Bredow-Werndl and her lovely mare TSF Dalera BB who have been all but unbeatable for some time now. With a new baby on the way very shortly the Olympic, European and World Cup champion is sidelined for the moment, so her country’s four-strong side consists of Werth (DSP Quantaz), Frederic Wandres (Duke of Britain FRH), Benjamin Werndl (Famoso OLD) and the extraordinary Ingrid Klimke (Franziskus 15), a multiple champion in the sport of Eventing whose father, Reiner Klimke, was a double world champion in Dressage and one of the great horsemen of all time.
German party
Only a narrow defeat by the Soviet Union in 1970 and a bronze medal finish behind the winning Dutch in 2010 have spoiled the German team party down the years. Great Britain took bronze and the USA slotted into silver medal spot in 2018, and this year’s American side is headed up by Steffen Peters (Suppenkasper) who will be joined by Katie Duerhammer (Quartett), Ashley Holzer (Valentine) and Adrienne Lyle (Salvino). Meanwhile putting their best feet forward for Britain will be Richard Davison (Bubblingh), Charlotte Dujardin (Imhotep), Charlotte Fry (Glamourdale) and Gareth Hughes (Classic Briolinca).
Team Sweden’s Jeanna Hogbeg (Astoria), Patrik Kittel (Touchdown), Therese Nilshagen (Dante Weltino OLD) and Juliette Ramel (Buriel KH) can be relied upon to give a good account of themselves as can the Dutch foursome of Emmelie Scholtens (Indian Rock), Marieke van der Putten (Torveslettens Titanium), Dinja van Liere (Hermes) and Thamar Zweistra (Hexagon’s Ich Weiss). But if the Danes continue to fire on all cylinders then the rest are going to have to be at their very best to keep them in check.
It’s all to play for with three sets of medals on offer in the Team event, the individual Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle. The Grand Prix, which will run over two days - Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August - will decide the result of the Team competition and the top 30 finishers will qualify for the Grand Prix Special on Monday 8. The top 15 here will then go through to the Grand Prix Freestyle in which a maximum of three athletes per country are permitted to participate on Wednesday 10 August.
The exceptional Isabell Werth, who won the first of her five World Championship Team gold medals at The Hague (NED) in 1994, was on the victorious 2018 German team and also won the Grand Prix Special with the now-retired mare Bella Rose and will be looking to defend that title too. The Freestyle competition did not take place in Tryon due to a forecast for extreme weather conditions, so the last Freestyle world champion was Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin who swept all before her with the amazing Valegro in Caen (FRA) in 2014.
More classic Dressage history is about to be made, so don’t miss a hoofbeat….
Successful auction Van Olst Sales Online
The last foal was just sold in the Van Olst Sales Online auction. In The Foal Edition 2022, which was created as a service for our breeders in the Corona time, 23 foals came under the hammer, 20 of which were eventually sold.
The first foal in the auction was also the most expensive one. The Kjento son Watteau van de Burggrave was sold for € 25.000,- and will move to Australia.
The second money of € 16.000,- was for the number 2 of the auction: the Glamourdale daughter Sara-Melia. This handsome filly stays in the Netherlands and will continue her career with real dressage enthusiasts.
The interest from England this year was enormous. Not less than 8 foals have been sold to this country and will soon make the crossing.
5 foals stay in the Netherlands, 3 go to Sweden, 2 go to Germany and 1 foal has been sold to the United States.
Here you find all prices.
Make sure your ready for tomorrow´s final bid up at Van Olst Sales foal auction.
23 selected high quality foals by Van Olst Horses stallions.
H2R has a usual picked a handful of favorites. Current bid from The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and USA.
Here you find the entire collection.
More very attractive Trakehner foals for the Elite collection
Among the top prices were also H2R favorites no 7 and no 18, while H2R top filly no 1 was sold for 15.000 euro.
Here you find all prices.
From only watching the presentations the picture of the best mare was not the 2022 Champion, and breeding wise this mare might have an interesting dam line, but Benefit himself has unfortunately never showed anything since the licensing.
From the Brilliant ring mares, the offsprings by Escolar and For Romance I are nice, but either missing the feminine look (Escolar) or the real supple body (For Romance), whereas the 5 mares mentioned below shows the entire package.
H2R favorites:
From ring 1 no 22 Weihe´s Stern (1g premium) by Dante´s Junior / Fürst Heinrich showed something extra, lovely type powerful of the ground.
From ring 2 no 35 Shadow Fairy Caledonia (1c premium) by Foundation / Sir Donnerhall I - supple with power and super expression - the Champion from H2R point of view.
From ring 3 no 38 Zahara Diamond by Indian Rock / Sir Donnerhall I - supple impressive mover
From ring 4 no 46 by Dalma Sia Ballante by Secret / Diamond Hit - best Secret offspring off the ground with suppleness and expression. No 48 Orinda by Secret / Fürstenball (1g premium) - modern look with supple movement.
CLICK AT THE PHOTO TO WATCH A CLIP FROM LAP OF HONOUR - NO 35
5 yr old
6 yr old
7 yr old
Under FEI World Championships Herning 2022 rider Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour på banen for sidste gang med 19-årige Atterupgaards Cassidy. Den røde vallak kickstartede hendes imponerende, internationale karriere, og nu ser en æra slut. Cassidy pensioneres fra sporten under et stemningsfuldt show mandag aften den 8. august under det firdobbelte VM i Herning.
Cathrine Dufour og Atterupgaards Cassisy. Foto: Herning2022
Cathrine Laudrup-Dufours forældre Mona og Peter Dufour købte den røde vallak Atterupgaards Cassidy til Cathrine, da hun var 17 år. Cassidy var bare 6 år, og de to har dannet par i international dressursport lige siden. Talrige medaljer og præstigefyldte sejre er resultatet af det partnerskab. Under Herning2022 siger vi farvel til Atterupgaards Cassidy, da han forlader den internationale topsport som 19-årig. Cassidy er stadig i form og kommer til at elske at optræde sammen med Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour endnu en gang foran publikum.
“Det bliver meget følelsesladet for mig, og jeg kan ikke helt forstå, at det bliver min sidste tur på Cassidy foran et entusiastisk publikum – som han elsker. Jeg håber, han får det farvel, han fortjener,” siger Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour,.
Bare at tale om afskeden under VM i Herning bringer tårerne frem i øjnene på Cathrine. Cassidy er hendes ”hjertes hest”, som hun kalder ham.
En international sensation
Sammen med Cassidy vandt hun 11 EM-medaljer som junior- og youngrider, inden ekvipagen fik sin internationale seniordebut i efteråret 2015. Cathrine og Cassidy blev udtaget til OL i Rio i 2016, mindre end et år efter deres internationale Grand Prix-debut. De sluttede på en 13. plads ved 2016-legene.
Året efter blev Cathrine og Cassidy en international sensation, da de stod ved siden af tyske Isabell Werth og Sonke Rothenberger på EM-podiet efter at have vundet dobbelt individuel bronze og holdsølv til Danmark.
Hun og Cassidy var blandt favoritterne til podiet forud for World Equestrian Games i 2018, men var ikke i stand til at rejse til USA, da Cassidy blev skadet på folden. Parret var tilbage på toppen i 2019 og scorede sejre ved Herning CDI5* og Aachen CDI4*, før de tog individuel bronze i Grand Prix Special ved EM i Rotterdam.
Fans i hele verden
En enestående rejse vil nå sin afslutning for Cassidy og Cathrine ved verdensmesterskaberne i Herning. Sammen har de oplevet usædvanlige øjeblikke. De har en stor og entusiastisk fanskare, som rækker langt ud over Danmarks grænser, på grund af den lethed, elegance og harmoni de to udstråler på banen.
Publikum og Herning2022 siger farvel på et tidspunkt, hvor Cassidy fortsat er i træning, fit og glad.
Han skal ikke længere præstere i rampelyset ved mesterskaber og internationale stævner. Det bliver et følelsesladet og tårevædet farvel. Og det bliver en helt særlig oplevelse at se Cathrine og Cassidy på banen sammen for sidste gang. Det sker mandag den 8. august umiddelbart efter medaljeceremonien i verdensmesterskaberne i Grand Prix Special.
Herefter skal Cassidy hjem på ridecenteret i Fredensborg hos Cathrine og Rasmine Laudrup-Dufour, for at nyde sit otium på folden og i sin sædvanlige box.
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FAKTA
Om Cathrine Dufour
30 år – født 2. januar
Priser: Classic Style Award ved EM for juniorer i 2010
Bestsellers Olympiske Håb 2016
Olympisk scholarship 2017
Nomineret til Årets sportsnavn 2017
Om Atterupgaards Cassidy
19 år – født 24. april
Vallak e. Caprimond/Donnerhall (opdr. Atterupgaard)
Cathrines største resultater på Atterupgaards Cassidy:
2010 To gange EM-sølv for juniorer samt holdbronze
2011 Individuelt EM-sølv og -bronze for ungryttere samt holdsølv
Dansk Mester Youngrider
2012 To gange EM-guld for ungryttere samt holdsølv
Dansk Mester Youngrider
2013 To gange EM-guld for ungryttere
2015 Dansk Mester U25
2016 Individuel 13. plads ved OL i Rio
Dansk Mester
2017 To gange EM-bronze for seniorer samt holdsølv
Dansk Mester
2017 Vinder af FEI World Cup i Herning
2018 CDI-W Göteborg nr. 1
Dansk Mester
2019 EM-bronze i freestyle i Rotterdam
Saab top-ti Stockholm nr. 1
2020 CDI-W Göteborg nr. 1
Dansk Mester
2021 CDI-W Herning nr. 1
Dansk Mester
Tuesday and Wednesday with final selection of the young candidates for WCYH in Ermelo at the beautiful Vilhelmsborg near Denmarks second largest city Aarhus.
5 year old
For yesterday´s 5 year old the three combinations below showed clear qualities for Ermelo and as runner up for the final secure spot were Danesa Nord and Blue Hors Santiano.
H2R runner up for the final secured spot were Danesa Nord and Blue Hors Santiano, both with good qualities but lacking more convincing performance. Unfortunately the Franklin offsprings shows to much tensions.
6 year old
This year the 6 year old field look pretty strong from the Danish combinations, with of course last years World Champion Hesselhøj Down Town at top of the field.
7 year old
For the 7 year old Highfive Fuglsang still look like the strongest candidate, and from day 1 only 3 combinations seems to be ready for this level.
As Anna Kasprzak just showed her 7 year old Everian L by Everdale / Hochadel in great form with two really good performances at Falsterbo Horse Show they would be obvious for a wild card representing Denmark and Danish Warmblood.
Secure your next foal by a top stallions from Van Olst Horses
11 foals by Kjento, 7 by Glamourdale, 2 by Negro, 2 by Jason and 1 by Lantanas are ready for “The foal edition 2022”.
With Glamourdale as one of the absolute super stars for the upcoming World Championships in Herning, along side former World Champion for Young Horses Kjento, the legendary Negro and the young ones Jason and Lantanas you have the chance to secure your next top horse from this collection.
Every foal in this collection brings interesting results and informations about the dam lines.
Here you find the entire collection.
A compact but accomplished field lined up for the finale of the 2022 FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ series at Falsterbo (SWE), including the top two teams in the standings, but that didn't stop Denmark from running away with the competition. The win marked a second straight victory for the Danish squad after triumphing in Aachen two weeks ago.
The four-rider team of Nanna Skodborg Merrald (Blue Hors. St. Schufro), Nadja Aaboe Sloth (Favour Gersdorf), Anna Kasprzak (Addict de Massa) and Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Zippo M.I.) impressed with their consistent excellence across the Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle tests. The group finished on a total of just 14 points, well ahead of The Netherlands (30 points) and Sweden (31).
"There has not been one ride we came away [feeling poorly about]. Everyone really delivered. I'm so proud to be a part of this team."
Daniel Bachmann Andersen (DEN)
Sweden's Patrik Kittel shined individually aboard the 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding Blue Hors Zepter, winning the Grand Prix (75.261%) and finishing second in the Freestyle (80.865%), but it was not enough to hold off Denmark. In fact, Danish riders took up two-thirds of the podium in every test.
They shared the wealth. Bachmann Andersen performed best for his team in the Grand Prix, finishing second with Zippo M.I. on a score of 75.043% before topping the Special on 73.723%. Both scores were personal bests for him and his 10-year-old mount.
"He's quite a green horse. This was just his sixth show at the Grand Prix level," Bachmann Andersen said. "He's shown a lot of quality, and and he's improved since his last show. Overall, I'm happy with his development. He has had a good experience here. It's all a part of the journey."
Nanna Skodborg Merrald stole the spotlight in the Freestyle, taking the win with 11-year-old Blue Hors St. Schufro in what was the stallion's debut in the test. Inexperience did not prove to be a hindrance, as the pair received a top score of 81.080%.
"I'm really happy and really proud of [my horse]," Merrald said. "He's still very green, and this was his first Grand Prix Freestyle ever. It's not a freestyle I've made for him, so there was a little bit of improvising. In the end, he did really well. There were some small misunderstandings, but overall, I had a clean test without big mistakes, and I'm really happy with that."
The win leaves the squad feeling confident as they make their final preparations for the upcoming FEI World Dressage Championships on home soil in Hernig (DEN).
"It's always fantastic to have a Nations Cup, where you can come out and train to be a team and compete as a team before going out for a World Championship," Bachmann Andersen said. "It's always bigger pressure riding for an entire team, and it's good to be trying out different combinations and see how everyone is riding on a team."
Although finishing third, Sweden still came away with a victory, having secured the 2022 FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ series title before competition began. With less than four teams competing at Falsterbo, the event did not count for series points. Sweden, also finishing on the podium at Compiègne (FRA), Rotterdam (NED) and Aachen (GER), completed the season with 37 points. The Netherlands finished second on 24 points, with Spain third (20 points).
"We were very strong from the beginning. At every show, we had a different team, and that is a strength of the country to have four different teams and be on the podium every time," said Sweden's chef d'equipe Bo Jena. "The experience we get from Nations Cup competitions are [ones] we take with us to the next show, the next year and for the future."
Minimal mulighed for at følge med
Selvom Falsterbo stævnet er kendt for ikke at “invitere” publikum indenfor med mindre man er der fysisk, så fik man alligevel en lille smag af stemningen i dagens CDIO4* Grand Prix Special og Grand Prix kür. Det var dog spild af penge at købe adgang via Equisport.tv, der ellers havde reklameret med deres stream (som aldrig kom til at virke), så den kreative og dressurhungrende seer måtte istedet ty til køb af VPN adgang.
CDI3* og CDIO4*
I den 3-stjernede tur blev det til flot international debut for Anna Zibrandtsen med den 11-årige Quel Filou med en placering som nr. 4 med 69,196%, dog med nogen dommeruenighed fra 66,7% (nr. 10) til 71,8% (nr. 2). I samme klasse sluttede Helene Melsen med Adrenalin Firfod som nr. 11 og Michael Søgaard med Fredensdals Fountain som nr. 12.
Igen i CDI3* küren med topplacering til Anna og Quel Filou som nr. 2, og Michael med Fountain bliver nr. 7 og hvor Helene med Adrenalin bliver nr. 9.
Ingen reel teamkonkurrence
Team konkurrencen blev desværre ikke til nogen tællende team konkurrence, idet der kun var 3 teams, da den ene spanske rytter ikke kom til start, og de derfor ikke kunne stille hold. Det betød at selve teamkonkurrence ikke kom til at tælle i det samlede Nations Cup regnskab, men de individuelle resultater talte jo for sig selv, og det danske team blev også efterfølgende hyldet på behørig vis sammen med Holland og Sverige.
Resultattavlen taler for sig selv
Selvom CDIO4* Grand Prix klassen jo ikke kunne følges via livestreaming, så kunne man alligevel følge lidt med via livescoringen. Her var det tydeligt at de danske ekvlpager var rejst til Falsterbo med rigtig god form.
Daniel Bachmann og DV vallakken Zippo MI sluttede lige i hælene på Patrik Kittel og Blue Hors Zepter med imponerende +75%. Anna Kasprzak og Addict de Massa slutter som nr. 3 med 73,696% og Nanna Merrald med Blue Hors St. Schufro ligeledes placeret som nr. 5 med 72,326%, mens Nadja Sloth og Favour Gersdorf slutter som nr. 7 lige udenfor placeringerne.
Grand Prix Special 🇩🇰🥇🇩🇰🥈og Grand Prix kür🇩🇰🥇🇩🇰🥉
Søndag med “finalen” i CDIO4* med først Grand Prix Specialen, hvor DV og danskerne satte sig på toppen af feltet med Zippo MI og Daniel Bachmann Andersen som vinder med 73,723% og Favour Gersdorf og Nadja Sloth som nr. 2 med 72,936%.
Selvom det var konkurrence dag 2 lignede det en motiveret Zippo i dagens Grand Prix Special (momentvis lidt over motiveret), hvor Daniel under vejs fik sine ridemæssige færdigheder testet lidt idet han må korrigere lidt under vejs for at holde Zippo på “sporet” hele vejen. Masser af kvalitet under vejs hvor det ligner at der er masser af lyst fra Zippo som bare lige skal kunne kontrolleres 100% under vejs også. Eneste lille tekniske fejl i turen var changementet mellem galop traversaderne som ikke var rent.
For den unge ekvipage Favour Gersdorf og Nadja Sloth blev dagens Grand Prix Speciel en triumf. Flot velbalanceret trav tur, masser power, super flotte passage ture i balance og 100% rytmisk af jorden, gode overgang ind og ud af øgningerne, god skridt tur, den første piaffe tur bliver lidt usikker, mens både nr. 2 og den sidste viser stor forbedring i forhold til tidligere. Serierne er lige efter bogen og snor lige, begge pirouetter mangler at Favour tager lidt mere “fat bagi”, men med god ridemæssig kontrol. Super flot form og kontakt hele vejen.
I Grand Prix küren tog Nanna og Blue Hors St. Schufro sig af sejren med en flot kür, som blev redet til rigtig godt musik valg, som understøttede ekvipagen flot hele vejen. Let og ubesværet, super form og flot kontakt hele vejen, masser spændstighed uden spændinger kombineret med power og kontrol gav dagens sejr (81,080%), omend Kittel var tæt på, selvom han havde fejl i begge serie sammen med Blue Hors Zepter idag (80,865%).
Anna Kasprzak og Addict de Massa har nu fundet formen rigtig sammen. Anna formår at ride med god energi, hvor det kun bliver til minimale spændinger, og samtidig er både form og kontakt blevet tydeligt forbedret. Det ligner helt klart at “less is more” for ekvipagen, og de med weekendens præstationer melder sig godt tilbage på den internationale scene. Parret red til Pepe´s tidligere OL kür, og som Anna i det efterfølgende interview med SVT fortalte, var det også store sko som Addict skulle fylde ud, men at hun selvfølgelig var super tilfreds med dagens præstation. Parret slutter som nr. 3 med 78,950%.
Unghesteklasserne
Ugen startede med unghesteklasserne hvor danskerne har tradition for at være med helt fremme. I 5 års klassen blev det desværre ikke til finalepladser, mens 6 års ekvipagerne gjorde sig godt bemærket med sejr i den indledende klasse for DV vallakken Duné Nec med Sissel Jakobsen, og med endnu en dansker ekvipage som nr. 2 nemlig Skovdals Dexter med Susanne Barnow, mens Jan Møller med Hesselhøj Dream blev nr. 5. Alle tre placerede danske heste iøvrigt efter Hesselhøj Donkey Boy.
I 6 års finalen blev det DV dominans idet klassen blev vundet af DV vallakken Tjørnely´s Torino med svenske Maria von Essen, Skovdals Dexter med Susanne Barnow revancerede sig og sluttede på 2. pladsen, mens Duné Nec og Sissel tog sig af 5. pladsen og Jan med Hesselhøj Dream slutter som nr. 8 i 6 års finalen.
I 7 års klassen var det Anna Kasprzak med hendes Everdale søn Everian L som stod for de bedste placeringer. I den indledende klasse sluttede parret som nr. 4, mens Rikke Dupont med Grand Galiano blev placeret som nr. 9. I finalen avancerede Anna og Everian L endnu en plads til nr. 3 mens Rikke og Grand Galiano slutter som nr. 7.
Anna og Everian L ligner lige nu et rigtig godt og spændende bud på et wild card til UVM, selvom de ikke har deltaget i de indledende udtagelser.
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