Glamourdale and Lottie were shining in pouring rain yesterday - their final show before Riesenbeck

Last competition before the European Championships for double Gold World Champion combination Glamourdale and Charlotte Fry at this weekends CDI3 at Peelbergen in the Netherlands.

And they are definitely ready to shine at another Championship, hopefully in better weather conditions than for yesterday´s Grand Prix Special. The big black stallion shows his Incredible obedience and qualities together with Lottie Fry, without any doubt doing his job all the way regardless the rain was pouring down - they just kept on doing their stuff together.

Super winner tests for both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special with 79,544% and 81,085%

CAN´T WAIT TO SEE THIS COMBINATION AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS in Riesbeck taking place from 4 - 10 September.

Glamourdale and Vitalis with top prices at Westphalian OnLive foal auction

2 x 67.000 euro top prices

An enormous collection of 99 foals were sold at yesterday´s OnLive auction in Münster-Handorf.

A total of 15 foals were sold for more than 20.000 euro.

45 foals for the 1st part and 54 foal for the 2nd part.

Top 3 foals from 1st part:

Here you find the entire price for 1st part.

Top prices from 2nd part:

Here you find the entire prices for the 2nd part.

Westfalen week has already started

Huge program for this weeks “Westfalen Woche”

Friday with Elite Mare Show and Saturday with 1st part of foal auction.

Around 110 foals will be at the ONLIVE auction starting Saturday 29 July at 3 pm.

Here you find the entire catalog for the Elite mare show.

1st part of auction collection here.

2nd part of auction collection here.

Parallel some of the best Westphalian sport horses are competing to be Champions of the year.

Here you find start and results for competitions.



Exciting TOP FOAL auction comes up tomorrow 20 July at 9 am

HORSE24 Champions

Soon, we will present to you for the first time the "HORSE24 Champions." The handpicked selection of outstanding foals is recruited directly by the HORSE24 team at the 20th anniversary edition of the German Fohlenchampionat in Lienen. After a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus, this remarkable showcase of Germany's finest foals is relaunched under the patronage of HORSE24. The premiere of the cross-association "HORSE24 Champions" online foal auction, which concludes one week after the champions are crowned in Lienen, will further elevate this highly anticipated event for breeders and potential buyers.

Source: Horse24

Stay turned for the collection here.

Denmark best on the day, Germany crowned best for the season in Falsterbo

It was a familiar victory Sunday in Falsterbo (SWE) for Denmark, who brought the 2023 FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ season to a close with an impressive victory over the home nation.

The victory marked the second straight in Falsterbo for the Danish, who were also Nations Cup victors at CDIO5* Compiègne (FRA) in May and runners-up at CDIO5* Aachen (GER) this season. The four-rider squad of Daniel Bachmann Andersen (Zippo M.I.), Anna Zibrandtsen (Quel Filou), Nadja Aaboe Sloth (Favour Gersdorf) and Anne Marie Hosbond (Scarlett 712) finished the CDIO4* FEI Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle tests on a winning total of 22 points. Sweden finished second with 31 points, followed by the Netherlands (43 points)

Team classification was determined by adding up points for the three best results per team in the Grand Prix and across the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle, with points equating to finish positions in the tests. The winning team recorded the lowest point total. 

Both Bachmann Andersen and Sloth were part of last year's winning team and returned to Falsterbo with the same mounts from that performance. Their experience showed as they delivered under pressure, with Bachmann Andersen performing best for his team in the Grand Prix, finishing third; and Sloth putting forth Denmark's best result in the Freestyle, checking in fourth.

But it was the Special that proved to be Denmark's best test, with Zibrandtsen and Bachmann Andersen riding to personal bests aboard Quel Filou (75.787%) and Zippo M.I. (75.128%), respectively, to take the top two placings. Bachmann Andersen had twice the responsibility, also serving as the squad's chef d'equipe.

 

"I think we have performed really, really well and also [had] very solid performances in the Grand Prix, where we laid the foundation for this great result." 

Daniel Bachmann Andersen (DEN)

After a brief respite from competition to focus on training, 11-year-old Zippo M.I. has come out stronger, finishing on the podium in each of his tests.

"He was doing World Cups and I was thinking, 'Okay, we'll give him a little break from the shows to try to make some of the things better and stronger, give him some more self-confidence. And that really worked out," Bachmann Andersen said. "He's been coming out even stronger and even better in his piaffes. That was not his strength. I feel like we are working closer together, and he's starting to be an established Grand Prix horse at the top level."

Bachmann Andersen and Zibrandtsen were never separated by more than one position on the leaderboard. For Zibrandtsen, her performance was especially meaningful given it was her horse's Nations Cup debut. The pair debuted internationally just one year ago, at Falsterbo in the CDI3* division. 

"When we did the halt [in the Special, Quel Filou] was like, 'I want to go forward. Why are we standing here?' He's just fighting for it and fighting for us...I was just smiling all the way. I was so happy."

Anna Zibrandtsen (SWE)

Sweden certainly made its rally, with Patrik Kittel securing wins in both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle. But it was depth that kept Denmark on top.

"The Danish team is strong, not just [with us] here, but also [with] all the other riders competing for the team of Denmark," Bachmann Andersen said. "In Aachen, we were very strong as well. I think we just have a really, really good foundation of good horses, good training, good riders, good teamwork, and we support each other."

Falsterbo's top two finishers were among the top three in the final FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ standings for 2023. But it was fourth-place finishers Germany who secured the overall series title, with wins at CDIO3* Wellington (USA), CDIO3* Budapest (HUN) and CDIO5* Aachen (GER).

"Aachen is our second selection [event] for the European Championships, so we had our four top riders on the team, but apart from that, we went with younger riders," said Johnny Hilberath, Germany's chef d'equipe. "It started in [Wellington] in early spring and went until here [in Falsterbo]. To win the series, is not bad, I think!"

Germany finished the season with 61 points, followed by Sweden (42 points). Denmark finished the season in third with 40 points.

"We take the Nations Cup series very seriously," Hilberath added. "It's an honor to represent our country, so we try to bring to all events a team."

Full results

Denmark in the lead of Nations Cup Falsterbo after today´s Grand Prix

Denmark took the lead

At the two first individual spots were top swedish combinations Patrik Kittel with his top horse Touchdown, while his stable rider Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson with Bergsjoholms Valbonne took the second place.

Danish Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Zippo M.I. were at 3rd spot, while Anna Zibrandtsen and Quel Filou took 4th place. Nadja Sloth and Favour Gersdorf finished 8th with Scarlett and Anne Marie Hosbond finished individually as no 13.

As it is a team competition the best three combinations counts, and for the Swedish team Marina Mattson finished last and unfortunately the piaffe tours became kind of unexpected the exercise with biggest challenges for Anna Blomgren with Tørveslettens Sunshine, after the test they were eliminated.

H2R comments during the tests:

Daniel Bachmann & Zippo M.I. - Super halt, good power and balance for diagonal, well balanced half passes, super halt with good rein back, power diagonal, nice into passage, bit early piaffe, good rhythm for piaffe tiny trend forward, good transitions, nice passage, good into walk, could show bit more over the back for the extended walk, good collected walk, nice into passage, super piaffe at the spot, easy transitions, good into canter, good 2 times, bit swing out of corner (look like Zippo thinking half pass) before extended canter but quickly adjusted, good extension, super balance for zigzag, super 1 times, huge sit for 1st pirouette unfortunately lost balance out, looks as if he give Zippo bit more room for 2nd in super nice quality, good into trot, super diagonal, strong final centerline.

Quel Filou & Anna Zibrandtsen - Nice halt, super expressive diagonal, lovely frame at short side, nice flow and go for half passes, nice halt with rein back, super diagonal, nice into passage, bit tense hind, tense into piaffe, good steps and nice out, good extended walk with good relaxation and over track, good collected walk, good transition to passage, nice passage, good timing in and out of nice piaffe, tiny bit late into canter, error 2 times tensions with 1 times, good extended canter change at diagonal, zigzag bit unbalanced, good 1 times bit tense hind, good control for pirouettes, nice into trot, power diagonal, good final piaffe at the spot, super halt.

Favour Gersdorf & Nadja Aaboe Sloth - unfortunately the streaming quality was very poor, but from the score sheet it looked like a solid test without technical errors.

Scarlett & Anne Marie Hosbond - Super halt, well balanced diagonal, good half passes could show bit more forward go, good halt with rein back, nice diagonal, good into passage, good diagonal activity for piaffe bit travelling forward, good transitions, good relaxation for extended walk, tiny tension for collected walk, good into passage, good passage, good into piaffe bit forward but then nice steps at the spot, good out, good into canter, good 2 times, bit conservative extended canter, good zigzag lack bit more bend to right, good 1 times, good balance for pirouettes both bit big, good into trot, good diagonal, good final, bit few piaffe steps for the final.

Here you find the entire results.

Sunday with Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix freestyle.

VIDEO - Åtoftens Dancing Memory og Susanne Barnow også vinder af 7 års finalen i Folksam Open

Susanne Barnow og Åtoftens Dancing Memory e. ERA Dancing Hit / Benetton Dream tog sejren i samme suveræne stil som i indledende.

Nyd vinderturen herunder ⬇️

Susanne Barnow & Åtoftens Dancing Memory vinder af Folksam Open 7 års finalen i Falsterbo med 89,600 for gangarter og 74,571% for programmet = total 82,086

Satchmo & Nadja Aaboe Sloth - Super flot og go i travturen, giver et helt andet billede med tilfreds og lukket mund på trensen i dag, god skridt med stor overtrædning og god afspændthed, gode skridt pirouetter, god galop tur, første halv pirouette bliver lidt stor mens den anden er bedre kvalitet, desværre misser changementet efter 2. pirouette, gode serier ikke helt afbalanceret.

Anna Zibrandtsen & Sevilla - Masser power og aktion i traven, momentvis lidt spændinger, god skridt med god overtrædning og afspændthed, gode skridt pirouetter, galopturen med lidt spændinger under vejs og en lille fejl i 4er serien.

Emma Ahlberg & Ambjergs Delgadino - Parret viste en teknisk god tur uden fejl, momentvis lidt højt tempo i travturen, skridt pirouetterne bliver lidt store, god galoptur med gode serier og god tendens for halv pirouetter.

Flot afslutning på unghesteklasserne i årets udgave af Falsterbo Folksam Open.

Danish Anna Zibrandtsen and Uno Don Olympic winner of international Grand Prix at Falsterbo today

Uno Don Olympic & Anna Zibrandtsen - private photo

The 11-year-old black gelding Uno Don Olympic by Blue Hors Don Olymbrio / Del Piero and Danish Anna Zibrandtsen have already been successful at national level, and today the pair started their international career together with a great debut victory in today's CDI3 Grand Prix in Falsterbo scoring 71,282%

H2R comments during the test: Tense entering halt, power diagonal, nice half passes, good halt with rein back, good diagonal, nice into big expressive passage, bit difficult coming from the big passage to make a smooth transition, good piaffe steps and good out into passage, good walk tour with nice relaxation, good into passage, much better transition into 2nd piaffe, good passage, late transition to canter, good 2 times bit swing, nice extended canter, nice balance for zigzag, good 1 times, bit big pirouettes, nice into trot and good power diagonal, nice final centerline.


VIDEOER - Fantastisk dansker dag i Falsterbo med 5 års finale, 6 års finale og 7 års indledende

Fabulosa & Anne Marie Hosbond tog sejren i Folksam Scandinavian Open 5 års finalen - med ejer Jane Serup Jensen ved siden - foto: H2R

En skøn dansker torsdag i det svenske

Finaledag for 5 års og 6 års samt indledende for 7 års.

Susanne Barnow lagde ud som første startende fra morgenstunden i 7 års klassen med Åtoftens Dancing Memory e. ERA Dancing Hit / Benetton Dream, avlet af Annette Bugge og Claus Hansen, og ejet af Anna Munkebo. Parret viste en nydelig og velbalanceret tur som bestemt ligende en top placering, og som slutteligt også rakte fortjent til sejren.

Tilbage i april 2023 blev Dancing Memory solgt til ponyrytteren Anna Munkebo, men det er aftalt at Susanne Barnow skal stå for den videre uddannelse året ud, og lige nu venter søndagens finale i Folksam Open og først i august står den på UVM.

Det indledende 7 års podie bestod også af Satchmo med Nadja Aabo Sloth og Sevilla med Anna Zibrandtsen, så de svenske ekvipager ved hvad de skal ride efter i finalen lørdag.

Klik på fotoet af Susanne herunder og hør lidt om hendes ture fra torsdagens indledende klasse med de to UVM aktuelle heste.

5 års finalen var på papiret allerede afgjort, men som i al anden konkurrence så skal turen jo rides først. Og fra den indledende klasse var hingsten Skyline to B med svenske Carl Hedin storfavorit med top karakterer, desværre var Skyline ikke helt på samme niveau til finalen og måtte på dagen tage til takke med 2. pladsen. Derimod var Anne Marie Hosbond og den smukke letbenede hoppe Fabulosa e. For Romance I / Depardieu klar. De kom til finalen med en 9. plads fra den indledende klasse og dermed langt fra favoritter til titlen.

Fra 5 års indledende var Maria Anita Andersen og Vive la Reinne II VH placeret som nr. 2 og måtte i finalen rykke en enkelt plads ned. Men ingen tvivl om at både Maria og Carl er klar til UVM for Sverige.

Svenske Emma Ahlberg som til dagligt jo er dansk var super flittig med en enkelt 7 års Ambjergs Delgadino som hun kvalificerede til lørdagens finale, samtidig med at Emma sluttede flot som nr. 4 med Franka og nr. 7 med Ice Queen Eden i 5 års finalen.

Byttet om på pladserne

De unge heste er jo hele tiden i en læringsproces, og det fik nogle af de danske ekvipager også at mærke under vejs, både i opadgående kurve og nedadgående kurve. Falsterbo er et både fantastisk stævne, men samtidig også svært - en rigtig god læring, og ikke mindst “test” af den unge hest. Svenskerne bruger jo også stævnet som deres endelige udtagelse til UVM.

Josefine Hoffmann og hoppen Bouquet L viste i finalen, at selvom de kom med som sidste ekvipage (nr. 12) fra kvalifikationen, så avancerede de flot til en 6. plads samlet.

Silje Bakken og Lille Kærgård Sisco sluttede finale feltet af med en 12. plads - parret kom til finalen som 6. bedste i kvalifikationen.

Torsdagens vinderekvipage i 5 års finalen var Fabulosa med Anne Marie Hosbond. Fuld fortjent, og iøvrigt en spændende ekvipage som kunne have være interessant i UVM sammenhæng for Tyskland, men Anne Marie var kun til start med den 6-årige St. Tropez til UVM iagttagelsen i Tyskland, og fik desværre ikke en billet til UVM. Sammen med St. Tropez kunne Anne Marie derimod igen træde op på podiet i 6 års finalen i Sverige, denne gang som en flot nr. 3. Parret kom med en 4. plads fra den indledende afdeling.

Atterupgaards Bonomassa med Selina i sadlen slutter som flot nr. 6 i 6 års finalen. Parret kom også til finalen som nr. 6 fra indledende.

Efter sejren var der pressekonference, dog i lidt mindre målestok, men her fortæller Anne Marie også lidt om Fabulosa og hendes tur.

Nyd lidt af torsdagens stemning i Falsterbo

VIDEO - "Aachen er jo verdens fedeste ridestævne"

Daniel Bachmann Andersen - foto: H2R

H2R har været på besøg hos Daniel Bachmann Andersen

Hvad er Aachen for en størrelse for både hest og rytter? Forventninger fra hestejerne? Næste stævne er med holdkonkurrence i Falsterbo, hvad er det at ride på et hold?

Et kig tilbage hvor det hele startede for Daniel Bachmann Andersen, og meget mere fra formiddagens snak med Daniel Bachmann lige mellem dagens træning af hestene.

“Stævnerne, det er det er tænder mig hver dag, der får mig til at springe ud af sengen, nu skal jeg i gang. Det er fordi jeg elsker at uddanne, de der små bitte detaljer der lige gør forskellen den dag, og hvordan skal jeg ligesom hive det op på et nyere niveau, hele tiden dreje lidt op lidt op, arrrh nu står vi lidt stampe, det kan godt være vi skal lidt ned ad trappen igen, for at kunne komme et skridt længere igen”.
— Daniel Bachmann Andersen

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