Obtaining a score of 84.2%, Vital Hit (Vitalis x Royal Dance) and Judith Sarda Mane won the small final of the Sport Pro Horses Prize for four-year-old dressage horses on the second day of the Longines FEI\/WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses. The second position was claimed by Escapado (Escamillo x Bordeaux) and Riccardo Sanavio and the podium was completed by Oasis SDHW (Fontaine TN x Firestone) and Ingrid Gerritsen.<\/p>\n
Rider Judith Saeda Mane, employed by the Gest\u00fct Schafhof which owns the Vitalis-offspring, is very pleased with the result of the young Oldenburger horse. \u201cVital Hit was amazing today, he felt super fresh and was so motivated. He had a bit of tension in the transitions, simply because he wanted to do too much. Overall, it was great, I am super proud of him.\u201d The Spanish rider anticipates a bright future for the stallion; \u201cHe is so talented; we\u2019ll continue his training and I would love to ride the championship for five-year-old horses next year. Fingers crossed!\u201d<\/p>\n
Powerful walk or trot<\/strong>
\nMembers of the jury Thomas Kessler and Maarten van der Heijden agreed the small final was brimming with top-quality four-year-old horses. \u201cWe have judged some lovely horses today. Powerful gaits, self-carried horses and great riding. The number one had a powerful gait and was so relaxed throughout the performance, it was truly the most complete horse this morning.\u201d As Oldenburger stallion, bred by Raey Campell, excelled in his walk, Escapado received his top mark for the trot, a 9. \u201cThe number two showed us the best trot today, but unfortunately suffered from some tension every now and then, which primarily emerged in the walk. Nevertheless, still a horse with a lot of quality.\u201d The final score of the four-year-old gelding bred by Andrea Puschmann and owned by Scuderio 1918, amounted to 83%.<\/p>\n