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What a quality in the final of the Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for 5-year-old dressage horses. A dream final full of big talents that were all presented in a correct manner. The winner of the first qualification, Revolution (Rocky Lee x Rouletto) moved to a magnificent 9.62 under Andreas Helgstrand, securing the world […]

The small final for seven-year-olds brought us the definitive list of finalists that may compete for the title tomorrow. Heading the small final, was the Westphalian chestnut stallion Valparaiso 2 under the Austrian rider Wolfgang Himsl. The son of Vitalis out of a dam by Fürst Piccolo received no less than a 9 for his […]

Today we started with two small finals, those of the six- and seven-year-olds. The last competitor of the six-year-olds just finished its test, so we now know which 3 combinations earned a ticket to the tomorrow’s final. The top 3 all scored above 8: the Oldeburg registered Totilas-son Total Hope moved to the top of […]

After very consistent performance, the Vitalis-son Villeneuve (ds.Dancier) is now at the top of the intermediate rankings. Under the German rider Laura Strobel, the Hannoverian chestnut stallion received a 9 for canter and perspective, an 8.9 for the spacious walk and an 8.6 for the trot and an 8.8 for the submission brought the total […]

A Dutch podium tonight for the CDI* Freestyle to Music. Kirsten Brouwer, who became Dutch National Champion in the Prix St. George a week earlier in the same arena and with the same Sultan des Paluds (Soliman de Hus x De Niro) proved invincible once again. The jury placed her and the expressive chestnut unanimously […]

After yesterday’s victory in the Prix St. Georges, winner Matthias Alexander Rath and Danoenchen OLD (Danone 4 x Rohdiamant) placed himself with the rest of the top 10, for the Freestyle to Music tonight. However, Rath choose to compete in the Intermediaire I. In this test, the bay Oldenburger was once again unanimously positioned at […]

The second day of the World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses started early this morning with the qualification for seven-year-old dressage talents. Adelinde Cornelissen and her KWPN-stallion Governor-STR (Totilas x Jazz) won silver last year at the 6-year-old class and set course for another medal. After a very impressive performance, the scoreboard displayed a […]

To the 13 selected five-year-old talents that qualified themselves yesterday for tomorrow’s final, the top 3 of today’s small final is added. This small final was won by the well-modelled stallion Asgard’s Ibiza (Desperado x Jazz), presented by the German Juliane Brunkhorst. Asgard’s Ibiza is an impressive dressagehorse with a remarkable foreleg and front that […]

What a start of the Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses! The top scorers burst with quality, and consequently a few hundredth of seconds can make the difference in the ranking that is headed by Andreas Helgstrand. The Danish rider, that won no less than six medals in earlier editions of the […]