Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro: 85.669%
- In half-pass, Valegro was in good position and crossing to the max. The passage was absoluetely controlled and regular, though in a few moments it came a touch deep in the bridle. The extended walk had more relaxation in the body today. The piaffe was totally in place but a little slow in the rhythm. The transition to the canter was early, but clean. Dujardin went off course at the canter half-passes! The first half-pass in canter had lovely carriage sideways. The changes jumped beautifully up through the body. The pirouettes were small and sat very well. The final piaffe was super: elevated and in place.
Helen Langehanenberg & Damon Hill: 84.330%
- This Grand Prix Special ride was even more impressive than the Grand Prix, with Helen asking everything she could from her willing stallion. In extended trot, Damon Hill both propelled himself forward and tracked well underneath himself. The passage had huge elevation in the limbs, though the left hind was sometimes a tiny bit slow. The first half pass in trot had lovely swing sideways. The extended walk earned a ten. The first piaffe was a little low in front and travelled forward considerably. The poll came down slightly in the very forward two tempis. The ones were huge and the pirouettes secure. And then in extended trot, Langehanenberg went off course! But she pulled back for a super finish.
Adelinde Cornelissen & Parzival: 81.548%
- Parzival looked supple in the body in his trot work, but Cornelissen did not ride the extended trot all out, the way that Langehanenberg and Dujardin did. The first half-pass flowed well sideways, but the haunches lagged in the second. The passage lifted very high off the ground. The collected walk was relaxed without anticipation, leading to a clear transition to a very active piaffe in which Parzival stepped nicely under behind. And then, unbelieveably, Cornelissen went off course in the same way Charlotte did! The first pirouette was a little big and close behind, the second super. Parzival's mouth still remained open often, but Cornelissen's contact was only strong in a few moments when a super-half-halt was needed.
Edward Gal & Undercover: 79.479%
- Though Undercover moves with springs in his hooves, Gal's interest in controlling every step limited the horse's ability to cover ground. The first trot half-pass opened a little in the stride and frame and had super crossing; the second was very slow in the rhythm. The passage hardly moved forward at all and the transitions into passage were almost a piaffe. The extended walk showed good activity and stretch in the neck. The piaffe was amazingly springy. The transition to canter was very tight in the neck. The twos had lots of lift, but were short, and the ones were even shorter. The second pirouette was not only flat but lost some of its energy. The final passage covered better ground.
Kristina Sprehe & Desperados: 79.286%
- This ride was unquestionably the best Sprehe has had with this horse, with every movement secure and powerful. The trot work had lovely rhythm and elasticity; the passage was occasionally unsteady but not irregular. Sprehe did a lovely job on the piaffe, keeping the horse in an open enough frame that it kept an even activity. And of course it has incredible natural sit. The tempi changes could have jumped forward more, but were nicely uphill. The steps in the left pirouette were a bit stuck behind, the right one was bigger but with superb sit. The final centerline was the picture of uphill riding.
Carl Hester & Uthopia: 78.512%
- Hester pulled in several tens today in his consistently excellent ride. The positioning of the half-passes was beautiful, though the trot rhythm got slightly quick in them. The collected trot and passage were consistently balanced. The extended trots were ridden to full power. The first piaffe began well and then got a bit stuck; the second crept forward, but was not so anxious. The two tempis were a little short; the ones very powerful and light. The canter pirouettes were a little insecure in their balance, but Uthopia sat nicely.
Anna Kasprzak & Donnperignon: 76.682%
- Donnperignon does not have the suspension of other horses in the extended trot, but showed super ground cover. He lost all activity for a moment in the first piaffe. The second was nicely closed in the base, but also quite tight in the neck. Kasprzak's tempi changes jumped forward very well, and the ones were also well up in the frame. The small and uphill canter pirouettes lost a hair of energy towards the end of their rotation. The piaffes were slightly less quiet than usual.
Tinne Vilhelmson- Silfvén & Don Auriello: 76.220%
- Vilhelmson- Silfvén did a nice job getting a quicker hind leg in the collected trot but could not quite carry it into the passage, where the horse lowers his croup, but still leaves his hind legs slightly out behind. The piaffe and transitions were beautiful, though in the second, the horse stepped back ever so slightly. The two tempis came a little low in front and there was a mistake in the beginning of the ones. In the one tempis, the horse swings its body a little instead of jumping fully into the bridle. The canter pirouettes were tiny. The final centerline had super lift in front.
Fabienne Lütkemeier & D'Agostino: 75.818%
- D'Agostino showed super self carriage throughout the ride. The extended trot pushed off from behind allowing the horse to lift in front. Lütkemeier began her nice half-passes very early. The extended walk had massive overtrack. In piaffe, D'Agostino spang up nicely, but pushed his front legs forward. The tempi changes were straight with lots of jump. The haunches swung around in the left canter pirouette and the right one was a bit big.
Victoria Max Theurer & Augustin: 75.179%
- Augustin looked slighly uneven behind in the trot work, a little heavier at times on the right, but moved fluidly and powerfully through the tour. The passage had super suspension with a lowered croup. Augustin leaned slightly forward in piaffe, but was nicely active and Theurer rode the piaffe-passage transitions cleanly. Augustin became rather short and hurried in the one tempis. The canter pirouettes were a little big, but the horse carried his weight nicely behind.
Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein & Digby: 73.765%
- Zu Sayn Wittgenstein's accurate trot tour suffered from a couple minor mistakes. The was a small hesitation in the transition to the first piaffe and a half stride jump to canter instead of extended trot. The passage had very nice engagement behind and Digby carried himself well behind. The piaffes had good activity and freedom in the front leg. There was a mistake in the uphill one tempis. The changes on the centerline were dead straight and the small pirouettes were beautifully collected.
Danielle Heijkoop & Siro: 73.140%
- Heijkoop demonstrates controlled riding without losing power. The trot half-passes were solid but could have shown more lateral push and crossing. Siro tripped in the third extended trot. The passage has excellent elevation, though the last of the tour was irregular. Siro was too deep in the neck in extended walk. The piaffe was ridden to a metronome with lots of spring and the transitions were easy. In the canter movements, the nose was consistently behind the vertical. The pirouette line was precisely ridden.
Hans Peter Minderhoud & Romanov: 73.340%
- Minderhoud rode fluid extended trots, but they were a little short in the neck and strides behind. Romanov showed good lateral reach in the half-passes. The transition to extended walk was clear and the extended walk forward and open in the frame. The rhythm and lift in the piaffe was good, but they had a hint of backwards momentum in a couple moments. The canter got a little flat behind in the half-passes. The flying change at the end of extended canter was short behind. The first pirouette was a touch big, the second better. The final piaffe was superb.
Michael Eilberg & Half Moon Delphi: 72.857%
- Eilberg's Special test was not quite as controlled as his Grand Prix. The first extended trot was quite conservative, but nicely even in front and behind and up in the bridle. At the beginning of the half pass left, the haunches were lagging significantly. Deplhi really crosses in the half-passes, but gets a bit slow. The passage is huge. The rhythm of the walk was excellent, but Delphi was quite unsteady in the bridle. In piaffe, the mare really lifts her limbs, but stays a little heavy on her front legs. The transition from passage to canter was not clean. The tempi changes jumped and stepped under nicely, but Delphi got a little low in front, leading to some missed changes in the ones. The pirouettes were small and had a good beat.
Minna Telde & Santana: 72.634%
- The Grand Prix Special showed off Santana's highlights in his forward powered trot work, asking everything out of the horse without losing control. Every movement had suspension and swing. The extended walk was forward and relaxed. The piaffes had activity, but were tense and a bit heavy in front. The canter half-passes had good crossing. Santana jumped together behind before the one tempis and there was an error in them. The canter pirouettes were a little hurried.
Claudia Fassaert & Donnerfee: 72.262%
- Fassaert has improved her partnership noticeably since last year, with Donnerfee looking much more secure in the exercises. The half-passes were lightfooted and easy, but a little tight in the back. In her springy passage, Donnerfee has to jump a bit from side to side behind to maintain her balance. The piaffes are small, but in rhythm. The canter half-passes jumped sideways softly. The extended canter could have shown more risk. The final passage was a little too forward.
Patrik Kittel & Toy Story: 72.158%
- Toy Story looked a bit unhappy in the mouth today—it was consistently open. The passage was bouncy but leaned forward a little. In extended trot, Toy Story stretched his strides beautifully. The piaffes stepped easily into a rhythm, but needed to be lighter in front. Kittel went off course riding his extended canter instead of the two tempis (this was good in one way, since the misplaced extension was rather low in the neck towards the end the first time, and the horse was more up in front the second). The canter in the pirouettes was secure, but Toy Story lurched out of them a bit.
Marcela Krinke Susmelj & Molberg: 72.039%
- Molberg stays under himself behind in the extended trot, but his croup stays rather high rather than carrying the power. Krinke Susmelj's half-passes had lovely crossing, even with Molberg's rather short front legs. The transition from collected walk to piaffe traveled forward too much, but every piaffe had a high degree of spring. The flying change between the half-passes was close behind. The ground-covering extended canter could have had a more elastic back.
Gonçalo Carvalho & Rubi: %
- Carvalho rode a test that showed a horse well tuned to his aids, though it was not the most dynamic performance. The passage was a little lacking in suspension. The second half-pass showed better crossing than the first. The extended walk had nice overstep, but could have had more stretch at the nose. The piaffes were rhythmical, balanced, and closed at the base, springing cleanly from one diagonal pair to the other. The first canter pirouette was in excellent collection. Rubi was quitting into the final piaffe and halt.
Isabell Werth and Don Johnson: 71.890%
- The first extended trot tracked up well behind and stayed nicely up in the shoulder. The bend in the half-passes was difficult, but the crossing excellent. The second passage was a little lackluster, but the others good. The beat and stretch of the extended walk was very good. There was a major resistance into the first piaffe, but he settled nicely after. The second piaffe was quite dropped in the back. The two tempis jumped through beautifully. There was a mistake in the one tempis. The pirouettes were super collected, but not bent. The last extended trot was huge.
Valentina Truppa and Eremo del Castegno: 71.830%
- As he was the day before, Eremo was pulling down quite a bit in the extended trot. The half-passes were well parallel with the maximum crossing the horse could offer. In the later passage tours, the left hind looked a little weak in a few steps. The piaffes took weight on the hind leg nicely. The transition up to canter was poor. The two tempis had a mistake and jumped down and from side to side and the ones were short. The extended canter was excellent. The canter pirouettes lacked a little jump, but were nicely sitting and controlled. The final centerline was very good.
Jose Manuel Martin Dockx & Grandioso: 71.310%
- Martin Dockx rides Grandioso with a pleasantly soft back. The extended trots had lots of freedom in the shoulder, but they were not totally light in front and the haunches could have come under more. The passage needed slightly more spring from behind. The piaffe had good elevation and Martin Dockx rode very good transitions. Grandioso does not have the most ground-covering tempis, but they have good jump and stay up in front. There was an error in the one tempis between the pirouettes.
Andreas Helgstrand & Akeem Foldager: 71.101%
- Akeem Foldager did not seem to be able to turn on his full power today. The transitions in and out of the first halt were behind the leg. In the elevated trot and passage, the horse's engagement was often uneven and the work was a tiny bit conservative. The half-passes had nice swing, but needed a little more drive. Before the first piaffe, Akeem Foldager swung his haunches a meter towards C. The piaffe was active and in a perfect frame. Helgstrand worked hard to maintain uphill tempi changes, but the horse pulled down in both diagonals, leading to mistakes. The centerline of ones was cleverly ridden, but the horse broke out of canter before the second pirouette.
Jose Antonio Garcia Mena & Norte: 70.179%
- Garcia Mena had a few weak elements, but the trot work was among the best. Norte had super shoulder freedom in the extended trots, though the horse could carry a little more of the weight behind. The half-passes showed excellent sideways reach. The passage had super elevation, maybe a touch too forward at times. The transition from extended to collect walk was disorganized. The rhythm of the piaffe was excellent and the horse and showed good activity, but was rather heavy in front. The two tempis were uphill and ground-covering, but the horse was a bit short behind and unsteady in the contact. The one tempis were not good and had a mistake. The canter pirouettes were rather tense, but small and balanced.
Lone Bang Larsen & Fitou L: 69.985%
- Bang Larsen rode a very nice test, with a hit of heaviness keeping the score below 70. The trot half-passes were powerful, but Fitou's haunches were lagging slightly. In extended trot, the horse bobbed his head a bit. Bang Larsen's transition from walk to piaffe was very early and the first piaffe travelled forward significantly. In the second, she managed to bring the horse more in place and he was sitting nicely. In the canter half-passes, Fitou became a little heavier in front. His shoulders jumped slightly from side to side in the one tempis. The canter pirouettes showed quite good sit.
Cathrine Rasmussen & Fernandez: 69.256%
- Rasmussen rode her test with tact and subtlety. In the trot half-passes, Rasmussen needed to add some pressure on the accelerator, putting a little more swing into the horse's good crossing. Fernandez was not the most supple in the walk—or in much of the work—but there was good stretch and overtrack. The transition out of piaffe was laboured and the piaffe itself diligent but quiet. The flying changes were staight and easy, but not big.
Renate Voglsang & Fabriano: 69.241%
- Fabriano often became a little heavy in front in the transitions of the trot tour. In extended trot, he lifted in front, lengthening his strides with power and relaxation. The extended walk had relaxed overstep. Voglsang could not get much spring from Fabriano in piaffe. The horse jumped close behind in a couple of the two tempis, but the ones were clean. The final halt was very wide behind.
Henri Ruoste & Jojo AZ: 67.991%
- Ruoste rode very smooth transitions throughout the test. In collected trot, the horse showed slightly more articulation in the right front than the left. The extended trots needed more lengthening of the stride and frame: unfortunately they were not the horse's highlight and there are four of them in the test. Ruoste's transition to piaffe was excellent: the horse stepped, on the marker, into an active, sitting and in-place piaffe. The transition to canter was clean but dull. The two tempis needed to show a little more shoulder freedom and there was a mistake in them. The pirouettes were quite small, but not uphill enough and slightly insecure in the balance. The final line was excellent.
Jessica Michel & Riwera de Hus: 67.589%
- Michel rode the half-passes in correct bend with clear, swinging crossing. The extended trot showed nice reach in front, but should have come under more behind. Michel practised a nice piaffe outside the ring, but in the test, they were shuffling and quick. The canter half-passes were powerful and uphill. The tempis, on the other hand, came a little croup high. The canter pirouettes were small with super sit and well-regulated. In her expressive passage, Riwera leaves her left hind behind slightly.
- This impressive mare could not quite settle into her work at this point in her training, though the test had many nice elements. Boblet created good crossing in the half-passes, but the horse tilted rather than bending in the half-pass right. Noble Dream sometimes got too deep in extended walk. The transitions in and out of the first piaffe were weak while the piaffe had good sit and spring. The transitions were better for the second, but the piaffe itself less active. The mare dropped in the poll during the canter half-passes. In tempi changes, Noble Dream should have jumped more uphill. In the one tempis on the centerline, the mare swung her haunches right in the left change. The first pirouette was tiny, the second a little bigger. The last piaffe was good, but unfortunately the mare jumped out of it.
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