Dressage-News

By ILSE SCHWARZ

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 5–Current Young Horse world champion, the KWPN stallion Astrix 7, ridden masterfully by Emmelie Scholtens left no doubt Friday that they are trying to make it two in a row at the World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses. The expressive and extraordinarily elegant stallion took the lead well before the second half of the class and could not be caught. Astrix 7 (Obelisk x Olivi) has certainly developed in a pleasing way since his win as five-year-old in 2010. He shows great adjustabilty in his gaits and made the lateral work look fluid and easy.

His uphill swinging trot, with tremendous freedom in his shoulder, scored 9.20, the walk 9.50 and his huge canter a 9.20. Submission 8.70, this score was likely affected by a not diagonal rein back, and overall impression 9.20. Final score 9.16

The six-year-old horses continued the trend seen Thursday of an incredibly strong group of youngsters.

There were few mistakes to be seen through the entire class and I was personally surprised and delighted at the execution of both the halt and rein back and the flying changes, both movements difficult enough with youngsters! The judges continued to reward combinations who demonstrated  powerful work that was also fluid and supple.

The quality of horses continued throughout the class with both the second ranked Presidents Avanti, shown by a delighted Laurens van Lieren, and third placed St Emilion 2, shown by Dorothee Schneider, competing at the end of the class.

The KWPN stallion, Presidents Avanti (United x Farrington), showed great cadence and control through all the trot work, 8.70, the walk scored 9.00 and the ground covering, uphill canter extensions contributed to a canter score of 8.70. Final score 8.80

Scoring only fractionally less was the Westfalian gelding St Emilion 2 (Sandro Hit x Ehrenwort). Dorothee Schneider is the consummate show rider, coaxing the most out of her horses without obvious effort. This obviously contributed to the general impression score, 9.00. trot, 9.00; walk 8.00; canter 8.90. final score 8.78.

Jennifer Hoffman from Encinitas, California continued to make history for the USA finishing in eighth place on her own stallion Ratzinger V (Riccione x Pablo). Jennifer has been based in Germany this year and was delighted to receive scores Friday that were similar to those she achieved at the qualifiers. The trot work was a highlight with impressive cadence and ground covering, supple half passes (8.80). Some small mistakes affected the canter (8.50) and submission (8.00) scores to give her a final score of 8.36. Ratzinger V was also the winner of the fourth group of horses. Each group winner is automatically qualified for the finals.

De Champ OLD ridden by Germany’s Anja Engelbart won the consolation final for five-year-olds with a score of 9.14, with Fürstenball OLD ridden by fellow German Ines Westendarp second on 8.98 and TC Beau Deux with The Netherlands’ Geert-Jan Raateland third on 8.04.

Placed competitors
1.	39	Astrix	Scholtens, Emmelie	NED		380 EUR	Wertnote 9.16
	R 6-j.H v.Obelisk/M.v.Olivi/KWPN/102ZN63/B: Stal Perlee,
2.	631	Presidents Avanti	Lieren, Laurens van	NED		300 EUR	Wertnote 8.8
	B 6-j.H v.United/M.v.Farrington/KWPN/103IA54/B: Kooiman,C. & President Dressage S
3.	785	St. Emilion	Schneider, Dorothee	GER		220 EUR	Wertnote 8.78
	R 6-j.H v.Sandro Hit/M.v.Ehrenwort/WESTF/103HL99/B: Ullrich,Christina
4.	547	Lezard	Bouten, Matthias	GER		160 EUR	Wertnote 8.7
	F 6-j.W v.Lord Loxley I/M.v.Riccione/RHLD/103HL97/B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine
5.	832	Torveslettens Stamina	Helgstrand, Andreas	DEN		100 EUR	Wertnote 8.64
	SCHI 6-j.S v.Stedinger/M.v.Carano/DK/102ZM91/B: Rugaard,Pernille
6.	17	I.P.S. Amazing Star	Hanzon, Theo	NED		90 EUR	Wertnote 8.42
	DB 6-j.H v.Flemmingh/M.v.Ferro/KWPN/103IA64/B: Uytert,J.M. van
7.	251	Damon Jerome	Gräf, Uta	GER		80 EUR	Wertnote 8.4
	F 6-j.H v.Damon Hill/M.v.Guy Laroche/RHLD/102ZR87/B: Hitschold Prof.Dr.,Thomas
8.	660	Ratzinger V	Hoffmann, Jennifer	USA		58 EUR	Wertnote 8.36
	DB 6-j.H v.Riccione/M.v.Pablo/OE.WB/B: Hoffmann,Jennifer
8.	478	Horatio	Schneider, Dorothee	GER		58 EUR	Wertnote 8.36
	R 6-j.W v.Hochadel/M.v.Matcho AA/HANN/103HM07/B: Dressurstall Rothenberger/Erlenh
10.	723	Schickeria	Langehanenberg, Helen	GER		53 EUR	Wertnote 8.34
	F 6-j.S v.Sir Donnerhall I/M.v.Weltmeyer/WESTF/103HH09/B: Max-Theurer,Elisabeth
10.	488	I.P.S. Don Massimo	Pauluis, Larissa	BEL		53 EUR	Wertnote 8.34
	DB 6-j.H v.Don Larino/M.v.Santander H/OLD/102ZE56/B: Pauluis,Larissa
12.	490	Isac	Telde, Minna	SWE		50 EUR	Wertnote 8.3
	B 6-j.H v.Hip Hop/M.v.Master/S.WBL/102ZW12/B: Telde,Minna
Other, non-placed competitors
13.	36	Aston Martin	Laarakkers, Christa	NED			Wertnote 8.28
	F 6-j.H v.Uphill/M.v.Cabochon/KWPN/102WS24/B: Norel,G.W. van
13.	2	Aaron	Freund, Jana	GER			Wertnote 8.28
	DF 6-j.H v.Florencio I/M.v.Record/KWPN/B: Livens,Louis
15.	778	Soulmate	Kirchhoff, Senta	GER			Wertnote 8.26
	DB 6-j.W v.Sandro Hit/M.v.Calypso II/HANN/103HM63/B: Kirchhoff,Senta
16.	880	Zlatan M.Ge	Rinne, Malin	SWE			Wertnote 8.14
	DB 6-j.W v.Riccione/M.v.Don Schufro/S.WBL/103HK30/B: Andersson u.Milstead,
17.	16	Alonzo	Schelstraete, Jonna	NED			Wertnote 8.12
	SCHWB 6-j.H v.Contango/M.v.Ferro/KWPN/103IA62/B: Dalhoeve de & Schelstraete Paard
18.	825	TC Athene	Maree, Gerdine	NED			Wertnote 8.1
	F 6-j.H v.United/M.v.Jazz/KWPN/103IA34/B: Coomans,T.J.M. & Maree,G.M.
19.	420	Freak Blue Phantom OLD	Möller, Kristine	DEN			Wertnote 8.04
	B 6-j.H v.Florencio I/M.v.Feinbrand/OLD/102ZF03/B: Thorsen,Jens
20.	43	Avans	Poturaeva, Inessa	RUS			Wertnote 7.9
	B 6-j.W v.Aromats/M.v.Gudvils/LETW/102YV83/B: Poturaeva,Inessa
21.	468	Heslegard’s Rismon	Damm-Frydenberg, Michala	DEN			Wertnote 7.88
	SCHI 5-j.H v.Heslegard’s Rubin/M.v.Heslegards Louis/DK/103HV37/B: Johnsen,Niels u
22.	55	Bartlgut’s Duccio	Prunthaller, Ulrike	AUT			Wertnote 7.86
	B 6-j.H v.Dimaggio/M.v.Coriograf B/OE.WB/102ZU64/B: Schmidt,Edda u.Wenzel
23.	37	Aston Martin	Hvalsoe Saul, John	DEN			Wertnote 7.74
	SCHWB 6-j.H v.Monteverdi/M.v.Sixtus/TRAK./102ZM85/B: Andersen,Lone
24.	831	Tobajo Pik Disney	Hestengen, Trude	NOR			Wertnote 7.68
	F 6-j.H v.Tobajo Picez/M.v.Walt Disney I/NOR.W./102QS17/B: Ottsson & Mjolnerod,
25.	862	Wellington	Högberg, Jeanna	SWE			Wertnote 7.64
	B 6-j.H v.Weltman (SWE)/M.v.Campari M/S.WBL/102ZV49/B: Absolut Dental AB,
26.	249	Dalou Shan	Stegars, Terhi	FIN			Wertnote 7.62
	F 6-j.H v.De Kooning/M.v.Westerland/OLD/103FZ03/B: Kayser,Tanja
27.	397	Flash Dancer I.M.	Haid Bondergaard, Charlotte	SWE			Wertnote 7.6
	B 6-j.H v.Don Romantic/M.v.Tip-Top/BWP/B: Majewska,Iwona
28.	477	Honnerups Ecstacy	Straarup, Lotte	DEN			Wertnote 7.34
	SCHWB 6-j.S v.Romanov Blue Hors/M.v.Kalahari/DK/103HV28/B: Stutteri Honnerup,
29.	448	Grand Passion	Cantin, Serge	FRA			Wertnote 7.24
	B 6-j.H v.Oliver Twist/M.v.Polarion/TRAK./102XX99/B: Brune,Bernadette
30.	690	Rousseau’s Topas	Missiaen, Simon	BEL			Wertnote 7.14
	B 6-j.H v.Rousseau/M.v.Rohdiamant/OLD/102XD76/B: Van Hove, Carlo
31.	854	Vivelstads Renoir	Hansson, Mette	NOR			Wertnote 7.04
	F 6-j.H v.De Noir/M.v.Resident/NOR.W./103HB80/B: Hansson,Mette
32.	675	Rock’n Roll Star	Limousin, Philippe	FRA			Wertnote 6.96
	B 6-j.H v.Joeris/M.v.Jazz/SF/102ZG26/B: S.C.E.A. Limousin,
33.	692	Royal Coeur	Martin-Tucker, Marne	USA			Wertnote 6.92
	F 6-j.S v.Royal Hit/M.v.Le Coeur/OLD/B: Martin-Tucker,Marne
34.	590	Lyra del Castegno	Cola, Elena	ITA			Wertnote 6.82
	B 6-j.S v.His Highness/M.v.Weltmeyer/ITA.W/103HG60/B: Cola,Elena
35.	600	New Hill Julitrea	Florin, Patricia	FIN			Wertnote 6.52
	F 6-j.S v.Revan/M.v.Alcatraz/FIN.WB./B: New Hill Ltd.oy.Ab.,
36.	677	Rolling Stone	Sangiorgi, Pierluigi	ITA			eliminated
	F 6-j.H v.Rotspon/M.v.Donnerhall/HANN/103HH92/B: Montanari,Francesca