45 six-year-old dressage horses competed in the final qualifier at the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden. Victory in the Andrea Vest Prize went to the Danish gelding Faustino G with a score of 9.26, ahead of Dizzy (score 8.92), also bred in Denmark, and the Hanoverian Sir Gribaldi (8.82).<\/p>\n
Faustino G, bred in Denmark by Blue Hors Farrell \u2013 with the triple World Champion Sezuan as his maternal grandsire \u2013 triumphed in the six-year-old qualifier with a score of 9.26. In individual marks, the elegant gelding received 9.7 for his trot, 8.5 for his walk, 9.3 for his canter, 9.5 for suppleness and 9.3 for future potential. The Farrell son had already made a name for himself last year, finishing fourth in the five-year-old class at the World Championships in Verden. Breeder Helene Geervliet, of Stutteri G., is also the owner of the winner and knows what it feels like to win World Championship titles. Quinn G, who secured her third World Championship title last year, also comes from her stud. There is great anticipation for Saturday\u2019s final, not least amongst rider Bettina Jaeger. Her daughter, Filippa Jaeger Jensen, won freestyle gold and individual silver at the European Pony Dressage Championships in Le Mans last weekend. As a result, Bettina was away from home for nine days, during which time a trainer took Faustino for a gentle jog. \u201cWe did exactly the same thing last year,\u201d says the rider, beaming. \u201cIt seems to do him good and works a treat.\u201d Since last year, Faustino has gained even more strength. \u201cThat\u2019s why his trot and canter have gained even more expression and balance. He just needed a bit more time, partly because he\u2019s a big horse with long legs,\u201d explains Jeager. \u201cThis horse has so much energy, is always motivated and is simply a happy horse. You can even hear it,\u201d laughs the rider. He often squeals with delight. \u201cAnd he\u2019s clever; he learns so easily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Second place went to Dizzy, a daughter of Hesselh\u00f8j Donkey Boy out of a Blue Hors Zack dam, bred by Hesselh\u00f8j.dk ApS and owned by Helgstrand Dressage. Merita Hagren presented the mare, who received a 9.0 for her trot, walk and perspective. The \u201crace\u201d for third and fourth place was incredibly close. Both horses finished the test with an overall score of 8.82, so the higher mark for obedience determined the final ranking. Beatrice Arturi presented Sir Gribaldi, a son of Secret, out of an All Inclusive dam from the Aronis and Jan\u00dfen breeding partnership and owned by Gest\u00fct Sprehe.<\/p>\n
The Hanoverian came third, whilst fourth place went to V-Power, ridden by Isabell Werth. V-Power is a son of Werth\u2019s Grand Prix winner Viva Gold and is out of a Fidertanz dam; Bernd Goeke bred the dark bay, who is owned by Helgstrand Dressage. For Werth, competing in Verden was also a logistical challenge of a special kind. She travelled from the World Championships training camp in Warendorf, presented V-Power in the arena, drove the nearly three-hour journey back to Warendorf, mounted Wendy de Fontaine there, and then drove the three hours back to Verden to take part in the prize-giving ceremony with V-Power. \u201cExtraordinary horses require extraordinary measures,\u201d emphasises Isabell Werth with absolute conviction. \u201cWe had two minor issues in the transitions during the test, but the overall picture \u2013 the horse\u2019s immense potential \u2013 is truly superb. The horse combines just about everything one could wish for.\u201d<\/p>\n
The top twelve from today\u2019s qualifier have qualified directly for Saturday\u2019s final. Three further places in the final will be awarded in Thursday\u2019s Small Final, meaning the top 15 six-year-old dressage horses will compete against one another in Saturday\u2019s final for the world championship title.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe horses are even more well-rounded.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Monique Peutz-Vegter from the Netherlands was part of the judging panel for the six-year-olds\u2019 qualifier and was impressed: \u201cThat was really great today. We saw some very good horses that were presented very well. The emphasis was on harmony; the horses were enjoying showing themselves off here. We want to see the horses moving in balance. It doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be an enormous amount of forehand action; it should be balanced between front and hind. That\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d This is the third time the judge has sat at the judges\u2019 table at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses, and she emphasises: \u201cThe quality of the horses has always been there, but the training and presentation have changed enormously. As a result, the horses are more well-rounded: they don\u2019t \u2018just\u2019 trot spectacularly; they trot evenly, over their backs, with good contact; their walk is also good, and their canter is well-struck \u2013 the horses have improved even further in every respect.\u201d<\/p>\n Tomorrow, Thursday, the qualifiers for the five-year-old dressage horses begin at 7.30 am. From 2.30 pm, the Small Final for the six-year-old contenders is on the programme in the Horse24 Arena.<\/p>\n Championship Auction OnLive<\/strong><\/p>\n Seven riding horses and eleven foals make up the lot for the OnLive Championship Auction in Verden. The riding horses were presented to the World Championships audience in the HORSE24 Arena for the first time today, Wednesday. \u201cWe already integrated an auction into the World Championships last year,\u201d explains auctioneer Wilken Treu, \u201cthough only with foals; this year we\u2019ve added three- and four-year-old riding horses because trainers and riders of young dressage horses from all over the world come together here.\u201d The riding horses will be presented every day of the World Championships week, each time before the first prize-giving ceremony for the first competition. What was the main focus when selecting the riding horses? \u201cThey had to be good \u2013 very good!\u201d emphasises Treu. The auction begins on Saturday evening at 7.30 pm in the HORSE24 Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 45 six-year-old dressage horses competed in the final qualifier at the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden. Victory in the Andrea Vest Prize went to the Danish gelding Faustino G with a score of 9.26, ahead of Dizzy (score 8.92), also bred in Denmark, and the Hanoverian Sir Gribaldi (8.82). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"news_kategorien":[],"class_list":["post-15015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15015"},{"taxonomy":"news_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_kategorien?post=15015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}