Press release - day 1 at Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses

Outstanding horses in first qualification round 5-year-olds
The program kicked off with the first qualification round for five-year-olds. 20 horses made their appearance in the arena, some of them left an outstanding impression. President of the jury Eddy de Wolff van Westerrode: “As a jury we are very pleased with the group of horses we saw today. Overall, it is noteworthy how well and professional the horses were presented.”

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Top quality 6-year-olds
Just as there 5-year-old colleagues, the first part of the 6-year-old dressage horses entered the ring for their qualification round. Leading the intermediate rankings is Quel Filou, the Oldenburger Quarterback-son. Last year Quel Filou won the silver medal in Ermelo, at the time under the saddle of Sacha Schulz.

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Fiontini right on track to hattrick
Two-fold World Breeding Dressage Champion Young Horses Fiontini is right on track to win the title once again and score – just as Sezuan did last year – perform a hattrick. The extremely talented daughter of Fassbinder out of a dam by Romanov impressed the jury with a fantastic performance. In an impeccable test the Danish Warmblood-mare scored under the Spanish rider Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez the following grades: 9.5 for the trot and canter, a 9 for the walk, a 9.3 for the submission and a 9.8 for perspective brought the total to an average of 94.200%. the 82.578% for the technique set the final score to 88.389, which meant the victory in the qualification round.

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Electra (s.Jazz) wins CDI1* Prix St. Georges

Though the weather was not quite optimal in the CDI1* Prix St. Georges this morning, this formed no obstacle for the eight-year-old Electra (s.Jazz). Lynne Maas took home the gold last month at the Dutch National Championships in the Small Tour and lived up to the expectations she created there.

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