Happy winner Helen Langehanenberg with Danish Warmblood mare Straight Horse Ascenzione - photo credit: Petra Kerschbaum/EQWO.net
Today’s preliminary qualifier for Nürnberger Burg-Pokal became with clear Danish Warmblood imprint
German top riders Helen Langehanenberg and Sönke Rothenberger showed their young Danish Warmblood horses with top performances today at Horses and Dreams in Hagen.
8 year old Danish Warmblood mare Straight Horse Ascenzione by Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Don Schufro and full sister of 3 times World Champion Sezuan has already shown her top qualities as a young horse, and last year at World Cup event at Vilhelmsborg she was already with super solid top quality performance in Prix Sct. Georg. Today’s performance with power and quality and for sure favorite for the qualifier Saturday afternoon.
Nice halt, power expressive diagonal, super nice half passes, light footed diagonal, nice into walk, super relaxation for extended walk with huge over track, super collected walk, lovely well balanced walk pirouettes, nice into canter, uhhh quality 1st pirouette, nice change at C, sit sit activity 2nd pirouette, easy change at C, good half passes, bit out to left for 4 times, lack bit balance for 3 times, nice extended canter, good halt bit tense rein back power forward.
Langehanenberg also showed the lovely 8 year old Schöne Scarlett by Scolari / Londonderry. Throughout with quality and power.
Nice halt, expressive diagonal, supple uphill half passes, power diagonal well balanced, super into walk, good relaxation for extended walk with huge over track, first pirouette nice, bit unbalanced 2nd, good into canter, nice quality canter pirouettes tiny fast turn, error change at C, nice half passes, nice 4 times, nice 3 times, nice extended canter, bit tense rein back.
Sönke Rothenberger also showed a Danish Warmblood top quality horse today. The 7 year old gelding Fendi by Franklin / Diamond was for the first time shown at an international event. Long legged, expressive, with super movements, still a bit green and of course also a bit impressed by the surroundings, but for sure a horse to keep an eye on for the future. The overall picture was Quality!
Nice halt, nice diagonal, supple uphill half passes, nice diagonal, good into walk, good extended walk, good collected walk, good walk pirouettes, nice into canter, super sit and control 2nd pirouette, nice canter half passes, nice 4 times, nice 3 times, nice extended canter, tense rein back.
