World Championships for Young Horses must be the “window” for the future of dressage
You just feel the enthusiasm and excitement at the event in Ermelo. Everyone participating has been selected to represent their country or/and breeding society.
When you go to your local regional young horse qualifiers, it has always been the place where you get the chance to show the good moving well balanced youngster and win. But going to the World Championships must be a clear step up towards the biggest goals in our sport, the Grand Prix.
As a rider, a breeder, and an owner this is THE PLACE where the qualities from all three gaits, abilities and PERSPECTIVE should crown the new young horse World Champions.
The highlights among the 5 year old horses
The preliminary round was counting 44 horses. Focusing on top 3 for a start with 3 top riders, the winner Frederic Wandres one of Germanys absolute most successful riders at the moment in the sport. Wandres showed an enormous stallion by Fürst Romancier and the judges loved what they saw - a big mover very professional presented. Did the judges actually find the next World Champion?
H2R is definitely not a highly trained judges or a top rider, but where was the lightness, the ability and not least the potential? Maybe it’s time for bringing in the test rider as a part of the finals?
Placed second Vitalos with top young horse rider Leonie Richter. A young horse is always in development and for this stallion Vitalos he is at the moment (might just be for a short period - time will show) weak in his left canter, but nevertheless for a clear 9,0!
Placed 3rd Victoria Vallentin with the black mare Lyngbjergs St Paris. When the harmony, lightness and PERSPECTIVE comes together. It was written all over THIS IS A POTENTIAL GRAND PRIX HORSE and correct scored for the gaits, but the score for the perspective was 8,8!
Bring on the finals today!