Lumiere & Anna Zibrandtsen from today´s prizegiving in Polen - photo: private
Both winner and 2nd placed made their international debut today
Lithuanian Sandra Sysojeva (riding for Polen) and her just 8 yr old mare Maxima Bella by Millenium / Competent made their international debut today winning the CDI3 Grand Prix in Kalen, Polen. A well moving and very talented young mare with a lot of natural go and of the ground movements, still showing a bit of positive tensions. Only a small error creeping in for the one times with a change with parallel hind. 70,044%.
Another international debut combination was Danish Anna Zibrandtsen with her 10 year old gelding Lumiere by Floricello / Gigolo they finished 2nd 69.956%. Super expressive and well balanced for the entire trot tour, with power for extensions and supple half passes, the transitions into the first two piaffe tours becomes a bit insecure while the final piaffe tour at the centerline was with much better flow into the piaffe. Expressive passage with super elevation and good balance. Transition to canter becomes bit unbalnced, but for the rest a well performed canter tour with super nice line of two times, huge jump through the body, straight and nicely placed at full diagonal only scored 8,0 - 7,5 - 7,0 - 7,0 - 7,5! For the entire test super steady and light contact.
Anna was pleased about her performance with Lumiere today. “I had a really nice feeling in there, for the transitions passage/piaffe/passage we still need to bring the timing from the warm up, and our pirouettes has clearly improved. He is a very happy and positive horse, so I feel very confident as we just need some more experience in the test together.”
Videos of top 3 (captured by Dressage24.pl)
