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Young talents shines
For both Kittel and Werth it is still very new to enter the centerline with Jovian and Wendy, both riders brings a huge amount of experience and they are both able to develop their partnership during each test and also improve - this is just dressage at the highest level.
Jovian looks a bit impressed at the begining again today by kind of taking off for the first extension and where Kittel has to say “hey, I´m also here and we have to do this together”. But from there Jovian look very confident, and it really bring a much better picture when Kittel is trying to make the passage smaller which also makes it possible to do the transition into piaffe with better flow. Piaffe still need more balance on the hind quaters, but poco a poco Kittel look like he has a plan.
Jovian & Patrik Kittel - Super halt, becomes high in the neck for extension, looking, super half pass left crossing uphill flow, good into passage, power expressive extension, good back to passage, power uphill half pass right, good into passage, power extension becomes bit high in the neck, good passage, relaxed extended walk, good collected walk, missing bit more clear beat for 1st piaffe, good out, nice passage, super nice into piaffe, better rhythm, good out, good passage, nice into canter, good half passes, swing 2 times, good 1 times, power extended canter, need bit more preparation into good 1st pirouette, ok 1times, good 2nd pirouette, good into trot, power super frame long side, good passage, good into piaffe, need more balance on hind quaters, good flow out, nice halt. 76,213%
Things really comes together in a nice way with clearly smaller passage.
Wendy de Fontaine & Isabell Werth - Bit open halt, good power diagonal, power half pass left, nice into passage at C, passage need more relaxation, small lack of balance extension, good passage, good start of half pass right but becomes bit stocked at the end, good into passage at C, good passage, good extension, good passage, relaxed active extended walk, tense collected walk, super into piaffe, super timing out, bit tense for passage, nice balance for piaffe at the spot, good transitions, missing transition to canter first at long side, good half passes, good 2 times lack bit more flow, ok 1 times tension and dragging bit forward down, good extended canter, good 1st pirouette, error end of 1 times, need more sit and balance on hind quaters for 2nd pirouette, good extension, super final centerline with lovely piaffe at the spot of the ground.
Wendy is finding her legs and balance in a much better way for the piaffe tours even though some minor tensions creeping in. The collected walk tour is unfortunately getting somewhat unbalanced!
Fendi & Sönke Rothenberger - Good halt, good diagonal, nice flow uphill balanced half pass left, super on the hind legs into passage at C, super passage, nice out for extension, WOW back to the hind legs, super passage, good flow and go for half pass right, smooth back to passage, power extension uphill and again back clear on hind legs, trending 78%, bit hurried extended walk could show bit more let go, good collected walk, super sit for piaffe missing bit more clear flow out, super 2nd piaffe including smooth transitions, bit tense into canter, good half passes, error begin due to toilet 2 times, more with parallel hind for 1 times, good extended canter, super change, super sit and balance for 1st pirouette, 1 times with parallel hind, big 2nd pirouette, late into trot, good extension, super passage, easy in and out, good piaffe, good halt.
Sönke and Fendi showed how to make transitions from extensions back to passage, exactly from the dressage book! The walk has clearly improved with more relaxation.
Tensions
Hermes was unfortunately not fully focused today and went into his spooky moments which of course became costly during the test. Denoix unfortunately never really settled in the Aachen arena. Also Matthias Rath and Thiago were struggling with a lot of tensions today.
