The new Ask / Blue Hors setup kicked off with full house and top stallions
About 1.000 spectators arrived for this first edition of the new Ask / Blue Hors setup at the outstanding facilities of Stutteri Ask at Martofte, Funen in Denmark.
The two top riders in charge Nanna Skodborg Merrald for the dressage horses and Søren Møller Rohde for the jumping horses welcomed the audience.
It was two hours of mixed presentations between dressage stallions and jumping stallions and also with honouring of breeders.
Nanna Merrald was in the saddle of Blue Hors Santiano, Blue Hors Monte Carlo and new addition Blue Hors Viva Vegas, while Blue Hors assistant rider 20 year old Sophia Ludvigsen was showing Blue Hors Baron, Blue Hors Purple Rain and Blue Hors Farrell.
Blue Hors St. Schufro and Blue Hors Don Olymbrio was not shown as they are part of Nanna´s Olympic horses together with of course Blue Hors Zepter.
At the ground was long time trainer for Nanna, Michael Søgaard. He has been part of Nanna´s team for a long time and of course also huge part of the sport successes during the years with Nanna and her horses, and recently Michael also took over the trainer role for Sophia Ludvigsen.
This fairly new partnership Sophia & Michael already proved their success internationally, and yesterday Sophia showed Blue Hors Baron, with guidance and comments from Michael on the ground. It was obvious that this partnership looks very interesting for the future.
For the final horse Nanna showed 4 yr old Premium stallion Viva Vegas as Blue Hors recently purchased from Helgstrand Dressage. Viva Vegas was shown by Helgstrand Dressage rider Mette Sejbjerg Jensen at the Danish Warmblood stallion show in Herning, and she has for sure done a great job.
As Nanna stated at the beginning she was normally not fancying riding a 4 yr old stallion, but this boy seems to bring not just the great basic gaits but also a top interior. When Nanna was showing Viva Vegas she was telling about her feeling in the saddle and the abilities she feels for this just 4 yr old stallion. From the grond breeding manager Martin Klavsen was also telling about the reason of the purchase, as Blue Hors stallions must be attractive for both sport and breeding. Lovely ping-pong between riders and respectively Michael and Martin on the ground.
It was a very nice afternoon with good presentations, relaxed atmosphere, stallions without tensions or just minor tension due to full house at the spectator seats. For the final with high music and applauding audience non of the riders made any kind of show-off with the stallions.
Here below you can catch up on videos from the stallion show. When you click on each photo a video clip will show up ⬇️ (Only Danish speak).
