Wow! Zlatan M.Ge awards as highest scoring Swedish warmblood at the U.S. Dressage Nationals! Swedish Warmblood North America (S
WANA) acknowledged owner Pinky Noll with an exquisite brow band in the Swedish national colors, blue and gold and a Orrefors glass cup. Congratulations!
In the coming weekend it is time for the finals in the ECCO Cup U25 Grand Prix 2014. This very prestigious Danish tournament sponsored by Ecco, has been implemented to support the development of young talented riders. (international riders are able to enter as well) The tournament has a Pony, Junior, Young Rider and a U25 Grand Prix bracket. There are 3-4 qualifications during the year. Participants in the U25 is Nanna Merrald and Weltliebe. We wish the couple the best of luck at Middelfart Dressage Center.
Helen Persson is an engaged rider. One week she presents her horses for DreamSportsHorses camera at Flyinge. The next week she competes them at Intermediate level with outstanding results! A 1st place for Licorie in Intermediate 1 (69,43%) and a 3rd place for Mr. Dj (66,8%). We must congratulate Helen on this effort and say that this is a rider that knows how to show her horse!
Meg’s Gangster has been prepared carefully by his rider Birgitte Byrialsen to have his first tournament participation at M level. All though Gangster has started schooling tempi changes and pirouettes Birgitte never let’s her horses out too early. A solid score of 68,7% in todays regional tournament underlines this fact. Congratulations – what a nice performance.
DreamSportsHorses member Charlotte Heering rode her 8 YO Bufranco by Negro in this year’s Julianelyst Youngster Cup at Blue Hors. The Cup includes a MA1 and a PSG test that consolidates into the final result. The beautiful Blue Hors arena and the large turnout of audiences made quite a big impression on the young and less experience horses, including on Bufranco making Charlotte quite satisfied with the performance resulting in 136,235 points – a 4th place overall.
Rider Michelle Guldbjerg was absolutely stoked about receiving a wildcard for Daupine Byhøj’s participation in the Bundgaard Byg Cup finals held at Blue Hors this weekend. And what a weekend it has been for the pair. Finishing 5th overall with 137,154 points is a very solid performance, especially since the arena settings and the large amount of audiences impressed the young mare Dauphine the first days. In today’s Intermediate Freestyle the pair scored 70,75%.
Bundgaard Byg Cup is Denmarks most esteemed Small Tour Tournament and includes the best riders and their small tour horses.
At Heslegaard RK Dauphine Byhøj again proves that she is a talent to watch. In yesterdays MA 2 she and rider Michelle Guldbjerg scored 70,4% and took first place in front of Anna Kasprzak on Rosina 30. Camilla Ahlers Pedersen on Grevens Sa’Va in 3rd. And again this morning in the PSG these riders competed with great performances to reverse the results. Dauphine Byhøj in 3rd (68,9%), Grevens Sa’va in 1st and Rosina 30 in 2nd. Great competition ladies!
Heslegaard RK is hosting the ECCO U25 CUP this weekend. And the competition was absolutely international top class in the Intermediate II. Catrine Dafour rode Atterupgaards Cassidy to win, Anna Kasprzak rode Honnerups Driver for 2nd and Nanna Merrald showed Weltliebe in style to take 3rd place with 72,9%. Other great performances were showed by Karin Nissen on ENO (4th), Sofie Jeppesen on Hedebo’s First As (5th) and Charlotte Heering on Joker Selection (6th). The 2015 Grand Prix season is going to be steaming hot!
Congratulations to Dauphine Byhøj and Michelle Guldbjerg what an impressive win at KRK this weekend. 70,9% in Prix St. George!
Just another fine performance by Weltliebe and Nanna Merrald in todays Grand Prix Freestyle at Odense CDI***** 72,25% and second place!. Quite a result since this is Weltliebes first time Grand Prix Freestyle ever! In the packed arena Nanna rode with much more relaxation than in yesterdays U25 Grand Prix and Weltliebe proved his class and did not have any mistakes. This showes us that with more experience and a Kür programme with a higher degree of technical difficulty the scores can be even higher. But a wise decision to choose a freestyle programme with beautiful music and suitable technical difficulty for todays challenge. Well done Team Merrald. (video from online showing of the tournament at Odense: equitv.dk)