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| Number 325 - Hubert Perring and Diabolo Maurice from France. Hubert wore his military uniform and this added some colour and spectacle to his performance. This superbly elegant 11 yo Selle Francais gelding is by Plein d'Espoir. I am told that this breed are particularly sensitive and hot which may be the reason for some of the mistakes which cost Hubert marks. The horse was not always quiet in his head carriage which indicates problems in the contact. It was a beautiful extended canter but once the horse was asked to collect the hind legs seemed to get a little 'tangled. In the final Piaffe the horse started to do some 'snatching' steps which were irregular. For all that I have mentioned the faults - I liked some of the test a great deal and it scored 63.36% for 48th placing. | |||||
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| Number 340 - Red Bastian and Stefano Blasi proudly represented Italy at these World Championships. Red Bastian is a 12 year old Danish Warmblood by Bonshe from Nina and is owned by Stefano. What a thrill it would be to ride your own horse at this level. It was a very 'workmanlike' performance with no real mistakes but it also did not have any real highlights to push up the marks. The canter changes lacked expression. They scored 63.60% for 47th placing. It is probably important to stop and think that each of the riders at this competition are winners for having qualified and there can be only one horse over these four days who will come out on top. | |||||
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| Number 354 Manhatten - for Russia and ridden by Elena Kalinina. But for a mark or two in the final Australian qualifying competition, there may well have been another Manhatten competing at these Championships. Sue Hearn's lovely 17 hand Australian TB just missed selection by the smallest margin. This Manhatten is an 11 yo Hanovarian by Vandal. I felt that Elena was a little disadvantaged by some building noise which seemed to boom out loudly during her test. Manhatten became quite tense and muddled the first Passage sequence. He has a lovely quality in the canter work. When settled the Piaffe and Passage showed great expression. It is the nature of dressage to not only be able to do the work but have good luck in order to show it on the day. A score of 63.68% could have been quite a bit higher if good luck had been with this combination. They finished in 46th placing. | |||||
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| Above
and Below: Number 300 - for Australia is Erica (Ricky) McMillan on her
imported 14 yo gelding Crisp by Consul. Ricky performed in her usual polished and
foot perfect way, but the big scores seemed to come from the horses with flamboyant and
heart stopping movement. Crisp could not be described in this way, even though I
believe he has one of the best Piaffe's to be found. It is such a long way for our riders and their wonderful horses to travel - and many horses here in Jerez seemed to be affected by the heat and a virus which was blamed for them not working to their riders' expectations. Ricky told me she was very happy with Crisp's test and felt that it was equal to her recent 66% performance. Part of the sport, is the variation in marking and there seems no way to overcome the discrepancies which seem to take place in competitions all over the world. Ricky scored 63.84% which was below the 66% she aimed to produce again. They finished in 45th place. |
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| Number 313 - Royan ll and Belinda Trussell from Canada - he is a huge and powerful 12 yo Oldenberg gelding but the test was marred by a lack of strength and quality in the Piaffe and Passage sequences. In the canter work the horse was not quite on the aids enough to be sure of maintaining accuracy. The two times changes were correct but flat and then mistakes crept into the ones. The canter pirouettes were quite nice and shoed a good deal of harmony between horse and rider. They scored 63.96% for 44th position in this competition. | |||||
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