2000
CHIO Aachen
Farbenfroh Shows What Modern Dressage Is About
The
Grand Prix Special was Nadine Capellmann's big break-through
with her 10-year-old Westphalian gelding Farbenfroh.
The chestnut's most divine trait is his front leg. While
the hind legs moves with nice impulsion, it are the
front legs which are absolutely extra-terrestrial. In
the extended trot the front legs come almost horizontally
and in the piaffe and passage, the knees reach higher
than the chest. Capellmann scored 77.95% and won the
Special.
The Freudentanzer-son is now her first choice for the
Olympics and the pair has been scheduled to go into
quarantine in August. Simons-De Ridder was again second
(77.16%) and Isabell Werth ended third (76.56%) on her
spooky Gigolo.
Image copyrighted: Mary
Phelps
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