2001 World Cup Finals
Aarhus, Denmark
5th - 8th April 2001

Anthony FRH, Performance of a Life Time

Isabell Werth's top placement in the FEI Dressage Riders Rankings was uncertain after the retirement of her top horse Gigolo. Although everybody knows that she has a barn full of Grand Prix horses which can fill up a single nation's team, the question remained if one of them would fulfill her dream to rise to the top once more? The black Hanoverian Trakehner Anthony FRH (by Argument) is known for his temperamental behaviour and recurrent blocking in the piaffe in the middle of a test. Due to Olympic hustle, Anthony disappeared in the background for a while, but the nicely marked black is now completely back. And what a re-enterance did he make! Never before did Isabell Werth push Anthony's limits like at Aarhus. The black flowed over the footing of the Vilhelmsborg arena; he was electric, he was there and he did everything!

Although her 71.95% rewarded Grand Prix test didn't please Werth as much (due to the glitches in the tense walk and mediocre piaffe), it was her freestyle which made her cheer up. Dancing on Beatles music, Anthony showed his brilliance to the technically most difficult freestyle. The extended canter into double pirouette, followed by extended canter into piaffe pirouette were phenomenal. The score was totally deserved and Isabell Werth seemed extremely pleased with her entree in Denmark.

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