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2006
World Championships for Young Dressage Horses
Photo Report - Finals 5-year olds
Photos copyrighted Astrid Appels/Eurodressage. No
Reproduction Allowed
Uzzo - KWPN, Lancet x C-Indoctro
The 5-year old
World Champion under Patrick van der Meer
What an interesting 5-year old final. Quality
wise the best horse did not won, but Van
der Meer presented Uzzo in such a lovely fashion.
Light, balanced, correct and fault free.
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Uzzo finds it all very interesting |
Patrick van der Meer is over the moon |
Van der Meer can just not believe what has happened.
The top favourite for the gold, Sir Donnerhall,
made two mistakes in the canter tour and Van
der Meer landed on first place. The pair won
the gold medal.
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And then the tears came. It was such an endearing
sight.
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| Sir Donnerhall and Dr. Ulf Möller
was the hopeful for the title, especially after
his
victory
in
the
first round. Sir Donnerhall (Sandro Hit x Donnerhall)
neighed his way through the trot tour causing tension
and imbalances. In the counter canter, there were
three hiccups where the Oldenburg stallion tried
a flying change. Möller had to make a transition
to walk three times to get the problem fixed, but
the damage was done and the gold lost. |
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| Möller's face says it all. What a
pity. Sir Donnerhall has a very good walk and
a phenomenal canter, but in the trot the horse
does not track up enough, even though he is active.
Despite the mistakes in the test, the judges scored
Sir
Donnerhall's
gaits with 9.2 (trot), 8.5 (walk) and 9.0 (canter)
which the audience did not appreciate. There was
much booing and whistling from the crowds but Möller
took it with good grace. Sir Donnerhall and the
bronze medallist San Remo showed the best paces
at the World Championships and the judges were
correct to score them highly (although some fractions
of points were too high or too low). The judges
were right in penalizing submission in Sir Donnerhall's
ride (6.5) for the mistakes made. The overall impression
of 9.5 was overscored, notwithstanding that Sir
Donnerhall is world class. They scored 8.54 in
total and earned the silver. |
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| Bronze medallist Susan Draper and
San Remo (Sandro Hit x Donnerhall). Absolutely
lovely ride in balance. The horse moved rhythmically
and relaxed. The three gaits are absolute top quality
and the judges could have been more generous, especially
in the canter. They gave San Remo 8.7 for canter,
but he canters for a 9.5 |
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