German quinella in Stuttgart World Cup dressage

Stuttgart World Cup circular winners Helen Langehaneberg together with Damon Hil High German quinella inwards Stuttgart World Cup dressage
Stuttgart World Cup circular winners Helen Langehaneberg together with Damon Hill. © Karl-Heinz Frieler/FEI

Helen Langehanenberg together with Damon Hill NRW recorded an impressive victory inwards the 3rd leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League serial at Stuttgart, Germany, on Saturday, where the host acre dominated the line-up.

With a smoothen Freestyle surgical procedure that oozed confidence together with teamwork, the winning partnership finished to a greater extent than than 4 total marks ahead of High German counterparts Kristina Sprehe together with Desperados FRH inwards 2d place.  And it was a large twenty-four threescore minutes menstruum for Italy’s Valentina Truppa.   She registered runner-up spot at the previous leg inwards Lyon, French Republic 2 weeks ago, but although she had to settle for 3rd alongside Eremo del Castegno this fourth dimension around, she has risen to the top of the Western European League tabular array alongside a meaning margin of payoff after the latest result.

The placings of the top 3 mirrored those of Friday’s Grand Prix inwards which Langehanenberg’s score of 82.766 was a personal best.  But 4th house went to Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven cheers to a much-improved endeavour alongside Don Auriello who inched The Netherlands’ Imke Schellekens-Bartels together with the gigantic dark gelding, Toots, downward to fifth.

Stuttgart World Cup circular winners Helen Langehaneberg together with Damon Hil High German quinella inwards Stuttgart World Cup dressage
Second placegetters Kristina Sprehe together with Desperados. © Karl_Heinz Frieler/FEI

First to interruption the seventy per cent barrier were Finland’s Terhi Stegars together with her appealing dark stallion Axis TSF who pose 72.925 on the board. But they were at in 1 lawsuit replaced at the top of the lodge past times the French partnership of Jessica Michel together with Riwera de Hus who scored 73.475.  This Equus caballus oozes ability together with potential, together with the French passenger is clearly growing inwards ring-craft together with courage alongside every outing during her debut flavour at this grade of the sport.

Two horses later, the kickoff of the three-strong High German contingent moved out inwards front end as Uta Graf’s dark stallion, Le Noir, posted a grade of 73.525, but together with so Vilhelmson-Silfven showed that Friday’s 9th placing inwards the Grand Prix was alone a blip as she steered Don Auriello, who is nevertheless alone 10 years old, to a score of 77.300 which actually raised the bar for the residuum of them.

But the winning partnership were to a greater extent than than create to accept that on. From the minute Langehanenberg together with Damon Hill NRW entered the arena they worked seamlessly together.  The stallion showed poise together with elegance inwards passage, together with tremendous beat together with campaign inwards extended trot as he played out his flooring innovation to their novel musical theme.  His canter was large together with bold, together with although he broke into trot instead of canter due to a brief misunderstanding inwards transition after a pirouette, it was clear this would endure a high-scoring test.  As they left the arena the enthusiastic crowd went wild alongside delight, fifty-fifty earlier the novel leading grade of 86.775 was announced.

Italy’s Truppa together with her xi twelvemonth one-time gelding, Eremo del Castegno, posted 80.600 to pose no threat to the leading pair, but the finally of the High German contingent bettered that when Kristina Sprehe together with Desperados FRH were awarded 82.275 at the terminate of a surgical procedure that included closed to lovely moments along alongside closed to slightly over-enthusiastic ones to overtake the Italian for runner-up spot.

And that was how it would stay, despite a thoroughly entertaining exam from the penultimate Danish duo of Sidsel Johansen together with Schianto whose crowd-pleasing qualities were such that their grade of 77.100 was greeted past times noisy disagreement from the spectators.  This xiii twelvemonth one-time gelding showed lots of suspension together with floated through extended trot.  But it was his finally ride upward the centre work that completely captivated the audience – he looked similar he was skipping alongside enjoyment, together with when he drew to a stop the grin on Johansen’s human face upward was as as delightful.

Stuttgart World Cup circular winners Helen Langehaneberg together with Damon Hil High German quinella inwards Stuttgart World Cup dressage
Valentina Truppa together with Eremo de Castegno were third. © Karl_Heinz Frieler/FEI

Their grade left them temporarily inwards 5th place, but when the finally partnership of Imke Schellekens-Bartels together with the massive 12 twelvemonth one-time gelding, Toots, who is, according to his rider, over 1.80cms tall, squeezed inwards ahead of them, the Danish distich had to settle for 6th inwards the finally analysis.

Talking almost the performances the Ground Jury saw,  judge at C, Dr Dieter Schule, said “the touchstone was actually high together with the top riders produced actually adept tests.  We looked at the lineament of the performances, the difficulty of each Freestyle together with how good the horses together with riders worked alongside their music along alongside the technical aspects – together with Helen together with Damon Hill were exceptional,” he said.

Langehanenberg talked almost what Damon Hill has been upward to since the distich helped accept squad silvery for FRG earlier finishing but exterior the private medal placings when 4th inwards the Freestyle at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

“He had a break, going out into the paddock together with hacking together with jogging a bit, together with and so 3 or 4 weeks agone he started dorsum to move in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than together with I’ve been amazed.  It feels at nowadays similar he is doing things, the hard movements, past times himself instead of waiting to endure asked, together with he’s so happy to dorsum competing again. To endure honest it all but feels actually tardily alongside him correct now, he is so active together with so fresh,” she said. “I idea I powerfulness remove keep to motivate him, but after giving me all he had yesterday he was happy to arrive at it in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than today!”

Describing the stallion’s character, she said the affair she likes most almost Damon Hill is “that he e'er fights for me” together with that he is, apparently, super-intelligent. “I’m pretty certain he tin read together with he tin write, he knows just what’s going on all the time, together with of course of report he but loves attention, so he gets lots of it!  In fact he’s sometimes to a greater extent than similar a large Canis familiaris than a horse, he is so affectionate together with friendly.  If he could sit down on the sofa beside yous together with cuddle up, together with so he would!” she said.

He tin await forwards to closed to other interruption earlier returning to the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2012/2013 serial activity inwards Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands inwards January, together with Neumunster, FRG inwards February.  “After that I volition come across how it is looking for qualification for the Reem Acra finally inwards Gothenburg side past times side April,” said the passenger who has at nowadays moved into equal-sixth house on the leaderboard ahead of the side past times side leg of the serial which takes house inwards Stockholm, Sweden on 2 December.

 

Stuttgart World Cup circular winners Helen Langehaneberg together with Damon Hil High German quinella inwards Stuttgart World Cup dressage
FEI Director of Dressage, Trond Asmyr, presents the Reem Acra Trophy to Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg. © FEI/Karl-Heinz Freiler

Result: Damon Hill NRW (Helen Langehanenberg) GER 86.775; 2, Desperados FRH (Kristina Sprehe) GER 82.275; 3, Eremo del Castegno (Valentina Truppa) ITA 80.600; 4, Don Auriello (Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven) SWE 77.300; 5, Toots (Imke Schellekens-Bartels) NED 77.150; 6, Schianto (Sidsel Johansen) DEN 77.100; 7, Le Noir (Uta Graf) GER 73.525; 8, Riwera de Hus (Jessica Michel) FRA 73.475; 9, Akeem Foldager (Joachim Thomsen) DEN 73.325; 10, Axis TSF (Terhi Stegars) FIN 72.925; 11, Uzzo (Patrick van der Meer) NED 71.975; 12, Ekwador (Katarzyna Milczarek) POL 69.550; 13, Smeyers Molberg (Marcela Krinke Susmelj) SUI 65.375;14, Orion (Pia Fortmuller) CAN 64.375; 15, Sini Spirit (Emma Kanerva) FIN 62.725.

 

Standings after Round 3 at Stuttgart (GER):
1. Valentina Truppa ITA  – 52
2. Marcela Krinke Susmelj SUI – 45
3. Kristina Sprehe GER  – 34
4. Edward Gal NED – 33
5. Pia Fortmuller CAN  – 29
6. Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven SWE – 26
6. Helen Langehanenberg GER – 26
8. Sidsel Johansen DEN – 23
9. Karin Kosak AUT – 22
9. Anabel Balkenhol GER – 22
11. Marlies van Baalen NED – 20
11. Stefan Peter AUT – 20
11. Lyndel Oatley AUS – 20
14. Joachim Thomson DEN – 18
14. Jessica Michel FRA – 18

 

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