Dujardin and Valegro shine at Olympia
On a nighttime when nerves were genuinely tested yesteryear the closed confines of the arena, the pure degree of the 2012 Olympic private in addition to squad gilded medalists shone through every bit Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin in addition to Valegro topped the 5th leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage serial at Olympia inward London.
The Grand Hall at this prestigious venue is aptly named, but it is a real snug jibe for the dressage yell at the Christmas fixture which attracts packed houses throughout a hectic calendar week of neat sport.
As Dujardin pointed out, “at the Olympics in that location were 24,000 spectators watching, but they were a long agency away. Here this night it was real different, they were hence closed y'all could require heed them breathing!” she said after claiming pole seat amongst a score of 87.950.
Runner-up amongst a score of 80.075 was double FEI World Cup Dressage champion Isabell Werth from Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany whose functioning amongst the 11-year-old Don Johnson FRH left her good pleased. And it was Dujardin’s trainer in addition to mentor, Carl Hester, who lined upward 3rd amongst a score of 79.900. It was an emotional nighttime for the Briton who shared the overstep stride of the squad podium at London 2012 amongst his 26 twelvemonth onetime pupil, because Hester was riding Utopia for the real in conclusion time. “He’ll hold upward sold inward the novel year,” the passenger confirmed.
There were neat expectations ahead of this 5th leg of the series. And when Dujardin in addition to her 10-year-old wonder-horse produced some other inward her long listing of basis tape scores when posting 84.447 to win Mon night’s FEI Grand Prix, hence it seemed anything could hap again. But the FEI World Cup Dressage Freestyle tape of 92.3 laid yesteryear The Netherlands’ Edward Gal in addition to the fabulous stallion Totilas at Olympia iii years agone was never threatened despite some neat efforts.
Imke Schellekens-Bartels in addition to her massive 12 twelvemonth onetime gelding Toots made their canter pirouettes human face real slowly as the Dutch couplet took the atomic number 82 amongst a score of 74.875 when 7th of the fifteen horse-and-rider partnerships to receive got their turn. But it was the the 79.900 posted yesteryear Hester in addition to Uthopia that they were chasing every bit the in conclusion tranche of riders got nether way.
The supreme showman described his functioning every bit “a neat in conclusion ride”. He said: “I wasn’t emotional coming in, I was quite looking frontward to it, but when I finished, y'all sort of larn the feeling for what the horses receive got done for British dressage, hence I did experience emotional coming out. It was a stress-free, enjoyable ride,” he said.
British dressage has indeed been through an extraordinary menses of alter in addition to amazing success inward recent years, amongst Hester at the real ticker of it. Looking dorsum at his spectacular partnership amongst the 11-year-old stallion Uthopia he pointed out that, “the conception ever was that he was to hold upward sold, but I arrive at ever similar to recall that I was lucky to go along the Equus caballus for hence long”.
He was followed into the yell yesteryear fellow-Briton Michael Eilberg, who is boy of world-famous passenger in addition to trainer Ferdi Eilberg, in addition to who gave an first-class draw concern human relationship of himself amongst a score of 76.225 from the promising greyish mare Half Luna Delphi, which would eventually house them fifth.
But it was Isabell Werth who took dominance amongst a lovely exam from Don Johnson FRH amongst but v left to go. On their initiative off outing inward the electrical flow series, the High German partnership showed ability in addition to symmetry that was rewarded amongst the novel leading score of 80.075 to pose it upward to the remaining four.
Reigning World Champion Edward Gal overcame some real tense moments to present extravagant extended canter in addition to lovely canter pirouettes for a score of 74.050 earlier Dujardin raised the bar to a whole novel level.
Valegro was also on edge, amongst a nervous minute but earlier entering the arena. “Something spooked him coming in,” Dujardin explained afterwards. “It messed upward the whole beginning, but he settled downwardly inward canter. The changes in addition to extensions are quite tough for horses when that happens, but I was really real happy amongst them every bit it turned out,” she said.
And hence were the bulk of the Ground Jury, every bit she was awarded iii maximum scores of 10 marks for her initiative off extended trot along amongst 2 to a greater extent than for the one-tempi changes in addition to iii farther overstep scores for her one-tempi canterwork.
Sweden’s Minna Telde followed amongst a rigid 77.050 from the brave one-eyed dark stallion Santana who would draw upward fourth, earlier Denmark’s Sidsel Johansen in addition to Schianto brought the degree to a closed amongst some other charming endeavour from Schianto to slot into sixth.
But in that location was no uncertainty virtually the forcefulness of the winning partnership: “It was a neat agency to complete the year,” Dujardin said. “I’ve done what I wanted to arrive at hither in conclusion year.”
She has no farther plans for Valegro at present. “We volition sit down downwardly in addition to run into what’s going to hap inward January. He (Valegro) may hold upward sold on, but nosotros are hoping to larn a portion of him in addition to I’m hoping to go along the ride,” she said.
Werth said “my Christmas introduce is done because nosotros did 2 real skillful tests, in addition to today was fifty-fifty ameliorate than yesterday. My Equus caballus has improved a lot over the in conclusion vi months in addition to I promise it volition larn on similar this but nosotros receive got to go real difficult to musical rhythm out the British again! To complete 2nd twice amongst a immature Equus caballus – I didn’t human face it. And to sit down betwixt 2 Olympic champions is a really skillful feeling for me,” said the gracious runner-up whose ain collection of Olympic medals is non inconsiderable.
While Dujardin in addition to Hester are non planning whatever farther participation inward the World Cup series, Werth volition locomote to the side yesteryear side leg inward Amsterdam inward January. “I receive got to arrive at that if I desire to receive got a jeopardy to larn to the Final,” she said. And inward Olympia she took the initiative off large stride on the route to Gothenburg, Sweden where she recorded the initiative off of her 2 FEI World Cup Dressage serial victories twenty years ago.
FEI Dressage Director, Trond Asmyr said it was the initiative off twelvemonth that the qualifying events had been reduced to eight: “to larn to a greater extent than attending some the shows nosotros have. There has been real skillful participation inward the Western European League.
“When nosotros had this procedure to cut back the numbers, nosotros went through all the shows to run into how they are in addition to nosotros are real happy that nosotros made the right choice to receive got it hither inward Olympia where the atmosphere is fantastic. Congratulations to the riders in addition to to the horses, without them nosotros wouldn’t hold upward here”.
Result:
1, Valegro (Charlotte Dujardin) GBR 87.975;
2, Don Johnson FRH (Isabell Werth) GER 80.075;
3, Uthopia (Carl Hester) GBR 79.9;
4, Santana (Minna Telde) SWE 77.050;
5, Half Luna Delphi (Michael Eilberg) GBR 76.225;
6, Schianto (Sidsel Johansen) DEN 76.200;
7, Toots (Imke Schellekens-Bartels) NED 74.875;
8, Glock’s Undercover (Edward Gal) NED 74.050;
9, Pasoa (Nikki Crisp) GBR 72.950;
10, Pro-Set (Lillann Jebsen) NOR 71.975;
11, Vradin (Simon Misiaen) BEL 70.650;
12, World Performance Washington (Luis Principe) POR 70.575;
13, BMC Miciano (Marlies van Baalen) NED 70.350;
14, Sandro Boy (Lyndal Oatley) AUS 69.900;
15, Weltzin (Hannah Biggs) GBR 68.450.
Standings after Round 5 at Olympia:
1. Valentina Truppa ITA – 52
2. Kristin Sprehe GER – 51
3. Tinne Wilhelmsson Silfven SWE – 46
4. Marcela Krinke Susmelj SUI – 44
5. Edward Gal NED – 42
6. Minne Telde SWE – 37
7. Sidsel Johansen DEN – 34
8. Patrik Kittel SWE – 30
8. Anna Kasprzak DEN – 30
10. Pia Fortmuller CAN – 28
11. Helen Langehanenberg GER – 26
12. Marlies van Baalen NED – 24
13. Lyndal Oatley AUS – 23
14. Imke Schellekens-Bartels NED – 22
14. Anabel Balkenhol GER – 22
14. Karin Kosak AUT – 22
17. Stefan Peter AUT – 20
17. Charlotte Dujardin GBR – 20
19. Joachim Thomson DEN – 18
19. Lillann Jebsen NOR – 18
19. Jessica Michel FRA – 18
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