Ermelo YH: Compliments and sixth place for Henkie and Adelinde
The KWPN-stallion Henkie is finished in sixth place at the World Championships for Young dressage horses. Both Adelinde Cornelissen as well as the Alexandro P-son received lots of compliments and they got 8,8 points in total. The elite mare Haute Couture, presented by Dinja van Liere, finished with 8,3 points in tenth place. The new World Champion is Don Martillo, a Hannovarian registered son of the KWPN bred Don Juan de Hus (s.Jazz).
The KWPN-stallion Henkie (Alexandro P out of Beaujamanda ster by Upperville, breeder G. Hekkert from Wijhe) was ridden by Adelinde Cornelissen to a score of 8,8. Christoph Hess only had words of praise for the walk: “A very good walk, Henkie showed enough groundcover and keeps rhythm and stability. This is what we would like to see in a walk, a 9,2. For the canter we give a 9. This horse has a nice uphill tendency and canters with push. The trot is powerful and uphill, but it could swing more through the body, an 8,5.” Because of some small technical remarks on the transitions, Henkie scored 8,4 for submission. Perspective was rewarded an 8,9.
Haute Couture
Connaisseur-daughter Haute Couture (out of Destiney ster by Krack C) showed a test with a nice uphill tendency. It was a shame that some transitions could have been more from behind. The breeding product of Joop van Uytert from Heerewaarden and A.J.C. Drost from Dreumel had a total of 8,3 point.
True dressage horse
"A true dressage horse with three good gaits that moves nicely uphill”, explained Christoph Hess. “The total picture looks good, very elegant. De mediums were a bit hurried and we had to deduct some points because Haute Couture fell into the canter after the medium trot, an 8,3. In walk the cadence is good, an 8,3. The walk has good cadence and shows good groundcover, an 8,4. The canter should show more jump in collection. But because of the good contact we could still reward it with an 8,5.” Because of the transitions, that should be more through, coming from behind, Haute Couture got an 7,9 for submission. The perspective was rewarded with an 8,4.
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Photo: Dirk Caremans