FINAL TEAM DRESSAGE
RESULTS:
Germany, Spain, US, Ned, Denmark, Sweden, GB, Austria, Canada, Switzerland. (top 4 seperated by a little more than 3 points in the end.)
BREEDS COMPETING
AT THE 2004 OLYMPICS IN TEAM DRESSAGE
The following HANOVERIANS
dominated AT THE 2004 OLYMPICS in Team Dressage competition; other breeds of
those televised follows.
(f) indicates that
they made the top 25 and thus will be in the individual competition—this includes the Dutch, German, 2 of Spanish and
the US teams, as expected.
Alphabetically:
---Active Wallaru—13
yo Hann gelding; Nicole McGivern; GB thinks this may be the best dressage horse they have ever had. EXC. elevation on piaffe and passage; extensions; upright; self-carriage and elegant. VERY steady. Needs some work at piaffe.
f---Barclay II—Hann
gelding--full brother to Brentina; Ned; Sven Rothenberger.
f---Brentina—13
yo Hann liv ch mare; Deborah McDonald USA; team silver at 2002 WEG, 4th individually. Mare
purchased at auction in Germany in 1994. 73.375% in 2004 Olympic Team Dressage competition.
f-- Beauvalais; 17 yo Hann gelding; Beatriz Ferrer-Salal;Spain; won the individual Silver
at 2002 World Equestrian Games and Team Bronze.
VERY NICE—esp
balance hock and knee.
2004 Olympics--Placed
second individually after the Team Dressage.
---Espirit de Valdemar—18yo
Hann gelding—Denmark; Exc. passage; lots of hock flexion at extension; piaffe not so even.
f---Lancet—11yo
Hann stallion--Anke S; Ned; reserve; riding due to injury of leading team horse. Exc use of hock and hind fetlock at the passage-piaffe,
tho not much elevation. Same in extensions, with lots of free shoulder.
--Louis—12yo
ch w four wh feet Hann stallion; ridden by German Gerta Lehman 24yo first Os—2003 obtained Greek citizenship in order
to represent Greece. Late on zig zag changes; not much piaffe.
f--Salinero—10
yo Hann gelding; Ned “superstar” Anky van Grunsven’s new young horse. Bolted twice in test, however nice horse.
f--Weltall—10
yo Hann gelding; Martin Schaut of Germany; placed third at Aachen this year to qualify for team. His second Olympics.
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Others:
Spain—Lusitanio; Andalusian
f--Dover USA—Wadenwurternberg-15yo gelding Kennedy
f--Kemmer, Helke—Germany—Bonaparte—breed
not given; ch; grinds teeth; exc. frame and extensions; Ulle student. Nice passage; minimal piaffe. Had horse since a foal; first Os.71.9
f--Schmidt H.—Wansuela
Suerte—Hann—mare--commentators said was purchased at the same auction as Brentina.
German reserve rider, first O. (Renoir/Linsenhoff did not do well at Aachen). Long backed, high behind, shortish neck; nice hip
tho.
f--Salzgeber, Ulla--Rusty—Latvian
warmblood 18yo; will retire after this year. Controversial year…Ger eliminated
her for testosterone in blood at World Cup 2003. Wringing tail; flexion however
not even at piaffe (commentator—ext good, weakness is piaffe).
f--Seidel—USA—Aragon—9yo Bavarian warmblood
st.;grey; EXTREME tail wringer at every movement tho symmetric. Did have some self-carriage.
f--Wilcox—USA-Oldenburg--Relevant
5
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??Iracus—14
yo Dutch warmblood stallion--Ned rider—dau of 2000 team member—reserve rider; very upright; however not clear
if tongue between front teeth. Smooth.
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GOING INTO INDIVIDUAL
COMPETITION:
1.Ulla—78.208—Lat
Wmbld
2.Spains Ferrer-Salat—74.667--H
3. Anky van Grunsven,
Ned, on Salinero—74.208--H
4. Weltall—Ger—73.417--H
5. Brentina-US-73.375—H
R.Dover—9th
G.Seidel—16
L.Wilcox—18
