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AEA Dressage with the Stars 1999 Report by Berni Saunders Pictures by Dolly Van Zaane |
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6 year old Horses - Final |
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for the Final of the Bates Young Dressage Horse Championships: Top 10 horses of the Friday competition - Round 1 will come back for the final on Saturday in the groups below, which were determined by placing's. The final score will be determined as follows:- This will be judged by Harry Boldt, Mariette Withages and Michael Klimke, and workout and format will be the same as on Friday. The first group in the final ten was: Tjandamurra ridden by Rob Clay put in a very polished performance with lovely shoulder in and travers movements. The horse is up in front for most of the work. Mariette Withages commented that Tjandamurra was a very pleasant hunter type with 3 good paces and the judges awarded him with 730 points. Synergy with Charlotte (Scarlet) Nordgren aboard did not look well enough developed to be 'on equal ground' with this lot. Mariette Withages remarked that he was a sweet ladies horse which can improve more with more muscle development. The judges awarded him 690 Paparazzi with Michelle Buckley aboard showed some resistance into the bridle. Mariette Withages said that the judges liked the horse's paces in particular the canter, but today had some rideability problems. His score 710 EGO Gauss with owner rider Mark Kloonan worked similarly to the previous session and Mariette Withages noted that this was a nice horse that needed more time The score 650 In the second group: Simply the Best ridden yesterday by owner Anne Smith and today with Charlotte Stibbard aboard. Michael Klimke commented on the horse's very good movement and extended trot, he thought that the head and neck were at time a little too high. He said of this group that Simply the Best was just that and he received 780 from the judges. Sienna Tailor Made the Anglo Arab ridden by young rider Lisa Seamer. Michael Klimke expressed the judges concerns that the horse was hurrying too much in the extended trot and was downhill in the canter. He also suggested that the rider tries to develop a longer neck. 670 was the collective judges score. Glendin Brae Shine and Katrina Warne did well and Michael Klimke remarked that the horse while a very nice type was just a baby and not yet developed enough. 700 was the score. The third group began with Rituel ridden by Iveke
Van Gerven.
Hayley Beresford was awarded a special prize for the best rider at the competition, and won a Bates Saddle. Well done Hayley. (in 1997 National Saddle Horse Championships, Hayley was awarded the National Champion Rider, she rode Catherine Shelley's lovely mare Oktavia) Michael Klimke rides the top three Donna Carrera - Michael Says ... I enjoyed myself and loved riding the mare, she did everything. I tried passage and she tried hard. 900 is the mark for rideability. Simply the Best - Michael says ... Very good feeling with forward but problems in the neck - he went down. He needs to be more independent from hand. 840
Rituel - Michael says ... I enjoyed riding this horse , he could start figures.. tense and resistance to hand but this is because he is working Prix St. George - Top horse for the future 880 for rideability. When all of the
previous sessions were totalled up the winner of the 6 year old class |
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Donna Carrera ridden
by Heath Ryan as a stand in for his owner and regular rider Susie
Duddy. 
Heatherton Park Galactic
ridden by Hayley Beresford. As noted in the report on
the First Round, Hayley did a wonderful job to make the most a bad draw - between
two 'slow coaches' she used her head and got out to show her horse off, to
perfection. The final round ride was equally accomplished with Galactic striding out
and completely holding his own in such ''high profile' company. The horse has a very
good trot and canter but the walk was missing through tension. Galactic really showed his
nerves towards the end of the routine with some huge rears and plunges, but this gave
Hayley the chance to show just what SHE is made of.
