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| Competition 5 - Medium 4E - Sat. 27th Oct. - Page 4 | |||||||||||||
Getting down to the final few in the Medium 4E test. |
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APH Suzette - a
lovely mare by the imported Trakehner stallion Zwion (now in New Zealand). This mare
is a very nice type, but in most of the work that I saw the horse was not engaged and,
with hind legs out the back, she lacked lightness and collection. The judges marks
suggest that they too saw a basic fault. On the positive ... there is alot to like
about Suzette, and attention to this fault will produce a much better result.
Good luck. A score of 55.56 saw tyhem at 25th position. |
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Greenoaks Legend
and Heath Ryan. This superb imported gelding by Le Beau, did the best test that I saw all weekend - and without taking anything away from Greenoaks Dundee, I felt that there should have been a much greater difference between the marks from this test and second place! |
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Greenoaks Legend - the only mistake was one flying change which was slightly late behind - at this level - no a tragedy! | ||||||||||||
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Heath Ryan is riding so well - they tell me that he has been working very closely with Harry Boldt - and if anyone has the experience to help Australian riders, surely it is Harry Boldt. (he is our Assistant National Coach) | ||||||||||||
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I must apologise
for being so indulgent with my pictures of Legend - I was dazzled by this performance and
I hope that you can see why! They scored 67.89% for first place (I could have understood 75% for this test ... and still wondered where Heath & Legend lost the other 25% of the marks?) |
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Kelara Chablis and
Jodie Dunstan from NSW - this combination are frequent visitors to Victoria for
competitions held at Werribee Park. Chablis is an Arabian/Warmblood gelding and was bred by Victorian A Level judge Robert Hammond,from Ballarat. |
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Kelara Chablis and
Jodie Dunstan - I have seen this combination do a much more flowing test - but that is
horses ... often it is not easy to get the best work when it is most important ... and
today the test had a little too much resistance into the bridle. They scored 57.78% for 18th place.
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Tristar and Di
Perkins. Yet another by the dressage supersire Ludendorf. Tristar, pictured here with the gear checker, has exceptionally good paces and performed very well. They scored 58.89% for 13th place. |
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