2000 CDIO Aachen
The Grand Prix Special was Nadine Capellmann's big break-through with her 10-year-old Westphalian gelding Farbenfroh. The chestnut's most divine trait is his front leg.
While the hind legs moves with nice impulsion, it are the front legs which are absolutely extra-terrestrial. In the extended trot the front legs come almost horizontally and in the piaffe and passage, the knees reach higher than the chest. Capellmann scored 77.95% and won the Special.
The Freudentanzer-son is now her first choice for the Olympics and the pair has been scheduled to go into quarantine in August. Simons-De Ridder was again second (77.16%) and Isabell Werth ended third (76.56%) on her spooky Gigolo.
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