There were little surprises to the Finals of the 2019 Danish Young Horse Championships at Blue Hors stud in Randbol, Denmark, on Sunday 13 October 2019: three out of four winners of the warm-up round reigned supreme in the finals. In the 7-year old division Hesselhoj's Donkey Boy edged out World Champion D'Avie.
Kardieno, Queenparks Wendy, Revolution, and Hesselhoj's Donkey Boy earned the National Young Horse Champion's title by topping the leader board in the Final round.
Twenty-one 4-year olds, fifteen 5 and 6-year olds and ten 7-year olds made it to the finals through the warm-up/qualification round on Friday and Saturday. Taking a look at the pedigrees, sire Grand Galaxy Win dominated the 4-year old division, Sezuan the 5-year olds and 6-year olds (sharing 2 offspring in the top 10 with Bon Bravour) and Blue Hors Zack in the 7-year old division.
In the 4-year old division Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard and Andreas Helgstrand and stutteri EVO's Dutch warmblood stallion Kardieno (by Dante Weltino x Parcival) reconfirmed their winning form and judges Leif Tornblad, Dennis Fisker and Kurt Christensen rewarded the black stallion with 9.22 points. The horse got 9 for walk and trot, 9.8 for canter, 8.5 for rideability and 9.8 for potential. The second and third place were newcomers to the top. Silver medal winning Anders Sjobeck Hoeck and Highfive Fuglsang (by Grand Galaxy Win x De Niro) made a stellar surge on the board from 12th place in the warm-up to second in the finals. Owned by the Dahlseng family, Highfive earned 9 for walk, 9.3 for trot, 8.5 for canter, 9 for rideability, and 9.2 for potential to total 9.00 points. Michael Sogaard and Marie Tolstrup's mare Diva Lyng (by Damon Hill x Hotline) scored the bronze on 8.82 points. She made a push for power, going from 11th place in the warm up to 3rd in the Finals after receiving 8.8 for walk, 8.5 for trot, 9 for canter and rideability and 8.8 for potential.
There were little changes in the top three in the 5-year old Finals, but it was mare power that reigned supreme as Bolette Wandt's Queenparks Wendy (by Sezuan x Blue Hors Soprano) beat Cathrine Rasmussen's world champion Jovian (by Apache x Tango). Both ridden by Andreas Helgstrand, Wendy and Jovian were on each other's heels. Wendy earned 9 for walk, 9.2 for trot, 10 for canter, 9.8 for rideability and 10 for potential to finish first on 9.6 points, while Jovian got 8.2 for walk, 10 for trot and canter, 9.2 for rideability and 10 for potential. He ranked second with 9.480 points. Spanish Severo Jurado Lopez and the Swedish warmblood stallion Springbank II (by Skovens Rafael x De Niro) was third with 9.340 points. Hennix & Helgstrand's liver chestnut stallion got 8.8 for walk, 9.6 for trot, 9.8 for canter, 9 for rideability and 9.5 for potential. Judges Susanne Baarup, Dennis Fisker and Grethe Keller officiated.
In the 6-year old division Andreas Helgstrand and the Rhinelander stallion Revolution (by Rocky Lee x Rouletto) freewheeled to the victory with 9.60 points, leaving all competition miles behind them. The 2019 World Championships silver medal winner earned in Denmark 9 for walk, 10 for trot and canter, 9 for rideability and 10 for potential. This is Revolution's third, consecutive Danish Young Horse Champion's title. Anette Ejlersgaard and the stallion Baunehojens Carpaccio (by Charmeur x White Talisman) became the reserve champions with 8.94 points. The bay got 8.7 for walk, and 9 for trot, canter, rideability and potential. The bronze went to Selina Solberg Vittinghus aboard Kristine Munch Sinding's Atterupgaards Delorean (by Bon Bravour x Sandro Hit). This pair got 7.8 for walk, 10 for trot, 8.7 for canter, and 9 for rideability and potential to finish third with 8.90 points.
Only in the 7-year old division a new winner surfaced at the top. Not the leader from the warm-up round, World Champion D'Avie, but World Championship silver medal winning Hesselhoj's Donkey Boy earned highest honour. Jan Moller Christensen and Kirsten Andresen's bay stallion (by ERA Dancing Hit x Milan) won the class with 87.872 points. The long legged bay earned the highest marks for his gaits and rideability (10 for walk and trot, 9 for canter, 9.2 for rideability and 9.8 for potential) and got the second highest technical score of 79.744 points. Christensen and Donkey Boy achieved an extraordinary feat, winning the title four years in a row! Severo Jurado Lopez and Andreas Helgstrand's Hanoverian D'Avie (by Don Juan de Hus x Londonderry) scored the silver with 87.549 points. The gorgeous chestnut received 8.8 for walk, 10 for trot, 9.5 for canter, 9 for rideability and 9.8 for potential from judges Bjarne Nielsen, Susanne Baarup and Jesper Holt Hansen. The pair had the best technical score of 80.897 points. The bronze medal went to Blue Hors stud rider Nanna Skodborg Merrald aboard Blue Hors Zirrus (by Zack x Donnerhall). They received 8.5 for walk, 7.9 for trot, 8.2 for canter, 8.5 for rideabiliity and 8.4 for potential. With a 75.256 technical score, Merrald and Zirrus finished third with 79.128 points.
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Results - 2019 Danish Young Horse Championships
4-year olds (top 10)
- 1. Thomas Sigtenbjerggaard - Kardieno (by Dante Weltino x Parcival) - 9 9 9.8 8.5 9.8 --- 9.22
- 2. Anders Sjøbeck Hoeck - Highfive Fuglsang (by Grand Galaxy Win x De Niro) - 9.3 9 8.5 9 9.2 --- 9.00
- 3. Michael Søgaard - Diva Lyng (by Damon Hill x Hotline) - 8.5 8.8 9 9 8.8 --- 8.82
- 4. Rikke Dupont - Nova (by Grand Galaxy Win x Romanov ) - 9 7.2 10 9 8.8 --- 8.80
- 5. Mette Sejbjerg Jensen - Kremlin MD (by Governor x Rousseau) - 8.5 8.6 9 8.7 8.8 --- 8.72
- 6. Ditte Mikkelsen - Hedelunds Anakin (y Apache x Hotline) - 8 9.5 8.2 8.8 8.5 --- 8.60
- 7. Allan Grøn - Hesselhojs Gnags (by Grand Galaxy Win x Tailormade Lancelot) - 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.8 8.5 --- 8.52
- 8. Mette Sejbjerg Jensen - Nobelle (by Negro x Future Cup) - 8.2 8.2 8.4 9 8.5 --- 8.46
- 9. Silje Bakken - Sweetness (by Blue Hors St. Schufro x Tailormade Lancelot) - 8 9 8.5 8.2 8.2 --- 8.38
- 10 . Jan Møller Christensen - Mollegardens Dancer (by Dimaggio x Bogelys Camaro ) - 8.2 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.3 --- 8.34
5-year olds
- 1. Andreas Helgstrand - Queenparks Wendy (by Sezuan x Soprano) - 9.2 9 10 9.8 10 --- 9.600
- 2. Andreas Helgstrand - Jovian (by Apache x Tango) - 10 8.2 10 9.2 10 --- 9.480
- 3. Severo Jurado López - Springbank II (by Skovens Rafael x De Niro) - 9.6 8.8 9.8 9 9.5 --- 9.340
- 4. Cathrine Dufour - Straight Horse Don Zuan (by Zack x Don Schufro) - 9.5 9.5 8.8 9 9.2 --- 9.200
- 5. Meike Lang - Elverhojs Raccolto (by Sezuan x Sandro Hit) - 9 8 9.5 9.6 9 --- 9.020
- 6. Cathrine Dufour - Eternity (by Escolar x Sir Donnerhall) - 9.8 7.5 9.2 9 9 --- 8.900
- 7. Søren Wind - Joshua (by Sezuan x Voice) - 9.8 7 9 8.2 8.5 --- 8.500
- 8. Sanne Henningsen - Severis Jody (by Johnson x Weltmeyer) - 8.1 10 8 8 8.3 --- 8.480
- 9. Maria Falkner Hansen - Damon Gold OLD (by Damon Hill x Furst Romancier ) - 8.5 8.3 9 8 8.5 --- 8.460
- 10. Sandra Kudahl Kærgaard - Baunehojs Chopin (by Charmeur x Hohenstein) - 8.2 9 8.3 8.2 8.5 --- 8.440
6-year olds
- 1. Andreas Helgstrand - Revoltuon (by Rocky Lee x Rouletto) - 10 9 10 9 10 --- 9.60
- 2. Anette Ejlersgaard - Baunehojens Carpaccio (by Charmeur x White Talisman) - 9 8.7 9 9 9 --- 8.94
- 3. Selina Solberg Vittinghus - Atterupgaards Delorean (by Bon Bravour x Sandro Hit) 10 7.8 8.7 9 9 --- 8.90
- 4. Nadja Aaboe Sloth - Favour Gersdorf (by Foundation x Leandro) - 8.7 9 8.7 8.8 8.8 --- 8.80
- 5. Lotte Wiuff Straarup - Bournonville (by Bon Bravour x Loudini) - 9 9.2 8.3 8.5 8.8 --- 8.76
- 6. Pernille Elten Sigsgaard - Mogelvang Ferrari (by Sezuan x Come Back II) - 8.5 8.8 8 7.5 8.4 --- 8.24
- 7. Malene Kohlschmidt Ebbesen - L'Adonna SIL (by L'Espoir x De Noir) - 8 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.2 --- 8.22
- 8. Mette Sejbjerg Jensen - Mio FS (by Floricello x Hertug) - 8.7 7.8 8.3 8 8.2 --- 8.20
- 9. Sanne Glargaard - Fleurie (by Furstenball x Onassis) - 8.2 9 7.6 7.8 8 --- 8.12
- 10. Susanne Barnow - Siena (by Sezuan x Stedinger) - 7.7 7.5 8.3 8.5 8 --- 8.00
7-year olds
- 1. Jan Møller Christensen - Hesselhoj's Donkey Boy (by ERA Dancing Hit x Milan) - 10 10 9 9.2 9.8 - 96.000 -- 7 79.744 --- 87.872
- 2. Severo Jurado López - D'Avie (by Don Juan de Hus x Londonderry) - 10 8.8 9.5 9 9.8 - 94.200 -- 780.897 --- 87.549
- 3. Nanna Skodborg Merrald - Blue Hors Zirrus (by Zach x Donnerhall) - 7.9 8.5 8.2 8.5 8.4 - 83.000 -- 7 75.256 --- 79.128
- 4. Nanna Skodborg Merrald - Blue Hors Zalabaster (by Zack x Alabaster) - 8.2 8 8.5 8.8 8.6 - 84.200 -- 7 73.462 --- 78.831
- 5. Anna Zibrandtsen - UNO Don Olympic (by Don Olymbrio L x Del Piero) - 8.7 9 7.8 7.3 8.3 - 82.200 -- 7 68.333 --- 75.267
- 6. Meike Lang - Icing for U (by Ampere x Bocelli) - 8.5 7.5 8 7.2 8 - 78.400 -- 7 70.769 --- 74.585
- 7. Joachim Chr. Thomsen - Vichy Pax (by Vivaldi x White Magic) - 7.9 8.3 7.8 7.2 7.6 - 77.600 -- 7 67.051 --- 72.326
- 8. Frederico Mexia de Almeida - High Hefner (by Breezer x Lord Sinclair) - 8 8.5 7.9 6.5 7.8 - 77.400 -- 766.410 --- 71.905
- 9. Anne Sofie Aaen - Fursten Flame (by Furstenball x Weltmeyer) - 8.2 5 7.5 7.8 7.2 - 71.400 -- 7 65.000 --- 68.200
- Susanne Krohn - Titolas (by Totilas x Stedinger) - RET
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