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Andreas' father Ulf Helgstrand (president of the Danish Equestrian Federation) waves to a friend

Emmelie Scholtens and boyfriend Jeroen Witte (son of horse dealer Nico Witte) guide Astrix to the show ring for the prize giving ceremony

Emmelie Scholtens and Astrix :: Photo © Astrid Appels

Uta Gräf on Damon Jerome H (by Damon Hill out of a Guy Laroche (Trakehner) dam)

Andreas Helgstrand and Torveslettens Stamina in 2010 :: Photo © Astrid Appels

Peter Ejlersgaard, husband of Annette Ejlersgaard (big sponsor of Andreas Helgstrand and an FEI rider herself)

Danish judge Susanne Baarup replaced Elisabeth Max-Theurer on the panel of judges as the latter was not allowed to judge the 5-year old Finals with her employee Kira Wulferding riding in it

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In the preliminary test Graf and Damon Jerome H were third. Nice prize giving photo

Wendy Christoff and Pfalstaff at the 2010 CDIO Aachen :: Photo © Astrid Appels

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Swedish Susanne Gielen and Gestut Flyinge's Belamour (by Belissimo M x Weltmeyer) were the first riders to go and got drenched by rain showers.

Dutch Gerdine Maree and Ziesto (by Lancet) lacked some pizzazz today to score really high. The tempo was too slow and the electricity was not there. Still, this horse has tons of FEI potential. Promising for the future!

It was all too promising in the preliminary round in which Anne Svanberg and Deja (by Silvano x Don Schufro) finished third. Four poor flying changes in the Finals made the lovely combination drop to 10th place.

German Esther Maruhn and the Hanoverian Watulele (by Wolkenstein II x Frappant) closed the ranks in 15th place with 7.26. Irregularities in the rhythm in trot reduced the score. The walk pirouettes were ace

Austrian Saskia Lieben-Seutter waves to the crowds after she wraps up her ride on Du Soleil (by De Niro)

Angela Fromming and the other judges (Markowski, Loriston-Clarke, Max-Theurer) did a great job judging the 6-year old Finals!

The beautiful face of KWPN stallion Zhivago

Jessica Werndl and the drop dead gorgeous Redford (by Rosentau x Escudo) tied with Honnerups Driver in 12th place. They scored high with the walk and trot, but struggled with the changes.

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Blickpunkt was discovered as a foal by Ulf Möller (who is handling him here). He was trained at Hof Kasselmann and Italian Grand Prix rider Silvia Rizzo bought full ownership of the horse at the 2008 P.S.I. Auction

Andreas Helgstrand and UNO Donna Unique, 6-year old World Champions

The best performing Dutch pair was Lynn Maas & the KWPN gelding Zamora (by Krack C x Farrington). Maas presented the gelding in a lovely frame but the chestnut lacked some engagement from behind in canter. The trot and walk were solid