By Anette Sånesson / SWB (translation by Hillevi Brasch)
Photography: © Roland Thunholm
This year's Falsterbo Horse Show has now concluded, with Swedish Warmblood horses triumphant in the dressage classes. Falsterbo presents the first young horse finals of the year, and the classes are open to all Warmblood studbooks.
It is also here that the first nominations of the Swedish participants for the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses (WBCYH) are selected. In three of the four age-group finals – four-, five-, and seven-year-olds – SWB horses claimed the top three places.
This was the first appearance on the big stage for the four-year-old horses, and among the 12 finalists, 11 were Swedish Warmbloods. Six of them had been awarded premiums as three-year-olds, and two were approved stallions. The class winners were Jennifer Svensson and the stallion Santorio (Vivaldon), bred and owned by Jennifer’s parents, Rigmor and Johnny Svensson. They have been successful breeders of sport horses since the 1970s with a large and successful stallion station on their farm in Ronneby in southern Sweden.
The judges praised Santorio for his excellent gaits and awarded high scores of 9.2 and 9.0 for general impression and his prospects for the future, respectively. Notably, Jennifer also rode his half-brother, the approved stallion Sibelius, in the CDI3*, to finish fifth in the Grand Prix.
In second place in the four-year-old class was another approved stallion, Indium ts (Ironman H), ridden by Matilda Aldrin, while in third place was KS Frank Sinatra (Franklin), ridden by Lovisa Wessblad, both horses showcasing good gaits and excellent rideability.
Among the five-year-old dressage horses, Lina Dolk and Hpnotiq MJ (Springbank II VH) claimed a well-deserved victory, followed by Hawards Jesse James (Blue Hors Zackerey) ridden by Linn Larsson, and Soretto (Blue Hors St. Schufro) ridden by Yvonne Österholm. The top horses presented lovely gaits with a wide range and, most importantly, excellent rideability. The quality of the finalists was high, and among the eight SWB horses participating in the five-year-old final, four had been awarded premiums in dressage at the young horse tests, and two were approved stallions... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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