The first rider was Canadian but I don’t recall her name. The second rider was Endel Ots. Sabine Schut-Kerry was the third.
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One was the commentator from Thursday.
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Is anyone else having trouble with the VOD of the Grand Prix?
Her horse is a 5 year old stallion by Totilas out of a Donnerhall mare. I think he’s going to be pretty special!
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Congratulations to Isabel Werth!!!
As much as I admire Isabel Werth I cannot get on board with the high scores. The last 2 times I’ve seen her compete I actually thought her horse looked off.
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did you see her ride today?? You seem to be a person who assumes things without really knowing it… By the way I thought Laura Graves and Carl Hester were amazing as well, but Isabel Werth was winning for a reason. I recommend to watch the rides…
they are on Youtube already…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMmjLFz6Zw
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Did anybody else notice the really long feet on Glocks Voice? Lots of heel and toe length.
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Yes!
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Off in what way? Specifically.
I miss Valegro! 
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I did see the ride, I didn’t think it was all that and a bag of chips. As to your next comment I will leave you with this - bip bip bip bip bip. It makes as much sense as your snarky statement.
Can’t be specific, not a vet, just think his hind end looks wonky at times. Of course it’s hard to see his rear leg action when his tail is swishing so much. I wonder if that is from heavy spurring? Don’t know, just wasn’t an attractive test to me.
On the other hand I think Graves rode beautifully. jmho so don’t get wring your tail mannio.
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by the way, it was not a he but a her…
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I really liked Isabell and Laura’s rides (although I don’t think Isabell’s was a 90 % ride but that’s just me expecting something more spectacular for 90 %). However, I just can’t for the life of me understand what the judges see in Carl Hester’s horse. Yes, Carl is an amazing rider but Nip Tuck looks so… I don’t know, average to me. He doesn’t really appear to have any extensions and the piaffe is a bit weird, like he’s walking with his front and trotting with his hind end.
Of the others, Du Soleil had some amazing trot extensions and Mister X really knows how to passage and piaffe. I really like that Judy Reynolds has such a difficult choreography but I think the first two minutes of it were so busy that the quality of their work suffered a bit.
My two cents about the rides. And I did not go, I only watched FEI TV, so maybe I wasn’t able to catch everything.
I confess that I love love Du Soleil. This horse is just an amazing beautiful horse. From the standpoint of a breeder, thats, what I would like to breed…
Also I loved the Dutch Rider with Cennin. She is a very elegant rider and it was fun to watch her.
And of course I also simply love Carl Hester. He rode a horse which was clearly trained beautifully and in a way they are an amazing team. Also he was smart and rode all the difficult things to get points for it. And also he is such a nice guy.
I also liked Judy Reynolds and Vancouver, They have been my favorites for several years now and I am happy that they are doing so well.
Another one of my favorites is Kasey Perry-Glass and her Diamond Hit son. They are a beautiful team. And whats not to like about Laura Graves. Her story is a fairy tale and she deserves every bit of it for all her dedication and hard work and it is amazing to watch her managing her impressive horse.
But I still think Isabel Werth was a very deserving winner. I simply adore her horse (of course also because my Sandy has exactly the same breeding ) She is elegant, has an amazing rhythm and carries herself from behind very well. She is such a well rounded beautiful horse. In the piaffe its perfectly balanced. And maybe Isabel Werth is not the most elegant rider in the world, but I love her dedication and hard work.
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No. Maybe a little longish but not out of proportion. I saw him up close in the warm up.
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Loved watching the tests posted on YouTube. So very happy they are up. I thought Isabel and Laura’s tests were both very good and winner could have gone either way for me… But didn’t think there should have been a 5 point spread. (But not a judge so what do I know!)
I thought Voices hind hooves looked funny but thought it was the video quality and his markings. What drew my attention to it was his piaffe, which to me had a sort of funny backward flip to the hind limb. My thought was it was a quirk of the horse and how he interpreted piaffe when he learned.
I went with my daughter who won Spectator Judging. We sat behind E. All the top rides we agreed with on placing but how many points we differed a lot with the Judges. But it was great fun! I do have a question about Steffen Peters and the amount of collection of Rosamunde. Was that too much collection for the piaffe where she was very close on her steps and looking like a horse getting ready to do an “air above the ground”. Not enough forward? Not judging but just want to know and develop my eye.
The Press conference was great-even saw Molly Sorge from a distance. Why, she even walked right passed me! Did get to talk to Carl Hester and complimented him on his April Fool story on Valegro. He said that they should have sent a photo of Valegro jumping.
Thank you FEI, Omaha Equestrian etc. ( I live in Lincoln, just down the road).
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