An all-German podium at Lier's 3* Grand Prix
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Year after year, Lier's CDIs have built a solid reputation. Organized by international dressage rider Wim Verwimp, the show keeps to attract top riders; the event becomed in few years one of the most important indoor competitions in Europe. Yesterday, no less than 41 riders competed in the 3* Grand Prix!
A good show debut for Thomas Wagner & Escolar's Emil FRH: for their first CDI, they simply ... won ! The 2013 German Professional Riders Champion and this 11-year-old gelding by Escolar and Contender took last december the 2nd place in the Louisdor Final, behind Isabell Werth & Viva Gold Old. With plenty of power in his trot, the bay made no major mistakes, even though he had a short flying change in the tempies.
The Mannshaft's trip to Lier was definitely a good plan, as they also took second place with Lisa Müller and Gut Wettlkam's Mondrian. Despite a clear test, the 11-year-old son of Millennium, who sometimes looks a bit delicate, showed a few imperfections here and there, particularly in the contact, sometimes unstable and resistant ; a consistent test by the way, scored 70.217%.
Germany also secured the third place thanks to Lisa Müller and her other Gut Wettlkam's Dantino. If the son of Dante Weltino Old sometimes could have shown more balance in his extended trot, the 10-year-old Hanoverian wasn't entirely square in his halt before the rein-back two canter pirouettes that could have shown a more uphill tendancy. Very talented nonetheless, Dantino was not straight enough when he started his two tempies; a test scored at 70.022%.
Full results HERE
Picture : Digishots
