conference following his gold medal wins, Gal, who had also ridden Totilas’ sire Gribaldi, was asked how he would rank Gribaldi among dressage sires in the last 50 years. Without hesitation, he leaned into the microphone and emphatically said, “Number one!” Soon after the WEG, Totilas was sold to Germany’s Paul Schockemöhle. Also on the Dutch team was
the 14-year-old chestnut Dutch Warmblood mare Exquis Nadine (by E.H. TCN Partout, out of Charites by Roemer, owned by Team Exquis) ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud who finished tenth in the Grand Prix with 72.255%. The pair has been competing together for a number of years placing fifth individually in the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong and fourth in the World Cup Finals in Las Vegas in 2009. At the WEG, Nadine and Minderhoud were off to
48, resides in Wellington, Florida. He owns and operates a 22-stall training barn and owns four horses of his own, three of them stallions. Bernal has ridden internationally for his country before and competed in the World Cup in Las Vegas in 2009 on a different horse. Bernal said he has had Halbgott for five years and found
HALBGOTT © Shannon Brearton/ MacMillan Photography
Exquis Nadine © Allen MacMillan/ MacMillan Photography
a great start in the Grand Prix Special, but had some mistakes, including a huge flying leap on the centerline, which dropped them out of contention for qualifying for the freestyle. “We had an up and down show here. She fell down on the street on Saturday [before the start of dressage] and I thought ‘OK, my championship is over,’ but she was sound and passed the vet check. The first part [of the Special] she was doing really well, a 76 or something, and then I had three really, really big mistakes. It’s a pity I’m not in the freestyle, but that’s life,” said Minderhoud. Members of the silver medal British team were the
11-year-old chestnut Hanoverian gelding Wie-Atlantico De Ymas, by Wie Weltmeyer, out of a mare by Rondo, owned by Anders Dahl, and ridden by Fiona Bigwood. The pair finished 14th in the Grand Prix scoring 70.128%, 16th in the Grand Prix Special scoring 69.708% and 12th in the Freestyle scoring 73.4%. After the Special, Bigwood commented that given the heat that afternoon, “I am delighted with my test, especially since I was focusing on the Grand Prix for the team and not the Special.” U.S. based Colombian rider, Marco Bernal Sr., and his
Wie-Atlantico de Ymas © Cheval Photos
14-year-old bay American Trakehner Association and German Trakehner Verband approved stallion HALBGOTT (by E.H. TCN Partout, out of Hatari by E.H. Consul, bred by Beatrix Elsner, Germany) competed in dressage. Bernal,
him in Germany through his trainer Hans-Jürgen Armbrust. “Halbgott is a very sensitive horse. He’s a beautiful horse and a great competitor. He wants to go in and do well. He wants to give you a 100% in competition. He is a very happy, very social horse. I’ve won many classes with him internationally—he has had a very successful career. I enjoy every day working with him. He is green at this level and he has only done six CDI’s in his first year at Grand Prix. I think that he needs, in my opinion, at least one more year to be for sure and solid at this level,” said Bernal. Looking to the future, Bernal hopes to represent Colombia again in the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico and in the 2012 Olympics in London. Also competing in
dressage was PRINS 32, a 10-year-old bay Russian Trakehner gelding (pedigree unverified), owned by Corinne Pictet and ridden by Susan de Klein, representing the Dutch Antilles. Another half Trakehner, Seduc, a 14-year-old bay Danish Warmblood gelding by Induc, out of Sequoia by Go On Then, was owned and ridden by Anne Troensegaard representing Denmark.
PRINS 32 © Allen MacMillan/ MacMillan Photography
EVENTING Eventing took center stage the middle weekend of the WEG. Cross-country day was packed with hometown fans familiar with eventing since
Seduc © Candice Chavez
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