#Conthargo Blue

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Jumping Verona 2023: Simon Delestre gewinnt den Qualifier for LONGINES FEI Jumping World Cup™ Verona

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showjumping individual qualifiers here we go:

Israel: Isabella Russekoff on C Vier 2. Micklem (or adjacent) bridle. pretty lighter bay. he spooks (or ‘spooks’) shortly after the final fence. 

Canada: Mario Deslauriers on Emerson. that turn to the ‘bonjour paris’ wall is Tight. in time, only one rail down. Deslauriers has been doing this forever so that really doesn’t surprise me. double reins on an elevator or pelham bit. 

Lithuania: Andrius Petrovas on Linkolns. Linkolns decided something about that jump or the course was not worth it and Petrovas retired. good for him!

Mexico: Andres Azcarraga on Contrendros 2. dropped a stride before the water and still cleared it - horses like that are the best. first double clear round! and an extra little buck. 

Sweden: Henrik von Eckermann on King Edward. Oh that’s right he goes in a nose fly net thing. King Edward is Going today - “jumping out of his skin” yeah you’re right. definitely saw Eckermann grab mane. 

Spain: Ismael Garcia Roque on Tirano. drop noseband. lots and lots of air on Tirano’s part. only one rail down. 

France: Olivier Perreau on Dorai d’Aiguilly. mare! some froth i think. this girl is here to Get It Done. knocked a rail on the last fence. elevator-type bit with converter reins. 

Saudi Arabia: Abdulrahman Alrajhi on Ventago. ah a kicker. tapped a rail but went clear and in time. froth. 

Austria: Gerfried Puck on Naxcel V. okay i’m sure those fly mask things are blinkers but i can’t get a close enough look to confirm. drop noseband. much discussion from this pair - Naxcel has his own plans it seems. elevator-type bit with two sets of reins. 

Japan: Eiken Sato on Conthargo-Blue. red ribbon. Disagreements after the water and over the red vertical. drop noseband, elevator-type bit with double reins. retires on course. 

USA: Karl Cook on Caracole de la Roque. mare! one of the two mares going in a hackamore. her topline still bothers me. double clear. every time i’ve seen this mare she gets shit done. 

Netherlands: Maikel van der Vleuten on Beauville Z. came in a little wiggly to that second jump (we’ve all been there). only one rail down and a 70 second course. 

Ireland: Shane Sweetnam on James Kann Cruz. would like a better look at that bridle. they are tearing through the course in style - no rails in 73.35 seconds. 

Belgium: Jerome Guery on Quel Homme de Hus. converter reins. one rail down, four seconds under time. 

Switzerland: Edouard Schmitz on Gamin Van’t Naastveldhof. quick buck as they get going. two rails down, four seconds under. 

UK: Harry Charles on Romeo 88. always interesting to see which horse’s manes get braided for showjumping and which don't (Romeo 88 doesn’t). the double noseband situation bothers me, and also it seems like you could just use a flash. blinkers. double clear. some bucks just for funsies. 

Norway: Victoria Gulliksen on Mistral van de Vogelzang. Mistral has things to say about the rein contact - tons of head shaking between fences. froth. double clear. 

Australia: Hilary Scott on Milky Way. mare! pretty gray. i don’t think she has a throatlatch. knocked two rails - one in the double combination and one in the triple combination. 

Poland: Dawid Kubiak on Flash Blue B. shadow roll and hackmore. blinkers maybe? two rails down. 

Denmark: Andreas Schou on Napoli VH Nederassenthof. Schou’s shoulders look a little slumped as they come in - kinda odd, for how much we worry about our posture. maybe i'm seeing things. knocks a rail on the last fence. 

Germany: Christian Kukuk on Checker 47. buck. pretty dapples. two rails, i think. 

Brazil: Rodrigo Pessoa on Major Tom. i’m not going to make a built-in sponsor joke. or a Space Oddity joke. i’m not. lovely jump. double clear. i think Major Tom is the third? horse i’ve seen with his fly bonnet tied to the noseband so it won’t flap. 

UAE: Salim Ahmed al Suwaidi on Foncetti VD Heffinck. froth. Micklem adjacent bridle. lots of praise after the round. four rails down. 

Israel: Robin Muhr on Galaxy HM. two rails down. interesting how there are so many dark bays/blacks in dressage but considerably fewer in jumping. 

Canada: Erynn Ballard on Nikka VD Bisschop. mare! big bold blaze. entered the ring fairly quietly. extra little kick over the jumps. i like this pair.

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Morocco Royal Tour 2023 - Rabat: Marine Scauflaire (BEL) gewinnt den PRIX SAR LA PRINCESSE LALLA AMINA

Marine Scauflaire (Foto: Thomas Reiner) Marine Scauflaire (BEL) Siegerin im World Cup Grand Prix dem PRIX SAR LA PRINCESSE LALLA AMINA Dei besten 10 Reiterinnen und Reiter qualifizierten sich im Umlauf für die Siegerrunde, die von Billy Twomey aus Irland eröffnet wurde. Er blieb mit Diego Del Caribe  ohne Abwurf, hatte aber 4 Fehlerpunkte aus dem Umlauf auf seinem Konto. Bei  Tom Tarver-Priebe…

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Morocco Royal Tour 2023: Emanuele Gaudiano gewinnt den PRIX DE S.A.R LE PRINCE HERITIER MOULAY EL HASSAN

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third (and final) rotation:

(how do people jump with two sets of reins. everything happens so quickly that one set of reins is trouble enough.)

Spain: Eduardo Alverez Aznar on Rokfeller de Pleville. two sets of reins - finally got a look at this setup and it seems like it’s one bit with a snaffle ring and a shank attachment. not a fan. possibly a combined noseband, but it could also just be a flash; they’re at the wrong angle for me to tell. gape, tongue sticking out to the side just before the round started. ew.

Austria: Max Kuehner on Elektric Blue P. cool name. drop noseband, some gape and froth. jumped the upright at 3 (?) on the slant and had a tight turn to the oxer at 7. one rail down

Mexico: Eugenio Garza Perez on Contago. tiny bit of visible froth; the bit guard might be hiding some gape. i think his fly bonnet is fixed to his noseband with a bit of string to keep it from flapping up on course. Contago looks like an Arabian type - he’s got a very fine face. 

Switzerland: Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei. drop noseband, gape. head tossing between fences. happy ears. 

Sweden: Peder Fredricson on Catch Me Not S. gape. ducked the wall on the first try, racked up the time penalties. 

Japan: Eiken Sato on Conthargo-Blue. hyperflexed before the round. red ribbon in the tail. shadow roll and what looks like blinkers at some angles. two sets of reins. sheepskin on the center strap of the breastplate - i really do think it’s cool to see each horse’s preferences (about sheepskin). 

Poland: Maksymillian Wechta on Chepettano. some froth and gape. i think that’s a red ribbon? head tossing on some approaches. tried to add a stride to the last jump and it didn’t quite work. 

France: Julien Epaillard on Dubai du Cedre. mare! she’s in a hackamore with two throat latches. whatever her noseband is does not look comfortable. gorgeous chestnut. a few moments of pinned ears after jumps.  

Ireland: Cian O’Connor on Maurice. some gape. one of those jumpers with the little extra kick behind. threw a crow hop in at the end, which is a very jumper thing to do. bit looks complicated, and he’s also got two throat latches.

UK: Scott Brash on Jefferson. drop noseband and i think blinkers. some gape. 

Germany: Richard Vogel on United Touch S. plain bridle with only a martingale. extra kick from the hind end over jumps. clear and in time, and i’m not seeing any gape or froth. nice boring round. 

Israel: Daniel Bluman on Ladriano Z. figure eight bridle and a running martingale. two bit attachments, a little bit of gape. clear and in time. i think the martingale and breastplate are separate. 

USA: McLain Ward on Ilex. looks hyperflexed before the round. very pretty lighter bay with a big blaze. threw a crow hop in for funsies. two bit attachments, some gape. clear, not quite in time. nice enough round. i think he also has a separate breastplate and martingale, rather than one of the combos. 

Netherlands: Harrie Smolders on Uricas V/D Kattevennen. in one of those ergonomic bridles it looks like (can’t remember what they’re called, doesn’t it start with ‘m’?). some froth. extra kick with the hind legs over the jumps. 

Brazil: Rodrigo Pessoa on Major Tom. withdrew/scratched. (i’m not going to make a built-in sponsor joke. or a Space Odyssey joke.)

UAE: Abdullah Mohd al Marri on McGregor. (i’m guessing on the capitalizations in the horse’s name.) two throat latches and two nosebands, both above the bit. i’m….not sure what the point of that is. decent round, knocked a handful of rails. 

Saudi Arabia: Ramzy al Duhami on Untouchable 32. withdrew/scratched. (mare!)

Australia: Edwina Tops-Alexander on Fellow Castlefield. some gape and froth. red ribbon. are the bib martingales the ones with the triangle thingy on them 

Canada: Amy Millar on Truman. dip in front of the withers. double bit attachment, but no gape or froth (likely bc the noseband is normal). a handful of rails down, otherwise a decent ride. 

Belgium: Jerome Guery on Quel Homme de Hus. some froth and gape; they’re already fighting about speed before the round starts. unsurprisingly, Quel Homme de Hus is scopey as hell (i swear the ones with amazing scope are the hottest). bouble bit attachment. i think that was a bell boot that just went flying.

olympic jumping qualifiers this time. less in-depth because of how quick the rounds are vs dressage tests, and i’m sure i missed some details, especially in terms of tack/tack names. if anyone is actually reading these and knows the names of things, please tell me!

(please assume everyone is in a running martingale, they're so common i quit mentioning them.)

Spain: Ismael Garcia Roque on Tirano. pretty gray. i know it’s hard to not have (some) mouth gape when you’re fighting about speed (i jump too) but i can’t help cringing. interesting running martingale set up - i don’t think i’ve ever seen one like that. 

Austria: Katharina Rhomberg on Colestus Cambridge. also a gray. three rails down, which is rough.

Mexico: Carlos Hank Guerreiro on Porthos Maestro WH Z. that is an…interesting set up. looks like a normal noseband and drop noseband on the same bridle? not sure i like it/why not just use a flash

Switzerland: Steve Guerdat on Dynamix de Belheme. a mare! her blaze is cool :) she’s gaping a lot coming out of the arena - again, i get it, you do really have to fight them on tempo sometimes, but i’m still cringing. knocked a rail or two; that triple combination has gotten everyone so far and i think it’ll continue to do so.

Sweden: Henrik von Eckermann on King Edward. i have no idea what’s going on with his bridle. i think that’s a net of some sort to keep the flies off his nose? idk. kinda cool that he has no browband. watching the jumpers’ big canters is awesome. the first pair to go clear and inside the time! i think he threw a shoe on that last jump - something shoe-shaped goes flying in the slo-mo replay.

Japan: Taizo Sugitani on Quincy 194. this boy wants to look at the crowd and go. not the cleanest round i’ve ever seen - my instructor would have made me go back and do some of those again (in a lesson). 

Poland: Adam Grzegorzewski on Issem. several rails down - this course is tricky. 

France: Simon Delestre on I Amelusina R 51. a stallion - look at that crest. so much gape. too much gape, even for a jump course. i want a closer look at his bridle - two sets of reins. 

Ireland: Shane Sweetnam on James Kann Cruz. okay that’s a decent pun. i wonder how old he is; he’s really grayed out. the bit set up looks ridiculous - there’s so many straps. 

UK: Ben Mahler on Dallas Vegas Butilly. this mare has some favorite cities, it would seem. she’s got a nose net thing too. low, tight frame in canter before the round started. they’re also clear and in time! she’s frothing tho 🙁

Germany: Christian Kukuk on Checker 47. nice, plain figure 8 bridle for once. he does a little extra kick with the back legs as he’s in the air over the jump. clear and in time. 

Israel: Ashlee Bond on Donatello 141. it’s always interesting to see how much sheepskin each horse likes; Donatello has it on all three straps of his breastplate. 

USA: Laura Kraut on Baloutinue. i like them. came in nice and quiet, gave Baloutinue some pets before they started. fantastic, chill feeling round/not frantic at all. clear and in time (5 seconds under!)

Netherlands: Maikel van der Vleuten on Beauville Z. for a horse who apparently likes wiggly lines, they looked very straight through the triple combination. also a nice round - boring, as my instructor would say. (that’s a good thing)

Brazil: Pedro Veniss on Nimrod de Muze. i couldn’t help it, i laughed at the horse’s name. there’s some head tossing, especially as Veniss tries to steady him before a fence. clear and in time. 

UAE: Omar Abdul Aziz al Marzooqi on Enjoy de la Mure. pretty dark bay. happy ears, even over the jumps. nice pair. 

Saudi Arabia: Abdulrahman Alrajhi on Ventago. red ribbon tail, watch yourselves y’all. his stirrups are green to match his coat and the saddle pad and ear bonnet. it’s cute. lots of sheepskin on the breastplate. not the ride Alrajhi was hoping for, methinks - he was shaking his head a little after the round. 

Australia: Hilary Scott on Milky Way. a gray mare, as her name suggests 🙂 sheepskin on her breastplate too. four rails down, but a nice ride in other respects. 

Canada: Mario Deslauriers on Emerson. head tossing in the turns and coming up to some of the jumps. two sets of reins - i don’t think it’s a double in the two bits sense, but there’s a definite elevated-control situation happening. looks like there’s a star under his fly bonnet! touch of froth. 

Belgium: Gilles Thomas on Ermitage Kalone. gorgeous chestnut and a big bold blaze. he’s got a nose-fly-net thing. lovely round (clear and under time) and lovely ride (no gape or froth). i like this pair.