Furstenglanz, the 6YO winner at DJWTS.

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Roger Fitzhardinge reports on the 6YO Young Horse Championship at DJWTS

By Roger Fitzhardinge

The six year old class was yet another very strong final at P.S.I Dressage & Jumping With The Stars over the weekend, with the championship going to the beautifully stylish gelding, Furstenglanz, by Fürsten-Look and from a Rituel mare (Weltmeyer).

Furstenglanz is owned by well-known judge and dressage enthusiast Moya Jess who also bred this gelding. Yet again a Furstenball derivative, with Fürsten-Look being by Fürstenball!

Ridden by the diminutive Caitlin Scott who made a great look with harmony and expression, scoring 8.3 for the walk 8.3, 8.5 for trot, 8 for canter, 7 for submission and 8 for perspective. It was a shame that the flying changes were not truly established, and all but one not through, but that one was wonderful and as a consequence the mistakes were taken out of the submission and not the canter. This was shown to be the case, as later when guest rider Evelyn Eger from P.S.I. rode the gelding she was able to take time and get the canter more in front of the leg and with more time for preparation, the changes were great.

Caitlin did a great job and the changes are there for sure. The overall score was 79.6% to be nearly 6% ahead of second place, Asgards Indico, ridden and owned by Samantha Sidwell with the highlight an 8 for the walk. This delightful horse is by Asgards Ibiza from a Rohdiamont mare and a great horse with loads of potential.

In third place was Fleur De Cherie, a very modern black mare by Fürst Jazz from a Sandro Hit mother and bred by P.S.I. The trot was 8.2 and the walk an 8, but the canter was pointed down due to the lack of sit and engagement needed at this age, so only a 6.8. The quality is there for sure but she simply needs to learn to rock the forward desire back over the hind legs to produce a better uphill way of going. A truly athletic, elegant mare with plenty of flare and potential.

The six year old class always sees fewer numbers than the five year olds, as it’s the level where the expressive and true changes need to be established and so a few don’t enter this class as they are not yet really established, but then you see them back in the seven year old class.

Full results from the 6YO Young Horse Championships at DJWTS can be found here.

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