{"id":12111,"date":"2018-12-31T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpingamsterdam.nl\/?p=12111"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T09:22:54","slug":"dream-win-for-the-netherlands-minderhoud-in-mechelen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jumpingamsterdam.nl\/en\/dream-win-for-the-netherlands-minderhoud-in-mechelen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream win for The Netherlands\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Minderhoud in Mechelen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glock\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Dream Boy NOP lived up to his name when carrying 2016 champion Hans Peter Minderhoud (45) from The Netherlands to victory at the seventh leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2018\/2019 Western European League in Mechelen, Belgium today.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At just 10 years of age this young stallion is demonstrating colossal potential, and his score of 83.665 pinned 2013 series winner Helen Langehanenberg (36) from Germany and Damsey FRH into second, while the super-exciting Portuguese partnership of Maria Caetano (32) and Coroado strutted their way into third. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The final five all produced stunning performances, Sweden\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Therese Nilshagen (35) finishing fourth with Dante Weltino OLD despite some miscommunications early in their test, and Ireland\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Judy Reynolds (37) making a great come-back with Vancouver K to line up in fifth place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mechelen was also making a welcome come-back this week after a few years absence from the FEI Dressage World Cup™ circuit. So just before today\u00e2\u0080\u0099s prizegiving ceremony was perfect timing for an emotional farewell tribute to Tiamo, the 18-year-old gelding that carried Belgium\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Jorinde Verwimp to many great moments and who finished eighth on their very last outing together this afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minderhoud\u00e2\u0080\u0099s win is another milestone in the rapid progression being made by his still quite inexperienced young horse who won the Grand Prix and finished third in the Freestyle at Olympia, London (GBR) just before Christmas. \u00e2\u0080\u009cHe only did a few Grand Prix competitions before qualifying for Tryon (FEI World Equestrian Games) this year – it was a bit early for him in his career, so after that I gave him a long rest and then restarted at Olympia. That wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t the most easy show for him to come back to, and I was not so happy with how he felt\u00e2\u0080\u00a6he had been going so well at home. But then I bring him to another show here in Mechelen ten days later and he is super – I mean super!\u00e2\u0080\u009d said the delighted Dutchman.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u0080\u009cHere he was much more focused, not like at Olympia where I had to survive it a little! Today I could ride to the point, and he was really trying for me!\u00e2\u0080\u009d Minderhoud said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caetano and her adorable grey Lusitano, Coroado, set a whole new standard when posting 80.160 when fifth last to go of the 15 starters. At the fourth leg of the Western European League in Madrid (ESP) last month they scored 77.655 for third place, but things didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t go to plan at Olympia where their mark of 73.900 left them well down the line. There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s something really special about this pair who have sprung to prominence recently however, and they both looked radiant after showing the most fabulous passage and piaffe, and a great sense of harmony, during today\u00e2\u0080\u0099s wonderful performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Langehanenberg bettered that when scoring 82.880 despite testing the nerve of Judge at C, Belgium\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Jacques van Daele, as she powered to a very late halt. And although Reynolds and her 16-year-old gelding didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t challenge for the top spot, their new routine to a wonderful compilation of traditional Irish music had the spectators\u00e2\u0080\u0099 toes tapping and put 78.570 on the board.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nilshagen\u00e2\u0080\u0099s chances were hampered when her horse dropped the contact early in their test, but with a degree of difficulty of 10 and the stallion\u00e2\u0080\u0099s breathtaking extended canter they clawed it back to put 80.090 on the board. So Minderhoud was chasing Langehanenberg\u00e2\u0080\u0099s leading score as he set off, last to go, and Dream Boy didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t let him down. He\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a horse that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s growing in confidence all the time, and after winning yesterday\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Grand Prix he was always the one to beat.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u0080\u009cHe\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a very sweet horse, and because he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s seen all the things that approved stallions see at a young age he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s not really spooky or anything. In the beginning I felt he went into himself a bit in big arenas, but yesterday and today he was much happier\u00e2\u0080\u009d Minderhoud explained after posting his winning result. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With just three more qualifiers to go in the Western European League, the next port of call is on Minderhoud\u00e2\u0080\u0099s home turf in the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam at the end of January. And having moved up to joint-third on the leaderboard he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s looking forward to getting to the 2019 Final next April in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is where he won the coveted FEI Dressage World Cup™ title two years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Result:<\/b> 1, Glock\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Dream Boy (Hans Peter Minderhoud) NED 83.665; 2, Damsey FRH (Helen Langehanenberg) GER 82.880; 3, Coroado (Maria Caetano) POR 80.160; 4, Dante Weltino OLD (Therese Nilshagen) 80.090; 5, Vancouver K (Judy Reynolds) IRL 78.570; 6, Cennin (Madeleine Witte-Vrees) NED 76.870.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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