Olympic medallist bows out, Carl Hester on adjustments to dressage, and extra issues the pony international is speaking about

Suppenkasper bows out

Connections of the Olympic and international silver medal-winning dressage horse Suppenkasper have paid tribute to the 16-year-old gelding, as he bows out of pageant as some of the a hit campaigners in the United States recreation. Steffen Peters partnered “Mopsie” to assist the United States to workforce silver on house soil on the 2018 Global Equestrian Video games, and on the Tokyo Olympics, the place he used to be dubbed the “Rave Horse” by means of non-equestrian lovers. The gelding will retire to his proprietor Akiko Yamazaki’s 4 Winds Farm. “The person victories had been wonderful, however I all the time felt the proudest turning in for our workforce, and it intended the arena once we completed that during Tokyo. Mopsie become the Rave Horse; that’s nonetheless particular to me as a result of he attached such a lot of folks,” stated Steffan.

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Making adjustments in dressage

H&H columnist Carl Hester displays at the LeMieux Nationwide Dressage Championships and makes tips to transport dressage ahead in his unique column this week. Carl stocks an alternate of concepts that he had with Kyra Kyrklund on the nationals, announcing that “with the volume of grievance thrown at dressage – pressure, now not in self-carriage, that horses aren’t glad or assured” – each agreed that “that one thing has to modify”. “Kyra has plenty of concepts however this one I believe can be good. Because the FEI younger horse checks have a give and retake the reins in trot, why don’t we introduce it at prix st georges and grand prix degree?” he says. “Kyra’s pondering is that as a substitute of getting 3 trot extensions within the grand prix, the overall one may well be changed by means of two part circles over X in trot, the place the rider lets in the pony to elongate its neck, appearing it’s sporting itself.”

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An “unforgettable” elegance

Olympic, Eu, international and Dutch nationwide champions are set to change horses in a unique elegance on the Dutch Masters subsequent spring. Henrik von Eckermann, Christian Kukuk, Steve Guerdat and Willem Greve have agreed to recreate the “ultimate 4”, which used to be a part of the Global Championships from 1978 to 2014. Dutch Masters sports activities director Jeroen Dubbeldam, the ultimate international champion to win within the previous layout, is at the back of the transfer, with Yvonne van Bergen. “We’re nonetheless discussing which horses they are going to get started with, however it’ll be a major elegance at 1.45m/1.50m degree. We in point of fact suppose this may increasingly catch on, so we will increase this elegance additional at some point,” stated Jeroen.

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Lucy is an skilled information journalist, reporter and presenter. Since becoming a member of the Horse & Hound workforce in 2015, Lucy has reported from main world carrying occasions together with the Tokyo Paralympic Video games and more than one Eu Championships, in addition to Badminton, Burghley and London, to call a couple of. She has lined present affairs and sports activities information around the complete spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, in addition to human and equine welfare, business information and court docket instances.