Power Horses Prevail in 6-year old Preliminary Test at the 2021 World Young Horse Championships

The 2021 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses started today 25 August 2021 at the Hanoverian headquarters in Verden, Germany, with the 6-year old preliminary test. While the judging was a bit puzzling to follow, the panel of four made a fairly agreeable top 12 to move on to the Finals on Saturday. Today's ground jury seemed to prefer power horses over the more modest yet more submissive ones.

KWPN's most popular young breeding stallion of the moment, Kjento, pushed for power in Verden and captured the first place in the preliminary test with whopping scores and a 94.00 point total. The Rhinelander breeding stallion Escamillo is in pursuit with 92.00 points, while Hanoverian breeding stallion Suarez posted 84.00 points for third place.

Setting the Tone

The 6-year old preliminary test was the first of an action packed week at the 2021 WCYH in Verden. With the show grounds totally revamped and a bigger stadium arranged to give more "Championship" feel to the event, the show organisators has pulled out the stops to make an impression. Although the flower decorations were minimal to beautify the scenery, the more important conditions for the horses were ideal: good footing, big warm-ups, and the covid restricted amount of spectators was pushed further back from the ring.

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