Odense Horse Show sponsored by ECCO will once again frame the first qualification of the prestigious dressage series Reem Acra FEI World Cup, and a strong line-up of international dressage and show jumping riders have announced their arrival in Odense.
The 9th Odense Horse Show will be held at the OCC Odense Congress Center on 15-18 October. The organisers have put all their energy into composing a programme which will be interesting for the riders as well as the audience, and everything indicates that they have succeeded.
– As part of our considerations prior to this year’s show we have evaluated recent years successes, and made an effort to incorporate them into the programme, explains head of JBK Horse Shows, Jens Trabjerg.
Dressage enthusiasts can look forward to enjoying several top riders in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup in the Grand Prix on Saturday and the Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday afternoon. The Netherlands are represented by Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud. It was actually Gal who won the World Cup qualifier in Odense on Glock’s Undercover, and this year Gal will be competing Glock’s Voice Hans Peter Minderhoud will without a doubt thrill the Danish audience as he has chosen to bring back Glock’s Romanov (formerly known as Blue Hors Romanov) to Denmark, where the stallion has had a huge impact on recent years development of the strong Danish breeding of dressage horses.
The Swedes will be represented by several horse and rider combinations which have competed at the Europeans this year, among others 6th on the world ranking, Tinne Wilhelmson Silfvén, who will compete with her upcoming star, the stallion Benneton Dream FRH.
The Danish riders are led by national team rider and former World Cup winner in Odense, Anna Kasprzak and her mount Donnperignon. Danish team rider Daniel Bachmann Andersen will compete the internationally sought after stallion, Blue Hors Hotline. And then the double European champion, Cathrine Dufour and Atterupgaards Cassidy, will have their World Cup debut.
Portugal will be represented by the olympian and national champion, Gonçalo Carvalho who will compete with the Lusitano mare Batuta.
Dressage riders from eleven nations have announced their arrival in Odense.
Kutcher, Bengtsson and Schröder
Odense Horse Show also features the CSI3* which has a number of prominent European national team riders on the starting lists. The Swedish top rider, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, bring among others two horses sponsored by the Danish Stutteri Ask – Unita Ask and the stallion Todt un Prince Ask.
The Dutch riders will be led by Gerco Schröder and Albert Zoer. The Germans have declared their arrival with a huge number of riders, and their list of competitors is topped by the national team riders, Marco Kutcher and Janne Frederike Meyer along with a lot of international profiles.
Championships Finals for Youngsters
During the summer dressage and show jumping horses aged 4, 5 and 6 years have qualified for the finals in the Danish Equestrian Federation’s championships powered by Pavo and Everhorse. In recent years the finals have been conducted at the Odense Horse Show, and this year the finals in Odense will see participation of the silver medallist from the World Young Horse Championships in Verden, Fiontina ridden by Andreas Helgstrand.
Use the brain of the horse
Friday evening, after the intense finales of the young horse championships Will Rogers and Anna Blomgren will host a clinic.
– It is much easier to teach the horse new exercises, if you understand how the horse thinks and why it reacts as it does, says Anna Blomgren and she continues:
– Will’s training techniques can be used by any rider, and they can be useful for every horse regardless its training level. The exercises are ‘just’ about doing things smarter; to use and utilise the horse’s own intelligence. We actually believe that if you can teach your horse to understand the human environment and to trust its rider, then both you and your horse will get much out of your daily training – and also better show results.