Uthopia, Valegro and many more (belated Fritzens thread)

[FrodoBeutlin]

Ok, this is about two months late, but I've had the busiest summer ever. A very small selection of photos from the Fritzens CDI, Austria!

Dorothee Schneider schooling

Carl and Charlotte during the prize giving

Uthopia

Emile and Marquis

Charlotte and Valegro

BLING rug!

Beatriz / Faberge

Arena

Claudio Castilla Ruiz / Jade. One-handed half-passes

Jade getting ready for the prize giving. So nice to see a horse being bandaged / looked after by his own rider. So unusual too You can spot Valegro in the background!

Gunther Seidel / UII

Heike Kemmer

The stunning Sandman

More to follow

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Valegro meets young Austrian fan

Valegro again

Lancet

Valentina / Eremo

Fiona Bigwood

Matchy matchy...even at international GP level

HUGE Swarovski chandelier in the indoor arena

More bling rugs

Uthopia oddly attracted to my camera!

Brigitte W schooling

The gorgeous Whitni Star

Carl and Gunther chatting

 

[BuzzLightyear]

Fantastic photos, thank you sooooo much for posting them

 

[LEC]

What a temperament Uthopia must have to leave the window open and allow anyone just to pet him. Brilliant photos. I have to say your photos have completely piqued my interest in dressage this year and I am much more clued up now.

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Thanks BuzzL and LEC. The one looking out of the window is Valegro, and yes he really enjoyed the attention!!

 

[Twiglet]

Amazing photos

 

[tigers_eye]

BEAUTIFUL photos FrodoB, love the one of the arena with the sky looking so dramatic, and countless stunning action shots too. Was Sandman being ridden like that in his test (bradoon reins one hand, curb the other)?

 

[Kokopelli]

Fabulous photos, thanks for sharing!

I got tickets for dressage at the olympics and so excited especially after seeing these beautiful horses!

 

[PoppyAnderson]

Fabulous photos. Wow wow wow at the scenery! What an incredible setting. Some truely spectacular horses but so many of them look totally stressed out in their eyes in the ridden pics. In the close up head shot of Valegro (2nd pic down in second batch of photos), it puts me in mind of the face of a cartoon dragon somehow.

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

YES tigers_eye well spotted!!

I know what you mean about that arena shot, it was such a glorious day - I feel so stupid because with all these fabulous horses performing GREAT dressage I keep going back to admire that (empty) arena shot LOL!!

 

[PoppyAnderson]

And in the same pic, it looks like a really strange swelling on Valegros face, just under the noseband and near the bit ring. Unless it's a shadow or something?

 

[only_me]

wow! what a stunning place! Love utophia, and not just because he used to live down the road from me

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Uhm PoppyAnderson I did notice it...probably a bite or something?

To be honest none of the horses looked stressed to me. I found it amazing that Fiona Bigwood's horse, Wie Atlantico had to contend with a loose dog IN the arena for a large part of his test and just continued without blinking. I thought that was remarkable!

 

[TicTac]

Amazing photos

Agree. A talented photographer

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Hahaha thanks

 

[dressagecrazy]

Thank you so much for posting, fabulous photo's. Your so talented as a photographer real artistic flair

 

[NicoleS_007]

Beautiful photos, I cant help but want to see more Any of Laura B?

 

[blood_magik]

that one-handed half pass picture is great

Shame ours is nothing like that even with two hands

 

[angelish]

wow some fab photo's thanks for sharing

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Oh gosh I forgot one of my favourites!! Anna Merveldt enthusiastically patting Coryolano!!

NicoleS, Laura B wasn't competing in Austria.

blood_magik, Valentina did a line of one-tempis with just one hand....

 

[YorkshireLady]

STUNNING Photos

AND even more wonderful with the gorgeous setting there

 

[blood_magik]

Oh gosh I forgot one of my favourites!! Anna Merveldt enthusiastically patting Coryolano!!

NicoleS, Laura B wasn't competing in Austria.

blood_magik, Valentina did a line of one-tempis with just one hand....

that's just showing off
then again, if I could do it, I probably would

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

that's just showing off
then again, if I could do it, I probably would

LOL, me too !!

 

[OneInAMillion]

Have always really enjoyed seeing Valegro but Uthopia is just, wow. Also really like Dorothee Schneider's horse

 

[Pachamama]

Fabulous photos So candid

 

[trendybraincell]

BEAUTIFUL photos FrodoB, love the one of the arena with the sky looking so dramatic, and countless stunning action shots too. Was Sandman being ridden like that in his test (bradoon reins one hand, curb the other)?

I noticed that too, very odd. But if it works

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Yes I really like that photo too OneInAMillion, a detail from it was actually on the Eurodressage banner for a while

Thanks P

 

[Pachamama]

They look very relaxed to me. Any naughtiness in the warmup?

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Not when I was there, no - although I spent very little time by the warm-up arena as in Fritzens the warm-up arena is quite a long way off (relatively speaking!) so not so easy to hop back and forth (unlike, say, Munich or Hagen where the warm-up is literally next to the competition arena)

 

[Pachamama]

Not when I was there, no - although I spent very little time by the warm-up arena as in Fritzens the warm-up arena is quite a long way off (relatively speaking!) so not so easy to hop back and forth (unlike, say, Munich or Hagen where the warm-up is literally next to the competition arena)

Hmm, I suspected there wouldn't be.