The Stable Magazine - April 2016

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his fellow-countryman with a Freestyle that oozed class
and confidence. The chestnut stallion cruised through his
trotwork, showed enormous power in piaffe and breezed
through his tempi-changes for a winning score of 81.775
and maximum qualifying points.
At Amsterdam in January, where Germany’s Isabell Werth
reigned supreme, he had to settle for fifth place while van
Silfhout lined up third with Arlando, and coming into the
arena today he knew that his compatriot had produced
another great test to take the lead.
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“It was really nice to be here. I wanted to see how his form
was, how his body is, how he would be in the ring, and
how he reacts to the atmosphere. I wanted to know how
prepared we are because my target of course is the Olympic
Games” van Silfhout said.
In contrast, Minderhoud is completely focused on travelling
to the Final with Flirt who also competed at the Reem Acra
2015 Final in Las Vegas (USA) where the pair finished fifth.
And he will be joined at the Swedish venue by his partner
and 2010 Reem Acra champion Edward Gal who missed
‘s-Hertogenbosch this weekend after taking a fall from a
young horse at home during the week.
Van Silfhout was delighted with his second-place finish,
and with his horse, Arlando. “He gave me a great feeling all
through the test and we had no mistakes. The passage and “It’s three days later now and Edward is still sore and stiff
piaffe were really amazing and the canterwork was much but there are no broken bones!” Minderhoud said.
better than yesterday (in the Grand Prix). Arlando is a real
worker, he’s always happy to do his work! In the yard I What followed on from Hans Peter’s win in
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