Isabell Werth has been on top of the podium at every major anything for the past 20 years. Deemed the Queen of Dressage she is well-deserving of the title. This weekend at the European Championships, Catherine Dufour and Bohemian stepped into the spotlight knocking Isabell Werth off the throne.
It is time to welcome a new era in dressage as Jessica von Bredow Werndl, Charlotte Dujardina and Catherine Dufour rounded out the medals.
But what happened to Isabell Werth and Weighold who are not only crowd favorites but seasoned champions in the Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle.
Watch the video to find out what exactly happened.
From: EuroDressage
Germany's medal magnet Isabell Werth landed off the podium in fourth place aboard Christine Arns-Krogman's 16-year old Oldenburg mare Weihegold (by Don Schufro x Sandro Hit). The last time Isabell did not end up on the (individual) podium was in 2015 at the European in Aachen, where she placed fourth as well with Don Johnson.
Isabell pulled Weihegold's Samba freestyle from the Rio Olympics out of the drawer and rode with her game face on. Unfortunately, this time her horse did not reciprocate with the same amount of eagerness and battle mentality. Weihegold looked splendid in passage, but her piaffe was weak today with the hindlegs not properly engaging from behind and especially the left hind sometimes trailing. In the first piaffe the impulsion was lost due to a poo, but the other piaffes also lacked that energy and electricity from behind. The extended walk was limited in overtrack and not so clear in rhythm, the collected was ridden short and slowly. The two tempi changes were good, there were mistakes in the ones, the pirouettes were small but quite flat. Weihegold did not bring her usually sprightliness to the table and what was truly great horsemanship was that Isabell Werth respected that !! She never overasked the horse, knowing that today was not her day. She regularly patted and rewarded her mare for well executed movements and never tampered with the horse's confidence. At all times the mare was good in the connection.
The test scored 84.896% and placed them fourth. One judge had them third (Wessels)n the majority fifth. German judge Lehrmann saw them sixth.
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