With 84.580%, the Dutch pair won the Grand Prix Freestyle and set a new personal best. Not exactly a gentle stroll between two box hedges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mare was electric. But not in runaway mode. More like a perfectly connected turbo: energy, fire, and this time, all of it going in the right direction. \u201c\u00a0She was simply irresistible<\/em>\u00a0,\u201d summed up Van der Putten, delighted to see that energy becoming an ally rather than a problem. Free translation: when things heat up, Zantana no longer runs away, she dances harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a well-filled stadium, the atmosphere played its part. Horses see the world, hear the crowd, feel the pressure. Zantana too. But very quickly, the mare came back into her own bubble with her rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEverything I have always known was inside this horse is now coming out,\u201d said the Dutch rider. And in sporting language, that often means the beginning of problems for the others..<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next in,\u00a0Corentin Pottier <\/strong>andGotilas du Feuillard<\/strong>\u00a0took second place with 76.635%. Not the win, admittedly. But the Frenchman looked more like a man who had just won something else: the right to enjoy the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pottier praised Rotterdam, its crowd, its arena, that atmosphere that makes horses want to bring out their best piaffe. With Gotilas, the story is long, the championships are many, and the automatisms are firmly screwed in. When the horse lights up a little too much, Pottier does not panic. He knows he will come back. Old couple, old reflexes, same elegance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nRotterdam, a chic cauldron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pottier second, but smiling wide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Weggelaar completes the podium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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