FEI Para Dressage European Championship 2023 - Riesenbeck (GER) Grade III
Tobias sets the bar high with a Grade III Freestyle win
9 September 2023
Entering the arena to the tune of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ Tobias Thorning Jørgensen (DEN) and the outstanding grey mare Jolene Hill danced their way to another gold medal at the FEI Para Dressage European Championship. Scoring an exceptional 83.833% Tobias let no one challenge his currant dominance in Grade III. The silver medal went to the elegant combination from France Chiara Zenati and Swing Royal Ifce with 77.773 %. In bronze was Lotte Krijnsen (NED) Rosenstolz N.O.P with 75.680 %.
Speaking with Tobias Thorning Jørgensen after his ride, he said; ”It felt amazing in there today! I really love my freestyle and Jolene grows a little every time I ride it. Today my trot work was very fluid, and I really think my transition was good. I would like a little more quickness, if I have to be very critical, but I really think fluidity was the highlight of today”.
About his music, Tobias says; “It was important to have some music that lifts the horse and of course I had to ride into the song Jolene! I would like to have a dramatic ending as well, so I chose a Danish football song from the Danish team to put in there so, yeah, I really thought about putting in some music that lifts her and shows both the dramatic side and the flow that we have”.
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