– I give him a chance to get started in a good way, but then he has to show himself if he is in good shape or not, says Peder Fredricson about a possible World Cup start.
In August this year, the world’s best show jumpers gather in Herning, Denmark, for the World Equestrian Championships, which are decided every four years.
If everything goes according to plan, Peder Fredricson will be there together with All In, the golden horse from the Olympics in Tokyo.
After a long rest, All In has been back on the competition tracks for a few weeks now.
– I work with him in the same way as I did last year. The structure is the same, says Peder Fredricson.
– He is not in top form yet, and needs a few more competitions, but he did very well in St. Tropez last week so we are heading in the right direction.
Peder Fredricson has with All In has achieved greater success than any other previous Swedish show jumper has succeeded with.
Together, they were the anchor in the Swedish Olympic team that won gold in Tokyo last summer.
Individually, the duo have won two Olympic silvers, 2016 and 2021. In addition, they won European Championship gold in 2017.
Under Peder’s Fredricson, All In became one of the world’s best horses – perhaps even the very best.
But not even superhorses can stop time. Today, the gelding is 16 years old, which is not an extremely high age for a horse that still competes at the very highest level, but a respectable one.
In the individual Olympic final in Tokyo, no horse was older than All In, however, four of a total of 30 starters were the same age.
– I usually say that All In and I are about the same age. We are both about in the middle of our lives, says 50-year-old Peder Fredricson with a laugh.
– Maybe that’s why we understand each other so well.
How age affect However, both horses and humans are individual. All In has not yet shown any signs of aging.
A big explanation for this is that Peder Fredricson matched the gelding with a gentle hand.
– Many horses compete all year round, but in recent years he has had a longer rest after the championships, says Peder Fredricson.
– We have known each other for many years now, so I have learned what he likes.
– Nowadays he does virtually no indoor competitions. He does not like screens and such things very much but thrives much better on the outdoor courts. Therefore, I opt out of the indoor season with him.
After the successes and OS All In did two more competitions last year, in Rome in September and in Samorin in October. After that, he was given six months off competition. For the first few months he went to the pasture and just enjoyed life as the king of the stable.
A few months ago, Peder Fredricson started building the horse’s fitness again, and in mid-April this year, All In made a competition comeback.
In the two competitions he has competed in, he has not yet gone to the highest classes. The idea is that he will do it in June. That is when Peder Fredricson gets the answer to whether it will be All In that he takes with him to Herning.
If the gelding decides that he has done his part and is ready for retirement, Peder Fredricson has another possible World Cup horse in the stable, namely Catch Me Not, with which he took European Championship bronze last summer.
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