Well, hello there King Edward...
On Monday, the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2023 officially kicked off with the first veterinary inspection in Omaha, USA.
A total of 40 horses from 19 nations trotted up, with only one held for further re-inspection on Tuesday morning at 8 AM local time; Nurjon Tuyakbaev’s 10-year-old mare Lancelotta representing Uzbekistan.
Here we look back at the trot-up, and some of its action.
All photos © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping.
Darc de Lux was first to go at the trot-up and made sure his rider Andreas Schou had his hands full when preferring to be on two legs instead of four.
Daniel Deusser's Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z seemed a bit sceptical to all the photographers present.
Harry Charles and Balou du Reventon.
Yuri Mansur's Vitiki was more than sceptical. He first took off...
.. to then turn around taking a closer look at all the cameras.
McLain Ward's Callas showing off.
Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann and Messi van'T Ruytershof.
Nicholas Dello Joio and Cornet's Cambridge having a chat with USA's Chef d'Equipe Robert Ridland.
Ireland's Denis Lynch and Brooklyn Heights waiting for their turn to trot up.
Daniel Bluman's Ladriano Z.
Waiting in line.
Harrie Smolders giving Monaco N.O.P. a cuddle.
Julien Epaillard and Donatello D'Auge looked pretty relaxed.
Gerrit Nieberg and Blues d'Aveline CH.
Documenting it all.
Jur Vrieling took his time to joke with the media while trotting up Long John Silver 3 N.O.P.
Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson.
Daniel Bluman's Gemma W.
Shk. Ali Jmal Nasr Al Nuami's Casper AJ.
Sean Vard with Martin Fuchs' Leone Jei. Fuchs is in Omaha to defend his 2022-title from Leipzig.
Visconti du Telman.
The biggest horse of the show is probably Marcus Ehning's Priam du Roset.
When the trot-up started, some dressage horses had a photo-shoot in front of this green screen; here Darc de Lux watching the models.
Daniel Coyle's Legacy went from looking like an angel...
... to a devil when it was time for the trot-up.
Canada's Erynn Ballard and Gakhir.
Sweden's Wilma Hellström and Cicci BJN will be doing their first World Cup Final.
Then