Michael Klimke & Djamba Djokiba Win Wellington CDI St. Georges In Storm Wracked Day

Michael Klimke and Djamba Djokiba in the Global Dressage Festival CDOI Prix St. Georges. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 15, 2016–Germany's Michael Klimke and Djamba Djokiba won the Adequan Global Dressage Festival Prix St. Georges Friday for the first CDI victory for the pair after downpours and high winds that spawned a nearby tornado washed out most competitions at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

The score of 72.632 per cent was a personal best for Michael and the nine-year-old Westfalen gelding in their second winter in Florida.

Heather Blitz of the United States on Ripline, the 2015 U.S. reserve champion Developing Prix St. Georges horse, placed second on 71.842 per cent.

The Netherlands' Leida Collins-Strijk on Don Tignanello was third on 71.140 per cent.

Michael Klimke and Royal Dancer placed fourth on 70.044 per cent while Great Britain's Suzan Pape on Harmoney's Don Noblesse was fifth on 69.474 per cent. The pair were finalists in the 2015 Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, the German championships for Prix St. Georges horses seven to nine years old.

The storm that swept through Palm Beach and was marked by a tornado touching down close to a nearby lion sanctuary caused cancelation of the first Friday night Freestyle under the lights of the 2016 winter circuit.

The World Cup Freestyle was re-scheduled for Saturday night.

Results:

Prix St Georges

E: –

H: Osinski – USA

C: Torrente – COL

M: –

B: Lang – AUT

		Rider	Nat.	Horse						H	Rk.	C	Rk.			B	Rk.	T	Pl.
		Klimke, Michael	GER	Djamba Djokiba						71.316	2	72.237	1			74.342	1	72.632	1
		Blitz, Heather	USA	Ripline						72.105	1	71.447	3			71.974	3	71.842	2
		Collins-Strijk, Leida	NED	Don Tignanello						70.263	3	70.921	5			72.237	2	71.140	3
		Klimke, Michael	GER	Royal Dancer 33						68.026	7	71.316	4			70.789	4	70.044	4
		Pape, Suzan	GBR	Harmony's Don Noblesse						69.079	6	71.579	2			67.763	5	69.474	5
		Stumpf, Katharina	AUT	For My Love						69.737	4	69.868	6			67.500	6	69.035	6
		Bock, Amy K.	USA	Walk The Line						69.342	5	68.026	7			67.500	6	68.289	7
		Fladland, Melissa	USA	Royal Gem						66.711	8	66.053	8			65.526	9	66.096	8
		Strasser, Evi	CAN	Super Tyme						64.342	9	65.526	9			66.974	8	65.614	9
		de Haan, Yvonne	NED	Winter						62.632	11	64.342	10			63.947	10	63.640	10
		Cizadlo, Anne	USA	Paddington						59.342	13	63.026	11			62.632	11	61.667	11
		Boldt, Kate	USA	Dynamica						61.053	12	60.263	13			61.447	12	60.921	12
		Eckroth, Eline	USA	Sir Prize						63.158	10	61.842	12			56.579	13	60.526	13