Cathrine Dufour & Cassidy Win Danish Championship Grand Prix

Cathrine Dufour on Cassidy.

BROHOLM, Denmark, June 17, 2016–Cathrine Dufour, just eight months out of the Under-25 division, rode Atterupgaards Cassidy to victory in the Danish Championships Grand Prix Friday, a major step to being selected to the nation's team for the Olympic Games in seven weeks.

Cathrine and the 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding that have been partnered at international level since the rider's European Championship junior year in 2016 was awarded 76.800 per cent by the all-Danish ground jury.

Anna Kasprzak on Donnperignon, the top Danish combination for most of the past four years when the pair was the highest placed from her nation at the 2012 Olympic Games, was second just 0.06 per cent back on 76.740 per cent.

Agnete Kirk Thinggard on Jojo AZ placed thid on 74.520 per cent, Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Blue Hors Hotline fourth on 72.100 per cent and the Wellington, Florida-based Mikala Gundersen on My Lady fifth on 70.920 per cent.

Lars Petersen, the Danish Olympic rider also based in Florida, decided not compete Mariett in the championships because of the stress on the 18-year-old mare of travel to Europe, competitions then, if successful in making the four-member team, going to Rio de Janeiro before going home to Florida.

Results:

Grand Prix

Judges-E: Helle Westh, H: Grethe Keller, C: Hans Christian Matthiesen, M: Leif Törnblad, B: Kirsten Søgaard

		RIDER	HORSE		E	H	C	M	B	Total	Placering
		Cathrine Dufour 0	ATTERUPGAARDS CASSIDY 2003/Caprimond E. H./Doreen/Donnerhall		386.000 1	372.500 2	393.000 2	382.000 1	386.500 1	76.800	1
		Anna Kasprzak 0	DONNPERIGNON 1999/V/DONNERHALL/MONTSERRAT/MOZART II		384.000 2	379.500 1	401.500 1	370.500 3	383.000 2	76.740	2
		Agnete Kirk Thinggaard 0	JOJO AZ 2003/GINUS/ÖRÖMHÍR/JUSTBOY		367.000 3	368.000 3	382.500 3	372.500 2	373.000 3	74.520	3
		Daniel Bachmann Andersen 0	BLUE HORS HOTLINE 2003/HI/Hofrat/De Nira/De Niro		358.500 5	349.500 9	377.000 4	356.500 4	361.000 4	72.100	4
		Mikala Münter Gundersen 0	MY LADY 2000/Michellino//Ritterstern		348.500 10	353.000 6	360.500 7	354.500 6	356.500 5	70.920	5
		Mai Tofte Olesen 0	RUSTIQUE 2002/V/Heslegård´S Rubin/Wibi H./Midt-West Ibi-Light		360.500 4	346.500 10	364.500 5	354.500 6	346.000 11	70.880	6
		Nathalie Zu Sayn Wittgenstein	FABIENNE 2002/HO/BLUE HORS FUTURE CUP/RACINE/RUBINSTEIN I		357.000 7	356.000 4	360.000 8	341.500 12	353.000 7	70.700	7
		Anders Dahl	SELTEN HW 1980/Sandro Hit//Hohenstein		353.500 8	342.500 13	364.500 5	355.000 5	351.000 8	70.660	8
		Rikke Svane	FINCKENSTEIN TSF 2002/LATIMER/FATIMA XVII/KENNEDY		357.500 6	351.500 8	357.500 9	351.000 9	348.500 9	70.640	9
		Lena Leschly Åmand	GØRKLINTGÅRDS FANERO 2003/Olympic Ferro/Virkelysts Bella/Le Mont-H		349.000 9	352.500 7	357.500 9	347.500 10	356.000 6	70.500	10
		Helene Melsen	ASTON MARTIN 2005/Monteverdi/Anastasia/Sixtus		348.500 10	345.500 11	345.500 13	353.500 8	347.500 10	69.620	11
		Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	CASSIO 2005/V/TANNENHOF´S CONTEUR/K-JACOMA/CALATO		346.000 13	345.500 11	347.500 11	347.500 10	344.500 12	69.240	12
		Andreas Helgstrand	N.O.H.'S DAIJOUBO 2006/HI/Daddy Cool/N.o.h.´s Blinda (blinda)/Picandt		347.500 12	355.500 5	346.500 12	337.000 13	340.500 13	69.080	13
		Bente Kronborg Jensen	LOTHRINGER 6 1999/V/LOTHRINGER/D-CONCORDIA/CARETINO		322.000 16	327.000 15	340.000 14	320.500 15	325.500 15	65.400	14
		Line Herman Hass	WESTERGÅRDENS TARSAN 2006/HI/Solos Landtinus/Tabita/Lucky Light		325.500 15	327.500 14	332.500 15	319.500 16	329.500 14	65.380	15
		Malene Ebbesen	MIRA 2000/Michellino/Caprice/Blue Hors Cavan		319.000 19	324.000 16	328.000 16	321.000 14	323.000 16	64.600	16
		Søren Knudsen	THUNDER K. 2007/HI/BLUE HORS HOTLINE/DONNA-DEA-SK/BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO		321.000 17	316.500 18	320.000 17	318.000 17	320.500 17	63.840	17
		Betina Jæger Jensen	VIMOGÅRDENS ROXANE 2006/HO/BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO/RUBINA LANGKJÆRGAARD/RUBINSTEIN I		334.000 14	324.000 16	316.000 18	303.500 19	318.500 18	63.840	17
		Jacqueline Ferring Strassmann	MEISTER 2000/V/Milan/Veronica/Vemmetofte Rainman		307.500 22	314.000 19	308.000 21	307.000 18	311.500 20	61.920	19
		Annitta Duus	LINDEHØJS LAZANTA 2000/Solos Landtinus/Lindehøjs Recol/Resident		311.000 20	291.500 21	313.500 19	301.000 20	312.000 19	61.160	20
		Rie Møller Jensen	TOFTEKÆRS DIVA 2005/HO/Blue Hors Don Schufro/Toftekærs Felippa/Olympic Ferro		320.000 18	291.000 22	312.500 20	300.500 21	302.500 21	61.060	21
		Karen L. Hansen	DO IT KLINT 2000/V/Blue Hors Don Schufro/Wendy Klint/Wanderer		308.500 21	306.000 20	302.500 22	297.500 22	301.000 22	60.620	22