Steffen Peters & Rosamunde Compete in California Show In 3-Month USA CDI Drought

Steffen Peters and Legolas competing in California. © 2016 Terri Miller

DEL MAR, California, Oct. 30, 2016–Steffen Peters competed for the first time since the U.S. team bronze medal performance at the Rio Olympics, riding Rosamunde to victory in the Spooktacular Halloween national Grand Prix Saturday.

Steffen and the nine-year-old Rhinelander mare that he competed in Europe as a backup to Legolas, his Olympic and championship mount, was awarded 78.800 per cent from a single judge.

“Rosie did a wonderful clean test, with more relaxation in the collected walk, better trot extensions and great trot half passes,” Steffen said of the ride.

“I have to admit, I miss competing with my amazing team mates from Rio. I can't wait to see everybody again during the upcoming show season.”

The show had 50 per cent more entries than in 2015 with four arenas utilized for nine hours at a time of the year when there are no CDIs anywhere in the United States or Canada for three month.

The next competition for Rosamunde will be at the newly created World Cup event in Las Vegas in January, the first scheduled dressage show in the world in 2017.

Rio team mates Laura Graves, Kasey Perry-Glass and Allison Brock are based on the East Coast with the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida over winter the next competition.

Results:

Grand Prix

C: Kolstad – USA

		Rider	Nat.	Horse														T	Pl.
		Peters, Steffen	USA	Rosamunde														78.800	1
		Blake, David	USA	Ikaros														70.200	2
		Rocovich, Terri	USA	Uiver														67.800	3
		Carter, Mark	USA	Bellino														66.500	4
		Weinert, Emma	AUS	Velvet														64.700	5

Isabell Werth & Weihegold To Be No. 1 in World, First Time in 7 Years for Top Olympic Equestrian Medalist

Isabell Werth on Weihegold OLD celebrating Olympic individual silver medal at Rio de Janeiro. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Oct. 28, 2016

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD will become No. 1 in the world when the official rankings are announced next week, the first time in seven years the 47-year-old German superstar at the top of the global standings.

The results from the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro–team gold and individual silver–in August and the World Cup event in Lyon, France at the end of October with personal best scores in both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle will boost the combination to the top of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) rankings.

The freestyle result was Isabell's first ever score at 90 per cent and only the third rider in history to break the 90 per cent level–Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro and Edward Gal on Totilas being the other two.

Kristina Bröring-Sprehe and Desperados FRH, German team mates at Rio, will drop to second place in the rankings after holding the No. 1 spot since January.

Isabell, the mother of a son, Frederik, who celebrated his seventh birthday this month, earned the top spot based on the best eight results over the past year. She took over the ride on Weihegold, an 11-year-old Oldenburg mare, at the end of January after the horse was successful at small tour and developing Grand Prix when ridden by Beatrice Buchwald, an assistant trainer to Isabell at the time.

The partnership between Isabell and Weihegold was not even ranked at the beginning of this year and their first place in the standings was at 480 at the end of January after first and sixth placings in a World Cup event in Amsterdam.

This year has been one of the most memorable for Isabell who competed in her fifth Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016) and bringing her tally of medals to 10, six of them gold, more than any other equestrian in more than a century of horse sports at the Games.

The last time she was No. 1 was in July 2009 with Satchmo, her 2008 Olympic team gold medal horse.

Isabell has four horses on the word rankings–Weihegold, Emilio, Don Johnson FRH and El Santo NRW.

 

 

 

Rudolf Zeilinger Resigns as Danish Coach After 19 Years

Rudolf Zeilinger with Danish team at Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. © 2016 Ridehesten

Oct. 26, 2016

Rudolf Zeilinger has resigned as coach of the Danish dressage team after 19 years in the post but will stay on to the European Championships next summer.

The German trainer who will be 53 years old in two weeks wants someone new to take over the coaching job next year, the Danish Equestrian Federation announced.

Rudolf, winner of the German Championships in 2001, coached the United States team before taking the job with Denmark.

“During Rudolf's 19 years as coach,” the federation said in a statement, “the level and the number of athletes at the highest international level have increased significantly with medals at the European Championships, World Championships and Olympics.

“I have had 19 fantastic years as national coach of Denmark, and I am extremely happy to have been part of the development of Danish dressage,” he said. “It has been an exemplary collaboration with the federation and the coaching staff, which has resulted in good performance and a great development in Danish dressage.

“But here at the start to a new four-year period up to the Olympics in Tokyo, I find that the time is right for a new coach to take over and continue the development of Danish dressage sport.”

Jens-Erik Majlund, Danish federation general secretary , said: “During 19 years as national coach for our dressage team, Rudolf Zeilinger has lifted Danish dressage to be among the strongest dressage nations in the world. We have been extremely happy with the cooperation during all these years.

“From having just a handful of international Grand Prix riders back in 1997 when Rudolf started, we now have a very big group of riders competing at CDI shows all over the world. At almost every important CDI show in Europe, you will find Danish riders, not just competing but very often among the best-placed riders. During these years, Rudolf has done a fantastic job at clinics, shows and championships, our riders and trainers have developed and a lot of them have grown to be among the very best in the world.”

Among those cited by the federation as coached by Rudolf is Andreas Helgstrand, who won individual silver and bronze medals on Blue Hors Matine at the World Equestrian Games in 2006, team bronze at the Europeans in 1999 and 2001 and the Olympics in 2008.

“We are very grateful and feel lucky that we succeeded in having one of the best qualified and professional coaches in the world,” Jens-Erik said.

Newly Created Grand Prix Special to Music Proposed by FEI As Olympic & World Games Team Competition

Olympic dressage medal teams of four riders with three scores counting on the podium at Rio de Janeiro–Germany (gold), Great Britain (silver) and USA (bronze). © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Oct. 26, 2016

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

A major overhaul of Olympic and World Games dressage with a newly created Grand Prix Special to music deciding team medals while the Grand Prix becomes a qualifier for the Nations Cup is being proposed by the FEI–the International Equestrian Federation–for approval next month.

Teams for both the Olympics and the world championships would be cut to three horse and rider combinations with all scores counting, under the proposal, but with a reserve allowed as a last-minute substitution. Four pairs with one drop score was the format at the Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer.

The Grand Prix Freestyle will decide individual medals as it has at recent Olympics and World Games, its appeal to both the dressage community as well as those outside the sport sparked the proposed change in the team format.

All combinations would ride the same Grand Prix Special but riders would select their own accompanying music that would not be judged but make the competition more attractive to spectators and viewers.

Draft proposals for the new formats have been prepared for the FEI General Assembly–the ultimate decision-making body of the global governing body of horse sports–scheduled for Tokyo Nov. 19-22. Tokyo will also be the site of the 2022 Olympics.

A location for the World Games scheduled for less than two years from now has not yet been decided since Canada pulled out this summer when it was unable to raise money to stage the WEG at Bromont near Montreal where the 1976 Olympic equestrian sports were staged. The FEI Bureau meeting at the same time as the General Assembly is expected to decide between Tryon, North Carolina and Šamorín, Slovakia.

If the proposed Olympic format is approved by the General Assembly it would then be submitted to the International Olympic Committee for the final decision.

The goal of the FEI is to have 80 combinations at the World Games and 60 at the Olympics, the same as the number in Rio that was 10 higher than the previous Olympics in London.

Drafts of the new formats included in proposed changes to dressage rules are being circulated to national federations ahead of the general assembly and a copy was obtained by dressage-news.com.

A format of three horse and rider combinations with a reserve for qualified teams was implemented for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It drew widespread opposition and the more traditional lineup of four pairs with three scores counting was brought back for London in 2012 and Rio this year. Similar team formats are being proposed for both eventing and jumping, the other two Olympic disciplines.

Here's how both the Olympic and World Games format would work under the FEI proposal:

Nations would qualify both teams of up to four combinations and individuals through world and continental championships such as the European Championships, Pan American Games as well as other specified competitions or rankings.

One reserve combination may qualify for teams but no reserve for “composite” squads where three pairs qualify as individuals from the same nation to make up a team.

At the Olympics, all combinations for both teams and as individuals would compete in the Grand Prix to decide qualification for the Grand Prix Special to music for team competition and individuals for the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Only three combinations for each team would advance to the Grand Prix Special for music and limited to the top eight placed teams in the Grand Prix. All three results would count for each team with no “drop” score.

No individuals will compete in the Grand Prix Special to music.

The music for the Grand Prix Special will be selected by the rider but it will not be judged.

Reserve rider/horse combination can substitute for another pair up to two hours before the scheduled starting time of the Grand Prix Special to music.

Eighteen combinations will qualify for the Grand Prix Freestyle–but no more than three from a single nation, the same as in the past, to decide individual medals.

Demotion Added As Penalty for Judges Breaking Rules–FEI Proposed Change

Oct. 26, 2016

Dressage judges breaking rules set out in the so-called Codex or code of conduct could face demotion in addition to existing penalties of warning letter, suspension or removal from the official judges' list, according to a proposal by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

Changes in the code are to be considered by the FEI General Assembly–the ultimate decision-making body of the FEI that governs international horse sports–in Tokyo Nov. 19-22 and came after some controversial actions by judges at qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games.

Among the changes from the previous code published in 2010:

–Judges to accept responsibility for being in good health and fit to officiate throughout the an event;

–Installation of an electronic signaling system in all the judges' huts at FEI championships and games at Grand Prix level to discreetly inform the C-judge in case of blood, lameness, error of course, or similar incidents. It is is optional for other events;

–Forbids the use of other electronic communication, including mobile phones while judging, and

–Adding demotion as possible disciplinary actions for breaking the rules to a warning letter, temporary suspension or removal from the FEI dressage judges' list. There are five levels of FEI judges, with 5* being the highest.

No change was proposed in the payment of €120/US$130 per day to judges, though some organizers especially in the United States, pay substantially more.

A working group led by Frank Kemperman, chairman of the FEI dressage committee, is studying judging.

International Under 25 Dressage & Jumping Competitions to Debut at 2017 European Championships

Diana Porsche of Austria and Di Sandro, the No. 1 Under-25 combination in the world. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

Oct. 25, 2016

International competitions for Under-25 riders from the world's leading dressage and jumping nations have been created to premiere at the FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden next August.

The new concept in international competitions was announced Tuesday by Lövsta Future Challenge and the FEI European Championships in Gothenburg that created the event.

The top U25 riders from leading dressage and jumping nations will be invited to compete, individually as well as in teams during the Europeans Aug. 22-27.

Lövsta Future Challenge was created in 2011 by Swedish businesswoman Antonia Ax:son Johnson and Olympic dressage rider Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén who trains and competes the horses for Antonia's Lövsta stud farm in Sweden. The aim has been to raise the quality of Under-25 riders and developing horses up to age 11 as preparation to compete in international Grand Prix and on national teams. Lövsta Future Challenge is also focuses on sustainability in equestrian sport, an aspect high on the agenda for the European Championships organization.

Antonia and the companies she heads up in both Sweden and the United States are major sponsors of horse sports, including dressage at the Central Park Horse Show in New York.

“We will have a number of classes in the program, which are not a part of the championships,” said Tomas Torgersen, the championships competition manager.

“The Lövsta Future Challenge classes are for U25 riders in both dressage and jumping and the riders will have the opportunity to ride in the main arena–Ullevi Stadium.

“For us it was natural to turn to Lövsta Future Challenge for a partnership in this. We've been partners for several years at Gothenburg Horse Show and it has worked fantastically. The contribution to the sport by Lövsta Future Challenge is important.”

This will be the first time U25 riders in both dressage and jumping will have their own international classes during a European Championship. There will be both individual and team competitions with Lövsta Future Challenge as class sponsor.

“This is a new step for us in our effort to support young talents in both jumping and dressage,” said Emelie Broman Tegelberg, project manager for Lövsta Future Challenge.

“We've created this concept together with the organization of the FEI European Championships and it's a way to develop what we've already accomplished with Lövsta Future Challenge. The best riders from the best nations will be invited to compete against our Swedish riders, both individually and in a team competition.”

World Cup Mount Rocher & Danish Circus Rider Key to Developing American Dressage to be Inducted Into Hall of Fame

George Williams and Rocher at 2003 Dressage at Devon, an event she won three times.. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Oct. 24, 2016–The internationally popular floppy-eared mare Rocher and Lilian Wittmack Roye, a Danish circus rider who played a key role in developing American dressage, will be inducted into the Roemer Foundation/U.S. Dressage Foundation Hall of Fame this year.

Rocher, a 1991 German-bred Westfalen mare (Rolls Royce x Frühlingsstern) was competed by George Williams for owners Charles and Joann Smith of Richwood, Ohio.

The highlight of her career was a fifth place finish in the 2003 World Cup Freestyle championships in Goteborg, Sweden. The same year she was named U.S. Dressage Federation Grand Prix Horse and Grand Prix Freestyle Horse of the Year as well as Chronicle of the Horse Dressage Horse of the Year. Health issues kept her from being a contender for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 but returned to competition the following year to sweep the three U.S. Grand Prix Championship classes.

Lilian Wittmack Roye came to the United States from Denmark at the close of World War II as a performer in show business. She worked with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performing in the center ring across the United States.

Lilian settled in York, Pennsylvania and in 1955 organized the first American Horse Shows Association (predecessor of the U.S. Equestrian Federation) recognized dressage show held in the U.S.

She hand-wrote all the tests, which she translated from Danish, and judged the show herself.

In 1976, she staged the first FEI-sanctioned dressage competition in the U.S., held at the York Fairgrounds.

World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Highlights for Two Australians 10,000 miles/16,000 km Apart

Kristy Oatley and Du Soleil. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

World Cup highlights for Australians this weekend included perhaps the youngest ever rider to to win a CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle Down Under while one of the country's most successful international competitors almost 10,000 miles/16,000 km away posted the highest score for a musical performance since she set the top mark more than eight years ago.

Mary Warren, 18 years old rode her homebred Mindarah Park Ramadan to victory with a score of 71.000 per cent in the World Cup Freestyle at the Australian Championships in Sydney Saturday night.

For Mary and the 14-year-old Holsteiner breeding stallion by Regardez Moi it was only their fourth CDI Grand Prix since starting Big Tour in April after competing successfully at Young Riders through last year.

Mary, who lives with her family at their training and breeding farm about 112 miles/180km north of Sydney, may be the youngest ever winner of a World Cup event Down Under, according to a search by dressage-news.com of available records over the past 12 years.

The victory should earn the pair an invitation to the Pacific/Asia League final in New Zealand that will determine the single spot assigned to the geographic area to the World Cup Final in Omaha next March.

Ramadan is Mary's first Grand Prix horse, but the duo was 2015 Australian CDN Grand Prix champion as well as 2012 New South Wales Young Rider Medium champion. She competes Mindarah Park Raphael at Young Riders.

At the World Cup event in Odense, Denmark to kick off the nine-event Western European League which gets at least nine slots at the final Australia's Kristy Oatley and her Olympic partner Du Soleil posted a personal best of 76.705 per cent for fourth place. Kristy, a four-time Olympian for Australia though based in Germany, began the Big Tour career of the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding, a year ago.

The score for the pair was the highest since Kristy earned 77.650 per cent on Quando Quando in March 2008 before their appearance later that year at the Beijing Olympics.

A search of official records shows that Sunday's result would be the second highest freestyle result by an Australian after Kristy's 2008 score. The next closest being by her cousin, Lyndal Oatley four years ago on her two-time Olympic mount Sandro Boy.

“Today was the first time I rode my new freestyle so I actually focused more on the music than on my horse but he was fine in there today,” said Kristy, the 38-year-old mother of three. “Sometimes he gets over enthusiastic in an indoor atmosphere. He has done two World Cups last year but this is our first indoor show this season and I am quite happy with our performance today.”

Denmark Olympic Team Pair Anders Dahl & Selten Win Le Mans CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Anders Dahl and Selten HW. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LE MANS, France, Oct. 22, 2016–Anders Dahl marked the fourth year of owning the American-bred Selten HW by winning the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Saturday to sweep the second show in the past month. Great Britain's Henriette Andersen on Warlocks Charm won the Grand Prix Freestyle for the pair's first victory in two years at Big Tour.

Anders and the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding scored 73.333 per cent after capturing the Grand Prix Friday and winning both the Grand Prix and the Special at Saumur in September, four straight victories  since competing for Denmark in Rio de Janeiro in the rider's first Olympics.

The England-based rider and the American-bred Selten (Sandro Hit x Hohenstein) began Big Tour in April this year after success at Small Tour.

Selten was owned, trained and ridden by Elizabeth Ball of Carlsbad, California to U.S. championships at the ages of four, five and six. The horse was sold to Anders at auction in October, 2012 for €500,000 (US$647,000 at the time).

France's Marc Boblet on Noble Dream was runnerup Saturday on 72.746 per cent with Gillian Davison on Alfranco third on 70.392 per cent, the first result above 70 per cent for the British pair..

Great Britain's Henriette Andersen on Warlocks Charm won the Grand Prix Freestyle for the pair's first victory in two years at Big Tour.

Henriette and the 13-year-old KWPN gelding scored a personal best 75.300 per cent for the win over Belgium's Jeroen Devroe and Eres DL on 73.500 per cent and Ireland's Roland Tong on Rybrook Ambience in third on 73.275 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Juges–E: Annick DAUBAN (FRA) H: Raphael SALEH (FRA) C: Inda MAKNAMI (RUS) M: Lars ANDERSSON (SWE) B: Juan-Carlos CAMPOS (ESP)

		Pl				Horse	Rider	Total	E	H	C	M
	DEN	1				SELTEN HW H//Black/2004/SANDRO HITXSPS HIGH PRINCE(HOHENSTEIN)/Mr Anders Dahl, Mrs P Bigwood/I. WIEDERHOLD, FL/GBR	Anders DAHL	73.333%	72.255% (2)	74.314% (1)	73.431% (1)	73.235% (1)	73.431% (1)
	FRA	2				NOBLE DREAM F/OLDBG/Other/2002/CAPRIMOND (DE) TRAKXNOBLE AFFFAIR (OLD)(DONNERHALL)/Laura DALLARA -Jean-Louis DALLARA – Caty DALLARA//FRA	Marc BOBLET	72.039%	72.745% (1)	70.196% (2)	71.569% (2)	73.039% (2)	72.647% (2)
	GBR	3				ALFRANCO H/KWPN/Bay/2005/NEGROXFRANKA(DONKERBRUIN)/Mrs G Davison//GBR	Gillian DAVISON	70.392%	70.392% (3)	70.000% (3)	71.078% (3)	69.706% (4)	70.784% (3)
	FRA	4				LIAISON ENE*HN M/HANN/Chestnut/2000/LONDONDERRYXGRALSBURG FM (HANN)(GRALSW??CHTER)/INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU CHEVAL ET DE L'EQUITATION/Friedbert Manfrahs/FRA	Pauline VANLANDEGHEM	68.647%	69.118% (4)	67.353% (5)	68.333% (4)	69.706% (4)	68.725% (5)
	BEL	5				WODAN (NL) M/KWPN/Bay/2003/GRIBALDIXLOU-LOU(PION)/NICLAUS JEAN/F.P.H. PLOEGMAKERS, VINKEL (NED)/BEL	Francoise HOLOGNE-JOUX	68.078%	67.157% (7)	68.725% (4)	68.137% (5)	66.961% (7)	69.412% (4)
	LUX	6				SALADIN MZ H/OLDBG/Black/2005/SANDRO HITXLADY'S DONNA(DONNERHALL)/Zimmer Mandy/Jutta Kelle/LUX	Mandy ZIMMER	66.804%	64.412% (12)	65.196% (10)	66.176% (7)	70.196% (3)	68.039% (6)
	GBR	7				FLAVIO M/DSP/Bay/2005/FLORENCIO IXGAZELLE(GLUECKSPILZ)/Mrs H Andersen/Roland Hald/GBR	Henriette ANDERSEN	66.588%	68.235% (5)	66.569% (6)	65.196% (10)	67.059% (6)	65.882% (9)
	FRA	8				GRACIEUX VH LINDENHOF H/BWP/Chestnut/2006/LONDONDERRYXUNKA VAN HET LINDENHOF(CAMUS VAN TOT)/Madame CAROLINE OREBI/BOSCH MICHAEL, SINT-PIETERS-LEEUW (BEL)/FRA	Perrine CARLIER	66.216%	65.784% (9)	65.980% (7)	66.667% (6)	66.765% (8)	65.882% (9)
	GBR	9				CHAGALL H/HANN/Other/2003/CONTENDROXGALATEA(GRAF GRANNUS)/Mrs I Wessels, Mrs B Powell/Hans J Twietmeyer/GBR	Isobel WESSELS	66.176%	67.451% (6)	65.000% (11)	66.176% (7)	65.588% (10)	66.667% (7)
	FRA	10				ROCK'N ROLL STAR M/SF/Bay/2005/JOERISXROZALINDE(JAZZ)/S.C.E.A. LIMOUSIN/M. PHILIPPE LIMOUSIN, DISTRE (FRA)/FRA	Philippe LIMOUSIN	66.020%	67.157% (7)	65.882% (8)	65.196% (10)	65.588% (10)	66.275% (8)
	FRA	11				GORKLINTGARDS ROMARO H/DWB/Other/2005/BLUE HORS ROMANOV (OES)XCHIANTI CLASSICO DWB(BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO)/Monsieur FRANCOIS JACQ//FRA	Francois JACQ	65.863%	65.784% (9)	65.686% (9)	65.980% (9)	66.569% (9)	65.294% (11)
	FRA	12				QUARTZ OF JAZZ H/SF/Bay/2004/LAWRENCEXHONEY JAZZ(URLEVEN PIRONNIERE)/Monsieur JEAN BRETENOUX/M. LUC TAVERNIER,MME ANNE RICARD, RAMBOUILLET (FRA)/FRA	Marie Emilie BRETENOUX	64.275%	65.294% (11)	63.333% (13)	63.333% (13)	64.804% (12)	64.608% (12)
	USA	13				WILD DANCER F/KWPN/Bay/2003/FLORETT ASXREALITY B(MANTOVANI)/KATHY PRIEST/EGBERT KRAAK/D.W. WIJNVEEN, WINTERSWIJK WOOLD (NED) / J.W. GREVE, HAAKSBE/USA	Kathy PRIEST	63.510%	63.490% (13)	63.686% (12)	64.569% (12)	63.196% (13)	62.608% (14)
	FRA	14				VALLANTIENO 'ENE HN' H/KWPN/Other/2002/GRIBALDIXIRMA(CASSIS)/I.F.C.E. ECOLE NATIONALE D'EQUITATION/A. VAN DALEN, BRAKEL (NED)/FRA	Fabien GODELLE	62.353%	60.941% (14)	62.216% (14)	63.294% (14)	62.510% (14)	62.804% (13)

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Anders Dahl & Selten Win Le Mans CDI3* Grand Prix for 3rd Straight Victory

Anders Dahl and Selten HW. © 2016 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LE MANS, France, Oct. 21, 2016–Anders Dahl and Selten HW won the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday for the third straight victory for the Danish Olympic team combination.

The England-based rider and the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding scored 70.060 per cent for the win.

Anders and the U.S.-bred Selten (Sandro Hit x Hohenstein) began Grand Prix in April this year and after three shows on the Continent competed on the Danish team at Rio de Janeiro in August. Since then, the pair won both the Grand Prix and Special at Saumur, France last month.

The Netherlands' Christa Larmoyeur on Superhorse Aston Martin NL was second on 69.640 per cent with France's Marc Boblet on Noble Dream third on 69.340 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

Judges–E: Leif TOERNBLAD (DEN) H: Elke EBERT (GER) C: Francis VERBEEK-VON TOOY (NED) M: Lionel DU TRANOY (FRA) B: Jean-Michel ROUDIER (FRA)

						HORSE	RIDER	Total	E	H	C	M	B
	DEN					SELTEN HW H//Black/2004/SANDRO HITXSPS HIGH PRINCE(HOHENSTEIN)/Mr Anders Dahl, Mrs P Bigwood/I. WIEDERHOLD, FL/GBR	Anders DAHL	70.060%	69.400% (3)	70.300% (2)	70.600% (3)	70.200% (1)	69.800% (5)
	NED					SUPERHORSE ASTON MARTIN NL H/KWPN/Chestnut/2005/UPHILLXURONIA(CABOCHON)/J.A.W.J Laarakkers&C.A.Laarakkers-Larmoyeur&G.W.No/G W. VAN NOREL, WAPENVELD (NL)/NED	Christa LARMOYEUR	69.640%	68.900% (5)	70.400% (1)	68.900% (4)	69.900% (2)	70.100% (4)
	FRA					NOBLE DREAM F/OLDBG/Other/2002/CAPRIMOND (DE) TRAKXNOBLE AFFFAIR (OLD)(DONNERHALL)/Laura DALLARA -Jean-Louis DALLARA – Caty DALLARA//FRA	Marc BOBLET	69.340%	71.500% (1)	69.400% (3)	70.800% (1)	66.600% (10)	68.400% (9)
	BEL					ERES DL H/BWP/Bay/2004/SIR LUIXTIPS(BALZFLUG)/Lousberg Daniel/LOUSBERG DANIEL ZA/BEL	Jeroen DEVROE	69.340%	69.600% (2)	69.100% (4)	70.800% (1)	68.200% (3)	69.000% (7)
	IRL					RYBROOK AMBIENCE H//Bay/2005/TRENTO BXRADONJA STER(METALL)/Mrs S Kirkpatrick & Mr Roland Tong/MS S TYLER -EVANS/IRL	Roland TONG	68.020%	68.400% (6)	67.600% (7)	67.100% (8)	66.700% (8)	70.300% (3)
	GBR					WARLOCKS CHARM H/KWPN/Chestnut/2003/JAZZXMARJOLA(FARRINGTON)/Henriette Andersen & Jennifer Charlsworth/C. VAN DAM, RAVENSWAAY (NED)/GBR	Henriette ANDERSEN	67.980%	68.200% (8)	66.000% (14)	68.700% (5)	66.600% (10)	70.400% (2)
	GBR					MR HYDE H//Bay/2005/X()/Mr & Mrs S Croxford/Ian Smith/GBR	Stephanie CROXFORD	67.960%	67.000% (9)	69.000% (5)	65.000% (18)	67.700% (5)	71.100% (1)
	GBR					ALFRANCO H/KWPN/Bay/2005/NEGROXFRANKA(DONKERBRUIN)/Mrs G Davison//GBR	Gillian DAVISON	66.760%	66.000% (17)	67.700% (6)	66.200% (13)	66.700% (8)	67.200% (13)
	BEL					WODAN (NL) M/KWPN/Bay/2003/GRIBALDIXLOU-LOU(PION)/NICLAUS JEAN/F.P.H. PLOEGMAKERS, VINKEL (NED)/BEL	Francoise HOLOGNE-JOUX	66.720%	64.300% (25)	67.500% (8)	65.700% (14)	67.800% (4)	68.300% (10)
	FRA					ROCK'N ROLL STAR M/SF/Bay/2005/JOERISXROZALINDE(JAZZ)/S.C.E.A. LIMOUSIN/M. PHILIPPE LIMOUSIN, DISTRE (FRA)/FRA	Philippe LIMOUSIN	66.720%	66.400% (15)	66.100% (12)	66.300% (12)	67.000% (7)	67.800% (12)
	FRA					LIAISON ENE*HN M/HANN/Chestnut/2000/LONDONDERRYXGRALSBURG FM (HANN)(GRALSW??CHTER)/INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU CHEVAL ET DE L'EQUITATION/Friedbert Manfrahs/FRA	Pauline VANLANDEGHEM	66.620%	65.500% (20)	65.400% (17)	66.400% (11)	66.500% (13)	69.300% (6)
	FRA					GRACIEUX VH LINDENHOF H/BWP/Chestnut/2006/LONDONDERRYXUNKA VAN HET LINDENHOF(CAMUS VAN TOT)/Madame CAROLINE OREBI/BOSCH MICHAEL, SINT-PIETERS-LEEUW (BEL)/FRA	Perrine CARLIER	66.400%	68.400% (6)	64.200% (25)	64.800% (20)	66.600% (10)	68.000% (11)
	SUI					DARKO OF DE NIRO ZS CH H/CH/Black/2004/DE NIROXDIANA(GAGNEUR)/Zellweger-Schmidhauser Mauz&Zellweger Thomas/Thomas Schneider/SUI	Charlotte LENHERR	66.340%	64.600% (24)	65.200% (19)	68.600% (6)	67.100% (6)	66.200% (17)
	LUX					SALADIN MZ H/OLDBG/Black/2005/SANDRO HITXLADY'S DONNA(DONNERHALL)/Zimmer Mandy/Jutta Kelle/LUX	Mandy ZIMMER	66.300%	66.600% (12)	66.200% (10)	67.800% (7)	66.100% (14)	64.800% (23)
	NED					ZAMACHO Z H/KWPN/Bay/2004/ROUSSEAUXJERIA(ROSSINI)/C.C.W. HUIJBREGTS/P.G. BIJVELDS, Erp (NED) / A.S.M. BIJVELDS, ERP (NED)/NED	Jill HUYBREGTS	66.060%	66.200% (16)	65.800% (16)	65.500% (15)	66.000% (15)	66.800% (16)
	NED					CATCH ME H/KWPN/Other/2007/DREAMCATCHERXLIZZY(GOODTIMES)/Mevr. M. Timmermans & Dhr. D. v. Kreij/M. EVERS, ZEELAND (NED)/NED	Margo TIMMERMANS	66.020%	69.000% (4)	66.100% (12)	64.800% (20)	65.100% (22)	65.100% (22)
	GBR					FLAVIO M/DSP/Bay/2005/FLORENCIO IXGAZELLE(GLUECKSPILZ)/Mrs H Andersen/Roland Hald/GBR	Henriette ANDERSEN	66.000%	66.000% (17)	65.100% (22)	65.100% (17)	65.300% (21)	68.500% (8)
	GBR					AMADEUS H/KWPN/Bay/2005/OLIVIXSURAYDA(SANDRO HIT)/Mrs N Naylor/J. VAN STOKKOM, MADE (NED)/GBR	Daniel WATSON	65.880%	66.700% (11)	67.100% (9)	64.000% (23)	66.000% (15)	65.600% (20)
	FRA					GORKLINTGARDS ROMARO H/DWB/Other/2005/BLUE HORS ROMANOV (OES)XCHIANTI CLASSICO DWB(BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO)/Monsieur FRANCOIS JACQ//FRA	Francois JACQ	65.700%	65.700% (19)	66.000% (14)	66.600% (9)	64.100% (27)	66.100% (18)
	POL					TEO H/KWPN/Grey/1999/DEMOCRAATXHELGA(UNIFORM)/Katarzyna Milczarek & Jaroslaw Klima/P.H.M. COLLOMBON, 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH (NED)/POL	Tomasz JASINSKI	65.580%	66.500% (14)	65.200% (19)	65.400% (16)	64.800% (24)	66.000% (19)
	FRA					QUARTZ OF JAZZ H/SF/Bay/2004/LAWRENCEXHONEY JAZZ(URLEVEN PIRONNIERE)/Monsieur JEAN BRETENOUX/M. LUC TAVERNIER,MME ANNE RICARD, RAMBOUILLET (FRA)/FRA	Marie Emilie BRETENOUX	65.100%	64.900% (23)	65.300% (18)	65.000% (18)	64.800% (24)	65.500% (21)
	SUI					GET TIME F/HANN/Bay/2003/RUBIN-ROYALXGRAZIANA(GRAF REMUS)/Kym Katharina/Hans Bahr/SUI	Alexandra ZURBRÜGG	64.560%	66.600% (12)	63.600% (28)	66.600% (9)	65.000% (23)	61.000% (31)
	GBR					CHAGALL H/HANN/Other/2003/CONTENDROXGALATEA(GRAF GRANNUS)/Mrs I Wessels, Mrs B Powell/Hans J Twietmeyer/GBR	Isobel WESSELS	64.320%	62.200% (30)	64.700% (23)	61.700% (27)	66.000% (15)	67.000% (14)
	DOM					AQUAMARIJN F/KWPN/Bay/2005/UNITEDXTOERMALIJN(GRIBALDI)/Yvonne Losos de Muniz/P.A.M. VAN KESSEL, VORSTENBOSCH (NED)/DOM	Yvonne LOSOS DE MUÑIZ	64.300%	65.400% (21)	63.700% (26)	62.400% (25)	65.700% (18)	64.300% (25)
	FRA					VALLANTIENO 'ENE HN' H/KWPN/Other/2002/GRIBALDIXIRMA(CASSIS)/I.F.C.E. ECOLE NATIONALE D'EQUITATION/A. VAN DALEN, BRAKEL (NED)/FRA	Fabien GODELLE	64.300%	63.000% (27)	66.200% (10)	64.400% (22)	63.500% (29)	64.400% (24)
	BEL					TIN TIN H/KWPN/Grey/2000/X()/Claudia Dorpmans/A De Wit/BEL	Claudia DORPMANS	64.260%	66.900% (10)	64.600% (24)	61.500% (29)	64.500% (26)	63.800% (27)
	GBR					PRIVALDI H/KWPN/Bay/1997/GRIBALDIXROLANDA(DORUTO)/Mrs K Maxted/E.P.J. TEURLINX, HELVOIRT (NED)/GBR	Kay MAXTED	64.220%	62.600% (28)	65.200% (19)	62.600% (24)	63.800% (28)	66.900% (15)
	GBR					BOADICIA F/OLDBG/Chestnut/2004/BELISSIMO MXDONNA FABIOLA(GIORGIONE)/Sarah Oppenheimer/Mr Christian Heinrich/GBR	Alice Ruth OPPENHEIMER	63.000%	63.300% (26)	63.300% (29)	61.600% (28)	65.400% (19)	61.400% (30)
	USA					WILD DANCER F/KWPN/Bay/2003/FLORETT ASXREALITY B(MANTOVANI)/KATHY PRIEST/EGBERT KRAAK/D.W. WIJNVEEN, WINTERSWIJK WOOLD (NED) / J.W. GREVE, HAAKSBE/USA	Kathy PRIEST	62.900%	65.100% (22)	62.600% (30)	61.800% (26)	65.400% (19)	59.600% (32)
	GRE					ROOSENS WESTPOINT H/KWPN/Other/2003/LANCETXFABIOLA(FORREST XX)/J.A. Kordatzaki/E.P.M. ADAMS, NISPEN (NED)/GRE	Jiochanna-Androniki KORDATZAKI	61.700%	59.500% (33)	62.600% (30)	61.300% (30)	62.500% (31)	62.600% (29)
	NED					CUPIDO H/KWPN/Other/2007/TUSCHINSKIXTIENI R(GOODTIMES)/Schelstraete Paarden BV/D. REYNE, BARSINGERHORN (NED)/NED	Jonna SCHELSTRAETE	61.500%	60.100% (32)	61.500% (32)	58.600% (33)	63.200% (30)	64.100% (26)
	COL					DON QUICHOT M/BWP/Bay/2003/QUITE EASY IXREINA Z BWP(RAMIRO)/Madame Doris OSMONT/JOHAN LANNOO, PITTEM (BEL)/FRA	Caroline OSMONT	61.360%	62.600% (28)	61.400% (33)	58.900% (32)	61.000% (33)	62.900% (28)
	ITA					LORELEY 88 F/WESTF/Bay/2003/LARENCOXPANAMA(POLYDOR)/Hellwege, Jan-Dirk/Schweckhorst, Aloys/ITA	Anna PAPROCKA CAMPANELLA	60.820%	60.800% (31)	63.700% (26)	59.000% (31)	61.500% (32)	59.100% (33)
	FRA					BLACKTIME M/KWPN/Black/2006/PAINTED BLACK KWPNXULOCIA KWPN(GOODTIMES)/Madame MAEVA HOANG//FRA	Maeva HOANG	53.740%	51.400% (34)	53.500% (34)	53.700% (34)	53.700% (34)	56.400% (34)

Henri Ruoste & Roble Post Personal Best to Win Helsinki CDI3* Grand Prix

HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 20, 2016–Henri Ruoste posted a personal best score for the first victory on Roble in winning the CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday.

The Finnish rider and the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding scored 70.460 per cent in the pair's sixth show since Henri began the horse's Big Tour career earlier this year,

Estonia's Dina Ellermann on Landy's Akvarel placed second on 67.300 per cent with Stella Hagelstam of Finland on New Hill Julitrea third on 67.040 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

RANK	HNR	COMPETITOR		NATION		E	H	C	M	B	TOTAL
Placed competitors
1.	0205	Roble	Henri Ruoste	FIN		70.300 %	70.800 %	72.400 %	69.200 %	69.600 %	70.460 % 800,00 EUR
		dbay / 13y. / G / HANN / Ravallo / Donnerschwee / 102YL45 / Zimmermann,Christian				(1.)	(1.)	(1.)	(1.)	(1.)
2.	0200	Landy's Akvarel	Dina Ellermann	EST		67.300 %	68.800 %	66.200 %	67.300 %	66.900 %	67.300 % 700,00 EUR
		bay / 13y. / M / Landcruiser / Noble Champion / 103KA33 / Dina Ellermann & Genofen Ltd				(3.)	(2.)	(4.)	(2.)	(3.)
3.	0201	New Hill Julitrea	Stella Hagelstam	FIN		68.700 %	66.900 %	67.400 %	66.400 %	65.800 %	67.040 % 500,00 EUR
		bay / 11y. / M / FWB / Revan / Alcatraz / 103II29 / Passion for Dressage OY				(2.)	(3.)	(2.)	(4.)	(4.)
4.	0209	Schumi	Sophie Fleming Tärnström	SWE		65.700 %	64.600 %	63.100 %	65.500 %	67.700 %	65.320 % 300,00 EUR
		chest / 17y. / G / KWPN / Furore / Investment / SWE40839 / Sophie Fleming Tärnström				(4.)	(5.)	(6.)	(5.)	(2.)
5.	0207	Briman	Emilie Brolin	SWE		63.700 %	62.900 %	66.700 %	63.800 %	64.100 %	64.240 % 200,00 EUR
		chest / 15y. / G / SWB / Briar / Martini / 103XC26 / Brolöten AB				(7.)	(7.)	(3.)	(8.)	(7.)
Total: 2,500.00 EUR
Other, non-placed competitors
6.	0208	Edvin	Per Duvefelt	SWE		63.000 %	65.300 %	62.700 %	67.200 %	62.300 %	64.100 %
		bay / 17y. / G / SWB / Tip-Top / Amiral 764 / SWE05164 / PD Ridsport Per Duvefeldt				(8.)	(4.)	(7.)	(3.)	(8.)
7.	0202	Lord Of Lennox v.	Peggy Högsten	FIN		63.800 %	60.600 %	63.900 %	65.000 %	65.700 %	63.800 %
		dbay / 14y. / G / OLDBG / Lamentos / Feingau / 102YW02 / Högsten,Peggy				(6.)	(9.)	(5.)	(7.)	(5.)
8.	0206	Denzel	Anna von Wendt	FIN		64.200 %	64.500 %	62.600 %	65.100 %	61.700 %	63.620 %
		chest / 14y. / G / HANN / Don Frederico / Wonderland / 103JR81 / Anna von Wendt				(5.)	(6.)	(8.)	(6.)	(10.)
9.	0204	Zelle	Maria Pyykönen	FIN		63.000 %	62.000 %	61.300 %	63.800 %	61.900 %	62.400 %
		12y. / G / KWPN / Ferro / Samber / 104FT96 / Anita Naukkarinen				(8.)	(8.)	(9.)	(8.)	(9.)
10.	0203	Dorazio	Kira Kanerva	FIN		62.800 %	59.700 %	60.300 %	63.300 %	65.200 %	62.260 %
		bay / 14y. / S / SWB / Briar / Sack / FIN40150 / Kira Kanerva				(10.)	(10.)	(10.)	(10.)	(6.)