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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