Laura & Mistral Capture Hagen CDI3* Grand Prix

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

HAGEN, Germany, May 6–Great Britain’s triple World Equestrian Games silver medal winner Laura Bechtolsheimer made the best ever start of a competition year with Mistral Hojris to capture the Grand Prix qualifier for the Special while team mate Carl Hester on the flashy Uthopia placed third.

Laura, whose sole competition with the 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding after WEG was London’s Olympia in December, scored 81.489 per cent with Germany’s Anabel Balkenhol, the daughter of former U.S. team coach and trainer of Laura, in second place on 76.723 per cent.

Carl Hester, who was Laura’s team mate on the silver medal teams at the 2009 European Championsips and the 2010 WEG, finished third on the 10-year-old Uthopia with a score of 75.426 per cent. The pair showed on the Sunshine Tour in Spain last year and at Saumur, France, earlier this year.

Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven, who prepared for the opening outdoor competition with three months in Florida over the winter, placed fourth on Don Auriello with 73.128 per cent.

Of non-Europeans, Canada’s Belinda Trussell on her WEG mount, Anton, scored 70.085 per cent for 11th place while the USA’s Shawna Harding, of Aiken, South Carolina, on her World Cup mount, Come On III, scored 68.043 per cent for 14th place.

The German-based Australian Hayley Beresford on Belissimo NRW won the Intermediaire I Freestyle with a score of 73.150 per cent with German Holga Finken on Divertimento 6 second on 70.700 per cent and Fie Christine Skarsoe on One-Night-Stand third on 70.550 per cent.

Belissimo is a breeding stallion who has not competed since the young horse championship several years ago, but Hayley has begun preparing the horse for the Grand Prix.

Grand Prix Results:

1.	353	Mistral Hojris	Bechtolsheimer, Laura	GBR		1200 EUR	391.0	382.0	384.0	381.0	376.0	1915.0 Punkte
	F 16-j.W v.Michellino/M.v.Ibsen/DK/DEN02686/B: Bechtolsheimer,Mr. & Mrs.						83.191 %	81.276 %	81.702 %	81.063 %	80.000 %	81.489 %
							1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
2.	180	Dablino	Balkenhol, Anabel	GER		960 EUR	356.0	370.0	350.0	367.0	359.0	1803.0 Punkte
	DF 11-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Wanderbursch II/HANN/GER41335/B: Balkenhol,Klaus						75.744 %	78.723 %	74.468 %	78.085 %	76.383 %	76.723 %
							2.	2.	3.	2.	2.
3.	477	Uthophia	Hester, Carl	GBR		760 EUR	354.0	356.0	362.0	341.0	359.0	1772.0 Punkte
	B 10-j.H v.Metall/M.v.Inspekteur/KWPN/GBR40907/B: Hester,Carl						75.341 %	75.767 %	77.043 %	72.574 %	76.405 %	75.426 %
							3.	3.	2.	6.	2.
4.	210	Don Auriello	Vilhelmson-Silfven, Tinne	SWE		560 EUR	351.0	347.0	338.0	344.0	337.0	1718.0 Punkte
	B 9-j.W v.Don Davidoff/M.v.White Star/HANN/GER43436/B: Lövsta Stuterij						74.703 %	73.852 %	71.936 %	73.213 %	71.723 %	73.128 %
							4.	4.	6.	5.	5.
5.	551	Whisper	Theodorescu, Monica	GER		480 EUR	333.0	338.0	340.0	352.0	326.0	1690.0 Punkte
	F 13-j.W v.Welt Hit O/M.v.Weltstar 7/BAWÜ/GER26878/B: Linsenhoff, Ann Kathrin						70.851 %	71.915 %	72.341 %	74.894 %	69.362 %	71.915 %
							10.	7.	5.	3.	10.
6.	415	Romanov Blue Hors	Hansen, Sune	DEN		400 EUR	333.0	332.0	337.0	329.0	340.0	1671.0 Punkte
	B 11-j.H v.Rohdiamant/M.v.Grundstein II/OLD/DEN40408/B: Blue Horse Aps,						70.873 %	70.660 %	71.724 %	70.021 %	72.362 %	71.128 %
							9.	9.	7.	7.	4.
7.	246	Fernandez	Dujardin, Charlotte	GBR		320 EUR	334.0	343.0	342.0	325.0	325.0	1670.0 Punkte
	F 11-j.W v.Florestan I/M.v.Weinberg/WESTF/103CD53/B: Miss C & Mrs J Dujardin						71.085 %	73.000 %	72.788 %	69.170 %	69.170 %	71.085 %
							8.	5.	4.	11.	11.
8.	182	D’Agostino	Lütkemeier, Fabienne	GER		320 EUR	335.0	330.0	337.0	329.0	335.0	1666.0 Punkte
	F 11-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Shogun xx/HANN/GER42139/B: Capellmann-Lütkemeier,Gina						71.298 %	70.234 %	71.724 %	70.021 %	71.298 %	70.915 %
							7.	10.	7.	7.	6.
Weitere, nicht platzierte Teilnehmer
9.	266	Girasol	Capellmann, Nadine	GER			323.0	329.0	329.0	350.0	329.0	1660.0 Punkte
	F 10-j.S v.Gribaldi/M.v.Landioso/WÜRTT/102UM07/B: Capellmann,Nadine						68.745 %	70.022 %	70.022 %	74.491 %	70.022 %	70.660 %
							14.	13.	9.	4.	9.
10.	880	Valentino G	Schmidt, Hubertus	GER			342.0	340.0	318.0	324.0	331.0	1655.0 Punkte
	B 9-j.W v.Ferro/M.v.Damiro/KWPN/102NV75/B: Arl, Joachim						72.788 %	72.362 %	67.680 %	68.957 %	70.447 %	70.447 %
							5.	6.	15.	12.	7.
11.	20	Anton	Trussell, Belinda	CAN			338.0	336.0	326.0	327.0	319.0	1647.0 Punkte
	B 11-j.W v.Antaeus/M.v.Melit xx/SACHS/CAN40169/B: Trussell,Belinda						71.915 %	71.489 %	69.362 %	69.574 %	67.872 %	70.085 %
							6.	8.	12.	10.	14.
12.	235	Elmegardens Marquis	Faurie, Emile	GBR			324.0	327.0	328.0	328.0	330.0	1638.0 Punkte
	B 12-j.W v.Michellino/M.v.Lucky Light/DK/EST40062/B: Vaughan,Joanne						68.936 %	69.574 %	69.787 %	69.787 %	70.213 %	69.702 %
							12.	14.	11.	9.	8.
13.	336	Louis D’Or	Anderson, Henrietta	GBR			329.0	330.0	329.0	317.0	309.0	1614.0 Punkte
	B 12-j.W /DK/B: Anderson,Henrietta						70.022 %	70.234 %	70.022 %	67.468 %	65.765 %	68.702 %
							11.	11.	9.	14.	18.
14.	785	Come On III	Harding, Shawna	USA			323.0	327.0	317.0	309.0	322.0	1599.0 Punkte
	B 12-j.W v.Come Back II/M.v.Lantaan/DWB/USA40973/B: Shawna L. Harding						68.724 %	69.575 %	67.447 %	65.745 %	68.511 %	68.043 %
							14.	14.	17.	17.	13.
15.	554	River of Joy	Schulten-Baumer, Ellen	GER			323.0	317.0	318.0	317.0	315.0	1591.0 Punkte
	B 12-j.W v.Ravallo 2/HANN./GER41600/B: Schulten-Baumer, Dr. Uwe sen.						68.723 %	67.447 %	67.659 %	67.447 %	67.021 %	67.702 %
							14.	18.	15.	14.	15.
16.	384	Polka Hit Nexen	Helgstrand, Andreas	DEN			321.0	318.0	313.0	314.0	314.0	1581.0 Punkte
	B 9-j.S v.Sandro Hit/M.v.Temple Wind xx/DK/DEN40433/B: Andersen,Hans Jul						68.320 %	67.681 %	66.617 %	66.830 %	66.830 %	67.298 %
							18.	17.	19.	16.	17.
17.	387	Prestige	Domingo, Jordi	ESP			314.0	329.0	319.0	306.0	305.0	1574.0 Punkte
	B 14-j.H /KWPN/ESP04289/B: Domingo,Jordi						66.830 %	70.022 %	67.894 %	65.127 %	64.914 %	67.000 %
							21.	12.	14.	20.	19.
18.	398	Question de Liberte	Zagers, Johan	BEL			308.0	315.0	320.0	306.0	323.0	1572.0 Punkte
	B 12-j.W v.Quidam de Revel/M.v.Lagano/DK/GER40439/B: Tategoi Horses bvba,						65.532 %	67.022 %	68.085 %	65.107 %	68.724 %	66.894 %
							23.	19.	13.	20.	12.
19.	497	Whizzkid	Schneider, Dorothee	GER			318.0	325.0	315.0	309.0	302.0	1569.0 Punkte
	R 14-j.W v.Welt Hit II/M.v.Andrew/OLD/102OL79/B: Ullrich,Christina						67.660 %	69.149 %	67.021 %	65.745 %	64.255 %	66.766 %
							20.	16.	18.	17.	22.
20.	315	Le Beau	Jorissen, Philippe	BEL			323.0	309.0	301.0	320.0	303.0	1557.0 Punkte
	DF 13-j.H v.Le Coeur/M.v.Classiker/OLD/BEL41745/B: Jorissen,Philippe u.Nicole						68.723 %	65.744 %	64.042 %	68.085 %	64.468 %	66.255 %
							13.	20.	24.	13.	21.
21.	355	Murdock	Brink, Lorraine van den	NED			320.0	303.0	307.0	303.0	315.0	1548.0 Punkte
	B 17-j.W v.Balzflug/M.v.Pretendent/KWPN/GER22183/B: Weisbrod,Anna						68.107 %	64.489 %	65.341 %	64.489 %	67.043 %	65.894 %
							19.	22.	21.	24.	15.
22.	809	Soraya II	Hagelstam, Stella	FIN			323.0	296.0	310.0	309.0	302.0	1540.0 Punkte
	B 9-j.S v.Sandro Hit/M.v.Donnerhall/HANN./FIN40116/B: Stella Hagelstam						68.746 %	62.999 %	65.979 %	65.766 %	64.276 %	65.553 %
							14.	23.	20.	17.	22.
23.	63	Cajo	Hoestrup, Bo Thomas	DEN			314.0	307.0	307.0	304.0	302.0	1535.0 Punkte
	B 11-j.W v.Cameron/M.v.Calato/DK/102UC56/B: Hoestrup,Bo Thomas						66.808 %	65.319 %	65.319 %	64.681 %	64.255 %	65.319 %
							21.	21.	21.	23.	22.
24.	283	Horsebo Smarties	Sayn-Wittgenstein, Nathalie zu	DEN			296.0	287.0	307.0	305.0	304.0	1499.0 Punkte
	B 10-j.H v.Gribaldi/M.v.Ramiro’s Bube/DK/B: Kristiansen,Helle						63.000 %	61.085 %	65.341 %	64.916 %	64.703 %	63.809 %
							25.	25.	23.	22.	20.
25.	790	Vivaldi van het Lindenhof (Be)	Loison, Raphael	FRA			298.0	294.0	300.0	291.0	294.0	1477.0 Punkte
	F 13-j.W v.Camus (Holst)/B/FRA40595/B: Loison,Raphael						63.425 %	62.574 %	63.851 %	61.936 %	62.574 %	62.872 %
							24.	24.	25.	25.	25.