Laura & Mistral Capture Hagen CDI3* Grand Prix

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May 6, 2011
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Laura Bechtolsheimer - Mstral Hojris 9T5U1697 — Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris in Horses & Dreams Meet Germany at Hagen. © 2011 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

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.

Laura Bechtolsheimer - Mistral Hojris Carl Hester - Uthopia Anabel Balkenhol - Dablino 9T5U1923 — Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris, Carl Hester on Uthopia and Anabel Balkenhol on Dablino. © 2011 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

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.