Dressage-News

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

FALSTERBO, Sweden, July 8–Patrik Kittel, a hometown favorite, and Watermill Scandic H.B.C. won the World Dressage Masters Grand Prix Friday beating one of his idols, Anky van Grunsven who was competing with her 17-year-old Olympic gold medal partner Salinero who has been absent from the show ring for 15 months with an injury.

Patrik also notched his first ever double Grand Prix at an international competition when he rode Toy Story owned by his wife’s family to victory in the CDI3* earlier in the day.

The Swedish combination who train with Anky’s husband, Sjef Janssen, was placed first by all five judges with a mark of 75.128 per cent. Anky and Salinero were second with 71.298 per cent and Germany’s Anja Plönzke and Le Mont d’Or were third on 70.596 per cent while Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven and Don Auriello were fourth on 70.043 per cent.

The USA’s Catherine Haddad-Staller on Winyamaro who was given a rest after the World Cup Final in April came fifth on 68.255 per cent.

Neither Patrik nor Anky were happy with their rides, but for totally different reasons.

“This was his third top show in recent months,” Patrik said of the 12-year-old KWPN stallion, “and he is getting better and better. But there is three, four, five per cent more in there to get out.

“If I had done this test a couple of years ago I would have been so happy I would have wet my pants,” he joked. “But now there is so much more he can do that I did not get out of him.”

Anky said she was “very disappointed in my own riding. I just sat there and did not do enough.

“I will kick myself in the butt and try to do better.

“The poor guy had to do it all by himself. It was lucky for me he remembered the test because he did it by himself.”

Patrik and Toy Story, owned by Carol and Sandy Oatley of Australia, won the CDI3* Grand Prix earlier Friday with a score of 69.809 per cent, with Germany’s Sabine Becker on Lamarc WRT second on 67.936 per cent and Sweden’s Ulla Hakanson on Richelle 2 third on 66.532 per cent.

Results of the Grand Prix

Plats		Tid	Ryttare Ridklubb	Häst Härstamning Uppfödare Ägare	E	H	C	M	B
1		17:33	Patrik Kittel	Watermill Scandic H.B.CSolos Carex DVH 609 – Amiral ZW.P.S.De WatermolenJ.W. Greve & HBC Stal	75.7451	75.1061	75.7451	74.6811	74.6811	75.1911
2		15:45	Anky van Grunsven	SalineroSalieri – LungauF. Murphy Arts, Anky van Grunsven	69.8943	73.2982	70.2134	72.8722	70.2133	71.2982
3		17:06	Anja Plönzke	Le Mont d’OrLandjuwel Gold – Wie WeltmeyerBraul, HeinzGestüt Tannenhof	71.3832	70.9573	70.6383	69.3624	70.6382	70.5963
4		16:57	Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven	Don AurielloDon Davidoff – White StarLövsta Stuteri	68.6174	69.3625	71.7022	70.9573	69.5744	70.0434
5		16:03	Catherine Haddad-Staller	WinyamaroWalt Disney I – TrapperDr. Bührig,Hans-Jürgen Dr.Catherine Haddad	66.8095	68.4046	68.2985	69.1495	68.6176	68.2555
6		16:39	Renate Voglsang	Fabriano 58Florestan I – Angelo XXVoglsang Renate	66.5968	67.7667	67.4477	66.48913	69.4685	67.5536
7		15:00	Rose Mathisen	Bocelli 1044Don Schufro – BernsteinGransbo Stuteri	66.7026	70.9573	66.59612	65.85115	67.5537	67.5327
8		16:30	Siril Helljesen	DorinaBlue Hors Don Schufro – RagtimeSiril Helljesen	66.2779	66.59610	67.6606	67.5538	67.2348	67.0648
Other placings
9		17:15	Christa Laarakkers	Divoza Horseworld OvationCabochon – Apollonios XXG. PelgrumJ. Laarakkers + G.W. van Norel, G.W. van	65.31910	66.9159	67.3409	67.3409	66.70210	66.7239
10		15:27	Bo Høstrup	CajoCameronBo Høstrup	64.14911	67.2348	65.95714	67.23411	67.2348	66.36210
11		17:24	Michal Rapcewicz	RandonCzuwaj – FaminoMichal Rapcewicz	63.61712	64.36214	67.4477	67.6607	66.70210	65.95711
12		15:54	Aat van Essen	PremierJazz – Ulft A. van Essen, A. vd Laar – van Essen	62.44715	66.38311	67.02110	67.7666	65.85113	65.89412
13		16:48	Jenny Schreven	KrawallFocus – RoemerJ. Schreven	66.7026	65.00013	66.80911	67.12812	63.51115	65.83013
14		15:18	Kristian von Krusenstierna	Biggles 1015Briar – KrevadFam. Ingrid Lundbergpersson	63.51113	65.63812	66.17013	67.3409	66.38312	65.80914
15		15:36	Jim Rasmussen	Broholm’s HighlightMidt-West Ibi-Light – SorelTrine Schonnings, Bent Andersen	62.76614	63.72315	65.74515	66.06414	65.53214	64.76615
16		15:09	Andrea John	Esperanto 4Escudo II – Rio BrancoAndrea John	54.14916	58.08516	57.02116	58.51116	58.29816	57.21316