Helen Langehanenberg & Damon Hill Capture NEUMÜNSTER World Cup Freestyle, Claim Top Ranking

NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 19–Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill NRW won their first World Cup event by capturing the freestyle at Neumünster on Sunday, beating fellow German Isabell Werth on El Santo NRW and moving to the top of the World Cup Western European League standings with one event to go.

The pair posted a personal best score of 83.500 per cent, improving on the 83.150 per cent they were awarded at the Amsterdam World Cup event one month ago, and led a German sweep of the top five places. Isabell and El Santo were second on 80.975 per cent and Uta Gräf and Le Noir 35 placed third on 77.475 per cent.

The diminutive Helen and the 12-year-old Westfalen stallion (Donnerhall x Romanze x Rubinstein 1) have been competing at the top level of the sport for just over a year. The horse was six-year-old world champion at Verden, Germany, in 2006 with Ingred Klimke

The Grand Prix on Saturday was won by Isabell and the 11-yar-old Rhinelander gelding (Ehrentusch x Rythme x Rythmus) with Helen and Damon Hill second and Denmark’s Lone Jörgensen and FBW De Vito third.

The ninth and last qualifying competion in the Western European League is scheduled for Gothenborg, Sweden, next week.

The Western European League standings after Neumünster are:

1. Helen Langehanenberg (GER) 70 points
2. Valentina Truppa (ITA) 66
2. Isabell Werth (GER) 66
4. Patrik Kittel (SWE) 65
5. Hans Peter Minderhoud (NED) 59
6. Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén (SWE) 52 (does not include points earned in North American League at Wellington, Florida, Feb. 18)
7. Nadine Capellmann (GER) 51
8. Richard Davison (GBR) 48
9. Jeroen Devroe (BEL) 43
10. Siril Helljesen (NOR) 34

Complete resuts of Grand Prix Freestyle:

# rider no horse EUR E H C M B Total  placed riders  1 Helen Langehanenberg RV St.Georg Münster e.V.   445 Damon Hill NRW S / Westf / Df / 2000 / Donnerhall 11 / Rubinstein 4 / GER26971 / B: Becks, Christian  / Z: Sauer, Heinrich 6.600,00 EUR  77,000% 86,000% (1)  83,250% 87,000% (1)  79,000% 85,000% (1)  79,500% 85,000% (1)  82,250% 89,000% (1)  83.300% 1666.0  2 Isabell Werth RFV Graf v.Schmettow Eversael e.V.   176 El Santo NRW G / Rhld / B / 2001 / Ehrentusch / Rhythmus / GER44504 / B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine  / Z: ZG Horn,Dieter u.Christel 4.700,00 EUR  77,000% 84,000% (2)  79,000% 88,000% (2)  76,500% 83,000% (2)  77,250% 84,000% (2)  78,000% 83,000% (2)  80.975% 1619.5  3 Uta Gräf RFV Weisenheim am Sand e.V.   246 Le Noir 35 S / Holst / R / 2000 / Leandro / Caletto I / GER46057 / B: Herzog,Christiane  / Z: Groß-Seibel,Carola 3.800,00 EUR  73,250% 82,000% (5)  78,500% 88,000% (3)  68,000% 77,000% (6)  72,000% 78,000% (5)  73,000% 85,000% (3)  77.475% 1549.5  4 Dorothee Schneider Frankf.Turnierst.Schw.Gelb e.V   166 Diva Royal M / Hann / Schwb / 2002 / Don Frederico / Warkant / GER45474 / B: Roth,Katharina  / Z: Braul,Heinz 2.400,00 EUR  77,000% 83,000% (3)  75,250% 84,000% (5)  70,750% 78,000% (3)  72,750% 79,000% (4)  70,750% 75,000% (5)  76.550% 1531.0  5 Lone Jörgensen RFV Münchingen e.V.   188 FBW De Vito G / Württ / B / 2002 / De Niro / Disco-Stern / 102MU68 / B: Jörgensen,Monica  / Z: Ruetz,Elisabeth 1.900,00 EUR  73,750% 82,000% (4)  75,500% 85,000% (4)  70,000% 78,000% (4)  74,750% 79,000% (3)  69,500% 75,000% (6)  76.250% 1525.0  6 Nadine Capellmann RV Würselen 1925 e.V.   198 Girasol 7 M / Württ / F / 2001 / Gribaldi / Landioso / 102UM07 / B: Capellmann,Nadine  / Z: Schönenberger,Matthias 1.800,00 EUR  70,500% 75,000% (10)  72,000% 79,000% (6)  69,250% 77,000% (5)  72,500% 77,000% (6)  69,250% 74,000% (7)  73.550% 1471.0  7 Mikaela Lindh   360 Skovlunds Mas Guapo G / DK / R / 1998 / / DEN40427 / B: Dressurstald Solyst, 1.700,00 EUR  74,500% 80,000% (6)  69,500% 80,000% (7)  67,250% 70,000% (12)  70,500% 75,000% (7)  69,250% 72,000% (8)  72.800% 1456.0  8 Cathrine Rasmussen   190 Fernandez 12 G / Westf / F / 2000 / Florestan I / Weinberg / 103CD53 / B: Grewe,Stephan  / Z: Hobitz,Sandra 1.600,00 EUR  73,250% 77,000% (7)  72,000% 76,000% (8)  67,250% 71,000% (10)  71,750% 73,000% (8)  69,750% 77,000% (4)  72.800% 1456.0  9 Terhi Stegars Club Hippique Beaufort   021 Axis TSF S / Trak. / R / 1999 / Sixtus / Angard / GER44244 / B: Sian Reade Bluw.Trak.Low.Lidham Hil  / Z: Hartmann,Ewald 1.500,00 EUR  68,250% 76,000% (11)  68,000% 78,000% (10)  66,500% 71,000% (11)  66,000% 72,000% (11)  66,500% 73,000% (9)  70.525% 1410.5  10 Claudia Fassaert   172 Donnerfee 58 M / Old / Db / 2000 / De Niro / Rosenkavalier / BEL41868 / B: Hooghe-Verhoeven,Dirk  / Z: Hooghe-Verhoeven,Dirk 1.400,00 EUR  71,750% 74,000% (9)  72,000% 76,000% (8)  69,750% 69,000% (8)  67,250% 66,000% (15)  69,500% 70,000% (9)  70.525% 1410.5  11 Luis Principe Portugal   422 World Performance Washington S / Hann / Df / 1999 / Wolkenstein II / Windhuk / POR40367 / B: Principe ,Luis  / Z: Schirrmacher,Helga 1.300,00 EUR  70,000% 76,000% (8)  69,000% 72,000% (13)  67,750% 71,000% (8)  71,500% 70,000% (9)  65,750% 71,000% (13)  70.400% 1408.0  12 Michelle Hagman RV Rosencarree e.V.   383 TSF Rudi’s Memory G / Trak. / Df / 2000 / Gribaldi / Bartholdy / 103AK88 / B: Pferdesport Wintermühle GmbH,  / Z: Jäger,Horst Dieter 1.200,00 EUR  69,250% 75,000% (11)  67,000% 75,000% (12)  68,750% 71,000% (7)  66,500% 70,000% (12)  65,500% 69,000% (14)  69.700% 1394.0  13 Renate Voglsang   183 Fabriano 58 S / Westf / B / 1999 / Florestan I / Angelo xx / GER42005 / B: Voglsang,Renate  / Z: Schönleitner,Michael 1.100,00 EUR  69,500% 74,000% (13)  69,500% 75,000% (11)  64,500% 68,000% (13)  67,750% 66,000% (14)  68,000% 69,000% (11)  69.125% 1382.5  14 Laura Bechtolsheimer   375 Tellwell 3 G / S.Wbl / Schwb / 2000 / / SWE05165 / B: Kittel,Patrik 1.000,00 EUR  64,250% 73,000% (15)  66,500% 74,000% (14)  64,500% 68,000% (13)  66,750% 74,000% (10)  67,000% 70,000% (11)  68.800% 1376.0  15 Hayley Beresford RFV Vellinghausen e.V.   026 Belissimo NRW S / Rhld / F / 1999 / Beltain / Romadour II / GER25069 / B: Zucht-u.Sportpferde Schmidt GmbH,  / Z: Niesar,Dieter 1.000,00 EUR  66,500% 73,000% (14)  65,750% 73,000% (15)  64,750% 65,000% (15)  67,000% 68,000% (13)  66,000% 65,000% (15)  67.400% 1348.0