Helen Langehanenberg & Damon Hill Score Personal Best to Win Neumünster World Cup Grand Prix

NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 16–German Olympic team silver medalist Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW scored a personal best result to win the VR Classic World Cup Grand Prix Saturday,  leading a German sweep of the top three placings.

Isabell Werth and Don Johnson FRH also posted a personal best score in slotting into third place, despite being under the shadow of a probe by the German national federation into a positive drug test for El Santo NRW, another of the horses she rides for Madeleine Winter-Shultze.

Helen and the 13-year-old Westfalen stallion (Donnerhall x Romanze x Rubenstein I) scored 83.319 per cent in Saturday’s Grand Prix to qualify for the Freestyle for which points will count toward the standings for the World Cup Final in Gothenberg, Sweden in April. Her previous best in the Grand Prix was 82.766 per cent in Stuttgart, Germany last November.

Kristina Sprehe and Desperados FRH, the London Olympic team mates fo Germany, placed second on 78.553 per cent with Isabell and Don Johnson third on 77.702 per cent. Their previous best was 76.511 per cent at Hagen, Germany last April.

The Freestyle is scheduled for Sunday.

RESULTS:

# rider no horse EUR E H C M B Total  placed riders  1 Helen Langehanenberg RV St.Georg Münster e.V.   123 Damon Hill NRW S / Westf / Df / 2000 / Donnerhall / Rubinstein I / GER26971 / B: Becks,Christian  / Z: Sauer,Heinrich 2.700,00 EUR  82,234% 386.500 (1)  82,128% 386 (1)  82,979% 390 (1)  84,362% 396.500 (1)  84,894% 399 (1)  83.319% 1958  2 Kristina Sprehe RUFG Falkenberg e.V.   129 Desperados FRH S / Hann / R / 2001 / De Niro / Wolkenstein II / GER45347 / B: Gestüt Sprehe GmbH,  / Z: Schütt,Herbert 2.000,00 EUR  78,191% 367.500 (3)  79,043% 371.500 (3)  77,660% 365 (2)  79,894% 375.500 (2)  77,979% 366.500 (2)  78.553% 1846  3 Isabell Werth RFV Graf v.Schmettow Eversael e.V.   138 Don Johnson FRH G / Hann / B / 2002 / Don Frederico / Warkant / 102MB43 / B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine  / Z: Meyer,Ulrike 1.300,00 EUR  78,830% 370.500 (2)  80,851% 380 (2)  75,851% 356.500 (3)  75,426% 354.500 (3)  77,553% 364.500 (3)  77.702% 1826  4 Anna Kasprzak   141 Donnperignon G / Fin.WB. / Df / 1999 / Donnerhall / Mozart II 79 / GER25410 / B: Hof Beckerode GmbH,  / Z: Rasanen,Pekka 1.000,00 EUR  74,043% 348 (4)  74,574% 350.500 (4)  74,681% 351 (4)  74,255% 349 (4)  75,319% 354 (4)  74.574% 1752.5  5 Sidsel Johansen   271 Schianto S / DK / B / 1999 / Gribaldi / Schwadroneur / DEN02780 / B: Rosbög,Jörgen 900,00 EUR  71,809% 337.500 (6)  73,404% 345 (5)  71,596% 336.500 (6)  72,766% 342 (5)  73,723% 346.500 (5)  72.660% 1707.5  6 Patrick van der Meer   304 Uzzo S / KWPN / B / 2001 / Lancet / C-Indoctro / NED40460 / B: Meer,Patrick van der  / Z: Schonewille,A L J. 800,00 EUR  71,277% 335 (7)  71,064% 334 (8)  71,596% 336.500 (6)  70,106% 329.500 (8)  71,064% 334 (6)  71.021% 1669  7 Kristian von Krusenstierna   027 Biggles 2 S / S.Wbl / B / 1998 / Briar / Krevad / SWE04590 / B: Lundberg Persson,Ingrid 700,00 EUR  72,021% 338.500 (5)  70,745% 332.500 (9)  69,681% 327.500 (10)  71,702% 337 (6)  70,745% 332.500 (8)  70.979% 1668  8 Anabel Balkenhol RV St.Georg Münster e.V.   530 Rubins Royal G / Old / BAY / 1997 / Rubinstein I / Vargas XX / GER44534 / B: Balkenhol, Klaus  / Z: Krempien Claudia 345,00 EUR  69,574% 327 (9)  71,596% 336.500 (7)  71,489% 336 (8)  67,872% 319 (12)  70,851% 333 (7)  70.277% 1651.5  8 Marcela Krinke-Susmelji   540 Smeyers Molberg G / DWB / BAY / 2001 / Michellino / Rambo / DEN40115 / B: Meyer Irene + Krinke Susmelj Marcel  / Z: Atterupgaard, Jystrup Midtsjaelland 345,00 EUR  68,511% 322 (10)  72,234% 339.500 (6)  71,915% 338 (5)  69,574% 327 (9)  69,149% 325 (11)  70.277% 1651.5 Total =10.090,00 EUR  not placed competitors  10 Emma Kanerva Reiterverein Altenautal e.V.   576 Heimliche Liebe M / Hannoveran / 2000 / Hohenstein / Davignon / 102XU81 / B: Hubertus Schmidt GmbH  / Z: Heitmann, Ulrich  70,745% 332.500 (8)  69,468% 326.500 (12)  69,787% 328 (9)  68,723% 323 (10)  69,787% 328 (9)  69.702% 1638  11 Marlies Baalen Reit- und Fahrv. Dinslaken-Hiesfeld   029 BMC Miciano G / Westf / F / 2001 / Medici / Dialekt / 102NX68 / B: Hinnemann,Gisela  / Z: Gronebaum,Georg  67,872% 319 (12)  69,681% 327.500 (11)  69,362% 326 (11)  71,277% 335 (7)  68,617% 322.500 (14)  69.362% 1630  12 Sofia Lexner   080 Charming Boy 26 G / Westf / Db / 1996 / Casaretto / Ehrentusch / GER19993 / B: Henning,Frank  / Z: Große Brinkhaus,Bernhard  66,915% 314.500 (13)  70,532% 331.500 (10)  67,766% 318.500 (12)  68,511% 322 (11)  68,936% 324 (12)  68.532% 1610.5  13 Pia Virginia Fortmüller RFV Isernhagen   229 Orion 195 G / KWPN / F / 1996 / Jazz / Consul / CAN02511 / B: Fortmüller,Pia Virginia  68,511% 322 (10)  67,872% 319 (15)  67,553% 317.500 (13)  67,234% 316 (13)  68,936% 324 (12)  68.021% 1598.5  14 Terhi Stegars Club Hippique Beaufort   019 Axis TSF S / Trak. / R / 1999 / Sixtus / Angard / GER44244 / B: A bis Grand Prix,  / Z: Hartmann,Ewald  66,915% 314.500 (13)  68,298% 321 (13)  67,234% 316 (15)  66,702% 313.500 (14)  68,191% 320.500 (15)  67.468% 1585.5  15 Sarah Millis   176 HP Frontier G / n.b. / Db / 1999 / Falkrich / Stirling Liberty / AUS40689 / B: Millis,Sarah  66,277% 311.500 (15)  65,106% 306 (17)  67,340% 316.500 (14)  65,000% 305.500 (18)  69,787% 328 (9)  66.702% 1567.5  16 Yassin Rahmouni   160 Floresco NRW S / Westf / B / 1998 / Florestan I / Rosenkavalier / GER42259 / B: Rüscher-Konermann,Wilhelm  / Z: Langhorst,Konrad  65,957% 310 (16)  68,085% 320 (14)  66,170% 311 (17)  66,064% 310.500 (15)  66,702% 313.500 (16)  66.596% 1565  17 Daniel Watson   157 Fideramber S / Westf / Db / 2000 / Fidermark I / Samber / GBR41980 / B: S A Farnon,  / Z: Heuvel de Vries,N.F.ten  65,106% 306 (18)  67,128% 315.500 (16)  66,915% 314.500 (16)  65,851% 309.500 (16)  64,894% 305 (17)  65.979% 1550.5  18 Alexandra Bimschas Elbdörfer u.Schenefelder RV e.V.   122 Daintree 3 G / Hann / F / 2002 / De Niro / Wanderbursch II / 103KZ55 / B: Boeckmann-Heinrich,Cornelia  / Z: Janßen,Wilhelm  65,319% 307 (17)  64,255% 302 (18)  66,170% 311 (17)  64,894% 305 (19)  60,957% 286.500 (18)  64.319% 1511.5  19 Marina Gendeleva RV Travemünde von 1925 e.V.   211 Lyberty G / Holst / B / 1998 / Libertino I / Silbersee / GER41010 / B: Gendeleva,Marina  / Z: Behr,Rudolf  60,851% 286 (19)  62,553% 294 (19)  65,000% 305.500 (19)  65,532% 308 (17)  60,426% 284 (19)  62.872% 1477.5  ret. Nuno Palma E Santos RFV Wedel v.1923 e.V.   264 Sal 2 S / Lusit / R / 1999 / Mississipe / Golega / POR40061 / B: Quinta dos Pimenteis,  / Z: Portugal,  ret. Tommie Visser   311 Vingino G / KWPN / BLACK / 2002 / Polansky / VAriant / 103KW03 / B: T. VIsser  / Z: Stv Dressagefarm