Dressage-News

BALVE, Germany, June 9–Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW won the Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday to complete a sweep of the German Championships with Isabell Werth and Don Johnson FRH in second place.

Helen and the 13-year-old Westfalen stallion (Donnerhall x Rubinstein I) scored 87.400 per cent to take the Freestyle and posting results above 80 per cent for each of three legs of the championships from the five judges, all of whom were German.

The pair, ranked No. 2 in the world, was the highest fiishing combination on the silver-medal team at last summer’s Olympics and captured the World Cup in April. They won the Grand Prix on Friday with a score of 80.553 per cent and the Special on Saturday on 82.167 per cent.

Isabell and Don Johnson, an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding, scored 83.300 per cent as runnerup in the Freestyle. They were placed second in the Grand Prix on 78.340 per cent and were also runnerup in the Special on 78.125 per cent.

Fabienne Lütkemeier and D’Agostino 5 scored 79.250 per cent to place third in the Freestyle. The pair finished fourth in both the Grand Prix and the Special.

Anabel Balkenhol and Dablino FRH that were also on the 2012 Olympic squad, scored 76.350 per cent for sixth place after finishing third in both the Grand Prix on 76.000 per cent and also in the Special on 76.292 per cent.

The German team for the World Equestrian Festival Nations Cup in Aachen, Germany at the end of this month will be named after these championships at the Balve Optimum for the 10th time. Competing here was mandatory for riders seeking to be on the team for the European Championships in Denmark in late August.

Two combinations were noticeably absent from this year’s championships–Totilas ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath, whose performance here a year ago was the last public competition for the pair, and Kristina Sprehe and Desperados who went on the ride on the German team at the London Games.

A viral infection knocked Matthias out of contention for a place on Germany’s Olympic team and since then the pair has been dropped from the elite German squads and is no longer amog the 640 combinations on the International Equestrian Federation’s world rankings.

The 13-year=old KWPN back stallion (Gribaldi x Glendale) has suffered a series of injuries since Matthias took over the ride from Edward Gal of the Netherlands after sweeping the team and individual medals at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010.

In 13 starts at five official international competitions from Munich in June 2011 to Hagen in May 2012, the posted eight wins and five other placing. The only championship Matthias and Totilas participated in was the Europeans in Rotterdam in 2011.

Since then, Matthias, the stepson of Ann-Katrin Linsenhof who owns the horse with Paul Schockemöhle of Performance Sales International, has switched training to former Dutch coach Sjef Janssen from his father, Klaus Martin Rath. He has repeated that the long term goal with Totilas is the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Kristina and her 12-year old Hanoverian stallion (De Niro x Wolkenstein II) injured himself at the World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the end of April but after time off to recover was not considered fit enough for these championships. The pair were one of the top three here a year ago.

Complete results:

Grand Prix Freestyle results

Grand Prix Special							(E)	(H)	(C)	(M)	(B)	Total
1.	233	Damon Hill NRW	Langehanenberg, Helen	GER		4700 EUR	381.0	391.0	384.0	415.0	401.0	1972.0Points
	DF 13-j.H v.Donnerhall/M.v.Rubinstein I/WESTF/GER26971/B: Becks,Christian			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			79.375 %	81.459 %	80.000 %	86.459 %	83.542 %	82.167 %
							1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
2.	252	Don Johnson FRH	Werth, Isabell	GER		4000 EUR	375.0	373.0	367.0	385.0	375.0	1875.0
	B 11-j.W v.Don Frederico/M.v.Warkant/HANN/102MB43/B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine			RFV Graf v.Schmettow Eversael			78.125 %	77.708 %	76.458 %	80.208 %	78.125 %	78.125 %
							2.	2.	2.	2.	2.
3.	565	Dablino FRH	Balkenhol, Anabel	GER		3200 EUR	360.0	367.0	363.0	371.0	370.0	1831.0
	DF 13-j.W v.De Niro 6/M.v.Wanderbursch 10/HANN/GER41335/B: Balkenhol, Klaus			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			75.000 %	76.459 %	75.625 %	77.292 %	77.084 %	76.292 %
							3.	3.	3.	3.	3.
4.	232	D’Agostino	Lütkemeier, Fabienne	GER		2500 EUR	358.0	351.0	358.0	357.0	368.0	1792.0
	F 13-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Shogun xx/HANN/GER42139/B: Capellmann-Lütkemeier,Gina			RFV Paderborn e.V.			74.584 %	73.125 %	74.584 %	74.375 %	76.667 %	74.667 %
							4.	5.	4.	4.	4.
5.	257	Dresden Mann	Klimke, Ingrid	GER		2000 EUR	348.0	354.0	349.0	354.0	347.0	1752.0
	SCHWB 9-j.H v.Dresemann/M.v.Florestan I/WESTF/102MC51/B: Wallace,Clodagh			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			72.500 %	73.750 %	72.708 %	73.750 %	72.292 %	73.000 %
							5.	4.	6.	5.	7.
6.	313	Girasol	Capellmann, Nadine	GER		1300 EUR	347.0	346.0	346.0	339.0	352.0	1730.0
	F 12-j.S v.Gribaldi/M.v.Landioso/WÜRTT/102UM07/B: Capellmann,Nadine			RV Würselen 1925 e.V.			72.291 %	72.083 %	72.083 %	70.625 %	73.333 %	72.083 %
							6.	7.	7.	7.	5.
7.	531	Unee BB	Werndl, Jessica	GER		800 EUR	331.0	348.0	352.0	342.0	351.0	1724.0
	DB 12-j.H v.Gribaldi/M.v.Dageraad/KWPN/102YN67/B: Bürchler-Keller,Beatrice A.			RFV Aubenhausen e.V.			68.958 %	72.500 %	73.333 %	71.250 %	73.125 %	71.833 %
							10.	6.	5.	6.	6.
8.	483	Rostropowitsch NRW	Koschel, Christoph	GER		500 EUR	339.0	339.0	342.0	333.0	346.0	1699.0
	DB 11-j.H v.Rockwell/M.v.Coriograf B/WESTF/102NH54/B: Koschel Dr.,Gabriele			RSC Osnabruecker Land e.V.			70.625 %	70.625 %	71.250 %	69.375 %	72.084 %	70.792 %
							8.	10.	8.	9.	9.
9.	387	Loverboy	Lang, Jenny	GER		500 EUR	341.0	340.0	336.0	324.0	347.0	1688.0
	DB 13-j.W v.Lorentin I/M.v.Alcatraz/HOLST/GER45858/B: Lang,Christin Vivien			RC Schloßäcker			71.041 %	70.833 %	70.000 %	67.500 %	72.291 %	70.333 %
							7.	9.	10.	11.	7.
10.	272	Favourit	Rothenberger, Sanneke	GER		500 EUR	337.0	341.0	337.0	315.0	344.0	1674.0
	DF 14-j.W v.Fidermark I/M.v.Worldchamp/RHLD/AUT40060/B: Rothenberger im Gestüt Er			Bad Homburger RFV			70.208 %	71.042 %	70.208 %	65.625 %	71.667 %	69.750 %
							9.	8.	9.	14.	10.
Others
11.	236	Dandelion	Gräf, Uta	GER			330.0	337.0	333.0	331.0	339.0	1670.0
	B 11-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Figaro/OLD/GER45775/B: Lindsten,Michael			RFV Weisenheim am Sand e.V.			68.750 %	70.208 %	69.375 %	68.958 %	70.625 %	69.583 %
							11.	11.	11.	10.	11.
12.	480	Riccoletto	Kempkes, Matthias	GER			326.0	318.0	326.0	335.0	330.0	1635.0
	F 11-j.W v.Rivero II/M.v.Alcatraz/BAY/103CG45/B: Kempkes,Matthias			RA München e.V.			67.917 %	66.250 %	67.917 %	69.792 %	68.750 %	68.125 %
							12.	15.	12.	8.	13.
13.	247	Diego OLD	Engelen, Marion	GER			323.0	325.0	322.0	316.0	335.0	1621.0
	DB 13-j.W v.Don Larino/M.v.Angelino/OLD/GER45457/B: Engelen,Maria			RV Marschall Vorwärts Aldekerk			67.292 %	67.709 %	67.084 %	65.834 %	69.792 %	67.542 %
							13.	12.	14.	13.	12.
14.	243	Desperado	Koppelmann, Carola	GER			316.0	322.0	323.0	321.0	330.0	1612.0
	R 10-j.W v.Dressage Royal/M.v.Rouletto/OLD/GER44119/B: Koppelmann,Carola			Kehdinger Reitclub e.V.			65.834 %	67.084 %	67.292 %	66.875 %	68.750 %	67.167 %
							14.	14.	13.	12.	13.
15.	414	Nymphenburgs Rockport OLD	Fircks, Johanna von	GER			310.0	324.0	321.0	314.0	320.0	1589.0
	DF 11-j.W v.Relevant/M.v.Freiherr/OLD/102VB82/B: Fircks,Helmut Freiherr von			RSC Osnabruecker Land e.V.			64.583 %	67.500 %	66.875 %	65.416 %	66.666 %	66.208 %
							15.	13.	15.	15.	15.
16.	296	Franziskus	Stamkötter, Martin	GER			306.0	298.0	300.0	310.0	306.0	1520.0
	B 15-j.W v.Fidermark I/M.v.Potsdam/WESTF/GER25535/B: Gestüt Kampmann ,			RFV Milte-Sassenberg e. V.			63.750 %	62.083 %	62.500 %	64.583 %	63.750 %	63.333 %
							16.	16.	16.	16.	16.
17.	82	Capri	Thormählen, Klaus	GER			295.0	296.0	282.0	283.0	303.0	1459.0
	F 12-j.W v.Corvalon/M.v.Cannonball/SANHA/103GN84/B: Thormählen,Ann-Cathrin			PS Granderheide e.V.			61.459 %	61.667 %	58.750 %	58.959 %	63.125 %	60.792 %
							17.	17.	17.	17.	17.

Grand Prix							(E)	(H)	(C)	(M)	(B)	Total
1.	233	Damon Hill NRW	Langehanenberg, Helen	GER		4500 EUR	380.0	373.0	376.0	373.0	391.0	1893.0 Points
	DF 13-j.H v.Donnerhall/M.v.Rubinstein I/WESTF/GER26971/B: Becks,Christian			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			80.851 %	79.362 %	80.000 %	79.362 %	83.191 %	80.553 %
							1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
2.	252	Don Johnson FRH	Werth, Isabell	GER		3600 EUR	375.0	369.0	368.0	362.0	367.0	1841.0
	B 11-j.W v.Don Frederico/M.v.Warkant/HANN/102MB43/B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine			RFV Graf v.Schmettow Eversael			79.787 %	78.510 %	78.297 %	77.021 %	78.085 %	78.340 %
							2.	2.	2.	2.	2.
3.	565	Dablino FRH	Balkenhol, Anabel	GER		2800 EUR	364.0	362.0	351.0	354.0	355.0	1786.0
	DF 13-j.W v.De Niro 6/M.v.Wanderbursch 10/HANN/GER41335/B: Balkenhol, Klaus			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			77.447 %	77.021 %	74.681 %	75.319 %	75.532 %	76.000 %
							3.	3.	3.	3.	3.
4.	232	D’Agostino	Lütkemeier, Fabienne	GER		2200 EUR	346.0	338.0	348.0	340.0	344.0	1716.0
	F 13-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Shogun xx/HANN/GER42139/B: Capellmann-Lütkemeier,Gina			RFV Paderborn e.V.			73.617 %	71.915 %	74.042 %	72.340 %	73.191 %	73.021 %
							4.	5.	5.	5.	4.
5.	313	Girasol	Capellmann, Nadine	GER		1600 EUR	345.0	341.0	350.0	347.0	331.0	1714.0
	F 12-j.S v.Gribaldi/M.v.Landioso/WÜRTT/102UM07/B: Capellmann,Nadine			RV Würselen 1925 e.V.			73.404 %	72.553 %	74.468 %	73.830 %	70.425 %	72.936 %
							5.	4.	4.	4.	7.
6.	257	Dresden Mann	Klimke, Ingrid	GER			343.0	332.0	343.0	329.0	335.0	1682.0
	SCHWB 9-j.H v.Dresemann/M.v.Florestan I/WESTF/102MC51/B: Wallace,Clodagh			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			72.978 %	70.638 %	72.978 %	70.000 %	71.276 %	71.574 %
							6.	8.	6.	8.	5.
7.	531	Unee BB	Werndl, Jessica	GER			324.0	336.0	335.0	336.0	334.0	1665.0
	DB 12-j.H v.Gribaldi/M.v.Dageraad/KWPN/102YN67/B: Bürchler-Keller,Beatrice A.			RFV Aubenhausen e.V.			68.936 %	71.489 %	71.277 %	71.489 %	71.064 %	70.851 %
							9.	7.	7.	6.	6.
Other competitors
8.	483	Rostropowitsch NRW	Koschel, Christoph	GER			326.0	319.0	326.0	334.0	327.0	1632.0
	DB 11-j.H v.Rockwell/M.v.Coriograf B/WESTF/102NH54/B: Koschel Dr.,Gabriele			RSC Osnabruecker Land e.V.			69.362 %	67.873 %	69.362 %	71.064 %	69.575 %	69.447 %
							8.	13.	12.	7.	8.
9.	480	Riccoletto	Kempkes, Matthias	GER			333.0	331.0	332.0	317.0	318.0	1631.0
	F 11-j.W v.Rivero II/M.v.Alcatraz/BAY/103CG45/B: Kempkes,Matthias			RA München e.V.			70.851 %	70.425 %	70.638 %	67.447 %	67.659 %	69.404 %
							7.	9.	9.	11.	11.
10.	236	Dandelion	Gräf, Uta	GER			310.0	338.0	334.0	327.0	312.0	1621.0
	B 11-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Figaro/OLD/GER45775/B: Lindsten,Michael			RFV Weisenheim am Sand e.V.			65.958 %	71.915 %	71.064 %	69.575 %	66.383 %	68.979 %
							14.	5.	8.	9.	14.
11.	247	Diego OLD	Engelen, Marion	GER			316.0	326.0	324.0	316.0	321.0	1603.0
	DB 13-j.W v.Don Larino/M.v.Angelino/OLD/GER45457/B: Engelen,Maria			RV Marschall Vorwärts Aldekerk			67.234 %	69.362 %	68.936 %	67.234 %	68.298 %	68.213 %
							11.	10.	13.	12.	9.
12.	272	Favourit	Rothenberger, Sanneke	GER			316.0	324.0	321.0	319.0	315.0	1595.0
	DF 14-j.W v.Fidermark I/M.v.Worldchamp/RHLD/AUT40060/B: Rothenberger im Gestüt Er			Bad Homburger RFV			67.234 %	68.936 %	68.298 %	67.872 %	67.021 %	67.872 %
							11.	11.	14.	10.	13.
13.	414	Nymphenburgs Rockport OLD	Fircks, Johanna von	GER			319.0	318.0	328.0	312.0	305.0	1582.0
	DF 11-j.W v.Relevant/M.v.Freiherr/OLD/102VB82/B: Fircks,Helmut Freiherr von			RSC Osnabruecker Land e.V.			67.872 %	67.659 %	69.787 %	66.383 %	64.893 %	67.319 %
							10.	15.	11.	14.	15.
14.	387	Loverboy	Lang, Jenny	GER			306.0	322.0	321.0	316.0	316.0	1581.0
	DB 13-j.W v.Lorentin I/M.v.Alcatraz/HOLST/GER45858/B: Lang,Christin Vivien			RC Schloßäcker			65.107 %	68.511 %	68.298 %	67.234 %	67.234 %	67.277 %
							15.	12.	14.	12.	12.
15.	243	Desperado	Koppelmann, Carola	GER			303.0	319.0	331.0	308.0	297.0	1558.0
	R 10-j.W v.Dressage Royal/M.v.Rouletto/OLD/GER44119/B: Koppelmann,Carola			Kehdinger Reitclub e.V.			64.468 %	67.872 %	70.426 %	65.532 %	63.192 %	66.298 %
							18.	13.	10.	16.	16.
16.	566	Diamonds Forever	Balkenhol, Anabel	GER			304.0	299.0	320.0	310.0	321.0	1554.0
	DB 11-j.W v.Depardieu 11/HANN/103VA32/B: Gericke, Kathrin			RV St.Georg Münster e.V.			64.681 %	63.617 %	68.085 %	65.958 %	68.298 %	66.128 %
							17.	18.	16.	15.	9.
17.	82	Capri	Thormählen, Klaus	GER			315.0	306.0	311.0	304.0	293.0	1529.0
	F 12-j.W v.Corvalon/M.v.Cannonball/SANHA/103GN84/B: Thormählen,Ann-Cathrin			PS Granderheide e.V.			67.021 %	65.107 %	66.170 %	64.681 %	62.341 %	65.064 %
							13.	17.	17.	17.	18.
18.	296	Franziskus	Stamkötter, Martin	GER			305.0	315.0	303.0	297.0	295.0	1515.0
	B 15-j.W v.Fidermark I/M.v.Potsdam/WESTF/GER25535/B: Gestüt Kampmann ,			RFV Milte-Sassenberg e. V.			64.894 %	67.021 %	64.468 %	63.191 %	62.766 %	64.468 %
							16.	16.	18.	18.	17.
19.	553	Wolkenstein	Thormählen, Klaus	GER			279.0	274.0	267.0	272.0	278.0	1370.0
	B 13-j.W v.Werther’s Wels/M.v.Balzac/BAY/GER42920/B: Thormählen,Klaus			PS Granderheide e.V.			59.362 %	58.298 %	56.809 %	57.872 %	59.149 %	58.298 %
							19.	19.	19.	19.	19.