Dressage-News

Olympian Patrik Kittel rode Toy Story, the horse he owns with the family of his Australian wife, to win the Swedish Championships with victories in the Grand Prix Freestyle and the Grand Prix Friday

while Charlotte Haid-Bondergaard on Triviant were second.

The German-based Patrik rode the 13-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding (Come Back II x Concorde) to a score of 75,425 per cent in the Freestyle and 71.553 per cent in the Grand Prix for a total of 73.489 per cent and the championship.

Cecilia Andrén Dorselius and Lennox were runnerup in the Freestyle on 73.975 per cent and with their Grand Prix result of 69.277 per cent gave them a final of 71.626 per cent and reserve champion.

Charlotte Haid Bondegaard and Triviant had a total of 71.626 per cent for third place overall.

Championship standings:

1. Patrik Kittel – Toy Story 73,489
2. Cecilia Andrén Dorselius – Lennox 71,626
3. Charlotte Haid-Bondergaard – Triviant 70,868
4. Jeanna Högberg – Liza Minelli 69,585
5. Eva Ulf – Caruso 69,173
6. Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén – Divertimento 68,633

Results:

Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges–E: Trond Asmyr H: Annette Fransén Iacobaeus C: Dieter Schuele M: Bo Åhman B: Magnus Ringmark

Grand Prix Special