BROHOLM, Denmark, June 6, 2014–Lone Bang Larsen and Fitou L won the Danish Championships Grand Prix Friday with the two Florida-based combinations of Mikala Münter Gundersen on My Lady and Lars Petersen on Mariett placing second and third.
Lone and the 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding that were on the Danish team at the European Championships last year scored 75.800 per cent.
Mikala and My Lady, who competed at the World Cup Final in April, were scored 73.760 per cent for second while Lars and Mariett filled third place on 72.500 per cent.
Both the Florida-based pairs are seeking to be on the Danish team at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France in August–that would be the first championship team for Mikala while for Lars it would be his first since the 1998 WEG in Rome.
The starting lineup for the championships did not include all Denmark’s top horses and riders.
Anna Kasprzak and Donnperignon, the top Danish combination at No. 5 in the world and on the Danish teams at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 European Championship, are not competing as the horse is recovering from an eye operation. Andreas Helgstrand and Akeem Foldager bowed out after controversy over horse abuse charges. Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein’s Digby, 17 years old, has been retired from championship competition but the pair are still ranked ninth in the world.
Mikala, like Lars based in Wellington, Florida and My Lady, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood mare by Michellino, are on their second European tour.
Lars, the Olympic, world championship and World Cup star on Blue Hors Cavan, and Mariett finished this year’s Florida winter circuit at the top of the World Cup North American League but an abscess prevented the pair from starting.
“We were happy,” Lars said after his ride. “A little mistake in the zig zag and the left pirouette, but over all happy.”
Results:
GRAND PRIX
JUDGES: E: Niels-Erik Bøchman, H: Kurt Christensen, C: Susanne Baarup Christensen, M: Maria Colliander, B: Jesper Holst Hansen
| RIDER | HORSE | E | H | C | M | B | Total | Place | |||
| Lone Bang Larsen | FITOU L 1999/V/Florestan I/May Heart L/May Sherif | 378.500 1 | 380.500 1 | 387.500 1 | 370.000 1 | 378.500 1 | 75.800 | 1  | |||
| Mikala Münter Gundersen | MY LADY 1980/Michellino// | 367.500 2 | 369.000 2 | 377.000 2 | 363.000 2 | 367.500 2 | 73.760 | 2  | |||
| Lars Petersen | MARIETT 1998/HO/Come Back Ii/Zendi/Sidney | 359.000 4 | 361.500 3 | 369.000 3 | 360.000 3 | 363.000 3 | 72.500 | 3  | |||
| Agnete Kirk Thinggaard | JOJO AZ 2003/V/GINUS/ÖRÖMHÍR/JUSTBOY | 365.000 3 | 360.500 4 | 355.000 5 | 358.000 4 | 361.000 4 | 71.980 | 4  | |||
| Rikke Svane | FINCKENSTEIN TSF 2002/HI/LATIMER/FATIMA XVII/KENNEDY | 353.000 5 | 356.000 5 | 341.500 14 | 356.500 5 | 355.000 6 | 70.480 | 5 | |||
| Lena Leschly Åmand | GØRKLINTGÅRDS FANERO 2003/HI/Olympic Ferro/Virkelysts Bella/Le Mont-H | 344.500 8 | 347.000 8 | 351.000 6 | 348.000 7 | 356.000 5 | 69.860 | 6 | |||
| Anders Dahl | WIE ATLANTICO DE YMAS 1980/// | 341.500 9 | 351.000 6 | 358.000 4 | 347.000 8 | 342.000 14 | 69.580 | 7 | |||
| Jim Rasmussen | BROHOLM’S HIGHLIGHT 1998/V/Midt-West Ibi-Light/Kærsgaard’S Soline/Sorel | 348.500 6 | 336.500 16 | 348.000 7 | 352.000 6 | 343.000 13 | 69.120 | 8 | |||
| Sanne Henningsen | CAPONG 2004/V/Michellino/Lady Fleur/Racot | 348.500 6 | 344.500 11 | 346.000 8 | 341.000 10 | 347.500 10 | 69.100 | 9 | |||
| Anne Van Olst | ZIDHANE 1980/Don Ruto//Negro | 339.500 11 | 344.500 11 | 343.000 12 | 335.500 13 | 353.500 7 | 68.640 | 10 | |||
| Maria Anita Andersen | LOXANA 2002/HO/Diamond Hit/Luandra/Argentinus | 331.000 18 | 349.500 7 | 345.000 10 | 337.000 12 | 346.000 12 | 68.340 | 11 | |||
| Lars Petersen | WILLANO 2002/V/Willemoes/Aleksina/Aleksander | 337.000 14 | 339.500 14 | 346.000 8 | 346.500 9 | 334.500 16 | 68.140 | 12 | |||
| Martin Christensen | FBW DE VITO 1980/De Niro//Akzent II | 337.500 13 | 341.500 13 | 343.500 11 | 328.000 17 | 350.000 8 | 68.020 | 13 | |||
| Nathalie Zu Sayn Wittgenstein | FABIENNE 2002/Blue Hors Future Cup//Rubinstein | 341.500 9 | 346.500 9 | 338.500 15 | 327.000 18 | 346.500 11 | 68.000 | 14 | |||
| Malene Folmer Jensen | ACAPELLO FOLDAGER 2001/V/Akinos/Loubét Foldager/Loran | 338.500 12 | 346.500 9 | 343.000 12 | 330.000 14 | 333.500 17 | 67.660 | 15 | |||
| Dennis Fisker | MIRAGE RISHØJ 2003/V/Milan/Kalinga Agerled/Rawage Quintus | 332.500 17 | 337.000 15 | 337.000 17 | 338.000 11 | 340.500 15 | 67.400 | 16 | |||
| Allan Skov Christensen | VOLSTRUPGAARDS CASSIOPEIA 2001/HO/Come Back Ii/Fremad´S Caletta/Caletto Iii | 333.500 16 | 326.000 18 | 337.500 16 | 328.500 16 | 349.000 9 | 66.980 | 17 | |||
| Sabrina Hesselhede | LAMMEFJORDGÅRDS LEVIS 1998/V/Loran/Elfie Lau/Picasso | 334.500 15 | 324.500 19 | 331.000 18 | 322.500 19 | 315.500 21 | 65.120 | 18 | |||
| Bo Thomas Høstrup | CAJO 2000/HI/Cameron/Galina/Calato Z | 320.000 19 | 329.500 17 | 327.000 19 | 329.000 15 | 314.000 23 | 64.780 | 19 | |||
| Michael Søgaard | HOFTANZ 2004/HI/His Highness/Romina/Rotspon | 314.000 22 | 313.500 21 | 326.000 20 | 316.000 21 | 322.000 18 | 63.660 | 20 | |||
| Karin Nissen | QUITE LOVELY (SWB) 2003/V/Quite Easy/La Sanne (Swb)/Judex Xx | 316.000 20 | 317.500 20 | 320.500 21 | 315.500 22 | 318.500 20 | 63.520 | 21 | |||
| Sarah Bisgaard | QUENTIN 2001/V/Quattro B/Jearlotte/Michelangelo | 316.000 20 | 300.500 25 | 315.000 23 | 314.500 23 | 314.500 22 | 62.420 | 22 | |||
| Anne Torp Madsen | POPPELGÅRDENS GARANT 1997/V/Grandeur/Prikeur/Raimondo | 310.000 23 | 311.000 22 | 316.000 22 | 310.000 24 | 307.500 24 | 62.180 | 23 | |||
| Nikolai Kowalski | GEVELTS DONNA TELLA 2003/HO/Blue Hors Don Schufro/Warkante/Warkant | 309.500 24 | 310.500 23 | 296.500 26 | 308.000 25 | 321.500 19 | 61.840 | 24 | |||
| Julie Lindgren-Christensen | ROBERTO 2002/HI/Walt Disney I/Rubina Langkjærgaard/Rubinstein I | 299.000 26 | 305.500 24 | 311.000 24 | 318.500 20 | 302.000 25 | 61.440 | 25 | |||
| Michelle Moeslund | MELLEMHAVES COPPERFIELD 2002/V/Bøgelys Camaro/Finess/Frühling | 301.000 25 | 289.500 26 | 301.000 25 | 284.000 26 | 291.500 26 | 58.680 | 26 |
