Lars Petersen Has “Best Ever” Ride on Mariett to Win Danish Championships Grand Prix Special
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BROHOLM, Denmark, June 7, 2014–Lars Petersen had the “best ever” ride on Mariett to win the Grand Prix Special in the Danish Championships Saturday and boosting his chances of claiming a spot on his nation’s team at the World Equestrian Games in August that would be his first since the 1998 WEG in Rome.
Lars, based in Florida, and the 16-year-old Danish Warmblood mare were scored 74.412 per cent for the victory over Lone Bang Larsen and Fitou L in second place on 74.020 per cent with Agnete Kirk Thinggaard and Jojo AZ third on 72.529 per cent. Mikala Münter Gunderssen, also based in Florida, placed fourth with My Lady on 72.451 per cent.
“She was going the best ever,” said Lars, and credited Danish team coach Rudolf Zeillinger for the improvements. “We still had a few bobbles in the first piaffe, but I’m very happy with her.”
Lars and the mare (Come Back II x Sidney) recovered from their third place finish in the Grand Prix Friday, behind the European Championship duo of Lone and Fitou in first place and Mikala and My Lady
second.
The Grand Prix Freestyle that will determine the championship is scheduled for Sunday.
Lars has been competing Mariett since the 2012 Florida winter circuit after two years out of the show ring to allow the mare’s foot to heal when it was torn off in her stall in a freak accident. The mare had initially been bought by Marcia Pepper for her to show as an amateur but she opted to follow her horse from the sidelines.
At the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida this winter Lars and Mariett became the top money winners and also finished atop the World Cup North American League standings with Mikala and My Lady second in both categories.
Results:
Grand Prix Special:
Judges–E: Jesper Holst Hansen H: Maria Colliander C: Kurt Christensen M: Niels-Erik Bøchman B: Susanne Baarup Christensen
| RIDER | HORSE | E | H | C | M | B | TOTAL | PLACE | |||
| Lars Petersen | MARIETT 1998/HO/Come Back Ii/Zendi/Sidney | 377.500 1 | 381.500 1 | 376.500 2 | 379.000 2 | 383.000 1 | 74.412 | 1  | |||
| Lone Bang Larsen | FITOU L 1999/V/Florestan I/May Heart L/May Sherif | 369.000 3 | 376.500 2 | 384.000 1 | 382.000 1 | 376.000 2 | 74.020 | 2  | |||
| Agnete Kirk Thinggaard | JOJO AZ 2003/V/GINUS/ÖRÖMHÍR/JUSTBOY | 369.000 3 | 372.000 4 | 372.000 3 | 364.000 7 | 372.500 3 | 72.529 | 3  | |||
| Mikala Münter Gundersen | MY LADY 1980/Michellino// | 372.500 2 | 374.000 3 | 368.000 4 | 365.000 6 | 368.000 4 | 72.451 | 4  | |||
| Rikke Svane | FINCKENSTEIN TSF 2002/HI/LATIMER/FATIMA XVII/KENNEDY | 369.000 3 | 357.500 8 | 357.500 7 | 373.000 3 | 363.500 5 | 71.392 | 5 | |||
| Lars Petersen | WILLANO 2002/V/Willemoes/Aleksina/Aleksander | 354.000 10 | 361.500 6 | 358.500 5 | 362.500 8 | 354.500 9 | 70.235 | 6 | |||
| Maria Anita Andersen | LOXANA 2002/HO/Diamond Hit/Luandra/Argentinus | 355.500 9 | 363.500 5 | 356.500 8 | 353.500 13 | 361.500 6 | 70.216 | 7 | |||
| Malene Folmer Jensen | ACAPELLO FOLDAGER 2001/V/Akinos/Loubét Foldager/Loran | 359.500 6 | 350.000 13 | 348.500 15 | 358.500 9 | 359.500 7 | 69.647 | 8 | |||
| Lena Leschly Åmand | GØRKLINTGÅRDS FANERO 2003/HI/Olympic Ferro/Virkelysts Bella/Le Mont-H | 345.000 14 | 357.000 9 | 352.000 11 | 367.000 5 | 351.500 10 | 69.510 | 9 | |||
| Anders Dahl | WIE ATLANTICO DE YMAS 1980/// | 345.500 13 | 360.500 7 | 358.500 5 | 355.000 11 | 350.500 12 | 69.412 | 10 | |||
| Martin Christensen | FBW DE VITO 1980/De Niro//Akzent II | 332.000 17 | 353.500 11 | 356.500 8 | 370.000 4 | 356.500 8 | 69.353 | 11 | |||
| Jim Rasmussen | BROHOLM’S HIGHLIGHT 1998/V/Midt-West Ibi-Light/Kærsgaard’S Soline/Sorel | 350.500 11 | 357.000 9 | 355.000 10 | 347.000 15 | 339.500 17 | 68.588 | 12 | |||
| Allan Skov Christensen | VOLSTRUPGAARDS CASSIOPEIA 2001/HO/Come Back Ii/Fremad´S Caletta/Caletto Iii | 359.000 7 | 353.000 12 | 349.000 14 | 336.500 17 | 349.500 13 | 68.510 | 13 | |||
| Sanne Henningsen | CAPONG 2004/V/Michellino/Lady Fleur/Racot | 347.000 12 | 343.500 15 | 352.000 11 | 351.500 14 | 348.000 15 | 68.314 | 14 | |||
| Dennis Fisker | MIRAGE RISHØJ 2003/V/Milan/Kalinga Agerled/Rawage Quintus | 358.500 8 | 343.500 15 | 348.500 15 | 337.000 16 | 351.000 11 | 68.176 | 15 | |||
| Anne Van Olst | ZIDHANE 1980/Don Ruto//Negro | 340.500 16 | 344.000 14 | 349.500 13 | 357.000 10 | 346.500 16 | 68.137 | 16 | |||
| Nathalie Zu Sayn Wittgenstein | FABIENNE 2002/Blue Hors Future Cup//Rubinstein | 344.000 15 | 341.500 17 | 347.500 17 | 354.500 12 | 349.000 14 | 68.098 | 17 | |||
| Karin Nissen | QUITE LOVELY (SWB) 2003/V/Quite Easy/La Sanne (Swb)/Judex Xx | 327.500 18 | 335.000 18 | 318.000 21 | 317.500 20 | 321.000 21 | 63.490 | 18 | |||
| Bo Thomas Høstrup | CAJO 2000/HI/Cameron/Galina/Calato Z | 320.000 19 | 323.500 20 | 331.000 18 | 316.000 21 | 324.500 20 | 63.333 | 19 | |||
| Michael Søgaard | HOFTANZ 2004/HI/His Highness/Romina/Rotspon | 314.500 21 | 317.000 21 | 326.500 19 | 328.500 18 | 327.000 19 | 63.275 | 20 | |||
| Sarah Bisgaard | QUENTIN 2001/V/Quattro B/Jearlotte/Michelangelo | 308.000 24 | 326.500 19 | 313.500 22 | 319.500 19 | 333.000 18 | 62.765 | 21 | |||
| Sabrina Hesselhede | LAMMEFJORDGÅRDS LEVIS 1998/V/Loran/Elfie Lau/Picasso | 316.000 20 | 312.500 23 | 319.500 20 | 306.500 23 | 314.500 22 | 61.529 | 22 | |||
| Nikolai Kowalski | GEVELTS DONNA TELLA 2003/HO/Blue Hors Don Schufro/Warkante/Warkant | 310.000 23 | 315.000 22 | 309.000 23 | 309.500 22 | 312.500 23 | 61.020 | 23 | |||
| Julie Lindgren-Christensen | ROBERTO 2002/HI/Walt Disney I/Rubina Langkjærgaard/Rubinstein I | 311.000 22 | 310.000 24 | 305.000 24 | 296.000 24 | 309.000 24 | 60.039 | 24 |
