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BROHOLM, Denmark, June 8, 2014–Lone Bang Larsen and Fitou L claimed the 2015 Danish Championship Sunday when the pair won the Grand Prix Freestyle while the Florida-based Lars Petersen and Mariett were second in the Freestyle and reserve champions while Mikala Münter Gundersen on My Lady placed third in both.

Lone and the 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, on the Danish team at the European Championships last year, scored 79.500 per cent in the Freestyle to clinch the championships after winning the Grand Prix earlier.

The championship results for the two Florida-based combinations were unprecedented.

Lars and Mariett, a 16-year-old Danish Warmblood mare (Come Back II x Sidney), were awarded 79.450 per cent in the Freestyle and with their Grand Prix Special victory Saturday took the reserve championship.

Mikala and My Lady placed third in the Freestyle on 77.825 per cent and were third overall in the championship. The pair placed second in the Grand Prix.

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.

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.

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 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 categorie

Missing from these championships were 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. They did not compete as the horse is recovering from an eye operation. Andreas Helgstrand and Akeem Foldager bowed out after controversy over horse abuse charges.

Final championship standings:

		RIDER	HORSE		GP	GPS	GPFS	TOTAL	PLACE
		Lone Bang Larsen	FITOU L 1999/V/Florestan I/May Heart L/May Sherif		75.800 1	74.020 2	79.500 1	229.32	1
		Lars Petersen	MARIETT 1998/HO/Come Back Ii/Zendi/Sidney		72.500 3	74.412 1	79.450 2	226.362	2
		Mikala Münter Gundersen	MY LADY 1980/Michellino//		73.760 2	72.451 4	77.825 3	224.036	3
		Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	JOJO AZ 2003/V/GINUS/ÖRÖMHÍR/JUSTBOY		71.980 4	72.529 3	77.000 4	221.509	4
		Rikke Svane	FINCKENSTEIN TSF 2002/HI/LATIMER/FATIMA XVII/KENNEDY		70.480 5	71.392 5	71.850 7	213.722	5
		Anders Dahl	WIE ATLANTICO DE YMAS 1980///		69.580 7	69.412 10	74.250 5	213.242	6

Results:

GRAND PRIX FREESTYLE

Judges–E: Kurt Christensen H: Jesper Holst Hansen C: Maria Colliander M: Susanne Baarup Christensen B: Niels-Erik Bøchman

		RIDER	HORSE		E	H	C	M	B	TOTAL	PLACE
		Lone Bang Larsen	FITOU L 1999/V/Florestan I/May Heart L/May Sherif		77.250 85.000 1	75.500 82.000 3	77.000 80.000 1	77.000 83.000 1	75.250 83.000 1	79.500	1
		Lars Petersen	MARIETT 1998/HO/Come Back Ii/Zendi/Sidney		75.250 84.000 2	78.000 85.000 1	75.500 81.000 2	76.000 83.000 2	74.750 82.000 2	79.450	2
		Mikala Münter Gundersen	MY LADY 1980/Michellino//		73.500 82.000 3	76.750 86.000 2	72.250 79.000 3	73.750 82.000 3	73.000 80.000 4	77.825	3
		Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	JOJO AZ 2003/V/GINUS/ÖRÖMHÍR/JUSTBOY		75.250 80.000 4	74.500 79.000 4	72.250 78.000 4	74.750 80.000 4	74.250 82.000 3	77.000	4
		Anders Dahl	WIE ATLANTICO DE YMAS 1980///		72.750 77.000 5	71.750 78.000 6	71.000 77.000 5	71.750 78.000 5	68.250 77.000 5	74.250	5
		Allan Skov Christensen	VOLSTRUPGAARDS CASSIOPEIA 2001/HO/Come Back Ii/Fremad´S Caletta/Caletto Iii		70.500 76.000 6	69.500 78.000 7	69.250 75.000 6	68.000 74.000 8	66.750 74.000 8	72.100	6
		Rikke Svane	FINCKENSTEIN TSF 2002/HI/LATIMER/FATIMA XVII/KENNEDY		68.250 72.000 11	73.750 77.000 5	69.250 73.000 8	70.750 74.000 6	68.500 72.000 9	71.850	7
		Lena Leschly Åmand	GØRKLINTGÅRDS FANERO 2003/HI/Olympic Ferro/Virkelysts Bella/Le Mont-H		70.000 74.000 7	69.250 73.000 11	69.000 73.000 9	68.750 73.000 9	69.500 74.000 6	71.350	8
		Maria Anita Andersen	LOXANA 2002/HO/Diamond Hit/Luandra/Argentinus		68.000 74.000 9	71.250 73.000 8	69.000 74.000 7	66.750 72.000 12	69.500 73.000 7	71.050	9
		Jim Rasmussen	BROHOLM’S HIGHLIGHT 1998/V/Midt-West Ibi-Light/Kærsgaard’S Soline/Sorel		69.750 74.000 8	68.750 72.000 13	68.750 72.000 10	68.750 71.000 10	68.500 72.000 9	70.550	10
		Dennis Fisker	MIRAGE RISHØJ 2003/V/Milan/Kalinga Agerled/Rawage Quintus		68.750 69.000 13	71.250 73.000 8	67.250 70.000 11	68.250 71.000 11	66.250 69.000 13	69.375	11
		Sanne Henningsen	CAPONG 2004/V/Michellino/Lady Fleur/Racot		69.750 72.000 10	68.250 74.000 11	65.750 71.000 12	67.750 71.000 12	64.250 68.000 15	69.175	12
		Martin Christensen	FBW DE VITO 1980/De Niro//Akzent II		68.750 70.000 12	65.500 69.000 14	66.500 70.000 14	69.250 73.000 7	66.750 70.000 11	68.875	13
		Malene Folmer Jensen	ACAPELLO FOLDAGER 2001/V/Akinos/Loubét Foldager/Loran		67.250 68.000 14	70.750 72.000 10	67.500 68.000 15	68.000 70.000 14	67.000 69.000 12	68.750	14
		Anne Van Olst	ZIDHANE 1980/Don Ruto//Negro		63.000 67.000 15	59.250 68.000 15	66.750 70.000 12	64.000 70.000 15	63.500 69.000 14	66.050	15