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TALLINN, Estonia, Oct. 3, 2014–Inessa Merkulova rode the big-moving Mister X to a personal best score to win the World Cup Grand Prix Friday and log the sixth victory this year for the Russian pair.

Inessa and the 10-year-old Trakehner gelding scored 73.020 per cent for the win over Ukraine’s Inna Logutenkova on Don Gregorius with 70.040 per cent and Sweden’s Malin Hamilton on Fleetwood in third on 68.640 per cent.

The World Cup event is the sixth of seven shows in the Central European League in which the top two combinations will qualify for the final in Las Vegas next April.

The Grand Prix Freestyle scheduled for Saturday will decide points to be awarded to competitors. Inessa and Mister X with 20 points rank eighth on the CEL standings.

Results:

Rank			Rider	Horse	Prize money	E	H	C	M	B
1			Inessa MERKULOVA Russia	MISTER X Egeus Inessa Merkulova	500	73.6001	73.1001	70.7001	75.6001	72.1001	73.0201
2			Inna LOGUTENKOVA Ukraine	DON GREGORIUS Don Cardinale – Placido LLC Vian-Group	400	72.1002	71.9002	68.6003	70.2002	67.4003	70.0402
3			Malin HAMILTON Sweden	FLEETWOOD Florestan I – Bormio xx Malin Hamilton	300	67.3006	70.3003	68.6003	69.4004	67.6002	68.6403
4			Per DUVEFELT Sweden	EDVIN Tip-Topp – Amiral 764 PD Ridsport Per Duvefeldt	200	68.1003	68.5004	68.0005	67.1006	64.4007	67.2204
5			Tatiana DOROFEEVA Russia	KARTSEVO UPPERVILLE Cabochon – Creool Sonina Varvara & Bronnikova Nataliya	100	68.0004	64.9006	67.1006	70.0003	64.8005	66.9605
Not placed
6			Dina ELLERMANN Estonia	LANDY S AKVAREL Landcruiser – Noble Champion Dina Ellermann & Genofen Ltd		66.9007	68.0005	65.3007	67.7005	64.5006	66.4806
7			Elisabeth EHRNROOTH Finland	WIZARD II Wetano – Allegretto Equiettan Ab		67.5005	63.2007	69.1002	66.2007	65.8004	66.3607
8			Kira KANERVA Finland	DORAZIO Kira Kanerva		64.4008	63.0008	62.3008	63.5008	60.9008	62.8208
9			Anna-Leena MELLER Finland	MAUSER Master – Rex EN-R Sporthorses Oy & Meller A-L & Nordm		56.9009	58.2009	61.4009	61.3009	57.1009	58.9809