Kristina Sprehe & Desperados Win Meggle Champions With Personal Best Grand Prix Special Score

DORTMUND, Germany, Mar. 7, 2015–Kristina Sprehe and Desperados FRH became the Meggle Champions Saturday night with a personal best score of 83.000 per cent for the CDI4* Grand Prix Special a day after posting a result of more than 80 per cent in the Grand Prix.

Kristina and the 14-year-old Hanoverian black stallion won over fellow Germans Ulla Salzgeber on Herzruf’s Erbe on 77.647 per cent with Isabell Werth on Don Johnson FRH third on 77.549 per cent.

The result for Kristina and Desperados, her 2012 Olympic and 2014 World Games mount, beat their previous high of 81.978 per cent at this same event in 2012.

Their Grand Prix score Friday was the highest since the pair posted a score of 81.851 per cent at Hagen, Germany in April, 2012. The combination were selected for the German team for the London Olympics the same year and won team silver.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix Special Meggle Champions

Placed competitors							(E)	(H)	(C)	(M)	(B)	Total
1.	409	Desperados FRH	Sprehe, Kristina	GER		12300 EUR	427.0	416.5	418.0	426.0	429.0	2116.5 points
	R 14-j.H v.De Niro/M.v.Wolkenstein II/HANN/GER45347/B: Gestüt Sprehe GmbH						83.725 %	81.667 %	81.961 %	83.529 %	84.118 %	83.000 %
							1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
2.	231	Herzruf’s Erbe	Salzgeber, Ulla	GER		9300 EUR	381.0	384.5	407.0	405.5	402.0	1980.0 points
	F 16-j.W v.Herzruf/M.v.Caletto I/RHLD/GER28121/B: Salzgeber,Ulla						74.706 %	75.392 %	79.804 %	79.510 %	78.823 %	77.647 %
							4.	4.	2.	2.	2.
3.	408	Don Johnson FRH	Werth, Isabell	GER		7500 EUR	404.5	386.0	401.5	395.5	390.0	1977.5 points
	B 13-j.W v.Don Frederico/HANN/102MB43/B: Winter-Schulze, Madeleine						79.314 %	75.686 %	78.725 %	77.549 %	76.471 %	77.549 %
							2.	3.	3.	3.	3.
4.	173	Dablino FRH	Balkenhol, Anabel	GER		6300 EUR	376.0	386.5	378.5	387.0	380.0	1908.0 points
	DF 15-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Wanderbursch II/HANN/GER41335/B: Balkenhol,Klaus						73.726 %	75.785 %	74.216 %	75.883 %	74.510 %	74.824 %
							5.	2.	5.	4.	4.
5.	174	D’Agostino FRH	Lütkemeier, Fabienne	GER		3900 EUR	381.5	372.5	386.5	385.0	380.0	1905.5 points
	F 15-j.W v.De Niro/M.v.Shogun xx/HANN/GER42139/B: Capellmann-Lütkemeier,Gina						74.803 %	73.039 %	75.784 %	75.490 %	74.509 %	74.725 %
							3.	5.	4.	5.	4.
6.	241	Imperio	Schmidt, Hubertus	GER		3000 EUR	353.5	367.0	376.0	377.0	367.5	1841.0 points
	B 12-j.H v.Connery/M.v.Balfour xx/TRAK./GER45557/B: Bayer.Haupt-u.Landgestüt Schw						69.314 %	71.961 %	73.725 %	73.921 %	72.059 %	72.196 %
							7.	6.	6.	6.	6.
7.	183	Der Hit	Werndl, Benjamin	GER		2700 EUR	356.0	364.0	368.5	368.0	365.5	1822.0 points
	DB 12-j.W v.Del Gado/M.v.Welt Hit II/OLD/102VM20/B: Aubenhausen GbR Home of the D						69.804 %	71.373 %	72.255 %	72.157 %	71.667 %	71.451 %
							6.	7.	7.	7.	7.
Other, non-placed competitors
8.	387	Zippo	Meer, Patrick van der	NED			retired
	F 11-j.W v.Rousseau/KWPN/103NA98/B: Trainingsstal De Hoeve,