HICKSTEAD, England, July 19, 2015–Carl Hester completed a double victory in the debut show for Wanadoo by taking the Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday, but Denmark claimed the CDIO3* Nations Cup for the second year in a row.
Germany did not compete here but had an insurmountable lead in the trans-Atlantic series to top the leaderboard of six events for the first time since its creation three years ago.
Great Britain’s 2012 Olympic team gold medal rider who has added the 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion to his string of world class mounts scored 76.975 per cent in the Freestyle, two days after capturing the Grand Prix in the pair’s first international Big Tour outing. In the past two years, he has competed Nip Tuck, Dances With Wolves, Fine Time and Uthopia as well as training Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro that is a part owner.
Anders Dahl on Wie Atlantico was second individually on 74.850 per cent to lead the Danish team to victory as he did at this same event a year ago which was Denmark’s first ever Nations Cup title. This was their second.
Sweden’s Malin Hamilton on Fleetwood placed third on 73.075 per cent.
Anders was the only member of today’s Danish team who was also on the 2014 winning side.
“Last year was the first time we had a team in the Nations Cup here at Hickstead and we won–it’s great to win it two years running,” said the 39-year-old who is married to British dressage rider Fiona Bigwood and lives a short distance from the Hickstead showgrounds.
“I thought from the start we had a chance, we had good horses and riders and Sidsel (Johansen) went really well all week, winning the Special and third in the Grand Prix. I was also super-happy with Atlantico who was second in the Grand Prix behind Carl, and again today in the Freestyle. This is one of the biggest achievements of his career but we’ve enjoyed a great year in 2015. He was great in Doha where we finished third behind Patrik Kittel and Carl.”
Final standings of the Hickstead Nations Cup of three phases–Grand Prix, Special and Freestyle–1. Denmark 422.049; 2. Great Britain 418.690; 3. Sweden 416.796; 4. South Africa 595.014.
Germany which fielded teams in the sole American Nations Cup in Wellington, Florida as well as Europe, was the series champion with 39 points .
The Netherlands that won both previous annual titles, was tied with Sweden in 35 points for second place, the United States fourth on 27, Denmark fifth on 23, Great Britain sixth on 18, Russia seventh on 14, France eighth 12, Spain ninth on 11, Belgium 10th on 9, Canada 11th 8, Switzerland 12th 7, Italy and South Africa tied at 13th on 6.
The series is still labeled by the Interntional Equestrian Federation (FEI) as a “test” and three different formats have been implemented–mixed Big and Small Tour teams in Florida, Grand Prix only and a mix of Grand Prix, Special and Freestyle results applied here that have led to calls to harmonize the format.
CDIO3* Results:
CDIO3* Grand Prix Freestyle
Judges: E: Marietta Almasy H: Alain Francqueville C: Eddy de Wolff van Westerrode M: Juan Campos Escriban B: Jo Graham
Rank
No
Rider
Horse
E
H
C
M
B
Total
1
279
CARL HESTER GBRFEI ID 1001146
WANADOO FEI ID ESP40038
73.75
80.00
(1)
73.00
79.00
(1)
75.75
80.00
(1)
75.00
81.00
(1)
73.25
79.00
(1)
76.975%
2
269
ANDERS DAHL DENFEI ID 10016382
WIE-ATLANTICO DE YMAS FEI ID ESP03716
71.00
79.00
(2)
73.50
78.00
(2)
72.75
78.00
(2)
73.25
77.00
(2)
70.00
76.00
(3)
74.850%
3
324
MALIN HAMILTON SWEFEI ID 10048035
FLEETWOOD FEI ID SWE40906
72.75
77.00
(3)
70.25
74.00
(4)
69.25
71.00
(6)
71.25
76.00
(3)
71.25
78.00
(2)
73.075%
4
312
HAYLEY WATSON-GREAVES GBRFEI ID 10088848
RUBINS NITE FEI ID 103RB72
67.75
76.00
(7)
68.25
74.00
(6)
70.75
75.00
(3)
69.25
75.00
(5)
69.00
73.00
(7)
71.800%
5
325
EBBA VON ESSEN SWEFEI ID 10034463
YANTUGE FEI ID SWE40803
73.00
73.00
(5)
68.75
73.00
(7)
67.25
73.00
(6)
71.00
75.00
(4)
68.25
74.00
(6)
71.625%
6
254
HENRIETTE ANDERSEN GBRFEI ID 10016764
WARLOCKS CHARM KWPNFEI ID 103LO5
69.25
75.00
(6)
68.50
77.00
(3)
67.50
70.00
(9)
70.00
74.00
(6)
69.50
74.00
(5)
71.475%
7
255
KATHERINE BATESON CHANDLER USAFEI ID 10003276
ALCAZAR KWPNFEI ID 103IA62
68.75
72.00
(8)
70.00
73.00
(5)
70.50
73.00
(5)
68.50
73.00
(8)
68.75
76.00
(4)
71.350%
8
277
SUNE HANSEN DENFEI ID 1001038
CHARMEUR FEI ID DEN407
71.75
77.00
(4)
67.25
69.00
(8)
67.00
72.00
(8)
68.25
74.00
(7)
68.25
72.00
(9)
70.650%
9
297
TANYA SEYMOUR RSAFEI ID 10074221
RAMONEUR 6 FEI ID 102XN43
68.25
71.00
(9)
66.00
69.00
(10)
72.75
73.00
(3)
66.50
69.00
(12)
68.50
73.00
(8)
69.700%
10
309
ROLAND TONG IRLFEI ID 10069539
AMBIENCE FEI ID 104FJ08
66.75
71.00
(10)
65.25
69.00
(12)
66.25
69.00
(10)
66.75
73.00
(10)
66.75
71.00
(11)
68.475%
11
303
JACKY STOLPER GBRFEI ID 10037623
DER SCHUFRO FEI ID 102YU90
64.50
68.00
(13)
65.00
69.00
(13)
64.75
70.00
(11)
67.25
73.00
(9)
66.75
72.00
(10)
68.025%
12
260
NICOLA BUCHANAN GBRFEI ID 10012281
DON CORLEONE VH SCHEEFKASTEEL FEI ID 104KX86
65.50
70.00
(11)
67.25
69.00
(8)
64.25
68.00
(12)
66.25
70.00
(11)
65.75
72.00
(11)
67.800%
13
261
CHERE BURGER RSAFEI ID 10093849
ADELPRAG ANDERS FEI ID BEL42497
65.75
67.00
(12)
66.50
68.00
(11)
63.75
68.00
(13)
66.00
68.00
(13)
65.00
68.00
(13)
66.600%
(W/D)
264
CAROLINE CHEW SINFEI ID 10034877
DR DOOLITTLE FEI ID 102YA19
Team
Rank
Team
No
Rider
Horse
Total
Average Top 3
1
DEN
422.049
140.683
269
ANDERS DAHL
WIE-ATLANTICO DE YMAS
145.550
277
SUNE HANSEN
CHARMEUR
136.430
318
SIDSEL JOHANSEN
ALIBI D
140.069
2
GBR
418.690
139.563
254
HENRIETTE ANDERSEN
WARLOCKS CHARM
139.855
292
ALICE RUTH OPPENHEIMER
HEADMORE DELEGATE
138.895
312
HAYLEY WATSON-GREAVES
RUBINS NITE
139.940
315
SPENCER WILTON
NUMBERTO
126.196
3
SWE
416.796
138.932
323
JOHANNA DUE BOJE
DON CORLEONE
128.238
324
MALIN HAMILTON
FLEETWOOD
141.275
325
EBBA VON ESSEN
YANTUGE
140.065
326
MARIA VON ESSEN
FERDI
135.456
4
RSA
395.904
131.968
258
KATHERINE BERNING
BRISBANE
129.858
261
CHERE BURGER
ADELPRAG ANDERS
129.700
276
DENISE HALLION
WER VEL WIND
130.706
297
TANYA SEYMOUR
RAMONEUR 6
135.340
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