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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 29, 2015–Hans Peter Minderhoud rode Glock’s Flirt to a personal best score of 80.950 per cent and the first Freestyle victory for the Dutch partnership to capture the Sweden International World Cup Grand Prix musical performance Sunday.

Sweden’s Olympic combination of Patrik Kittel and Watermill Scandic were runner up on 79.100 per cent while former world No. 1 and two-time World Cup champions Adelinde Cornelissen on Jerich Parzival were third on 78.775 per cent for their first Freestyle score below 80 per cent in six years.

Patrik Kittel moved to the top of the World Cup Western European League standings with 54 points after their runner up placing in Sunday’s Freestyle that was the fourth in nine WEL qualifying competitions for the Final in Gothenburg, Sweden next March.

Patrik said that Scandic at 16 years of age “feels better than he did when he was 10, which is great! And he will still be in the game next year too, and in the Final in Gothenburg if we qualify.”

Fabienne Lütkemeier moved up to fourth and the highest placed from Germany while Hans Peter’s victory moved him up into the seventh spot. Denmark’s Agnete Kirk Thinggaard was tied in eighth place with 28 points, Jennie Larsson of Sweden 10th on 27 and Australia’s Lyndal Oatley in 11th on 26 points.

The previous best Freestyle result for Hans Peter and Flirt, that have been competing together for less than 18 months and are ranked No. 13 in the world, was  80.450 per cent posted at Rotterdam in June. This was the first competition for Hans Peter and the 14-year-old Swiss Warmblood gelding since then.

“He had no real weak points in his test today,” he said, “from the beginning to the end he was completely with me, nicely supple and super on the aids. I had a great feeling, he was really trying for me but I had a small mistake in the one-tempis. I re-did them really well though, and the rest of the test was really good.”

Hans Peter said he had been encouraged by the sight of the winner’s prize. “When I saw the orange car in the corner of the arena I thought, ‘Hey, a Dutch person should win that!’… and this is the first car I’ve ever won!”

Adelinde was competing the 18-year-old Parzival–to be officially 19 years old in a month–for only the second time this year. Adelinde and Parzival, at No. 378 in the world, last scored below 80 per cent in a Freestyle in December, 2009. Since then, however, the pair have performed in 36 Freestyles all with scores above 80 per cent.

The 36-year-old Dutch rider said afterwards that she had “mixed feelings” about her result.

“I’m happy that Parzival was here and going well,” she said. “He was great in the warm-up but he felt a bit tired in the arena. We have not been competing for a long time, so we need to find a suitable routine again for both of us.”

For Lyndal Oatley and Sandro Boy who placed sixth in the Freestyle, their score of 75.425 per cent was below their personal best but close to this year’s top result and came a day after the German-based combination posted the highest Grand Prix score ever by an Australian rider.

Results:

CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle

#			Rider	Horse		E	H	C	M	B	Total
1			Hans Peter Minderhoud	Glock’s Flirt Florestan – Gauguin de LullyIng. Gaston Glock		76.25084.00080.125 1	79.25081.00080.125 3	80.25083.00081.625  1	77.00084.00080.5001	79.750 85.00082.375 1	78.500 83.400 80.950
2			Patrik Kittel	Watermill Scandic H.B.C Solos Carex DVH 609 – Amiral ZW.P.S.J.W. Greve & HBC Stal		75.00083.00079.0003	80.00083.00081.500 1	77.750 80.00078.875   2	75.00084.00079.5003	74.250 79.000 76.625   3	76.400 81.800 79.100
3			Adelinde Cornelissen	Jerich Parzival N.O.P. Jazz – UlftW.P.J. Cornelissen / M.A. Cornelissen, H. Jerich		77.50082.00079.750 2	77.250 83.00080.125   2	75.750 78.00076.875   4	76.50083.00079.750 2	74.750 80.00077.375   2	76.350 81.200 78.775
4			Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	Jojo Az Ginus – JustboyJoachim E. Arl		74.750 78.00076.375   4	75.500 78.00076.750   6	74.750 80.00077.375  3	76.00082.00079.0004	71.750 76.000 73.875 6	74.55078.800 76.675
5			Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Paridon Magi Don Primero 981 – Napoleon 625Lövsta Stuteri AB		71.500 77.000 74.250 7	75.500 79.000 77.250 5	71.500 77.000 74.250 7	72.75080.00076.375 5	73.500 78.000 75.750  5	72.950 78.20075.575
6			Lyndal Oatley	Sandro Boy 9 Sandro Hit – ArgentinusCarol & Andrew Oatley		72.250 75.00073.625 9	76.00080.00078.0004	73.250 77.000 75.125  5	72.250 76.00074.125 7	74.500 78.000 76.250 4	73.650 77.200 75.425
7			Fabienne Lütkemeier	Qui Vincit Dynamis Quattro B – Calypso IIGina Capellmann-Lütkemeier		73.00076.00074.5006	73.500 77.000 75.250 8	72.500 75.000 73.750 9	71.750 77.00074.375 6	70.250 75.000 72.625 10	72.200 76.00074.100
8			Paulinda Friberg	di Lapponia T Donnerhall – ArgumentPaulinda Friberg		72.250 76.00074.125 8	73.750 77.000 75.375  7	72.250 76.000 74.125 8	71.500 76.00073.7508	69.000 74.000 71.500 12	71.750 75.800 73.775
9			Jennie Larsson	Zircoon Spring Flower Painted Black – ArmstrongAntonia Ax:son Johnson		71.000 73.00072.000 12	73.250 76.00074.625 9	72.750 76.00074.375 6	70.50076.00073.2509	72.000 75.000 73.500 7	71.900 75.200 73.550
10			Emilie Nyreröd	Miata Lancado – GrascoEmilie Nyreröd		73.500 76.000 74.750  5	72.00075.00073.500 10	71.250 74.00072.625 11	70.50075.00072.750 12	70.500 76.000 73.250 8	71.550 75.200 73.375
11			Mads Hendeliowitz	Jimmie Choo Seq Sandro Hit – Don SchufroSegersta Equestrian		71.750 74.000 72.875 10	72.00075.00073.500 10	71.750 75.00073.375 10	72.00074.00073.00011	69.250 75.000 72.125 11	71.350 74.600 72.975
12			Kristian von Krusenstierna	Biggles 1015 Briar – KrevadFam. Ingrid Lundbergpersson		67.000 71.000 69.000 14	71.250 73.00072.125 12	69.250 72.00070.625 14	69.50074.00071.750 13	70.750 75.000 72.875  9	69.550 73.000 71.275
13			Inna Logutenkova	Don Gregorius Don Cardinale – PlacidoLLC VIAN – GROUP		70.000 74.000 72.000 11	70.250 72.00071.125 13	69.250 74.00071.625 12	67.50072.00069.750 14	68.500 73.000 70.750 13	69.100 73.000 71.050
14			Cathrine Rasmussen	Fernandez Florestan – WeinburgCathrine Rasmussen, Christopher Bredstrup Rasmussen		67.250 72.000 69.625 13	69.00070.00069.500 14	69.00073.00071.000 13	71.000 75.00073.000 10	67.250 69.00068.125 14	68.700 71.800 70.250
15			Claudia Dorpmans	Tin Tin Claudia Dorpmans		62.250 69.00065.625 15	63.750 65.00064.375 15	64.50068.00066.250 15	66.750 70.00068.375 15	63.500 67.000 65.250 15	64.150 67.80065.975