SALZBURG, Austria, Dec. 3, 2015–Beatrice Buchwald rode Weihegold OLD to their third straight victory to beat her boss, Isabell Werth on El Santo NRW, in winning the CDI4* Grand Prix for the Special Thursday.
Beatrice, assistant to the German five-time Olympic gold medalist, rode the 10-year-old Oldenburg mare to a score of 73.380 per cent in the pair’s fifth international start since beginning Big Tour in September and the first head-to-head competition with Isabell.
Isabell and El Santo were scored at 71.720 per cent with Henrik Lochthowe on Meggle’s Boston in third on 67.280 per cent to complete a German sweep of the top three places.
El Santo is one of five Grand Prix horses currently competed by Isabell who rode the 14-year-old Rhinelander gelding at the World Cup Final in Las Vegas last April as well as at the Central Park Horse Show in New York.
Results:
| CDI4* Grand Prix for Special | (E) | (H) | (C) | (M) | (B) | Total | |||||||
| 1. | 561 | Weihegold Old | Buchwald, Beatrice | GER |  | 2600 EUR | 378.5 | 370.5 | 366.0 | 370.0 | 349.5 | 1834.5 points |  |
| R 10-j.S v.Don Schufro/M.v.Sandro Hit/OLDBG/102ZI90/B: Arns-Krogmann, Christine | 75.700 % | 74.100 % | 73.200 % | 74.000 % | 69.900 % | 73.380 % | |||||||
| 1. | 1. | 1. | 2. | 2. | |||||||||
| 2. | 568 | El Santo NRW | Werth, Isabell | GER | | 1900 EUR | 353.5 | 353.5 | 348.0 | 379.5 | 358.5 | 1793.0 points | |
| B 14-j.W v.Ehrentusch/M.v.Rythmus/RHLD/GER44504/B: Madeleine Winter-Schulze + Isa | 70.700 % | 70.700 % | 69.600 % | 75.900 % | 71.700 % | 71.720 % | |||||||
| 2. | 2. | 2. | 1. | 1. | |||||||||
| 3. | 564 | Meggle’s Boston | Lochthowe, Hendrik | GER | | 1400 EUR | 335.0 | 344.5 | 322.5 | 337.5 | 342.5 | 1682.0 points | |
| 9-j.H v.Johnson/M.v.Partout/KWPN/103DG55/B: Georgihof Meggle | 67.000 % | 68.900 % | 64.500 % | 67.500 % | 68.500 % | 67.280 % | |||||||
| 3. | 3. | 4. | 4. | 3. | |||||||||
| 4. | 557 | Fratello | Voglsang, Renate | AUT |  | 1100 EUR | 319.5 | 344.5 | 323.0 | 342.5 | 324.5 | 1654.0 points | |
| B 13-j.W v.Florestan I/M.v.Rosenkavalier/WESTF/103DV68/B: Voglsang, Renate | 63.900 % | 68.900 % | 64.600 % | 68.500 % | 64.900 % | 66.160 % | |||||||
| 5. | 3. | 3. | 3. | 7. | |||||||||
| 5. | 554 | Royal Happiness Old | Palm, Stefanie | AUT | | 900 EUR | 325.5 | 328.0 | 319.0 | 335.0 | 329.0 | 1636.5 points | |
| SCH 11-j.W v.Royal Diamond/M.v.Consul/OLDBG/103NO27/B: Dr. Renée Palm | 65.100 % | 65.600 % | 63.800 % | 67.000 % | 65.800 % | 65.460 % | |||||||
| 4. | 6. | 5. | 5. | 5. | |||||||||
| 6. | 562 | Riccoletto | Kempkes, Matthias | GER | | 800 EUR | 319.0 | 310.5 | 301.5 | 321.0 | 340.0 | 1592.0 points | |
| F 13-j.W v.Rivero II/M.v.Alcatraz/BAY/103CG45/B: Kempkes, Matthias & Junker, Mich | 63.800 % | 62.100 % | 60.300 % | 64.200 % | 68.000 % | 63.680 % | |||||||
| 6. | 7. | 7. | 7. | 4. | |||||||||
| 7. | 565 | Birkhof’s Dave Fbw | Müller, Lisa | GER | | 700 EUR | 306.5 | 335.5 | 296.5 | 324.0 | 328.0 | 1590.5 points | |
| B 12-j.W v.Denaro/M.v.Rehberg/104FC17/B: Müller, Lisa | 61.300 % | 67.100 % | 59.300 % | 64.800 % | 65.600 % | 63.620 % | |||||||
| 7. | 5. | 8. | 6. | 6. | |||||||||
| 8. | 551 | Wolkenritter | Hartung, Amanda | AUT | | 600 EUR | 306.5 | 306.0 | 308.5 | 320.0 | 324.0 | 1565.0 points | |
| F 13-j.H v.Wolkentanz/M.v.Hitchcock/HANN/103HD27/B: Amanda Hartung | 61.300 % | 61.200 % | 61.700 % | 64.000 % | 64.800 % | 62.600 % | |||||||
| 7. | 8. | 6. | 8. | 8. | |||||||||
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| Judges: | (E) | Hans Christian Matthiesen (DEN) | Total prize money: | 10000 EUR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Katrina Wüst (GER) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (C) | Francis Verbeek-von Rooy (NED) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (M) | Thomas Lang (AUT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (B) | Stephen Clarke (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
