Isabell Werth & Emilio Win Stockholm CDI5* Freestyle With Top 3 Posting Personal Best Scores
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3, 2017–Isabell Werth and Emilio won the Saab Top Ten CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday, leading all three top placegetters to post personal best scores in the world’s single richest dressage competition.
Isabell and the 11-year-old Westfalen gelding scored 86.875 per cent for the win, beating the previous high freestyle mark of 86.115 set exactly a month ago that helped boost the German partnership to No. 3 in the world in the latest rankings released two days ago .
“The way Emilio did it today was perfect,” said Isabell. “It’s not easy to warm up here; there is a lot to see and hear. I’m very happy with this weekend. It’s something special with this audience here in Stockholm, they have the exact feeling of when they can clap or not and this gave us just a super finish.”.
Patrik Kittel, the Swedish multi-Olympian and the driving force behind this event, rode Deja, his 2016 Olympic mount, to second place on 83.000 per cent, surpassing the duo’s previous best of 82.550 per cent logged in March 2016.
Helen Langehanenberg and Damsey FRH, German team mates of Isabell’s at this summer’s European Championships, turned in a result of 82.655 per cent to improve on the 80.350 per cent set in May this year that was their previous best.
Damsey is a 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion that Helen began competing at Big Tour in April 2016 and stands 10th in the world. The horse is owned by Americans Louise Leatherdale of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minnesota and Susanne Meyer.
“I am super happy with my test,” she said. “Damsey was so fresh but relaxed today. When we entered the arena he just wanted to do this.
“I don’t know what I could have done better. I’m ending up third today. I hadn’t really expected that. I love doing the freestyle and the horse was just perfect. I’m going home very happy after today’s show and will go to sleep with a smile tonight.”
Cathrine Dufour and Cassidy, the Danish Olympic and Euroean Championship team pair that beat Isabell on Don Johnson for the first time earlier this winter and came within 0.400 per cent of equalling the German pair in the Grand Prix, placed fourth on 82.100 per cent.
The event boasted the world’s single richest dressage company with total prize money of €158,000 (US$187,000) and a Volkswagen car for the Grand Prix and Freestyle.
“The coolest thing for me,” said Patrik, “was that when you work with something for a very long time and it comes out like this, like all I have been hoping for… It is really a very good day at the office.”
Results:
CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle
| Rank | Rider | H.No | HorseSex / Studbook / Color / Born / Sire x Dam sire / Breeder / Owner | Prize € | E | H | C | M | B | Total | ||
| 1 |  GER | 44 | Emilio 107Gelding / WESTF / Bay / 2006 / Ehrenpreis x Cacir AA / ZG Strunk,Heinrich u.Wilhelm / Winter-Schulze, Madeleine & IW Pferde GmbH, IW Pferde GmbH | 45000 | 80.250 88.000 84.125 1 | 83.000 91.000 87.000 1 | 84.000 87.000 85.500 2 | 85.000 94.000 89.500 1 | 82.500 94.000 88.250 1 | 82.950 90.800 86.875 | ||
| 2 |  SWE | 46 | DejaMare / SWB / Bay / 2004 / Silvano x Don Schufro / Marie Harward, Smygehamn (swe) / Marie Harward | 30000 | 79.250 88.000 83.625 2 | 80.750 86.000 83.375 2 | 77.750 83.000 80.375 4 | 79.250 87.000 83.125 4 | 80.000 89.000 84.500 2 | 79.400 86.600 83.000 | ||
| 3 | GER | 43 | Damsey FRHhingst / HANN / Bay / 2002 / Dressage Royal x Ritual / Hengsthaltung Kothe / BG Leatherdale Farms | 20000 | 80.000 82.000 81.000 4 | 79.500 83.000 81.250 4 | 84.250 87.000 85.625 1 | 80.250 88.400 84.325 2 | 78.250 84.000 81.125 3 | 80.450 84.880 82.665 | ||
| 4 |  DEN | 40 | Atterupgaards CassidyGelding / DWB / Chestnut / 2003 / Caprimond x Donnerhall / Atterupgaard, Jystrup Midtsjaelland (den / Dufour Family V/peter Dufour | 15000 | 80.250 87.000 83.625 2 | 79.500 85.000 82.250 3 | 80.000 81.000 80.500 3 | 80.750 86.000 83.375 3 | 78.500 83.000 80.750 4 | 79.800 84.400 82.100 | ||
| 5 | SWE | 49 | Paridon MagiGelding / SWB / Bay / 2003 / Don Primero x Napoleon 625 / Niclas Magnussontomelilla (swe) / Lövsta Stuteri AB | 10000 | 75.750 85.000 80.375 5 | 73.250 79.000 76.125 8 | 75.000 82.000 78.500 6 | 76.500 87.000 81.750 6 | 73.250 81.000 77.125 7 | 74.750 82.800 78.775 | ||
| 6 | SWE | 48 | Dante Weltino OLDhingst / OLDBG / Black / 2007 / Danone 4 x Welt Hit II / Bahls, Olaf / Dressurpferde Leistungsz + T. Nilshagen | 8000 | 74.750 80.000 77.375 7 | 73.500 80.000 76.750 5 | 73.750 84.000 78.875 5 | 78.750 86.400 82.575 5 | 73.750 80.000 76.875 8 | 74.900 82.080 78.490 | ||
| 7 |  RUS | 45 | Mister XGelding / TRAK / Bay / 2004 / Egeus / / Merkulov, Anatoly & Merkulova, Victoria | 5000 | 74.500 82.000 78.250 6 | 73.500 80.000 76.750 5 | 77.750 78.000 77.875 7 | 74.250 80.400 77.325 8 | 75.500 80.000 77.750 6 | 75.100 80.080 77.590 | ||
| 8 |  ESP | 42 | Deep Impact 3Gelding / HANN / Black / 2003 / De Niro x Rubinstein I / / Robert Acs & Aniko Losonczy | 5000 | 74.750 79.000 76.875 8 | 72.500 79.000 75.750 9 | 73.000 78.000 75.500 10 | 75.500 80.000 77.750 7 | 75.250 81.000 78.125 5 | 74.200 79.400 76.800 | ||
| 9 | DEN | 41 | Arlandohingst / KWPN / DarkBay / 2005 / Paddox x Mytens XX / A.J. van ‘T Klooster, Eemnes (ned) / Bregnerödgaard APS | 5000 | 73.000 78.000 75.500 9 | 76.250 77.000 76.625 7 | 72.750 79.000 75.875 8 | 74.750 79.400 77.075 9 | 71.750 74.000 72.875 10 | 73.700 77.480 75.590 | ||
| 10 | SWE | 47 | Zuidenwind 1187hingst / KWPN / Bay / 2004 / OO Seven x Jazz / / Gränsbo Stuteri & VDL Stud | 5000 | 73.000 78.000 75.500 9 | 72.750 77.000 74.875 10 | 72.750 79.000 75.875 8 | 73.000 78.000 75.500 10 | 73.500 75.000 74.250 9 | 73.000 77.400 75.200 |
