Cathrine Dufour & Cassidy Win Grand Prix Freestyle to Repeat as Danish Championship Gold Medalist

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Cathrine Dufour and Cassidy. File photo. © 2017 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

June 10, 2018

Cathrine Dufour rode Cassidy to an easy victory in the Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday to clinch the Danish Championships for the second year in a row. The pair had earlier won the Grand Prix and the Special, as expected of the world’s No. 4 ranked combination, at the Broholm Horse Show.

Cathrine and the 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding scored 86.925 per cent for the win that is expected to lead Denmark’s team to the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina in three months.

The 26-year-old rider has competed Cassidy from juniors through young riders and under-25 division to the Olympics in 2016 and was a star of the 2017 European Championships where she won team and two individual bronze medals.

Daniel Bachmann Andersen rode Blue Hors Zack to second place on 82.900 per cent. He could only compete one horse in the freestyle so chose Zack over Blue Hors Zepter on which he was runner-up in the Special. But at the age of 10, Zepter is still developing at top sport.

Anna Zibrandtsen on Arlando was third on Arlando on 78.775 per cent.

The three top places in the freestyle were also overall medal winners–Cathrine on Cassidy gold, Daniel on Blue Hors Zack silver and Anna on Arlando bronze.

The top five places were all by 20-something riders–Daniel on Zack at 28 years old to Victoria Vallentin at the age of 20 in fourth place on Ludwig der Sonnenkonig.

Denmark’s long list for the World Games in September was announced as:

Cathrine Dufour, 26 years old, on Atterupgaards Cassidy, 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Dufour Family V/Peter Dufour;
Daniel Bachmann Andersen, 28, on Blue Hors Zack, 14-year-old KWPN stallion, and Blue Hors Zepter, 10-year-old Oldenburg stallion, both horses owned by Blue Hors APS;
Anna Zibrandtsen, 24, on Arlando, 13-year-old KWPN stallion owned by Bregnerödgaard APS;
Rikke Svane, 44, on Finckenstein TSF, 16-year-old Trakehner stallion, owned by Rikke Svane & Rebecca Svane;
Anders Dahl, 42, on Selten HW, 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Anders Dahl and P. Bigwood;
Anna Kasprzak, 28, on Rock Star, 10-year-old Westfalen gelding, owned by Stutteriet v/Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak;
Victoria Vallentin, 20, on Ludwig der Sonnenkonig, 12-year-old Oldenburg stallion, owned by Helgstrand Dressage A/S, and
Betina Jæger Jensen, 44.on Mane Stream Belstaff, 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion, owned by Rowan O’Riley.

Results:

Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges-E: Jesper Holst Hansen H: Susanne Baarup Christensen C: Leif Törnblad M: Hans Christian Matthiesen B: Kirsten Søgaard

RankRiderH.NoHorse                             Sex / Studbook / Color / Born / Sire x Dam sire / Breeder / OwnerEHCMB Total
112ATTERUPGAARDS CASSIDY              Gelding/ / / 2003 / Caprimond E. H. x Donnerhall / Atterupgaard84.000          91.000     87.500                                186.000       97.000    91.500                              182.500       87.000    84.750                                182.000      88.000    85.000                               184.750       87.000      85.875                                 183.850      90.000   86.925
224BLUE HORS ZACK Stallion/ / / 2004 / ROUSSEAU x JAZZ / B. Wilschut80.750       89.000    84.875                                278.250       88.000   83.125                              278.750        86.000        82.375                             278.500       86.000    82.250                             278.750        85.000    81.875                                279.000   86.800   82.900
3265ARLANDO              Stallion / / / 2005 / PADDOX x MYTENS XX (USA) / A.J. van ‘t Klooster76.250         86.000          81.125                                375.000         82.000     78.500                             474.000        79.000   76.500                             375.250        85.000      80.125                                376.2507                     9.000        77.625                                375.350          82.200       78.775
4227LUDWIG DER SONNENKÖNIG 2 Stallion/ / / 2006 / LONDON SWING x LIBERATOR / Christian Richter72.000        79.000     75.500                                574.250      83.000    78.625                              369.750        76.000      72.875                               872.750     76.000     74.375                               573.000       76.000     74.500                               472.350          78.000    75.175
Not placed
5271ROCK STAR 13 Gelding/ / / 2008 / ROCKWELL x WEINBERG / Markus Kohlleppel71.750        78.000    74.875                                 671.750        77.000     74.375                               773.500       78.000    75.750                              474.000       79.000    76.500                                472.250        76.000     74.125                                572.650         77.600    75.125
6268BELSTAFF           Stallion/ / / 2007 / BRENTANO II x DE NIRO / ZG Leitner og Schmitz74.000      78.000     76.000                                473.500        78.000    75.750                              573.250         75.000    74.125                                672.500        75.000    73.750                                 772.750       74.000      73.375                                773.200       76.000         74.600
7136SELTEN HW     Gelding/ / / 200472.000       75.000     73.500                               873.250         77.000   75.125                                672.000      76.000    74.000                              772.750         75.000     73.875                                672.250        75.000     73.625                                672.450         75.600       74.025
857FINCKENSTEIN TSF Stallion/ / / 2002 / LATIMER x KENNEDY / Tyskland68.750        75.000    71.875                                1071.250        76.000     73.625                              872.250        78.000     75.125                               569.000       74.000     71.500                              871.500        73.000    72.250                              970.550       75.200    72.875
9198RUSTIQUE       Gelding/ / / 2002 / Heslegård´S Rubin x Midt-West Ibi-Light / Anne Dueholm Nielsen70.000      79.000     74.500                               770.250       77.000    73.625                              869.250        73.000     71.125                               969.500       73.000     71.250                               969.750      74.000    71.875                             1069.750         75.200    72.475
10244DON ROHDIAN Gelding / / / 2005 / Blue Hors Don Romantic x Lillemarkens Arkibal / Mette Krabbesmark Jepsen70.500        74.000    72.250                                967.750   72.000   69.875                            1067.750     70.000    68.875                             1169.250       73.000     71.125                              1071.750         75.000   73.375                              769.400        72.800    71.100
11118NORDHØJS BENTLEY           Stallion/ / / 2004 / Bernstein x Leonardo Ii / Stine Bøiehøj68.500       71.000   69.750                              1168.500      71.000    69.750                            1167.000    71.000    69.000                           1068.750       72.000    70.375                             1169.000   71.000    70.000                            1168.350         71.200     69.775
1219BAKKELY´S ONANDT              Gelding/ / / 2007 / ONASSIS x MICHELLINO / Preben Hald65.500       69.000  67.250                             1366.000   71.000    68.500                            1366.000   71.000   68.500                            1268.250       72.000   70.125                              1267.750                                72.000                 69.875      1266.700    71.000   68.850
13273GAMMELENGGÅRDS EASY                      Stallion/ / / 2008 / LIGHT AND EASY x AKINOS / Nanna og Knud Jønsson65.250        71.000     68.125                             1265.250    69.000   67.125                             1566.500   68.000    67.250                           1367.250      72.000    69.625                            1368.250    69.000    68.625                          1466.500   69.800    68.150
14108MAY-DAY GRAFTEBJERG  Mare/ / / 2003 / Dream Of Heidelberg x Vemmetofte Rainman / Arne Bjerg-Nielsen66.000  68.000   67.000                            1468.250   67.000   67.625                          1466.750   64.000    65.375                           1469.000   70.000   69.500                          1468.750  71.000    69.875                           1267.750         68.000   67.875
1517ATTERUPGAARDS WOLFGANG     Gelding/ / / 2006 / Welt Hit Ii x Lord Sinclair / Atterupgaard65.000  69.000   67.000            1466.750   71.000     68.875             1263.750   65.000    64.375             1566.250    69.000    67.625             1566.250   69.000     67.625             1565.600    68.600    67.100