Dressage-News

FRITZENS, Austria, June 29, 2018–Bella Rose made a remarkable return to competition Friday when Isabell Werth rode the mare to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday after almost four years away dealing with a soundness issue.

“This is perhaps the most beautiful day in my riding life,” Isabell said after the ride that earned 77.522 per cent and the unanimous choice of the five judges for first place.

Isabell had not competed the Westfalen mare she has rated as the best horse she has ever ridden, since November, 2014.

Team mate Dorothee Schneider on Faustus placed second on 74.370 per cent. Great Britain’s Emile Faurie on Dono di Maggio was third on 74.022 per cent.

The career of Bella Rose, now 14 years oid, appeared to screech to a halt after a spectacular start that saw the pair lead the German team to gold at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, placing second in the Grand Prix behind Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro. In 16 starts over 18 months at Big Tour, Isabell and Bella Rose (Belissimo x Cacir AA) logged nine victories.

Isabell, the only rider in history to have scored at least 80 per cent on three different horses, Bella Rose one of them, and currently ranked No. 1 in the world on Weihegold OLD, No. 3 on Emilio and No. 6 on Don Johnson FRH, refused to give up on the mare. Like so many of her horses, she developed Bella Rose from a youngster to top sport.

The return of Bella Rose, owned by Madeleine Winter-Schulze, came 1,314 days after their previous competition, at Stuttgart, Germany. At the time, the duo was ranked sixth in the world.

The performance was emotional for Isabell.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix
1.	100	Bella Rose	Werth, Isabell	GER		2200 EUR	361.5	358.5	355.5	357.5	350.0	1783.0 points
	F 14y.S /Belissimo M/Cacir AA/WESTF/103CM31/ Winter-Schulze,Madeleine						78.587 %	77.935 %	77.283 %	77.718 %	76.087 %	77.522 %
							1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
2.	50	Faustus	Schneider, Dorothee	GER		1400 EUR	341.5	353.5	337.0	351.0	327.5	1710.5 points
	DBAY 10y.W /Falsterbo 11/Forrest XX/HANN/105GT42/ Gestüt Fohlenhof / Inh.Prof.Dr.						74.240 %	76.848 %	73.261 %	76.305 %	71.196 %	74.370 %
							2.	2.	3.	2.	2.
3.	11	Dono di Maggio	Faurie, Emile	GBR		1000 EUR	339.5	345.5	346.0	346.0	325.5	1702.5 points
	BAY 11y.W /Dimaggio/Santander H/OLDBG/104QJ17/ Hof Kasselmann KG						73.805 %	75.109 %	75.218 %	75.218 %	70.761 %	74.022 %
							3.	3.	2.	3.	3.
4.	48	C’Est la Vie	Schatz-Weihermüller, Stefanie	GER		800 EUR	325.0	316.5	320.0	317.0	310.5	1589.0 points
	BAY 11y.W /Johnson Tn/El Corona/KWPN/104JQ37/ Weihermüller, Dr. Michael						70.652 %	68.804 %	69.565 %	68.913 %	67.500 %	69.087 %
							4.	8.	4.	5.	7.
5.	12	Stevie Wonder M	Fisch, Ferdinand	GER		500 EUR	311.0	319.5	310.0	310.5	315.5	1566.5 points
	BAY 12y.W /Stedinger/White Star/HANN/105QW41/ Sara Marburg GmbH						67.609 %	69.457 %	67.392 %	67.500 %	68.587 %	68.109 %
							6.	6.	7.	9.	4.
6.	26	Riccoletto	Kempkes, Matthias	GER		400 EUR	315.5	311.5	317.5	313.5	307.0	1565.0 points
	CHEST 16y.W /Rivero II/Alcatraz/103CG45/ Kempkes, Matthias & Junker, Michael						68.586 %	67.717 %	69.021 %	68.152 %	66.739 %	68.043 %
							5.	9.	5.	6.	8.
7.	58	Wonder	Vazquez Kremer, Nicole	ESP		300 EUR	299.0	321.0	310.5	318.5	311.5	1560.5 points
	CHEST 16y.S /Waterford/Regazzoni/HANN/104GD03/ 21st Century Horse S.L.						65.000 %	69.783 %	67.500 %	69.239 %	67.718 %	67.848 %
							12.	4.	6.	4.	5.
8.	3	Sissi	Burgess, Briana	AUS		300 EUR	309.5	311.5	310.0	312.0	311.0	1554.0 points
	DCHST 11y.S /San Remo/Münchhausen/HANN/104NV80/ Klimke, Michael						67.282 %	67.717 %	67.391 %	67.826 %	67.608 %	67.565 %
							7.	9.	7.	7.	6.
9.	66	Simply Red	Zach, Timna	AUT		300 EUR	301.5	320.0	309.0	311.0	301.0	1542.5 points
	CHEST 14y.W /Burggraf/Zeus/104YY41/ Zach Ausbildungsstall GmbH						65.543 %	69.565 %	67.174 %	67.608 %	65.435 %	67.065 %
							11.	5.	9.	8.	12.
10.	30	Quam Libet	Klössinger, Lisa-Maria	GER		300 EUR	309.5	303.5	305.0	303.5	303.5	1525.0 points
	DBAY 11y.W /Quaterback/Lauries Crusador XX/OLDBG/104MZ79/ Klössinger, Lisa-Maria						67.282 %	65.978 %	66.304 %	65.978 %	65.978 %	66.304 %
							7.	13.	11.	10.	10.
Other, non-placed competitors
11.	18	Diamond’s Diva	Hansen, Insa	GER			308.0	318.0	297.0	292.5	297.5	1513.0 points
	DBAY 12y.S /Diamond Hit/Santander H/OLDBG/104PS43/ Dressage Grand-Ducal						66.957 %	69.131 %	64.566 %	63.587 %	64.674 %	65.783 %
							9.	7.	14.	17.	13.
12.	45	Belfast Ra	Plönzke, Anja	GER			303.0	299.5	294.0	293.5	304.0	1494.0 points
	9y.W /Benetton Dream FRH 1301/Florestan I/HANN/104ZW45/ Ploenzke, Anja						65.870 %	65.109 %	63.914 %	63.805 %	66.087 %	64.957 %
							10.	19.	19.	16.	9.
13.	14	Dickens	Gauthier, Virginie	FRA			298.5	302.0	297.0	301.0	292.0	1490.5 points
	CHEST 10y.H /Jazz/Welt Hit II/KWPN/105EJ78/ Madame Virginie Gauthier						64.891 %	65.652 %	64.565 %	65.434 %	63.478 %	64.804 %
							13.	16.	14.	13.	18.
14.	10	Altaneiro	Elias Lara, Agusti	ESP			292.0	305.0	307.5	283.5	296.5	1484.5 points
	BAY 13y.H /Altivo/104UJ67/ Annabelle Collins, Quirze Elias Vin						63.478 %	66.304 %	66.847 %	61.630 %	64.456 %	64.543 %
							17.	11.	10.	20.	14.
15.	38	Florento Fortun	Miloserdova, Tatiana	RUS			275.5	303.5	296.0	301.5	301.5	1478.0 points
	DBAY 8y.W /Sorento/Rubiquil/KWPN/104PL66/ Miloserdova, Tatiana						59.891 %	65.978 %	64.348 %	65.544 %	65.544 %	64.261 %
							20.	13.	16.	12.	11.
16.	42	Royal Happiness	Palm, Stefanie	AUT			297.0	298.0	296.0	290.5	293.5	1475.0 points
	GREY 14y.W /Royal Diamond/Consul/OLDBG/103NO27/ Dr. Ren+e Palm						64.565 %	64.782 %	64.347 %	63.152 %	63.804 %	64.130 %
							14.	20.	16.	18.	17.
17.	29	Huracan	Kitahara, Hiroyuki	JPN			293.5	303.0	290.0	297.5	290.5	1474.5 points
	DBAY 10y.W /Blue Hors Hotline/Blue Hors Don Schufro/DWB/105OL40/ Equeco GmbH						63.805 %	65.870 %	63.044 %	64.674 %	63.152 %	64.109 %
							16.	15.	21.	15.	20.
18.	15	Delilah Royal	Haim-Swarovski, Evelyn	AUT			294.0	287.0	299.0	299.0	294.0	1473.0 points
	CHEST 13y.S /Danone/Royal Angelo II/WESTF/104XD82/ Mag. Evelyn Haim-Swarovski						63.913 %	62.391 %	65.000 %	65.000 %	63.913 %	64.043 %
							15.	21.	13.	14.	16.
19.	2	For President	Bugan, Michael	SVK			291.0	301.0	293.5	288.0	296.5	1470.0 points
	BAY 10y.W /Fontane/Brentano II/104TD12/ Eva Buchar						63.261 %	65.435 %	63.804 %	62.609 %	64.456 %	63.913 %
							18.	17.	20.	19.	14.
20.	23	Gorklintgards R	Jacq, Francois	FRA			274.0	301.0	299.5	303.0	291.0	1468.5 points
	CHEST 13y.W /Blue Horse Romanov/Blue Hors Don Schufro/DWB/105DB07/ Monsieur Franc						59.565 %	65.435 %	65.109 %	65.870 %	63.261 %	63.848 %
							21.	17.	12.	11.	19.
21.	56	Highline	Schwiebert, Rainer	GER			285.5	305.0	295.0	272.5	281.0	1439.0 points
	BLACK 11y.W /Hotline/Solos Landtinus/DWB/104UC56/ Jessica u.Rainer Schwiebert GbR						62.065 %	66.304 %	64.130 %	59.239 %	61.087 %	62.565 %
							19.	11.	18.	21.	21.
22.	33	Fackeltanz OLD	Lehfellner, Stefan	AUT			eliminated
	BLACK 13y.H /Florencio I/Feinbrand/OLDBG/102QI52/ Elisabeth Max-Theurer
23.	1	Unazalee de Mas	AL Shaer, Diana	PLE			retired
	BAY 10y.S /Rubin Cortes (de) Old/Maestro Jgb/103UO04/ Al Shaer, Diana