Dressage-News

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

TRYON, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018–Germany captured the World Equestrian Games dressage team gold medal Thursday and the United States took silver over Great Britain for bronze in probably the most dramatic nail-biting world championship with final placings decided by the last ride after two days of competition.

German superstar Isabell Werth on Bella Rose making a miraculous comeback following almost four years out of competition following the 2014 World Games was the highest placed individual combination with a whopping 84.829 per cent.

“The result could be worse,” joked Isabell whose 10 Olympic medals are the most of any equestrian in history. She was so emotional, Isabell said, because:  “Coming back after four years it is very special. Everyone knows how close my heart is to this horse. It’s a special day. Her charisma, quality of movement, elegance, full of power and energy.”

America’s Laura Graves on Verdades was the last of 77 rides over two days and pulled off the highest Grand Prix score of their career, 81.537 per cent to clinch silver for the United States for the second time in eight WEGs.

Sönke Rothenberger, the 23-year-old Olympic team gold medalist on Cosmo, set the tone early in the second day at the Tryon International Equestrian Center with a score of 81.444 per cent that was their first above 80 per cent.

New stars also displayed their international championship prowess–Patrik Kittel of Sweden on the 10-year-old Well Done de la Roche placing fourth individually on 78.199 per cent, Charlotte Dujardin on the nine-year-old Mount St. John Freestyle as successor to Valegro in fifth on 77.764 per cent and team mate Carl Hester on the British-bred 10-year-old gelding Hawtins Delicato in sixth on 77.283 per cent.

In addition to the medals, six nations qualified teams for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics–Germany, United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Netherlands and Spain. Japan is automatically qualified as the home team.

Charlotte Dujardin said of her ride: “I’m really, really proud, she’s never been in this sort of environment before. She felt brilliant, when we went in everybody clapped and she kind of rose–she loves the atmosphere.

“She’s a mare that has three very normal paces, she has unbelievable trainability. She could just put her legs wherever she wants.

“Carl always called her ‘Mrs Valegro’ because she has the same attitude; she’s not afraid of anything, she tries so hard, she has those similarities to him. It’s exciting. I think she may be as good as him one day.”

Results:

Final Team Standings

Rank	HNR	Competitor		Nation		Total
Germany
	609	TSF Dalera BB	Jessica von Bredow-Werndl	ger		76.677
		dbay / 11y. / M / TRAK / Easy Game / Handryk / 105AH62 / Beatrice A. Bürchler-Keller
	121	Sammy Davis Jr.	Dorothee Schneider	ger		(75.062)
		black / 12y. / G / BAY / San Remo / Wenckstern / 105KW44 / Matthias Herbert
	120	Cosmo	Sönke Rothenberger	ger		81.444
		bay / 11y. / G / KWPN / van Gogh / Fruhling / Landjonker / 103LZ60 / Rothenberger im Gestüt Erlenhof Gmb
	610	Bella Rose	Isabell Werth	ger		84.829
		chest / 14y. / M / WESTF / Belissimo / Cacir Aa / 103CM31 / Madeleine Winter-Schulze
					Total	= 242.950
United States of America
	146	Suppenkasper	Steffen Peters	usa		(73.494)
		bay / 10y. / G / KWPN / Spielberg / Krack C / 105DN05 / Four Winds Farm,Akiko Yamazaki
	144	Salvino	Adrienne Lyle	usa		74.860
		bay / 11y. / S / HANN / Sandro Hit / Donnerhall / 103LR77 / Betsy Juliano LLC
	145	Goerklintgaards Dublet	Kasey Perry-Glass	usa		76.739
		bay / 15y. / G / DWB / Diamond Hit / Ferro / 103NW13 / Diane Perry
	143	Verdades	Laura Graves	usa		81.537
		bay / 16y. / G / KWPN / Florett As / Goya / 103CK84 / Laura Graves,Curt Maes
					Total	= 233.136
Great Britain
	118	Super Nova II	Spencer Wilton	gbr		74.581
		bay / 15y. / G / BHHS / de Niro 6 / 102UB50 / Jen Goodman,Spencer Wilton
	116	Dono di Maggio	Emile Faurie	gbr		(72.795)
		bay / 11y. / G / OLDBG / Dimaggio / Santander H / 104QJ17 / Hof Kasselmann KG
	117	Hawtins Delicato	Carl Hester	gbr		77.283
		bay / 10y. / G / HANN / Diamond Hit / 104ES67 / Carl Hester,Lady Anne Evans,Ann Cor
	608	Mount St John Freestyle	Charlotte Dujardin	gbr		77.764
		dbay / 9y. / M / HANN / Fidermark / Donnerhall / 105BZ34 / Emma Blundell,Jill Blundell
					Total	= 229.628
Sweden
4.	703	Don Auriello	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	swe		(73.106)
		bay / 16y. / G / HANN / Don Davidoff / White Star / GER43436 / Lövsta Stuteri,Antonia Ax:son Johns
	140	Buriel K.H.	Juliette Ramel	swe		75.248
		dbay / 12y. / G / KWPN / Osmium / Krack C / 104EF70 / La Pomme HB
	624	Dante Weltino OLD	Therese Nilshagen	swe		76.009
		black / 11y. / S / OLDBG / Danone 4 / Welt Hit II / 104VX30 / Dressurpferde Leistungsz,T. Nilshag
	803	Well Done de la Roche CMF	Patrik Kittel	swe		78.199
		bay / 10y. / M / CH / FURSTENTRAUM (Bayerischt warmb / Walt Disney / 104ZW30 / Françoise Trembley,Brigitte Bigar,M
					Total	= 229.456
Netherlands
5.	616	Cennin	Madeleine Witte-Vrees	ned		72.966
		chest / 11y. / S / KWPN / Vivaldi / Donnerhall / 104MY84 / N.F. Witte,J.E.J. Cuppen
	614	Glock’s Dream Boy N.O.P.	Hans Peter Minderhoud	ned		73.509
		black / 10y. / S / KWPN / Vivaldi / Ferro / 104BI66 / GLOCK HPC Holding BV,Palmar BV,Stal
	615	Apache	Emmelie Scholtens	ned		(72.733)
		bay / 13y. / S / KWPN / Ub-40 / Krack C / 103TQ51 / A. Valk
	613	Glock’s Zonik N.O.P.	Edward Gal	ned		77.189
		dbay / 10y. / S / DWB / Blue Hors Zack / Romanov / 104AW69 / Glock HPC Holding B.V.
					Total	= 223.664
Spain
6.	114	Quantico Ymas	Juan Matute Guimon	esp		(68.494)
		bay / 12y. / G / HANN / Fighting Fit / Constant / 104FE38 / Juan Matute
	702	Delgado	Beatriz Ferrer-Salat	esp		72.919
		chest / 17y. / G / WESTF / de Niro 6 / Weltmeyer / ESP40884 / Deliber S.L.
	801	Alcaide	Claudio Castilla Ruiz	esp		72.686
		chest / 13y. / S / LUS / Lobito / Novilheiro / 103DW31 / Claudio Castilla- Yeguada la Perla
	113	Deep Impact 3	Severo Jurado Lopez	esp		74.581
		black / 15y. / G / HANN / De Niro / Rubinstein I / 104EJ06 / Helgstrand Dressage A/S
					Total	= 220.186
Denmark
7.	607	Finckenstein TSF	Rikke Svane	den		70.233
		black / 16y. / S / TRAK / Latimer / Kennedy / 103FA60 / Svane Rikke,Svane Rebecca
	110	Selten HW	Anders Dahl	den		(68.758)
		black / 14y. / G / HANN / Sandro Hit / Hohenstein / 102UB77 / Anders Dahl,P Bigwood
	147	Mane Stream Belstaff	Betina Jæger	den		70.140
		bay / 11y. / S / HANN / Brentano II / de Niro / 104UJ68 / Rowan O’Riley
	605	Blue Hors Zack	Daniel Bachmann Andersen	den		76.211
		bay / 14y. / S / KWPN / Rousseau / Jazz / 104KR71 / Blue Hors APS
					Total	= 216.584
Australia
8.	600	Bluefields Floreno	Alexis Hellyer	aus		(67.360)
		chest / 13y. / S / WB / 104BV03 / JJ Fuchs
	103	DP Weltmieser	Brett Parbery	aus		70.109
		black / 16y. / G / WB / Weltmeyer / Dutch Courage / 103LR17 / Suasan Duddy
	101	Boogie Woogie 6	Mary Hanna	aus		68.323
		dbay / 12y. / G / KWPN / du Moulin / Florett As / 103ZI07 / Mary & Rob Hanna
	102	Du Soleil	Kristy Oatley	aus		71.584
		chest / 14y. / G / HANN / de Niro 6 / Caprimond / 102ZI76 / Rosalind & Robert Oatley
					Total	= 210.016
Belgium
9.	603	Indoctro v.d. Steenblok	Fanny Verliefden	bel		67.981
		black / 10y. / S / BWP / Rubin Royal Old / Gribaldi / 105PO79 / Fanny Verliefden
	148	Aranco V	Isabel Cool	bel		(RT)
		bay / 13y. / S / KWPN / Ferro / G.ramiro Z / 104EN27 / Isabel Cool
	104	Eres DL	Jeroen Devroe	bel		68.540
		bay / 14y. / G / BWP / Sir Lui / Balzflug / 104JB56 / Lousberg Daniel
	150	Fil Rouge	Laurence Roos	bel		70.978
		dbay / 13y. / G / BWP / Stedinger / Argentinus / 102NO69 / Laurence Roos
					Total	= 207.499
Russia
10.	621	Awakening	Evgenija Davydova	rus		(63.276)
		dbay / 13y. / M / KWPN / Sandreo / Welt Hit II / 104EP15 / Tatiana Miloserdova
	135	Fuhur 6	Elena Sidneva	rus		64.953
		bay / 9y. / G / RUSS WB / Fürstenreich / Nagnat / 105PF93 / Elena Sidneva
	622	Diavolessa VA	Tatyana Kosterina	rus		69.472
		dbay / 10y. / M / HANN / Don Frederico / Londonderry / 105AQ96 / Josef Scheele von Alven
	134	Mister X	Inessa Merkulova	rus		72.640
		bay / 14y. / G / TRAK / Egejus / Blank / 102YZ81 / Inessa Merkulova
					Total	= 207.065
Canada
11.	109	Tattoo 15	Belinda Trussell	can		68.634
		dbay / 15y. / G / WESTF / Tuareg / Ramiro’s Son / 103CP46 / Belinda Trussell,Mark Trussell
	107	Degas 12	Jill Irving	can		67.888
		lbay / 16y. / G / HANN / de Niro 6 / Regazzoni / 102UP94 / Jill Irving – Windhaven Farm
	108	Zodiac MW	Megan Lane	can		(60.901)
		bay / 14y. / S / KWPN / Rousseau / Amethist / 103ZE91 / Deer Ridge Equestrian
	106	All In	Brittany Fraser	can		70.016
		chest / 13y. / G / KWPN / Tango / Damiro / 103CI17 / Brittany Fraser,Marc-Andre Beaulieu
					Total	= 206.538
Portugal
12.	704	Ben Hur Da Broa	Manuel Veiga	por		(64.208)
		grey / 12y. / S / LUS / Quinteiro Da Broa / Universo / 103GG84 / Manuel Tavares Veiga
	802	Xenofonte d’Atela	Miguel Ralão Duarte	por		66.382
		grey / 15y. / S / LUS / Hostil / Cryptogamico / 104PV85 / Ana Paula Lemos Figueiredo
	618	Bariloche	Vasco Mira Godinho	por		65.388
		grey / 12y. / S / LUS / Rouxinol / Hostil / 103KX01 / Christine Jacoberger
	617	Coroado	Maria Caetano	por		71.165
		grey / 11y. / S / LUS / Rubi / Xaquiro / 103VQ51 / Juan Manuel Cordeiro
					Total	= 202.935
Switzerland
13.	137	Rigoletto Royal CH	Caroline Häcki	sui		63.540
		chest / 16y. / G / CH / Rubin Royal Old / Donnerschlag / 103VA25 / Hildegard Rindlisbacher, Caroline H
	139	Robinvale	Birgit Wientzek Pläge	sui		67.842
		bay / 11y. / G / Hann / Rubinero 2 / Wittinger / 105ER06 / Livanos Theodora
	138	Dandy de la Roche CMF CH	Antonella Joannou	sui		68.820
		chest / 13y. / G / CH / Dressage Royal / Walt Disney / 104JV36 / Joannou Antonella,Joannou Léana
	623	West Side Story	Estelle Wettstein	sui		(62.019)
		black / 10y. / M / OLDBG / San Amour / Donnerhall / 104XN48 / Marie-Line Wettstein
					Total	= 200.202
Japan
14.	124	Egistar	Kiichi Harada	jpn		65.481
		bay / 15y. / G / KWPN / Cabochon / Kaiserstern XX / 104GS10 / Haruka Nakada
	126	Barolo	Kazuki Sado	jpn		(65.357)
		chest / 12y. / G / HANN / Breitling W / Hitchcock / 103ZS69 / Japan Racing Association
	125	Exquis Clearwater	Shingo Hayashi	jpn		67.655
		bay / 20y. / G / DWB / Carpaccio / Limebrand / DEN02595 / Tsunehiro Shimoda
	127	Rubicon Unitechno	Masanao Takahashi	jpn		66.661
		bay / 15y. / G / RHEIN / Rubin Royal Old / Larome / 103CO27 / Unitechno Inc
					Total	= 199.797
Brazil
15.	105	Dicaprio	Leandro Aparecido Da Silva	bra		63.171
		black / 16y. / S / OLDBG / de Niro / Canaster I / NED41250 / Ricardo & Patricia Villela Marino
	700	Zingaro de Lyw	Giovana Prado Pass	bra		65.217
		bay / 14y. / S / Guizo / 102VL08 / Sucandi Brasil Com Imp Exp Cavalo
	701	Aoleo	Pedro Manuel Tavares de Almeida	bra		(62.578)
		grey / 15y. / S / PSL / Owni / Vingador / 103ZL27 / Luíza Tavares de Almeida
	800	Xiripiti	João Victor Marcari Oliva	bra		65.512
		grey / 15y. / S / LUS / Qualificado / Moscatel / 102XV30 / Roberta Pass,PCI Paulo Caetano Inte
					Total	= 193.900

Team and individual Grand Prix

Judges–K: Susan Hoevenaars-AUS E: Andrew Gardner-GBR H: Mariette Sanders-van Gansewinkel-NED C: Katrina Wuest-GER M. Anne Gribbons-USA B: Hans-Christian Matthiesen-DEN F: Annette Fransen Iacobaeus-SWE