Marlies van Baalen & Ben Johnson Win Zeeland Outdoor CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle With Personal Best Score for 1st Victory

5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Marlies van Baalen & Ben Johnson Win Zeeland Outdoor CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle With Personal Best Score for 1st Victory
Marlies van Baalen and Ben Johnson. © Digishots

NIEUW en SINT JOOSLAND, Netherlands, April 12, 2019–Marlies van Baalen and Ben Johnson won the Zeeland Outdor CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle Friday with a personal best score to log the first victory for the Dutch partnership in nearly three years of international competition.

Marlies and the 13-year-old KWPN gelding scored 77.025% to lead a Netherlands sweep of the top four places. The score bettered the pair’s previous best of 75.195% posted in Germany last August.

Danielle Heijkoop on Badari placed second on 74.450% with Thamar Zweistra on Hexagon’s Double Dutch third on 73.835%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges: E: Eva-Maria Vint-Warmington-EST H: Jacques van Daele-BEL C: Mara de Bel Groenenboom-NED M: Ulrike Nivelle-GER B: Maja Stukelj-SLO