Cathrine Dufour & Cassidy Win Aalborg CDI3* Grand Prix Special
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AALBORG, Denmark, May 17, 2019–Cathrine Dufour on Cassidy won the CDI* Grand Prix Special Friday, posting their second highest personal best score for the fourth straight victory in four starts this year.
Cathrine and the 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding scored 79.660%. Their highest Special score was 79.762% to win bronze at the 2017 European Championships.
The results for the Danish Olympic team pair came in the second show for the year, after a competition timeout that caused them to miss the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon.
Helene Melsen also of Denmark on Aston Martin was second on 69.936% with Sweden’s Denise Ljungkvist on Soega third on 69.447%.
Results:
CDI3* Grand Prix Special
Judges-E: Peter Holler-GER H: Lone Dichmann-DEN C: Annette Fransen Iacobaeus-SWE M: Olivier Smeets-BEL B: Paula Nysten-FIN
| Place | Nat. | Rider | H.No | Horse Sex / Studbook / Color / Born / Sire x Dam sire / Breeder / Owner | E | H | C | M | B | Total | ||
| 1 |  DEN | 101 | Atterupgaards Cassidy Gelding/ DWB / Chestnut / 2003 / Caprimond x Donnerhall / Atterupgaard, Jystrup Midtsjaelland / Dufour Family V/Peter Dufour | 79.468 1 | 78.723 1 | 80.745 1 | 79.149 1 | 80.213 1 | 79.660 | |||
| 2 | DEN | 100 | Aston Martin Stallion/ TRAK / Dark Bay / 2005 / Monteverdi x Sixtus / / Helene Melsen | 70.319 2 | 69.149 3 | 69.255 3 | 68.830 3 | 72.128 2 | 69.936 | |||
| 3 |  SWE | 120 | Soega Mare/ SWB / Bay / 2007 / Sandakan 1078 x Amiral 764 / Anette Richard / Denise Ljungkvist | 67.979 4 | 70.532 2 | 71.809 2 | 68.617 4 | 68.298 5 | 69.447 | |||
| 4 | DEN | 107 | Gammelenggaards Easy Gelding/ DWB / Bay / 2008 / Light And Easy x Akinos / Nanna & Knud Jønsson / Trine Mittag Jensen | 69.043 3 | 67.340 5 | 68.617 4 | 69.149 2 | 71.596 3 | 69.149 | |||
| 5 | SWE | 126 | Vectra Mare/ SWB / Bay / 2005 / Silvano 1047 x Flyinge Amiral / Carolin Ljungcrantz Och Håkan Kindblom / Eva Fraim Påhlman & Gunilla Byström | 67.979 4 | 67.872 4 | 67.234 5 | 68.298 5 | 70.000 4 | 68.277 | |||
| Not placed | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  FIN | 102 | Bellissimo L Gelding/ KWPN / Bay / 2006 / Samba Hit II x Jazz / M.J.J. Van Lieshout, Uden / Dressurstald Solyst&Mikaela Lindh | 63.851 6 | 64.809 6 | 66.511 6 | 66.404 6 | 67.468 6 | 65.809 | |||
| 7 | SWE | 103 | Cerina E Gelding/ KWPN / Bay / 2007 / Saffraan x Harald / G. Jager / Catarina Hjärpe | 56.702 7 | 60.213 7 | 61.809 7 | 59.043 7 | 63.404 7 | 60.234 | |||
