Germany’s Lisa Müller & Gut Wettlkam’s Stand by Me Win Stuttgart CDI4* Grand Prix for 1st Big Tour Victory

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Lisa Müller and Stand by Me. File photo. © 2019 Schindlhof/Michael Rzepa

STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 16, 2019–Lisa Müller rode Gut Wettlkam’s Stand by Me OLD to a personal best score to win the CDI4* Grand Prix, the first international victory for the German partnership.

Lisa and the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding scored 75.913% for the win that led a lineup of German combinations filling the five top places including Isabell Werth and Emilio, the ninth ranked combination in the world that were fifth.

Lisa and Stand by Me have competed at Big Tour since March, with six second and third places before Saturday’s victory.

German Olympic eventing gold medalist Ingrid Klimke rode Franziskus, 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion, also to a personal high score of 75.413% to place second.

Hubertus Schmidt and Escolar, 10-year-old Westfalen stallion, was third on 74.956%. Marcus Hermes of Germany and ZINQ Abegglen FH logged their highest Grand Prix score of 74.652% for fourth.

Isabell Werth and Emilio, the ninth ranked combination in the world, slotted into fifth on 74.239%, just two weeks after winning the Lyon World Cup Freestyle.

Great Britain’s Charlotte Fry and Everdale posted a personal best 73.652% in the pair’s fourth Grand Prix since beginning Big Tour in May to be the highest placed non-German in sixth.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix

Judges:Monique Peutz-VegterDr. Evi EisenhardtDietrich PlewaChristof UmbachHans-Christian Matthiesen
Pl.ScoreNat.AthleteHorseEHCMBSpectators
1.75.913GERLisa MüllerGut Wettlkam’s Stand by me OLD73.47876.95775.00075.76178.37074.415 (3)
2.75.413GERIngrid KlimkeFranziskus 1573.26176.52274.13075.65277.50076.361 (1)
3.74.956GERHubertus SchmidtEscolar74.23973.04376.63077.17473.69674.415 (4)
4.74.652GERMarcus HermesZINQ Abegglen FH74.13074.02275.87075.65273.58773.748 (5)
5.74.239GERIsabell WerthEmilio 10774.13074.23974.45773.04375.32675.430 (2)
6.73.652GBRCharlotte FryEverdale73.26174.23974.67474.13071.95769.518 (13)
7.72.457GERJil-Marielle BecksDamon’s Satelite NRW71.95770.32673.26175.54371.19672.484 (6)
8.70.108NEDHans Peter MinderhoudGlock’s Casper70.32671.30470.97871.30466.63069.950 (11)
9.69.978GERDorothee SchneiderFaustus 9471.19667.50068.91370.76171.52271.627 (8)
10.69.565LUXNicolas WagnerQuater Back Junior FRH70.00070.00068.37070.21769.23970.372 (10)
11.69.239GERFabienne Müller-LütkemeierFabregaz68.47867.60967.82671.73970.54371.924 (7)
12.69.109AUTAstrid NeumayerSir Simon 1268.80467.06569.67470.76169.23971.080 (9)
13.68.935GERFerdinand CsakiStevie Wonder M68.47868.37068.15270.87068.80469.264 (14)
14.68.457AUTStefan LehfellnerFackeltanz OLD68.37067.17469.13070.65266.95769.874 (12)
15.67.174GRETheodora LivanosRobinvale67.06567.28366.30467.60967.60967.486 (15)
16.63.326INDShruti VoraDenightron64.13064.34859.78366.52261.84866.642 (16)