Jessica von Bredow-Werndl & TSF Dalera Win German Championships Grand Prix Special Gold

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Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB. File photo. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

BALVE, Germany, Sept. 19, 2020–Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB won the Grand Prix Special Saturday to claim German Championship gold with Isabell Werth on Weihegold OLD taking silver and Dorothee Schneider on Faustus bronze.

Jessica and the 13-year Trakehner mare scored 83.549%, placed at the top of the standings by three of the five judges, all Germans in the country’s national championships. Hundreds of spectators were allowed into the show grounds in an easing of coronavirus restrictions that had delayed these championships for four months.

Among the seven marks of 10 awarded the winning duo were three in the final centerline piaffe-passage and two for rider’s position and seat.

Isabell and Weihegold, the world No. 2 partnership, 2016 Olympic team gold medal partnership and triple World Cup victor, were awarded 82.569% for runner-up, and preferred by two of the judges.

Dorothee Schneider and Faustus placed third on 78.706%.

Benjamin Werndl on Daily Mirror was close behind on 78.431%.

The score for Jessica and Dalera, ranked No. 3 in the world, was the pair’s highest ever in the Special, surpassing the 81.723% at a CDI4* last month but does not count for international comparison purposes.

The championship Freestyle is set for Sunday in the event, that comes in a year when the World Cup Final was canceled and the Olympics deferred for a year as victims of the pandemic.

Results:

Grand Prix Special

            Judges:   Dr. Evi Eisenhardt Christoph Hess Henning Lehrmann Dietrich Plewa Katrina Wüst  
Pl.   Score %     Athlete Horse   E H C M B  
1.   83.549     Jessica von Bredow-Werndl TSF Dalera BB   82.451 83.039 83.627 84.902 83.725  
2.   82.569     Isabell Werth Weihegold OLD   83.039 83.333 81.961 82.255 82.255  
3.   78.706     Dorothee Schneider Faustus 94   80.098 77.941 78.627 79.118 77.745  
4.   78.431     Benjamin Werndl Daily Mirror 9   77.941 77.647 78.431 79.608 78.529  
5.   78.078     Isabell Werth Emilio 107   75.98 79.804 77.549 78.333 78.725  
6.   77.039     Benjamin Werndl Famoso OLD   77.353 76.078 77.255 77.157 77.353  
7.   76.628     Ingrid Klimke Franziskus 15   74.216 77.647 77.157 76.765 77.353  
8.   75.922     Helen Langehanenberg Annabelle 110   75.784 76.863 74.02 75.882 77.059  
9.   75.353     Sönke Rothenberger Santiano R   76.275 76.373 75.49 75.98 72.647  
10.   74.529     Senta Kirchhoff L’Arbuste OLD   74.51 73.725 73.824 76.176 74.412  
11.   73.059     Carina Bachmann Tarantino 5   71.078 72.451 72.843 75.686 73.235  
12.   70.765     Jessica Süss Duisenberg 2   70.294 70.882 70.686 71.863 70.098