Victoria Max-Theurer Debuts Abegglen at Grand Prix Freestyle to Win Achleiten CDI4* On Rider’s 2nd Highest Ever Big Tour Score
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ACHLEITEN, Austria, June 13, 2021–Victoria Max-Theurer posted her second highest ever Big Tour score with victory Sunday on Abegglen FH NRW in the CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle, the pair’s debut musical performance.
Vici and the 11-year-old Westfalen gelding (Ampere x Carabas) on which she has been selected to go to her fifth Olympics scored 83.010%. The pair won the Grand Prix Friday, making this the first double victory in the eight CDIs since the partnership’s first competition in July last year.
The highest ever Big Tour score for the 35-year-old rider was 83.050% on Augustin OLD nine years ago. Victoria and Augustin competed for Austria at the 2012 London Olympics, the 2014 World Equestrian Games and the 2009, 2011 and 2013 European Championships.
Switzerland’s Estelle Wettstein on West Side Story OLD posted a personal best 77.835% for runner-up. Their previous best was 77.365% logged at this same competition in July 2020.
Belgium’s Laurence Roos on Fil Rouge placed third on 75.535%.
The USA’s Günter Seidel on Equirelle scored 73.685% for fourth place. Günter, Anna Buffini and Katie Johnson competed here after a withdrawing from a Nations Cup in France as a result of an adverse equine herpes virus test at the stables where they training.
Results:
CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle
| Judges: | Thomas Lang | Katrina Wüst | Hans-Christian Matthiesen | Mariette Sanders van Gansewinkel | Christof Umbach | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 83.010 | AUT | Victoria Max-Theurer | Abegglen FH NRW | 84.000 | 81.875 | 83.675 | 84.250 | 81.250 | ||||
| 2. | 77.835 | SUI | Estelle Wettstein | West Side Story OLD | 79.375 | 76.500 | 78.050 | 79.000 | 76.250 | ||||
| 3. | 75.535 | BEL | Laurence Roos | Fil Rouge | 77.125 | 76.250 | 76.425 | 75.875 | 72.000 | ||||
| 4. | 73.685 | USA | Günter Seidel | Equirelle | 71.125 | 73.500 | 72.925 | 77.250 | 73.625 | ||||
| 5. | 73.400 | ITA | Valentina Truppa | Ranieri | 75.125 | 75.500 | 73.875 | 70.375 | 72.125 | ||||
| 6. | 72.675 | AUT | Oliver Valenta | Valenta’s Fantast | 75.125 | 70.625 | 71.875 | 73.875 | 71.875 | ||||
| 7. | 72.385 | AUT | Franziska Fries | Atomic | 73.000 | 70.875 | 73.175 | 72.750 | 72.125 | ||||
| 8. | 71.725 | AUT | Ulrike Prunthaller | Bartlgut’s Quantum | 76.000 | 72.250 | 69.875 | 71.250 | 69.250 | ||||
| 9. | 71.530 | POL | Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik | Romantic P | 72.375 | 71.250 | 70.400 | 71.625 | 72.000 | ||||
| 10. | 71.145 | AUT | Timna Zach | Chico 32 | 70.125 | 72.375 | 71.100 | 72.250 | 69.875 | ||||
| 11. | 68.915 | AUT | Amanda Hartung | Dresscode Black | 68.875 | 70.125 | 68.325 | 70.125 | 67.125 | ||||
| 12. | 68.260 | AUT | Isabella Willibald | Richterhof’s Farbenfroh | 69.875 | 69.500 | 66.800 | 68.375 | 66.750 |
