Germany’s Sandra Nuxoll & Bonheur de la Vie Win Ankum Grand Prix Special, Dorothee Schneider/First Romance Runnerup
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ANKUM, Germany, Feb. 4, 2022–Sandra Nuxoll and Bonheur de la Vie won the Grand Prix Special Friday narrowly beating German Olympic rider Dorothee Schneider on First Romance.
Sandra and the 10-year-old KWPN gelding scored 75.882% for the win while Dorothee and First Romance, a 12-year-old Baden-Württemberg gelding, placed second on 75.522%.
Sandra, an Austrian who now rides for Germany, and Bonheur won the Louisdor Prize German championship for Developing Grand Prix horses in 2020.
Results:
Grand Prix Special
| Judges: | Ralph Schmidt | Heinz-Holger Lammers | Ulrike Böckler | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | H | C | M | ||||
| 1. | 75.882 | GER | Sandra Nuxoll | Bonheur de La Vie | 76.666 | 75.588 | 75.392 | ||||
| 2. | 75.522 | GER | Dorothee Schneider | First Romance 2 | 76.960 | 75.098 | 74.509 | ||||
| 3. | 73.562 | GER | Rainer Schwiebert | Helenenhof’s Catoo | 74.803 | 72.549 | 73.333 | ||||
| 4. | 71.143 | GER | Kira Laura Soddemann | Belle de Carpie | 71.372 | 70.980 | 71.078 | ||||
| 5. | 69.633 | GER | Elisa Prigge | Dark Dancer 22 | 70.000 | 69.588 | 69.313 | ||||
| 6. | 69.444 | GER | Jürgen Höfler | Royal Flash R | 69.117 | 69.705 | 69.509 | ||||
| 7. | 67.843 | POR | António do Vale | Fine Fellow 3 | 66.372 | 69.019 | 68.137 | ||||
| 8. | 67.450 | GER | Juliane Brunkhorst | Con Cento | 67.254 | 68.039 | 67.058 | ||||
| 9. | 67.320 | GER | Rainer Schwiebert | Helenenhof’S Kaisertanz | 67.156 | 68.627 | 66.176 | ||||
| RET | GER | Jürgen Höfler | San Mateo |
