Patrik Kittel Posts Personal Best Score on Touchdown for Narrow Victory at Doha Al Shaqab CDI5* Grand Prix
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DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 25, 2022–Patrik Kittel rode Touchdown to a personal best score to claim a narrow victory in the Al Shaqab CDI5* Grand Prix Friday, with the top four combinations separated by less than 0.6%just 0.565 points.
Patrik and the Swedish Warmblood gelding scored 77.652% to beat their previous high score of 77.087% set last October. The pair began Grand Prix last September and Doha was their fourth Big Tour start.
Dinja van Liere of the Netherlands and Hermès, a KWPN stallion, also 10 years old, placed second on 77.522%.
Fellow Dutch combination Hans Peter Minderhoud on Glock’s Dream was third 77.152%.
Henri Ruoste of Finland on Kontestro DB placed fourth on 77.087%.
Results:
CDI5* Grand Prix
| Judges: | Hans-Christian Matthiesen | Irina Maknami | Magnus Ringmark | Andrew Gardner | Henning Lehrmann | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | Spectators | |||
| 1. | 77.652 | SWE | Patrik Kittel | Touchdown | 79.022 | 77.609 | 77.391 | 76.957 | 77.283 | 77.319 (4) | |||
| 2. | 77.522 | NED | Dinja van Liere | Hermès | 80.87 | 73.696 | 79.13 | 76.739 | 77.174 | 77.473 (3) | |||
| 3. | 77.152 | NED | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Glock’s Dream Boy N.O.P. | 77.391 | 76.304 | 80.435 | 76.304 | 75.326 | 75.505 (5) | |||
| 4. | 77.087 | FIN | Henri Ruoste | Kontestro DB | 75.978 | 75.978 | 78.804 | 77.935 | 76.739 | 77.527 (2) | |||
| 5. | 74.609 | ESP | José Antonio García Mena | Divina Royal | 74.565 | 75.87 | 74.457 | 75.109 | 73.043 | 73.730 (6) | |||
| 6. | 74.305 | GER | Carina Scholz | Tarantino 5 | 73.37 | 73.587 | 76.196 | 73.37 | 75 | 79.017 (1) | |||
| 7. | 72.478 | FRA | Morgan Barbançon | Sir Donnerhall II OLD | 71.957 | 71.63 | 72.935 | 72.391 | 73.478 | 71.262 (8) | |||
| 8. | 71.326 | BEL | Charlotte Defalque | Botticelli | 71.304 | 71.739 | 72.174 | 70.435 | 70.978 | 69.402 (14) | |||
| 9. | 70.956 | NED | Thamar Zweistra | Hexagon’s Ich Weiss | 68.804 | 71.087 | 72.391 | 72.283 | 70.217 | 72.631 (7) | |||
| 10. | 70.522 | NED | Tommie Visser | Genesis Begijnhoeve | 69.565 | 71.957 | 71.087 | 70.326 | 69.674 | 69.565 (11) | |||
| 11. | 70.196 | BEL | Larissa Pauluis | Flambeau | 70.326 | 71.63 | 70.109 | 69.457 | 69.457 | 68.530 (17) | |||
| 12. | 70.065 | BRA | João-Victor Marcari Oliva | Escorial Horsecampline | 68.478 | 70.87 | 72.5 | 69.891 | 68.587 | 69.196 (15) | |||
| 13. | 69.696 | GER | Jill Hollweg-de Ridder | Whitney 341 | 71.087 | 69.13 | 69.348 | 70.326 | 68.587 | 70.751 (9) | |||
| 13. | 69.696 | ESP | Borja Carrascosa | Laponia | 71.196 | 69.783 | 69.891 | 67.609 | 70 | 69.537 (12) | |||
| 15. | 69.478 | MAR | Yessin Rahmouni | All at Once | 69.13 | 70.87 | 68.37 | 69.565 | 69.457 | 69.185 (16) | |||
| 16. | 68.587 | BEL | Domien Michiels | Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof | 70.217 | 68.043 | 66.848 | 68.043 | 69.783 | 67.886 (18) | |||
| 17. | 67.565 | FRA | Jean Philippe Siat | Lovesong | 66.63 | 68.043 | 67.391 | 69.674 | 66.087 | 67.642 (19) | |||
| 18. | 67.500 | HUN | Anikó Losonczy | Dior S | 67.174 | 68.043 | 66.739 | 67.065 | 68.478 | 69.407 (13) | |||
| 19. | 66.413 | ESP | Alejandro Asencio Méndez | Focus | 65.978 | 65.978 | 68.478 | 66.522 | 65.109 | 70.168 (10) | |||
| 20. | 64.826 | QAT | Wejdan Majed A M Al Malki | Mango Jacaro | 61.196 | 67.391 | 65.87 | 64.783 | 64.891 | 65.378 (20) |
