Christoph Koschel Rides American-Owned Dünensee to First Victory With Wellington CDI4* Grand Prix Win
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 24, 2022–Christoph Koschel and the American-owned Dünensee won the Global Dressage Festival CDI4* Grand Prix Thursday a week after capturing the Nations Cup team gold medal for Germany.
Christoph and the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding were awarded 70.609% in the Grand Prix that was moved into a covered arena because of torrential downpours, the first they have competed indoors.
Christoph, a regular on the Global winter circuit, first competed Dünensee at the beginning of this month.
Canada’s Olympic team reserve combination of Naïma Moreira Laliberté and Statesman were runner-up on 68.152%.
Fellow Canadian Diane Creech on Chrevis Christo were third on 67.457%.
Dünensee, Christoph said of the horse owned by Diamante Farm of Wellington, “was a little scared getting in there with the judges’ tables and everything so maybe he was not as good to ride like in the Nations Cup, but on the other hand, I had not so many mistakes though he wanted to piaffe and not passage that was a little expensive.
“He really wants to do it right. He’s really tall, but he has a small heart still, but that’s getting better every time. He still needs some show experience, and mileage in the ring for sure, but even with his small heart sometimes he’s really ambitious to do it.”
He will talk with Devon Kane of Diamante about the horse, that is for sale, going to Europe with Christoph.
CDI4* Grand Prix for Special
Judges: | Thomas Kessler | Marlena Gruca Rucinska | Kurt Christensen | Sandra Hotz | Maarten Van der Heijden | ||||||||
Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | S | |||
1. | 70.609 | GER | Christoph Koschel | Dünensee | 70.543 | 71.087 | 71.196 | 69.783 | 70.435 | ||||
2. | 68.152 | CAN | Naïma Moreira Laliberté | Statesman | 67.174 | 69.348 | 67.391 | 68.37 | 68.478 | ||||
3. | 67.457 | CAN | Diane Creech | Chrevis Christo | 66.848 | 67.5 | 69.022 | 68.043 | 65.87 | ||||
4. | 67.000 | USA | Susan Dutta | Don Design DC | 64.565 | 69.239 | 65.543 | 66.087 | 69.565 | ||||
5. | 66.956 | USA | Katherine Bateson Chandler | Alcazar | 65.652 | 68.37 | 65.217 | 67.717 | 67.826 | ||||
6. | 66.848 | USA | Jan Ebeling | Bellena | 64.783 | 69.565 | 69.022 | 67.5 | 63.37 | ||||
7. | 66.739 | CAN | Ariana Chia | Fiderflame | 66.522 | 67.391 | 64.348 | 65.652 | 69.783 | ||||
8. | 66.174 | CAN | Jill Irving | Arthur | 64.457 | 66.522 | 66.739 | 66.522 | 66.63 | ||||
9. | 65.978 | USA | Mikala Münter | Skyfall | 63.696 | 66.848 | 68.152 | 65.761 | 65.435 | ||||
10. | 61.348 | JPN | Kiichi Harada | Sir Galanto | 58.152 | 61.739 | 61.63 | 61.413 | 63.804 |