Christoph Koschel Rides American-Owned Dünensee to First Victory With Wellington CDI4* Grand Prix Win

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Christoph Koschel on American-owned Dünensee. © 2022 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

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