GÖSSENDORF, Austria, April 15, 2022–Australia’s Simone Pearce and Destano won the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday in the first Big Tour competition for the Olympic partnership in seven months.
Simone, based in Germany, and the 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion scored 73.435% for the win that was the seventh in two years at international Grand Prix.
Austria’s Ulrike Prunthaller on Bartlgut’s Quarz placed second on 71.065% with compatriot Christian Schumach on Donna Karaco third on 70.304%.
Germany’s Lisa Müller riding Gut Wettlkam’s Stand By Me OLD in a CDI for the first time in 2 1/2 years won the CDI3* Grand Prix.
Lisa and the 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 73.543% for the win, the second for the partnership in just over three years of Big Tour.
Bettina Kendlbacher of Austria on Don Alfredeo was second on 68.674% and Ulrike Prunthaller on Bartlgut’s Quantum third on 68.326%.
Results:
CDI4* Grand Prix
| Judges: | Peter Holler | Elke Ebert | Thomas Lang | Clive Halsall | Alice Schwab | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 73.435 | AUS | Simone Pearce | Destano | 74.239 | 74.457 | 74.13 | 71.087 | 73.261 | ||||
| 2. | 71.065 | AUT | Ulrike Prunthaller | Bartlgut’s Quarz | 70.435 | 72.283 | 70.326 | 70.87 | 71.413 | ||||
| 3. | 70.304 | AUT | Christian Schumach | Donna Karacho | 72.174 | 70.543 | 69.239 | 68.587 | 70.978 | ||||
| 4. | 69.804 | IRL | Anna Merveldt | Esporim | 69.783 | 69.239 | 69.891 | 69.674 | 70.435 | ||||
| 5. | 69.370 | SUI | Charlotte Lenherr | Sir Stanley W | 70.435 | 68.696 | 69.022 | 70 | 68.696 | ||||
| 6. | 66.891 | AUT | Katharina Haas | Let It Be 11 | 67.065 | 67.717 | 66.413 | 65.652 | 67.609 | ||||
| 7. | 66.543 | HUN | Csaba Szokola | Enying | 64.891 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 65.978 | 66.848 | ||||
CDI3* Grand Prix
| Judges: | Hans Voser | Maria Colliander | Clive Halsall | Barbara Franyó | Eva-Maria Vint-Warmington | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 73.543 | GER | Lisa Müller | Gut Wettlkam’s Stand By Me OLD | 72.065 | 71.522 | 73.913 | 77.065 | 73.152 | ||||
| 2. | 68.674 | AUT | Bettina Kendlbacher | Don Alfredo | 70.217 | 69.13 | 69.348 | 68.152 | 66.522 | ||||
| 3. | 68.326 | AUT | Ulrike Prunthaller | Bartlgut’s Quantum | 69.13 | 69.13 | 68.587 | 66.413 | 68.37 | ||||
| 4. | 68.304 | AUS | Simone Pearce | Cristall 8 | 67.609 | 68.696 | 69.891 | 68.587 | 66.739 | ||||
| 5. | 68.261 | AUT | Oliver Valenta | Valenta’s Fantast | 67.174 | 68.913 | 70.217 | 67.391 | 67.609 | ||||
| 6. | 68.174 | AUT | Isabella Willibald | Richterhof’s Farbenfroh | 67.935 | 68.913 | 68.043 | 66.957 | 69.022 | ||||
| 7. | 67.543 | AUT | Diana Porsche | Douglas | 68.043 | 66.957 | 66.413 | 67.717 | 68.587 | ||||
| 8. | 67.478 | AUT | Jacqueline Toniutti | Stradivari | 65.87 | 66.304 | 67.065 | 69.348 | 68.804 | ||||
| 9. | 66.826 | AUT | Anna Kleindienst-Jilly | Done for Fun 3 | 65.326 | 66.413 | 66.413 | 69.022 | 66.957 | ||||
| 10. | 66.174 | AUT | Katharina Haas | Damon’S Dejaron | 64.239 | 68.37 | 65.761 | 65.543 | 66.957 | ||||
| 11. | 64.174 | AUT | Anna Kleindienst-Jilly | El Ganador | 61.63 | 63.913 | 64.891 | 65.543 | 64.891 | ||||
| 12. | 61.609 | SWE | Charlotte Haid Bondergaard | Dixiland | 60.761 | 60.543 | 62.174 | 62.174 | 62.391 | ||||
| 13. | 61.152 | CZE | Eleonora Kinsky Dal Borgo | Star Wars W | 56.63 | 62.826 | 62.174 | 63.478 | 60.652 |
