Germany’s Frederic Wandres & Bluetooth Win Achleiten CDI4* Grand Prix, USA’s Anna Buffini & Davinia la Douce 3rd

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Frederic Wandres and Bluetooth OLD. File photo. © 2022 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

ACHLEITEN, Austria, May 6, 2022–German team rider Frederic Wandres rode Bluetooth OLD to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday for the sixth victory for the partnership this year.

Frederic and the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 73.304% for the win in the pair’s first competition in Europe since logging five wins in six starts at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida over the winter.

Fellow German Laura Strobel debuting Valparaiso at Big Tour placed second in the Grand Prix for the Special on 70.544%. The 11-year-old Westfalen stallion was competed by Austria’s Victoria Max-Theurer in four starts for four wins at Small Tour in 2019.

America’s Anna Buffini on FRH Davinia la Douce, 15-year-old Hanoverian mare, was third on 69.022%.

This was the third competition for Anna, of Rancho Santa Fe, California in Europe this spring including the World Cup Final in Leipzig, Germany last month that was Anna’s first senior international championship.

Austria’s Christian Schumach and Donna Karacho, a 15-year-old Westfalen mare, won the Grand Prix for the Freestyle on 70.413%. The pair was one of only two combinations in the competition.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix for Special

Judges:Alice SchwabCesar TorrenteChristof UmbachRaphael SalehElke Ebert
PlaceScoreNationAthleteHorseEHCMB
1.73.304GERFrederic WandresBluetooth OLD73.26173.69672.71772.28374.565
2.70.544GERLaura StrobelValparaiso 271.08770.32671.84868.3771.087
3.69.022USAAnna BuffiniFRH Davinia la Douce68.04369.23971.30467.93568.587
4.68.913AUTRenate VoglsangFürst Ferdinand zur Fasanenhöhe68.15270.32670.8765.8769.348
5.68.217AUTKatharina HaasLet It Be 1168.15266.73969.02268.15269.022
6.65.848AUTDiana PorscheDouglas65.8767.71764.34865.32665.978

CDI4* Grand Prix for Freestyle

Judges:Elke EbertCesar TorrenteSusanne BaarupAlice SchwabRaphael Saleh
PlaceScoreNationAthleteHorseEHCMB
1.70.413AUTChristian SchumachDonna Karacho69.34872.60971.95772.17465.978
2.67.522GERStefanie Schatz-WeihermüllerC’est la Vie 14067.82669.45765.21767.82667.283