Sweden’s Therese Nilshagen & Dante Weltino Win Munich CDI5* Grand Prix Special to Make it 2-for2

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Therese Nilshagen and Dante Weltino OLD at Munich Pferde International. © 2022 Hubert Fischer

MUNICH, Germany, May 28, 2022–Therese Nilshagen and Dante Weltino OLD won the CDI5* Grand Prix Special Saturday for the first Big Tour sweep by the Swedish Olympic and championship partnership in five years.

Therese and the 15-year-old Oldenburg stallion scored 75.979% for the win a day after capturing the Grand Prix. The pair that competed at the Tokyo Olympics, the 2018 World Equestrian Games and the last three European Championships, including team bronze in 2017 and 2019, are in the seventh year of their Big Tour career and a possible world championship start in two months.

Germany’s 2021 European Championships team gold medal pair of Helen Langehanenberg and Annabelle, 14-year-old Holsteiner mare, were second on 72.596%.

Sweden’s seven-time Olympian Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén and Devanto, 13-year-old Holsteiner gelding, were third on 71.447%.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix Special

Judges: Gotthilf Riexinger Raphaël Saleh Evi Eisenhardt Hans-Christian Matthiesen Gabriela Valerianova
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 75.979 SWE Therese Nilshagen Dante Weltino OLD 77.128 76.596 74.574 76.596 75.000
2. 72.596 GER Helen Langehanenberg Annabelle 110 72.234 72.447 72.660 72.128 73.511
3. 71.447 SWE Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén Devanto 72.447 73.191 70.213 70.851 70.532
4. 71.213 GER Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier Valencia AS 71.277 71.809 70.319 72.979 69.681
5. 70.936 GER Hubertus Schmidt Denoix PCH 72.553 71.064 71.489 69.574 70.000
6. 69.787 AUT Astrid Neumayer Zap Zap 68.723 69.574 69.574 71.170 69.894
7. 67.532 CAN Ryan Torkkeli Sternenwanderer 65.213 67.340 67.234 68.617 69.255