Estonia’s Grete Ayache & Farao da Raia Win Brno World Cup Grand Prix

BRNO, Czech Republic, June 25, 2022–Estonia’s Grete Ayache and Farao da Raia won the World Cup Grand Prix Saturday in their pursuit of a start at the Final in Omaha next April.

Grete and the 12-year-old Lusitano gelding scored 69.457% for their third straight victory this month, having won the CDI3* Grand Prix and Freestyle in Italy in early June.

Justina Vanagaite of Lithuania on Nabab, a nine-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, was second 69.435%.

Hungary’s Anikó Losonczy on Dior S, 14-year-old KWPN gelding, placed third on 68.348%.

The Freestyle to decide points is scheduled for Sunday.

Results:

CDI-W World Cup Grand Prix

Judges: E: Thomas LANG-AUT H: Malgorzata PAWLOWSKA-POL C: Peter HOLLER-GER M: Orsolya HILLIER-HUN B: Bernard MAUREL-FRA

		Place	Nation	Rider	Horse	Dressage
						E	H	C	M	B	Score
		1		Grete Ayache EST	FARAO DA RAIA (37) Gelding / LUSIT / Chestnut / 2010 (12) / QUIXOTE / XAQUIRA/REI / CARLOS MANUEL CUNHA NETO / Alexandre AYACHE	67,935 (2)	69,783 (2)	72,065 (1)	66,957 (5)	70,543 (1)	69,457 (1)
		2		Justina Vanagaite LTU	NABAB (40) Gelding / BWP / Bay / 2013 (9) / SIR DONOVAN / TAMARINDE/KRACK C / Frans Van Looverner / Justina VANAGAITE	70,109 (1)	70,000 (1)	70,978 (2)	67,609 (4)	68,478 (3)	69,435 (2)
		3		Anikó Losonczy HUN	DIOR S (39) Gelding / KWPN / Grey / 2008 (14) / SPIELBERG / WOLIVIA L/FLORESTAN I / GEBR. LEMMEN, MAASBREE / Okura Co. Ltd.	66,957 (4)	68,913 (4)	69,457 (5)	68,696 (2)	67,717 (4)	68,348 (3)
		4		Marc Peter Spahn BEL	JEROEN POLL (35) Stallion / KFPS / Black / 2011 (11) / ANDERS 451 / THONNY W/FOLKERT 353 / KFPS / Ykje BARON, Marc Peter SPAHN	67,935 (2)	67,717 (5)	68,043 (7)	68,261 (3)	69,348 (2)	68,261 (4)
		5		Alisa Glinka MDA	AACHEN (42) Male / OLDBG / Bay / 2011 (11) / AMPERE / FRIGGA/SUNNY-BOY / Barbara Möller-Ott / Alisa GLINKA	66,087 (5)	67,500 (6)	70,109 (3)	70,326 (1)	66,304 (5)	68,065 (5)
		6		Pia Fortmuller CAN	KARTSEVO GOLDFINCH (36) Stallion / KWPN / Bay / 2011 (11) / JAZZ / CLAIRE L/LINGH / J. LAMERS, OSS (NED) / A. VAN DE GOOR, HERPEN (NED) / Dagmar FORTMULLER, Pia FORTMULLER	64,891 (7)	67,174 (7)	66,522 (8)	65,870 (6)	65,870 (6)	66,065 (6)
		7		Sandra Sysojeva LTU	JACK DANIEL’ S (41) Gelding / RHEIN / Bay / 2013 (9) / CHARMEUR / RENAISSANCE/ROCK FOREVER / Claudia Kieffer / Sandra SYSOJEVA	62,283 (9)	69,348 (3)	69,565 (4)	64,891 (8)	61,739 (8)	65,565 (7)
		8		Astrid Neumayer AUT	ZAP ZAP (34) Gelding / DWB / Bay / 2008 (14) / BLUE HORS ZACK / FAUNA/LEONARDO / MORTEN THOMSEN, SILKEBORG (DEN) / Pretsch, Ingrid Dr.	65,109 (6)	67,174 (7)	68,370 (6)	63,913 (9)	61,739 (8)	65,261 (8)
		9		Zaneta Skowronska-Kozubik POL	LOVE ME (46) Gelding / HANN / Chestnut / 2008 (14) / LOCKSLEY II (HANN) / WARINA (HANN)/WALT DISNEY I (HANN) / Bernd Meyer / Andrzej Salacki	64,130 (8)	64,239 (9)	65,761 (9)	65,000 (7)	63,370 (7)	64,500 (9)
		10		Ilona Janas POL	ZI-ZI TOP (45) Stallion / LWB / Bay / 2009 (13) / ZIDANE VELVET / AFINA/AROMATS / Aleksandrs Vasiljevs / Ilona JANAS	59,783 (10)	62,391 (10)	60,870 (10)	63,587 (10)	61,304 (10)	61,587 (10)
		11		Anna-Maria Gawlowska POL	CARDAMON (44) Stallion / PZHK (SP) / Bay / 2009 (13) / / / / Anna Maria Gawlowska / Anna Gawlowska	59,457 (11)	60,000 (11)	59,239 (11)	60,217 (11)	59,674 (11)	59,717 (11)