Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB Completes Comeback After Baby Break of 6 Months to Win Lyon World Cup Freestyle with 7th Straight Score Above 90%

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Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

LYON, France, Oct. 28, 2022–Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB completed their comeback competition after a baby break of six months to win the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle with the seventh straight score above 90%.

The result of 90.140% for Jessica and the 15-year-old Trakehner mare earned the rider the first of two scores required to go to Omaha next April to defend the World Cup title she won at Leipzig, Germany last April.

This is the longest 90% streak of any of the eight combinations to have achieved the mark since Edward Gal did so on Totilas with 90.750% in 2009. Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro twice logged two streaks of four 90% scores.

The unbroken 90%s for the German partnership began with 91.732% at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021; the European Championships two months later; in Stockholm in November; Neumünster, Germany in February this year; ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in March and at the Final in Leipzig.

Jessica and Dalera danced to a new French-themed musical score that the rider said “feels like it fits perfectly to Dalera, right from the first time I rode it. And she loves it! It’s a love story between Dalera and me that’s made in France.”

The music was awarded 10 from all five judges, while four of the five gave 10 for choreography and three more 10s and two 9.5s for harmony between horse and rider; 35 10s overall

Isabell Werth on Emilio was runner-up Friday on 87.945% that earned the most successful equestrian in history 20 points toward qualifying for Omaha. American Midwestern venue was where the German rider on Weihegold OLD began their run in 2017 of three World Cup victories. A chance for a fourth was stymied by Covid-19 that caused cancellation of the 2020 Final.

Sweden’s Patrik Kittel and the 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood stallion Touchdown were third on 84.630%. The 17 points garnered by Patrik moves him into second place on the Western European League standings as he seeks a start in what would be his ninth World Cup Final.

Benjamin Werndl, Jessica’s older brother at 38, placed fourth on Famoso OLD on 82.775%. Benjamin and the 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding jumped to the top of the standings for Western Europe with 33 points, one point ahead of Patrik.

The third of 11 WEL qualifiers is Stuttgart, Germany Nov. 9-13.

Results:

World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges: Katrina Wüst Susanne Baarup Isabelle Judet Mariette Sanders – Van Gansewinkel Jean-Michel Roudier
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B Spectators
1. 90.140 GER Jessica von Bredow-Werndl TSF Dalera BB 90.200 91.250 89.550 91.750 87.950 83.692 (2)
2. 87.945 GER Isabell Werth Emilio 107 87.900 89.075 89.575 87.300 85.875 83.124 (3)
3. 84.630 SWE Patrik Kittel Touchdown 85.000 84.325 85.150 85.100 83.575 84.175 (1)
4. 82.775 GER Benjamin Werndl Famoso OLD 83.625 81.300 84.450 83.725 80.775 81.880 (4)
5. 78.930 DEN Nanna Merrald Rasmussen Atterupgaards Orthilia 78.925 78.175 76.350 78.550 82.650 79.084 (6)
6. 77.255 FRA Morgan Barbançon Sir Donnerhall II OLD 78.275 75.450 78.300 78.650 75.600 78.919 (7)
7. 76.895 SWE Antonia Ramel Curiosity 78.125 77.400 76.725 77.275 74.950 76.680 (10)
8. 75.325 BEL Laurence Vanommeslaghe Edison 74.550 75.750 75.125 77.100 74.100 76.001 (11)
9. 74.770 FRA Pauline Basquin Sertorius de Rima Z IFCE 74.575 74.300 75.225 75.650 74.100 76.853 (9)
10. 73.250 FRA Alexandre Ayache Jolene 72.325 75.050 72.375 74.150 72.350 73.516 (13)
11. 72.690 FRA Guillaume Lundy Cne Tempo IFCE 73.150 72.175 72.175 73.900 72.050 77.732 (8)
12. 70.850 NED Thamar Zweistra Hexagon’s Ich Weiss 71.800 68.750 70.950 73.250 69.500 79.355 (5)
13. 70.595 EST Grete Ayache Farao Da Raia 69.025 71.425 70.975 71.675 69.875 75.136 (12)