FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 18–Isabell Werth on Emilio won the CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday for a double victory and the fifth win in eight starts for the year.
Isabell and the 16-year-old Westfalen gelding scored 85.845% at this Christmas season event and the eighth year at Big Tour for Emilio.
German team mate Dorothee Schneider rode Faustus, a 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding, to a personal best score of 82.870% for runner-up.
Juliane Brunkhorst on the 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding Aperol, wrapped up the German sweep of the top three places with a score of 77.620%.
Results:
CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle
| Judges: | Hans-Christian Matthiesen | Raphaël Saleh | Henning Lehrmann | Hans Voser | Katrina Wüst | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | Spectators | |||
| 1. | 85.845 | GER | Isabell Werth | Emilio 107 | 85.800 | 83.900 | 85.650 | 85.075 | 88.800 | 86.389 (1) | |||
| 2. | 82.870 | GER | Dorothee Schneider | Faustus 94 | 82.450 | 83.925 | 82.350 | 83.025 | 82.600 | 83.430 (2) | |||
| 3. | 77.620 | GER | Juliane Brunkhorst | Aperol | 76.425 | 78.650 | 78.575 | 77.275 | 77.175 | 76.189 (3) | |||
| 4. | 76.260 | AUT | Timna Valenta-Zach | Farant | 75.000 | 74.700 | 79.725 | 74.175 | 77.700 | 74.086 (5) | |||
| 5. | 73.875 | SUI | Gilles Ngovan | Zigzag | 74.075 | 74.150 | 73.525 | 74.050 | 73.575 | 74.527 (4) | |||
| 6. | 71.905 | POR | António do Vale | Fine Fellow – H | 73.250 | 71.700 | 71.875 | 69.375 | 73.325 | 72.897 (6) | |||
| 7. | 70.165 | NED | Floor van Kempen | Geronimo | 69.275 | 68.825 | 70.300 | 74.025 | 68.400 | 70.972 (7) | |||
