Germany Takes Gold in Wellington CDIO3* Nations Cup for 3rd Straight Year, USA Silver, Sweden Bronze

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Felicitas Hendricks on Drombusch in Wellington CDIO3* Nations Cup. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

 

WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb.24, 2023–Germany won the CDIO3* Nations Cup Friday for the third straight year to kick off the trans-Atlantic series. USA took silver and Sweden bronze.

Final standings of the two-day mixed Big and Small Tour combinations were: 1. Germany 437.844; 2. USA 427.285; 3. Sweden 414.498; 4. Canada 409.193; 5. Australia 397.201; 6. Argentina 319.938.

Highest score for the  German team on the second day in the Grand Prix Special was their youngest rider, 22-year-old Felicitas Hendricks on Drombusch at 72.234%. An additional 1.5% was added to Big Tour horses. It was the first senior Nations Cup for Felicitas.

For USA, Christian Simonson on Son of a Lady, on his first senior Nations Cup team, was the top combination on a personal best 72.706% in Intermediate 1 the second day. Christian, successful in youth divisions, began competing the 12-year-old in Europe last June. He is based in Wellington with Adrienne Lyle.

USA’s Christian Simonson and Son of a Lady. © 2023 SusanJStickle.com

Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, seven-time Olympian for Sweden on her nation’s first team in the Wellington Nations Cup, rode Devanto to a score of 70.830% to lock in the bronze medal for her country.

 

Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén and Devanto. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Results:

CDIO3* Nations Cup

1. 437.844%
Germany
Frederic WANDRES – Harrods 3 – 74.853 – 72.324
Michael KLIMKE – Harmony’s Sanrino RHP – 71.739 72.755
Felicitas HENDRICKS – Drombusch 2 – 70.044 – 73.734
Anna-Christina ABBELEN – Sam Donnerhall – 71.348 73.415
2. 427.285%
United States of America
Charlotte JORST – Zhaplin Langholt – 72.353 70.824
Anna MAREK – Duvel – 70.029  69.118
Christian SIMONSON – Son of a Lady – 72.235 72.706
Susan DUTTA – Don Design DC – 69.109 69.138
3. 414.498%
Sweden
Christina DEVINE – Slæbækgåard’s Santino – 62.294 64.706
Caroline DARCOURT – Lord Django – 72.130 70.755
Tinne VILHELMSON SILFVÉN – Devanto – 72.283 72.330
4. 409.193%
Canada
Vanessa CREECH-TERAUDS – Daniel L – 68.000 67.735
Shannon DUECK – Angelika MW – 69.059 68.588
Evi STRASSER – Déjà Vu Tyme – 65.326 61.159
Ariana CHIA – Fiderflame – 67.630 68.181
5. 397.201%
Australia
Sally LOFTING – Quinlan CF – 66.206 65.059
Hope BEERLING – Uno Elando – 64.559 66.706
Jemma HERAN – Total Recall – 67.022 67.649