Frederic Wandres Rides German Team Mount Duke of Britain to Personal Best Score to Win Munich CDI5* Grand Prix
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MUNICH, Germany, May 19, 2023–Frederic Wandres rode his top German team mount Duke of Britain to a personal best score Friday to win the CDI5* Grand Prix.
In the first international competition for the 16-year-old Duke of Britain in six months, the pair were awarded 77.739% for the victory.
Frederic and the British-bred Hanoverian gelding were on Germany’s world championship bronze medal team last year. Frederic has competed at Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival the past three years, but Duke remains at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen, Germany during the winter.
Therese Nilshagen of Sweden and the 16-year-old stallion Dante Weltino OLD scored 74.000% for runner-up.
The partnership is now in its eighth year at Big Tour heading to a possible start at the European Championships in September after a career that has already included the Tokyo Olympics, the 2018 and 2022 world championships as well as three Europeans, two earning team bronze medals.
Matthias Alexander Rath, also of Germany, and Thiago GS, 10-year-old Oldenburg stallion by Totilas, was third on 73.196%.
Germany’s Laura Strobel and Valparaiso won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special on 69.936% a day after winning the Grand Prix.
Anna-Christina Abbelen also of Germany and Sam Donnerhall were runner-up on 69.447%, as the pair was in the Grand Prix.
Results:
CDI5* Grand Prix
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frederic Wandres Duke of Britain FRH | 77.739% | 78.804 | 77.826 | 76.413 | 78.043 | 77.609 |
| 2. | Therese Nilshagen Dante Weltino OLD | 74.000% | 73.152 | 76.522 | 73.913 | 73.804 | 72.609 |
| 3. | Matthias Alexander Rath Thiago GS | 73.196% | 72.283 | 75.326 | 73.478 | 73.804 | 71.087 |
| 4. | Katharina Hemmer Denoix PCH | 72.761% | 72.717 | 72.935 | 73.261 | 74.783 | 70.109 |
| 4. | Dorothee Schneider First Romance 2 | 72.761% | 73.261 | 72.174 | 72.391 | 73.043 | 72.935 |
| 6. | Stefan Lehfellner Roberto Carlos MT | 72.130% | 72.826 | 73.370 | 71.304 | 72.826 | 70.326 |
| 7. | Raphael Netz Great Escape Camelot | 70.609% | 70.326 | 71.848 | 69.891 | 71.087 | 69.891 |
| 8. | Florian Bacher Fidertraum OLD | 70.478% | 70.978 | 67.391 | 70.109 | 72.609 | 71.304 |
| 9. | João Pedro Moreira Zonik Hit | 70.391% | 70.652 | 70.761 | 69.130 | 72.283 | 69.130 |
| 10. | Renate Voglsang Fürst Ferdinand zur Fasanenhöhe | 69.652% | 70.435 | 69.239 | 68.370 | 70.217 | 70.000 |
| 11. | Lisa Müller Gut Wettlkam’s D’avie FRH | 69.522% | 70.652 | 68.587 | 70.543 | 70.217 | 67.609 |
| 12. | Astrid Neumayer Zap Zap | 67.348% | 67.500 | 67.391 | 68.587 | 67.065 | 66.196 |
| 13. | Katharina Haas Let It Be NRW | 66.891% | 66.522 | 67.283 | 66.957 | 68.152 | 65.543 |
| 14. | Michael Bugan For President AWO | 66.239% | 66.739 | 65.870 | 67.174 | 66.196 | 65.217 |
| 15. | Gabriele H.-Kiefer Cyprus Ophelia | 59.218% | 58.696 | 59.783 | 57.826 | 61.848 | 57.935 |
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CDI3* Grand Prix Special
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Laura Strobel Valparaiso 2 | 69.936% | 69.894 | 72.128 | 68.511 | 71.170 | 67.979 |
| 2. | Anna-Christina Abbelen Sam Donnerhall | 69.447% | 69.894 | 69.468 | 67.447 | 70.106 | 70.319 |
| 3. | Jacqueline Toniutti Stradivari | 67.681% | 68.723 | 67.553 | 65.638 | 67.447 | 69.043 |
| 4. | Astrid Neumayer Sir Simon NRW | 67.404% | 67.766 | 67.766 | 66.702 | 67.766 | 67.021 |
| 5. | Juan Rodriguez Carvajal Meggle’s Boston | 67.362% | 67.234 | 68.404 | 66.064 | 67.553 | 67.553 |
| 6. | Gabriele H.-Kiefer Hope | 65.660% | 66.383 | 66.809 | 65.213 | 64.787 | 65.106 |
| 7. | Anush Agarwalla Sir Caramello OLD | 64.979% | 64.043 | 65.532 | 64.362 | 65.000 | 65.957 |
| 8. | Laura Ponnath Fifty Fifty | 58.107% | 59.043 | 59.681 | 55.957 | 59.043 | 56.809 |
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