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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