France Wins Rotterdam Nations Cup, First Time in Continental Europe, Germany 2nd, Sweden 3rd

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Morgan Barbançon and Habana Libre A in their winning Grand Prix Freestyle ride at the Nations Cup of the Netherlands. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 24, 2023–France captured the CDIO4* Nations Cup Saturday for the country’s first dressage team victory on continental Europe, extending its dominance from the Grand Prix to take first and second places in the Freestyle and runner-up in the Special.

Morgan Barbançon and Habana Libre A, whose successful inaugural winter season in Florida prepared the duo for the European summer circuit, led France to the victory with a win in the Grand Prix Thursday and the Freestyle on a score of personal best 79.820% Saturday night. Team mate Corentin Pottier on the Totilas son Gotilas du Feuillard was runner-up on 78.220%, also a personal best, in the Freestyle.

Emmelie Scholtens of the Netherlands won the Grand Prix Special on 75.575%, recovering from a sub-par performance in the Grand Prix for the Dutch 2022 World Championship team partnership. However, the Netherlands team was eliminated when two of the combinations failed to achieve qualifying scores in the Grand Prix to move to the Freestyle and Special.

France’s Pauline Basquin on Sertorius de Rima Z Ifce scored 73.468% for runner-up as the duo was in the Grand Prix.

The final standings of the Nations Cup: 1. France 11 points (the total for placings); 2. Germany 38; 3. Sweden 44; 4. Great Britain 56; 5. Belgium 67; 6. United States 85.

Emmelie Scholtens on Indian Rock riding to victory in the Rotterdam CDIO4* Nations Cup Grand Prix Special. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Morgan confirmed to DRESSAGE-NEWS.com that Habana Libre, the 11-year-old KWPN gelding that she has partnered since a youngster, is the successor to her Sir Donnerhall II OLD,Oldenburg gelding that she competed at the Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 World Championships and four World Cup Finals. “Gus,” as she calls Sir Donnerhall, is 17 years old.

This was the first Nations Cup victory on continental Europe for France–and the first elimination of the Netherlands–since the Nations Cup series began in 2013. French teams did, however, win at Hickstead, England in 2017 and 2018.

For Holland, it was what team leader Alex van Silfhout labeled a “total disaster” with Hans Peter Minderhoud on Invictus and Marlies van Baalen on Go Legend scoring so low that the team was eliminated.

In the nine years the Nations Cup has been staged at Rotterdam since 2013, the Netherlands has won here every year but 2013 when Great Britain claimed the title and in 2017 when the United States was the winner. Dutch teams also won the entire series in 2013 and 2014.

Results:

Nations Cup Grand Prix Freestyle

1. 317 Habana Libre A Morgan Barbançon fra  Tech.:  74.250 74.500 77.750 72.000 75.500 79.820 %
chest / 11y. / G / KWPN / Zizi Top / United / 106DK30 / Morgan Barbançon  Art.:  83.000 86.600 85.600 83.200 85.800
 Total  78.625
(1)		 80.550
(1)		 81.675
(1)		 77.600
(2)		 80.650
(1)
2. 307 Gotilas du Feuillard Corentin Pottier fra  Tech.:  73.750 74.750 73.750 73.000 74.750 78.220 %
black / 12y. / G / KWPN / Totilas / Ferro / 106CR42 / Herve Pottier  Art.:  81.800 83.600 78.800 82.800 85.200
 Total  77.775
(4)		 79.175
(2)		 76.275
(4)		 77.900
(1)		 79.975
(3)
3. 311 Great Escape Camelot Raphael Netz ger  Tech.:  72.500 72.000 73.500 70.000 76.000 77.380 %
bay / 12y. / G / KWPN / Johnson TN / Turbo Magic / 105XG23 / Anna Boss, Sonja Kristina Krall, Theres Boss  Art.:  83.400 83.200 77.000 81.000 85.200
 Total  77.950
(3)		 77.600
(4)		 75.250
(6)		 75.500
(5)		 80.600
(2)
4. 306 Westminster Evelyn Eger ger  Tech.:  72.750 72.750 73.750 70.000 72.250 77.270 %
dbay / 18y. / G / OLDBG / Weltissimo / Davignon I / 104UH93 / Hof Kasselmann  Art.:  83.200 83.800 80.000 80.600 83.600
 Total  77.975
(2)		 78.275
(3)		 76.875
(2)		 75.300
(6)		 77.925
(5)
5. 310 Devanto Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén swe  Tech.:  71.000 70.750 72.750 69.500 69.500 75.810 %
lbay / 14y. / G / HOLST / De Chirico / Lorentin / 105NY15 / Lövsta Stuteri Ab  Art.:  81.800 82.400 80.400 80.800 79.200
 Total  76.400
(5)		 76.575
(6)		 76.575
(3)		 75.150
(7)		 74.350
(10)
6. 318 Indeed Benjamin Ebeling usa  Tech.:  69.750 72.000 72.500 68.750 71,500 75.690%
bay / 15y. / M / DWB / Hofrat / De Niro / 106IS22 / Vantage Equestrian Group Ii, LLC  Art.:  81.400 81.400 77.800 79.400 82.400
 Total  75.575
(8)		 76.700
(5)		 75.150
(7)		 74.075
(9)		 76.950 (6)
7. 321 Mejorano HGF Kerrigan Gluch usa  Tech.:  71.500 68.750 71.750 70.750 71.750 75.350 %
grey / 12y. / G / Grandioso / Galan XVI / 105NQ73 / Hampton Green Farm  Art.:  79.800 79.200 77.800 80.400 81.800
 Total  75.650
(7)		 73.975
(9)		 74.775
(9)		 75.575
(4)		 76.775
(7)
8. 328 Charmer Jorinde Verwimp bel  Tech.:  70.500 71.750 72.750 72.500 68.250 75.195 %
bay / 11y. / G / OLDBG / Charmeur / Quattro B / 107CB71 / Jorinde Verwimp  Art.:  80.000 79.200 79.600 79.800 77.600
 Total  75.250
(9)		 75.475
(8)		 76.175
(5)		 76.150
(3)		 72.925
(12)
9. 313 Filius Apache Diederik van Silfhout ned  Tech.:  70.000 68.500 72.000 70.000 71.750 75.045 %
bay / 13y. / G / KWPN / Apache / Tietse D / 108HE17 / Diederik Van Silfhout  Art.:  81.400 78.400 78.200 78.800 81.400
 Total  75.700
(6)		 73.450
(10)		 75.100
(8)		 74.400
(8)		 76.575
(8)
10. 309 Flynn Flore de Winne bel  Tech.:  70.000 71.500 71.250 68.000 74.500 74.985 %
black / 9y. / S / HANN / Tannenhof’s Fahrenheit / Sir Oldenburg / 107AI11 / Winhorses  Art.:  79.400 79.600 76.400 77.800 81.400
 Total  74.700
(11)		 75.550
(7)		 73.825
(11)		 72.900
(10)		 77.950
(4)
11. 305 Diego V Lewis Carrier gbr  Tech.:  71.750 68.250 71.000 68.750 71.500 73.365 %
bay / 15y. / G / KWPN / Spielberg / 105WW07 / Lewis Carrier, Andrew Carrier, Helen Carrier  Art.:  78.200 75.000 73.400 76.600 79.200
 Total  74.975
(10)		 71.625
(13)		 72.200
(13)		 72.675
(11)		 75.350
(9)
12. 316 Into the Blue Louise Anne Bell gbr  Tech.:  68.500 67.000 70.250 66.750 69.500 73.160 %
bay / 17y. / M / AES / Ublesco / Calvaro F.C. / 104QG61 / Louise Anne Bell, Tonya Wood, William Wood  Art.:  79.400 77.200 77.600 76.800 78.600
 Total  73.950
(12)		 72.100
(12)		 73.925
(10)		 71.775
(12)		 74.050
(11)
13. 312 Lord Django Caroline Darcourt swe  Tech.:  66.500 68.750 69.750 67.000 68.250 72.045 %
bay / 13y. / G / HANN / Stalypso / Londonderry / 105CQ41 / Lövsta Stuteri Ab  Art.:  75.800 78.000 74.800 75.800 75.800
 Total  71.150
(13)		 73.375
(11)		 72.275
(12)		 71.400
(13)		 72.025
(13)
Nations Cup Grand Prix Special
1. 303 Indian Rock Emmelie Scholtens ned 77.979 % 74.894 % 74.362 % 75.106 % 75.532 % 75.575 %
dbay / 10y. / S / KWPN / Apache / Vivaldi / 106DI84 / Ad Valk, Black Horses BV (1.) (1.) (1.) (1.) (1.)
2. 314 Sertorius de Rima Z Ifce Pauline Basquin fra 72.766 % 74.787 % 72.979 % 73.830 % 72.979 % 73.468 %
bay / 13y. / G / ZANG / Sandro Hit / Voltaire Pref / 106BC57 / Institut Francais Du Cheval Et De L’equitation (4.) (2.) (2.) (2.) (2.)
3. 315 Indigro Andrew Gould gbr 72.553 % 72.340 % 71.702 % 72.234 % 72.021 % 72.170 %
black / 10y. / S / KWPN / Negro / Jazz / 107YM74 / Tatiana Skillman (5.) (4.) (3.) (3.) (3.)
4. 326 Helix Marina Mattsson swe 73.117 % 73.011 % 71.521 % 71.415 % 69.926 % 71.798 %
chest / 11y. / G / KWPN / Apache / Jazz / 107XP47 / Hannell Dressage Stable Ab (2.) (3.) (4.) (5.) (4.)
5. 327 Quaterdance Amandine Prevost bel 73.085 % 70.851 % 70.213 % 71.702 % 68.936 % 70.957 %
bay / 13y. / S / DSP / Quaterback / Expo’se / 104WU45 / Amandine Prevost (3.) (5.) (6.) (4.) (6.)
6. 323 Gerion Emma Jönsson swe 69.894 % 70.745 % 71.489 % 70.319 % 69.362 % 70.362 %
chest / 12y. / G / KWPN / Jazz / Don Primero / 105SC43 / Särö Stable Ab (7.) (6.) (5.) (7.) (5.)
7. 325 Jolene Alexandre Ayache fra 70.319 % 68.617 % 69.468 % 70.957 % 67.553 % 69.383 %
bay / 11y. / M / DWB / Johnson TN / Continue / 107OJ41 / Abdulkarim Barake (6.) (8.) (7.) (6.) (9.)
8. 322 Samurai Franziska Stieglmaier ger 67.979 % 69.149 % 69.255 % 67.234 % 67.872 % 68.298 %
dches / 12y. / G / HANN / St. Moritz Junior / Laureano / 106JC89 / Erika Stieglmaier (9.) (7.) (8.) (9.) (8.)
9. 308 Duenensee Kevin Kohmann usa 65.745 % 68.298 % 67.979 % 66.277 % 68.191 % 67.298 %
black / 14y. / G / HANN / Dancier / Davignon I / 106ZD00 / Diamante Farms (10.) (9.) (9.) (10.) (7.)
10. 304 Habouche Anna Louise Ross gbr 65.426 % 68.191 % 67.979 % 67.660 % 66.489 % 67.149 %
grey / 11y. / M / KWPN / Ampere / Ustinov / 107BL26 / Anna Louise Ross, Marcelo Tosi (12.) (10.) (9.) (8.) (10.)

Total: 14.000,00 EUR

Other, non-placed competitors
11. 320 Ikke-Pia v/d Bergerhoeve Lore Vandeborne bel 68.298 % 67.447 % 67.447 % 64.149 % 65.426 % 66.553 %
black / 15y. / G / BWP / San Amour / Donnerhall / 105RQ49 / Jorissen (8.) (11.) (11.) (11.) (11.)
12. 324 Furst Fabelhaft Uzn Lina Uzunhasan usa 65.532 % 64.149 % 64.894 % 63.723 % 64.681 % 64.596 %
chest / 9y. / G / RHLD / All at Once / Fidermark / 106JF90 / Uzn Holding (11.) (12.) (12.) (12.) (12.)
13. 301 Sam Donnerhall Anna-Christina Abbelen ger EL
bay / 16y. / G / OLDBG / Samarant / Donnerhall / 105RO22 / Anna-Christina Abbelen, Silke Abbelen-Mooren