Denmark Wins Falsterbo Nations Cup, Sweden Silver, Netherlands Bronze; Germany Trans-Atlantic Series Champion

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Denmark’s Nations Cup gold medal team at Falsterbo, Sweden.

FALSTERBO, Sweden, July 16, 2023–Denmark won the CDIO4* Nations Cup Sunday, maintaining dominance for a second day in the final team competition in the trans-Atlantic series. Sweden took silver and the Netherlands bronze.

Germany had already clinched the six-event series with victories in Wellington, Florida; Budapest and Aachen, Germany, the third title since being established in 2013.

Coming into Sunday, Denmark was atop the event with Daniel Bachmann Andersen on the 11-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding Zippo M.I.’s leading the way after a third place finish in the Grand Prix.

Teammates Anna Zibrandtsen on the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Quel Filou captured the Special Sunday on 75.745% with Daniel and Zippo runner-up on 75.128%.

Patrik Kittel and and the 11-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding Touchdown, his 2022 World Championship mount, scored 85.905% in the Freestyle for first, as the pair was in the Grand Prix.

Denmark’s Nadja Aaboe Sloth on Favour Gersdorf placed fourth on 76.900%

Denmark competed in only three of the six events in this year’s series, winning here and in Compiègne, France, and placing second in Aachen behind Germany.

Results:

Nations Cup Grand Prix Special
Rank Competitor Score E H C M B
1.
Anna Zibrandtsen (DEN)
Quel Filou
75.745% 74.149 76.383 77.128 76.277 74.787
2.
Daniel Bachmann Andersen (DEN)
Zippo M.I.
75.128% 74.574 75.000 76.915 75.213 73.936
3.
Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson (SWE)
Bergsjoholms Valbonne
74.277% 72.021 73.404 77.979 76.596 71.383
4.
Karen Nijvelt (NED)
Elysias
70.787% 71.277 70.957 71.170 69.894 70.638
5.
Marina Mattsson (SWE)
Helix
70.574% 70.319 70.106 72.660 70.000 69.787
6.
Mirelle van Kemenade-Witlox (NED)
Siebenstein
70.192% 70.106 70.426 70.426 69.362 70.638
7.
Severo Jurado López (ESP)
Fuerstenglory
68.936% 67.660 68.830 68.404 70.638 69.149
8.
Anna-Christina Abbelen (GER)
Sam Donnerhall
68.660% 69.043 67.979 70.319 68.723 67.234
9.
Borja Carrascosa (ESP)
Sir Hubert B
68.362% 68.404 67.660 70.851 67.660 67.234
10.
Juliane Brunkhorst (GER)
Aperol
66.447% 65.106 64.787 68.936 67.234 66.170
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Nations Cup Grand Prix Freestyle
Rank Competitor Score E H C M B
1.
Patrik Kittel (SWE)
Touchdown
85.905% 85.825 88.125 85.825 86.275 83.475
2.
Thamar Zweistra (NED)
Hexagon’s Ich Weiss
80.215% 80.975 81.750 79.650 80.025 78.675
3.
Evelyn Eger (GER)
Westminster 71
78.975% 78.625 80.850 78.875 79.300 77.225
4.
Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN)
Favour Gersdorf
76.900% 77.125 79.275 76.500 76.825 74.775
5.
Anne Marie Hosbond (DEN)
Scarlett 712
76.345% 76.225 76.500 76.875 76.075 76.050
6.
Devenda Dijkstra (NED)
Hero
75.875% 74.775 77.950 74.700 76.275 75.675
7.
Cristian Tudela Ruiz (ESP)
Blue Hors Zick Flower
73.995% 73.750 75.000 74.100 74.100 73.025
8.
Laura Strobel (GER)
Valparaiso 2
73.585% 73.975 73.525 73.450 74.700 72.275
9.
Sergio García Bermejo (ESP)
Hexagon’s Innuendo
73.145% 73.325 73.100 73.375 74.200 71.725
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