Germany’s Christoph Koschel & Eddiene in First CDI Victory With Win in Ocala 3* Grand Prix

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Christoph Koschel riding Eddien at World Equestrian Center. © 2023 Q2 Photography

OCALA, Florida, Nov. 15, 2023–Christoph Koschel rides Eddieni to first international win by the pair in taking the World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday.

Christoph, 2010 World Equestrian Games bronze and 2011 European Championships silver medal rider for Germany, and the 14-year-old KWPN gelding scored 68.478% for the fourth CDI event since taking over the ride in June from Japanese owner Masahiro Kosaka.

Yvonne Losos De Muñiz of the Dominican Republic and the 18-year-old mare Aquamarijn was runnerup on 67.935%. This was the pair’s first competition since the Pan American Games last month. Aquamarijn was ridden by Yvonne at the Tokyo Olympics, 2022 World Championships and the 2019 and 2022 World Cup Finals.

Kerrigan Gluch of Ocala and the 12-year-old PRE gelding Mejorano HGF, owned by Hampton Green Farm, placed third on 66.978%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix (for Freestyle)

Results

CDI3* Grand Prix
Rank Competitor Score E H C M B
1.
Christoph Koschel (GER)
Eddieni
 68.478% 68.587 68.478 69.130 67.391 68.804
2.
Yvonne Losos De Muñiz (DOM)
Aquamarijn
 67.935% 68.043 67.935 67.826 68.152 67.717
3.
Kerrigan Gluch (USA)
Mejorano HGF
 66.978% 70.761 65.652 65.109 67.391 65.978
4.
Emily Miles (USA)
Java Dulce
 66.565% 66.957 65.978 66.413 66.630 66.848
5.
Monica Burssens (MEX)
Elfentanz
 66.435% 67.174 67.283 64.891 67.283 65.543
6.
Susan Dutta (USA)
Figeac DC
 65.891% 66.848 67.065 64.565 65.652 65.326
7.
Christian Garweg (CAN)
Excalibur RS
 64.717% 63.696 65.543 65.435 62.391 66.522
8.
Patricia Ferrando (VEN)
Honnaisseur SJ
 64.696% 65.543 64.457 63.370 65.761 64.348
9.
Mikala Münter (USA)
Skyfall
 64.282% 64.565 65.326 65.217 61.304 65.000
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