Kevin Kohmann Victorious on Dünensee With Another Personal Best Score in Ocala World Cup Freestyle

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Kevin Kohmann on Dünensee in the World Cup Freestyle under lights at the World Equestrian Center. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

OCALA, Florida, Dec. 6, 2023–Kevin Kohmann rode Dünensee to a personal best score to win the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle under lights Friday night and enhance his prospects of earning his first ever start at the championship Final.

The score of 77.720% for Kevin and the 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding was the second personal best in as many days having won the Grand Prix Thursday. The result boosted him to second place in the current World Cup standings for North America that gets to send three rider and horse combinations to the Final of the annual championship determined by the musical performance and scheduled for Saudi Arabia next April.

Wow, I am still shocked,” Kevin said of the Freestyle for which the music was prepared by Nicole Pendzich of Dusseldorf, Germany. “I have never gotten a score like this, never won a freestyle. So a lot of firsts. What an amazing week. Doesn’t matter what happens tomorrow, I am winning.”

Jennifer Williams of Olympia, Washington and Joppe K, a nine-year-old KWPN gelding that began Grand Prix in February, was runner-up on 75.680%.

Jennifer Williams and Joppe K in the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle in Ocala. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Anna Marek of the Ocala area community of Dunnellen on the 13-year-old KWPN gelding Fayvel placed third on 75.235%.

Results:

CDI-W World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Kevin Kohmann (USA)
Dünensee
77.720%77.87579.25076.47576.12578.875
2.
Jennifer Williams (USA)
Joppe K
75.680%74.97576.55075.87575.42575.575
3.
Anna Marek (USA)
Fayvel
75.235%75.67573.55075.10075.67576.175
4.
Kerrigan Gluch (USA)
Mejorano HGF
74.120%74.10075.20072.55074.97573.775
5.
Patricia Ferrando (VEN)
Honnaisseur SJ
74.035%73.80073.75075.72572.87574.025
6.
Yvonne Losos De Muñiz (DOM)
Aquamarijn
72.390%73.27572.97572.47572.00071.225
7.
Nora Batchelder (USA)
Faro SQF
72.375%71.57572.50072.32572.15073.325
8.
Monica Burssens (MEX)
Elfentanz
72.300%73.10072.97571.35071.60072.475
9.
Allison Carmichael (USA)
Figaro
72.240%69.70072.10074.12572.65072.625
10.
Benjamin Ebeling (USA)
Indeed
71.630%72.17570.77571.02571.85072.325
11.
Mikala Münter (USA)
Skyfall
70.965%70.42573.72568.72571.20070.750
12.
Tanya Strasser-Shostak (CAN)
Fidelis Tyme
70.570%72.35070.40069.50068.60072.000
13.
Evi Strasser (CAN)
Disney Tyme
68.095%69.20067.92566.95068.60067.800
14.
Anna Merritt (USA)
Fox Creek’s Censational
67.840%69.50067.42568.10067.95066.225
RT
Codi Harrison (USA)
Katholt’s Bossco
retired
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