Netherlands’ Emmelie Scholtens & Indian Rock Win Neumünster World Cup Freestyle

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Emmelie Scholtens and Indian Rock. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 18, 2024–Emmelie Scholtens and Indian Rock won the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday for a double victory and to move the Dutch partnership into contention for an invitation to the Final in Saudi Arabia in two months.

Emmelie and the 11-year-old KWPN stallion scored 81.565% for the win in the musical performance and boosted the rider’s standing in the Western European League to 39 points with two more qualifiers to go.

Sweden’s Patrik Kittel on Forever Young HRH, 12-year-old Westfalen mare, was runner-up on 81.145% and remains atop the Western European standings. He is certain to be invited to the Riyadh Final that would be his ninth in the annual championship based on the Freestyle

Matthias Alexander Rath of Germany on the 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion Destacado FRH was third on 80.425% and likely to be offered a start in what would be his second Final.

The next qualifier is in Gothenburg, Sweden later this week.

Results:

World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Emmelie Scholtens (NED)
Indian Rock
81.565%82.90081.62580.60082.22580.475
2.
Patrik Kittel (SWE)
Forever Young HRH
81.145%82.77581.05080.02581.17580.700
3.
Matthias Alexander Rath (GER)
Destacado FRH
80.425%80.20080.75080.22580.30080.650
4.
Bianca Nowag-Aulenbrock (GER)
Florine OLD
79.225%79.37578.00079.00079.60080.150
5.
Raphael Netz (GER)
Great Escape Camelot
78.040%80.15077.47578.15076.42578.000
6.
Larissa Pauluis (BEL)
Flambeau
77.435%76.60076.87578.87578.15076.675
7.
Marieke van der Putten (NED)
Torveslettens Titanium RS2 N.O.P.
76.730%77.65077.35075.62578.07574.950
8.
Ingrid Klimke (GER)
First Class 92
76.655%76.77576.12577.42576.97575.775
9.
Charlotte Defalque (BEL)
Botticelli
76.395%75.62577.52576.32576.25076.250
10.
Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier (GER)
Valesco 50
76.270%76.25076.42575.30076.17577.200
11.
Borja Carrascosa (ESP)
Sir Hubert NRW
75.785%77.37575.05077.80074.30074.400
12.
Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN)
Favour Gersdorf
75.545%75.45075.15075.17576.27575.675
13.
Katharina Haas (AUT)
Let It Be NRW
73.930%74.15072.82574.17573.10075.400
14.
Antonia von Dungern (GER)
DSP Queen Rubin
73.660%74.45073.97574.30070.55075.025
RT
Laurence Ross (BEL)
Fil Rouge
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