Germany’s Christoph Koschel & Destare Win Lövsta Future Challenge Int. II, Australia’s Kelly Layne & Living Diamond Also Qualifies for Final

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Christoph Koschel on Destare in the Lövsta Future Challenge Int. II at the Global Dressage Festival. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 23, 2024–Germany’s Christoph Koschel on Destare won the Lövsta Future Challenge Intermediate II Saturday and Australia’s Kelly Layne runner-up on Living Diamond also qualified for the Global Dressage Festival winter-ending Final.

Christoph based in Hagen, Germany but who spends winters in Wellington and the nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Danciano x Fürst Romancier) scored 70.088% for the win.

Kelly Layne, based in Wellington, and the nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Livaldon x Fürst Rousseau) scored for runner-up 69.294%.

Kelly Layne and Living Diamond. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

The top two places in each competition qualify for the final of the series.

Results:

Lövsta Future Challenge Intermediate II
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Christoph Koschel (GER)
Destare
70.088%67.50070.88272.35370.00069.706
2.
Kelly Layne (AUS)
Living Diamond
69.294%69.85371.02970.00067.05968.529
3.
Allison Nemeth (USA)
Leviathan
69.206%69.55969.85368.38269.85368.382
4.
Beatrice Marienau (USA)
Issey
68.824%67.05970.73569.70667.20669.412
5.
Sylvia Gugler (USA)
Vulkano 14
67.029%66.02967.35367.79466.47167.500
6.
Anna Merritt (USA)
Fox Creek’s Censational
66.088%65.58869.11863.23564.41268.088
7.
Suzie Halle (USA)
Sunday Serenade
61.941%62.11862.41263.58858.88262.706
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