USA’s Marcus Orlob Rides Jane 2nd to Isabell Werth on Special Blend at German National Grand Prix

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Marcus Orlob and Jane. File photo. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

HAMMINKEIN, Germany, May 25, 2024–Marcus Orlob rode Jane to second place to Isabell Werth on Special Blend in a national Grand Prix Saturday, the rider’s first ever Grand Prix outside the United States.

Marcus based in Loxahatchee, Florida and in Germany on the United States’ Olympic short list squad was awarded 73.267% by the four-judge panel on the 10-year-old KWPN mare owned by Alice Tarjan.

Isabell and Special Blend, a nine-year-old Oldenburg stallion, scored 74.633% for the win.

The German-born Marcus said he was thrilled to be competing along with his boyhood idols–Germans Isabell Werth and Nadine Capellmann who placed fourth on Waitoni on 69.467%.

Results:

Grand Prix
RankCompetitorScoreEHCM
1.
Isabell Werth (GER)
Special Blend 3
74.633%74.70074.10075.100
2.
Marcus Orlob (USA)
FN Unbekanntes Pferd
73.267%73.00073.60073.200
3.
Heiner Schiergen (GER)
Semias
71.033%69.20072.10071.800
4.
Nadine Capellmann (GER)
Waitoni
69.467%67.50069.90071.000
5.
Verena Münker (GER)
Dschibuti 3
69.000%66.50069.60070.900
6.
Victoria Marie Schönhofen (GER)
Zack Zack VS
67.233%66.20067.40068.100
7.
Victoria Marie Schönhofen (GER)
Shy Boy
66.133%63.30066.50068.600
8.
Franziska Linden (GER)
Don Diamond 9
65.467%63.60066.40066.400
9.
Claudia Weskamp-Effertz (GER)
Sir Sasse
64.467%62.10065.70065.600
10.
Luisa Gatzke (GER)
Charming 42
64.267%62.10064.80065.900
11.
Elizabeth Fincke-Koch (SUI)
Genuine
58.000%58.20058.30057.500
RT
Cornelia Dyhr (GER)
Summerville
retired
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