Dinja van Liere on Hermes Lead Netherlands to CDIO5* Nations Cup Victory in Country’s Final Selection Event for Paris Olympics
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By KENNETH J. BRADDICK
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 20, 2024–Dinja van Liere on Hermes led the Netherlands to victory in the CDIO5* Nations Cup Thursday in the country’s final selection event for the Paris Olympics while the team for runner-up Denmark won’t be announced until after Aachen, Germany the first week of July.
Third place Germany was led by Wendy de Fontaine ridden by Isabell Werth to place second individually behind Dinja and Hermes. This was the first competition for Wendy since an injury kept him out of the German championships but now has a chance of competing at Aachen. If the pair are successful, Paris would be the seventh Olympics for the most successful equestrian in history.
The United States finished in eighth and last place with a team of three including two combinations on the Olympic short list both of whom were outscored by Kevin Kohmann on Dünensee who was not on the squad.
The results for the team competition: 1. Netherlands 222.392; 2. Denmark 220.349; 3. Germany 219.435; 4. Belgium 216.869; 5. Sweden 216.674; 6. France 215.348; 7. Great Britain 205.305, and 8. USA 194.848.
Dinja posted the individual top score of 77.891%–a few hours after winning a national Grand Prix on Hartsuijker that was also closely watched by the Dutch selectors.
For Dinja making the Paris Olympic squad will be some compensation for screwed up ownership registration of Hermes that kept her out of the Tokyo Games three years ago after she and Hermes had been selected by the Dutch federation.
The Dutch team also included Edward Gal on Glock’s Total US who placed ninth individually on 73.196% in only his second competition since the Tokyo Olympics. Emmelie Scholtens on Indian Rock with 71.305% was the third combination whose score counted for Holland.
Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Vayron was the highest placed for Denmark at 75.457%. With Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Blue Hors Don Olymbrio at 73.631% Denmark appeared within reach of Holland.
However, Carina Cassøe Krüth on Heiline’s Danciera made several uncharacteristic mistakes that resulted in a score of 67.674% and was discarded from the team’s total.
Isabell Werth’s result of 76.935% on Wendy, a horse she has been riding since Andreas Helgstrand was suspended from competing last year, boosted Germany to the bronze medal.
Six of the American combinations on the short list are scheduled to compete at Kronberg, Germany with the CDI4* Grand Prix scheduled for Friday. Steffen Peters on Suppenkasper was leading the qualifying and excused from the shows this weekend that makes the duo a virtual certainty for the U.S. Paris squad of four–three for the team and one reserve–to be announced by the end of day next Tuesday.
The results for the U.S. were surprising inasmuch as Ashley Holzer and Hansel performed well at both TerraNova in Florida last month and the head-to-head competition at Hagen, Germany just days ago that led to her being elevated to the short list.
However, as Ashley explained to dressage-news.com, she and Hansel followed Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Don Olymbrio whose result of 73.631% put the pair at the top of the leaderboard at the time sparking loud sustained applause from spectators.
Ashley said she did not want to take Hansel into the noisy stadium but by the time the applause died down she did not have enough time to ride around the arena before the 45 seconds clock was close to running out so the duo went in unprepared.
There were numerous mistakes that Ashley, a four-time Olympian for Canada before switching to ride for the USA in 2017, and Hansel ended with a score of 59.044%.
Kevin Kohmann, who competed in the World Cup Final in April, rode after Ashley for a score of 67.956%.
Katherine Bateson Chandler on Haute Couture was the last in the class of 30 combinations and were awarded 67.848%.
Results:
Grand Prix Dressage Nations Cup of The Netherlands
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Dinja Van Liere (NED)
Hermès N.O.P.
|
77.891% | 78.043 | 78.587 | 78.478 | 76.087 | 78.261 |
| 2. |
Isabell Werth (GER)
Wendy de Fontaine
|
76.935% | 77.717 | 77.717 | 75.978 | 75.870 | 77.391 |
| 3. |
Daniel Bachmann Andersen (DEN)
Vayron
|
75.457% | 75.761 | 75.870 | 76.304 | 74.674 | 74.674 |
| 4. |
Patrik Kittel (SWE)
Touchdown
|
74.761% | 74.022 | 75.543 | 74.783 | 74.565 | 74.891 |
| 5. |
Corentin Pottier (FRA)
Gotilas du Feuillard
|
73.674% | 74.022 | 73.478 | 73.370 | 73.913 | 73.587 |
| 6. |
Nanna Skodborg Merrald (DEN)
Blue Hors Don Olymbrio
|
73.631% | 72.500 | 72.500 | 76.196 | 73.370 | 73.587 |
| 7. |
Becky Moody (GBR)
Jagerbomb
|
73.609% | 74.239 | 74.674 | 73.478 | 73.804 | 71.848 |
| 8. |
Larissa Pauluis (BEL)
Flambeau
|
73.413% | 73.152 | 72.935 | 73.804 | 74.457 | 72.717 |
| 9. |
Edward Gal (NED)
Glock’s Total US
|
73.196% | 70.761 | 75.000 | 73.370 | 73.696 | 73.152 |
| 10. |
Flore De Winne (BEL)
Flynn FRH
|
72.913% | 72.609 | 73.478 | 72.717 | 72.391 | 73.370 |
| 11. |
Pauline Basquin (FRA)
Sertorius de Rima Z IFCE
|
72.304% | 74.348 | 71.848 | 72.500 | 71.630 | 71.196 |
| 12. |
Carina Scholz (GER)
Tarantino 5
|
71.804% | 71.739 | 70.652 | 73.587 | 72.717 | 70.326 |
| 13. |
Emmelie Scholtens (NED)
Indian Rock
|
71.305% | 69.022 | 71.957 | 71.957 | 70.978 | 72.609 |
| 14. |
Lone Bang Zindorff (DEN)
Thranegaardens Rostov
|
71.261% | 69.565 | 71.630 | 70.870 | 73.043 | 71.196 |
| 15. |
Maria von Essen (SWE)
Invoice
|
71.000% | 70.543 | 70.978 | 70.000 | 72.717 | 70.761 |
| 16. |
Juliette Ramel (SWE)
Buriel K.H.
|
70.913% | 71.848 | 70.543 | 72.065 | 69.348 | 70.761 |
| 17. |
Bianca Nowag-Aulenbrock (GER)
Queolito
|
70.696% | 70.435 | 70.870 | 68.696 | 72.717 | 70.761 |
| 18. |
Domien Michiels (BEL)
Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof
|
70.543% | 69.239 | 70.326 | 70.652 | 72.174 | 70.326 |
| 19. |
Marlies van Baalen (NED)
Habibi DVB N.O.P.
|
70.435% | 71.413 | 71.087 | 71.087 | 67.826 | 70.761 |
| 20. |
Therese Nilshagen (SWE)
Dante Weltino OLD
|
69.935% | 67.935 | 70.217 | 70.652 | 70.870 | 70.000 |
| 21. |
Charlotte Defalque (BEL)
Botticelli
|
69.826% | 69.457 | 70.109 | 69.457 | 70.761 | 69.348 |
| 22. |
Alexandre Ayache (FRA)
Jolene
|
69.370% | 69.022 | 69.674 | 69.891 | 69.239 | 69.022 |
| 23. |
Kevin Kohmann (USA)
Duenensee
|
67.956% | 68.043 | 67.065 | 69.239 | 67.609 | 67.826 |
| 24. |
Katherine Bateson Chandler (USA)
Haute Couture
|
67.848% | 66.739 | 66.196 | 69.239 | 68.587 | 68.478 |
| 25. |
Arnaud Serre (FRA)
James Bond de Massa
|
67.761% | 69.239 | 66.848 | 67.283 | 67.826 | 67.609 |
| 26. |
Carina Cassøe Krüth (DEN)
Heiline’s Danciera
|
67.674% | 67.391 | 68.696 | 67.283 | 67.391 | 67.609 |
| 27. |
Lewis Carrier (GBR)
Diego V
|
67.022% | 66.522 | 67.283 | 68.152 | 66.957 | 66.196 |
| 28. |
Richard White (GBR)
Heroi Do Seixo
|
64.674% | 62.935 | 64.348 | 66.304 | 65.109 | 64.674 |
| 29. |
Ingrid Klimke (GER)
SAP Freudentaenzer
|
64.631% | 64.891 | 65.870 | 64.783 | 65.326 | 62.283 |
| 30. |
Ashley Holzer (USA)
Hansel
|
59.044% | 58.261 | 58.696 | 60.870 | 59.674 | 57.717 |
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