Germany’s Helen Erbe Rides Carlos FRH to Victory in Donaueshingen CDI4* Grand Prix

DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany, Sept. 12, 2024–Germany’s Helen Erbe rode Carlos FRH to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Thursday, a fraction of a point ahead of Helen Langehanenberg on Facilone FRH.

Helen Erbe and the 17-year-old Carlos, a Rhinelander gelding scored 71.196% for the second Big Tour win this year. The partnership earned Freestyle gold at the 2023 European Under-25 Championships and silver at this year’s U-25 championships,

Helen Langehanenberg and the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding that she has been competing at CDI for four months was runner-up on 71.130%.

Dorothee Schneider and Dayman, 12-year-old Westfalen gelding, placed third on 69.609%.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix Qual. for GP Special
1.	253	Carlos FRH	Helen Erbe	GER		2.000,00 EUR	72.283 %	72.500 %	72.065 %	70.217 %	68.913 %	71.196 %
	DB / 17y. / RHEIN / Carabas / Weltmeyer / 104TP63 / Owner: Familie Erbe / Breeder: Reinartz,Franz						332.5	333.5	331.5	323	317	1637.5 Points
							1.	2.	1.	2.	4.
2.	261	Facilone FRH	Helen Langehanenberg	GER		1.600,00 EUR	70.652 %	73.043 %	71.957 %	70.543 %	69.457 %	71.130 %
	B / 12y. / HANN / Fürstenball / De Niro / 105ZD51 / Owner: Familie Ahorner / Breeder: Lindwehr,Günter						325	336	331	324.5	319.5	1636 Points
							2.	1.	2.	1.	1.
3.	266	Dayman	Dorothee Schneider	GER		1.200,00 EUR	69.457 %	70.000 %	71.304 %	67.826 %	69.457 %	69.609 %
	B / 12y. / WESTF / Daily Deal / Flovino / 106YU10 / Owner: Lian-United GmbH / Breeder: Gerland,Hermann						319.5	322	328	312	319.5	1601 Points
							4.	3.	3.	7.	1.
4.	265	Springbank II VH	Yara Reichert	GER		1.000,00 EUR	70.435 %	69.674 %	70.000 %	68.587 %	67.500 %	69.239 %
	F / 10y. / SWB / Skovens Rafael / De Niro / 106OE31 / Owner: Gut Erlbach GmbH / Breeder: Västra Hoby Stuteri AB						324	320.5	322	315.5	310.5	1592.5 Points
							3.	4.	4.	5.	6.
5.	264	Dahoud 3	Diana Porsche	AUT		800,00 EUR	68.152 %	67.609 %	69.783 %	68.043 %	69.348 %	68.587 %
	B / 10y. / HANN / Desiderio / Weltmeyer / 107EA15 / Owner: Diana Porsche / Breeder: Klaus Michaelis						313.5	311	321	313	319	1577.5 Points
							5.	7.	5.	6.	3.
6.	263	Gut Wettlkam’s D’avie FRH	Lisa Müller	GER		600,00 EUR	68.043 %	67.065 %	69.565 %	68.696 %	68.587 %	68.391 %
	F / 12y. / HANN / Don Juan de Hus / Londonderry / 105SA75 / Owner: Lisa & Thomas Müller / Breeder: Heitmüller,Dorothee						313	308.5	320	316	315.5	1573 Points
							6.	8.	6.	3.	5.
7.	273	Zardetto M	Max Wadenspanner	GER		400,00 EUR	66.848 %	68.913 %	69.348 %	68.696 %	66.957 %	68.152 %
	B / 15y. / DWB / Blue Hors Zack / Romanov Blue Hors / 104WB55 / Owner: Marburg,Yeliz / Breeder: Hesteavler/Henrik Hansen						307.5	317	319	316	308	1567.5 Points
							7.	5.	7.	3.	8.
8.	256	Let It Be NRW	Katharina Haas	AUT		400,00 EUR	65.978 %	68.261 %	67.826 %	66.522 %	67.391 %	67.196 %
	B / 14y. / S / WESTF / Lissaro van de Helle / Florestan I / 105ZM31 / Owner: Katharina HAAS / Breeder: Herbert Laumann						303.5	314	312	306	310	1545.5 Points
							8.	6.	8.	8.	7.
Other, non-placed competitors
9.	270	Fibonacci	Andrina Suter	SUI			64.239 %	65.109 %	65.652 %	64.348 %	62.717 %	64.413 %
	B / 14y. / WESTF / Flanagan / Worldman / 106WY09 / Owner: Robert Lualdi / Breeder: Friedrich-Wilhelm Kahlert						295.5	299.5	302	296	288.5	1481.5 Points
							9.	9.	9.	9.	9.