NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 15, 2025–Isabel Freese of Norway, seeking to earn a start in the World Cup Final, rode the Totilas son Total Hope OLD to victory in the CDI-W Grand Prix Saturday.
Isabel, based in Germany, and the 13-year-old Oldenburg stallion that competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, scored 75.739% for the win.
The Freestyle is scheduled for Sunday when Isabel hopes to earn enough points to boost her chances of earning a start in the championship in Basel, Switzerland the first week of April.
Denmark’s Nanna Skodborg Merrald, in a similar position of needing more points in the Western European League to make the Final, was runner-up on 74.761% on her Olympic mount Blue Hors Zepter, 17-year-old Oldenburg gelding.
Raphael Netz of Germany and the 14-year-old KWPN gelding Great Escape Camelot placed third on 73.217%.
After the Freestyle in Neumünster Sunday, only two qualifiers remain for Western Europe which is led by Isabell Werth, world No. 1 and five-time World Cup champion.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Isabel Freese (NOR)
Total Hope OLD
|
75.739% | 74.239 | 76.196 | 76.630 | 75.652 | 75.978 |
| 2. |
Nanna Skodborg Merrald (DEN)
Blue Hors Zepter
|
74.761% | 72.935 | 75.435 | 74.239 | 75.870 | 75.326 |
| 3. |
Raphael Netz (GER)
Great Escape Camelot
|
73.217% | 73.804 | 71.196 | 73.370 | 75.000 | 72.717 |
| 4. |
Larissa Pauluis (BEL)
Flambeau
|
73.152% | 72.609 | 73.587 | 72.717 | 72.826 | 74.022 |
| 5. |
Corentin Pottier (FRA)
Gotilas du Feuillard
|
72.870% | 72.609 | 72.500 | 73.043 | 74.239 | 71.957 |
| 6. |
Ingrid Klimke (GER)
First Class 92
|
71.652% | 72.391 | 71.739 | 70.870 | 72.391 | 70.870 |
| 7. |
Dr. Svenja Kämper-Meyer (GER)
Amanyara M FRH
|
71.000% | 71.848 | 71.413 | 70.217 | 70.435 | 71.087 |
| 8. |
Marieke van der Putten (NED)
Torveslettens Titanium RS2 N.O.P.
|
70.130% | 70.652 | 69.783 | 69.348 | 70.326 | 70.543 |
| 9. |
Carina Scholz (GER)
Soiree d’ Amour OLD
|
69.630% | 68.478 | 67.935 | 70.978 | 70.326 | 70.435 |
| 10. |
Camille Judet Chéret (FRA)
Herelja Higgins
|
69.500% | 71.304 | 67.717 | 70.000 | 68.804 | 69.674 |
| 11. |
Charlotte Defalque (BEL)
Botticelli
|
68.391% | 69.022 | 67.283 | 68.152 | 68.478 | 69.022 |
| 11. |
Bettina Kendlbacher (AUT)
Broadmoars Don Alfredo AWO
|
68.391% | 69.022 | 68.478 | 67.935 | 67.826 | 68.696 |
| 13. |
Renderson Silva de Oliveira (BRA)
Fogoso Campline
|
67.000% | 66.957 | 67.174 | 67.283 | 66.630 | 66.957 |
| 14. |
Geert-Jan Raateland (NED)
Gladiator
|
66.587% | 68.261 | 64.783 | 65.543 | 66.957 | 67.391 |
| 15. |
Katharina Haas (AUT)
Let It Be NRW
|
65.848% | 66.413 | 65.543 | 66.087 | 66.196 | 65.000 |
| 16. |
Floor van Kempen (NED)
Geronimo
|
65.522% | 66.848 | 64.022 | 64.674 | 65.435 | 66.630 |
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