Belgium’s Larissa Pauluis on Flambeau First to Go in Basel World Cup Grand Prix Friday

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Isabell Werth at the draw for order of go at the World Cup Final in Basel, Switzerland. This was Isabell’s 26th Final of the annual championship. © 2025 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

BASEL, Switzerland, April 2, 2025–Belgium’s Larissa Pauluis on Flambeau will be first to  go in the dressage World Cup Grand Prix Friday, beginning at 13:30 Central European time/7:30 am US Eastern.

Charlotte Fry of Great Britain on her world champion and Olympic mount Glamourdale, is scheduled to start 12th in the field.

Patrik Kittel of Sweden on Forever Young HRH, defending champion having won on Touchdown in Saudi Arabia in 2024, goes immediately after.

Isabell Werth, 55, of Germany, the most decorated equestrian in Olympic history with eight gold and six silver medals at seven Games from 1992 to 2024, and ranked sixth all-time at both summer and winter Games, is listed in 16th place.

Of the three Americans, the top ranked Adrienne Lyle of Wellington, Florida on Helix, that she competed in Paris last summer for the rider’s third Olympics, is 5th to go. This is her second World Cup Final, the first in 2019.

Genay Vaughn of Elk Grove, California on Gino, for the rider’s first world championship is 6th in the starting lineup.

Kevin Kohmann on Dünensee, the duo having competed in their first World Cup in Saudi Arabia last year, will start in ninth place.

Withdrawing from the Final was Renderson Silva De Oliveira of Brazil on Fogoso Campline.

Order of go for the Grand Prix Friday:

13:30 CET/7:30am US ET

1. Larissa Pauluis Belgium Flambeau 15-year-old KWPN gelding

2. Carina Scholz Germany Soiree d’ Amour, 16-year-old Oldenburg mare

3. Isabel Freese Norway Total Hope, 13-year-old Oldenburg stallion

4. Borja Carrascosa Spain Sir Hubert, 12-year-old Westfalen gelding

5. Adrienne Lyle USA Helix, 13-year-old KWPN gelding

6. Genay Vaughn USA Gino 14-year-old KWPN gelding

7. Pauline Basquin France Sertorius de Rima Z IFCE, 15-year-old Zangersheide gelding

8. Anikó Komjáthy-Losonczy Hungary Dior S, 17-year-old KWPN gelding

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15:01 CET/9:01am

9. Kevin Kohmann USA Duenensee, 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding

10.Mary Hanna Australia Ivanhoe, 12-year-old KWPN gelding

11. Jessica Neuhauser Switzerland Rockson, 14-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion

12. Charlotte Fry Great Britain Glamourdale, 14-year-old KWPN stallion

13. Patrik Kittel Sweden Forever Young HRH, 13-year-old Westfalen mare

14. Bianca Nowag-Aulenbrock Germany Florine OLD, 13-year-old Oldenburg mare

15. Sandra Sysojeva Poland Maxima Bella 9-year-old Oldenburg mare

16. Isabell Werth Germany DSP Quantaz, 15-year-old German Sport Horse gelding

17. Corentin Pottier France Gotilas du Feuillard, 14-year-old KWPN gelding