America’s Benjamin Ebeling & Bellena Win Achleiten CDI4* Freestyle on 2nd Straight Personal Best
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ACHLEITEN, Austria, July 26, 2025–Benjamin Ebeling and Bellena won the CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday, the American combination posting a personal best score for the second day in a row.
Benjamin and the 15-year-old Hanoverian mare scored 76.615% for the musical performance a day after winning the Grand Prix with a personal best.
The 25-year-old rider based in Wellington, Florida took over the ride on Bellena from his father at the beginning of this year. He competed on the U.S. Nations Cup team at Aachen, Germany at the beginning of this month.
America’s Erin Nichols of Yorba Linda, California on the 16-year-old Elian Royale placed fifth on 71.305%.
Victoria Max-Theurer on her 10-year-old Portuguese Sport Horse gelding L’Espoir won the CDI3* Grand Prix on 69.609%.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Benjamin Ebeling (USA) Bellena | 76.615% | 76.625 | 76.950 | 77.500 | 77.000 | 75.000 |
| 2. | Laura Strobel (GER) Valparaiso NRW | 72.680% | 72.625 | 73.550 | 70.100 | 74.875 | 72.250 |
| 3. | Máté Garai (HUN) Vitus 95 | 72.260% | 72.250 | 75.075 | 69.350 | 72.875 | 71.750 |
| 4. | Katarzyna Milczarek (POL) Guapo | 71.905% | 68.000 | 73.025 | 72.875 | 74.250 | 71.375 |
| 5. | Erin Nichols (USA) Elian Royale | 71.305% | 72.100 | 70.875 | 73.300 | 69.250 | 71.000 |
| 6. | Isabel Cool (BEL) Herr Charmeur Coolhorses | 70.480% | 70.450 | 70.675 | 70.650 | 71.750 | 68.875 |
| 7. | Leonie Krull (GER) All We Need | 70.375% | 68.625 | 70.625 | 76.000 | 69.000 | 67.625 |
| 8. | Mathilde Koefoed-Nielsen (DEN) Odin Unik | 70.140% | 69.500 | 70.000 | 72.575 | 70.250 | 68.375 |
| 9. | Anna Magdalena Scheßl (GER) DSP Dubary | 69.755% | 66.000 | 69.425 | 69.350 | 72.750 | 71.250 |
| 10. | Kristin Biermann (GER) Queensland 20 | 69.270% | 67.675 | 69.575 | 70.600 | 68.625 | 69.875 |
| 11. | Aleksandra Poplawska-Slazak (POL) Sambalito | 68.780% | 69.125 | 69.825 | 69.700 | 67.500 | 67.750 |
| 12. | Suphakamol Vuntanadit (THA) Dreamboat BCN | 65.540% | 62.400 | 66.675 | 68.125 | 67.500 | 63.000 |
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| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Victoria Max-Theurer (AUT) L’Espoir | 69.609% | 69.891 | 70.000 | 70.217 | 69.239 | 68.696 |
| 2. | Isabell Werth (GER) Zeffirelli MT | 66.218% | 64.783 | 67.174 | 68.370 | 65.435 | 65.326 |
| 3. | Juliane Jerich (AUT) Quater Girl | 65.000% | 64.130 | 68.152 | 65.109 | 64.457 | 63.152 |
| 4. | James Connor (IRL) Vanotti | 64.435% | 64.022 | 65.870 | 64.674 | 64.130 | 63.478 |
| 5. | Suphajit Vuntanadit (THA) Wall Street JV | 63.435% | 63.261 | 63.913 | 66.522 | 63.261 | 60.217 |
| 6. | Barbara Bertschinger (SUI) Sonnenbergs Solisco CH | 63.326% | 63.478 | 63.152 | 64.348 | 62.826 | 62.826 |
| 7. | Alina Kaltstein (GER) United Europ | 62.152% | 62.717 | 62.065 | 59.348 | 61.196 | 65.435 |
| 8. | Suphakamol Vuntanadit (THA) Quadroneur | 60.587% | 57.826 | 58.587 | 61.522 | 62.391 | 62.609 |
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