Maria von Essen & Invoice Post Personal Best to Capture CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle for Double Victory at Stockholm

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Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén of Sweden on Hyatt at Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30, 2025–Maria von Essen and Invoice posted a personal best to capture the CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday for a double victory at Stockholm.

Maria and the 13-year-old gelding were the unanimous choice of the five-judge panel for first place on a score of 82.550%. The pair were on Sweden’s European Championship team two months ago and won the Grand Prix here Saturday..

Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, a seven-time Olympian for Sweden, was runner-up on the 13-year-old mare Hyatt with 79.070%, also a personal best.

Tinne first competed Hyatt at international medium tour at Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival in 2023 and competed the horse in the subsequent two years at Grand Prix in Wellington with three victories in four CDI starts last winter. The duo was on the team with Maria and Invoice at the Europeans in summer.

Sofie Lexner on Inoraline W, 12-year-old mare, placed third on 77.410% to complete a Swedish podium.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle

1) Maria Von Essen, SWE – Invoice 82.550
2) Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, SWE – Hyatt 79.070
3) Sofie Lexner, SWE – Inoraline W 77.410
4) Sara Aagaard Hyrm, DEN – Atterupgaards Cooper 77.280
5) Lyndal Oatley, AUS – Forever Young Hrh 75.515
6) Caroline Darcourt, SWE – Lord Django 75.135
7) Rikke Dupont, DEN – Grand Galiano 74.480
8) Jeanna Högberg, SWE – Hillstone 69.505