Denmark’s Anna Zibrandtsen on Quel Filou Clear Winner of Aarhus CDI4* Grand Prix, Pair’s First Big Tour Victory in Almost 2 1/2 Years

AARHUS, Denmark, Dec. 5, 2025–Anna Zibrandtsen on Quel Filou was the clear winner of the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday for the pair’s first Big Tour victory in almost 2 1/2 years.

The Danish rider and the 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding scored 72.565%. Quel Filou ridden by Sascha Schulz of Luxembourg was reserve champion in the world five-year-old championships, and took bronze a year later with Spain’s Severo Jurado Lopez in the saddle.

Fellow Dane Aexander Yde Helgstrand on Inspiration PF, 12-year-old KWPN gelding, was runner up on 69.609%.

Helen Langehanenberg, German Olympic and World Equestrian Games medalist and World Cup champion on Damon Hill more than a decade go, placed third on the 12-year-old Hanoverian mare Daniela on 69.174%.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix

			Place Dressage Rider/Horse E Susanne Baarup H Magnus Ringmark C Alban Tissot M Maria Colliander B Christine Prip Total 1 DEN Anna Zibrandtsen/Quel Filou 71.630 72.500 72.500 73.696 72.500 72.565 2 DEN   Alexander Yde Helgstrand/Inspiration PF 70.543 71.957 67.717 68.696 69.130 69.609 3 GER   Helen Langehanenberg/Daniela 69.239 70.978 67.391 69.130 69.130 69.174 r 4 DEN Karoline Rohmann/Jakas Don Louvre 68.587 69.783 68.261 67.717 69.674 68.804 5 GER Juliane Brunkhorst/Fuerst Enno 67.065 71.413 66.087 67.174 66.630 67.674 6 GBR Annabella Pidgley/Vamos Amigos 68.913 68.587 67.826 64.783 66.196 67.261 7 DEN Joachim Thomsen/Vichy Pax 67.391 68.370 65.326 65.761 67.174 66.804 8 SWE Jacob Noerby Soerensen/Sheeran 64.674 68.478 64.457 66.739 65.435 65.957 9 SWE   Beata Söderberg/Talento 4 65.326 64.457 66.087 66.522 65.870 65.652 10 SWE Mads Hendeliowitz/Autograf Q 63.587 67.717 64.457 64.783 64.022 64.913 11 GER Cosima Von Fircks/Nymphenburgs Finest Ampere 63.587 66.196 64.783 64.457 63.913 64.587 12 DEN   Julie Dyrgaard/Ryvangs Damon Dione 64.783 64.891 62.935 63.913 64.565 64.217