MOTESICE, Slovakia, Mar, 7, 2026–Sandra Sysojeva on the 10-year-old Maxima Bella won the World Cup qualifying Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday, the last event in the 2025 European Central League to assure an invitation to the championship Final.
Sandra who rides for Poland and the Oldenburg mare scored 82.400% to put the pair at the top in Central Europe and to earn an invite to Fort Worth, Texas in a month.
The duo competed in last year’s Final in Switzerland as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics and the European Championships last year.
Morgan Barbançon of France may have also increased her chances of being one of nine Western Europeans to be invited with a score of 75.035% to be the top-placed WEL combination on the 20-year-old stallion Sir Donnerhall II. She gets half points as her second qualifier outside the WEL circuit but it may be enough to earn her an invitation to her fifth Final on her Tokyo Olympic mount.
Western Europe’s last qualifier is scheduled for next week as is that for North America.
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