Isabell & El Santo Win NEUMÜNSTER World Cup Grand Prix

NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 18–Germany’s Isabell Werth and El Santo NRW won the Grand Prix Saturday as the German rider seeks to qualify a second horse for the World Cup Final in April.

Isabell and the 11-yar-old Rhinelander gelding (Ehrentusch x Rythme x Rythmus) scored 77.213 per cent with fellow German Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill NRW second on 75.830 per cent and Denmark’s Lone Jörgensen in third place on 71.021 per cent.

Heading into Sunday’s freestyle in the eighth of nine qualifying competitions in the Western European League–the last one will be in Gothenborg, Sweden , next week–Isabell is in fourth place in the standings.

She and El Santo have results from Amsterdam under their belt while she has ridden the rquired two competitions with Warum Nicht FRH, her 2007 World Cup champion mount, and one with Don Johnson, a third Grand Prix horse she rides for Madeleine Winter-Schutze.

Australia’s Hayley Berseford, the sole non-European in the class, placed 11th Belissimo on 67.298 per cent. This was only the second CDI competition for Hayley and the 13-year-old Rhinelander stallion whom she is campaigning for a place on the Australian team at the London Olympics this summer.

Saturday’s Grand Prix results:

# rider no horse EUR E H C M B Total  placed riders  1 Isabell Werth RFV Graf v.Schmettow Eversael e.V.   176 El Santo NRW G / Rhld / B / 2001 / Ehrentusch / Rhythmus / GER44504 / B: Winter-Schulze,Madeleine  / Z: ZG Horn,Dieter u.Christel 2.700,00 EUR  74,787% 351.500 (2)  74,574% 350.500 (1)  80,213% 377 (1)  78,511% 369 (1)  77,979% 366.500 (1)  77.213% 1814.5  2 Helen Langehanenberg RV St.Georg Münster e.V.   445 Damon Hill NRW S / Westf / Df / 2000 / Donnerhall 11 / Rubinstein 4 / GER26971 / B: Becks, Christian  / Z: Sauer, Heinrich 2.000,00 EUR  75,000% 352.500 (1)  72,979% 343 (2)  77,872% 366 (2)  76,064% 357.500 (2)  77,234% 363 (2)  75.830% 1782  3 Lone Jörgensen RFV Münchingen e.V.   188 FBW De Vito G / Württ / B / 2002 / De Niro / Disco-Stern / 102MU68 / B: Jörgensen,Monica  / Z: Ruetz,Elisabeth 1.350,00 EUR  70,106% 329.500 (6)  69,894% 328.500 (3)  72,766% 342 (3)  71,383% 335.500 (3)  70,957% 333.500 (4)  71.021% 1669  4 Dorothee Schneider Frankf.Turnierst.Schw.Gelb e.V   166 Diva Royal M / Hann / Schwb / 2002 / Don Frederico / Warkant / GER45474 / B: Roth,Katharina  / Z: Braul,Heinz 900,00 EUR  70,426% 331 (5)  68,617% 322.500 (5)  72,340% 340 (4)  68,723% 323 (8)  72,021% 338.500 (3)  70.426% 1655  5 Uta Gräf RFV Weisenheim am Sand e.V.   246 Le Noir 35 S / Holst / R / 2000 / Leandro / Caletto I / GER46057 / B: Herzog,Christiane  / Z: Groß-Seibel,Carola 850,00 EUR  69,681% 327.500 (8)  68,191% 320.500 (7)  71,702% 337 (5)  70,319% 330.500 (4)  70,957% 333.500 (4)  70.170% 1649  6 Cathrine Rasmussen   190 Fernandez 12 G / Westf / F / 2000 / Florestan I / Weinberg / 103CD53 / B: Grewe,Stephan  / Z: Hobitz,Sandra 800,00 EUR  70,851% 333 (3)  68,511% 322 (6)  70,106% 329.500 (6)  70,106% 329.500 (5)  70,213% 330 (6)  69.957% 1644  7 Claudia Fassaert   172 Donnerfee 58 M / Old / Db / 2000 / De Niro / Rosenkavalier / BEL41868 / B: Hooghe-Verhoeven,Dirk  / Z: Hooghe-Verhoeven,Dirk 750,00 EUR  69,787% 328 (7)  69,149% 325 (4)  69,787% 328 (7)  68,085% 320 (10)  69,787% 328 (7)  69.319% 1629  8 Renate Voglsang   183 Fabriano 58 S / Westf / B / 1999 / Florestan I / Angelo xx / GER42005 / B: Voglsang,Renate  / Z: Schönleitner,Michael 650,00 EUR  70,851% 333 (3)  65,745% 309 (12)  69,362% 326 (9)  68,936% 324 (7)  69,681% 327.500 (8)  68.915% 1619.5 Total = 10.000,00 EUR  not placed competitors  9 Terhi Stegars Club Hippique Beaufort   021 Axis TSF S / Trak. / R / 1999 / Sixtus / Angard / GER44244 / B: Sian Reade Bluw.Trak.Low.Lidham Hil  / Z: Hartmann,Ewald  68,936% 324 (9)  65,532% 308 (13)  69,574% 327 (8)  68,298% 321 (9)  68,830% 323.500 (9)  68.234% 1603.5  10 Mikaela Lindh   360 Skovlunds Mas Guapo G / DK / R / 1998 / / DEN40427 / B: Dressurstald Solyst,  68,298% 321 (10)  66,915% 314.500 (8)  68,191% 320.500 (10)  66,170% 311 (12)  68,723% 323 (10)  67.660% 1590  11 Hayley Beresford RFV Vellinghausen e.V.   026 Belissimo NRW S / Rhld / F / 1999 / Beltain / Romadour II / GER25069 / B: Zucht-u.Sportpferde Schmidt GmbH,  / Z: Niesar,Dieter  67,447% 317 (11)  65,957% 310 (11)  67,021% 315 (11)  69,255% 325.500 (6)  66,809% 314 (11)  67.298% 1581.5  12 Nadine Capellmann RV Würselen 1925 e.V.   198 Girasol 7 M / Württ / F / 2001 / Gribaldi / Landioso / 102UM07 / B: Capellmann,Nadine  / Z: Schönenberger,Matthias  66,702% 313.500 (12)  66,383% 312 (9)  66,702% 313.500 (12)  67,234% 316 (11)  66,383% 312 (12)  66.681% 1567  13 Laura Bechtolsheimer   375 Tellwell 3 G / S.Wbl / Schwb / 2000 / / SWE05165 / B: Kittel,Patrik  64,574% 303.500 (15)  66,277% 311.500 (10)  65,106% 306 (13)  66,064% 310.500 (13)  65,426% 307.500 (13)  65.489% 1539  14 Luis Principe Portugal   422 World Performance Washington S / Hann / Df / 1999 / Wolkenstein II / Windhuk / POR40367 / B: Principe ,Luis  / Z: Schirrmacher,Helga  65,532% 308 (13)  64,255% 302 (15)  65,000% 305.500 (14)  64,149% 301.500 (14)  65,213% 306.500 (14)  64.830% 1523.5  15 Michelle Hagman RV Rosencarree e.V.   383 TSF Rudi’s Memory G / Trak. / Df / 2000 / Gribaldi / Bartholdy / 103AK88 / B: Pferdesport Wintermühle GmbH,  / Z: Jäger,Horst Dieter  64,043% 301 (18)  64,787% 304.500 (14)  63,298% 297.500 (16)  63,191% 297 (15)  62,553% 294 (17)  63.574% 1494  16 Aat van Essen   272 Mac Rider Premier G / KWPN / F / 1997 / / NED40516 / B: Essen,Aat van  65,319% 307 (14)  62,766% 295 (17)  62,234% 292.500 (18)  62,766% 295 (17)  63,830% 300 (15)  63.383% 1489.5  16 Lillann Jebsen   311 Pro-Set S / KWPN / B / 1997 / / GBR13819 / B: Jebsen & Sommerschield,  64,149% 301.500 (17)  63,936% 300.500 (16)  63,511% 298.500 (15)  62,128% 292 (18)  63,191% 297 (16)  63.383% 1489.5  18 Kristian von Krusenstierna   031 Biggles 2 S / S.Wbl / B / 1998 / Briar / Krevad / SWE04590 / B: Lundberg Persson,Ingrid  64,362% 302.500 (16)  60,957% 286.500 (18)  63,298% 297.500 (16)  62,872% 295.500 (16)  62,128% 292 (18)  62.723% 1474

judges: E: Leif Törnblad (DEN) H: Mariette Withages-Dieltjens (BEL) C: Katrina Wüst (GER) M: Gary Rockwell (USA) B: Dr. Evi Eisenhardt (GER)