ACHLEITEN, Austria, May 6, 2022–German team rider Frederic Wandres rode Bluetooth OLD to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday for the sixth victory for the partnership this year.
Frederic and the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 73.304% for the win in the pair’s first competition in Europe since logging five wins in six starts at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida over the winter.
Fellow German Laura Strobel debuting Valparaiso at Big Tour placed second in the Grand Prix for the Special on 70.544%. The 11-year-old Westfalen stallion was competed by Austria’s Victoria Max-Theurer in four starts for four wins at Small Tour in 2019.
America’s Anna Buffini on FRH Davinia la Douce, 15-year-old Hanoverian mare, was third on 69.022%.
This was the third competition for Anna, of Rancho Santa Fe, California in Europe this spring including the World Cup Final in Leipzig, Germany last month that was Anna’s first senior international championship.
Austria’s Christian Schumach and Donna Karacho, a 15-year-old Westfalen mare, won the Grand Prix for the Freestyle on 70.413%. The pair was one of only two combinations in the competition.
Results:
CDI4* Grand Prix for Special
| Judges: | Alice Schwab | Cesar Torrente | Christof Umbach | Raphael Saleh | Elke Ebert | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 73.304 | GER | Frederic Wandres | Bluetooth OLD | 73.261 | 73.696 | 72.717 | 72.283 | 74.565 | ||||
| 2. | 70.544 | GER | Laura Strobel | Valparaiso 2 | 71.087 | 70.326 | 71.848 | 68.37 | 71.087 | ||||
| 3. | 69.022 | USA | Anna Buffini | FRH Davinia la Douce | 68.043 | 69.239 | 71.304 | 67.935 | 68.587 | ||||
| 4. | 68.913 | AUT | Renate Voglsang | Fürst Ferdinand zur Fasanenhöhe | 68.152 | 70.326 | 70.87 | 65.87 | 69.348 | ||||
| 5. | 68.217 | AUT | Katharina Haas | Let It Be 11 | 68.152 | 66.739 | 69.022 | 68.152 | 69.022 | ||||
| 6. | 65.848 | AUT | Diana Porsche | Douglas | 65.87 | 67.717 | 64.348 | 65.326 | 65.978 |
CDI4* Grand Prix for Freestyle
| Judges: | Elke Ebert | Cesar Torrente | Susanne Baarup | Alice Schwab | Raphael Saleh | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 70.413 | AUT | Christian Schumach | Donna Karacho | 69.348 | 72.609 | 71.957 | 72.174 | 65.978 | ||||
| 2. | 67.522 | GER | Stefanie Schatz-Weihermüller | C’est la Vie 140 | 67.826 | 69.457 | 65.217 | 67.826 | 67.283 |
