FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 17, 2022–Germany’s Matthias Alexander Rath and Destacado FRH won the CDI5* Grand Prix Special Saturday to wrap up the year with the eighth victory in 10 starts.
Matthias and the nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion scored 74.596% for the win after placing third in the Grand Prix.
Patrik Kittel of Sweden and Forever Young HRH, 10-year-old Westfalen mare, was awarded 73.170% for runner-up in the first Big Tour Special for the pair.
Stefan Lehfellner rode the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Roberto Carlos MT also to a personal best score of 72.362%. The Austrian rider began competing Roberto Carlos internationally as a six-year-old and moved up to Big Tour in May, competing in the world championships in August.
Results:
CDI5* Grand Prix Special
| Judges: | Carlos Lopes | Henning Lehrmann | Hans-Christian Matthiesen | Katrina Wüst | Hans Voser | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | Spectators | |||
| 1. | 74.596 | GER | Matthias Alexander Rath | Destacado FRH | 76.489 | 74.787 | 73.404 | 73.617 | 74.681 | 72.463 (4) | |||
| 2. | 73.170 | SWE | Patrik Kittel | Forever Young HRH | 73.298 | 73.085 | 73.404 | 72.979 | 73.085 | 73.652 (1) | |||
| 3. | 72.362 | AUT | Stefan Lehfellner | Roberto Carlos MT | 70.532 | 74.681 | 71.702 | 72.447 | 72.447 | 72.678 (3) | |||
| 4. | 70.808 | GER | Evelyn Eger | Westminster 71 | 70.745 | 72.340 | 70.532 | 70.638 | 69.787 | 70.442 (6) | |||
| 5. | 70.553 | GER | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Ferdinand BB | 72.128 | 70.532 | 69.468 | 69.255 | 71.383 | 73.237 (2) | |||
| 6. | 69.468 | AUT | Astrid Neumayer | Zap Zap | 68.404 | 71.489 | 70.426 | 68.936 | 68.085 | 70.840 (5) | |||
| 7. | 67.723 | GER | Carina Scholz | Soiree d’ Amour OLD | 64.574 | 69.787 | 66.596 | 70.000 | 67.660 | 69.100 (7) | |||
| 8. | 67.255 | IRL | Anna Merveldt | Esporim | 66.383 | 68.085 | 67.979 | 67.234 | 66.596 | 67.812 (8) | |||
