Carl Hester Rides Fame to Personal Best Score to Place Britain Atop European Championships Grand Prix on Day 1 of 2, Germany 2nd, Denmark 3rd

Carl Hester Rides Fame to Personal Best Score to Place Britain Atop European Championships Grand Prix on Day 1 of 2, Germany 2nd, Denmark 3rd
Carl Hester and Fame finishing on a personal best score that placed Great Britain atop the European Championships midway through the Grand Prix. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

RIESENBECK, Germany,  Sept. 6, 2023–Carl Hester rode Fame to a personal best score to place Britain atop the European Championships Grand Prix standings Wednesday, the first of two days of the team competition. Germany was standing second and Denmark third.

Carl on the 13-year-old KWPN gelding was awarded 78.540%, and first place individually by six of the seven judges.

Isabell Werth, the most decorated Olympic equestrian in history, was runner-up on DSP Quantaz with a score of 77.174%.

German team mate Matthias Alexander Rath and Thiago GS stood third individually on 74.845%.

Gareth Hughes on Classic Briolinca placed fourth on 74.565%.

Denmark’s Andreas Helgstrand on Jovian placed fifth on 74.410% and team mate Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Vayron sixth on 74.146%.

Isabell Werth and DSP Quantaz at the European Championships. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

The second day of Grand Prix on Thursday promises to be a nailbiter.

Charlotte “Lottie” Fry competing her world champion Glamourdale will be in the first ever competition with Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB, ranked No. 1 in the world.

“If I never did another test again it would be a lovely one to finish on!” Carl said of the ride on the13-year-old KWPN gelding.

“I absolutely love this horse, I worship riding him. I look forward to riding him every day.”,

He described Fame as “very spicy and hot” and “a full-time job. It’s not just a case of get on him. He’s in the field all day, he’s a stallion,. He goes out all day in his paddock and you have to manage him so he relaxes.

“He’s the kind of horse I love, a bit quirky and hot but wonderful and kind. You need someone who has time to ride a horse like that… he wants to go, but he’s the kindest person in the stable and with children and other horses…there’s not been a morning since January when I haven’t thought I can’t wait to get on him!”

Results:

European Championships Grand Prix Day 1

Judges: K-Kurt Christensen E-Ulrike Nivelle H-MIchael Osinski C-Maria Colliander M:-Isobel Wessels B-Raphaël Saleh F-Eduard de Wolff van Westerrode

Rank HNR Competitor Nation K E H C M B F Total
1. 30 Fame Carl Hester gbr 76.630 % 79.348 % 79.457 % 78.478 % 80.978 % 78.043 % 76.848 % 78.540 %
bay / 13y. / G / KWPN / Bordeaux / Rhodium / 105XJ20 / Fiona Bigwood, Penny Bigwood, Anders Dahl, Mette Bigwood (1.) (1.) (1.) (1.) (1.) (1.) (2.)
2. 35 DSP Quantaz Isabell Werth ger 74.783 % 76.630 % 76.630 % 78.370 % 79.130 % 76.522 % 78.152 % 77.174 %
bay / 13y. / G / DSP (BRAND) / Quaterback / Hohenstein / 106CM92 / Madeleine Winter-Schulze, Victoria Max-Theurer (3.) (2.) (2.) (2.) (2.) (2.) (1.)
3. 32 Thiago GS Matthias Alexander Rath ger 75.652 % 74.565 % 73.913 % 74.022 % 76.413 % 75.217 % 74.130 % 74.845 %
chest / 10y. / S / OLDBG / Totilas / Warkant / 106DD08 / Gestüt Schafhof (2.) (4.) (5.) (5.) (4.) (3.) (4.)
4. 31 Classic Briolinca Gareth Hughes gbr 74.130 % 76.196 % 73.696 % 74.783 % 77.391 % 73.913 % 71.848 % 74.565 %
bay / 17y. / M / KWPN / Trento B / Royal Dance / 104HK07 / Gareth Hughes, Julia Hornig, Rebecca Hughes, Ruby Hughes (5.) (3.) (6.) (4.) (3.) (5.) (8.)
5. 12 Jovian Andreas Helgstrand den 74.022 % 74.130 % 75.000 % 75.761 % 75.217 % 73.261 % 73.478 % 74.410 %
dbay / 9y. / S / KWPN / Apache / Tango / 106OD73 / Helgstrand Dressage A/s (6.) (5.) (4.) (3.) (5.) (8.) (5.)
6. 11 Vayron Daniel Bachmann Andersen den 74.674 % 72.283 % 75.870 % 73.696 % 74.565 % 73.696 % 74.239 % 74.146 %
bay / 12y. / S / WESTF / Vitalis / Gloster / 106ND62 / Rudolf Spiekermann (4.) (7.) (3.) (6.) (6.) (6.) (3.)
7. 2 Fidertraum OLD Florian Bacher aut 72.391 % 71.739 % 68.804 % 71.413 % 73.261 % 71.957 % 72.500 % 71.724 %
bay / 14y. / G / OLDBG / Fidertanz 2 / Rubinstein I / 105RK08 / Verena Bacher (7.) (10.) (21.) (9.) (8.) (11.) (6.)
8. 24 Jolene Alexandre Ayache fra 71.196 % 72.826 % 71.630 % 70.217 % 71.739 % 71.957 % 71.522 % 71.584 %
bay / 11y. / M / DWB / Johnson TN / Continue / 107OJ41 / Abdulkarim Barake (12.) (6.) (11.) (11.) (12.) (11.) (9.)
8. 18 Quincallo de Indalo Alejandro Sánchez del Barco esp 70.761 % 71.630 % 71.739 % 71.413 % 71.848 % 72.717 % 70.978 % 71.584 %
grey / 12y. / S / PRE / Esbelto VII / Bandolero LXII / 105BT11 / Martín Lorca, José Luis (15.) (11.) (10.) (9.) (11.) (10.) (10.)
8. 49 Habibi DVB Marlies van Baalen ned 72.283 % 72.174 % 69.130 % 72.391 % 70.543 % 74.239 % 70.326 % 71.584 %
chest / 11y. / G / KWPN / Blue Hors Don Schufro / Johnson TN / 105QG30 / Dressuurstal van Baalen B.V., Titus de Vries (8.) (8.) (18.) (7.) (19.) (4.) (14.)
11. 27 James Bond de Massa Arnaud Serre fra 71.739 % 69.783 % 72.609 % 69.674 % 73.696 % 73.152 % 69.457 % 71.444 %
bay / 9y. / S / PSH / Bravour B / Xaquiro Cip / 106OF70 / Francoise Niclaus (10.) (16.) (7.) (12.) (7.) (9.) (17.)
12. 50 Hero Devenda Dijkstra ned 71.957 % 70.761 % 71.087 % 71.739 % 70.978 % 71.413 % 70.543 % 71.211 %
chest / 11y. / G / KWPN / Johnson TN / Oo-Seven / 107HF65 / Jan Pieter Dalsem, Laurens van Lieren (9.) (15.) (12.) (8.) (15.) (14.) (12.)
13. 7 Botticelli Charlotte Defalque bel 70.978 % 71.522 % 72.065 % 69.674 % 72.283 % 69.022 % 71.957 % 71.072 %
chest / 17y. / S / KWPN / Vivaldi / Koss / 103HP76 / Defalque – Scohier Mf (13.) (12.) (8.) (12.) (9.) (19.) (7.)
14. 16 Fuerstenglory Severo Jurado Lopez esp 71.739 % 71.304 % 70.000 % 68.804 % 71.739 % 73.478 % 69.565 % 70.947 %
dbay / 12y. / S / OLDBG / Fuerstenball OLD / Rohdiamant / 105FS49 / German Dressage International (10.) (13.) (15.) (17.) (12.) (7.) (16.)
15. 69 Bergsjoholms Valbonne Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson swe 69.130 % 71.848 % 71.957 % 68.696 % 70.870 % 71.630 % 70.978 % 70.730 %
bay / 10y. / S / SWB / Blue Hors Zack / Epson / 106DK45 / Masahiro Kosaka, PK Agency GmbH (18.) (9.) (9.) (18.) (16.) (13.) (10.)
16. 5 Te Quiero SF Christian Schumach aut 70.978 % 71.304 % 70.109 % 69.239 % 72.174 % 69.674 % 68.043 % 70.217 %
bay / 12y. / G / HOLST / Totilas / Loutano / 106HV97 / Franziska Fries (13.) (13.) (13.) (16.) (10.) (18.) (21.)
17. 56 Fairplay Beata Stremler pol 68.043 % 69.348 % 69.130 % 69.457 % 71.304 % 69.783 % 70.435 % 69.643 %
bay / 10y. / G / RHEIN / Feedback / Rubin Royal OLD / 106UM81 / Fiona Heister Blokesch, Stefan Heister (20.) (18.) (18.) (15.) (14.) (17.) (13.)
18. 57 Hot Hit OLD Campline Maria Pais Do Amaral por 70.761 % 69.457 % 69.674 % 68.370 % 70.761 % 70.652 % 67.500 % 69.596 %
grey / 12y. / G / OLDBG / Blue Hors Hotline / Diamond Hit / 105GT99 / HRST-Horseteam Unipessoal LDA (15.) (17.) (16.) (20.) (17.) (15.) (22.)
19. 8 Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof Domien Michiels bel 66.739 % 69.130 % 70.109 % 68.478 % 70.761 % 68.587 % 69.674 % 69.068 %
black / 15y. / G / BWP / I.P.S. Gribaldi / Balzflug / 105DV79 / Marc Steeno (25.) (19.) (13.) (19.) (17.) (20.) (15.)
20. 63 Famora Charlotta Rogerson sui 68.804 % 68.913 % 69.239 % 68.152 % 70.109 % 67.609 % 69.457 % 68.898 %
bay / 13y. / M / KWPN / Blue Hors Zack / Ips Krack C / 106IC81 / James Rogerson (19.) (20.) (17.) (22.) (20.) (21.) (17.)
21. 36 Galleria’s Vincent Maranello Máté Garai hun 69.891 % 68.478 % 69.022 % 68.261 % 68.587 % 67.391 % 68.804 % 68.633 %
bay / 13y. / S / DWB / Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Future Cup / 104WA08 / Hanwha Next (17.) (21.) (20.) (21.) (21.) (22.) (19.)
22. 64 Quaterboy Estelle Wettstein sui 66.957 % 66.739 % 67.283 % 69.674 % 67.500 % 70.000 % 68.261 % 68.059 %
dbay / 13y. / G / OLDBG / Quaterback / Rubinstern Noir / 106CB73 / Inès Syz (22.) (26.) (24.) (12.) (25.) (16.) (20.)
23. 23 Grevens Zorro Anna Tallberg fin 66.957 % 67.065 % 67.065 % 67.935 % 67.717 % 67.391 % 66.413 % 67.220 %
black / 13y. / G / DWB / Blue Hors Zack / Blue Hors Hertug / 105LB10 / Nissala Oy & Ritva vähäkylä & Tero Vähäkylä (22.) (24.) (25.) (23.) (24.) (22.) (26.)
24. 1 Saumur Carrie Schopf arm 64.891 % 68.370 % 67.717 % 66.087 % 68.261 % 66.848 % 66.848 % 67.003 %
chest / 15y. / G / OLDBG / Sancisco OLD / Tanzmeister / 104YV64 / Carrie & Bernd Schopf (28.) (22.) (23.) (25.) (23.) (24.) (25.)
25. 21 Ironman H Yvonne Österholm fin 66.957 % 65.761 % 65.978 % 67.391 % 68.587 % 66.739 % 67.391 % 66.972 %
black / 10y. / S / KWPN / Bordeaux / Harmony’s Rousseau / 106DM21 / Ucas AB (22.) (28.) (27.) (24.) (21.) (25.) (23.)
26. 39 Willy The Hit Nikolett Szalai hun 64.783 % 66.739 % 68.478 % 65.761 % 66.739 % 64.783 % 64.674 % 65.994 %
dbay / 18y. / G / HANN / Wolkenstein II / Brentano II / 103XV60 / Nikolett Sualai (30.) (26.) (22.) (27.) (26.) (30.) (30.)
26. 53 Christianslund Furstino Trude Hestengen nor 64.891 % 67.283 % 65.326 % 66.087 % 66.304 % 65.978 % 66.087 % 65.994 %
bay / 10y. / G / DWB / Fuerstenball OLD / Cape Town S / 107AC50 / Hestengen Dressage (28.) (23.) (28.) (25.) (28.) (26.) (27.)
28. 59 Damasco Jeannette Jenny por 67.391 % 66.957 % 65.326 % 65.652 % 65.761 % 65.217 % 65.543 % 65.978 %
grey / 15y. / S / LUS / Quo-Vadis / Edo / 107SW98 / Jorge Vicente Sousa (21.) (25.) (28.) (28.) (30.) (28.) (28.)
28. 66 Mazy Klovenhoj Johanna Due Boje swe 66.522 % 65.652 % 66.630 % 64.130 % 65.870 % 65.870 % 67.174 % 65.978 %
chest / 15y. / M / SWB / Bocelli 1044 / National Zenith XX / 106LX68 / Annette Karlsson (26.) (29.) (26.) (30.) (29.) (27.) (24.)
30. 45 Riptide NRW Mathis Goerens lux 65.761 % 64.130 % 63.261 % 62.826 % 66.413 % 65.217 % 65.217 % 64.689 %
dbay / 11y. / G / WESTF / Rock Forever / Show Star / 105SB08 / Mathis Goerens (27.) (31.) (30.) (31.) (27.) (28.) (29.)
31. 41 Farrell Abigail Lyle irl 64.674 % 64.674 % 62.174 % 64.674 % 64.783 % 63.152 % 64.130 % 64.037 %
bay / 12y. / G / HANN / Fabregas / Davignon I / 106MN95 / Fenella Quinn (31.) (30.) (31.) (29.) (31.) (31.) (31.)
32. 10 Cyprus Ophelia Gabriele H.-Kiefer cyp 61.087 % 59.457 % 59.348 % 57.609 % 59.891 % 61.739 % 60.870 % 60.000 %
bay / 13y. / M / DWB / Blue Hors Rosoff / Ragazzo / 106ZV29 / Gabriele H.-Kiefer (32.) (32.) (32.) (32.) (32.) (32.) (32.)
40 Turbo Sorrell Klatzko irl WD
bay / 10y. / G / WESTF / Totilas / Florestan I / 107IV08 / Janine Shoffner, Sorrell Klatzko
55 Ultrablue de Massa (not accepted) Marta Sobierajska pol WD
black / 15y. / G / PSH / Rubin Royal OLD / Almonda Mac / 103ZU68 / Anne-Sophie Bernard de la Gatinais

 

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