NEUMÜNSTER, Germany, Feb. 18, 2024–Emmelie Scholtens and Indian Rock won the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday for a double victory and to move the Dutch partnership into contention for an invitation to the Final in Saudi Arabia in two months.
Emmelie and the 11-year-old KWPN stallion scored 81.565% for the win in the musical performance and boosted the rider’s standing in the Western European League to 39 points with two more qualifiers to go.
Sweden’s Patrik Kittel on Forever Young HRH, 12-year-old Westfalen mare, was runner-up on 81.145% and remains atop the Western European standings. He is certain to be invited to the Riyadh Final that would be his ninth in the annual championship based on the Freestyle
Matthias Alexander Rath of Germany on the 11-year-old Hanoverian stallion Destacado FRH was third on 80.425% and likely to be offered a start in what would be his second Final.
The next qualifier is in Gothenburg, Sweden later this week.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Emmelie Scholtens (NED)
Indian Rock
|
81.565% | 82.900 | 81.625 | 80.600 | 82.225 | 80.475 |
| 2. |
Patrik Kittel (SWE)
Forever Young HRH
|
81.145% | 82.775 | 81.050 | 80.025 | 81.175 | 80.700 |
| 3. |
Matthias Alexander Rath (GER)
Destacado FRH
|
80.425% | 80.200 | 80.750 | 80.225 | 80.300 | 80.650 |
| 4. |
Bianca Nowag-Aulenbrock (GER)
Florine OLD
|
79.225% | 79.375 | 78.000 | 79.000 | 79.600 | 80.150 |
| 5. |
Raphael Netz (GER)
Great Escape Camelot
|
78.040% | 80.150 | 77.475 | 78.150 | 76.425 | 78.000 |
| 6. |
Larissa Pauluis (BEL)
Flambeau
|
77.435% | 76.600 | 76.875 | 78.875 | 78.150 | 76.675 |
| 7. |
Marieke van der Putten (NED)
Torveslettens Titanium RS2 N.O.P.
|
76.730% | 77.650 | 77.350 | 75.625 | 78.075 | 74.950 |
| 8. |
Ingrid Klimke (GER)
First Class 92
|
76.655% | 76.775 | 76.125 | 77.425 | 76.975 | 75.775 |
| 9. |
Charlotte Defalque (BEL)
Botticelli
|
76.395% | 75.625 | 77.525 | 76.325 | 76.250 | 76.250 |
| 10. |
Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier (GER)
Valesco 50
|
76.270% | 76.250 | 76.425 | 75.300 | 76.175 | 77.200 |
| 11. |
Borja Carrascosa (ESP)
Sir Hubert NRW
|
75.785% | 77.375 | 75.050 | 77.800 | 74.300 | 74.400 |
| 12. |
Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN)
Favour Gersdorf
|
75.545% | 75.450 | 75.150 | 75.175 | 76.275 | 75.675 |
| 13. |
Katharina Haas (AUT)
Let It Be NRW
|
73.930% | 74.150 | 72.825 | 74.175 | 73.100 | 75.400 |
| 14. |
Antonia von Dungern (GER)
DSP Queen Rubin
|
73.660% | 74.450 | 73.975 | 74.300 | 70.550 | 75.025 |
| RT |
Laurence Ross (BEL)
Fil Rouge
|
retired
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