EXLOO, Netherlands, April 30, 2026–Marieke van der Putten and Zantana RS2 OLD scored a personal best to win the CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday.
The Dutch team rider and the 12-year-old German-bred mare were awarded 75.891% for the pair’s first victory in five starts so far this year. The win at home comes less than four months before the World Championships in Aachen, Germany.
Marieke and Zantana, competing for Holland at last year’s European Championships, led a Dutch sweep of the top seven places.
Fellow team rider Dinja van Liere on Mauro Turfhorst, a nine-year-old KWPN stallion in its international debut, was runner-up on 73.022%.
Thamar Zweistra also making a Big Tour debut on the nine-year-old KWPN stallion Hexagon’s MR Magnum placed third on 71.587%.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Marieke van der Putten (NED)
Zantana Rs2 OLD N.O.P.
|
75.891% | 76.739 | 78.696 | 74.239 | 74.565 | 75.217 |
| 2. |
Dinja Van Liere (NED)
Mauro Turfhorst
|
73.022% | 74.348 | 72.174 | 73.478 | 71.630 | 73.478 |
| 3. |
Thamar Zweistra (NED)
Hexagons MR Magnum
|
71.587% | 69.565 | 73.261 | 71.087 | 71.522 | 72.500 |
| 4. |
Rowena Weggelaar (NED)
Don Quichot
|
70.696% | 69.674 | 71.739 | 70.870 | 71.522 | 69.674 |
| 5. |
Lynne Maas (NED)
Electra
|
70.652% | 68.913 | 71.196 | 69.022 | 71.630 | 72.500 |
| 6. |
Thamar Zweistra (NED)
Kingsdale
|
70.630% | 71.196 | 71.304 | 68.478 | 71.087 | 71.087 |
| 7. |
Marieke van der Putten (NED)
Kuvasz Rs2
|
70.152% | 70.000 | 69.674 | 70.870 | 69.674 | 70.543 |
| 8. |
Dorothee Schneider (GER)
Karlijn V.
|
69.587% | 67.500 | 70.435 | 68.587 | 72.283 | 69.130 |
| 9. |
Hans Peter Minderhoud (NED)
My Toto
|
69.391% | 68.804 | 67.174 | 68.370 | 71.413 | 71.196 |
| 9. |
Dominique Filion (NED)
The Boss
|
69.391% | 71.413 | 69.130 | 67.283 | 69.565 | 69.565 |
| 11. |
Juan Antonio Jimenez-Cobo (ESP)
Quartar
|
69.369% | 69.565 | 71.739 | 70.109 | 68.804 | 66.630 |
| 12. |
Kim Noordijk (NED)
Joep
|
69.304% | 70.217 | 71.087 | 69.022 | 67.935 | 68.261 |
| 13. |
Thalia Rockx (NED)
Golden Dancer de la Fazenda
|
69.109% | 71.957 | 69.891 | 68.804 | 68.261 | 66.630 |
| 14. |
Sophie Reef (NED)
Gideon K.H.
|
68.957% | 66.196 | 69.891 | 69.674 | 68.913 | 70.109 |
| 15. |
Renate Van Uytert (NED)
Johnny Depp
|
68.109% | 68.261 | 68.587 | 68.913 | 67.500 | 67.283 |
| 16. |
Ville Vaurio (FIN)
Dante NL
|
67.783% | 66.304 | 68.152 | 68.370 | 67.717 | 68.370 |
| 17. |
Stella Hagelstam (FIN)
Hagels Prince Nassak
|
67.391% | 66.522 | 65.870 | 69.130 | 68.804 | 66.630 |
| 18. |
Dominique Filion (NED)
Kha Diva Corieta Texel
|
67.370% | 67.174 | 68.043 | 66.522 | 67.935 | 67.174 |
| 19. |
Hans Peter Minderhoud (NED)
Mister U.S.
|
66.761% | 68.587 | 67.174 | 66.304 | 67.065 | 64.674 |
| 20. |
Geert-Jan Raateland (NED)
Iwan
|
66.587% | 66.848 | 66.957 | 67.065 | 66.739 | 65.326 |
| 21. |
Jeanine Nekeman (NED)
Game Boy STH
|
66.456% | 63.804 | 65.978 | 66.848 | 67.500 | 68.152 |
| 22. |
Kirsten Brouwer (NED)
Stand by Me des Paluds SB
|
66.348% | 67.500 | 66.957 | 68.152 | 65.978 | 63.152 |
| 23. |
Stella Hagelstam (FIN)
Msj Disney Fairytale
|
66.000% | 64.130 | 66.739 | 66.196 | 67.065 | 65.870 |
| 24. |
Yue Wu (CHN)
Iggy Pop Bek
|
65.674% | 66.957 | 66.630 | 65.543 | 64.674 | 64.565 |
| 25. |
Daphne van Peperstraten (NED)
Greenpoint’s Hotmail V
|
65.239% | 65.000 | 66.630 | 63.804 | 67.283 | 63.478 |
| 26. |
Jemma Heran (AUS)
Saphira Royal 2
|
64.261% | 62.717 | 64.348 | 64.891 | 64.130 | 65.217 |
| 27. |
Tosca Visser van der Meulen (NED)
Jackson
|
63.261% | 62.283 | 63.152 | 62.500 | 64.783 | 63.587 |
| 28. |
Camilla Kalseth (NOR)
Zirius Overskovlund
|
63.152% | 62.717 | 62.717 | 63.696 | 64.348 | 62.283 |
| 29. |
Renate Van Uytert (NED)
Just Wimphof
|
62.913% | 64.130 | 64.130 | 63.261 | 61.196 | 61.848 |
| RET |
Mikaela Soratie (FIN)
Furst Michigan
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retired
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