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Langehanenberg comfortable winner of the WC freestyle

Nov 16, 2012

Her score of 86.775 per cent handed Helen Langehanenberg (Germany) the win in the Grand Prix freestyle on Saturday afternoon. It is the second highest freestyle score ever recorded in Stuttgart’s Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle. In 2009, Edward Gal was awarded 87.800 for his performance on Totilas. With a capacity 8,000 crowd looking on, the team silver medal winner at the Olympic Games in London repeated her win in Friday’s Grand Prix. The comfortable victory today on the 12-year-old stallion Damon Hill NRW has moved the German up to sixth (26 points) in the current Reem Acra FEI World CupTM Dressage 2012/2013 ranking.

Behind Helen Langehanenberg in second and third were Kristina Sprehe (Germany) and Italian Valentina Truppa – the same riders as yesterday. Kristina Sprehe was given 82.275 per cent for her ride on Desperados FRH whilst Valentina Truppa and her 11-year-old gelding Wallach Eremo del Castegno finished with 80.600. The Italian is currently leading the Western European League after winning in Lyon a fortnight ago.

1st Helen Langehanenberg aboard Damon Hill (82.766%).

2° Kristina Sprehe (Germany) – Desperados 77.255%

3° Valentina Truppa (Italy) – Fixdesign Eremo del Castegno 75.362%

4° Imke Schellekens Bartels (Netherlands) – Toots 73.191%

5° Sisdel Johansen (Denmark) – Schianto 71.383%

6° Patrick van der Meer (Netherlands) – Uzzo 71.234%

7° Uta Graef (Germany) – Le Noir 70.532%

8° Joachim Thomsen (Denmark) – Akeem Foldager 70.255%

9° Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven (Sweden) – Don Auriello 70.085%

10° Jessica Michel (France) – Riwera de Hus OLD 68.340%

Source stuttgart-german-masters.de