It was smooth sailing to victory for German number one dressage rider Helen Langehanenberg on her star stallion Damon Hill (by Donnerhall x Rubinstein). The petite rider decided to add the 2014 CDI Dortmund to her winter show calendar to compete in the Meggle cup finals and bag the bucks, a 23,250 euro purse, freewheeling to two number one spots.
Langehanenberg scored 83.700% in the Grand Prix and took the Meggle Championship by winning the Special with 85.275%
In the Grand Prix, Helen's biggest competitors was Dutch Danielle Heijkoop who finished second on Siro (by Gribaldi) with 77.280% and went on to win the Kur to Music with 79.650%.
The CDI Dortmund also offered two nationals classes for developing Grand Prix horses. The Intermediaire A was won by Hubertus Schmidt on the licensed stallion Florenciano (by Florencio) with 73.429 % and the Short Grand Prix was dominated by Dorothee Schneider on St. Emilion (by Sandro Hit) with 72.465 %.
Photos © Barbara Schnell
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