Defending champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Isabell Werth led a strong German team in the Grand Prix at the World Cup finals in the USA.
The 37-year-old Bredow-Werndl (Tuntenhausen) came with Dalera in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday (local time) to 79.922 percent and thus took first place ahead of Werth (Rheinberg) on Quantaz (77.485). Third place went to Nana Skodborg Merrald from Denmark (76.165), fourth was Ingrid Klimke (Münster) with Franziskus (75.543).
Deusser as the third best German in show jumping
However, the good results are not included in the ranking, the freestyle in the German night on Saturday alone is decisive for the placement in the World Cup final. Klimke will miss the freestyle. As the German Equestrian Federation announced on Thursday evening, her stallion Franzuiskus “replaced himself acutely” and was not fit for action.
From a German point of view, Daniel Deusser, who lives in Belgium, had the best start among the show jumpers. With Tobago he took third place after 59.45 seconds behind top favorite Henrik von Eckermann from Sweden (59.09 seconds) and Brit Scott Brash (59.23).
Ehning only ends up in 27th place
Richard Vogel (Viernheim) with United Touch took 13th place, and Janne Friedericke Meyer-Zimmermann (Pinneberg) with Messi in 16th place also earned prize money. The other German starters went away empty-handed, including Marcus Ehning (Borken) with Priam du Roset in 27th place.
The World Cup final is – similar to the WM – of three parts. The first two tests are a time jumping and a jumping with jump-off. If no decision has been made after the two more rounds on the German night on Sunday, there will be another jump-off.
