Britain’s Lara Griffith & Rubin Al Asad Notch 1st Euro Victory to Win Le Mans CDI3* Grand Prix

Lara Griffith and Rubin Al Asad. File photo © 2015 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LE MANS, France, Oct. 23, 2015–Lara Griffith rode Rubin Al Asad to the British combination’s first European victory and with a personal best score to win the Le Mans CDI3* Grand Prix Friday with her trainer, Laura Tomlinson on Unique third behind the Netherlands’ Marlies Van Baalen on Ratzinger.

Lara and the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding, owned by Laura Tomlinson’s parents, scored 72.404 per cent that was the highest for the pair at any Grand Prix level since starting international Big Tour at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida in February where the pair also posted their only other victory.

Lara, 26 years old, competed for Great Britain in the European Championships as a Junior and Young Rider. In 2013, she went to work with Laura and took over the ride on Andretti H then began competing Rubin Al Asad (Rubin Royal x Wandergirl) at CDIs early this year. After eight starts on the Florida winter circuit, the pair competed at Windsor, England in May and on the British Nations Cup team at Hagen, Germany in July.

Marlies and the 11-year-old Ratzinger scored 69.957 per cent for second place in only their second CDI Grand Prix.

Laura, 2012 Olympic team gold medal rider on the now-retired Mistral Hjoris, rode Unique to second place on a score of 68.851 per cent that was by far the best of three Grand Prix starts for the pair.

Britain’s Anna Louise Ross on Die Callas was tentatively scoring high enough for second but was eliminated at the end of the ride.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

Juge E: Gotthilf RIEXINGER GER Juge H: Jean-Michel ROUDIER FRA Juge C: Francis VERBEEK VAN ROOY NED Juge M: Alla SOUBBOTINA RUS Juge B: Lionel DU TRANOY FRA

	Nat	Place		Horse	Rider	Total %	Points	Juge E	Juge H	Juge C	Juge M	Juge B
	GBR	1		RUBIN AL ASAD H//Bay/2002/ Rubin Royal x Wandergirl ()/Dr W & Mrs U Bechtolsheimer//	Lara GRIFFITH	72,404%	1701,50	73,404% (1)	75,213% (1)	72,447% (1)	70,426% (2)	70,532% (1)
	NED	2		RATZINGER H/RHEIN/Other/2004/ Ricardos x Ruby Noir 3 (Rubirando)/Coby van Baalen & Johann Hinnemann//	Marlies VAN BAALEN	69,957%	1644,00	70,532% (3)	70,532% (3)	68,617% (2)	69,574% (3)	70,532% (1)
	GBR	3		UNIQUE F/HOLST/Bay/2004/ x ()/Dr & Mrs W Bechtolsheimer//	Laura TOMLINSON	68,851%	1618,00	67,766% (9)	68,830% (6)	68,191% (4)	70,957% (1)	68,511% (3)
	BEL	4		WODAN (NL) M/KWPN/Bay/2003/ GRIBALDI x LOU LOU (PION)/NICLAUS JEAN/F.P.H. PLOEGMAKERS, VINKEL (NED)/	Francoise HOLOGNE-JOUX	68,723%	1615,00	70,638% (2)	70,638% (2)	68,298% (3)	66,489% (10)	67,553% (7)
	BEL	5		WILCO V H/KWPN/Black/2003/ Rousseau x Cavita V Z (Centauer Z)/Mario Van Orshaegen (10431153)/P. VERDELLEN PAARDEN FOK OPFOK, HORST (NED)/	Mario VAN ORSHAEGEN	68,383%	1607,00	69,362% (4)	68,830% (6)	65,957% (10)	69,468% (4)	68,298% (4)
	FRA	6		AMORAK H/KWPN/Bay/2005/ SPECIAL D x SERENA (INSPEKTEUR)/MADAME STEPHANIE BRIEUSSEL/R. NOUT, GELDERMALSEN (NED)/	Stephanie BRIEUSSEL	68,340%	1606,00	69,043% (5)	68,404% (9)	68,085% (5)	68,298% (5)	67,872% (6)
	POR	7		DER CLOU M/HANN/Bay/1999/ De Niro x Merzzaauber (MATCHO AA)/Maria Julia Nascimento Costa Blauth/Nitsch Dr. Rainer/	Filipe CANELAS	67,723%	1591,50	68,936% (6)	69,149% (4)	65,957% (10)	66,277% (13)	68,298% (4)
	RUS	8		AWAKENING F/KWPN/Other/2005/ Sandreo x Remember (Welt Hit II)/MILOSERDOVA, Tatiana/E.J. BAKHUIS, GEESTEREN GLD (NED)/	Tatiana MILOSERDOVA	66,809%	1570,00	65,213% (12)	68,936% (5)	66,277% (7)	67,447% (7)	66,170% (10)
	FIN	9		KOM RAGDOLL F/FWB/Bay/2004/ Playboy 107 x Tolica Swe (Tolstoy 701 Swe)/Nilosaari Niina/Meller Pasi & Nordman Eva/	Niina NILOSAARI	66,426%	1561,00	64,787% (14)	66,383% (12)	66,702% (6)	67,021% (8)	67,234% (8)
	IRL	10		AMBIENCE H//Bay/2005/ TRENTO B x RADONJA STER (METALL)/MRS S KIRKPATRICK & MR ROLAND TONG/MS S TYLER -EVANS/	Roland TONG	66,404%	1560,50	64,574% (16)	67,872% (10)	66,277% (7)	67,872% (6)	65,426% (13)
	POR	11		XENOFONTE D’ATELA H/LUSIT/Grey/2003/ HOSTIL x GARÇA (CRYPTOGAMICO)/ANA PAULA LEMOS FIGUEIREDO/FRANCISCO BESSA CARVALHO/	Miguel Ralão DUARTE	66,128%	1554,00	68,404% (7)	66,383% (12)	65,851% (12)	64,574% (21)	65,426% (13)
	BRA	12		HADDINGTON KHR H//Black/2005/ HOFRAT x WICKY ()/JOSE VICTOR OLIVA JUNIOR//	João Victor MARCARI OLIVA	66,043%	1552,00	68,191% (8)	64,681% (14)	65,638% (14)	66,170% (14)	65,532% (12)
	FRA	13		QUARTZ OF JAZZ H/SF/Bay/2004/ LAWRENCE*HN BWP x HONEY JAZZ SF (URLEVEN PIRONNIERE*VENDEE)/Madame Marie-Emilie BRETENOUX//	Marie Emilie BRETENOUX	65,851%	1547,50	66,170% (10)	68,723% (8)	62,979% (17)	66,596% (9)	64,787% (16)
	BEL	14		TAMINO H/LUSIT/Grey/2000/ Gazoso x Haifa (Pagode)/Justin Verboomen/Vandervliet/	Justin VERBOOMEN	64,787%	1522,50	65,319% (11)	67,340% (11)	60,851% (20)	65,957% (15)	64,468% (17)
	BRA	15		DEJAVU H/OLDBG/Chestnut/2003/ DE NIRO x FELDBUNTE (PAINTER’S ROW XX)/RENATA RABELLO COSTA//	Renata RABELLO COSTA	64,702%	1520,50	64,681% (15)	63,404% (18)	61,809% (19)	66,383% (12)	67,234% (8)
	MAR	16		WHAT A FEELING H/HANN/Bay/2004/ WORLDLY (DE) HANN x ARABELLA HANN (A Jungle Prince)/Monsieur YOANN JILAOUI/Wrede, Matilde/	Ismail JILAOUI	64,574%	1517,50	62,766% (20)	64,468% (15)	63,936% (15)	66,489% (10)	65,213% (15)
	FRA	17		ULAN (NL) H/KWPN/Bay/2001/ GRIBALDI x EVITA (DORUTO)/Madame Florence LETOUZEY/J.L.J. SCHIJVENAARS, ROOSENDAAL (NED)/	Sarah CASANOVA	64,489%	1515,50	63,298% (17)	62,021% (21)	66,170% (9)	65,213% (17)	65,745% (11)
	FRA	18		GINSENGUE F/BWP/Chestnut/2006/ WELT HIT II NL (KWPN) x HABILE FONTAINES OE (LIVINGSTONE)/Mme NICOLE FAVEREAU et M. Jean-Marc FAVEREAU//	Nicole FAVEREAU	64,468%	1515,00	65,000% (13)	64,362% (16)	65,745% (13)	65,213% (17)	62,021% (22)
	FRA	19		TALITIE F/KWPN/Other/2000/ GRIBALDI x MOON SOLIJ (HAUPTLORD)/Madame Véronique ROUALET SUBILEAU/M. DE JONG/	Marine SUBILEAU	63,532%	1493,00	62,872% (19)	64,362% (16)	62,447% (18)	63,830% (22)	64,149% (18)
	GRE	20		ROOSENS WESTPOINT H/KWPN/Other/2003/ Lancet x Fabiola (FORREST XX)/J.A. Kordatzaki/E.P.M. ADAMS, NISPEN (NED)/	Jiochanna-Androniki KORDATZAKI	63,468%	1491,50	62,979% (18)	62,872% (19)	63,511% (16)	65,319% (16)	62,660% (20)
	GBR	21		PRIVALDI H/KWPN/Bay/1997/ Gribaldi x Rolanda (Doruto)/Mrs K Maxted/E.P.J. TEURLINX, HELVOIRT (NED)/	Kay MAXTED	62,638%	1472,00	61,064% (21)	62,766% (20)	60,745% (21)	64,787% (19)	63,830% (19)
	FRA	22		BINKY M/KWPN/Other/2006/ PAINTED BLACK x NIENI (CAPRIMOND)/Madame Sophie DILLIERE/S.J. RAAT, ZUIDOOSTBEEMSTER (NED)/	Alexandra DILLIERE	61,000%	1433,50	55,957% (25)	61,702% (22)	60,213% (22)	64,787% (19)	62,340% (21)
	FRA	23		L’AIR DU TEMPS H/WESTF/Chestnut/2004/ LAUDABILIS (HANN) x PRISCA (WESTF) (PARADEMARSCH II)/Monsieur Sylvain GUASCO//	Sylvain GUASCO	60,809%	1429,00	60,532% (22)	61,064% (23)	58,723% (24)	62,447% (24)	61,277% (24)
	IRI	24		BAYFORD HALL DALLAGLIO M/WESTF/Bay/1999/ Laurentianer x Picabo (Potsdam)/Mr D Sherriff//	Litta Soheila SOHI	60,000%	1410,00	58,191% (24)	59,894% (24)	59,787% (23)	61,064% (27)	61,064% (25)
	COL	25		DON QUICHOT H/BWP/Bay/2003/ QUITE EASY SWA x REINA Z BWP (RAMIRO)/Madame Doris OSMONT/JOHAN LANNOO/	Caroline OSMONT	58,979%	1386,00	55,745% (26)	57,872% (27)	57,872% (25)	61,383% (25)	62,021% (22)
	FRA	26		USHIE F/KWPN/Bay/2001/ NEGRO (NL) KWPN x JOLINDE KWPN (LANDADEL)/L’HIPPOGRIFFE//	Isabelle HERTER	58,851%	1383,00	55,532% (27)	59,574% (26)	55,000% (28)	63,191% (23)	60,957% (26)
	NED	27		SAN DIEGO H/WESTF/Bay/2006/ Sandro Classic x Ambiente (Argentinus)/H.N.Brons//	Ashley VAN MEGEN- BRONS	58,830%	1382,50	60,000% (23)	57,660% (28)	55,106% (27)	61,277% (26)	60,106% (27)
	MAR	28		NINTENDO H//Bay/1997/ Newcastle x Waleska (Werbefunk)/Serge Pais/Nienaber Erich/	Fouad ZAFAT	57,660%	1355,00	54,787% (28)	59,787% (25)	56,383% (26)	59,574% (28)	57,766% (28)
	GBR	29		DIE CALLAS F/OLDBG/Black/2001/ DE NIRO x CELESTE (CARPRILLI)/Mrs Jane Sewell/Willi Sloot/	Anna Louise ROSS	EL