Very promising dressage money could be won in the first edition of dressage during the Riders Tour in Cannes.
Sponsor Exquis rewarded big money for dressage. Anky van Grunsven aboard her stallion IPS Painted Black took the highest amounts when winning both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle to music. The latter was rewarded with more than € 20.000,-. Swiss Silvia Iklé is recovered from her leg injury and became the runner up twice.
Dutch bred Lianca who has saddle bred horses in her pedigree which give her the talented elevated passage might have won the highest price money of her career ever in Cannes. She and her French rider Constance Menard took the Special, being rewarded with more than € 10.000,-
Results (15.06.08)
CDI5* Cannes – France
Grand Prix
1º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – IPS Painted Black – 73,5%
2º Silvia Ikle (Sui) – Salieri – 72,458
3º Edward Gal (Hol) – Interfloor Next One – 68,25
4º Löne Jorgensen (Din) – Donna Asana – 67,875
5º Michal Rapcewicz (Pol) – Randon – 67,416
6º Marc Boblet (Fra) – Whitni Star – 65,875
7º Holga Finken (Ale) – Wunschtraum – 64,708
8º Marie-Line Wettstein (Sui) – Le Primeur – 63,958
9º Anne Van Uytert (Hol) – Ips Lucky Times – 62,958
10º Wayne Channon (Gbr) – Lorenzo CH – 62,916
Grand Prix Special
1º Constante Menard Laboute (Fra) – Lianca – 66,12%
2º Holga Finken (Ale) – Wunschtraum 3 – 65,16
3º Wayne Channon (Gbr) – Lorenzo CH – 64,76
4º Marie-Line Wettstein (Sui) – Le Primeur 2 – 63,52
5º Tatiana Miloserdova (Rus) – Rustenberg Gold – 61,84
Freestyle with Music
1º Anky van Grunsven (Hol) – IPS Painted Black – 77,85%
2º Silvia Ikle (Sui) – Salieri CH – 73,5
3º Edward Gal (Hol) – Interfloor Next One – 71,05
4º Michal Rapcewicz (Pol) – Randon – 71
5º Löne Jorgensen (Din) – Donna Asana – 70,2
6º Marc Boblet (Fra) – Whitni Star – 68,15
7º Anne Van Uytert (Hol) – Ips Lucky Times – 66,15