Kristy Oatley and Du Soleil in the half pass; pictured here at a previous event.

© Eric Knoll

By Equestrian Life

Australian combination Kristy Oatley and Du Soleil have continued their run of great scores, achieving a 69.000% for sixth place in a CDI4* Grand Prix at Wiesbadener, Germany. Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier and Fabregaz won the class — which was the qualifier for the Special — on a score of 73.043%.

Kristy also rode Swagman 2 in the Grand Prix (Freestyle qualifier), scoring 65.630%.

Australia’s Peter John Weston also contested the GP (Special qualifer) class with Dundee 117, scoring 60.457%. Peter then rode the Grand Prix (Freestyle qualifier) with Kavalou, finishing on a score of 66.348%, and achieved 67.900% in the Freestyle.

Kristy and Du Soleil already have more than the two 69%+ qualifying scores required to be considered for the Australian team at WEG. Although this most recent score falls short of their personal best at the CDI4* in Hamburg — 72.543% — it’s still a terrific score that demonstrates great consistency, meaning the pair are very likely to be named as part of our WEG team later in the year.

Grand Prix (Qualifier for Freestyle) results

Grand Prix (Qualifier for Special) results

Grand Prix Freestyle results

Grand Prix Special results (no Australian competitors)

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