A busy weekend for Lyndal Oatley in Compiègne

Lyndal rode Dante’s Herzchen to a score of 71.441% in the CDI2* Prix St Georges to claim victory...

Adele Severs

Published 23 May 2022

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Lyndal Oatley and Dante’s Herzchen, pictured here at home.

© Vera Kirillova

A busy weekend for Lyndal Oatley in Compiègne

By Equestrian Life

Australian dressage rider Lyndal Oatley has stepped out at one of the premier events on the international dressage calendar, the Internationaux de dressage de Compiègne, riding three horses with success.

Lyndal rode her up and coming Small Tour star Dante’s Herzchen to a score of 71.441% in the CDI2* Prix St Georges to claim victory, while in the Inter I they placed second on 71.667% — only narrowly beaten by the Netherlands’ Seth Boschman and Flora De Mariposa RS2 OLD on 72.892%.

Dante’s Herzchen, by Dante Weltino out of Herzchen by Hochadel, was purchased from Santiago Damil and joined Lyndal’s team mid-last year. You can read more about the mare in the March issue of Equestrian Life.

Lyndal also competed her two Grand Prix horses, Eros and Elvive — both of whom are already qualified for possible Australian team selection for the FEI World Championships in August.

Lyndal and Eros, pictured here at a previous event.

© Lukasz Kowalski

Elvive contested the CDIO5* classes alongside many of the world’s top combinations, finishing fourteenth in the Grand Prix on 69.544%. Great Britain’s Charlotte Fry claimed victory with Glamourdale, scoring 79.435%. In the Freestyle, Lyndal and Elvive scored 73.3% to finish in eighth place, with Isabell Werth winning the class aboard DSP Quantaz on 85.875%.

Eros contested the CDI3* classes, placing sixth in the CDI3* Grand Prix (qualifier for the Special), with a score of 71.696%; the class was won by Great Britain’s Gareth Hughes and Classic Briolinca on 76.152%. In the Special, Lyndal and Eros were seventh on 70.681%, with husband Patrik Kittel winning the class riding Blue Hors Zepter to a score of 76.617%.