Watch Moorland's Totalis and Victory Salute's Freestyles at Aachen

Edward Gal & Moorlands Totalis won the CDIO Freestlye at Aachen on 90.964%! Australia's Brett Parbery was10th with 73.179%.

In total the pair was awarded the dream score 10 by the judges twenty-four times: With a final score of 90.96 percent the Dutch dressage rider Edward Gal and his 10-year-old black stallion, Moorlands Totilas won the Deutsche Bank Prize at the CHIO 2010, World Equestrian Festival. “It still had a great feeling, even if we did make two mistakes,” reported Edward Gal. The Gribaldi son fell into canter in one of the extended trots and took one canter stride in the middle of a piaffe. “I wanted too much and gave the aids too strongly. But this are small errors that won’t happen again,” joked Gal. For the stallion it is the first time he is being used at stud during the competition season. Sperm is taken three times a week. It was of course a risk to start doing it, but he is extremely cooperative, he just whinnies a bit more than usual in the stable,” remarked Gal.
The Dutch also claimed second and third place in the Grand Prix Freestyle: Adeline Cornelissen ranked second with the 13-year-old Jazz/Ulft son, Jerich Parzival, with a total score of 85.607 percent. She had integrated an extremely difficult exercise into her freestyle routine: A half-pirouette in piaffe to the right followed directly by a half-pirouette to the left. “Parzival was totally concentrated in the arena, he didn’t let himself get distracted at all. In the past he was very nervous when he entered a stadium like this, but now he seems to like the crowds more and more. I was very pleased with his performance here,“ reported Adelinde Cornelissen. Her team colleague, Imke Schellekens-Bartels, finished third (81.000 percent) with her mare, Hunter Douglas Sunrise. “I spent a lot of time deliberating. Sunrise went well in the Grand Prix, but he was too normal, not expressive enough. In the Spécial I took more risks, but we made several mistakes. Today, I opted for “risk without mistakes” and it came off, the music always helps me.”

The ten-time winner of this competition in Aachen, Isabell Werth, was visibly disappointed with her result. “Satchmo has improved here from day to day and he presented himself very well here today. He was extremely motivated, unfortunately he made a mistake in the flying changes at every stride and kicked himself in the second piaffe,“ said Werth, who recently gave birth to her son Frederik. Her new freestyle choreography to the music of Roberto Blanco and Tom Jones contained some surprising elements. “In the past I often had such heavy music and now I wanted something special with a positive influence. I enjoy riding to this music.” Apart from Edward Gal she was the only rider who the crowd gave a standing ovation to. “In spite of his age Satchmo is top fit, I hope the judges give him the marks he deserves,“ the German national coach, Holger Schmezer, stated in the run-up to the competition. Schmezer gave an interview with the Aachener Zeitung in the short break that arose as the result of Anabel Balkenhol (Coesfeld) not being able to compete with Dablino. “Anabel had diarrhoea the whole night and is very weak,“ reported Schmezer.

The team newcomer Christoph Koschel (Hagen a.T.W.) finished seventh with 75,00 percent. “Donnperignon ran out of steam a little bit today. He hasn’t started in three tests at one competition very often. But he remained very relaxed in spite of this atmosphere, I deliberately didn’t push him too much on the warm-up arena,“ reported the 34-year-old. The Austrian dressage rider, Victoria Max-Theurer, was very pleased at coming sixth (78.50). “Aachen was only Augustin’s third competition after his colic operation last year. He has proved that he has made a very good come-back,“ the 24-year-old said happily.

Rank	HORSE - Breeding sex\colour\born\sire x siredam\	RIDER owner		EUR	Total Points	Percentage
1	Moorlands Totilas - KWPN S \ Black \ 2000 \ Gribaldi x Glendale	Edward Gal (NED) Moorland Stables	30000	1273.50	90.964
2	Jerich Parzival - KWPN G \ Chestnut \ 1997 \ Jazz x Ulft	Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) W.P.J. Cornelissen & M.A. Cornelissen & H. Jerich, J.H. Koers	18000	1198.50	85.607
3	Hunter Douglas Sunrise - HANN M \ DarkBay \ 1994 \ Singular Joter x Werther	Imke Schellekens-Bartels (NED) P.A.J. Smarius	13500	1134.00	81.000
4	Satchmo - HANN G \ DarkBay \ 1994 \ Sao Paulo x Legat	Isabell Werth (GER) Madeleine Winter-Schulze, Birgitte Werth	9000	1131.00	80.786
5	Mistral Hojris - DWB G \ Chestnut \ 1995 \ Michellino x Ibsen	Laura Bechtolsheimer (GBR) Laura Bechtolsheimer	5000	1127.00	80.500
6	Augustin OLD - OLDBG S \ Bay \ 2000 \ August der Starke x Rohdiamant	Victoria Max-Theurer (AUT) Max-Theurer Elisabeth, Schloss Achleiten	3500	1099.00	78.500
7	Donnperignon - FWB G \ DarkChestnut \ 1999 \ Donnerhall x Mozart II79	Christoph Koschel (GER) Hof Beckerode GmbH	2500	1050.00	75.000
8	Calecto V - DWB S \ Bay \ 1998 \ Come Back II x Rastell	Tina Konyot (USA) Tina Konyot & John Byrialsen	1500	1031.00	73.643
9	Apollo van het Vijverhof - BWP G \ Bay \ 2000 \ Welt Hit II x Ritmeister	Jeroen Devroe (BEL) Jeroen Devroe	1000	1028.00	73.429
10	Victory Salute - AWHA ,, , G \ Bay, \ 1996 \ Salut, e x	Brett Parbery (AUS) Carolyn Lieutenant	1000	1024.50	73.179
11	Eremo del Castegno - SI G \ Bay \ 2001 \ Rohdiamant x Weltmeyer	Valentina Truppa (ITA) Gavan s.r.l.	1000	1010.00	72.143
12	Anton - SACHS G \ DarkBay \ 2000 \ Antaeus x Melit	Belinda Trussell (CAN) Robyn Eames	1000	1009.00	72.071
13	Pop Art - KWPN G \ Chestnut \ 1997 \ Amsterdam x Cabouchon	Ashley Holzer (CAN) Rusty Holzer, Moreen Nicoll	1000	998.50	71.321
14	Withney van't Genthof - BWP S \ Bay \ 1999 \ FERRO x BALZFLUG	Stefan van Ingelgem (BEL) VM Invest Van Malderen Bart & Tereza	1000	991.00	70.786
15	Exquis Clearwater - DWB G \ Bay \ 1998 \ Carpaccio x Limebrand	Anne van Olst (DEN) Dhr. A.M. Kies & Mevr. A. van Olst, Anna Van Olst	1000	982.50	70.179