KITTEL WINS OUT IN SUPER-TIGHT BATTLE IN STOCKHOLM

Patrik Kittel won a Swedish competition in the third round of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 series in Stockholm, Sweden on 27th Nov 2011. But it was a hard win for him since the 35-year-old rider and his 11 year old gelding, Toy Story, only beated Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven and Don Auriello by 0.1 of a percentage point, while Germany’s Isabell Werth (Warum Nicht FRH) and Helen Langehanenberg (Responsible) are after them with the third and fourth places respectively.
In this weekend full of interesting events and turns, the well known champion champion Werth finished in seventh place in Saturday’s Grand Prix that was won by Vilhelmson-Silfven. One big surprise was for Norway’s Siril Helljesen who steered her lovely mare, Dorina, into Grand Prix higher level classification.
But Kittel’s latest Freestyle competition victory emphasizes his great strength. He has 13 Grand Prix-level horses now at the base in Muenster, Germany which he has been working with for the last 15 years. “I’m very lucky to have so many right at the moment” he said this afternoon, “Toy Story does not have a great amount of experience but he is very talented and he really took me by surprise today!” he said to the press.