German A-team rider Ulla Salzgeber claimed her stake at the 2014 CDI Frankfurt on 19 - 21 December 2014 winning the 4* Grand Prix and Kurt o Music with solid seventy percentage scores. Salzgeber and her 15-year old Rhinelander gelding Herzruf's Erbe (by Herzruf) scored 74.880% in the Grand Prix and 77.88% in the Kur to Music.
The 56-year old Salzgeber is extremely pleased with her horse's performance at the Christmas decorated Frankfurt indoor show. In the Grand Prix there were still problems in the one tempi changes which kept the score below 75% but Salzgeber struck gold in the kur to music making her debut with brand new gospel music and a higher degree of technical difficulty. The pair scored 77.88% and edged out Dorothee Schneider on Forward Looking, who landed second spot with 77.000%.
The Grand Prix Special was won by Swiss Marcela Krinke-Susmelj on the 13-year old Danish warmblood Smeyers Molberg (by Michellino x Rambo). The duo scored 74.667% and referred U25 rider Charlott-Maria Schurmann to a second place. The 22-year old was contesting the senior vlasses on her chestnut Hanoverian Burlington and scored 72.216% in the Special.
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