Kristy Oatley first of the current FEI World Cup Dressage Western European Leaderboard

Olympian Kristy Oatley and Du Soleil held the advantage after the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League at Salzburg in Austria this weekend. Going into the judging break on a score of 76.998%, her sixth-place finish at the end of the day moved her up to the top of the League leaderboard (with 44 pts), ahead of Fabienne Lutkemeier (GER), as the competition heads into the fifth leg at Olympia London (GBR) this week.

“Düse,” as she calls Du Soleil, produced Sunday’s result after the horse had a fright on the way to the arena for the Grand Prix and took the tension into the ride. “Today we were back on track and he was amazing,” she shared with dressage-news.com, “the best feeling so far.”

The FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017 Final in Omaha, Nebraska (USA) next March is the target for most riders.

Result:

1, Showtime FRH (Dorothee Schneider) GER 85.292; 2, Lorenzo (Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez) ESP 80.273; 3, Unee BB (Jessica von Bredow-Werndl) GER 79.275; 4, D’Agostino FRH (Fabienne Lutkemeier) GER 78.222; 5, Cennin (Madeleine Witte-Vrees) NED 77.027; 6, Du Soleil (Kristy Oatley) AUS 76.998; 7, Imperio (Hubertus Schmidt) GER 76.131; 8, Finckenstein TSF (Rikke Svane) DEN 74.896; 9, Foco Loco W (Borja Carrascosa) ESP 74.567; 10, Don Gregorius (Inna Logutenkova) UKR 72.857; 11, DSP Rodriguez (Astrid Neumayer) AUT 72.628; 12, Sohnlein Brilliant MJ (Belinda Weinbauer) AUT 72.397; 13, Fuerstano (Juliane Brinkhorst) GER 71.602.