Bettina Hoy takes the lead in Luhmühlen

Germany's Bettina Hoy is taking the lead after the dressage at the Luhmühlen CCI****. Hoy has a great chance of winning her home country's premier event, the fifth leg of the FEI Classics. The 54-year-old Triple Olympian - who also trains the Dutch eventing team - collected a mark of 36.0 on her 13-year-old Westphalian gelding Designer 10.

Julia Krajewski of Germany, who made her four-star debut at this show last year when third on the athletic Selle Francais Samurai Du Thot, is second on 37.1 and U.S. rider Marilyn Little, riding the mare RF Scandalous, a newcomer horse to this level, is third on 38.0.

Britain’s Nicola Wilson conjured a mark of 38.7 on the lively black mare Bulana, a notably bold cross-country performer, for overnight fourth.

Michael Jung of Germany, the clear leader in the FEI Classics™ series, is not riding in the four-star at Luhmühlen, but Maxime Livio of France, currently second in the standings and winner of Pau and runner-up to Jung at Kentucky, is and is lying in 12^th place on Opium De Verrieres.