Germany's Werth wins fourth champion at FEI World Cup Final

Germany's Isabell Werth claimed her fourth title at the FEI World Cup dressage final by dominating deciding freestyle competition in Paris on Saturday.

The 48-year-old, who trailed America's Laura Graves and Verdades after Friday's Grand Prix, produced a pristine performance to see off the challenge and lift the coveted trophy for the fourth time in her incredible career.

Graves had already posted a massive score of 89.082 which, the US rider admitted, surprised even her. "I knew anything was possible. I knew it would take a score like that to possibly get a win and it was a huge personal best for me," Graves said.

However Werth mustered all the skill and experience of a lifetime to squeeze her rival out of pole position with the winning mark of 90.657.

"Like I said yesterday I was not really disappointed or sad, I was just thinking about how I had to prepare for today and how I had to make it better and analyse what went wrong," Werth said.

Werth's compatriots Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (Unee BB) and Dorothee Schneider (Sammy Davis Jr) finished third and fifth.

(Xinhua)