Marcus continues ride up dressage ranks
David Marcus has notched upwards 2 to a greater extent than wins to position himself firmly inward contestation for the Canadian Dressage Team for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Marcus won both the Grand Prix too the Grand Prix Special at CDI3*Lexington, an international dressage contest held at the Kentucky Horse Park from May 24 ot 27 inward Lexington, Kentucky.
A calendar week earlier, at the CDI3* Canada Classic inward Burlington, Ontario, Marcus rode Deborah Kinzinger’s Chrevi’s Capital to victory inward both the Grand Prix (68.681%) too the Grand Prix Special (72.356%). History repeated itself inward Lexington amongst Marcus winning the Grand Prix amongst a score of 69.02% too the Grand Prix Special amongst 70.578%.
Based on his results over the past times 2 weeks, Marcus is at nowadays unofficially ranked inward the go past times 3 on the Olympic qualifying leader board. Only i contest remains inward North America for athletes hoping to earn a coveted topographic point on the Canadian Olympic Dressage Team, the CDI3* Blainville from June xiv to xvi inward Quebec.
Three horse-rider combinations addition 2 alternates volition hold upwards named for the 2012 Olympic Games at in i lawsuit next the competition, too all v volition move to Europe inward preparation for Olympic contest inward August.
“I am genuinely a chip without words!” said the US-born Marcus, who was granted Canadian citizenship on Dec 28, 2011, simply before the Dec 31 Olympic deadline. “To take away hold simply larn a citizen too done my showtime Grand Prix inward Jan to beingness on a Equus caballus that is performing at this score non simply once, but consistently, makes me experience confident too a lilliputian surprised. It was a long shot, for sure, but I couldn’t hold upwards happier amongst the agency the flavor has gone. I am ecstatic!”
Chrevi’s Capital is a 12-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Weinberg).
In the Grand Prix on Friday, May 25, Marcus enjoyed a personal best, earning a score of 69.02% from the five-member panel of international judges. He took the win over Pan American Games squad gilded medalist Pierre St. Jacques too Lucky Tiger of the the States who scored 68.70%, too beau Canadian Diane Creech who earned 68.19% amongst her Olympic hopeful, Devon L.
“Chrevi’s Capital had a few uncharacteristic mistakes but, overall, I intend the character was genuinely good,” said Marcus who is coached past times six-time American Olympian, Robert Dover. “At every show, he simply keeps getting meliorate too better.”
In the Grand Prix Special held Sunday, May 27, Marcus won amongst a score of 70.578% over 2008 Canadian Olympian Jacqueline Brooks who earned 69.067% riding D-Niro too Creech, who scored 68.556% amongst Devon L.
The CDI3* Lexington contest was held inward the Rolex Stadium, the same venue used for the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. Competing inward an international venue amongst an electrical atmosphere was ideal preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games.
In Sabbatum night’s Grand Prix Freestyle, Marcus rode his other grand prix mount, Don Kontes, to a 3rd house complete amongst a score of 68.13%. Also owned past times Kinzinger, the 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding is simply returning to competition, having undergone colic surgery concluding September. Like his stable mate Chrevi’s Capital, Don Kontes solely began competing at the grand prix before this year.
“He performed rattling maturely at nighttime inward a large venue amongst a lot of spectators,” said Marcus, who performed an Asian-themed musical freestyle featuring music from ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ ‘House of Flying Daggers,’ too ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ designed past times Australian grand prix competitor, Nicholas Fyffe.
“It was our showtime fourth dimension performing that freestyle; it’s genuinely beautiful music, amongst a residuum of masculine too feminine. It needs a chip of tweaking for the adjacent fourth dimension too nosotros take away hold to settle into it a lilliputian chip but, overall, I sentiment it was a rattling classy performance. He is yet rattling green, too I couldn’t take away hold asked for more. I am rattling happy amongst my horse.”
Marcus, 31, volition at nowadays supply to his preparation base of operations inward Campbellville, Ontario, where he operates David Marcus Dressage. Born inward Omaha, Nebraska, Marcus has lived inward Canada since he began assist McMaster University inward Hamilton, Ontario, at the historic menses of 18. He made his Canadian Dressage Team debut riding inward the CDIO3* Wellington Dressage Nations’ Cup inward Florida inward April.
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