New prospect for Canada’s Olympic dressage team
New Canadian citizen David Marcus is inwards disceptation for Olympic consideration next a strong wintertime competitor flavour inwards Florida.
Several weeks of international dressage competitor are held inwards theWellington,West Palm Beachand Loxahatchee areas, making due south Florida a top goal for dressage athletes from some the world.
Marcus, 31, received his Canadian citizenship on Dec 28, 2011, together with promptly began representing his novel province successfully, scoring over 70% amongst Chrevi’s Capital inwards the national grand prix held at the Wellington Classic Dressage Premier from Jan 12 to xv inwards Loxahatchee, Florida.
Even to a greater extent than impressively, the national competitor inwards Loxahatchee marked the showtime grand prix exam for Marcus’s mount, Chrevi’s Capital owned past times Deborah Kinzinger. In simply 4 brusk months competing at the sport’s highest degree together, Marcus together with the 12-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding direct maintain formed a solid partnership that has seen them reach an average score of 67.251% for Olympic consideration. As of May 1, Marcus is ranked 5th overall inwards a hotly contested race for a spot on the 2012 Canadian Olympic Dressage Team.
“At every competitor this winter, Chrevi’s Capital steadily increased his scores past times 1 or 2 percent, culminating inwards the CDI5* at the Global Dressage Festival where nosotros placed minute inwards the Grand Prix Special,” said Marcus of the CDI5* Global Dressage Festival held March 28 to Apr 1 inwards Wellington, Florida.
“I am thrilled amongst the progress he has made; he has exceeded my expectations. I had hoped that he would practise this well, but he progressed thence quickly, going from having never done a grand prix to at nowadays existence thence consistent inwards the Grand Prix together with Grand Prix Special that nosotros are inwards the running for a identify on the Olympic team.”
Marcus has been working amongst six-time Olympian Robert Dover of theUnited Statesfor the past times 3 seasons. Dover’s ain sense inwards international competitor is a tremendous property to his coaching, together with has allowed Marcus to visualize competing amongst Chrevi’s Capital inwards the world’s largest venues.
“He has no existent weaknesses,” said Marcus, who competed at 7 FEI-sanctioned events this winter. “He has a super walk, trot together with canter. He has actually neat pirouettes together with consistently earns scores of viii together with occasionally a nine inwards his pirouette, extended trot, together with walk work. He tin basically practise everything for a score of eight; it is simply upwardly to me to ride good together with go a expert partner for him.”
Marcus together with possessor Kinzinger flora Chrevi’s Capital (Chrevi’s Lavallo x Weinberg) inwards Sweden. While the Equus caballus was competing at the pocket-sized tour level, Marcus recognized his talent together with potential for the grand prix together with imported him to Canada inwards 2010.
“I was similar a shot attracted to his presence, together with I felt lid he had an aptitude for piaffe together with passage fifty-fifty though he wasn’t confirmed inwards it yet,” recalled Marcus of his showtime impression of Chrevi’s Capital.
“What I liked most well-nigh his graphic symbol was that he wanted to go good. The temperament together with rideability were there, together with that is thence of import to me. At this level, they direct maintain to desire to operate amongst you, together with he actually does. He is ever willing to endeavour his hardest. Sometimes he tries thence difficult that he makes mistakes, but he is really genuine.”
Marcus concluded his 2012 wintertime flavour inwards Florida past times making his Canadian Team debut inwards the CDIO3* Wellington Dressage Nations’ Cup competitor held Apr xiii to 15. Riding Chrevi’s Capital, Marcus scored a win for his novel province inwards 1 of the classes. Although he has lived inwards Canada since moving at the historic menses of eighteen to attend McMaster University, Marcus, who was born inwards Omaha, Nebraska, was unable to representCanadain international competitor until he received sum citizenship.
Having at nowadays returned dwelling identify to Canada where he owns together with operates David Marcus Dressage, a full-service dressage preparation facility based inwards Campbellville, Ontario, Marcus volition adjacent compete at the CDI3* Canada Classic from May eighteen to xx inwards Burlington, Ontario. He together with thence plans to move to Lexington, Kentucky, the next week. The concluding chance for Canadian Olympic Team hopefuls to earn qualifying scores volition go inwards Blainville, Quebec, inwards June.
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