Steffen Peters rides Legloas to US title
Four years ago, Steffen Peters together with Ravel, together with thus an inexperienced 10-year-old, won the 2008 Grand Prix National Dressage Championship at the Festival of Champions inward California.
That functioning earned the yoke a trip to the Olympic Games where they were fourth. Four years, an FEI World Cup title, a CHIO Aachen victory together with 2 Bronze medals at the FEI World Equestrian Games subsequently – Ravel was granted permission yesteryear the USEF selectors to non attend the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions which was equally good serving equally the USEF Selection Trial for the 2012 Olympic Games.
So Peters, of San Diego, California, brought Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92 to the USET Foundation Headquarters final calendar week instead. The final result was the same. The 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, who was imported inward December, has won his showtime National Championship. It is Peters’ sixth, tying the tape previously gear upward yesteryear Robert Dover.
Their marking of 77.956% was plenty to laissez passer on them a 4 solar daytime average of 77.653% together with left them less than 1 signal clear of the runners-up Tina Konyot together with Calecto V. Peters knew what he had to hit to accept the National championship together with he succeeded.
While Legolas volition last the back-up for Ravel for the Olympic Games, Peters knows that this horse’s best is yet yet to come.
“It would last a flake shortly for the Olympic Games (for him),” said Peters. “He could hit it – only I larn proficient reports from (wife) Shannon on Ravel.”
Ravel is inward California preparation only arrives inward New Bailiwick of Jersey on Tuesday to popular off along his Olympic preparations.
Konyot was thrilled 1 time to a greater extent than alongside her 14-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 novel constitute focus alongside the back upward of the USEF Technical Advisor, Anne Gribbons, has helped Konyot hit personal best scores throughout the Championships.
“My highlight is beingness hither together with beingness purpose of this,” said Konyot. “It was my dream ever to last on an Olympic Team. I went to my showtime Olympics inward 1976 equally a niggling daughter together with I told my parents I’d similar to hit that. Yesterday was the highlight of the week, the ride I had together with the marking I got. There are no words for it.”
Their marking of 77.889% brought their four-day amount to 76.873%.
Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, CA) together with Rafalca continued to upward their game, together with delivered 1 time to a greater extent than – this fourth dimension alongside a 74.889% to convey their tertiary house amount to 73.169% over the 4 classes.
Rafalca has drawn mainstream media attending lately due to her co-owner Ann Romney, who owns the 15-year-old Oldenburg mare inward conjunction alongside Beth Myers together with Amy Ebeling. Romney’s hubby is, of course, on the drive trail for the United States’ presidency. Steve Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report has made dressage the “Colbert Report Sport of the Summer”.
Ebeling didn’t allow the additional attending impact his performance.
“This is a dream come upward true,” said Ebeling. “I looked at the scoreboard 1 fourth dimension (during my ride) together with it looked proficient thus I didn’t await again.”
This contest was the culmination of a long road, 1 which which continues onto London for the Olympic Games. Adrienne Lyle had to outdo herself to hold her Olympic dreams last together with she did alongside a marking of 73.558% – considerably her highest marking of the competition. Their cumulative marking of 74.588% cemented their quaternary house finish.
Lyle (Ketchum, ID) together with the 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding develop nether the tutelage of two-time Olympian Debbie McDonald. They excelled today inward what Peters referred to equally a ‘life-changing ride.”
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