US wins dressage Nations Cup in Florida

Team USA 1’s Kimberly Herslow too Rosmarin.

Teams from the U.S. get got taken out the laissez passer on 2 spots at the Wellington Nations Cup CDIO 3*, alongside Canada third.

Part of the trial of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), 10 teams competed inward the Nations Cup at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

Team USA 1 finished kickoff alongside a amount of 219.313 points. Team USA 2 was minute alongside 208.675 points too Team Canada 1 rounded out the laissez passer on 3 teams alongside 205.346 points.

Following the closed of Friday’s competition, a protestation was filed past times the Chef d’Equipe for Team Europe alongside the Appeals Committee for Mikala Munter Gundersen (DEN) of Team Europe on the judging of her ride. There was a coming together on Sat forenoon at 9:30 am alongside the FEI Representative, President of the Ground Jury, the FEI steward, the 3 members of the Appeals Committee – Lorraine MacDonald (CAN), Marian Cunningham (PER), too Sandy Hotz (USA) – the Team Europe Chef d’Equipe, too Mikala Munter Gundersen.

Lorraine MacDonald of the Appeals Committee said: “We agreed that it was handled inward a rider-friendly manner. It was an unfortunate situation, exactly the appeal was a non-appealable situation. The in conclusion determination rested alongside the President of the Ground Jury, Linda Zang. It ended inward an amicable province of affairs where everyone was clear alongside what happened, too the judges’ in conclusion determination was upheld.”

Judges for both classes yesterday were: Anne Gribbons at E, Joan Macartney at H, Linda Zang at C, Evi Eisenhardt at M, too Mirabel Alonso at B.

Team USA 1 included Prix St. Georges competitors Kimberly Herslow too Rosmarin too Caroline Roffman too Her Highness O, inward improver to Grand Prix competitors Heather Blitz too Paragon too Shelly Francis too Doktor. The squad pose inward remarkably high scores throughout Friday’s competition, including the high scores for both classes of the Nations Cup competition. Herslow too Rosmarin earned the laissez passer on score of the FEI Prix St. Georges CDIO 3* aeroplane alongside an impressive 72.079%. Blitz too Paragon finished kickoff inward the FEI Grand Prix CDI-O 3* alongside a 71.021%. Blitz had about other 3% added to her grand prix score alongside the novel format of this Nations Cup contest to contribute a amount score of 74.021% for the squad competition.

For the kickoff fourth dimension inward Nations Cup history, teams consisted of both Prix St. Georges too Grand Prix aeroplane Equus caballus too passenger combinations equally a precursor to raising the aeroplane of contest at the Pan American Games. While Friday’s contest served equally a examination for the newly formatted mixed teams, riders across the board agreed it was a success spell working through the growing pains of novel rules.

Roffman, who competed at the Prix St. Georges aeroplane for Team USA 1 too had a score of 69.684%, was eager to get got business office inward squad contest in 1 trial again too was pleased alongside the outcome of the novel format. “I intend it’s a swell sense to hold out on a squad too instruct that sense inward such a fun atmosphere too at a swell showgrounds. It’s wonderful to produce too I intend it’ll brand a swell format, notwithstanding they halt upwardly working it out. It sure enough worked well, I think,” she said.

Team USA 2 consisted of Cesar Parra too Van the Man (total 72.043% grand prix score), Susan Dutta too Currency DC (total 65.915% grand prix score), Justin Hardin too Wyatt Star (68.395% Prix St. Georges score), too Christopher Hickey too Witness Hilltop (68.237% Prix St. Georges score).

Team Canada 1 was thrilled alongside their team’s laissez passer on 3 complete too was eager to hold out a business office of developing the sport inward the Americas. Their squad consisted of Christilot Boylen too Dio Mio (70.395% Prix St. Georges score), Brittany Fraser too All In (66.079% Prix St. Georges score), David Marcus too Don Kontes (total 68.872% Grand Prix score), too Evi Strasser too Action Tyme (64.021% Grand Prix score).

“I’m belike the solely 1 hither that tin genuinely retrieve when the Pan American Games were all Grand Prix too equally good when it changed to Prix St. Georges,” Christilot Boylen said. “I intend this is a wonderful laid out too I intend later about discussion, this format could hold out wonderfully conducive to developing dressage inward the Americas.”

 

 

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