Pony Riders - Team Championship Test
- 1. Going West - Isabelle Leibler - 64.444
Pony Riders - Individual Test
- 1. Going West - Isabelle Leibler - 64.053
Pony Riders - Kur to Music
- 1. Going West- Isabelle Leibler - 69.150%
Prix St Georges
- 1. Teutobod - Jan Brons - 71.474
- 2. Wig Wam - Shelly Francis - 69.632
- 3. Alina - Arlene Page - 68.842
- 4. Cabana Boy - Christopher Hickey - 68.368
- 5. Dolomit - Cindy Snowden - 66.842
- 6. Rolling Stone - Lisa Hyslop - 66.158
- 7. Halbgott - Marco Bernal - 65.368
- 8. San Piko - Yvonne Losos de Muniz - 65.316
- 9. Degas - Barbara Strawson - 64.526
- 10. Rhett - James Koford - 63.895
- 11. Rising Star - Barbie Asplundh - 62.474
- 12. Eliko Maximum - Dorie Addy-Crow - 8 62.000
- 13. Kabileno XV - Cherri Reiber - 61.737
- 14. Capricia - Jane Hannigan - 61.526
- 15. Manette DC - Susan Dutta - 60.263
- 16. Red Romance DC - Lars Petersen - 59.526
- 17. Dance Oi Joy - Alejandro Gomez - 58.947
- 18. Dea II - Katherine Bateson - 57.842
- 19. Cadenza - Ilse Schwarz - 57.579
Intermediaire I
- 1. Brons, Jan - . Teutobod - 70.316%
- 2. Francis, Shelly - Wig Wam - 69.263%
- 3. Hickey, Christopher - Cabana Boy - 68.579%
- 4. Hyslop, Lisa - Rolling Stone - 66.316%
- 5. Bateson Chandler, Katherine - Dea II - 65.579%
- 6. Bernal, Marco - Halbgott - 64.947%
- 7. Strawson, Barbara - Degas - 64.737%
- 8. Koford, James- Rhett- 62.053%
- 9. Asplundh, Barbie - Rising Star- 61.474%
- 10. Addy-Crow, Dorie - Eliko Maximum - 60.789%
- 11. Petersen, Lars - Red Romance DC - 60.368%
- 12. Reiber, Cherri - Kabileno XV - 59.737%
- 13. Dutta, Susan - Manette DC - 58.579%
- 14. Gomez, Alejandro - Dance Of Joy - 53.684%
Intermediaire I Kur to Music
- 1. Brons, Jan A. - Teutobod - 73.350%
- 2. Francis, Shelly - Wig Wam - 70.450%
- 3. Bernal, Marco - Halbgott - 69.650%
- 4. Asplundh, Barbie - Rising Star - 65.900%
- 5. Strawson, Barbara - Degas - 65.550%
- 6. Addy-Crow, Dorie - Eliko Maximum - 57.250%
Grand Prix for Special
- 1. Maksymilian - Jane Hannigan - 67.234
- 2. Latino - Karen Lipp - 65.234
- 3. More Magic - Bethany Peslar - 64.511
- 4. Juli Sherif - Sharon McCusker - 63.830
- 5. Schumacker Solyst - Melissa Taylor - 62.851
- 6. F. Ferrelli - Chrissa Hoffmann - 62.596
- 7. Marnix - George Williams Open - 60.170
- 8 .Pascal - Diana Mukpo Open - 58.170
- 9 .Golden Choice DC - Susan Dutta - 57.915
The USA's Jane Hannigan and Maksymillian (a 15-year old Dutch warmblood gelding by Elcaro) won the Grand for Special on the opening day Wednesday of the WEF Dressage Classic CDI-W at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The competition that is part of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival of 12 weeks is the last opportunity for competitors on the East Coast of the United States to qualify in the North American League for the World Cup to be held in Las Vegas April 15-19. The Grand Prix Freestyle musical competition will be held Saturday night under lights in PBIEC's International Arena.
Photo courtesy: Susan Stickle
Grand Prix Special
- 1. Hannigan, Jane - Maksymilian - 68.083% 1 No
- 2. Lipp, Karen - Latino - 64.375% 2 No
- 3. McCusker, Sharon - Juli Sherif - 64.083% 3 No
- 4. Williams, George - Marnix - 62.333% 4 No
- 5. Mukpo, Diana - Pascal - 62.208% 5 No
- 6. Taylor, Melissa - Schumacker Solyst - 60.417% 6 No
- 7. Dutta, Susan- Golden Choice DC - 59.625% 0 No
- 8. Hoffmann, Chrissa - F. Ferrelli - 58.542%
Grand Prix for Freestyle
- 1. Holzer, Ashley - Pop Art - 72.511%
- 2. Gundersen, Mikala Munter - Leonberg - 70.170%
- 3. Petersen, Lars - Succes - 68.043%
- 4. Page, Arlene - Wild One - 66.851%
- 5. Francis, Shelly - Dominion - 66.000%
- 6. Koffler-Stanfield, Reese - Goubergh's Kasper - 65.532%
- 7. Bernal, Marco - Diamore - 65.149%
- 8. Stegen, Tara - New Tango - 65.064%
- 9. Morelli, Catherine - Be Se - 64.383%
- 10. Barison, Michael - Olympus - 64.170%
- 11. Gallagher-LeGriffon, Denielle - Gallaway's Abrikos - 63.702%
- 12. Harding, Shawna - Come On III - 63.617%
- 13. Kelly, Jodie - Manhattan - 62.809%
- 14. Williams, George - Rocher - 61.404%
Already assured of a trip to the FEI World Cup Final in Las Vegas, Canada's Ashley Holzer took advantage of a last chance to ride her Pop Art under the lights by winning the Grand Prix for the musical freestyle at the CDI-W Wellington on Thursday. Holzer, who lives in New York and Wellington, scored 72.511 percent to take first place in the final FEI World Cup class before the Las Vegas Final April 15-19.
"I love showing here," Holzer said. "It's great to be able to get ready for Las Vegas by riding on the great footing under lights." Holzer, a three-time Olympian for her native Canada, has already fulfilled the requirement of three FEI World Cup competitions that has placed her and her Olympic partner atop the North American League.
Mikala Munter Gundersen on Horses Unlimited's Leonberg and Olympic and World Cup veteran Lars Petersen on his Success, finished second and third, respectively, with 70.170 percent and 68.043 percent. Both ride for Denmark but now live in Wellington.
Photo courtesy: Susan Stickle
Grand Prix Kur to Music
- 1. Holzer, Ashley - Pop Art - 77.350%
- 2. Petersen, Lars - Succes - 74.400%
- 3. Gundersen, Mikala Munter - Leonberg - 73.650%
- 4. Koffler-Stanfield, Reese - Goubergh's Kasper - 70.450%
- 5. Page, Arlene - Wild One - 68.800%
- 6. Morelli, Catherine - Be Se - 68.100%
- 7. Williams, George - Rocher - 67.750%
- 8. Barison, Michael - Olympus - 67.750%
- 9. Gallagher-LeGriffon, Denielle - Gallaway's Abrikos - 67.550%
- 10. Stegen, Tara - New Tango - 66.850%
- 11. Francis, Shelly - Dominion - 66.400%
- 12. Bernal, Marco - Diamore - 65.700%
- 13. Kelly, Jodie - Manhattan - 65.550%
- 14. Harding, Shawna - Come On III - 64.850%
Canada's Ashley Holzer and her Olympic mount Pop Art secured their place at the FEI World Cup Final with a victory Saturday night in the WEF Dressage Classic Grand Prix Kur to Music at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Holzer, who lives in New York and Wellington, scored 77.350 percent to beat out Denmark's Lars Petersen and his Danish warmblood gelding Success with 77.400 percent and fellow Dane Mikala Munter Gundersen on Leonberg in third place with 73.650 percent. Both Petersen and Gundersen now live in Wellington. Reese Koffler-Stanfield on Goubergh's Kasper was the top finishing American in fourth place with 70.450 percent.
While Holzer's trip to Las Vegas for the Final on April 15-19 is assured, the fate of the Danish Olympic and World Cup star had to wait until Sunday afternoon in California to know whether his score would be high enough. As a rider for Denmark, Petersen had to finish better than second place in the North American League to qualify for the Final, a result he thinks unlikely as his three scores would have to average higher than that of the USA's Steffen Peters and his Olympic mount Ravel who will ride in the last 2009 North American League World Cup class in Del Mar, Sunday afternoon.
Saturday night's musical freestyle was the last opportunity on the U.S. East Coast for riders to qualify for the Last Vegas Final. Although Holzer was was already at the top of the North American League standings and Saturday night's competition was not necessary for a place in the Final, she said: "I really wanted to do it before the World Cup. I'm at my best when I keep going in the ring, especially when there's an atmosphere like this. Tonight there was a lot of atmosphere."
Petersen said that he was especially happy with the performance of Success after years of dealing with serious hoof problems. "My horse," he said, "has a lot of quality but had to deal with a bad foot. I'm just happy to have a horse and do well on it."