An array of talented British riders flocked to Buckinghamshire for Addington’s annual CDI3* on 19 – 22 March 2015. For Great Britain pony rider Phoebe Peters, Under 25 rider Alex Hardwick and Grand Prix rider Nikki Crisp claimed the spotlight by winning their divisions.
Nikki Crisp dominated the big tour classes. Riding her own 18-year-old Dutch-bred mare, Pasoa, Nikki and her partner of 12 years claimed their first international win in the grand prix with an impressive score of 70.38%. Their first competition on home soil since Olympia last year, Nikki and Pasoa put their dancing shoes on the for grand prix freestyle to score a personal best of 76.57%, topping the leader board for the second time in their international career.
Speaking from her Facebook, Nikki exclaimed: “Pasoa made it two wins at Addington CDI3*!! Tonight she had a personal best in the Freestyle with 76.5%.....she just keeps getting better! What an amazing horse, what a lucky rider”
Superstar combination, Phoebe Peters and SL Lucci ruled the pony classes at the international competition. Although Phoebe and Lucci, Tracy Peters’ 13-year-old Danish gelding, narrowly missed out on the top spot in the team test with their score of 76.88% - Germany’s Semmieke Rothenberger and Deinhard B took first with 77.82% - the dynamic duo claimed the individual and freestyle titles with their impressive scores of 76.46% and 79.45% (the highest score of the weekend), respectively.
Reflecting on her time at the Buckinghamshire-based venue, Phoebe posted on her Facebook: “SL Lucci was on amazing form and produced some incredible results. On Friday we finished a very close second in the team test (76.88%) to my great competitor and friend Semmie Rothenberger with her gorgeous Deinhard B! On Saturday Lucci and I won the Individual test with 76.46%,” she continued. “I was also thrilled to achieve a score of 80% from the judge at M. This feels like we're getting closer to my ultimate goal of being able to score 80% in all three tests before my pony career sadly ends! To top off the weekend we went on to win the Kur today with 79.45%, he was phenomenal! Cannot say how proud and happy I am with Lucci, he felt simply amazing over all three days of competition, better than ever.”
24-year-old Alex Hardwick had a cracking time at their first international of 2015. Their clean sweep at Biarritz CDI3* in October last year continued to Addington as she took home both the U25 grand prix and freestyle titles. Riding Sally Hardwick’s 13-year-old Hanoverian, Donauwein, Alex produced a solid score of 66.32% to take the top spot. Paralympian, Sophie Wells and Jacqueline Walker’s 18-year-old Landeur-sired gelding, Pinocchio took second with 65.30%, whilst Pippa Hutton and her, Pammy Hutton and Philip Woof’s 13-year-old Dimaggio mare, Duela took third with 64.93%.
In the freestyle, Alex and Donauwein – or Dudy, as he’s known at home – not only produced another winning test, their score of 73.07% was a personal best at big tour, a huge achievement for the pair.
Text by British Dressage - Photos © Risto Aaltonen
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