Charlotte Dujardin and the 10-year-old mare Alive and Kicking (All at As soon as x Fürst Piccolo) gained the hotly contested CDI3*grand prix in Lier this weekend, on 75.04%, and the particular on 75.192% on the partnership’s worldwide grand prix debut.
“I couldn’t ask for rather more,” mentioned Charlotte, who co-owns the mare with Carl Hester and Ulrike Bachinger. “I actually got here right here [for the mare] to achieve expertise. The primary job for me as a rider was to offer her confidence to go in there and have a pleasant time. And I believe she did try this.”
The mix produced two harmonious assessments, scoring constant sevens and eights, with highlights from the judges together with the passage and the final impression, for which she acquired a number of nines.
There have been 41 mixtures within the grand prix, and Charlotte completed simply forward of Lottie Fry and the 15-year-old stallion Nespresso on 74.28% and Patrik Kittel and Jovian – who had been competing collectively for the primary time at worldwide since Patrik took over the journey from Andreas Helgstrand – on 73.73%.
Nespresso, who is thought at dwelling as Nessie, went on to win the freestyle on 76.6%. “Nessie felt actually good in there,” mentioned Lottie. “There was a bit extra ambiance in the present day and it was good to really feel he was having fun with it.
“It’s truly not his freestyle. So, it wasn’t becoming 100%, however he did the whole lot so nicely. It’s solely his second-ever worldwide grand prix, I’m very happy with him.”
Different British riders in motion at CDI Lier
There have been a number of different Brits in motion on the present. Sarah Millis was 18th on Spectacular VDC with 68.21% within the grand prix and seventeenth within the particular on 64.12%. Richard Davison and Intero had been thirty first within the grand prix on 65.34% on their first outing collectively. Lisa Marriott and Valucio DH Z had been thirty second on 65.239% within the grand prix and eleventh within the freestyle on 68.74%.
There was extra drama to return as Becky Moody and the 10-year-old gelding Jagerbomb, who captured hearts on the World Cup qualifier in London, completed third within the CDI4* grand prix on 73.54% – to Jagerbomb’s sire Dante Weltino OLD andTherese Nilshagen – and second, underneath uncommon circumstances, within the particular on 74.59%.
Becky and Jagerbomb completed on the identical share as winners Dorothee Schneider and Dayman, regardless of a mistake within the one-time modifications. FEI guidelines stipulate that in tied conditions between anybody within the prime three locations within the grand prix or the particular, the mixture with the very best median rating – the center variety of the 5 scores in ascending numerical order – wins.
In the end, Dorothee and Dayman’s median rating of 74.57% was simply increased than Becky and Jagerbomb’s 74.36%. However the judges had been removed from unanimous, and Dayman’s scores had been unfold extra broadly, with a 2.66% distinction between their lowest and highest scores, whereas Jagerbomb had a 1.27% break up.
Lottie Fry was sixteenth within the grand prix on Especial on 69.43% and sixth within the particular on 71.72%. Richard White and Heroi Do Seixo had been nineteenth within the grand prix on 68.63% and 14th within the particular on 68.61%.
At small tour, Jess Dunn and the 11-year-old gelding Dan Its Carston, owned by Jennifer Whittaker of White Hill Stud in Lancashire, continued their spectacular worldwide type, profitable the inter I on 72.29% and coming second within the prix st georges on 71.26%.
For the younger riders, Hermione Tottman and Beautiful had been 18th within the younger rider crew check on 65.24% and nineteenth within the particular person check on 65.63. Sofia Video games was eighth within the pony crew check aboard Steendieks Cadillac on 69.47% and sixteenth within the particular person check on 64.5%. She additionally rode Boccelli to tenth within the junior crew check on 69.54%, twelfth within the particular person check on 68.43% and thirteenth within the freestyle on 70.57%.
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