Dressage-News

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 26–Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo and Christine McCrea on Romantovich Take One filled the top two individual places after the first round of jumping at the Pan American Games Wednesday to lead the United States to the top of the team ranking with Mexico in second place and Brazil third.

Mexico,before a jubilant home crowd at the Guadalajara Country Club, filled the 3rd through 5th places while Brazil was in third place lined up in 8th, 9th, and 10th places in the opening speed class.

Daniel Michan on Ragna T led the Mexican move to second place in the standings before Thursday’s two-round final that will decide the Nations Cup and determine which countries will earn a ticket to the Olympics in London next year.

Three teams will win a berth from this competition. Brazil and Canada qualified at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.

Confusion over team rankings led to the U.S. first being declared atop the standings, then it was changed to Mexico and finally back to the U.S.

Determining the final results of Wednesday’s class was not the only problem.

More serious was the footing, consisting primarily of sand and wood chips. The arena is watered by hand using garden hoses. The footing was praised during dressage competition held a week ago.

However, during this first jumping competition several horses slipped on sharp turns, among them Canada’s Eric Lamaze on Coriana V Klapscheut who was third last in the 55 starters and set a blazing start in an effort to move up his team. However, he made a sharp turn between jumps and the horse slipped badly. Although the pair cleared the next  jump, they appeared to lose momentum and dropped two rails. Even so, they finished 11th, the highest for the Canadians.

The official results show the U.S. with team penalties of 2.90, Mexico 3.26, Brazil 7.61, Argentina 9.62, Canada 12.94, Venezuela 14.10, Chile 14.54, Colombia 16.20, Ecuador 25.62, Guatemala 28.40, Uruaguay 34.30 and Peru 39.16.

There was no doubt about the individual rankings.

Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, New York, and Coral Reef Via Volo 1st, Chrisine McCrea of East Windsor, Connecticut, and Romantovich Take One 2nd, and McLain Ward of Brewster, New York, and Antares F in 7th place despite two rails down. Kent Farrington of Wellington, Florida, on Uceko was in 15th place and was the drop score.

Beezie Madden, a team gold medalists from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, said the fact this is the last opportunity for the U.S. to qualify for London “is the most pressure of all. It seems like the entire U.S. contingent is here watching. It’s a lot of pressure, but that’s the game and there are a lot of teams here with the same goal.”

Mexico’s Daniel Milchan said the cheering from the crowd “filled me with emotion” and boosted the confidence of the team.

Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa on HH Ashley was the first rider and set the pace with a clear round.

However. Christine McCrea as the 21st starter put the top spot out of the reach of every other combination except her team mate, Beezie as the anchor for the U.S. 30 rides later.

“I know Beezie well,” Christine said. “I kew she was going to be fast. I don’t really care as long as it is an American.”

Horse	Time	Penalties		Total
		Jump	Total
1	108	MADDEN Elizabeth Patton	CORAL REEF VIA VOLO	77.53	0	77.53	0.00
2	105	MCCREA Christine Tribble	ROMANTOVICH TAKE ONE	79.29	0	79.29	0.88
3	306	MICHAN Daniel	RAGNA T	79.49	0	79.49	0.98
4	308	MAURER Antonio	CALLAO	79.50	0	79.50	0.99
5	307	MICHAN Alberto	ROSALIA LA SILLA	80.10	0	80.10	1.29
6	19	LAROCCA Jose Maria	ROYAL POWER	80.51	0	80.51	1.49
7	109	WARD Mclain Lindsey	ANTARES F	73.57	8	81.57	2.02
8	36	ALVES Bernardo	BRIDGIT	77.72	4	81.72	2.10
9	37	MIRANDA NETO Alvaro	AD NORSON	78.78	4	82.78	2.63
10	35	PESSOA Rodrigo	HH ASHLEY	83.28	0	83.28	2.88
11	45	LAMAZE Eric Alain	CORIANA V KLAPSCHEUT	75.60	8	83.60	3.04
12	507	BARRIOS Pablo	G&C QUICK STAR	75.98	8	83.98	3.23
13	46	MILLAR Ian Donald	STAR POWER	81.11	4	85.11	3.79
14	18	ALBARRACIN Matias	P’COMPADRE BALLY CULLEN MAID	85.25	0	85.25	3.86
15	107	FARRINGTON Kent	UCEKO	81.33	4	85.33	3.90
16	59	PAROT Samuel Ignacio	AL CALYPSO	81.54	4	85.54	4.01
17	15	DOPAZO Martin	CHICAGO Z	78.06	8	86.06	4.27
18	58	COUVE Tomas	ARC EN CIEL DE MUZE	87.27	0	87.27	4.87
19	65	DIAZ Rodrigo	CELESTA	87.57	0	87.57	5.02
20	505	VANOSOSTE Noel	CONRAD D	83.58	4	87.58	5.03
21	305	GONZALEZ Enrique	CRIPTONITE	83.88	4	87.88	5.18
22	38	JOHANNPETER Karina	SRF DRAGONFLY de JOTER	84.57	4	88.57	5.52
23	69	PEREZ John	UTOPIA	84.62	4	88.62	5.55
24	66	BLUMAN Daniel	SANCHA LS	80.79	8	88.79	5.63
25	56	CARRASCO Rodrigo Cristian	OR DE LA CHARBONIERE	84.84	4	88.84	5.66
26	67	TERAN Roberto	DENVER	81.18	8	89.18	5.83
27	508	RODRIGUEZ Andres	BEAUFORT VAN HAN LIND.	81.20	8	89.20	5.84
28	506	KAROLYI Angel	JAMES T KIRK	89.32	0	89.32	5.90
29	97	BARREIRO Luis Ignacio	SILVERADO	89.49	0	89.49	5.98
30	57	MORSTADT Carlos Alberto	TALENTO	81.55	8	89.55	6.01
31	47	ASSELIN Jonathan	SHOWGIRL	89.74	0	89.74	6.11
32	25	NISBETT Patrick Dwayne	CANTARO 32	78.16	12	90.16	6.32
33	17	DIRCIE Ricardo	LLAVANERAS H.J. ARIES	87.15	4	91.15	6.81
34	26	TERCEIRA Jillian P.	BERNADIEN VAN WESTUR	88.02	4	92.02	7.25
35	605	CHIRICO Marcelo	OMANIE DU LANDAIS	84.12	8	92.12	7.30
36	205	CASTILLO Eduardo Antonio	CARLAND	84.28	8	92.28	7.38
37	48	HANSELWOOD Gillian Margaret	GEORGE	84.76	8	92.76	7.62
38	405	WATRING Mark	GREENS SLEEPS VIOCO	81.01	12	93.01	7.74
39	206	PIVARAL Juan Pablo	VALENCIA	90.59	4	94.59	8.53
40	96	RODRIGUEZ Ruben Russell	TRUE LOVE SANTA MONICA	95.15	0	95.15	8.81
41	95	VIVERO Diego Javier	NEYPAL DU PLANT	95.18	4	99.18	10.83
42	705	NAVARRO GRAU Michelle Maria	TIBETANO	87.79	12	99.79	11.13
43	606	RODRIGUEZ Martin	COINTREAU Z	92.64	8	100.64	11.56
44	98	ANDRADE Pablo Jose	WOKINA	96.71	4	100.71	11.59
45	708	GASTAÑETA Maria Paz	GABRIEL	94.18	8	102.18	12.33
46	208	TEJADA Alvaro Enrique	VOLTARAL PALO BLANCO	90.51	12	102.51	12.49
47	805	HERNANDEZ Jose Alfredo	GRUPO PROM JACK	87.78	16	103.78	13.13
47	905	MIZRACHI Gabriella Rosa	UNLIMITED	99.79	4	103.79	13.13
49	85	FLORENTINO ROCA Hector	ULTIMO	96.26	8	104.26	13.37
50	406	LOPEZ Israel	ADMIRAL CLOVER	88.71	16	104.71	13.59
51	607	COLA Carlos Jose	DON QUIJOTE	96.41	12	108.41	15.44
52	707	TEAGUE Jenefer Anne	TLALPI L.S.	96.93	12	108.93	15.70
53	207	RODRIGUEZ Juan Andres	VDL EMPIRE	95.14	20	115.14	18.81
54	608	DANERS Federico Gonzalo	CHICOLAS		0	155.14	38.81
54	706	VALDEZ Alonso Napoleon	UNITED III		0	155.14	38.81