Denmark’s Kristine Möller & Reve En Noir Take Compiègne Small Tour, USA’s Caroline Roffman & Her Highness Runnerup
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By KENNETH J. BRADDICK
Denmark’s Kristine Möller and Reve En Noir captured the Intermediate I Freestyle Saturday night for the second straight victory at the CDI3* in Compiègne, France while Caroline Roffman and Her Highness O competing outside the United States for the first time were runnersup in both events.
In the battle of the 24-year-olds–Kristine and Caroline are the same age–the Danish rider and her 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Riccione x Lanthan) scored 73.525 per cent in only their second Freestyle since starting CDI small tour a year ago.
Caroline, of Wellington, Florida who is competing for the first time in Europe, and her 10-year-old Hanoverian mare (Hohenstein x Weltmeyer) scored 72.700 per cent. Caroline and Her Highness began competing CDI Prix St. Georges/Intermediate I in this year’s winter’s circuit in Florida.
Belgium’s Fanny Verliefden and Annarico were third on 71.650 per cent.
The top two placings were same order of finish in the Prix St. Georges while Fanny and Annarico placed fourth behind Great Britain’s Gareth Hughes and Aramis T who finished 11th Saturday night.
Asked about her first result, Caroline laughed: “I’m never coming home.”
“What a wonderful experience. I’d be lying if I said I was not peeing my pants–the horses here are incredible, the riders are incredible. It’s pretty amazing.
“I was quite conservative. I had mistakes, it was not a perfect test. I tried to be conservatve and careful.
“The horse handled it beautifully, went in there all business.
“I’m ecstatic, on cloud nine.”
Caroline began competing Her Highness O, 10-year-old Hanoverian mare (Hohenstein x Weltmeyer) in CDIs in January this year and in nine small tour starts during the Florida winter circuit racked up four wins, three second places and two thirds.
The pair is ranked fourth in the U.S. The combination was on the USA 1 gold medal team at the Wellington Nations Cup last month and also won individual bronze in the CDIO3*. And in 2012, they won the U.S. Developing Horse Championship.
She scratched Sagacious HF from the Grand Prix that was to be preparation to becoming the first American to compete in the highly competitive Under-25 division at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany, the globe’s premier horse show as well as ride Her Highness O in the small tour in a month’s time. The horse appeared to be feeling the effects of travel and was not presented for the veterinary inspection.
Caroline and the two horses have been training in Saumur, France with three-time Spanish Olympian Juan Matute and his family, now based in Wellington but spend the summer in Europe where their two children are highly successful riders.
Caroline and Sagacious is the top ranked combination in the Brentina Cup Under-25 division in the United States and Her Highness is among the highest on the Tim Dutta National Intermediate I Championship rankings with an average of 71.414 per cent, just 0.105 per cent off the lead.
Caroline took over the ride last July on the 14-year-old KWPN gelding (Welt Hit II x Cocktail), who won team gold and individual silver for Lauren Sammis of the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games at small tour.
Sagacious HF confirmed himself with two scores well above 70 per cent in CDI U25 events on the Florida winter circuit this year, the last year in the division for the rider who was the FEI Rising Star in 2010.
Results:
INTERMEDIATE FREESTYLE
PRIX ST. GEORGES
Judge E: HANS CHRISTIAN MATTHIESEN Judge H: JANINE ROHR-CICUREL Judge C: MARY ROBINS
Judge M: MARIETTE WITHAGES Judge B: RAPHAEL SALEH
| Rk | Horse | Rider | Nat. | E % | H % | C % | M % | B % | Total | |
| 1 | REVE EN NOIR | KRISTINE MOLLER |  | 73.947 (1) | 68.816 (4) | 67.895 (5) | 70.789 (2) | 75.132 (1) | 71.316 | |
| 2 | HER HIGHNESS O | CAROLINE ROFFMAN |  | 70.921 (6) | 71.053 (1) | 73.158 (1) | 67.763 (6) | 69.605 (5) | 70.500 | |
| 3 | ARAMIS T | GARETH HUGHES |  | 73.947 (1) | 67.895 (8) | 68.289 (3) | 69.211 (4) | 69.342 (6) | 69.737 | |
| 4 | ANNARICO | FANNY VERLIEFDEN |  | 68.289 (9) | 69.342 (3) | 68.684 (2) | 67.500 (8) | 72.105 (2) | 69.184 | |
| 5 | FABIOSO | PETER STORR | | 73.026 (3) | 65.263 (27) | 66.974 (7) | 71.842 (1) | 67.237 (11) | 68.868 | |
| 6 | VANQUISCH | JOYCE LENAERTS |  | 68.553 (8) | 69.474 (2) | 68.026 (4) | 66.053 (16) | 69.868 (3) | 68.395 | |
| 7 | MICHIGAN | CHIARA PRIJS VITALE |  | 71.711 (5) | 67.763 (9) | 65.395 (15) | 64.342 (27) | 68.816 (7) | 67.605 | |
| 7 | WARHOL | FRANCOISE HOLOGNE-JOUX | | 71.842 (4) | 66.974 (16) | 65.658 (14) | 68.684 (5) | 64.868 (19) | 67.605 | |
| 9 | LUX DRESSAGE STATESMAN OLD | FIE CHRISTINE SKARSOE | | 68.816 (7) | 67.763 (9) | 64.474 (26) | 66.184 (14) | 68.816 (7) | 67.211 | |
| 10 | FREESTYLE 27 | SASCHA SCHULZ |  | 67.763 (10) | 66.711 (18) | 65.132 (17) | 66.711 (9) | 68.684 (9) | 67.000 | |
| 11 | POWERFEE GB | BIANCA KASSELMANN |  | 65.395 (22) | 67.500 (11) | 65.789 (13) | 70.000 (3) | 64.342 (23) | 66.605 | |
| 11 | BONAIRE VAN DE MOTTELHOEVE | YONI DE SOUTER | | 66.711 (15) | 68.289 (6) | 67.632 (6) | 64.868 (25) | 65.526 (13) | 66.605 | |
| 13 | AMADOR 12 | HENRI RUOSTE |  | 67.763 (10) | 68.816 (4) | 65.132 (17) | 67.632 (7) | 63.421 (26) | 66.553 | |
| 14 | CALVIN G | ALEX HARDWICK | | 66.316 (17) | 67.105 (13) | 66.316 (10) | 66.316 (13) | 66.447 (12) | 66.500 | |
| 15 | DELON | ISABELLE FABER | | 67.632 (12) | 65.658 (24) | 64.211 (28) | 65.132 (23) | 69.737 (4) | 66.474 | |
| 16 | RUBINI ROYALE | REBECCA CAROLINE HUGHES | | 67.632 (12) | 65.526 (25) | 63.947 (29) | 65.789 (18) | 68.026 (10) | 66.184 | |
| 17 | SUNNY BOY | JUAN ANTONIO JIMENEZ COBO |  | 65.658 (20) | 68.026 (7) | 65.132 (17) | 66.184 (14) | 65.000 (16) | 66.000 | |
| 18 | ZOOLANDER | JACQUELINE TONNAER | | 66.842 (14) | 66.974 (16) | 65.263 (16) | 65.526 (21) | 63.947 (25) | 65.711 | |
| 19 | ROCKABELLA | NAUSICAA MARONI | | 65.658 (20) | 67.105 (13) | 64.605 (24) | 65.921 (17) | 64.737 (20) | 65.605 | |
| 20 | ROYAL RUBINSTEIN | DAVID ENGELEN | | 66.184 (19) | 66.316 (21) | 66.053 (11) | 65.789 (18) | 63.421 (26) | 65.553 | |
| 21 | ZEPHYR | DOMINIQUE MOHIMONT | | 64.342 (25) | 65.395 (26) | 66.711 (8) | 66.579 (11) | 64.605 (21) | 65.526 | |
| 22 | DAVINO 22 | SERGE CANTIN |  | 66.711 (15) | 67.368 (12) | 64.737 (22) | 64.342 (27) | 64.342 (23) | 65.500 | |
| 23 | HIGHLIGHT | STEFFEN ASCHERL | | 64.474 (24) | 66.579 (19) | 64.737 (22) | 66.447 (12) | 65.000 (16) | 65.447 | |
| 24 | OXFORD | KIM HUIZER | | 66.316 (17) | 67.105 (13) | 64.605 (24) | 63.947 (29) | 65.000 (16) | 65.395 | |
| 25 | SOLITAIRE | KARA BOSMAN | | 65.395 (22) | 66.447 (20) | 65.921 (12) | 66.711 (9) | 62.237 (28) | 65.342 | |
| 26 | ELIAS | VIRGINIE DELTOUR | | 63.289 (29) | 64.474 (30) | 66.579 (9) | 65.658 (20) | 65.263 (14) | 65.053 | |
| 27 | TALENT III | MATTHEW HICKS | | 63.816 (28) | 64.474 (30) | 65.132 (17) | 64.868 (25) | 65.263 (14) | 64.711 | |
| 28 | ZABEL | JESSICA LEIJSER | | 64.342 (25) | 66.184 (22) | 62.632 (30) | 63.947 (29) | 61.579 (30) | 63.737 | |
| 29 | RIVER’S MODOR | DANIELLE KEUR | | 63.026 (30) | 66.053 (23) | 62.500 (31) | 63.684 (32) | 61.579 (30) | 63.368 | |
| 30 | SIRLANO | TANYA SEYMOUR |  | 59.868 (34) | 65.132 (29) | 65.132 (17) | 63.816 (31) | 61.184 (32) | 63.026 | |
| 31 | LA FESTA | SOPHIE FALCONNIER | | 64.342 (25) | 61.842 (32) | 61.711 (32) | 65.263 (22) | 60.789 (33) | 62.789 | |
| 32 | DENFORD DIVA | DEBBIE BROOKS | | 61.184 (33) | 60.395 (35) | 64.342 (27) | 61.184 (34) | 64.605 (21) | 62.342 | |
| 33 | LUNA RM | MARTA DUQUE UCAR | | 61.974 (31) | 65.263 (27) | 60.000 (33) | 61.711 (33) | 62.105 (29) | 62.211 | |
| 34 | CHAMIRO VAN DE KAMPERT | LUDOVIC HENRY | | 61.579 (32) | 61.053 (34) | 60.000 (33) | 65.000 (24) | 60.395 (34) | 61.605 | |
| 35 | DON FUEGO | STEFFI HESTERS | | 57.368 (35) | 61.842 (32) | 55.000 (35) | 61.053 (35) | 56.842 (35) | 58.421 | |
| WARINA UTOPIA | ONA DEWAEGENAERE | | – | – | – | – | – | ELI/EL |
