Laura Tomlinson, the British team gold and individual bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games will ride Rosalie B in their first competition, the CDI3* Grand Prix at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida on Wednesday.
Laura’s family late last year acquired the 10-year-old Westfalen mare from Klaus Balkenhol, her trainer and former United States coach, that had been competed to international Small Tour by his daughter, German Olympian Anabel Balkenhol.
The British pair are one of 39 combinations from 14 nations on five continents to start in the Grand Prix Wednesday (see start list below), and among several horses being shown in a CDI Grand Prix for the first time with a new rider.
Sarah Daehnert and the British-bred – 14-year-old Hanoverian mare have been in training with Swedish Olympian Patrik Kittel who was on hand with coaching advice. Robert Price acquired Half Moon Delphi, ridden for Great Britain by Michael Eilberg, last year as an U.S. Olympic team prospect for Sarah.
Chris, Pan American Games team silver and individual bronze medalist on his Small Tour horse last summer, leased the 14-year-old Westfalen gelding that was trained and competed by Sweden’s six-time Olympian Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén as a prospect for a start at the Rio de Janeiro summer Olympics.
Steffen Peters is competing Rosamunde in the CDI3* and Legolas in the CDI5*on the journey that is expected to lead to Europe for both mounts and then a decision on which of the two horses owned by Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang will go to the Olympics in Rio.
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