Karen Pavicic & Don Daiquiri Post Personal Best Score To Win Langley CDI3* Grand Prix, Jump Up Olympic Rankings–Scores Updated

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Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri. File photo. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com
Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri. File photo. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LANGLEY, British Columbia, June 10, 2016–Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri won the Thunderbird CDI3* Grand Prix Friday with a personal best score to move the World Games team pair up Canada’s Olympic rankings.

Karen and the 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 71.120 per cent that surpassed their previous personal best Grand Prix result of 70.840 per cent posted in Florida last January.

The score boosted their four-result average to 70.465 and moved the pair to third from fourth on Canada’s Olympic rankings behind Belinda Trussell on Anton with a big lead and 0.058 behind Megan Lane and Caravella. Before this show, Karen and Don Daiquiri were behind Chris von Martels and Divertimento. All three combinations at the top of the standings were on Canada’s team at the World Games in Normandy in 2014.

The deadline is July 3 for scores to fill one of the two starting places for Canada at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro less than two months away.

Fellow Canadian Joni Lynn Peters on Travolta placed second on 68.200 per cent and Lauren Thornlow of the USA on Royal Konig third on 65.860 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix
E: McDonald – USA H: Myhre – NOR C: Fore – USA M: Whitham – CAN B: Storr – GBR
Rider Ctzn Horse E . H . C . M . B . T Pl.
Pavicic, Karen CAN Don Daiquiri 69.000 70.900 72.400 71.700 71.600 71.120 1
Peters, Joni Lynn CAN Travolta 68.300 69.100 67.600 67.600 68.400 68.200 2
Thornlow, Lauren USA Royal Konig 65.700 65.600 66.100 66.400 65.500 65.860 3
Church McDowall, Colleen CAN Lord Albert 65.500 65.800 65.100 63.900 64.600 64.980 4
Christoff, Wendy CAN Treffer 62.000 62.200 62.300 62.300 62.900 62.340 5
Doyle, Marcie CAN Ariadne 58.100 60.600 62.000 61.200 61.700 60.720 6
Appleby, Anne USA Lampion 53.500 56.500 56.100 56.500 58.400 56.200 0
Fraser, Courtenay CAN Birkegardens Lukas Elim