Maria Florencia Manfredi & Bandurria Kacero Win Wellington CDI3* Freestyle Days Before Becoming 1st Argentine in World Cup Final

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Maria Florencia Manfredi on Bandurria Kacero in the Adequan Global Dressage Festival World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle that won the pair the first invitation ever to Argentina for the World Cup Final. © 2017 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 24, 2017–Just days before becoming the first Argentine to go to a World Cup Final, Maria Florencia Manfredi rode Bandurria Kacero to the first victory outside their homeland and with a personal best score to win the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI3*Grand Prix Freestyle Friday.

Maria and the 11-year-old Argentine-bred gelding scored 72.525 per cent for the win in the last of this year’s lineup of seven CDIs at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.

Maria and Bandurria Kacero will fly out of Palm Beach on Monday on a planeload of dressage and jumpers bound for the World Cup Final in Omaha.

Australia’s Kelly Layne, based in Wellington, rode her Udon P to second place on 71.800 per cent, their highest placing in three years.

Canada’s Christilot Boylen on Drentano was third on 70.650 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle
E: Seefried – AUSH: Eisenhardt – GERC: Nivelle – GERM: Lang – AUTB: Torrente – COL
RiderNat.HorseERk.HRk.CRk.MRk.BRk.TPl.
Manfredi, Maria FlorenciaARGBandurria Kacero69.375474.750173.750175.750169.000572.5251
Layne, KellyAUSUdon P72.500170.875271.375270.250474.000171.8002
Boylen, ChristilotCANDrentano70.125269.375470.500373.375269.875470.6503
Losos De Muniz, YvonneDOMAquamarijn69.875369.875370.250471.125370.375370.3004
Poag, KatieUSAZonnekoning68.000567.375767.750767.625671.250268.4005
Tzinberg, EllessePHITriviant 268.000569.125568.375668.500566.250968.0506
Brooks, JacquelineCAND Niro65.875867.750668.625567.500766.375767.2257
Chia, ArianaCANTeo66.250764.1251066.500867.250866.375766.1008
Batchelder, NoraUSABahai64.875966.000863.8751066.500968.125665.8759
MacDonald Cuddy, JacquelineGBRMalcarat61.7501064.625964.500963.2501059.7501062.77510