Dawn White-O’Connor & Legolas Win San Juan Capistrano CDI3* Grand Prix for 1st Big Tour Victory

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Dawn White O’Connor and Legolas. © 2017 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California, Mar. 26, 2017–Dawn White-O’Conor and Legolas won the Dressage Affaire CDI3* Grand Prix to notch the pair’s first victory since taking over the ride on the American Olympic team bronze medal horse.

The victory on a score of 73.780 per cent for Dawn of San Diego, California and Legolas, a 15-year-old Westfalen gelding, came in just the fourth CDI for the partnership since the first Big Tour event at the beginning of this year.

Legolas, owned by Akiko Yamazaki’s Four Winds Farm, had been ridden by Steffen Peters of San Diego for five years including the 2014 World Games and the 2016 Olympics. Dawn has worked with Steffen for a decade.

Charlotte Jorst of Reno, Nevada and Kastel’s Akeem Foldager won the Grand Prix Freestyle on a score of 74.750 per cent with just three starting combinations.

Dawn placed second on Aristo on 70.750 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges-E: Magnus Ringmark H: William Warren C: Eduard de Wolff Van Westerrode M: Jane Weatherwax B: Cara Whitham
 
Horse
Rider 
Nat.
Total 
Pl.

Kastel’s Akeem Foldager

Charlotte Jorst

USA75.750% (1)75.625% (1)74.625% (1)71.750% (1)76.000% (1)
1

Aristo

Dawn White-O’Connor

USA68.375% (2)71.750% (2)72.625% (2)71.500% (2)69.500% (2)
2

Zuperman

Kathleen Raine

USA68.125% (3)68.625% (3)69.000% (3)67.375% (3)66.625% (3)
3

CDI3* Grand Prix

Judges-E: William Warren H: Magnus Ringmark C: Cara Whitham M: Sarah Geikie B: Eduard de Wolff Van Westerrode

 
Horse 
Rider 
Total 
Pl.

Legolas 92

Dawn White-O’Connor

71.400% (2)73.500% (1)75.000% (1)74.200% (1)74.800% (1)
1

Kastel’s Nintendo

Charlotte Jorst

72.200% (1)72.400% (2)70.700% (2)71.800% (3)70.900% (2)
2

Breanna

Kathleen Raine

69.200% (3)71.500% (3)68.300% (5)73.800% (2)70.500% (3)
3

Kastel’s Akeem Foldager

Charlotte Jorst

66.900% (5)70.900% (4)68.600% (4)68.400% (7)69.700% (4)
4

Marron

Mette Rosencrantz

67.900% (4)69.000% (5)66.000% (7)71.700% (4)67.700% (6)
5

Aristo

Dawn White-O’Connor

66.000% (7)67.000% (8)69.000% (3)67.900% (8)68.500% (5)

Zuperman

Kathleen Raine

65.200% (8)69.000% (5)67.500% (6)68.900% (6)66.400% (7)

Ikaros

David Blake

66.700% (6)67.800% (7)65.700% (8)69.700% (5)66.400% (7)

Uiver

Terri Rocovich

64.600% (9)63.900% (9)64.400% (9)65.500% (10)64.200% (10)

Lord Albert

Colleen Church Mcdowall

63.700% (10)60.600% (11)61.400% (11)65.500% (10)64.300% (9)

Lancelot

Lindsey Stroh

62.000% (12)62.600% (10)62.600% (10)65.800% (9)62.000% (11)

Fleur Rouge

Christine Kohler-Ekstrand

62.600% (11)60.300% (12)61.200% (12)61.700% (12)60.800% (12)