Megan Lane & Zodiac Log 1st Big Tour Win at Wellington CDI3* Grand Prix, Juan Matute, Jr. & Don Diego Ymas Take Nations Cup Under-25 Individual Gold
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 29, 2018–Megan Lane and Zodiac MW won the Global Dressage Festival CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday, logging a personal best score to claim the first Big Tour victory for the Canadian pair.
Megan and the 14-year-old KWPN gelding scored 70.717 per cent, the first score above 70 per cent for the duo that have only ever competed at international Grand Prix since starting Big Tour 14 months ago at these same show grounds.
Katherine Bateson-Chandler, of Wellington, and Alcazar placed second on 70.391 per cent, the highest Grand Prix score for the American pair in 14 months.
The Dominican Republic’s Yvonne Losos de Muñiz on Aquamarijn was third on 67.826 per cent.
Juan Matute, Jr., based in Wellington, won the Under-25 Nations Cup individual gold, a day after capturing the team competition for Spain.
Juan and Don Diego Ymas scored 71.669 per cent for gold, with Molly Paris of Charlotte, North Carolina on Countess taking silver with 68.508 per cent and Spain’s Rodrigo Encinas Fuentes on Van the Man earning bronze with 67.778 per cent.
Results:
CDIO U-25 Grand Prix |
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Rider | Nat. | Horse | H | Rk. | C | Rk. | B | Rk. | T | Pl. | ||||||||||
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Matute Guimon, Juan | ESP | Don Diego Ymas | 71.674 | 1 | 71.154 | 1 | 72.179 | 1 | 71.669 | 1 | ||||||||||
Paris, Molly | USA | Countess | 68.472 | 2 | 68.333 | 3 | 68.718 | 2 | 68.508 | 2 | ||||||||||
Encinas Fuentes, Rodrigo | ESP | Van the Man | 68.462 | 3 | 68.590 | 2 | 66.282 | 5 | 67.778 | 3 | ||||||||||
Moreira Laliberte, Naima | CAN | I Do Kiss | 67.949 | 4 | 67.821 | 4 | 64.872 | 6 | 66.880 | 4 | ||||||||||
Gluch, Kerrigan | USA | Bolero CXLVIII | 66.154 | 5 | 66.282 | 6 | 67.949 | 3 | 66.795 | 5 | ||||||||||
Pai, Natalie | USA | Unlimited | 65.641 | 6 | 66.923 | 5 | 66.923 | 4 | 66.496 | 6 | ||||||||||
Blais Tetreault, Laurence | CAN | Utah | 63.077 | 7 | 64.359 | 8 | 60.513 | 6 | 62.650 | 7 | ||||||||||
Strasser-Shostak, Tanya | CAN | Renaissance Tyme | 58.462 | 8 | 64.744 | 7 | 59.744 | 7 | 60.983 | 8 | ||||||||||
Creech-Terauds, Vanessa | CAN | Devon L | WD |