Alexis Hellyer on Bluefields Floreno Post Personal Best Score to Win Brisbane CDI3* Grand Prix

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Alexis Hellyer on Bluefields Floreno Post Personal Best Score to Win Brisbane CDI3* Grand Prix
Alexis Hellyer and Bluefields Floreno. File photo courtesy Willinga Park.

BRISBANE, Australia, July 19, 2018–Just hours before Australia was to declare combinations for the World Equestrian Games, Alexis Hellyer on Bluefields Floreno posted a personal best score to capture the Brisbane CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday.

Alexis and the 13-year-old Australian-bred stallion scored 70.913 per cent, surpassing the previous best of 70.478 per cent logged a month ago.

The 29-year-old rider and Floreno who have never competed outside the East Coast of Australia are expected to be named to the squad to go to the world championships in Tryon, North Carolina beginning Sept. 11, 2018.

Sue Hearn and Remmington, the pair that were the center of controversy at the 2016 Olympics where they were found to have been disqualified for a drugs violation at the Rotterdam, Netherlands show that qualified them for the team, placed second on 69.196.

Sue and the 16-year-old gelding did not earn scores to qualify the pair for consideration for Tryon.

Shannan Goodwin and Aristede, another Australian-based duo on the short list for selection for Tryon, were third on 69.109 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

Judges-E: Mura Love H: Peter Holler C: Ricky MacMillan M: Magnus Ringmark B: Sunil Shivdas

Horse
Colour/Sex/Hgt/YoB
Rider
Owner / Breeder
E H C M B Errors Score Place
Bluefields Floreno
S//
Alexis Hellyer (NSW)
Bluefields Stud
70.543
(1)
70.435
(1)
70.978
(1)
71.630
(1)
70.978
(1)
70.913 1
Remmington
BL/G/182/5
Sue Hearn (NSW)
Suzanne Hearn / Heath & Rozzie Ryan
68.043
(2)
69.239
(2)
70.000
(2)
69.891
(3)
68.804
(3)
69.196 2
Aristede
BA/G/165/5
Shannan Goodwin
Shannan Goodwin / Waitako Park
67.500
(3)
68.261
(4)
69.130
(3)
70.217
(2)
70.435
(2)
69.109 3
Jarrah R Rozzie Ryan (NSW)
Rozzie Ryan
64.565
(5)
68.478
(3)
66.630
(5)
67.283
(4)
67.391
(4)
66.870 4
Adonie
B/M/168/4
Rozzie Ryan (NSW)
Thomas Plenty
65.761
(4)
65.326
(6)
66.304
(6)
63.478
(5)
66.413
(5)
65.457 5
Starlight
BR/G/170/7
Maree Tomkinson (VIC)
Maree Tomkinson / Clemens Fleming
61.630
(7)
66.522
(5)
66.848
(4)
62.935
(6)
64.891
(6)
64.565 6
Jude Sue Hearn (NSW)
Suzanne Hearn
62.391
(6)
63.696
(7)
64.239
(7)
61.848
(7)
63.913
(7)
63.217 7