Olympic Partnership of Suzanne Hearn & Remmington Win First Australian CDI4*, at Dressage by the Sea Willinga Park

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Suzanne Hearn and Remmington. File photo. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

BAWLEY POINT, Australia, Feb. 22, 2019–The Olympic team partnership of Suzanne Hearn and Remmington won Australia’s first CDI4* Grand Prix Friday, staged at Dressage by the Sea at the architecturally acclaimed Willinga Park.

Suzanne and the 17-year-old Australian-bred gelding were awarded 68.391 per cent for the victory in the eighth year of Big Tour competition for the pair.

Mary Warren competing Mindarah Park Raphael in only the second Big Tour event for the 11-year-old home-bred gelding placed second on 67.196 per cent.

The 20-year-old Mary and Raphael have been partnered in the international show ring from Young Riders in 2015 and through Under-25 division before the duo’s first Big Tour last November. She has followed the same competition path on Mindarah Park Ramadan, the sire of Raphael.

Rozzie Ryan on Jarrah R was third on 67.022 per cent.

Terry Snow, the owner of Willinga Park on the Pacific coast south of Sydney, launched the first CDI4* Down Under to attract higher rated judges from the Northern Hemisphere as an investment in development of dressage, as well as offer more prize money, ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix
Judges Jean-Michel Roudier Elke Ebert Eduard De Wolff Van Westerrode Sarah Geikie Ricky MacMillan
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 68.391 AUS Suzanne Hearn Remmington – 115 67.717 70.326 69.239 66.522 68.152
2. 67.196 AUS Mary Warren Mindarah Park Raphael – 6358 66.848 66.087 67.065 69.239 66.739
3. 67.022 AUS Rozzie Ryan Jarrah R – 7148 63.370 65.326 67.609 71.196 67.609
4. 66.935 AUS Fiona Selby Tacita – 3678 66.196 64.457 69.022 66.739 68.261
5. 65.891 AUS Lesley-Anne Taylor Amicelli Gold – 934 63.478 66.087 68.370 64.348 67.174
6. 65.217 AUS Alycia Targa CP Dresden – 580 62.500 68.043 64.457 65.217 65.870
7. 64.957 AUS Rozzie Ryan Adonie – 9241 63.478 64.130 65.543 65.870 65.761
8. 64.348 AUS Melinda Hart Richmond H – 2131 61.630 67.391 66.413 61.957 64.348
9. 63.761 AUS Dirk Dijkstra AEA Metallic – 739 60.978 63.913 64.239 64.348 65.326
10. 62.674 AUS Robert-Harrisson Schmerglatt Brumali – 3053 61.957 64.239 61.957 62.935 62.283
11. 61.500 AUS Suzanne Hearn Jude – 120 60.109 61.087 62.391 60.652 63.261
12. 59.630 AUS Gitte Donvig Sancette – 2103 56.804 58.435 61.370 60.826 60.717