Diane Creech & Chrevis Christo Win Thornton CDI3* Grand Prix
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THORNTON, Ontario, June 14, 2019–Diane Creech and Chrevis Christo won the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday with the highest score in almost two years with the two Canadian judges more than eight percentage points apart.
Diane and the 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding received a score of 70.199% by the five-judge panel. Elizabeth McMullen awarded a high of 74.239% to rank the pair first with Brenda Minor giving a mark of 66.087% for second place. The total score was the highest since 70.920% at Devon, Pennsylvania in September 2017.
Jacqueline Brooks and Westwood placed second on 67.457% in the fifth CDI for the pair. Jacqueline, a two-time Olympian for Canada, made the CDI debut on the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding in Florida in February.
Results:
| CDI3* Grand Prix |
| E: Minor-CAN | H: Warren-USA | C: Ringmark-SWE | M: McMullen-CAN | B: Colliander-FIN |
| Rider | Nation | Horse | E | Rk. | H | Rk. | C | Rk. | M | Rk. | B | Rk. | T | Pl. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creech, Diane | CAN | Chrevis Christo | 66.087 | 2 | 68.370 | 1 | 72.283 | 1 | 74.239 | 1 | 70.017 | 1 | 70.199 | 1 | ||||||
| Brooks, Jacqueline | CAN | Westwood 5 | 66.304 | 1 | 67.935 | 2 | 68.261 | 2 | 67.826 | 3 | 66.957 | 2 | 67.457 | 2 | ||||||
| Strasser, Evi | CAN | Disney Tyme | 63.261 | 3 | 63.043 | 4 | 63.913 | 3 | 67.935 | 2 | 64.348 | 4 | 64.500 | 3 | ||||||
| Thomson, Melanie | CAN | Donnegan | 62.391 | 4 | 63.696 | 3 | 61.848 | 4 | 65.326 | 4 | 64.457 | 3 | 63.543 | 4 |
