Michelle Gibson & Barland Earn start in Lövsta Future Challenge Developing Grand Prix Final
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 1, 2020–American Olympic bronze medalist Michelle Gibson rode Barland I.M. to a start in the Lövsta Future Challenge Developing Grand Prix final with a win in the qualifier at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival Sunday.
Michelle of Greenwood Village, Colorado and the 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood stallion were awarded 66.618% in the Int. II qualifier for the final of eight to 10-year-old horses to be staged the last week of March wrapping up the Global winter circuit.
Michelle rode Peron in the 1996 Atlanta Games for a team bronze medal.
Jodie Kelly-Baxley on Grayton Beach won the Summit Farm Prix St. Georges Future Challenge on a score of 73.162%.
Results:
Intermediate II Future Challenge
| Judges: | Axel Steiner | Liselotte Fore | |||||||||||||
| Place | Score % | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | C | |||||||||
| 1. | 66.618 | USA | Michelle Gibson | Barland I.M. | 65.000 | 68.235 | |||||||||
| 2. | 66.102 | USA | Nancy Smith | Damon’s Design HW | 66.176 | 66.029 |
Prix St. Georges Future Challenge
| Judges: | Axel Steiner | Liselotte Fore | |||||||||||||
| Place | Score % | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | C | |||||||||
| 1. | 73.162 | USA | Jodie Kelly-Baxley | Grayton Beach | 73.676 | 72.647 | |||||||||
| 2. | 70.148 | AUS | Kelly Layne | Rockpool | 68.824 | 71.471 | |||||||||
| 3. | 68.235 | CAN | Justin Ridgewell | Jolene | 67.794 | 68.676 | |||||||||
| 4. | 66.030 | CAN | Gloria Schriever | Hilton OC | 67.353 | 64.706 | |||||||||
| 5. | 65.588 | CAN | Jacqueline Brooks | Te Amo Q O S | 65.441 | 65.735 |
