Alice Tarjan & American-Bred Serenade MF Win Festival of Champions Grand Prix Special to Put Rider Within Reach of Back-to-Back Titles

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Alice Tarjan and Serenade MF at the Festival of Champions. © 2022 SusanJStickle

WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 25, 2022–Alice Tarjan and the American-bred Serenade MF won the Festival of Champions Grand Prix Special Thursday to put the rider within reach of back-to-back titles.

Alice of Oldwick, New Jersey and the a nine-year-old Hanoverian mare, scored 73.467% for the win a day after capturing the Grand Prix on 73.869%. The pair was reserve for the American team at the world championships earlier this month. She won the national Grand Prix title on Candescent in 2021.

Katie Duerrhammer of Greenwood Village, Colorado and Paxton placed second on 71.680%, recovering from a sore of 68.173% for fifth in the Grand Prix. Katie and the 11-year-old Westfalen gelding competed on the U.S. team at the CDIO5* Nations Cup in Rotterdam two months ago.

Abraham Pugh of Greencastle, Pennsylvania and 16-year-old American-bred Trakehner stallion Elfenperfekt scored 68.041% for third.

With the Grand Prix and Special counting for 85 of the total and 15% for the Freestyle to decide the championship Alice and Serenade have a commanding lead.

Results:

Grand Prix Special

Judges Sandra Hotz Kristi Wysocki Janet Lee Foy William Warren Sarah Geikie
Place Score Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 73.467 Alice Tarjan Serenade MF 73.085 73.510 72.553 73.085 75.106
2. 71.680 Katie Duerrhammer Paxton 70.106 72.127 72.127 73.510 70.531
3. 68.041 Abraham Pugh Elfenperfekt 66.595 67.446 69.148 69.148 67.872
4. 66.765 Nora Batchelder Faro SQF 64.574 68.297 66.914 65.957 68.085
5. 66.574 Allison Carmichael Figaro 67.553 67.234 63.617 67.872 66.595
6. 66.403 Emily Miles Java Dulce 65.531 66.595 66.170 66.063 67.659
7. 66.233 Michael Bragdell Qredit Hilltop 64.361 67.340 65.957 66.382 67.127
8. 65.999 Kevin Kohmann Inshallah 63.829 66.914 67.659 65.851 65.744
9. 65.914 Melissa Taylor Dixie WRF 65.851 66.063 66.702 66.170 64.787
10. 65.276 Bridget Hay Faolan 65.638 67.553 64.255 65.319 63.617
11. 64.914 Daniela Groenke Bardolino 64.361 64.361 65.531 64.574 65.744
RET. Shannon Stevens Ferrari

 

Developing Prix St. Georges

Judges: William McMullin Lilo Fore Michael Osinski
Place Score Athlete Horse E C M
1. 74.558 Olivia LaGoy-Weltz Johnny Be Goode 73.529 74.852 75.294
2. 71.029 Martin Kuhn Ronin 70.441 73.529 69.117
3. 68.970 Katie Duerrhammer Zaphira 67.352 68.235 71.323
4. 67.989 Karen Lipp Inigo Montoya 67.058 67.941 68.970
5. 67.499 Callie Rose O’Connell Iron Lady 65.588 68.382 68.529
6. 67.401 Jordan Rich Incredible Jack 65.441 68.970 67.794
7. 67.107 Jackie Ahl-Eckhaus Jett MVS 67.205 66.029 68.088
8. 66.470 Kimberly McGrath MSJ Celebrity 65.882 65.147 68.382
9. 66.225 Jennifer Truett Absolute Dream 65.000 67.794 65.882
10. 65.783 Lauren Chumley Santa Barbara DASH 64.264 66.029 67.058