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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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 | |||||
