Alice Tarjan & American-bred Serenade MF Win Devon World Cup Grand Prix to Launch Competition in North America for Omaha Final

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Alice Tarjan and Serenade MF. File photo. © 2022 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

DEVON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 30, 2022–Alice Tarjan and the American-bred Serenade MF won the World Cup Grand Prix Friday night to kick off competition in North America for the championship in Omaha in six months.

Alice and the nine-year-old Hanoverian mare scored 71.804% for the victory, a month after the pair won the United States Grand Prix Championship. Alice of Oldwick, New Jersey and Serenda that was bred by Maryanna Hayman, of Marydell Farm in Columbus, North Carolina, following a European tour where they were named reserve for the American team at the world championships. The national title was a repeat performance from 2021 for Alice, of Oldwick, New Jersey.

This is the first of 10 qualifiers in the North America league comprising Canada, Mexico and the United States that will qualify three riders for the Final of the only international championships. It will be held in Omaha next April, after the Midwestern city staged it for the first time in 2017.

Megan Lane and the 19-year-old Zodiac MW placed second on 67.100%. The pair competed for Canada at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon.

Michael Bragdell rode Qredit Hilltop, a 14-year-old Oldenburg stallion owned by Hilltop Farm in Colora, Maryland where Michael is the farm’s rider, was third on 66.391%.

The Freestyle to earn points for World Cup qualification will be staged Saturday night.

Results:

World Cup Grand Prix 

Magnus RingmarkMaria CollianderUlrike NivelleKristi WysockiClive Halsall
PlaceScoreNationAthleteHorseEHCMBSpectators
1.71.804USAAlice TarjanSerenade MF74.02269.13070.97873.26171.63070.742 (1)
2.67.000CANMegan LaneZodiac MW68.69667.50066.30464.34868.15269.137 (3)
3.66.391USAMichael BragdellQredit Hilltop67.17465.00066.52266.73966.52269.553 (2)
4.65.609USAShannon StevensFerrari64.56565.97866.30464.78366.41366.596 (4)
5.64.913USAAbraham PughElfenperfekt62.28365.97865.21765.97865.10965.140 (6)
6.64.826CANVanessa Creech-TeraudsFleur de Lis L66.73965.76163.80464.89162.93565.704 (5)
7.64.022USAKymberly PullenHot Date63.80463.04364.34864.13064.78361.873 (8)
8.61.783USASilva MartinBelrano Gold60.76161.52261.63061.63063.37063.410 (7)
9.49.652USAStephanie LoweryDevan46.30451.30447.06552.60950.97853.826 (9)

CDI3* Grand Prix

Judges:Sarah GeikieChristof UmbachLee TubmanUlrike NivelleMagnus Ringmark
PlaceScoreNationAthleteHorseEHCMBSpectators
1.64.435ARGMicaela MabragañaDiamond Rosso61.52265.32664.34864.89166.08766.155 (1)
2.56.935CANAshley RandHeimdals Champ56.91355.93555.17457.89158.76161.945 (2)
SCRCANDiane CreechDublin L