EXLOO, Netherlands, Jan. 6, 2023–Charlotte Fry rode Dark Legend to victory in the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Saturday for the world No. 1 rider to log a double victory in the first international dressage event of 2023. Fellow Briton Annabella Pidgley on Gio was runner-up.
Lottie as Charlotte is popularly known, and the 15-year-old KWPN gelding were awarded 74.298% for the win, a day after capturing the Grand Prix on the horse that is the 26-year-old rider’s third ranked mount behind world No. 1 Glamourdale and ninth ranked Everdale.
Annabella and Gio, the 12-year-old KWPN gelding that was competed by Charlotte Dujardin at the Tokyo Olympics and 2021 European Championships, scored 73.276%. This was the second international competition for the 18-year-old Annabella and Gio, but the rider has been successful in youth divisions.
Denmark’s Daniel Bachmann Andersen and the 12-year-old Westfalen stallion Vayron placed third on 72.766%.
The rides can be viewed at https://www.clipmyhorse.tv/en_US/events/10485/cdi3-cdi1-cdiy-cdij-cdich-a-cdip-cdiu25-exloo
Results:
CDI3* Grand Prix Special
| Judges: | Mascha Reijs | Jacques van Daele | Clive Halsall | Susanne Baarup | Maria Colliander | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | ||||
| 1. | 74.298 | GBR | Charlotte Fry | Dark Legend | 75.426 | 74.574 | 74.681 | 74.362 | 72.447 | ||||
| 2. | 73.276 | GBR | Annabella Pidgley | Gio | 75.000 | 74.574 | 72.553 | 71.489 | 72.766 | ||||
| 3. | 72.766 | DEN | Daniel Bachmann Andersen | Vayron | 73.404 | 73.936 | 72.979 | 71.915 | 71.596 | ||||
| 4. | 71.277 | NED | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Invictus | 75.213 | 68.830 | 70.745 | 71.064 | 70.532 | ||||
| 5. | 71.149 | GER | Helen Erbe | Carlos FRH | 72.766 | 68.617 | 69.787 | 72.340 | 72.234 | ||||
| 6. | 68.447 | USA | Lina Uzunhasan | Furst Fabelhaft UZN | 69.255 | 67.447 | 68.936 | 68.298 | 68.298 | ||||
| 7. | 68.341 | FRA | Camille Cheret Judet | Herelja Higgins | 66.809 | 69.468 | 68.617 | 66.596 | 70.213 | ||||
| 8. | 67.192 | HUN | Jazmin Yom Tov | For Joy 37 | 66.596 | 68.511 | 66.489 | 66.277 | 68.085 | ||||
| 9. | 66.511 | GRE | Theodora Livanos | Dono di Maggio OLD | 66.702 | 66.915 | 68.085 | 65.319 | 65.532 | ||||
| 10. | 65.298 | BEL | Laurens Vanderbeeken | Gamin van het Waterhof | 67.340 | 66.915 | 64.894 | 64.255 | 63.085 | ||||
| 11. | 60.936 | IRL | Jennifer Harnett | Eximio | 59.809 | 62.787 | 61.830 | 60.872 | 59.383 | ||||
| 12. | 60.213 | ISR | Nicola Louise Ahorner | Marshall-Bell | 61.809 | 58.404 | 60.745 | 61.596 | 58.511 |
