Alice Tarjan & Candescent Win Wellington CDI3* Grand Prix Special, Horse’s First Victory in 2 Years

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Alice Tarjan and Candescent in the Wellington CDI3* Grand Prix Special. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 25, 2023–Alice Tarjan and Candescent won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special for the first successful outing in almost two years.

Alice of Oldwick, New Jersey and the 13-year-old Hanoverian mare scored 72.638% for the win.

The only previous Big Tour victory for the partnership was in Wellington in 2021.

Candescent is one of three horses she has developed from youngsters to have at international Grand Prix. On the American-bred Serenade MF she appears to have been successful in earning one three starting places for North America at the World Cup Final in Omaha in early April.

Anne Marek of Dunnellon, Florida and Fire Fly, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding, placed second on 70.234%.

Belgium’s Laurence Vanommeslaghe and the 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding Havalon were third on 68.809%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Christof Umbach Janet Lee Foy Evi Eisenhardt Sven-Günter Rothenberger Isobel Wessels
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 72.638 USA Alice Tarjan Candescent 74.149 73.723 73.723 71.170 70.426
2. 70.234 USA Anna Marek Fire Fly 70.957 71.702 69.787 70.213 68.511
3. 68.809 BEL Laurence Vanommeslaghe Havalon 69.468 70.319 68.085 69.362 66.809
4. 68.596 USA Lehua Custer F.J. Ramzes 66.170 72.660 67.021 70.213 66.915
5. 68.532 USA Kristina Harrison-Antell Finley 69.574 68.830 67.447 66.809 70.000
6. 68.149 USA Sarah Daehnert Showhit 68.511 67.660 66.809 67.872 69.894
7. 67.872 ECU Julio Mendoza Loor Baylen Dream TWF 68.723 66.064 69.043 69.255 66.277
8. 67.447 USA Melissa Taylor Dixie WRF 66.915 70.106 65.426 66.915 67.872
9. 66.979 ARM Carrie Schopf Saumur 66.809 66.915 67.021 66.489 67.660
10. 65.787 CHI Virginia Yarur Ready Ronaldo 65.851 65.319 66.596 65.426 65.745
11. 65.745 USA Nancy Smith Eragon VO 68.936 63.404 65.213 64.894 66.277
12. 65.042 USA Mary Haskins Gray Don Divone 65.638 65.957 66.170 64.362 63.085
13. 64.936 POR Tiago Ernesto Hobbit Interagro 66.489 62.872 63.936 66.383 65.000
14. 62.085 CAN Esther Mortimer Hernando 64.149 60.106 61.596 61.915 62.660
15. 57.085 JPN Kiichi Harada Sir Galanto 57.787 57.681 57.574 56.404 55.979