Melissa Galloway & Windermere J’Obei W Win Taupo CDI3* Grand Prix Special on Personal Best Score for 2nd Homecoming Victory

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Melissa Galloway riding Windermere J’Obei W. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

TAUPO, New Zealand, Mar. 12, 2023–Melissa Galloway and Windermere J’Obei W won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Saturday, logging a personal best score for the second day in row.

Melissa and the 12-year-old New Zealand-bred Warmblood scored 73.191% for the win in the homecoming competition for the pair after a year in Europe. The duo won the Grand Prix Friday.

In the same order of finish as the Grand Prix, Wendi Williamson on Don Vito MH were awarded 72.085% for runner-up in the debut competition for the New Zealand-bred 10-year-old.

Gaylene Lennard on Jax Johnson was third on 69.532%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Judges: B-Vittorio M Barba M-Mura Love C-Mary Seefried  H-Helen Hughes-Keen  E-Maria Schwennwsen

Horse
Rider
B
M
C
H
E
Score
Place
72.085%
Windermere JObèi W Melissa Galloway 73.723 70.957 74.894 72.34 74.043 73.191 1
Don Vito MH Wendi Williamson 73.617 70 70.638 71.383 74.787 72.085 2
Jax Johnson Gaylene Lennard 67.553 69.362 69.149 70.213 71.383 69.532 3
NSC Andreas Vanessa Way 66.277 64.255 67.766 66.064 67.766 66.426 4
Aphrodite Cooper Oborn 64.787 64.149 66.489 65.745 65.638 65.362 5
Ardmore Lucarne Dolley 63.511 61.383 64.362 62.766 64.043 63.213 6
Stoneylea Lancelot Jen Sim 58.085 56.702 57.872 56.277 58.191 57.425 7