Morgan Barbancon Rides Bolero to Victory in Wellington CDI3* Grand Prix

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Morgan Barbancon of France riding Bolero to victory in the Wellington CDI3* Grand Prix. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 16, 2023–France’s Morgan Barbancon and Bolero won the Global Dressage Festival CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday, the only combination of 20 in the competition to score at least 70%.

Morgan and the 17-year-old KWPN gelding scored 71.152% for the seventh victory on the rider’s first Florida winter season with three Big Tour horses.

Dong Seon Kim on Galleria’s Bohemian was second on 69.978%. This was only the second international competition for the Korean rider who bought the 13-year-old Westfalen gelding after Olympic and European Championship performances with Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour.

Susan Dutta of Wellington and Don Design DC, 13-year-old gelding, was third on 68.739%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix for Special

Judges: Elke Ebert Magnus Ringmark Stephen Clarke Maarten Van der Heijden Carlos Lopes
Place Score % Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 71.152 FRA Morgan Barbancon Bolero 69.239 72.283 72.065 70.978 71.196
2. 69.978 KOR Dong Seon Kim Galleria’s Bohemian 69.457 70.761 68.804 70.435 70.435
3. 68.739 USA Susan Dutta Don Design DC 67.935 68.370 68.587 68.696 70.109
4. 68.304 USA Kevin Kohmann Dünensee 67.935 68.043 67.826 67.826 69.891
5. 68.130 USA Hope Cooper Flynn PCH 68.478 67.826 69.674 67.935 66.739
6. 67.783 AUS Jemma Heran Total Recall 66.087 67.174 67.500 69.891 68.261
7. 67.543 USA Kerrigan Gluch Mejorano HGF 67.717 69.674 67.717 66.957 65.652
8. 67.065 CAN Mathilde Blais Tétreault Fedor 64.674 70.109 66.739 68.043 65.761
9. 66.913 USA Emily Miles Java Dulce 65.870 67.500 66.630 67.065 67.500
10. 65.696 USA Sylvia Gugler Conteur’s Cadeau 2 67.065 63.370 65.435 67.283 65.326
11. 65.565 USA Nancy Smith Eragon VO 66.196 64.891 65.978 65.000 65.761
12. 64.891 THA Suphakamol Vuntanadit Dreamboat BCN 63.478 66.413 64.891 65.217 64.457
13. 64.500 USA Kristina Harrison-Antell Finley 65.217 63.478 64.239 65.543 64.022
14. 64.282 NED Luuk Mourits Harmony’s Don’t Stop The Feeling 64.130 61.739 64.891 65.435 65.217
15. 63.870 USA Nicholia Clarke Sir Amour 65.543 63.913 63.152 63.370 63.370
16. 63.696 CHI Virginia Yarur Ready Ronaldo 62.935 63.043 62.826 65.652 64.022
17. 62.739 ARG Micaela Mabragaña Bradley Cooper 60.870 60.326 62.826 64.239 65.435
18. 61.391 FRA Morgan Barbancon Deodoro 60.870 60.543 61.087 62.065 62.391
19. 61.217 TUR Rotem Jale Ibrahimzadeh Glorieus 60.978 60.652 61.630 63.913 58.913
20. 60.044 USA Nancy Smith Damon’s Design 59.022 59.457 59.348 60.000 62.391