Anna Marek & Fire Fly Double Down on Success with Victory in Ocala CDI3* Grand Prix Special on Personal Best, Day After Similar Performance in Grand Prix

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Anna Marek and Fire Fly at World Equestrian Center in Ocala. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

OCALA, Florida, April 15, 2023–Anna Marek and Fire Fly doubled down on success with victory Saturday in the World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix Special on a personal best score a day after a similar performance in the Grand Prix.

Anna, of the Ocala area community of Dunnellon, and the 13-year-old KWPN gelding scored 74.468% for the victory. The duo won the Grand Prix, also on a personal best, 72.217%.

Anna is focused on developing Fire Fly in Big Tour competitions as she has been riding in CDI Grand Prix for just over a year. She is pointing Duvel, a 15-year-old KWPN gelding, as her prospect for the U.S. team for the Pan American Games in Santiago in the fall.

Katie Duerrhammer of Wellington and Paxton, a 12-year-old Westfalen gelding, was runner-up in the Special on 73.213%.

Ashley Holzer also of Wellington and the 10-year-old Hansel were third on 72.638%.

Sarah Tubman and First Apple were awarded 70.574%, the only other duo in the lineup of 15 starting combination to score at least 70%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Sandra Hotz Sandra Andrea Smith Cesar Torrente Kerrie Swan-Bates Cara Whitham
Place Score Nation Athlete Horse E H C M B
1. 74.468 USA Anna Marek Fire Fly 74.362 73.085 74.149 74.149 76.596
2. 73.213 USA Katie Duerrhammer Paxton 74.681 71.596 72.872 73.936 72.979
3. 72.638 USA Ashley Holzer Hansel 72.553 70.638 72.872 73.085 74.043
4. 70.574 USA Sarah Tubman First Apple 71.489 69.681 72.447 71.064 68.191
5. 69.830 USA Kevin Kohmann Dünensee 69.255 68.085 68.511 71.809 71.489
6. 69.809 USA Lehua Custer F.J. Ramzes 69.468 68.298 71.064 70.851 69.362
7. 68.979 CAN Jill Irving Genesis 69.149 69.468 70.000 69.468 66.809
8. 68.532 CAN Camille Carier Bergeron Sound of Silence 4 66.277 69.149 68.085 68.830 70.319
9. 68.128 USA Mikala Münter Skyfall 69.362 67.234 68.936 67.128 67.979
10. 68.021 USA Allison Carmichael Figaro 67.872 68.191 68.298 65.957 69.787
11. 67.872 USA Katherine Bateson Chandler Alcazar 67.021 66.596 68.085 64.787 72.872
12. 67.000 POR Tiago Ernesto Hobbit Interagro 65.213 65.851 68.085 68.617 67.234
13. 66.681 USA Jan Ebeling Jubi’s Tenacity 65.872 67.787 66.191 65.979 67.574
14. 66.638 CAN Mathilde Blais Tétreault Fedor 66.596 66.915 66.489 68.511 64.681
15. 65.915 USA Jennifer Williams Joppe K 65.106 65.957 64.681 68.830 65.000