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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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 | ||||