Carl Hester & En Vogue Win Hartpury CDI3* Grand Prix On Highest Score Since Before Tokyo Olympics, European Championship Team Medals

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Carl Hester and En Vogue. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

HARTPURY, England, July 7, 2023–Carl Hester rode En Vogue to victory in the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday on the pair’s highest score since before team medal performances at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2021 European Championships.

Carl and the 14-year-old KWPN gelding were awarded 75.978%, one of only two pairs in the lineup of 29 riders and horses to score at least 70%. Carl and En Vogue were on British teams that earned team bronze at Tokyo and silver at the Europeans.

Becky Moody and Jagerbomb, a nine-year-old KWPN gelding, posted a personal best 73.261% for runner-up in only the third CDI Grand Prix for the British partnership.

Australia’s Jayden Brown on the nine-year-old Australian-bred Willingapark Quincy B was third on 69.804% in only the second Big Tour start for the partnership. Jayden and the Hanoverian gelding debuted at CDI Grand Prix in May.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

1) Carl Hester, GBR – En Vogue 75.978%
2) Becky Moody, GBR – Jagerbomb 73.261%
3) Jayden Brown, AUS – Willingapark Quincy B 69.804%
4) Dylan Deutrom, GBR – San Marco 69.717%
5) Richard White, GBR – Heroi do Seixo 68.761%
6) Sarah Millis, GBR – Impressive VDC 68.456%
7) Sorrell Klatzko, IRL – Turbo 67.978%
8) Abigail  Lyle, IRL – Giraldo 67.956%
9) Fenella Quinn, IRL – Hawtins Delicato 67.870%
10) Lara Edwards, GBR – Jazzed up 67.826%
11) Abigail  Lyle, IRL – Farrell 67.718%
12) Louise  Bell, GBR – Into the blue 67.696%
13) Daniel  Watson, GBR – Aster Berlin 67.522%
14) Jayden Brown, AUS – Willingapark Sky Diamond 67.283%
15) Sarah Rao, CHN – Alfranco 66.435%
16) Eilidh Grant, GBR – Doornroos II 66.261%
17) Anu Sironen, FIN – Fioretto 66.196%
18) Alice  Oppenheimer, GBR – Headmore Bella Ruby 66.174%
19) Daniel  Watson, GBR – Butterfly IV 66.152%
20) Carolyn  Mellor, IRL – Gouverneur M 66.043%
21) Anu Sironen, FIN – San Quelle 65.848%
22) Theodora Livanos, GRE – Dono Di Maggio Old 65.152%
23) Kathleen Kroencke, GER – San Royal 64.478%
24) Anne - Marie Rawlins, IRL – Etoile 63.761%
25) Dane Rawlins, IRL – Espoire 62.043%
26) Anne Marie Bork Eppers, DEN – Zeilinger Firfod 61.935%
27) Katherine Bateson Chandler, USA – Haute Couture 61.522%
27) Paulo Alexandre Venda Santos, POR – Imperial Dos Cedros 61.522%
29) Robyn  Smith, GBR – Francesco 77 61.413%