Anna Marek on Fire Fly Wins World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix Special Before Home Town Crowd
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OCALA, Florida, Dec. 9, 2023–Anna Marek and Fire Fly won the World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix Special Saturday to celebrate before a home town crowd the Pan American Games team gold medal the partnership claimed in October.
Anna of the area community of Dunnellen on the 13-year-old KWPN gelding scored 71.489% for the clear victory to wrap up Big Tour at the December Dressage competition.
“When he came back,” Anna said of the pair’s trip to Santiago for the Pan Ams, “he had a week out in the field with his buddy and I just left him alone and let him remember that he was a horse again. He didn’t really lose any fitness from making such a big trip. I was so proud of him on that trip.”
Anna and Fire Fly were second in the Grand Prix Friday but she worked on improving in the Special.
CDI3*, but Marek wanted to improve on her performance in the Special.
“I was a little concerned because it’s so much warmer today than it has been the rest of the week,”she said. “I was actually more concerned about myself than him because he’s such a hot horse.”
Jan Ebeling of Wellington, Florida and the 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding Jubi’s Tenacity placed second on 70.617%. The duo won the Grand Prix Friday.
Ellesse Gundersen on Quintessential 4, a nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding, capped her first event riding under the Stars ‘n’Stripes instead of the Philippines flag with a score of 70.575% for third place.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anna Marek (USA) Fire Fly | 71.489% | 72.234 | 71.489 | 71.489 | 68.298 | 73.936 |
| 2. | Jan Ebeling (USA) Jubi’s Tenacity | 70.617% | 70.957 | 70.319 | 70.957 | 69.468 | 71.383 |
| 3. | Ellesse Gundersen (USA) Quintessential 4 | 70.575% | 70.000 | 69.894 | 70.426 | 69.681 | 72.872 |
| 4. | Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP) Servus Ymas | 69.723% | 71.489 | 68.723 | 68.830 | 68.511 | 71.064 |
| 5. | Jodie Kelly-Baxley (USA) Grayton Beach | 68.192% | 68.511 | 68.617 | 68.617 | 67.553 | 67.660 |
| 6. | Sarah Daehnert (USA) Showhit | 68.000% | 70.000 | 67.766 | 67.872 | 66.170 | 68.191 |
| 7. | Kiichi Harada (JPN) Impression | 66.766% | 65.957 | 66.702 | 66.915 | 65.000 | 69.255 |
| 8. | Devon Kane (USA) Vamos | 66.170% | 66.383 | 67.021 | 65.638 | 66.064 | 65.745 |
| 9. | Nancy Smith (USA) Eragon VO | 65.532% | 65.426 | 66.915 | 65.319 | 63.617 | 66.383 |
| 10. | Gabriel Martin Armando (ARG) San Rio | 65.255% | 65.000 | 65.213 | 65.319 | 63.723 | 67.021 |
| 11. | Kevin Kohmann (USA) Giulietta | 64.958% | 65.213 | 64.894 | 65.213 | 62.872 | 66.596 |
| WD | Evi Strasser (CAN) Déjà Vu Tyme | withdrawn | |||||
| WD | Tiago Ernesto (POR) Hobbit Interagro | withdrawn | |||||
| WD | Benjamin Ebeling (USA) Illuster Van De Kampert | withdrawn | |||||
| WD | Patricia Ferrando (VEN) Elvis | withdrawn | |||||
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