WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 25, 2024–Felicitas Hendricks rode her Drombush to a personal best score to win the Global Dressage Festival CDI4*Grand Prix Thursday to continue her early but increasingly successful Big Tour career.
Felicitas and the 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 72.457% for the victory, the third straight Big Tour win since returning to Wellington for this year’s 12-week winter circuit.
The 23-year-old Felicitas and Drombusch, the European Under-25 Championships gold medal pair in 2023, received more than 20 marks of eight from the five-judge panel and her first nine–for the halt and reinback.
“He’s just getting better and better,” she said, “and I’m really glad that our scores are reflecting that. And the best thing about all of this is that there’s still room for improvement. I feel like the sky really is the limit for this horse, because he wants to do it, and I know he will.
“It makes me unbelievably happy that I can show him off like that, that I can show everyone that I’ve got such a happy horse underneath me who’s willing to give everything for me in the ring.”
Great Britain’s Susan Pape on Harmony’s V-Plus, a 10-year-old Oldenburg stallion was close behind on 72.413% for runner-up.
Jennifer Williams of Olympia, Washington on her 10-year-old KWPN gelding Joppe K won the CDI3* Grand Prix on 68.848%.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Felicitas Hendricks (GER)
Drombusch OLD
|
72.457% | 71.304 | 71.087 | 74.457 | 72.065 | 73.370 |
| 2. |
Susan Pape (GBR)
Harmony’s V-Plus
|
72.413% | 73.152 | 71.739 | 71.957 | 72.500 | 72.717 |
| 3. |
Caroline Darcourt (SWE)
Lord Django
|
70.196% | 70.652 | 70.543 | 69.022 | 70.978 | 69.783 |
| 4. |
Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP)
Ulises de Ymas
|
70.152% | 69.891 | 70.326 | 70.652 | 70.543 | 69.348 |
| 5. |
Jan Ebeling (USA)
Jubi’s Tenacity
|
70.065% | 70.326 | 68.804 | 69.565 | 70.978 | 70.652 |
| 6. |
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (SWE)
Devanto
|
69.196% | 68.478 | 68.913 | 69.348 | 68.370 | 70.870 |
| 7. |
Hope Cooper (USA)
Flynn PCH
|
69.022% | 68.696 | 70.217 | 67.500 | 68.913 | 69.783 |
| 8. |
Michael Klimke (GER)
Domino 957
|
66.652% | 65.000 | 67.935 | 64.891 | 67.826 | 67.609 |
| 9. |
Jennifer Hoffmann (USA)
Rondoro Noblesse
|
66.565% | 65.761 | 66.413 | 68.370 | 66.413 | 65.870 |
| 10. |
Monica Burssens (MEX)
Elfentanz
|
65.348% | 64.457 | 66.957 | 64.891 | 66.304 | 64.130 |
| 11. |
Micaela Mabragana (ARG)
Bradley Cooper
|
64.000% | 64.783 | 64.674 | 64.457 | 63.043 | 63.043 |
| 12. |
Mikala Münter (USA)
Skyfall
|
63.848% | 62.826 | 66.522 | 62.500 | 64.130 | 63.261 |
| 13. |
Evi Strasser (CAN)
Disney Tyme
|
62.565% | 62.935 | 62.935 | 62.935 | 61.848 | 62.174 |
| EL |
Lehua Custer (USA)
F.J. Ramzes
|
eliminated
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| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Jennifer Williams (USA)
Joppe K
|
68.848% | 69.022 | 67.935 | 69.348 | 68.696 | 69.239 |
| 2. |
Susan Pape (GBR)
Harmony’s Eclectisch
|
68.609% | 70.652 | 67.826 | 66.739 | 69.457 | 68.370 |
| 3. |
Erin Nichols (USA)
Elian Royale
|
67.696% | 69.130 | 67.283 | 68.152 | 66.630 | 67.283 |
| 4. |
Camille Carier Bergeron (CAN)
Sound of Silence 4
|
67.457% | 67.609 | 67.500 | 66.848 | 68.152 | 67.174 |
| 5. |
Ariana Chia (CAN)
Guateque IV
|
66.870% | 66.196 | 65.761 | 66.304 | 67.609 | 68.478 |
| 6. |
Kiichi Harada (JPN)
Impression
|
66.544% | 67.935 | 67.935 | 65.326 | 65.435 | 66.087 |
| 7. |
Kymberly Pullen (USA)
Hot Date
|
66.217% | 67.174 | 66.848 | 66.630 | 65.761 | 64.674 |
| 8. |
Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP)
Servus Ymas
|
65.609% | 65.217 | 65.217 | 66.087 | 66.196 | 65.326 |
| 9. |
Jemma Heran (AUS)
Saphira Royal 2
|
65.565% | 66.413 | 62.826 | 66.196 | 67.391 | 65.000 |
| 10. |
Tina Irwin (CAN)
Fancy That
|
65.239% | 67.065 | 65.870 | 63.587 | 66.739 | 62.935 |
| 11. |
Charlotte Jorst (USA)
Zhaplin Langholt
|
65.217% | 65.109 | 65.761 | 65.652 | 65.326 | 64.239 |
| 12. |
Luuk Mourits (NED)
Harmony’s Don’t Stop The Feeling
|
65.130% | 65.109 | 66.739 | 63.478 | 66.739 | 63.587 |
| 13. |
Sahar Daniel Hirosh (ISR)
Bialik
|
58.283% | 55.652 | 59.783 | 56.848 | 59.022 | 60.109 |
| RT |
Katherine Bateson Chandler (USA)
Haute Couture
|
excused
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| RT |
James Irwin (CAN)
Simsalabim
|
excused
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| RT |
Ellesse Gundersen (USA)
Quintessential 4
|
excused
|
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| WD |
Allison Carmichael (USA)
Figaro
|
scratched
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| RT |
Mathilde Blais Tetreault (CAN)
Fedor
|
excused
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