Maria Caetano of Portugal Rides Hit Plus Le Mans CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Victory, Ecuador’s Julio Mendoza Loor & Jewel’s Goldstrike 3rdd
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LE MANS, France, May 31, 2024–Maria Caetano of Portugal rode Hit Plus to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Friday and Julio Mendoza Loor on Jewel’s Goldstrike was third in the Ecuador rider’s first European international competition.
Maria and the 12-year-old Portuguese Sport Horse stallion Hit Plus were awarded 74.575% for the win, the fifth victory for the partnership so far this year.
Belgium’s Alexa Fairchild and Mala Skala’s Hermes, 12-year-old Lusitano stallion, was runner-up on 72.685%.
Julio Mendoza Loor, based in North Carolina and qualified on the 13-year-old KWPN gelding for the Paris Games., scored 72. 665% for third. The 2023 Pan American Games’ gold medal partnership placed seventh in the Grand Prix a day earlier.
Results:
Place | Horse | Rider | E | H | C | M | B | Total | ||
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1. | HIT PLUS | Maria CAETANO | ![]() | 75.000 % (1.) | 74.925 % (2.) | 76.575 % (1.) | 73.375 % (2.) | 73.000 % (1.) | 74.575 % | |
2. | MALA SKALA’S HERMES | Alexa FAIRCHILD | ![]() | 70.875 % (5.) | 72.875 % (4.) | 73.000 % (4.) | 74.300 % (1.) | 72.375 % (2.) | 72.685% | |
3. | JEWEL’S GOLDSTRIKE | Julio MENDOZA LOOR | ![]() | 71.750 % (2.) | 73.825 % (3.) | 74.300 % (2.) | 71.200 % (6.) | 72.250 % (3.) | 72.665% | |
4. | RULING OLIVIA | Alexandre AYACHE | ![]() | 71.500 % (3.) | 75.650 % (1.) | 70.050 % (6.) | 71.275 % (5.) | 71.875 % (4.) | 72.070% | |
5. | GIRALDO | Abigail LYLE | ![]() | 71.000 % (4.) | 70.000 % (11.) | 73.900 % (3.) | 72.075 % (4.) | 71.750 % (5.) | 71.745% | |
6. | ROBINVALE | Theodora LIVANOS | ![]() | 70.375 % (6.) | 71.500 % (6.) | 68.025 % (13.) | 70.700 % (8.) | 71.250 % (6.) | 70.370% | |
7. | BOLERO DU COUSSOUL | Barbara CLEMENT KLINGER | ![]() | 69.875 % (9.) | 71.450 % (7.) | 69.500 % (9.) | 72.125 % (3.) | 68.500 % (8.) | 70.290% | |
8. | INVINCIBLE | Mikaela SORATIE | ![]() | 70.375 % (6.) | 70.650 % (9.) | 69.625 % (8.) | 70.850 % (7.) | 69.875 % (7.) | 70.275% | |
9. | HENDRIX 11 | Warwick MCLEAN | ![]() | 68.875 % (11.) | 68.300 % (12.) | 71.775 % (5.) | 67.925 % (11.) | 67.500 % (10.) | 68.875% | |
10. | VERTIGO | Grete AYACHE | ![]() | 65.500 % (13.) | 71.050 % (8.) | 69.325 % (10.) | 70.125 % (9.) | 67.875 % (9.) | 68.775% | |
11. | JOOLZ DE LA GESSE | Carlos PINTO | ![]() | 70.375 % (6.) | 68.125 % (13.) | 70.050 % (6.) | 67.650 % (12.) | 65.250 % (14.) | 68.290% | |
12. | QUERIDA DE HUS | Caroline GODIN | ![]() | 66.875 % (12.) | 70.375 % (10.) | 66.750 % (14.) | 69.375 % (10.) | 67.125 % (11.) | 68.100% | |
13. | VALERIAS | Philipp PARADISO | ![]() | 64.625 % (15.) | 72.000 % (5.) | 68.725 % (11.) | 65.825 % (14.) | 64.875 % (15.) | 67.210% | |
14. | SIR RUBINUS | Laureen PONCELET | ![]() | 69.875 % (9.) | 67.425 % (14.) | 62.800 % (15.) | 66.750 % (13.) | 66.250 % (12.) | 66.620% | |
15. | JUNIOR RUBI D ILHEU | Roberto BRASIL | ![]() | 65.125 % (14.) | 64.125 % (15.) | 68.600 % (12.) | 63.725 % (15.) | 65.500 % (13.) | 65.415% |