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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Julio Mendoza Loor and Jewel’s Goldstrike. File photo. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

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:

PlaceHorseRiderEHCMBTotal
1.HIT PLUSMaria CAETANO75.000 %
(1.)
74.925 %
(2.)
76.575 %
(1.)
73.375 %
(2.)
73.000 %
(1.)
74.575 %
2.MALA SKALA’S HERMESAlexa FAIRCHILD70.875 %
(5.)
72.875 %
(4.)
73.000 %
(4.)
74.300 %
(1.)
72.375 %
(2.)
72.685%
3.JEWEL’S GOLDSTRIKEJulio MENDOZA LOOR71.750 %
(2.)
73.825 %
(3.)
74.300 %
(2.)
71.200 %
(6.)
72.250 %
(3.)
72.665%
4.RULING OLIVIAAlexandre AYACHE71.500 %
(3.)
75.650 %
(1.)
70.050 %
(6.)
71.275 %
(5.)
71.875 %
(4.)
72.070%
5.GIRALDOAbigail LYLE71.000 %
(4.)
70.000 %
(11.)
73.900 %
(3.)
72.075 %
(4.)
71.750 %
(5.)
71.745%
6.ROBINVALETheodora LIVANOS70.375 %
(6.)
71.500 %
(6.)
68.025 %
(13.)
70.700 %
(8.)
71.250 %
(6.)
70.370%
7.BOLERO DU COUSSOULBarbara CLEMENT KLINGER69.875 %
(9.)
71.450 %
(7.)
69.500 %
(9.)
72.125 %
(3.)
68.500 %
(8.)
70.290%
8.INVINCIBLEMikaela SORATIE70.375 %
(6.)
70.650 %
(9.)
69.625 %
(8.)
70.850 %
(7.)
69.875 %
(7.)
70.275%
9.HENDRIX 11Warwick MCLEAN68.875 %
(11.)
68.300 %
(12.)
71.775 %
(5.)
67.925 %
(11.)
67.500 %
(10.)
68.875%
10.VERTIGOGrete AYACHE65.500 %
(13.)
71.050 %
(8.)
69.325 %
(10.)
70.125 %
(9.)
67.875 %
(9.)
68.775%
11.JOOLZ DE LA GESSECarlos PINTO70.375 %
(6.)
68.125 %
(13.)
70.050 %
(6.)
67.650 %
(12.)
65.250 %
(14.)
68.290%
12.QUERIDA DE HUSCaroline GODIN66.875 %
(12.)
70.375 %
(10.)
66.750 %
(14.)
69.375 %
(10.)
67.125 %
(11.)
68.100%
13.VALERIASPhilipp PARADISO64.625 %
(15.)
72.000 %
(5.)
68.725 %
(11.)
65.825 %
(14.)
64.875 %
(15.)
67.210%
14.SIR RUBINUSLaureen PONCELET69.875 %
(9.)
67.425 %
(14.)
62.800 %
(15.)
66.750 %
(13.)
66.250 %
(12.)
66.620%
15.JUNIOR RUBI D ILHEURoberto BRASIL65.125 %
(14.)
64.125 %
(15.)
68.600 %
(12.)
63.725 %
(15.)
65.500 %
(13.)
65.415%