USA’s Marcus Orlob & Jane, Rider/Horse Partnership to Watch in World Equestrian Festival CDIO5* Nations Cup Thursday

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July 2, 2024

Marcus Orlob and Jane, a rider and horse to watch in the World Equestrian Festival CDIO5* Nations Cup. Aside from the stars ‘n. stripes socks, the former German riding the 10-year-old mare has become the talk of this event, the most prestigious horse show in the world. Developed by owner Alice Tarjan from the age of three, Jane is being competed in the first Nations Cup for both rider and horse. The Nations Cup is scheduled for Thursday. In a little more than three months of competition, Marcus and Jane have been named to the U.S. Olympic team in Paris at the end of this month. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
Anna Buffini with Fiontini, the mare that Spain’s Severo Jurado Lopez rode to world champion at five, six and seven years of age. The championships were followed by Patrik Kittel and Andreas Helgstrand riding Fiointini. Anna spent two years working to make Fiontini her horse. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
Endel Ots jogging Zen Elite’s Bohemian for the World Equestrian Festival CDIO5* Nations Cup. Endel and the 14-year-old Westfalen gelding are reserve for the U.S. Olympic team. Cathrine Laudrup Dufour, the Danish superstar, rode Bohemian at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2021 European Championships. The horse bought by Korea’s Dong Seon Kim and competed at the 2012 Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida before being sold to Heidi Humphries’ Zen Elite Equestrian Center for Endel to compete. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
Anna Marek with Fire Fly, the Pan American Games gold medal partnership. In addition to Fire Fly’s Pan Am Games performance, Anna rode Fayvel at the World Cup Final in April. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com