Anna Marek Rides her World Cup Mount Fayvel to Victory in Ocala CDI3* Grand Prix

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Anna Marek riding Fayvel to victory in World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

OCALA, Florida, Dec. 12, 2024–Anna Marek rode her World Cup mount Fayvel to victory in the World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday, the first international event for the partnership since returning from Europe in summer.

Anna of the area community of Dunnellon and the 14-year-old KWPN gelding scored 70.022% for the win.

Anna, short-listed for the Paris Olympic team on Fire Fly, said she is aiming this year for the newly created $250,000 U.S. Open, with qualifiers across the country for the final in California next December.

She started to ride Fayvel full-time a year ago.

“It just takes time to kind of go in there and make it feel like it’s easy and I can kind of think and go through things the best that he can do,” Anna said. “So today, the things that I was working on, it worked. And, you know, of course there’s always places where you want to do better, but overall I was really happy with him today.”

Tina Konyot of Wellington, Florida on Grover, 10-year-old KWPN gelding, was runner-up on 69.478% in the pair’s fourth international Grand Prix event since moving up from Medium Tour early this year.

Tina Konyot on the 10-year-old Grover at Ocala’s World Equestrian Center. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Anna Marek (USA)
Fayvel
70.022%71.95767.28368.26172.17470.435
2.
Tina Konyot (USA)
Grover
69.478%69.45770.10966.73971.95769.130
3.
Kevin Kohmann (USA)
Giulietta
66.522%67.93565.76166.52265.97866.413
4.
Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP)
Servus Ymas
65.413%68.58764.78361.73966.63065.326
5.
Eline Eckroth (USA)
Daphne
61.630%62.71761.63058.47862.60962.717
6.
Shelly Francis (USA)
Dante
57.174%58.91357.39155.43558.91355.217
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