Local Rider Nora Batchelder, Britain’s Charlotte Osborne Each Win Ocala CDI3* Grand Prix

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Nora Batchelder and Nova. File Photo © SusanJStickle Photography

OCALA, Florida, Jan. 30, 2026–Nora Batchelder and Nova, the 2024 U.S. Developing Grand Prix championship pair, won the World Equestrian Center CDI3* Grand Prix for the Special Friday.

Nora of the Ocala area community of Williston and the 11-year-old Oldenburg mare scored 66.087% in the first Big Tour victory for the partnership with just three entries in each of the two Grand Prix.

Charlotte Osborne, based in Alpharetta, Georgia but who rides for Great Britain, rode the 18-year-old Austrian-bred gelding Fruhlingszauber to a personal best score of 65.674% to win the Grand Prix to qualify for the Freestyle.

Results:

CDI3* – Grand Prix (Qual. for Special)
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Nora Batchelder (USA)
Nova
66.087%67.60966.19666.84864.45765.326
2.
Marta Renilla (USA)
Olympic Star
59.631%60.76159.56559.45759.45758.913
3.
Jorge Rene Arauz (USA)
London Do Vouga
59.000%56.04360.39161.69658.32658.543
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CDI3* – Grand Prix (Qual. for Freestyle)
RankCompetitorScoreEHCMB
1.
Charlotte Osborne (GBR)
Fruhlingszauber
65.674%65.87067.28365.54365.76163.913
2.
Claire Darnell (USA)
Harrold S
64.174%65.00066.19663.80465.87060.000
3.
Sylvia Gugler (USA)
Vulkano 14
63.935%64.13064.13065.97862.93562.500
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