OCALA, Florida, Mar. 6, 2025–Anna Marek and her 2024 World Cup partner Fayvel won the World Equestrian Center CDI4* Grand Prix Thursday with the Olympic pair of Ecuador’s Julio Mendoza Loor Jewel’s Goldstrike runner-up.
Anna, of the local community of Dunnellon who narrowly missed out on a repeat World Cup Final performance this year, scored 70.522% for the win on the 15-year-old KWPN gelding. This was the second event for the combination this year, having competed at Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival a month ago for second place in a World Cup qualifier.
Julio competing the 14-year-old KWPN gelding for the first time since the Paris Games last July was awarded 69.587%. Based in Columbus, North Carolina, the duo took an early lead but some errors dropped them to second.
Canada’s Denielle Gallagher on Come Back de Massa, the 13-year-old Lusitano gelding on which the pair came into this competition with four wins in four starts here this season, placed third on 67.065%. Denielle is based in the Ocala area after moving from Wellington last year.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Anna Marek (USA)
Fayvel
|
70.522% | 69.674 | 70.652 | 71.522 | 69.674 | 71.087 |
| 2. |
Julio Mendoza Loor (ECU)
Jewel’s Goldstrike
|
69.587% | 66.630 | 71.087 | 69.565 | 69.783 | 70.870 |
| 3. |
Denielle Gallagher (CAN)
Come Back de Massa
|
67.065% | 68.152 | 66.522 | 66.630 | 68.043 | 65.978 |
| 4. |
Tina Konyot (USA)
Grover
|
64.131% | 64.022 | 65.543 | 62.283 | 64.348 | 64.457 |
| 5. |
Eline Eckroth (USA)
Daphne
|
62.109% | 62.283 | 62.391 | 59.239 | 61.848 | 64.783 |
| 6. |
Alexandra Dominguez Thomas (GUA)
Etanga
|
61.261% | 61.304 | 60.435 | 59.783 | 62.065 | 62.717 |
| 7. |
Anna Merritt (USA)
Fox Creek’s Censational
|
60.891% | 61.087 | 59.783 | 60.000 | 61.522 | 62.065 |
| ELIM |
Shelly Francis (USA)
Dante
|
eliminated
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