Erin Nichols & Elian Royale Win Wellington CDI3* Special for 1st Double Victory in Over 2 Years

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 14, 2026–Erin Nichols and the 17-year-old Elian Royale won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Saturday in their first double victory in more than two years.

Erin of Yorba Linda, California and the Dutch-bred gelding scored 70.617%, the only one of 13 combinations above 70%. The duo won the Grand Prix Thursday the first leg of the double victory that they last logged in November, 2023.

Jordan LaPlaca of Leyard, Connecticut and Gold Play, 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding, were awarded 69.894% for runner-up. The pair have been selected for the U.S. team for next week’s Nations Cup.

Endel Ots of Wellington and Zen Elite’s Bohemian, the 16-year-old gelding that was competed on Denmark’s team at the Tokyo Olympics, placed third on 68.596%.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix Special

Rank	Competitor	Score	E	H	C	M	B
1.	Erin Nichols (USA) Elian Royale	70.617%	71.809	70.000	70.319	70.213	70.745
2.	Jordan LaPlaca (USA) Gold Play	69.894%	70.213	67.979	70.745	70.532	70.000
3.	Endel Ots (USA) Zen Elite’s Bohemian	68.596%	69.043	67.766	69.468	68.617	68.085
4.	Quinn Iverson (USA) Gremlin 41	68.277%	67.234	68.404	67.447	69.894	68.404
5.	Pablo Gómez Molina (ESP) Servus Ymas	67.787%	69.362	68.404	66.915	66.915	67.340
6.	Kevin Kohmann (USA) Famous	67.213%	68.191	66.277	67.021	67.340	67.234
7.	Ali Potasky (USA) Inxs	65.745%	66.809	64.894	65.745	66.277	65.000
8.	Chase Shipka (USA) Gladstone Zee T	65.085%	66.383	63.191	65.745	65.745	64.362
9.	Laura Graves (USA) Java Dulce	64.851%	65.957	64.149	64.574	64.468	65.106
10.	Mathilde Blais Tétreault (CAN) Fedor	64.766%	64.468	63.723	66.277	64.468	64.894
11.	Laine Ashker (USA) Zeppelin	64.617%	64.043	65.638	63.298	64.681	65.426
12.	Micah Deligdish (ISR) Carpe Diem De Massa	63.787%	64.787	63.617	62.979	64.149	63.404
13.	Devon Kane (USA) Vamos	63.191%	63.298	64.043	60.851	63.191	64.574
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