Adrienne Lyle and Salvino. Picture © SusanJStickle.com.
The primary “Friday Evening Stars” night of musical freestyle motion through the 2023 Adequan® World Dressage Pageant (AGDF) in Wellington, FL lived as much as its stellar billing regardless of unseasonably chilly temperatures.
The week’s spotlight class, the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, offered by Lövsta Stuteri, produced high class dressage, private bests on the rostrum, and a profitable rating of over 83%.
Adrienne Lyle (USA) and the 16-year-old stallion Salvino made it two for 2 within the Lloyd Landkamer Memorial week after they scooped the blue ribbon with 83.54% for a harmonious take a look at brimming with expression and energy. Lyle and Betsy Juliano’s Sandro Hit x Donnerhall son topped the day past’s qualifying Grand Prix with 77.5%. Within the freestyle, second positioned Sarah Tubman (USA) kicked off her Wellington season with a private better of 78.25% on one other stallion, the 13-year-old First Apple, whereas third positioned Caroline Darcourt (SWE) and Lord Django contested their first Grand Prix freestyle and pulled out a 78.17% efficiency.
Lyle is chasing down one among three beginning locations allotted to North America for the FEI World Cup™ Ultimate in Omaha, NE in April. Her high rating of 86% got here courtesy of the Dutch five-star choose at H, Mariette Sanders- van Gansewinkel.
Of her efficiency, Lyle stated, “I’m tremendous thrilled to be right here once more at this wonderful venue and I used to be completely satisfied to see how packed it was regardless of this chilly climate. Salvino felt nice — he was fiery and really excited to be right here.
“We did a lot of the issues on my phrases, and a number of the issues on his phrases — however like all good relationship, it’s all about compromise, and he feels nice,” added Lyle of Salvino, whom she rode on the silver medal USA staff on the Tokyo Olympics.
Frederic Wandres Earns Profession Excessive Rating
Earlier within the day, the 35-year-old German rider Frederic Wandres rode Sizzling Hit OLD to a profession excessive rating within the CDI3* FEI Grand Prix, offered by Barnwalkers — the qualifier for Saturday’s Grand Prix Particular. All 5 judges positioned the pair first, awarding 75.348% general, enhancing on their earlier greatest by over 1%.
“The consistency of the take a look at at the moment was the profitable factor,” stated Wandres. “He had not been out since August, so he has had a little bit of a break, however he got here again superb and my feeling was sturdy.
Wandres has ridden Sizzling Hit at Hof Kasselmann, the place he works, because the gray gelding by Blue Hors Hotline x Diamond Hit was six. The now 12-year-old already has a formidable resume, and this victory took his unbeaten streak to 5.
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