Frederic Wandres & Sizzling Hit OLD. Picture © SusanJStickle.com.
Frederic Wandres (GER) earned a profession excessive rating on Friday within the FEI Grand Prix on the Adequan® International Dressage Competition and returned this weekend to additionally rating victory within the CDI3* Grand Prix Particular, offered by Barnwalkers. Wandres rode Sizzling Hit OLD, a 12-year-old by Blue Hors Hotline x Diamond Hit to a rating simply shy of eclipsing his private finest but once more with a 74.34% within the Grand Prix Particular. The back-to-back wins got here from Wandres throughout Lloyd Landkamer Memorial week.
Wandres is leaping into his third season at AGDF, a spot he has been creating Sizzling Hit within the worldwide ranks since his first journey to Florida. “I’m very proud of how he managed the chilly and windy climate situations and the environment right here,” mentioned Wandres of the putting gray gelding. Wandres plans to concentrate on one CDI in February with Sizzling Hit earlier than utilizing him within the CDIO3* Nations Cup for Germany throughout AGDF 7.
Fuqua, Degele Shut Out AGDF 1
Closing out opening week of the AGDF, Kat Fuqua claimed the CDIY Younger Riders Freestyle, offered by Diamante Farms, with a rating of 69.800% on her personal Dreamgirl, 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Speilberg x Goodtimes). The ultimate salute got here from Heidi Degele within the CDI1* Intermediate I Freestyle, offered by Concord Sporthorses, aboard Ibistrona, a nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Don Tango B x Sunny Boy 124) with a 69.250%.
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