Sat, 03/06/2021 - 09:08
2021 CDI-W Wellington
It is Palm Beach Dressage Derby Week at the Global Dressage Festival (GDF) in Wellington and competition continued on Friday, March 5, welcoming a win for the USA’s Olivia LaGoy-Weltz and Rassing’s Lonoir in the Grand Prix CDI-W.
With their score of 75.739%, LaGoy-Weltz and Rassing’s Lonoir, a 2004 Danish Warmblood gelding by de Noir 3 that she co-owns with Mary Anne McPhail, soared to the top of the leaderboard in the final class of the day, qualifying them for Sunday’s Grand Prix Freestyle CDI-W.
Canada’s Jill Irving earned second place on Arthur, Windhaven Farm’s 2005 KWPN gelding by Jazz, with a 69.456%. Third place went to Mette Rosencrantz (USA) with Dzeko, a 2006 Oldenburg Stallion by Dimaggio owned by Cory Walkey, Mette Rosencrantz, and Robin Cathey, riding to 68.696%.
Steffen Peters continued his winning streak from 2020 into 2021 when he claimed his 17th consecutive international victory at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (GDF) in Wellington, Florida.
Steffen rode his Tokyo Olympics team hopeful Suppenkasper to a solid win in the CDI4 grand prix special on 30 January. The pair, who are unbeaten in international competition since 2019, posted 75.77%, with just a mistake in the one-time changes pulling their marks down.
The 13-year-old Spielberg son, who is owned by Akiko Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm, was Steffen’s ride at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, where he helped the USA team claim silver on home soil. Their scores have remained consistently high over the past two years, helping put them firmly in contention for a berth at the Tokyo Olympics later this year, where it will be the grand prix special will determine the team medals.