Saturday February 7, 2004

Wellington Dressage Continues

Robert Dover And FBW Kennedy Win USET Grand Prix

For the first time since he returned to the show ring with his two Jane Clark-owned Grand Prix mounts, Robert Dover entered them both in the same class and produced a one-two finish – in the $1,500 USET Grand Prix, a Qualifying Competition for the USET Grand Prix Championship and the 2004 Olympic Selection Trials, Dover placed first with FBW Kennedy, scoring 75.694% and placed second with Rainier, earning 72.431%. Arlene Page riding her own Claire placed third, earning 70.417%.

“I could not be more elated with my horses,” said Dover , 47, of Long Island , NY , and Wellington , FL. “They were such a pleasure to ride. I'm so thankful to Jane Clark for the chance to ride these horses.” Dover said he was also thankful for having “the best help in the world – Kathryn Bateson and her fiancé Carl Chandler and all the people that are behind me, working all the time to make ‘Team Clark' work so well.”