Sunday February 8, 2004

Wellington Dressage Kur Day

Dover's Freestyle Choice

The majority of Dover 's freestyle music was from “Breakfast At Tiffany's” and featured “Hubcaps And Taillights” for the piaffe/passage tour. Dover choreographed the ride. “Marlene Whitaker had done the music for it,” said Dover . “It is a re-make basically off of music that I've had for 25 years.” Horns dominated the all-instrumental tracks, with one vocal, a charming, “That's All!” – which ended right on time to the final salute for a big finish.

Dover scored three wins in the USET/Olympic Grand Prix qualifiers this weekend aboard his two mounts, Rainier and FBW Kennedy. “I'm just totally elated with the whole weekend,” he said. “I'm really thrilled with the way the horses are going and the quality level of the two horses. I'm very thankful to Jane Clark for giving me the chance to have these great horses.”

The sole competitor in the USET Grand Prix Freestyle was Ruth Hogan-Poulsen of Plainfield , VT , riding her own Armando. The duo scored 63.958% for second place.