Friday, March 19, 2004

Zada Enterprises WEF Dressage Classic CDI***/Y

Robert Dover And FBW Kennedy Win Grand Prix, CDI*** .....Again

Robert Dover and FBW Kennedy owned by Jane Forbes Clark earned 72.583% today in the Grand Prix, CDI*** at the Zada Enterprises WEF Dressage Classic CDI***/Y in Wellington, FL. The class is a qualifying competition for the 2004 USET Foundation Grand Prix Championship and the Olympic Selection Trials.

Dover, 47, of Wellington and Southampton, NY, aboard his Olympic hopeful, a 13-year-old Wurttemberger gelding by Tiro, topped a class of 34 entries. While Dover has been capturing the top two spots in his recent outings, taking the red ribbon with Rainier, his 2000 Sydney Olympic mount, also owned by Ms. Clark, today the duo had uncharacteristic communication lapses and momentarily went off course. They finished in sixth place with a score of 65.958%.

Taking second place in the Grand Prix, CDI*** was Denmark’s Lars Petersen of Loxahatchee, FL, riding his Dansko’s Success who earned judges’ marks of 70.625%. The 10-year-old gray gelding by Blue Horse Silvermoon was competing in only his second Grand Prix. “I was really happy with him. He kept his concentration, he had really no mistakes,” said Petersen.

“He had some weak spots where he got a little bit hot in between, but I was happy. In only the second Grand Prix you still don’t know – how should I warm up and how much gas can I give? He still needs to be a little bit stronger, but he really has no weaknesses.” Petersen said he is not currently aiming Dansko’s Success for Athens and will not contest the Danish Trials. “It’s a little bit too early. He’s a very hot horse.”