PrintAfter finishing first and second in yesterday’s Team test for Grade I, II and III riders, Rebecca Hart enjoyed a repeat performance today, June 26, in the Individual test at the Para-Equestrian Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. However, while Norteassa was on top yesterday and Kazan second, they switched places today, and Kazan claimed the top spot on 68.88 percent.
“I was happy with them again,” Hart said. “Kazan I was really happy with because I was able to bump the walk up again, which was kind of our goal. It was nice to just kind of go in there and do what we needed to do.”
Hart, 25, rides with Para-Equestrian team Chef d’Equipe Missy Ransehousen in Unionville, Pa., and Kazan is owned by Kerri Sowers.
- Third place went to Grade Ia rider Laura Goldman on Trudy Phillips’ 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse, Carlingford JD with a 66.66 percent. Carlingford JD has competed through third level dressage and training level eventing. “He’s a really sweet boy,” Goldman, Cleveland, Ohio, said. “There were things I enjoyed about today’s ride and things I need to work on. It’s improving little by little.”
- Young Rider and Grade II rider Jonathan Wentz, 19, claimed fourth on NTEC Richter Scale. NTEC Richter Scale is owned by Wentz’s coach and sponsor, Grand Prix rider Kai Handt. Wentz is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, triple majoring in political science, economics and history with hopes of attending law school after graduation. “I really want to own a dressage barn one day,” Wentz said. “But right now I’m looking at what will take care of the funding to support my hobby.”
In the Individual test for Grade IV riders, the top placing also stayed the same with Robin Brueckman on Elly Schobel’s elegant Raison D’Etre finishing first (66.66%) for the second day in a row.
“I pushed on the gas a little bit more,” Brueckmann said. “Both my horses responded, and they both got better scores. There’s a Corvette show in town and I kept thinking, ‘You know, there’s a Corvette show in town, and I’m on a Ferrari.’ The simple changes were really good and the extensions were really good.“
