Adrienne Lyle & Salvino Score Second In the World This Week -Grand Prix Dressage Highlights
The Results Are In!
Olympic dressage team trials are happening all over the world this week as we are counting down the days to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Here at Dressage Hub, we took the scores from the Grand Prix test for the Dutch, German, and United States team trials, and here is what it looks like.
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl & Dalera- 85%
Adrienne Lyle & Salvino – 82.4%
Isabell Werth and Bella Rose 2- 81.3%
Edward Gal & Total US – 81%
You can watch Jessica & Isabell here: https://youtu.be/SGNPa-dnqKA You can watch Edward Gal here: https://youtu.be/nzwxmnhGWvA
Olympic Observation Event
FROM USEF: The start of the U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Fla., saw the 14 combinations named to the U.S. Dressage Olympic Short List contest the FEI Grand Prix Test. The competition was hosted late in the evening and under the lights at PBIEC to simulate an environment similar to what is expected in Tokyo later this summer during the Games. The climate in Wellington, Fla. is comparable to the weather and heat predictions for Tokyo in late July and early August.
Adrienne Lyle (Wellington, Fla.) and Salvino secured the highest score of the evening, recording an 82.413% in the FEI Grand Prix Test from the judging panel. Lyle and Salvino, a 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Betsy Juliano LLC, competed lightly this spring in anticipation of a final summer campaign ahead of team selection and delivered with an impressive score. “I was absolutely thrilled with him. He makes me tear up and I have no words for him. Every time he is more amazing than the time before. This was a great test for us under the lights,” commented Lyle as she discussed her ride aboard Salvino. “I don’t think I’ve done more than one night class with him, so he was fresh and a little excited, which is great because I can channel all of that energy, but I’m really glad we were able to have this opportunity. He feels great, and we’re just going to try and preserve tomorrow, just tack walk and recover, and then try to put in a repeat performance on Friday night.”
Sabine Schut-Kery (Napa, Calif.) and Sanceo, a 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Alice Womble, also achieved a career high score of 78.978% to finish in the top three on the leaderboard, nearly hitting their goal of breaking the 80 percent mark in the FEI Grand Prix Test.
Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and Suppenkasper, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Four Winds Farm, rounded out the top three placings with a 77.696%.
“My plan is to always stay true to my training, but obviously show him off, too, to reach maximum scores, but he’s a stallion and when he’s new to a venue he can be quite tense, so I just told myself to stick with what I would do at home and it clearly paid off tonight. I just have to hold myself to it and trust it because I can always add that little extra bit that I want in the ring, but I also want it to come from an honest place,” explained Schut-Kery about her approach to training and competition with Sanceo. “I’ve been told that there are potential 80 percent scores in there for us, and I believe that, and I believe in him, and that is one of my goals this week.”
Nick Wagman (San Diego, Calif.) and Don John, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, owned by Beverly Gepfer, finished the first night of competition with a personal best score of 75.652%, ahead of Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Haymarket, Va.) and Rassing’s Lonoir, a 17-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by LaGoy-Weltz and Mary McPhail, who rounded out the top five scores with a 75.131%.