18yo Mary Warren wins Grand Prix Freestyle at the Nationals | ||
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18yo Mary Warren, makes history at the Nationals by winning the Grand Prix Freestyle.
“I am ecstatic. I was shocked to hear the score and even more shocked to hear the placing but he is just getting better and better. I am so fortunate. He was really good in the changes. I felt I could just sit back and he would just do the job." When asking her how she feels about making history in the sport tonight she says "I am a committed person and this is just the dream. It is an outstanding way of representing Australia. Heath Ryan and Utopian Cardinal were second last entering the arena after, after winning Friday's Grand Prix CDI-W. Heath is a performer and loves the thrills of Freestyle, always carefully tuning his performance with a powerful soundtrack. The combination did a great job, scoring 70.500%, that was very close to Robbie's score but just enough to place him second of the overall leaderboard.
1 Mary Warren & Mindarah Park Ramadan with 71.00% Daniella Dierks, daughter of Judy Dierks - was absolutely "over the moon" with her still young, Solo Feliz who won his first Freestyle Saturday with a strong score of 70.583%. "I was a little worried, not so much that he couldn't do it but more that when you bring on the young horses and they start picking up their game and they start going up the levels, they have to start experiencing things like freestyles. The most important thing for me was he coped with it, didn't get a fright. It was important that the first one to come, as he will have many more, was a good experience for him. And over that, winning the class ?! I couldn't have asked for more really." Yesterday's Reserve Advanced Champion, Sharon Potter, took first place in the Freestyle today, riding again Bradgate Park Delilah, owned by Beverley Healey and scoring a very good 71.875%. Shannan Goodwin’s score of 66.725% secured her first position in the FEI Grand Prix CDN Freestyle on her mount Aristede. "He was amazing. He managed to get his tongue stuck over the bit, right at the beginning of the test. I kept asking him if he wanted to stop but he was happy to keep going and in the canter, got it back in. He didn't miss a beat !" Yesterday's Intermediate Champion, Alexis Hellyer, took first place in the FEI Medium Tour Freestyle today, on Bluefields Floreno, scoring a strong 73.225%. "He is an amazing horse to ride. It is still really green but it will eventually get better and better. They are a few little mistakes but we will ignore those and just look at the horse that he is. He is fantastic, he is super to ride, so talented." The Advanced Championship was won by Rodney Martin from NSW and PR Firenz after winning both Elementary 3.2 and 3.3 today. Emma Flavelle-Watts, was declared reserve champion after finishing third in the 3.2 and second in the 3.3. Today, our para-equestrian riders took also their turn in performing their Freestyles. Source: Equestrian Australia
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