EQ Life September magazine: Back to the future at the Worlds | ||
Simone Pearce on Fiderdance competing at the FEI World Championships. © Michelle Terlato Photography
Ryan's Rave: Back to the future at the Worlds By Heath Ryan Well, the Australian dressage team of Jayden Brown on WillingaPark Sky Diamond, Simone Pearce on Fiderdance, Lyndal Oatley on Eros and Mary Hanna on Calanta have competed. Big picture, the end result was eighth place for the Australian team. This is pretty much back on board with where Australia is ranked in the world. We did have a setback at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where we came 13th out of 15 teams. Not a great result. So, thank goodness we are back and now we need to focus up on the way forward. I mentioned before the FEI World Championships how I thought it was important our riders achieved their personal best scores at Herning. It was, after all, their PBs that they were selected on. So, to be specific, Jayden Brown on WillingaPark Sky Diamond scored 69.674% in the Grand Prix at the Championships. This was exactly equivalent to his PB that got him selected on the team. Simone Pearce on Fiderdance scored 73.463% at the Championships, which was in actual fact a new PB for this combination. Totally brilliant...
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