Caroline Roffman and Sagacious HF (Photo: Stockimageservices.com)

Aachen, Germany – Strong performances continue from the U.S. competitors at the 2013 CHIO Aachen. Caroline Roffman made quite a statement in Aachen’s Deutsche Bank Stadium with Sagacious HF in the CDI-U25 Grand Prix. With the Hyperion Farm, Inc.’s 14-year-old Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding, Roffman (Wellington, FL) rode a lovely, flowing test with quality piaffe and passage movements. The pair earned a score of 68.953% as the first combination to come down centerline in the Preis der Liselott und Klaus Rheinberger Stiftung class to finish in second place.In the CDI4*Big Tour competition, Susan Dutta and Currency DC performed the Grand Prix Special in the Lindt-Preis class. She and Tim Dutta Inc.’s 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding transitioned well between the challenging sequences of movements in the test earning a 67.042% to finish in sixth place.Roffman withdrew her own Her Highness O from Aachen CDI4* Intermediaire I competition for veterinary reasons. Roffman, Team Veterinarian Dr. Rick Mitchell, and Chef d’Equipe Robert Dover had the welfare of the horse as top priority. Learn more about the dressage competition at CHIO Aachen here.    Follow the 2013 U.S. Teams here.