Top young riders kicked off Dressage at Devon CDI competition for the highly anticipated Saturday line-up of classes starting with the CDIU25 Grand Prix 16-25 sponsored by American Equus. Earning the blue ribbon was Allison Nemeth aboard Karen Nemeth’s 2011 Danish Warmblood mare, Tiko, (Tailormade Temptation x Akinos 2) on a score of 65.590%. Nemeth also earned accolades last year at Dressage at Devon, but as the groom for the winner of the CDI-W Grand Prix Musical Freestyle, Alice Tarjan, earning The Jeanne Pake Memorial Trophy.

Photo – Allison Nemeth and Tiko. Photo by Olivia Airhart, Mane Source Media for Phelps Media Group

Vanessa Creech-Terauds and Daniel L. (Photo: Olivia Airhart, Mane Source Media for Phelps Media Group)

Speaking into what it means to win the CDIU25 Grand Prix 16-25 at Devon, Nemeth said “It is a little unreal to me still, she and I just moved up to this level this year and I didn’t have plans to do a CDI for quite a bit longer, so just to come here to Dressage at Devon was an awesome experience, and then to do this well, it’s just been so good. The atmosphere here at Devon is not like any other show in the US.” Regarding her experience of showing at Devon, “This is a really fun show, to be in the action the whole time is just, again, not something you get anywhere else in the US,” Nemeth said, “For the horses it’s just like a really good experience for them to go out there and try to stay with you and I was so glad she stayed with me out there today!”
Vanessa Creech-Terauds and Daniel L. Photo by Olivia Airhart, Mane Source Media for Phelps Media Group

No stranger to Dressage at Devon, Vanessa Creech-Terauds and the 2012 Hanoverian gelding, Daniel L, owned and bred by Louise Leatherdale of Leatherdale Farms earned a score of 64.795% ultimately taking home the second-place position. As an accomplished Canadian FEI Dressage Rider for Team Leatherdale, this was not Creech-Terauds’ first ribbon of the week. She and Leatherdale Farm’s 4-year-old Hanoverian mare, Duett claimed the Reserve Champion title in the division earlier this week.

Siena Harris-Gissler and Status Royal OLD (Photo: Olivia Airhart, Mane Source Media for Phelps Media Group)

U.S. rider, Siena Harris-Gissler rode her newest mount, Status Royal OLD (Statesman OLD × Rubin Royal OLD) to a score of 64.615%. Previously campaigned in the U25 division by Benjamin Ebeling, Status Royal OLD is considered one of the most successful American U25 mounts. From Nations Cup teams, to multiple European Grand Prix wins, to scores up to 74% in the senior Grand Prix, this 2010 Oldenburg gelding and his new rider of only a few weeks round out the podium with a third-place finish in first-ever test together in the Dixon Oval.

The precursor to the main event, the CDI3* Grand Prix Special saw Canada’s Evi Strasser and Déjà Vu Tyme go two for two here this year at Dressage at Devon, capturing the victory in both last night’s CDI3* Grand Prix Qualifier, as well as this evening’s CDI3* Grand Prix Special. The pair posted a 66.117% to take the victory over Christian Garweg, who posted a 64.745% aboard Karen Meyer’s 2009 Dutch Warmblood Gelding, Excalibur RS (Glock’s Johnson TN × Lancer II). Rounding out the podium in third was Emily Wyman and Gretchen Stearnsand’s, Chigali, a 2007 Dutch Warmblood Gelding Chigali, by Kigali out of Chronos.

Competition at Dressage at Devon will conclude Sunday, Oct. 1 with Freestyle Day!

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