Canada’s rising stars shine at Del Mar CDI

Sophia Rokstad and Lord Nunes (photo: Terri Miller)

CDI action was on the west coast this weekend at the HITS Del Mar Dressage Affaire in California, with Canada’s young riders rising to the top of the leaderboard.

In the FEI Young Riders division, Sophia Rokstad and Lord Nunes won the team test with 65.784%, and rode to victory again yesterday with 66.618 in the individual test. The pair placed second in today’s freestyle in a score of 67.692.

In the FEI Junior division, Alison Campbell-Wright and Slapstick II finished second in the team and individual tests, on scores of 61.061 and 62.549. They were the sole entry in the FEI Jr freestyle, earning 63.75%.

​Three Canadians were among the field in Saturday’s CDI3* Grand Prix:
​7th Brittney Simpson - Kartsevo Goldfinch - 61.696%
9th Sara Pocock - Connaisseur - 61.413%
10th Claire Robinson - Glamour Boy - 59.587%

Pocock and Simpson also competed in Sunday’s Grand Prix Special, finishing 4th and 9th respectively, on scores of 64% and 57.851%

Canada’s Carol Robinson and her partner Lightfoot were the sole entries at Small Tour in the CDI Amateur division, earning 61.863 in the PSG Friday, 60.785 in Saturday’s I-1, and 64.25 in Sunday’s I-1 freestyle.

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