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US Off to a Determined Start at CDIO3* Hickstead

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Hickstead, United Kingdom – The U.S. produced determined performances in Grand Prix competition on Thursday at CDIO3* Hickstead. Brian Hafner and Susie Dutta, who make up half of the American Nations Cup effort, currently stand second and ninth, respectively, after the first of two days of Grand Prix competition.

Hafner (Penngrove, Calif.) and his own and Rebecca Hafner’s 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Lombardo LHF, scored 68.800% from the Ground Jury of Karin Kruger, Wojtek Markowski, Stephen Clarke, Susanne Baarup, and Peter Engel.

Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) produced a score of 65.620% with Tim Dutta Inc.’s 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Currency DC, as the first U.S. rider down centerline. She will ride Tim Dutta’s Lumberjack 12 in the Intermediaire I Test on Friday.

Nations Cup competition continues Friday with the second half of Grand Prix competitors completing their tests. U.S. riders Katherine Bateson-Chandler and Lisa Wilcox will ride at 3:55pm and 5:27pm CEST, respectively. Final results for Nations Cup competition will be determined on Saturday following the FEI Grand Prix Special, as overall team scores will be calculated by the top three scores in Grand Prix being weighted equally with the top three scores from the Special.

To learn more about CDIO3* Hickstead, visit: http://www.dressageathickstead.com/.

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US Finishes Seventh in FEI Nations Cup at CDIO5* Rotterdam

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Brian Hafner and Lombardo LHF (Shannon Brinkman Photo)

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – The United States produced a seventh-place finish in FEI Nations Cup competition on Thursday among a top-class field at the CDIO5* Rotterdam. The team of Susie Dutta, Catherina Haddad-Staller, and Brian Hafner performed the FEI Grand Prix Test to finish on an overall total of 203.420.

Leading off for the U.S. was Dutta (Wellington, Fla.), with Tim Dutta Inc.’s 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding Currency DC, posting a score of 66.400%. Haddad-Staller (Wellington, Fla.) rode in the second spot for the Americans, scoring a 67.960% with her own 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Mane Stream Hotmail. Riding in the anchor position for the United States was Hafner (Penngrove, Calif.), who produced the team’s highest score, a 69.020%, with his and Rebecca Hafner’s 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding Lombardo LHF.

The Dutch proved to be popular winners on their home turf, finishing on a score of 239.220, followed by Denmark in second place with a score of 209.781, with Sweden rounding out the podium placings in third in a total of 209.181.

In CDI-U25 competition Mackinzie Pooley piloted Leslie Pooley’s 17-year-old KWPN gelding Partous to a sixth-place finish in the FEI Intermediaire II Test with a score of 66.053%.

To learn more about CHIO Rotterdam, visit http://www.chio.nl/.

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Roffman and Hafner Score National Titles on Final Day of 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions

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Caroline Roffman and Pie (Susan J. Stickle)

Gladstone, NJ – The 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions came to a close Sunday with National Champions being crowned in Intermediaire I and Young Adult “Brentina Cup” competition in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena at the USET Foundation Headquarters. Intermediaire I Freestyles and the FEI Young Rider Grand Prix were presented to the Ground Jury of Lois Yukins, Hilda Gurney, Jane Weatherwax, Axel Steiner, and Janet Foy. Caroline Roffman followed up her 2011 Young Adult “Brentina Cup” win with the 2012 National Intermediaire I title. Brian Hafner claimed his first National Championship in the National Young Adult “Brentina Cup” Dressage Championship.

National Intermediaire I Dressage Championship

Roffman (Wellington, FL) and Pie narrowly missed sweeping the three tests of Intermediaire I Championship; placing third in Sunday’s Freestyle but scored a decisive victory in the National Championship. Their score of 73.925% counted for the remaining 15% of her championship average of 74.535%.

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Roffman Extends Lead in Intermediaire I Championship

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Hafner Gets Early Jump on Young Adult “Brentina Cup” Competition

Caroline Roffman and Pie (Susan J. Stickle)

Gladstone, NJ – While the Dick and Jane Brown Arena at the USET Foundation Headquarters belonged to the Grand Prix riders Saturday morning, the afternoon session was all about the up-and-coming stars of the sport at the USEF Dressage Festival of Champions. In the National Intermediaire I Dressage Championship, Caroline Roffman and Pie maintained their stranglehold on the lead, while Young Adult “Brentina Cup” competitors got their first taste of competition in Gladstone with Brian Hafner jumping out to an early lead.

National Intermediaire I Dressage Championship

Day one leader Roffman rode like a woman on a mission Saturday afternoon and extended her lead in the National Intermediaire I Dressage Championship. Fourteen competitors contested the FEI Intermediaire I Test in the Dick and Jane Brown Arena but none would be able to catch Roffman and Pie.

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