Jemma Heran and Total Recall have finished on the podium during the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (Week 7) in Wellington, Florida after placing second in the CDIO3* Grand Prix Special on Saturday. Jemma and her 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (by Totilas out of Weihevoll, by Sandro Hit) scored 68.489%, their second-best score in the test to date.
This combination was part of the Australian FEI Dressage Nations Cup team contesting the CDIO3* Grand Prix on Thursday, where they placed fourth on 67.913%.
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén of Sweden won the CDIO3* Grand Prix Special with Hyatt on 73.638%. Full results from the CDIO3* Grand Prix Special can be found here.
Hope Beerling and Dean Martin make their CDI Grand Prix Freestyle debut
Friday evening saw the CDIO3* FEI Grand Prix Freestyle take place under lights in Wellington, with Australian Hope Beerling the first down the centreline with Dean Martin.
Riding to music from P!NK, the pair scored 70.575% for sixth place in their first CDI Grand Prix Freestyle together.
The class was won by Evelyn Eger and Tabledance 3 on 77.235%. Full results from the CDIO3* Grand Prix Freestyle can be found here.
Dean Martin is a 12-year-old stallion owned by NorCordia USA who was previously ridden at international level by the young Spanish rider Elsa Bosch Portillo in CDI Junior classes. NorCordia USA purchased the German-bred Hanoverian mid-2024. Dean Martin is by Don Frederico (Donnerhall 11) out of Lexxa S.
Hope was also part of the Australian FEI Dressage Nations Cup team alongside Jemma, placing tenth in the CDIO3* Grand Prix on Thursday with 65.065%.
