42/ NOVEMBER 2023 THE RIDER Freestyle Victory for Gluch, Ebeling Wins Grand Prix at WEC November Dressage CDI3*


Ocala, FL – Top scores and in- credible tests highlighted the sec- ond day of the World Equestrian Center (WEC) November Dres- sage CDI3* sponsored by Hamp- ton Green Farm and Discover Dressage on Friday, November 17, 2023, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. In the Grand Prix Freestyle CDI3*, Kerrigan Gluch (USA) and Mejorano HGF rose to the occasion for victory. Jan Ebeling and Jubi’s Tenacity, owned by Ann Romney, won the Grand Prix for Special CDI3*. Riding to their second-best


score ever, Gluch and Mejorano


said. “I love bringing him out in these atmospheres. It highlights him really nicely. He always tries really hard and really gives me a lot in the ring.” With her final halt and


salute, Gluch had “all sorts of emotions.” She added, “I made some unfortunate mistakes in the Grand Prix that is not so typical for us, so to be able to come out tonight, regroup and perform like we did was really special.” Gluch and Mejorano HGF


were a part of the U.S. Dressage team’s European tour this past summer and represented their


the win in the Grand Prix for Spe- cial CDI3* on a score of 71.044%, the only combination to score more than 70% from the judge’s panel of Marlena Gruca- Rucinska (POL), Clive Halsell


(GBR), Janet Foy (USA), Raphaël Saleh (FRA) and Maria Colliander (FIN). Riding Leslie Waterman’s


Sole Mio, a nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion by Stanford


9 x Hardenberg Donnerschwee, Emily Miles (USA) took home second place on 68.283%. De- nielle Gallagher (CAN) and Come Back De Massa, an 11- year-old Lusitano gelding by Ga- lopin de la Font x Quixote SDS owned by Gallagher and Ellen Lazarus, placed third with 66.239%. Regarding his personal best


score, Ebeling described, “He was really on today. There’s al- ways more room to improve, but I was really happy with him. I nailed my pirouettes and my zig- zags; that’s typically very good with him anyway. I was very happy with the piaffe too.” While “Jubi” is “really


chill,” and does perk up in the show ring, Ebeling does have to keep an eye on him in the jog and awards presentations. “He can be a little fiery,”


Sophia Schults, representing Hampton Green Farm, and judge at C Raphaël Saleh with Kerrigan Gluch and Mejorano HGF in their winning presentation. Photo by Q2 Photography.


laughed Ebeling. “Jubi is a great


horse, and I’m lucky to have him. I’m also very lucky to have Ann Romney, who is the owner of the horse, allowing me to ride him. You can’t do it without the sup- port of the family, my wife Amy and son Ben, the friends, the sponsors. It’s the whole machine that goes into it, and today it all came together.” Ebeling found Jubi’s


Tenacity, a now-13-year-old Dan- ish Warmblood gelding by Tailor- made Temptation x Blue Hors Don Schufro, in Denmark, and they started their partnership in the Large Tour CDI classes this past January. “He knew every- thing already, and it was just con- firming it,” confirmed Ebeling. “You have to spend time to get to know a horse. At that level, you can’t really wing it. You have to really work at it. I’m hoping that we’ll see a lot of this horse. He has a lot of potential.”


Kerrigan Gluch and Mejorano HGF danced their way to the Grand Prix Freestyle CDI3* victory. Photo by Q2 Photography.


HGF had the crowd clapping along to their entertaining freestyle featuring music from the Broadway musical “Man of La Mancha,” including the song, “The Impossible Dream.” Their freestyle, which includes a high degree of difficulty in piaffe/pas- sage, piaffe pirouettes, and pas- sage half-passes, was awarded with a score of 74.860% from the judges Marlena Gruca-Rucinska (POL),


Janet Foy (USA),


Raphaël Saleh (FRA), Maria Col- liander (FIN) and Clive Halsell (GBR). “I think the freestyle itself


is quite difficult, and it also high- lights what he’s really good at,” said Gluch of the 12-year-old PRE gelding by Grandioso x Galan XVI owned by Hampton Green Farm. “I think that gave us the score tonight. It was a clean test, so that also helps as well.” Gluch said that


the


evening’s atmosphere also gave Mejorano HGF that extra some- thing. “He loves to perform. He thrives in a situation like this; he enjoys people clapping for him and making him feel special,” she


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in 1991 alongside his men- tor and 2012 London Olympic course designer, Bob Ellis. “To come back and design here this week has been something quite special. I had the initial plan for tonight’s course a few weeks ago, but you kick it around a bit, and then you kick it around a bit more, and then you watch these riders throughout the week, and you think, ‘Yeah, they are pretty good,’ so you kick it around a bit more. Even- tually, you come up with something that you think is a fair test, and tonight we had great sport.” Christine Reupke, Di-


country at CDIO4*-NC, where


the Rotterdam they


recorded a personal best. Contin- uing to compete in Europe in the summer and making U.S. teams is a goal for Gluch in 2024. “That’s where our eyes are


focused on for the next six to eight months,” she noted. “It’ll be fine-tuning the tests, making sure they’re really crisp, and produc- ing clean tests.” Yvonne Losos De Muñiz


(DOM) and Aquamarijn, her own and Sylvia Ines Muñiz Losos’s 18-year-old KWPN mare by United x I.P.S. Gribaldi, repeated their second-place performance from Thursday’s Grand Prix by scoring 72.970% in the freestyle. Christoph Koschel (GER) and Eddieni, a 14-year-old KWPN gelding by Glock’s Johnson TN x Negro owned by Masahiro Kosaka, finished third with 72.335%.


Personal Best and Potential for Jan Ebeling U.S. Olympic dressage


rider Jan Ebeling piloted Jubi’s Tenacity to a personal best and


rector of Equestrian and Breed Sport for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, echoed Bywater’s sentiment saying, “We’ve enjoyed an incredible week of sport at the Royal Horse Show and tonight was the icing on the cake. Together with our fan- tastic partner, Longines, we welcomed the best riders in the world to Toronto to bat- tle it out for the World Cup title. The result was a thrilling competition, and our Royal fans showed their appreciation by once again packing the Coca-Cola Col- iseum and cheering on the feats of athleticism show- cased by horses and riders alike.”


At the conclusion of


the CSI4*-W Royal Horse Show, several prestigious ti-


Christoph Koschel and Eddieni were third in the freestyle. Photo by Q2 Photography.


tles were awarded. Farring- ton earned the Leading In- ternational Rider award while Amy Millar of Perth, ON, was named the Leading Canadian Rider, earning the Lt. Col. Stuart C. Bate Me- morial Trophy. She also was presented with the Martha W. Jolicoeur Leading Lady Rider Award. Irish rider Daniel Coyle’s mount Legacy, owned by Ariel Grange of Cheltenham, ON, earned the All Canadian Cup, presented in memory of lifelong horsewoman Susan Grange, as the Lead- ing Canadian-Owned Horse.


$250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto


Saturday, November 11 Rider / Nation / Horse /


Faults / Time 1. Daniel Bluman / ISR / Gemma W / 0:0 / 33.28 2. Jessica Mendoza / GBR / I-Cap CL Z / 0:0 / 33.60 3. Kent Farrington / USA / Greya / 0:0 / 34.32 4. Vanessa Mannix / CAN / Carmela Z / 0:0 / 36.29 5. Rene Dittmer / GER / Corsica X / 0:4 / 36.07 6. Amy Millar / CAN / Christiano / 4 7. Beat Mändli / SUI / Dsarie / 4 8. McLain Ward / USA / Callas / 4 9. Daniel Coyle / IRL / Legacy / 4 10. Mario Deslauriers / CAN / Bardolina 2 / 4 11. Tiffany Foster / CAN / Northern Light / 4 12. Alex Matz / USA / Cashew CR / 8


Jan Ebeling and Jubi’s Tenacity are joined by judge at C Janet Foy and Jennifer Glass of World Equestrian Center in their winning presentation. Photo by Q2 Photography.


Jan Ebeling and Jubi’s Tenacity scored a personal best to win the Grand Prix for Special CDI3*. Photo by Q2 Photography.


Second place in the freestyle went to Yvonne Losos De Muñiz and Aquamarijn. Photo by Q2 Photography.


Left to right: Jessica Mendoza, Daniel Bluman, and Kent Farrington were all smiles at the $250,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto press conference on Satur- day evening, November 11, to close out the CSI4*-W Royal Horse Show. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


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