Karen Pavicic & Don Daiquiri Win Langley CDI3* Grand Prix, Moving Pair Up Canada's Olympic Rankings

Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri. File photo. © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

LANGLEY, British Columbia, June 10, 2016–Karen Pavicic and Don Daiquiri won the Thunderbird CDI3* Grand Prix Friday with their second highest personal best score to move the World Games team pair up Canada's Olympic rankings.

Karen and the 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding were awarded 70.720 per cent that was second to their personal best Grand Prix result of 70.840 per cent posted in Florida last January.

The score boosted their four-result average to 70.365 that moved the pair to third from fourth on Canada's Olympic rankings behind Belinda Trussell on Anton with a big lead on and 0.159 behind Megan Lane and Caravella. Before this show, Karen and Don Daiquiri were in the fourth spot behind Chris von Martels and Divertimento. All three combinations at the top of the standings were on Canada's team at the World Games in Normandy in 2014.

The deadline is July 3 for scores to fill one of the two starting places for Canada at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro less than two months away.

Fellow Canadian Joni Lynn Peters on Travolta placed second on 68.200 per cent and Lauren Thornlow of the USA on Royal Konig third on 66.850 per cent.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

E: McDonald – USA

H: Myhre – NOR

C: Fore – USA

M: Whitham – CAN

B: Storr – GBR

		Rider	Ctzn	Horse				E	.	H	.	C	.	M	.	B	.	T	Pl.
		Pavicic, Karen	CAN	Don Daiquiri				69.000		70.900		72.400		71.700		71.600		71.120	1.
		Peters, Joni Lynn	CAN	Travolta				68.300		69.100		67.600		67.600		68.400		68.200	2.
		Thornlow, Lauren	USA	Royal Konig				65.700		65.600		66.100		66.400		65.500		65.860	3.
		Church McDowall, Colleen	CAN	Lord Albert				65.500		65.800		65.100		63.900		64.600		64.980	4.
		Christoff, Wendy	CAN	Treffer				62.000		62.200		62.300		62.800		62.900		62.440	5.
		Doyle, Marcie	CAN	Ariadne				58.100		60.600		62.000		61.200		61.700		60.720	6.
	1	Appleby, Anne	USA	Lampion				53.500		56.500		56.100		56.500		58.400		56.200	7.
		Fraser, Courtenay	CAN	Birkegardens Lukas				Elim.