A big THANK YOU to FEI 3* Dressage Judge Mr. Omar Zayrik of Mexico for presiding over the Bahamas leg of the 2024 Caribbean Equestrian Association Dressage Challenge. Thank you also to CEA President Heidi Mello who was on hand for the successful event. The next day Judge Omar gave clinics to our dedicated Dressage riders who could only describe the experience as AMAZING!
The overall winners from each category were:
Introductory Test A – Childrens: Kennedy Albury riding Rags to Riches (69.062%)
Introductory Test B – Childrens: Isla Whylly riding Rags to Riches (66.875%)
Introductory Test C – Childrens: Gabriela Souza riding Casino Royale (69.500%)
Training Level 1 Test – Childrens: Sennen Fitzmaurice riding Lea’s Pride (69.423%)
Introductory Test B – Adults: Krystal Darville riding Vivawell (65.937%)
Training Level 1 – Adults: Amber Lleida riding Querida FSH (56.153%)
Training Level 3 – Adults: Lorrinda Maura riding Shakespeare in Paradise (69.200%)
The overall top-scoring pair (69.500%) was Gabriela Souza riding Erika Adderley’s Casino Royale.
The riders named to the Childrens Team were Gabriela Souza, Kennedy Albury and Sennen Fitzmaurice. (Due to a CEA rules technicality, insufficient competitors qualified to field an Adult Team score.)
The Caribbean Dressage Challenge takes place in Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Overall ranking of the teams will not be known until all the participating countries have held their 2024 Dressage Challenge competitions.