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Peters Earns Top Placings as CDI4* Roosendaal Continues

by Dana Rossmeier | Jun 4, 2016, 4:19 PM

Roosendaal, The Netherlands – It was another great day for the U.S. at CDI4* Roosendaal. In a class comprised of skilled combinations, Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 finished second in the Grand Prix Special on a score of 75.863%, while Laura Graves and Verdades placed fourth with a score of 74.255%. Peters also competed in the Grand Prix earlier in the day with Rosamunde to place third with a score of 72.220%.
Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 (DigiShots)
Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 (DigiShots)


Peters began the day with a nice showing in the Grand Prix with Four Winds Farm’s Rosamunde. However, he and the 2007 Rheinlander mare had some difficulties in the canter work. With a third-place finish, the combination qualified for tomorrow’s Freestyle. Peters wrapped up Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92’s time at CDI4* Roosendaal in the Grand Prix Special. Peters and the 2002 Westfalen gelding had a strong performance highlighted by amazing passage, piaffe, and canter work.

Graves (Geneva, Fla.) and her own Verdades showed great scope and ability in their Grand Prix Special Test. Unfortunately, she and the 2002 KWPN gelding were marred by a mistake in their first pirouette. Guenter Seidel (Cardiff, Calif.) and Zero Gravity also competed in the Grand Prix Special. He and James and Charlotte Mashburn's 2004 Dutch Warmblood had an accurate test but lacked cadence in the piaffe work. They placed 10th with a score of 69.686%.

The Netherlands’ Danielle Heijkoop and Madeleine Witte-Vrees placed first and second in the Grand Prix, respectively. Great Britain’s Fiona Bigwood won the Grand Prix Special and Sweden’s Juliette Ramel placed third.

View the complete results.

The Freestyle will begin tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. ET.