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2003
World Cup Dressage Finals
Grand Prix Photo Tour: Debbie McDonald "Kicking"
at the Door
 When
American Debbie McDonald made a historic performance
by finishing second in the Grand Prix Special at the
2002 World Equestrian Games, Brentina's owner Peggy
Thomas said: "I told you we would be kicking at
the door, not knocking." Well, McDonald is doing
it again. Seldom seen on European soil, but when she's
there, McDonald is always "kicking at the door".
Surprising all other world-wide competitors by finishing
second in the Grand Prix at the 2003 World Cup Dressage
Finals, McDonald had a thrilling ride once again aboard
the Hanoverian mare Brentina (by Brentano II). It seems
to be that the combination's major weakness is stress-tolerance.
In Jerez, as well as in Goteborg, McDonald made a few
small mistakes and therefore lost valuable points. In
the two tempi's a one-tempi change was added at the
end and she made 13 one-tempi's instead of 15.Furthermore,
a hesitation in the passage-piaffe transition, made
McDonald's score drop to 72.28%.
During the press conference, McDonald confessed that
she was distracted and that the errors in her test were
entirely her fault. But she also added that she rides
better when she's mad at herself, and will be totally
going for it in the Freestyle on Sunday.
Image copyrighted: Dirk
Caremans
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