U.S. Para-Dressage Secure Top Scores at Hartpury Festival of Dressage

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom- July 10, 2019 – International athletes Rebecca Hart and Kate Shoemaker of the United States competed at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* located at Hartpury University in Gloucestershire July 3-7, 2019.

Kate Shoemaker, Michel Assouline, and Rebecca Hart at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage CPEDI3* located at Hartpury University in Gloucestershire July 3-7, 2019. Photo courtesy of Michel Assouline.

Hart, a three-time Paralympian (2008, 2012, 2016) and three-time WEG athlete (2010, 2014, 2018) rode her horses El Corona Texel and Fortune 500 both owned by Rowan O’Riley. Hart earned top placings with both horses including a second place in the Grade III Freestyle with Fortune 500 earning a 73.113 percent and a second place with El Corona Texel in the Team Test.

Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel. File photo from the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Kate Shoemaker, a 2018 World Equestrian Games medalist and Grade IV para-dressage athlete, earned a Freestyle score of 74.080 percent and top Team Test score garnering her two-second places on her horse Solitaer 40. The U.S. riders were led by USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage Technical Advisor and Head of Coach Development Michel Assouline.

Kate Shoemaker and Solitaer at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.
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