Alice Tarjan and Lengthy-Time Accomplice Candescent Seize Glory at AGDF

Alice Tarjan & Candescent. Photograph © SusanJStickle.com.

Alice Tarjan (USA) got here out on high of the 15 mixtures ahead within the Grand Prix Particular CDI3*, offered by Iron Spring Farm, on Saturday of Week 7 on the Adequan® World Dressage Pageant (AGDF) in Wellington, FL.

Tarjan was competing her personal 13-year-old mare Candescent (Christ x Falkenstern), and the pair netted a profitable rating of 72.638%. This was simply 0.06 proportion factors shy of their finest efficiency ever on this take a look at, achieved in the exact same area at AGDF in 2021.

Tarjan defined that though she has been coaching Candescent since she was a four-year-old, she hasn’t been probably the most simple horse regardless of her engaging, expressive motion.

“Total, every part’s getting in the proper path,” stated the 43-year-old from Oldwick, NJ, who has a clutch of prolific horses at grand prix degree. “It’s been an extended highway and he or she hasn’t been the simplest. I’ve had her for 9 years and he or she’s all the time been an actual problem.

“I don’t assume anybody wrote a guide on methods to practice this horse. She’s been doing grand prix now for just a few years however what I’ve realized is that having the ability to do the actions within the grand prix after which placing every part collectively in a cohesive and harmonious take a look at are two very various things,” added Tarjan, who has been coming to Wellington for nearly a decade. “Now I lastly really feel like I’ve a horse that’s on my aspect and we’re lastly beginning to type a partnership.”

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