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Olympic equestrian grand prix dressage day 1 results: August 10

By Liz O'Connell

Aug 10, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kasey Perry-Glass (USA) rides Dublet during the equestrian eventing dressage in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Equestrian Centre. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kryger-USA TODAY Sports.
Aug 10, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kasey Perry-Glass (USA) rides Dublet during the equestrian eventing dressage in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Equestrian Centre. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kryger-USA TODAY Sports. /
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Dorothee Schneider, Germany, is leading the Equestrian Grand Prix dressage at the conclusion of the first day’s rides. Americans Kasey Perry-Glass and Allison Brock had the rides of the lives, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively. Germany is first in the team standings and the U.S. stands fourth.

At the end of Day 1, Germany’s Dorothee Schneider rode a near-perfect Grand Prix dressage test to place first with a score of 80.986. A full day of dressage rides is scheduled for Thursday, so it awaits to be seen if Schneider can hold on to her lead.

U.S. Grand Prix dressage riders outperformed expectations to land the U.S. team fourth, ahead of dressage powerhouses France, Sweden and Denmark. Kasey Perry-Glass stands fifth and Allison Brock is seventh.

Individual standing

1. Dorothee Schneider , Germany    80.986

2. Sonke Rothenberger, Germany     77.329

3. Fiona Bigwood, Great Britain    77.157

4. Edward Gal, Netherlands    75.271

5. Kasey Perry-Glass, U.S.A.    75.229

6. Juliette Ramel, Sweden    74.943

7. Spencer Wilton, Great Britain    72.686

7. Allison M. Brock, U.S.A.    72.686

9. Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, Denmark    72.229

10. Mads Hendeliowitz, Sweden    71.771

Team standing

  1. Germany    79.157
  2. Netherlands    75.271
  3. Great Britain     74.921

Next: The team eventing gold medal goes to France.

U.S. Olympic dressage horses

The Chronicle of the Horse profiled Perry-Glass’ Olympic mount Dublet and Allison Brock’s Rosevelt:

"Dublet:This will be Perry-Glass’ first international championship. She first paired with Dublet back in November 2012. Prior to traveling to the States, the gelding placed second at the Danish Warmblood Young Horse Championship (Denmark) in 2010.Originally based in Spokane, Wash., Perry-Glass made the trek to Wellington, Fla., in 2014 and has been training with Debbie McDonald in Idaho. After three successful years on the small tour, they moved up to Grand Prix at the beginning of this season.They were never out of the top three during the winter season, often finishing second behind teammates Peters and Graves. They were part of of the winning Nations Cup teams in Wellington and Compiénge (France) and the second-placed team in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). They won the Grand Prix at Compiénge on a 77.44 percent which is their highest CDI score in that test to date. Their highest freestyle score is an 82.32 percent.Perry-Glass’ family, including her parents Diane and Bob Perry, her five siblings and her husband Dana Glass, make up Team Believe, the support network behind her and Dublet. Most of her family will be making the trip to Rio and you won’t miss them with their Team Believe t-shirts.Rosevelt:This will be Brock’s first major championship, and she’s put in a lot of work to get Rosie to this point. Rosie won the 2006 stallion licensing in Sweden, was fifth in the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses (Germany) with Hans Peter Minderhoud as a 5-year-old, and was second at the Falsterbo Horse Show (Sweden) as a 6- and 7-year-old with Jan Brink.Rosie was imported in 2010 and they had an extremely successful small tour season. Perfecting their craft at Grand Prix took some time, but they found their stride, winning two classes at Dressage At Devon (Pa.). They won three classes this season during the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Fla.)."

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