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Wilcox and Pikko Del Cerro HU pick up another win

Jan 26, 2013

Lisa Wilcox and Pikko Del Cerro HU scored double wins at the Wellington Classic Dressage Sunshine Challenge CDI3* with victories Friday in the Grand Prix Special and Thursday in the Grand Prix.

Pikko Del Cerro HU, a Hanoverian stallion owned by Horses Unlimited and Anne Sparks, scored 68.854% in Friday's FEI Grand Prix Special CDI3* USEF HP $1,000 sponsored by Palm Beach Equine and Sports Complex. The pair won Thursday's Grand Prix CDI3* with 69.574%. In both tests, Pikko Del Cerro showed off his expressive, high piaffe and smooth tempis.

Another American, Shelly Francis, rode Doktor, a 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Patricia Stempel, to place second in Friday's GP Special with a 67.000%. The duo scored 65.227% in Thursday's Grand Prix CDI3*, earning a sixth place. Francis was a member of the fourth-placed U.S. team at the World Equestrian Games in 1998.

Canada's Cheryl Meisner and Paganini, a 16-year-old KWPN bay stallion owned by John Risley, placed third with 65.729%. The pair placed fourth in Friday's Grand Prix 3* with 66.894%.

1 Lisa Wilcox Pikko Del Cerro HU USA 68.85%
2 Shelly Francis Doktor USA 67.00%
3 Cheryl Meisner-Linssen Paganini CAN 65.73%
4 Mette Rosencrantz Finally USA 63.65%
5 Lee Tubman Delight CAN 63.44%
6 Todd Flettrich Danseur USA 63.10%
7 Bernd Schopf De Value GER 61.96%

Source Phelps Media Group