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Dressage double gold and individual silver for USA

Aug 2, 2015

America’s Steffen Peters and Laura Graves added individual gold and silver to the team title secured on Sunday at the Pan-American Games 2015 in Toronto, Canada where the host nation’s Chris von Martels scooped individual bronze.

The result is a sensational fifth consecutive Pan-American team victory for the Americans, bringing their tally to eight team and nine individual Dressage titles in the 64-year history of the event, and earning a team berth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

And it was a back-to-back double of individual gold for Peters who, although he didn’t surpass the Pan-American Games record score of 80.132 which he set at Guadalajara in Mexico four years ago with Weltino's Magic, came close when posting 80.075 for today’s individual win with Legolas.

Result:
Teams: GOLD - USA 460.506: Sanceo (Sabine Schut-Kery) 71.790;73.553, Rosmarin (Kimberly Herslow) 75.184/77.158, Verdades (Laura Graves) 76.580/78.677, Legolas 92 (Steffen Peters) 71.790/72.667; SILVER - Canada 454.938: Zilverstar (Chris von Martels) 75.026/76.210, Brittany Fraser (All In) 76.105/76.079, Caravella (Megan Lane) 72.400/72.892, Belinda Trussell (Anton) 74.940/76.578; BRONZE - Brazil 414.895: Di Caprio (Leandro da Silva) 69.474/69.026, Donnelly 3 Sarah Waddell) 65.632/67.184, Xama dos Pinhais (Joao Victor Marcari Oliva) 69.184/69.211, Veleiro do Top (Joao Paolo dos Sanctos) 67.842/70.158.

Individual: GOLD - Legolas 92 (Steffen Peters) USA 80.075; SILVER - Verdades (Laura Graves) USA 79.825; BRONZE - Zilverstar (Chris von Martels) CAN 79.500.

Source FEI