WAIS IASP scholarship holder Clayton Fredericks has added another victory to his impressive equestrian career with a win at Lignieres La Celle Conde, France.
Fredericks – a silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics – claimed victory in the CCI** event in France mounted on Bendigo.
Fredericks’ win was typified by a highly impressive double clear in the dressage competition which earned Bendigo a competition score of 42.4.
Following the win, Fredericks praised his mount and the event, believing it to be one of Europe’s finest.
“He was absolutely superb and a joy to ride, an exceptional result which I thoroughly enjoyed. Lignieres is a great venue and the organisers have done a fantastic job. This event is going to be one of the major dates in the European calendar with the amount of work they have put into it,” he said.
No fewer than 117 riders and 186 horses from twelve countries took part in the event, with well-known riders included Zara Phillips (16th) and Nicolas Touzaint of France (35th) competing in Lignieres.
Fellow WAIS scholarship holder Lucinda Fredericks has also captured a strong competition result recently, after she and The Assassin finished third at Dauntsey Park.
Fredericks – who was also a member of the Australian silver medal winning eventing team in Beijing – achieved a superb dressage penalty mark of 25.2, which put them in first place, followed by a double-clear show jumping and cross country except for a 8.4 time fault, placing them third overall.
The Dauntsey Park Horse Trials, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire isorganised by the Sturgis family, and was re-launched last year after the Charlton Park Horse Trials finished in October 2007, and fills what would have been a gap in the eventing calendar.
