Roffman and Sagacious Find Success at First European Grand Prix CDI
Wellington, FL (July 31, 2013) – “I managed a ‘Congrats’ from Isabell Werth. I can die happy,” said Caroline Roffman, after her first CDI Grand Prix Freestyle, Saturday night, July 20, at the Peterhof Dressur Gala in Perl-Borg, Germany.
Living up to U.S. dressage chef d’equipe Robert Dover’s recent remarks that Europe is watching the birth of a ‘star,’ Roffman and Sagacious HF, owned by Al Guden and Hyperion Farm Inc., danced among a bevy of international riders in their debut CDI Grand Prix Freestyle.
And amply held their own. Roffman’s 74.725% score was just 0.15 points shy of one of Germany’s most celebrated riders of her generation, Isabell Werth, who placed fourth on Der Stern OLD. The freestyle’s winning score, from German Olympic duo Kristin Sprehe and Desperados FRH, was 82.50%.
