Ishoy & Proton Achieve Strong Performance at CDI3* Hagen

Ottawa, Ontario --- Only days after the World Cup Final in Amsterdam, NED, Canada’s Cindy Ishoy and Proton headed to Hagen, Germany to put in a strong performance at the CDI3* held April 27-30.

The competition saw many of the previous week’s World Cup competitors taking part. Ishoy of Jerseyville, ON and her Olympic Mount Proton, took on a field of 46 top riders competing in the Grand Prix which included many top international dressage riders such as Kyra Kyrkland, Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff , Hubertus Schmidt and Isabel Werth. Ishoy and her 12-year-old dark bay Baden-Wurttemberger gelding were awarded a score of 68.625 %, with one member of the international judging panel giving them a 70.000%, to finish in a tie for eleventh position. The class was won by Germany’s Isabel Werth and Satchmo on a score of 74.417% with country mate Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff and Renoir Unicef in close second with 73.750%.

Ishoy’s strong performance in the Grand Prix qualified the pair for the Grand Prix Special where only the top 10 horse/rider combinations declared for the Grand Prix Special proceed. Their ride was awarded a score of 66.92% and placed them in 9th position. The class was again won by Germany’s Isabel Werth and Satchmo with 75.120%

Ishoy and Proton (Patriarch I x Rosenkavalier) have returned to Canada where they will be gearing up to earn a berth on the Canadian Dressage Team who will be taking part in the upcoming World Equestrian Games being held August 20 – September 3, 2006 in Aachen, Germany.

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