London Worldwide freestyle dressage outcomes 2023: Becky Moody

British rider Becky Moody and the thrilling nine-year-old Jagerbomb impressed within the London Worldwide Horse Present freestyle dressage outcomes this night (14 December), ending a extremely creditable third in what was their debut on the present.

The gelding, who Becky bred and who she now co-owns with Jo Cooper, scored 83.675%, with Lottie Fry and Everdale second on 85.04% and Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep ending as winners on 89.456%.

“My horse is simply an absolute legend – he was phenomenal and beloved each second of it and I believe you’ll be able to see that on his face,” stated Becky. “I got here right here for a lot of, a few years watching and clearly attending to using right here has taken fairly a very long time, however I’ve received right here.

“The larger the gang, the higher he’s – he simply thrives on it and actually desires to do it. He got here down the centre line saying ‘let’s go’, which is superb.”

Becky rode the son of Dante Weltino to a medley of Tom Jones music, together with Intercourse Bomb, which actually suited this horse’s character.

“It was my groom and actually good good friend Kim, who a number of years in the past advised me that I ought to do my freestyles with Jagerbomb to Tom Jones music, however I assumed it might be too tacky,” defined Becky. “Then I lastly caved in! It was put collectively by Tony Hobden of Equidance and used it in inter I freestyles to start out with after which Tony did a corker of a job upgrading it to grand prix degree, as a result of I beloved using to it.”

Becky admitted that she maybe didn’t at all times envisage Jagerbomb reaching the best echelons of the game.

“As a younger horse, he wasn’t massively… – inspiring, is the unsuitable phrase – however as a four- or five-year-old, I didn’t know whether or not he had one of the best engine on the planet. He had good motion, however not superb motion. However as a result of he’s received such an unbelievable mind and the guts to wish to do it, it’s allowed me to actually develop him. He’s simply getting higher and higher.”

Becky’s technicality scores within the London Worldwide freestyle dressage outcomes ranged from 74.5% to 78.25% with creative impression scores ranging between 86.6% and 94.8%. Jaegerbomb’s earlier private greatest in grand prix freestyle was 79.99%, which he scored at Hartpury in July, earlier this yr. 

Becky scored a private better of 75.08% with Jagerbomb when ending third within the FEI World Cup qualifier, offered by Bret Willson Dressage Worldwide Ltd and supported by Horse & Hound, yesterday.

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