TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.--Margie Engle on Gladewinds just edged out Beezie Madden in the jump-off to win the $137,000 Grand Prix at the international competiton on Snday, Aug. 30.
Margie Engle on RoyceSunday’s victory is the second 2020 grand prix triumph for Engle in Traverse City, having topped the $137,000 Grand Prix CSI3* aboard Dicas during Week Five of the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival.
Fourteen contenders from five nations returned for the tie-breaker round, and seven managed to leave all the fences intact for a second time to finish the afternoon double-clear.
THE FIRST to return, Beat Mändli set the initial pace in the irons aboard Galan S in 39.840 seconds, laying the gauntlet down with a clear trip to start the second phase with momentum.
The leaders’ status did not hold for even one trip, though, as Engle and Royce proved why they are consistently one of the quickest in the game with a blazing performance in a fault-free 37.410 seconds, slicing nearly two-and-a-half seconds off the frontrunners’ time to capture the lead.
Only milliseconds off the pace as one of the final pairs to go, Madden and Chic Hin D Hyrencourt raced into second place in a time of 37.460 seconds, and Shane Sweetnam rode Alejandro to third place in 37.550 seconds
