Laura on Rayef at Badminton last spring. Photo used with permission by the equally amazing Nico Morgan: check out more of his photos here.
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While Barbury was a big Olympic prep last weekend, the CIC3* at Aachen is another final outing before the Games in London. The German heavy hitters are out in force this weekend, and are looking for a final tune-up. They’ve got some good competition, though– Clayton Fredericks, Mark Todd (with two), and William Fox-Pitt are among the entries, and right now a Brit is atop the leaderboard– Laura Collett and the dressage phenom Rayef. The top eight all scored below 40… I hope the US team is brushing up on their flatwork!
Aachen CIC3* Top 10:
| Rank | Rider | Horse | Dressage | Rank after Dressage |
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| % | Score | Rank | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Laura Collett |  |
Rayef | 79,87 | 30,20 | 1. | |||||||||
| 2. | Sandra Auffarth |  |
Opgun Louvo | 76,93 | 34,60 | 2. | |||||||||
| 3. | Frank Ostholt | |
Little Paint | 76,13 | 35,80 | 3. | |||||||||
| 3. | Ingrid Klimke | |
FRH Butts Abraxxas | 76,13 | 35,80 | 3. | |||||||||
| 5. | Christopher Burton |  |
Underdiscussion | 74,80 | 37,80 | 5. | |||||||||
| 6. | Michael Jung | |
La Biosthetique-Sam FBW | 74,67 | 38,00 | 6. | |||||||||
| 7. | Clayton Fredericks | |
Bendigo | 74,00 | 39,00 | 7. | |||||||||
| 8. | Michael Jung | |
Leopin FST | 73,60 | 39,60 | 8. | |||||||||
| 9. | Ludwig Svennerstål |  |
Shamwari 4 | 73,33 | 40,00 | 9. | |||||||||
| 10. | William Fox-Pitt | |
Neuf des Coeurs | 71,60 | 42,60 | 10. | |||||||||
