Cesar Parra and Michael Shondel's Silver Label Confirmed in Intermediaire

The three-day show, held August 17-19, drew nearly 400 horses and many of the East Coast’s top FEI riders. In CDI Intermediaire competition, Cesar Parra and Melissa Taylor battled it out at the top. Taylor and Dacardo, a nine-year-old Swedish Warmblood, won Saturday’s CDI Intermediaire I with a score of 67.667, while Cesar Parra, riding Michael Shondel’s Swedish Warmblood Silver Label (by Rambo), finished second with a score of 66.583. The positions switched in Sunday’s CDI Intermediaire I Freestyle with Parra finishing first with a score of 70.917 and Taylor second with a score of 68.917 percent.

With Lendon’ Gray’s Youth Dressage Festival following right behind the Saugerties CDI-W, dressage action will continue at the HITS show grounds through Wednesday.