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Posted by Equestrian Australia on 24/06/2016.

Hanna begins Australia's second nomination event for Rio hopefuls

The final dressage nomination event for Australia’s Rio hopefuls began overnight with four-time Olympian Mary Hanna competing in the Grand Prix of the CDIO5* at Rotterdam.  

Hanna is the only Australian rider with two horses on the list of identified combinations and she partnered with horse Umbro for the CDIO5* in which the combination scored 67.300%.

The Rio hopeful, who will compete with Boogie Woogie 6 in Friday’s CDI3* Grand Prix along with other entered Australian combinations, said the atmosphere provided a good test for her horse.  

“He has proven to me he could do that now outdoors as he has before at bigger indoor events,” said Hanna. “I understand that this arena presented here will be how it will be at Rio and he has given me confidence that he would handle an Olympic arena situation,” she said.

“I was very pleased with the piaffe and passage tour scored well.  The overall performance felt more secure and I was happy with the way he coped in the big stadium and with the atmosphere," Hanna said.

A further six Australian combinations will be in action in Friday’s Grand Prix CDI3*. The top four ranked athletes at the end of the two round nomination series will comprise Australia's Dressage Team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 

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Main photo: Mary Hanna and Umbro; photo Annie Lever 

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