In front of an electric crowd in Willinga Covered Arena, Mary Hanna and her 13-year- old KWPN mare Calanta made history, setting a new Australian Kur record score in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2020 CDI Bawley Point. Mary, a veteran of five Olympics, gave a powerful performance, scoring 80.145% and breaking Kristy Oatley…
Mary has had an outstanding show with her two top mares Syriana and Calanta. Calanta and Syriana are the highest ranked Australian combinations on the world rankings. Calanta posted a new Australian freestyle record with Calanta scoring 76.2%. Grand Prix CDI4* 1st Calanta 70.69% 2nd Syriana 70.065% Grand Prix Freestyle CDI4* 1st Calanta 76.205% Grand…
Very happy with our handsome Ferrero yesterday. His very first start in Inter11 at Ankum. 28 starters and a very creditable 3rd place with 69.69%, among top class riders. Aussie David Mckinnon did a great job, under the guidance of my trainer Patrik Kittel. A first for David also having not competed in Europe at…
Syriana had her first start on Australian Soil and she did not disappoint winning the Grand Prix with a super score of 70.7% and the Special as well with 70.2 %. Calanta also now back home performed well to score 69.7% in the Grand Prix for 3rd place. Boneo Classic was our first Olympic qualifying…
Proud of Harmonie winning The Gert Donvig memorial trophy. This trophy means a lot to us as it is in memory of my first husband, Gitte’s father, who was tragically killed in a car accident in 1988. To win a his trophy with Gitte’s lovely mare , she trained up herself , is a great…
Mary Hanna’s Top Mares shine at CDI3* Crozet 2019 Grand Prix 2nd CALANTA 69.196 % 6th SYRIANA 67.696% Photo: Pixelsevents.com
Read the full article on Eurodressage here. European Training Camp at Eulenhof Mary has been working closely with Swedish Patrik Kittel for almost a decade. While in 2018 she was briefly based with her horses in a satelite barn in Munster, Germany, a stone throw’s from Patrik’s yard in Appelhulsen, this year trainer and student are…
My two beautiful mares did such a good job in Deauville today. Syriana and I have only been together such a short time but each competition we get more confidence together. Both the mares try so hard in the arena. Grand Prix 1. Mary Hanna – Syriana – 71.239 (Australia) 3. Mary Hanna – Calanta –…
Super happy with Syriana at our second show. 4th in the GP with a tick under 69%, at Leudelange CDI4*. We are gaining more confidence every day. I love her concentration in the ring. I made a couple of mistakes, but she tries her heart out. CDI4* – Grand Prix (GP) Qualification Freestyle 4. Mary…
Our very first show together! Syriana and I made our debut to the Dressage arena at the CDI3* in Gesteeren. A few wobbly bits in the GP, but today in the GP Special we started to make our partnership, with fourth place, and over 69% from some judges for whom I have great respect. A…