Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA – 27, 2023 – Katherine “Katie” Dinan (USA) joined her trainer, the Swiss Olympic team silver medalist Beat Mändli (SUI), on the podium on Friday at the 2023 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian™. Riding Atika des Hauts Vents, she finished third in the $78,000 Speed Final CSI 5*, capping off the exciting Military Night, presented by Boeing.

Bernardo Costa Cabral (POR) along with assistant Nick Granat (USA) set the speed track, where jumping faults were converted to three-second time penalties. Twenty combinations representing eight countries raced around the course in the 1.50m speed class and it was Dinan and Atika des Hauts Vents, a 13-year-old Selle Français mare (Rock’N Roll Semilly x Scherif D’Elle) owned by Grant Road Partners LLC who secured bronze honors in 52.89 seconds.

Final Results – $78,000 Speed Final CSI 5*-W

1) Beat Mandli (SUI) & Chartraine Pre Noir – 0 – 51.06

2) Conor Swail (IRL) & Casturano – 0 – 51.67

3) Katherine Dinan (USA) & Atika des Hauts Vents – 0 – 52.89

Source: Press Release (edited) from Jump Media for the Washington International Horse Show

Photos: © WIHS / Shawn McMillen Photography

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