“I owe my consistency definitely to my horse,” said Gilbertson of the 11-year-old Danish Warmblood mare. “She is very consistent and she always comes out every day the same. She is very simple, brave, and careful. She has given me a lot of confidence to be able to go in every time and know we can do it. She has no weaknesses. She is the most amazing animal in the entire world and I am very lucky to be able to call her mine. She’s good at everything. There’s nothing we’ve done that I have thought, ‘Whoa, she is in over her head’. She handles everything really well and has a very good brain.”

“The final was great; she jumped amazing in the first round and I got a little unlucky in the jump-off with having b of the double down, but I can’t really be disappointed,” she continued. “I think she’s had two rails all circuit and that’s pretty great, so I am pretty happy and very pleased with her.”

For her overall win, Gilbertson was presented with a Hermès mini saddle, a $10,000 store credit to Hermès, as well as an invitation to the Chantilly CSI 2* in France with transportation provided by The Dutta Corp. in association with Guido Klatte.

Source: Press Release by Jennifer Wood Media for ESP / WEF

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