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2024 Paris Paralympics: Fiona Howard and Diamond Dunes Earn Individual Gold Medal in Grade II Grand Prix Test A

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Versailles, France – Fiona Howard (Boston, Mass.) and Diamond Dunes (Grade II) secured individual gold in their first test of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Howard and Diamond Dunes, a 2013 Hanoverian gelding (De L’or x Wibella) owned by Dressage Family LLC and Hof Kasselman, earned a personal best score of 76.931% in FEI Grand Prix Test A for their first individual podium finish together as a combination. Paris 2024 is Howard’s first Paralympic Games representing the United States.

Fiona Howard and Diamond Dunes with the Palace of Versailles as the backdrop
Fiona Howard and Diamond Dunes with the Palace of Versailles as the backdrop. Photo courtesy US Equestrian

— Edited Press Release | Source: US Equestrian


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