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



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. Photo courtesy US Equestrian



— Edited Press Release | Source: US Equestrian


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