Not everyone at Plain Dealing Farm had a lot of faith in Addis Abba when the 7-year-old Hanoverian arrived in Scotts-ville, Va., in 2002. But Lucia Strini did.
That optimism was rewarded with a win in the Morven Park CCI*, division 1, Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Leesburg, Va., over Huronia and Darren Chiacchia. Strini and Addis Abba led from the competition's get-go, posting a score of 40.01 in dressage, followed by clean trips in cross-country and show jumping to coast to victory.
