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NOVEMBER 6, 2009
DRESSAGE
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Commentary
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HORSE SHOWS
10
Alaska Stakes A Claim
At Washington
By Coree Reuter
By Mollie Bailey and
Lisa Slade
20
EVENTING
Flexible Flies To The Top
At The Del Mar International I
50
(Mollie Bailey Photo)
By Molly Sorge
24
Smith Changes Her Mind
And Wins At New England
Equitation Championships
By Molly Sorge
29 ADVERTISERS INDEX
38
By Alexandra Beckstett
53 HORSEMEN’S
DIRECTORY
Change Is In The Air
CLASSIFIEDS
By Bill Moroney
56
YOUNG ENTRY
32
Schaefer Leads The Pack
In Washington
For Sale, Wanted
And Miscellaneous
60 LATE NEWS
(Kat Net zler Photo)
By Lisa Slade and
Mollie Bailey
SPORT HORSE
BREEDING
38
Good For Me Is Good
For Wallace At Hagyard
Midsouth CCI*
54 SPORTING
CALENDAR
BETWEEN ROUNDS
30
Prince Takes The Crown
At Great American/
USDF Region 5
Championships
Accolade Collects The Honors
At The Spalding Labs/
USEA Young Event Horse
East Coast Championships
IN THE COUNTRY
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H O R S E S H OWS
Alaska Stakes A Claim At Washington
Todd Minikus comes back from an injury just in time to win the President’s Cup.
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Todd Minikus came back from an injury just in time to ride Alaska to a win in the $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix CSI-W.
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H O R S E S H OWS
N
O ONE WOULD have blamed Todd
Minikus if he hadn’t been at the
top of his game for the $100,000
President’s Cup Grand Prix CSI-W at the
Washington International Horse Show,
Oct. 20-25.
After all, he was returning after a fiveweek break for a tendon tear in his groin
area. He was still in pain from the injury.
And he wasn’t riding the most experienced
horse in his barn.
But Minikus, 47, didn’t need any excuses
as he jumped to first place aboard Callie
Seaman’s Alaska with a blazingly fast
jump-off round to earn his second career
victory in the venerable class.
“I won this in 1990, when I was 11
years old, the youngest rider ever to win
it,” joked Minikus. “I always enjoy it
because of the history behind the class.
The President’s Cup is one of the most
prestigious grand prix [classes], but any
win is a good win.”
Washington was Minikus’ second show
back since he injured himself riding Pavarotti in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup in
Aachen (Germany) in July.
“I jumped an oxer going across the
ring and thought, ‘Oh, I think I pulled my
groin a little bit,’ ” Minikus said. “I continued to show that week and came home and
rode a couple weeks here at home, and
then I just couldn’t do it anymore. I finally
went and saw some doctors.”
Minikus, Loxahatchee, Fla., learned
he’d torn his adductor tendon, a painful
injury with rest as the only cure. He was
forced to miss several shows while he
healed.
“They told me this is a long-term injury,” Minikus said. “I’m just trying to go
through it and hope I don’t make it worse.”
Despite riding with pain, Minikus mastered Guilherme Jorge’s 13-fence course.
But numerous riders took down the same
tall Animal Planet vertical headed into the
stands, so just three out of 29 horses made
the cut for the jump-off.
Kate Levy on Lirving De Volsin, owned
by LA Horsepower and Levy, set the jumpoff pace with a careful, clear round. Then
Mario Deslauriers and Vicomte D, a
Belgian Warmblood (Flamenco
Desemilly—Roxanne D) owned by Jane
Clark, had a clean, quick round but pulled
the back rail on the final fence.
The door was open for Minikus, and he
shaved nearly 2 seconds off of Levy’s time.
“Kate did it just right,” Minikus said of
Levy’s jump-off ride. “Not crazy but
prompt, and then it put the pressure on
Mario and myself to have to go a bit. I
think I made the turn from [fence] 1 to 2 a
little quicker, but otherwise I just tried to
stay inside the footprints.”
Alaska, an 11-year-old Holsteiner
(Alcatraz—Halanda), topped the $75,000
ESP CSI** Grand Prix (Fla.) in February
and the $28,085 Grand Prix of Rotterdam
(the Netherlands) in July. The horse was
originally imported from Ireland, and
Minikus has had the ride since 2007.
“He’s a quality, careful horse,” Minikus
said. “He has great technique, though not
quite enough mileage at this point. But
when he guesses, he usually comes up with
the right answer.”
Levy, Wellington, Fla., was thrilled
with a red ribbon on her relatively green
grand prix horse.
“I was really happy with the jump-off
especially since it was my biggest grand
prix with that horse,” Levy said. “My goal
was to be as neat as possible and not take
too many risks and have a rail down.”
Lirving Du Volsin, 10, a French-bred,
originally went to Levy as a sale horse. When
no one bought him, she started riding him
herself and discovered his natural ability.
“We didn’t realize what an unbelievable
horse he was at first,” Levy said. “He has a
huge heart. He just wants to do it. He’s
been getting better and better.”
Deslauriers, who traded in his Canadian passport for a U.S. one earlier this
year, was disappointed with having the last
rail down in the jump-off, especially since
they had the same problem in their past
two grand prix classes.
“I figure if we keep at it, our luck will
come back,” said Deslauriers.
H Declaration Writes A
Winning Chapter
Scott Stewart didn’t follow his usual routine prepping for the Washington International Horse Show in Washington, D.C.
Like last year, Stewart opted to skip the
Pennsylvania National in order to give his
horses a break during the grueling fall
indoor season. But their planned week of
turnout and light work at Stewart’s River’s
Edge Farm in Flemington, N.J., fell apart
$100,000
P R E S I D E NT’S C U P
G R AN D P R I X C S I-W
Washington, D.C.—Oct. 24
HORSE/RIDER/NATION
FAULTS
1. Alaska/Todd Minikus/
USA
0-0
2. Lirving Du Volsin/
Kate Levy/USA
0-0
3. Vicomte D/
Mario Deslauriers/USA
0-4
TIME
PURSE
34.55
$30,000
36.32
22,000
34.48
13,000
Also competed: 4. Carlos Boy/K. Berkley/USA, 1; 5.
Night Train/R. Pessoa/BRA, 4; 6. Couletto K. James/M.
Ward/USA, 4; 7. Capitano/D. Torano/USA, 4; 8T. Up
Chiqui/K. Farrington/USA, 4; 8T. Via Volo/A.
Robitaille/USA, 4; 10. Great American/M. Leone/USA,
4; 11. Street Of Diamonds/G. Bloomberg/USA, 4; 12.
Oliver/J.G. Torres/USA, 5; 13. Moet Walk/D. Beisel/
USA, 8; 14. Romantovich Take One/C. McCrea/USA, 8;
15. Thomas Edison/M. Jayne/USA, 8; 16. Athena/C.
Jayne/USA, 8; 17. Promised Land/J. McCrea/IRL, 8; 18.
Zamiro 16/S. Sweetnam/IRL, 8; 19. Toronto/C. King/
USA, 8; 20. Bottom Line/J. Henselwood/CAN, 8; 21.
Secret/A. Rodriguez/VEN, 8; 22. Obelix/D. Kenny/IRL,
12; 23. HC Campella/M. Engle/USA, 12; 24. Gerona
92/M.L. Leffler/USA, 13; 25. Ragrusa H/M. LittleMeredith/USA, 16; 26. Louisiana/S. Coles/USA, 16; 27.
Quincy B/H. Dobbs/USA, 16; 28. Arnado/K.
Ghaibi/MOR, 16; 29. Caldam D‘or Z/J. Torano/USA,
VW.
when Mother Nature didn’t cooperate.
“It was pouring rain, and we don’t have
an indoor ring,” said Stewart. “They got
out a little bit each day, but not much. I
really only jumped them a little bit on
Saturday.”
But the change in schedule didn’t
affect Stewart’s mounts. His ride in the
green conformation division, Declaration,
topped the model and all three over fences
classes to claim the grand hunter and
green conformation championships. He
also rode his Way Cool to the first year
green tricolor, helping to clinch his fifth
WIHS leading hunter rider title.
As a special bonus, his top mounts
earned the top two slots in the invitational
$15,000 WIHS Hunter Derby Classic, with
Way Cool earning blue.
“Declaration’s been great all year,” said
Stewart, who showed Fashion Farm’s bay
in the green conformation and the regular
conformation divisions at Washington. “He
did the green conformations mainly in
Florida, and he does the four-foot so easily
that I did it sporadically just to get him an
idea of it. It really helped him in the [green
conformation division].”
Stewart was especially proud of Way
Cool, who he thought really stepped up at
Washington.
“He’s never been champion in the [first
“He has great technique, though not quite enough mileage at this point.
But when he guesses, he usually comes up with the right answer.”
—Todd Minikus
Friday, November 6, 2 0 0 9
11
Scott Stewart rode Declaration to the green conformation and grand hunter championships for Fashion Farm, picking up his fifth
Washington International leading hunter rider title along the way.
year green division] at a big show,” he said.
“He’s still pretty green; he didn’t show at all
this year. He’s a really fun horse to ride.”
Even though Stewart has amassed
quite a collection of leading hunter rider
sashes from big shows, the thrill of a new
one isn’t lost on him. “It’s a nice finish,
and you like to win enough to get that
award, for sure,” he said. “Plus, I’m getting
a little old and want to keep doing it; the
younger guys are coming up!”
H Lucky One Proves Lucky Indeed
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While Lucky One may be her horse’s name,
Lillian Hahn really considers herself the
lucky one. She expressed nothing but gratitude for her 10-year-old’s performances at
Washington after capturing the amateurowner jumper championship.
“He was incredible,” Hahn said. “It’s
just such a blessing to be his passenger
and partner. I feel like it’s really great for
both of us, but it’s really amazing for him.
Lillian Hahn and Lucky One capped
off a successful season by winning the
amateur-owner jumper championship at
the Washington International.
He’s such a sweet, sweet horse with a big
heart.”
Lucky One pulled one rail in the first
and third classes but still finished third in
each with the fastest four-fault rounds. He
won the speed class the second day and
took the tricolor over Susan Knoblauch
and Carneval.
“It’s just such a blessing
to be his passenger and
partner.”
—Lillian Hahn
Hahn, Tryon, N.C., rides with Vic
Russell and also competes in the amateurowner hunter divisions with Cezanne. She
imported Lucky One from Denmark about
21∕2 years ago. Despite the fact that they
might look a bit mismatched (Hahn is 5'3"
and Lucky One stands more than 18
hands), the two have cemented a solid
partnership.
“It’s kind of a trip when you see us
standing next to each other,” Hahn said
with a laugh. “It’s a little like a geometry
problem to ride him. He’s so big, and my
arms are so short. But he can turn like a
tiny horse, and he’s so graceful he’s like a
ballerina. Everyone says he looks like a
H O R S E S H OWS
Kesslers Meet Their Goals
(Al Cook Productions—www.alcookphoto.com Photos)
Despite having won the amateur-owner,
36 and over, title at the Pennsylvania
National Horse Show on Pavarotti, Teri
Kessler wasn’t satisfied. She came to the
nation’s capital a week later with just
one goal: To ride to the best of her
horse’s ability.
“In Harrisburg, Pavarotti really outperformed me,” she said. “I had a couple
moments out there I wasn’t happy
about, that I wanted to improve on
here.”
She accomplished her goal and
more, clinching the amateur-owner, 36
and over, title in Washington with a stellar handy round that earned an 89 and
helped her tie for the grand amateurowner title.
“I’m walking on air,” Kessler said.
“I’m really excited, and I think the world
of my horse, but right now I’m a little bit
in awe of him. This week and last week
he just wanted to jump so well, I didn’t
even have to think about how to help
him. He just was trying his hardest. It
seemed he wanted to jump well just for
fun.”
Kessler, Armonk, N.Y., and the dark
bay gelding she co-owns with her husband Murray, spent a few days resting
at home between big horse shows.
Above: Teri Kessler piloted Pavarotti to the amateur-owner, 36 and over, and co-grand
amateur-owner hunter championships at the Washington International.
Below: Reed Kessler and veteran partner Flight soared to the junior jumper championship
at the Washington International.
Kessler said he required little preparation before stepping into the ring at
Washington.
“A lot people say, ‘Oh, my horse is
so easy. We never jump him; we never
practice.’ This is really that horse,” said
Kessler.
Reed Kessler followed in her
mother’s footsteps later in the week
with a junior jumper championship on
her own Flight, a 14-year-old Swedish
Warmblood (Figaro—Britta M).
“He’s been around the block many
times,” Reed said. “He was perfect and
very reliable.”
Reed, 15, used Flight last year at
the Pessoa/USEF Medal Finals when
her regular equitation horse couldn’t
compete. She also rode him at the
Platinum Performance/USEF Talent
Search Medal Finals—East (N.J.), scoring a 92 over fences.
“He’s so soft and intelligent,” Reed
said. “He responds to the slightest shift
in your balance, and he’s always right
there for you.”
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H O R S E S H OWS
“The jump-off course was perfect for her.
She’s good turning, but she’s even better running.”
—Alissa Kinsey
Alissa Kinsey and Grisset form a close team.
She owns the mare, rides her, grooms her,
trailers her and trains her herself. That
familiarity helped them clinch the $10,000
WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Championship.
Kinsey, Fort Meyers, Fla., admitted she
was worried before the class because
Grisset, a 12-year-old Hanoverian, uncharacteristically pulled a rail at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. She questioned whether the indoor arena would
bother her horse as it apparently had at
Harrisburg.
“I was extra, extra careful because of
that rail [at Harrisburg],” Kinsey said. “But
the jump-off course was perfect for her.
She’s good turning, but she’s even better
running. This course had two long gallops
for her.”
While Kinsey, 30, said Grisset often
warms up a bit lazy, she quickly finds her
gear and then can be quite strong. Largely
because of that strength, Grisset found two
awkward distances in the jump-off but
escaped with just rubs on the rails.
“I was really lucky,” Kinsey said. “The
course overall was nice, just the way I rode
it wasn’t the way I like it to be normally.
But I got it done.”
Harrisburg notwithstanding, Washington capped off what was otherwise an
extremely successful year for the pair as
they garnered big wins from Devon (Pa.),
Vermont and Florida and were named cir-
H Growing Confidence
When Ainsley Sadlo accepted her blue ribbon in the $10,000 WIHS Adult Amateur
Hunter Championship she had plenty of
reason to smile. She’d spent the past 11∕2
years building up Vermilion’s confidence.
“When I first got him I was kicking
him around 2'6" courses; obviously he’s a
lot more confident now,” said Sadlo. “He
went so well—this is the best he’s ever
been indoors. We live in Atlanta so there
are no indoor arenas.”
The chestnut Westphalian led the class
start to finish. Katie Meagher and her longtime partner Keep The Faith took secondplaced honors.
“He was good at Capital Challenge
[Md.], better at [the Pennsylvania National],
and best here,” she said.
Grisset and Alissa Kinsey captured the
$10,000 WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper
Championship at the Washington
International.
H Grisset Grabs Blue
cuit champions at the Winter Equestrian
Festival (Fla.). They spent most of the year
on the road, Grisset’s prize money helping
pay the bills for Kinsey’s other horses.
“It makes me happy that she’s done for
the year, and she still did her job up until
the very end,” Kinsey said. “She stayed consistent and happy. She’s been unbelievable.”
regular working hunter going around a
five-foot course.”
Hahn, 23, is launching her own line of
equestrian-themed clothing in the spring
but still plans to campaign Lucky One. The
pair have contested a few $25,000 grand
prix classes, and Hahn hopes to do more
next season.
“It was a real honor to do so well at
Washington and almost like a page turner
in my life,” said Hahn, who had only competed at indoors once before. “I just love
my horse. He wanted to win every class he
went into, and he tried with all of this heart.
All that work and all that time riding and
then all of a sudden it really did pay off.”
Vermilion and Ainsley Sadlo jumped
confidently to the $10,000 WIHS Adult
Amateur Hunter Championship at the
Washington International.
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H O R S E S H OWS
Finding Confidence On Confidential
(Al Cook Productions—www.alcookphoto.com Photos)
Erin Stewart didn’t feel terribly sure of herself the first
time she walked into the Verizon Center aboard
Confidential as she wasn’t sure how the flashy chestnut
gelding would handle the atmosphere.
But as it turned out, there was no cause for concern.
Confidential never twitched an ear on his way to
picking up the amateur-owner, 18-35, division win, tying
for the grand amateur-owner championship with Teri
Kessler and Pavarotti. He showed equal aplomb later in
the week when he won the grand junior championship
with Hasbrouck Donovan.
“The first day I showed him here, I rode him like
he was going to be nervous, and I didn’t let him get
anything,” said Stewart, 25. “I was just sitting there, waiting for him to pick up, and he didn’t. Today he was
amazing.”
“She’s a soft rider with nice feel
and wonderful timing.”
—Don Stewart
Erin’s father, trainer Don Stewart Jr., Ocala, Fla.,
watched the gelding go for two years before he bought
him from Caroline Cramer. Cramer showed him in the
hunter and equitation ring, and Hannah Goodson-Cutt
even competed him in the Pessoa/USEF Medal Finals in
2008. Thanks to all of that exposure, the 8-year-old now
goes with the consistency of an older horse.
“He wants to do everything right,” Erin said. “If he
thinks he’s made a mistake he gets upset. He doesn’t do
anything bad, but his heart beats faster. He’s just really
fun. I feel like I could show in the amateur jumpers
tonight. He’s very athletic and not at all spooky.”
Confidential nearly broke records when he took the
grand junior championship with Donovan after winning
the large junior, 15 and under, division. It was only the
second time in Washington history that a horse has
earned two grand hunter titles in the same year.
Don was especially pleased since he also owned the
only other horse to equal Confidential’s feat—Hilton,
who won grand junior and grand open championships
in 2001.
Donovan, Gainesville, Fla., said the chestnut was perfect for her, and it showed as he took home three firsts
and a second in the division.
“You know you’re going to go in there, and he’s
going to jump all the jumps so I feel very comfortable
on him,” said Donovan, 15. “He’s really fun and a really
smooth ride. He’s taught me a lot.”
Donovan also picked up reserve champion accolades in the large junior, 15 and under, division on
another of Erin’s rides, Quality Time, helping to boost
her to best child rider honors. Don chose Donovan to
ride Confidential and Quality Time because of the similarities between her style and his daughter’s.
“She’s very accurate and very passive,” Don said.
“She’s a soft rider with nice feel and wonderful timing.”
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Above: With Erin Stewart, Confidential jumped to amateur-owner, 18-35,
and co-grand amateur-owner hunter championships at the Washington
International.
Below: Eric Straus, CEO of the Washington International, presented
Hasbrouck Donovan with the best child rider on a horse award after she
picked up a pair of junior hunter tricolors.
H O R S E S H OWS
Andres Rodriguez (left) and Todd Minikus
earned leading international jumper rider
and leading open jumper rider awards,
respectively, at the Washington
International.
The prospect of a talented horse who
would take some time to finish didn’t
intimidate Sadlo. She hooked up with
Vermilion via trainer Havens Schatt, who
thought of her student as soon as she saw
the horse.
“I had another horse that had been
injured in a freak accident,” recalled Sadlo.
“I was going down to Wellington [Fla.] to
visit him at the clinic when Havens called
me and said that I had to take a look at
this horse while I was in Wellington. She
said, ‘He likes to peek at the jumps, but I
think you can ride him.’ I tried him in the
pouring rain during a thunderstorm, and
he just went.”
Sadlo, the executive director of consumer strategy of AT&T, meets Schatt at
shows and trains with Daniel Geitner at
home. She credited Julie Curtin, who runs
the barn where she boards, for the outstanding care Vermilion receives.
“I travel with my laptop, so I’m never
actually off work,” she said. “Today I actually did turn everything off, but I don’t do
that much!”
Sadlo hopes to step Vermilion up to the
low amateur-owner division next year.
WASHINGTON, DC–OCT. 20-25.
GREEN CONFORMATION HUNTER CH: Declaration, Fashion
Farm.
RES: Costar, Alexandra Zell.
REGULAR CONFORMATION HUNTER CH: Francesca, Pony
Lane Farm.
RES: Declaration, Fashion Farm.
1ST YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Way Cool, Scott Stewart.
RES: Small Affair, Iwasaki & Reilly.
2ND YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Rosalynn, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Oare.
RES: Sanmorino, Ann Lindwall.
REGULAR WORKING HUNTER CH: Lone Star, Mr. & Mrs.
Douglas Wheeler.
RES: Jersey Boy, SBS Farms Inc.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Confidential, Don
Stewart.
RES: Second Hand News, Jessica Van Brocklin.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER, 36 & OVER CH: Pavarotti, Teri &
Murray Kessler.
RES: Andiamo, Brad Wolf.
AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER CH: Lucky One, Lillian Hahn.
RES: Carneval, Susan Knoblauch.
GRAND AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH Tie: Confidential,
Don Stewart & Pavarotti, Terri & Murray Kessler.
LEADING AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER RIDER: Erin Stewart.
GRAND HUNTER CH: Declaration, Fashion Farm.
LEADING HUNTER RIDER: Scott Stewart.
BEST JR. HUNTER STAKES ROUND: Tiziano, Stone Hill Farm.
PROTOCOL TROPHY: Lone Star, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Wheeler.
GRAND GREEN HUNTER CH: Declaration, Fashion Farm.
BEST 1ST YR. GREEN HUNTER TRIP: Way Cool, Scott Stewart.
BEST 2ND YR. GREEN HUNTER TRIP: Rosalyn, Mr. & Mrs.
Ernest Oare.
BEST GREEN HUNTER TRIP: Way Cool, Scott Stewart.
BEST AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER TRIP: Pavarotti, Terri &
Murray Kessler.
LEADING INTERNATIONAL JUMPER RIDER: Andres
Rodriguez.
LEADING OPEN JUMPER RIDER: Todd Minikus.
▲ Grn. Conf. Htr. Model - 1. Declaration; 2. Tasty,
Showcase Ltd.; 3. Turtle Bay, P. Crampton. ▲ Grn. Conf. Htr.
U/S - 1. Costar; 2. Bentley, Brown Equestrian LLC; 3.
Declaration. ▲ Grn. Conf. Htr. - 1. Declaration; 2. Way Cool;
3. Tasty. ▲ Grn. Conf. Htr. - 1. Declaration; 2. Way Cool; 3.
Early Applause, Pony Lane Farm. ▲ Grn. Conf. Htr. Stakes -
1. Declaration; 2. Costar; 3. Way Cool. ▲ Reg. Conf. Htr.
Model - 1. Declaration; 2. Francesca; 3. Luigi, Mr. & Mrs. E.
Oare. ▲ Reg. Conf. Htr. U/S - 1. Francesca; 2. Remedy, B.
Parker; 3. Declaration. ▲ Reg. Conf. Htr. - 1. Francesca; 2.
Declaration; 3. Remedy. ▲ Reg. Conf. Htr. - 1. Remedy; 2.
Declaration; 3. Milous De Fontaine, Pony Lane Farm. ▲ Reg.
Conf. Htr. Stakes - 1. Francesca; 2. Milous De Fontaine; 3.
Remedy. ▲ 1st Yr. Grn. Htr. U/S - 1. Small Affair; 2. Formality,
S. Gregory; 3. Krystall, S. Stewart. ▲ 1st Yr. Grn. Htr. - 1. Way
Cool; 2. Kid Rock, Bright Star 158 LLC; 3. Ante Up, A.
Thompson. ▲ 1st Yr. Grn. Htr. - 1. Way Cool; 2. Small Affair;
3. Krystall. ▲ 1st Yr. Grn. Htr. Stakes - 1. Small Affair; 2. Way
Cool; 3. Formality. ▲ 2nd Yr. Grn. Htr. U/S - 1. Rosalynn; 2.
Gianni, Pony Lane Farm; 3. Pringle, A. Pryde. ▲ 2nd Yr. Grn.
Htr. - 1. Sanmorino; 2. Rosalynn; 3. Nice, L. Christman.
▲ 2nd Yr. Grn. Htr. - 1. Starstruck, S. Jenkins; 2. Bolero,
Marigot Bay Farm LLC; 3. Quintin, A. Oken. ▲ 2nd Yr. Grn.
Htr. Stakes - 1. Rosalynn; 2. Nice; 3. Quintessential, Paulexi
LLC. ▲ Reg. Wkg. Htr. U/S - 1. Remedy; 2. Overseas, L.
Wasserman; 3. Lone Star. ▲ Reg. Wkg. Htr. - 1. Lone Star; 2.
Jersey Boy; 3. Remedy. ▲ Reg. Wkg. Htr. - 1. Jersey Boy; 2.
Overseas; 3. Lone Star. ▲ Reg. Wkg. Htr. Stakes - 1. Lone
Star; 2. Rock Star, Bright Star 158 LLC; 3. Jersey Boy. ▲ A/O
Htr. U/S, 18-35 - 1. Confidential; 2. Farewell, R. Koggan; 3.
Zoom, L. Sexton. ▲ A/O Htr., 18-35 - 1. Late Entry, Paradysz
Farm; 2. Second Hand News; 3. Indian Summer, S. Riggio.
▲ A/O Htr., 18-35 - 1. Confidential; 2. Second Hand News;
3. Isaac, S. Ward. ▲ A/O Htr. Stakes, 18-35 - 1. Quality Time,
D. Stewart; 2. Second Hand News; 3. Cezanne, L. Hahn.
▲ A/O Htr. U/S, 36 & Over - 1. Pavarotti; 2. Costello, S.J.
Price; 3. Overseas. ▲ A/O Htr., 36 & Over - 1. Andiamo; 2.
Overseas; 3. Nice. ▲ A/O Htr., 36 & Over - 1. Bolero; 2.
Andiamo; 3. Tell All, Dr. & Mrs. J. Baker. ▲ A/O Htr. Stakes,
36 & Over - 1. Pavarotti; 2. Scout, C.C. Morrison; 3. Estrella,
Mr. & Mrs. E. Oare. ▲ A/O Jpr. - 1. Carneval; 2. Seraldo, All
Seasons Farm; 3. Lucky One. ▲ A/O Jpr. - 1. Lucky One; 2.
Astro Z, B. Simpkins; 3. U-2, Turtle Lane Farm & M. Goodman.
▲ $10,000 A/O Jpr. Classic - 1. Chiron S, Salamander Farm;
2. U-2; 3. Devito, E. Stewart. ▲ $30,000 Open Jpr. - 1.
Couletto K. James, Katie Dinan LLC; 2. Night Train, Double H
Farm; 3. Bottom Line, B. Prather. ▲ $20,000 Gambler’s
Choice - 1. Da Vinci, A. Rodriguez; 2. Hidden Creek’s Pamina
L, Hidden Creek Farm ; 3. Olinda, H. Lawrence. ▲ $15,000
Open Jpr. - 1. Samar, RCG Farm; 2. Marengo, The Dobbs
Group; 3. Victor E, C. Tribble & Windsor Show Stables.
In Memory of
BOYSTOWN
aka MOE, aka BUDDY
January 1992 — July 28, 2009
It was a joy to ride him, from kids to adults loved his smooth gaits and athletic
jumping—hold on!! Cute and smart. He will be sadly missed by all, especially one
middle-aged woman who had the privilege of owning/showing him for 8 years.
Thanks, Moe, for all the fun at shows from Miami to Wellington to Venice, to trail
rides in our local park. You could do it all and jumped every fence with confidence,
rain or shine. A piece of my heart goes with you as you travel over Rainbow Bridge.
~ Marilen
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H O R S E S H OWS
▲ $20,000 Open Jpr. - 1. Olinda; 2. Marengo; 3.
T I D B I TS
• Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wheeler’s Lone Star earned the Protocol Trophy, awarded
to the regular working hunter who collects the most points at Devon (Pa.), the
Pennsylvania National and the Washington (D.C.) International. Lone Star picked
up his third consecutive working hunter title this fall at Washington with Hunt
Tosh aboard. Tosh also rode Rosalynn to the second year green hunter championship for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oare.
•
Long-time WIHS supporters Betty Oare and Hermen Greenberg earned inductions into the show’s Hall of Fame this year. Oare, Warrenton, Va., has attended
each edition of the show since its inception in 1958 either as rider, judge or
spectator. Greenberg, Middleburg, Va., has served on the WIHS Board of
Directors for more than 20 years.
• Maggie Jayne rode Francesca to the top of the regular conformation division
for Pony Lane Farm. The mare, technically a first year green horse, won three
classes, including the under saddle. “She’s been awesome this year,” said Jayne.
“It’s her first year at indoors, but she feels totally ready to go.”
• McLain Ward, Brewster, N.Y., and Vancouver won the $25,000 Puissance class
after Vancouver cleared the wall set at 6'7." It was only Ward’s first show with the
11-year-old.
Romantovich Take One, C. Tribble & Windsor Show Stables.
▲ $25,000 Puissance - 1. Vancouver, P. Welles; 2. Patoile,
Harlow Investment Enterprises LLC; 3. Gael Force, M. Clark &
North Run. ▲ $15,000 Pairs Relay - 1. Unadonja, Spy Coast
Farm LLC & Caretina III, Pony Lane Farm; 2. Hidden Creek’s
Pamina L & Calmar 3, M. Smith; 3. Samar, RCG Farm &
Palouchin De Ligny, R. Pessoa. ▲ $10,000 WIHS A/A Htr.
Chmp. - 1. Vermilion, A. Sadlo; 2. Keep The Faith, K. Meagher;
3. Donnerkind, The Barracks. ▲ $10,000 WIHS A/A Jpr.
Chmp. - 1. Grisset, A. Kinsey; 2. Max, K. Donovan; 3. Oyster,
K. Donovan. ▲ WIHS Local Htr. Finals - 1. Gran Turismo, B.
Kingsley & Glenn Ridge; 2. 5 O’Clock Somewhere, W.B.
Gifford; 3. Wizard, N. Jodrey. ▲ $15,000 WIHS Htr. Derby
Classic - 1. Way Cool; 2. Declaration; 3. Jersey Boy.
WIHS Local Weekend
UPPER MARLBORO, MD—OCT. 16-18.
SMALL PONY HUNTER CH: Severn Foxtrot, Kirklen Petersen.
RES: From Afar, Moriah Farm.
MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: Sea Star, Harriet Notzon.
RES: Cherry On Top, Streett Moore.
LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: Liseter Clever Star, Betsee
Parker.
RES: Another Jewel, Roberta Foard.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 14 & UNDER CH: Savannah, Emily Gallo.
RES: Wizard, Nora Jodrey.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 15-17 CH: Davenport, Dani DiPietro.
RES: Noble Image, Madison Greif.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Gran Turismo, Blaire
Kingsley.
RES: Lyrik HF, Olyvia Graves.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 36 & OVER CH: Indulgence,
Powersstone Farm LLC.
RES: Chocolixir, Nancy Lee Gallagher.
SHORT STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Just Because, Jillian Kaufman.
RES: Almost Magic, Stacey Schaefer.
PRE-CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Passiano, Courtney
Cameron.
RES: Takes Two To Tango, Madeline Farlow.
PRE-ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: Oh So Sweet, Robin
Schmuhl-Masino.
RES: Huck Finn, Streett Moore.
SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Carousel, Nikki Sardelli.
RES: Oh So Sweet, Robin Schmuhl-Masino.
BABY GREEN HUNTER CH: Samba Genius, Lane Thompson.
RES: True Quintender, Jillian Clay.
OPEN HUNTER CH: Wizard, Nora Jodrey.
RES: Here Comes The Sun, Alexandra Kappaz.
LOW CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Montreux, Mary Marshall.
RES: Le Grande, Amarie Kappaz.
MODIFIED HUNTER CH: Loreto, Hope Douglas.
RES: Aurora, Debby Campbell.
PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Winterfeld, Lu Anne Novello.
RES: Emmett, Molly Wolfe.
LEADLINE CH: Emma Shove.
RES: Amelia Cayelli.
SHORT STIRRUP EQUITATION CH: Abigael Kaufman.
RES: Olivia Smith.
INTERMEDIATE JR. EQUITATION CH Tie: Madeline Farlow &
Sarah Horowitz.
NOVICE JR. EQUITATION CH: Kimberly Meighan.
RES: Colleen Reilly.
CHILDREN’S JUMPER CH: Little Joey, Mary Smith.
RES: Suprisingly Dotty, Judy Swal.
ADULT AMATEUR JUMPER CH Tie: Arazzo 3, Amir Tavakoli &
Tanqueray, Terri Wherley.
SCHOOLING JUMPER CH Tie: The Over Achiever, Tabitha
Jahnigen, Rain On My Heart, Cara McLean & Dexter, Rachel
Malateste.
LEVEL 3 JUMPER CH: Stormin Zippo, Charla Olson.
RES: Top Gun, Jamie Schwallenberg.
LEVEL 4 JUMPER CH: Stormin Zippo, Charla Olson.
RES: Top Gun, Jamie Schwallenberg.
USEF Zone 3 Finals
UPPER MARLBORO, MD—OCT. 18.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Hand It Over,
Kimberly Graves.
RES: Independence Day, Elizabeth Connor.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 36 & OVER CH: Surfs Up, Cindy
Schmidt.
RES: Chocolixir, Nancy Lee Gallagher.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 14 & UNDER CH: Wizard, Nora Jodrey.
RES: Welt To Do, Alexis Humenik.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 15-17 CH: Lorenzo, Caroline Buckley.
RES: Victoria, Cori Kaylor.
CHILDREN’S SMALL/MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: Sea Star,
Harriet Notzon.
RES: Sea Legs, Meadowbrook Stables.
CHILDREN’S LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: Posh, Samantha
Clevenger.
RES: Cedar Spring Erin McVai, Maggie Pollard.
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H O R S E S H OWS
Flexible Flies To The Top At The Del Mar International I
Rich Fellers is preparing for a big year in 2010.
Molly Sorge
IN 2008, RICH FELLERS was so close to
winning the Rolex FEI World Cup Final, he
could almost taste it, but he had to settle
for second place.
And this year, Fellers was near the top
at the World Cup Final again, only to have
it fall apart on the last day. So, Fellers has
his sights firmly set on international glory
for Flexible in 2010. Winning the $50,000
Antares Grand Prix CSI-W at the Del Mar
International I on Oct. 17 in Del Mar,
Calif., fit right into his plan.
“He feels as good as ever. He’s in top
form now. He’s on his game,” Fellers said
of Flexible, a 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse
stallion (Cruising—Flex).
The 20 World Cup points he earned at
Del Mar, added to the 20 he’d collected by
winning the $55,000 Warsteiner Grand
Prix CSI-W at the Thunderbird Show Park
in Langley, B.C., in August, put Fellers into
third in the North America-West Coast
World Cup standings.
So he’s well on his way to securing a
spot to compete in the 2010 Rolex FEI
World Cup Finals (Switzerland). “I was so
close [in 2008]. I want it,” he said.
“He feels as good as ever.”
—Rich Fellers
Should he qualify, he’ll take some valuable lessons learned with him to Switzerland. Fellers, of Wilsonville, Ore., has had a
lot of time to reflect on what went wrong
in Las Vegas this spring at the Finals. He
was in fourth overall after the first two
days of competition, but 8 faults in Round
1 and 22 faults in Round 2 of the last day
dropped them to 20th.
“We had one bad day there, and that
was Flexible’s first sub-par performance in
two years at World Cup Finals. I’m not
going to hold it against him,” he said.
H Bouncing Back
(Flying Horse Photography Photo)
“I knew from the previous year in Sweden
that the last day [of the World Cup Finals]
is a lot of jumping and very strenuous. It’s
tough on the horses, especially Flexible—
he’s a little horse and he puts a lot into his
jumping because he’s so small,” said
Fellers.
Looking to conserve Flexible’s energy,
Fellers warmed up for the final day by
jumping small jumps. He admitted that it
was a tactical mistake.
“I neglected to think in detail about
that particular course, and the first round
on Sunday started with a very big, impressive oxer with a wall under it, and then the
second jump was a very wide triple bar. So,
there were two really big, wide fences right
off the bat,” Fellers said.
Rich Fellers let Flexible do what he
does best, and they topped the
$50,000 Antares Grand Prix CSI-W at
the Del Mar International I.
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John Pearce and Chianto claimed
second in the $50,000 Antares
Grand Prix CSI-W.
“He just got impressed. I cantered up
to the first jump, and he took a look at that
wall and the size of the oxer and he got a
little stage struck. He came off the ground
and swam through it a little bit. That really
rattled his cage, because he’s the type of
horse that very rarely has a rail, and when
he does, it’s a light rub. He hit that jump
very hard. I came through the turn to the
triple bar, and he was even more impressed
there. He jumped way up in the air and
then came down and twanged the back rail
of that.”
But Flexible showed his true character
after that, said Fellers. He dug in and
jumped the rest of the course clear.
$50,000
ANTAR E S G R AN D P R I X C S I-W
Del Mar, Calif.—Oct. 17
HORSE/RIDER
1. Flexible/Richard Fellers
2. Chianto/John Pearce
3. Cassiato/Harley Brown
4. Shannondale Truman/
Sarah Ballou
FAULTS
0-0
0-0
0-4
TIME
38.78
40.05
41.15
PURSE
$12,500
10,000
7,500
0-8
41.31
5,000
Also competed: 5. Cadett 7/A. Bond, 4; 6. Cristallo/R.
Spooner, 4; 7. El Sueno’s Quanto VL/S. Saperstein, 4;
8. Rockford I/K. Potter, 4; 9. Tristan/N. ShahinianSimpson, 4; 10. Camaron Hills Shanroe/M. Talla, 4; 11.
Caballo/H. McNaught, 4; 12. Mademoiselle/R.
Spooner, 5; 13. Bauer/H. Selleck, 5; 14. Carino/G.
Thomas, 8; 15. Cantano/S. Hutchison, 8; 16. Black
Cherry/W. Simpson, 8; 17. Mad Season/A. Granato, 8;
18. Socrates De Midos/M. Parker, 8; 19. G-5/C. Pratt,
8; 20. Archie Bunker/W. Simpson, 9; 21. Son Of A
Gun/J. Pearce, 9; 22. Peterbilt/G. Thomas, 12; 23. Kiss
The Sky/L. Clarke, 20; 24. Tao Tao 3/A. Jonsson, 21;
25. Jor De L’Elnon/G. Obligado, 22; GZS Cassira Z/A.
Bond, VW; Jet Star/S. Rickard, VW; Don Francisco/A.
Jonsson, E; Longford/B. Heers, E; Kasoar D’Uxelles/L.
Teodori, E; Lavito/K. Cook, E; Larioso/M. Nusz, E.
“For that horse, to have to go back in
the ring after having the two hardest rails
of his career, and to have to jump a bigger
round, that was just a bit too much for
him, physically and emotionally,” said
Fellers. “That final round, he got backed
off. He finished up fine, and he was a
better horse for it, so I felt lucky in that
regard.”
Fellers knew Flexible needed some
reassurance, so in May they headed to the
Thunderbird venue in British Columbia.
“It’s a beautiful facility with a great big
jump field, and Flexible likes it there,”
he said.
From there, they went to the Spruce
Meadows (Alta.), where Flexible showed for
three weeks in the summer and won the
$56,366 GWL Realty Advisors Cup in June.
Back at Thunderbird for two weeks in
August, Flexible won the World Cup class
one week, the $25,000 Tommy Bahama
Grand Prix and the $75,000 Keg Steakhouse and Bar Grand Prix.
H He Did His Thing
During the Spruce Meadows Masters in
September, Flexible didn’t qualify for the
$921,560 CN International. “Even though
he jumped well, I was left out of the picture for the big grand prix. It was a bit
frustrating, but I was still happy with his
performance,” Fellers said.
“I took a little breather after the
Masters, and then I went down to Del Mar
with only two horses. I had a real light
week. I was very rested and very fresh, and
I think that had something to do with the
fact that I rode pretty well and Flexible
jumped great in that World Cup class,” he
continued.
Fellers and Flexible were third to go in
a four-horse jump-off, and John Pearce had
set the pace with a clear round in 40.05
seconds on Chianto.
“I watched John go, and I knew he
would be very fast. I knew what I needed to
do, and I know Flexible pretty well, so I
just went a little faster. Flexible did his
thing, and that’s all there was to it,” said
Fellers, who shaved more than a second off
Pearce’s time to take the top check.
“It was a tough course. [Course designer] Leopoldo Palacios told me earlier
in the week that he was setting the biggest
World Cup qualifier that he’d ever set on
the West Coast. He thinks that in general
we’re jumping bigger courses over here in
our qualifiers than they are in Europe, and
he thinks that’s part of the reason North
American riders have been doing better in
the Finals the last few years.”
“I knew what I needed
to do, and I know Flexible
pretty well, so I just went
a little faster and Flexible
did his thing.”
—Rich Fellers
Fellers is also thrilled to have McGuinness back in action. The flashy 13-year-old
bay injured a deep flexor tendon in 2007.
Fellers has carefully rehabilitated McGuinness and began showing him in August.
“Knock on wood, he’s been great ever
since. We’re trying to get him back to the
top of his game and so far, so good,” he
said.
Fellers hopes that come next spring
he’ll have two campaigners for either the
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals or, possibly,
the selection trials for the 2010 Alltech
FEI World Equestrian Games (Ky.).
“I’ll just see how these next two shows
go with Flexible and McGuinness, and then
I’ll talk it over with my wife and owners,
Harry and Mollie Chapman, who own both
those horses, and we’ll make a decision.
With two really good horses, you just have
to play it by ear,” he said.
Fellers hasn’t competed in a selection
trials process with Flexible, but he’s confident the chestnut can hold his own.
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“I think any format is good for him;
he’s just a competitor,” he said. “But it’s
quite a long trip [to Florida] and quite an
expense. I don’t want to even attempt the
trials if I don’t think that I have a really
good chance of contributing to the team.
I’m past that stage of my career.”
DEL MAR, CA–OCT. 14-18.
.90M JUMPER CH: Sequoyah’s Arafats, Ambre Smith.
RES Tie: McLord’s Natana, Mickey Hayden, Lequito, Bonnie
Gainer & Calypso, Rebecca Lewis.
1.10M JUMPER CH: Cip, Hillary Butt.
RES: Sin City, Windcrest Farms.
1.00M JUMPER CH: Lena, Dana Nemeth.
RES: Lahallia, Leone Equestrians, Inc.
SCHOOLING HUNTER CH: Stella, Rachel Tavelman.
RES: Silver Dollar, Harvest Moon Investments.
1.20M JUMPER CH: Holly Golightly, Ilan Ferder.
RES: Sir Lui, Hillary Butt.
1.30M JUMPER CH Tie: Xel Ha, Tula Pinnella, Swoop,
Silverstar Farms, NZ Socialite, Luci Wharton & TNT’s Party
Time, TNT Equine Partners LLC.
RES Tie: Charly, Katherine Bechtel, Pernot, Lindsay
Douglass, Airtime, Jacqueline Duff & Olivier, Brookwood
Stables Inc.
1.35M JUMPER CH: Markant, Emily Wiechers.
RES: Chesapeake, Wild Turkey Farm LLC.
1.40M JUMPER CH: Cindarco, Rebecca Lewis.
RES: Lariccello, Alison Heafey.
CHILDREN’S JUMPER CH: Una, Amber Hunsicker.
RES: Mandell, Signe Ostby.
ADULT AMATEUR JUMPER CH: Waldo, Hallie Caracciolo.
RES: Ocean Passage, Katie King.
MASTERS JUMPER CH Tie: Simsalabim, Rebecca Lewis &
Lautrec, Jean Wessel.
MODIFIED JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER CH: Picardo,
Katie Crampton.
RES: Summer, Millridge LLC.
JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER, SEC. A CH: Larina, Richard
Neal.
RES: Tasha, Blue Star Equine.
JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER, SEC. B CH: Tosca,
Descanso Farm.
RES: WH Ciris, Rancho Corazon LLC.
LOW CHILDREN’S/ADULT JUMPER CH: Lautrec, Jean
Wessel.
RES: Arctic Dromin, Sarah Hansen.
LOW HUNTER CH: Voisier, James Wilson.
RES: Crimson, Millie Mason.
PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Voisier, James Wilson.
RES: Astaire, Karen O’Leonard.
LOW CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Stella, Rachel
Tavelman.
RES: Monaco, Dana Lee.
SHORT STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Lena, Dana Nemeth.
RES: Stella, Rachel Tavelman.
JR. HUNTER CH: Caretano, Hannah Goodson-Cutt.
RES: Cinico, Stahl Equestrian Farms.
CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Astaire, Karen O’Leonard.
RES: Levantus, Stephanie Goodson.
PONY HUNTER CH: Romero, Marissa Platt.
RES: Truly Noble, Pegasus Show Stable Inc.
EQUITATION CH: Jennifer Nadeau.
RES: Dana Lee.
▲ Low Htr. - 1. Crimson; 2. Showme, D. Lee; 3. Levantus.
▲ Low Htr. - 1. Voisier; 2. Levantus; 3. Astaire. ▲ Low Htr.
- 1. Caretano; 2. Crimson; 3. Zenith, H. Goodson-Cutt.
▲ Low Htr. - 1. Caretano; 2. Voisier; 3. Crimson. ▲ Low
Htr. U/S - 1. Voisier; 2. Little Brit, M. Mason; 3. Stonestreet,
Hester Equestrian Inc. ▲ Pre-Grn. Htr. - 1. Voisier; 2.
Showme; 3. Astaire. ▲ Pre-Grn. Htr. - 1. Voisier; 2. Astaire;
3. Showme. ▲ Pre-Grn. Htr. - 1. Voisier; 2. Stonestreet; 3.
Little Brit. ▲ Pre-Grn. Htr. - 1. Little Brit; 2. Voisier; 3.
Astaire. ▲ Pre-Grn. Htr. U/S - 1. Astaire; 2. Little Brit; 3.
Showme. ▲ Jr. Htr. - 1. Caretano; 2. Lanaken, T. Sullivan; 3.
$25,000
WE LCO M E G R AN D P R I X
Del Mar, Calif.—Oct. 15
HORSE/RIDER
FAULTS
1. Archie Bunker/Will Simpson 0
2. Cadett 7/Ashlee Bond
0
3. Son Of A Gun/John Pearce
0
4. Cristallo/Richard Spooner
0
5. Tristan/
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson
0
6. Cantano/Susie Hutchison
0
TIME
57.02
58.86
59.21
60.76
PURSE
$7,500
5,500
3,250
2,000
62.41
62.55
1,500
1,250
44 horses competed.
Cinico. ▲ Jr. Handy Htr. - 1. Caretano; 2. Cinico; 3.
Lanaken. ▲ Jr. Htr. - 1. Caretano. ▲ Jr. Htr. - 1. Caretano; 2.
Cinico. ▲ Jr. Htr. U/S - 1. Zenith; 2. Caretano; 3. Cinico.
▲ Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Laguna, A. Lynch; 2. Concorde, S.
Goodson; 3. Showme. ▲ Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Astaire; 2.
Concorde; 3. Levantus. ▲ Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Astaire; 2.
Concorde; 3. Roy, A. Browning. ▲ Child./Adult Htr. - 1.
Levantus; 2. Astaire; 3. Roy. ▲ Child./Adult Htr. U/S - 1.
Levantus; 2. Astaire; 3. Showme. ▲ Low Child./Adult Htr. 1. Monaco; 2. Stella. ▲ Low Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Stella; 2.
Monaco. ▲ Low Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Monaco; 2. Stella.
▲ Low Child./Adult Htr. - 1. Stella; 2. Monaco. ▲ Low
Child./Adult Htr. U/S - 1. Stella; 2. Monaco. ▲ Conf. Pony
Htr. - 1. Truly Noble; 2. Romero; 3. Silver Dollar. ▲ Pony
Htr. - 1. Romero; 2. Truly Noble; 3. Silver Dollar. ▲ Pony
Htr. U/S - 1. Silver Dollar; 2. Romero; 3. Truly Noble. ▲ S/S
Htr. - 1. Lena. ▲ S/S Htr. - 1. Lena; 2. Stella. ▲ S/S Htr. - 1.
Stella; 2. Lena. ▲ S/S Htr. - 1. Stella; 2. Lena. ▲ Eq. - 1. D.
An Old Friend Returns
At this point, Circa Z is almost a member of the Simpson family.
Sophie had hacked Circa occasionally but had never shown
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson rode the classy bay for many years
him before the Los Angeles International Jumping Festival
at the grand prix level, and they represented the United States
(Calif.) in mid-September. There, they were seventh in the chilat the 2002 World Equestrian
dren’s jumper classic, and they folGames (Spain).
lowed that up with the win at Del
And now, Circa is back with the
Mar a month later.
Simpsons. Nicole’s daughter,
“It’s a really exciting experiSophie, 11, rode him to win the
ence. I remember watching him
children’s/ adult jumper classic at
show a lot with my mom, and I
the Del Mar International I.
would ride him at home some“It’s really fun to have Sophie
times. He’s a lot of fun. I was
riding him,” Nicole said. “He’s 19
always wishing I could show him,
this year, and he’s just the same as
and finally my wish came true,”
when he was 7. He looks great,
Sophie said.
and he’s cocky and confident. It’s
“Circa has a big jump—he pops
fun to have it come full circle.”
me out of the tack sometimes.
After Circa was done in the
He’s got a powerful hind end,”
grand prix ranks, Hannah Selleck
Sophie continued. “I’ve learned
bought him and showed him in the
more how to steer with him. He’s
junior jumpers from 2004 to ’07.
very sensitive to your balance, so
During that time, the Selle Francais
I’ve learned how to use my body
stallion was gelded. In 2009, Michelle
to turn, not just my reins.”
Magnusson took over the ride, and
Sophie hopes to possibly move
she showed Circa in the children’s
up to the low junior jumpers
hunters and the three-foot equiwith Circa and maybe even show
tation until July of this year.
in some equitation classes on
But on Sept. 1, Circa came
him.
home to the Simpsons in Hidden
“He went around the grand
Sophie Simpson is following in her mother’s footsteps,
Valley, Calif. “Hannah called and
prix like a hunter, so it’s nice
riding Circa Z to the win in the children’s/adult jumper
asked if Sophie would like to have
because he can give the kids a real
classic at the Del Mar International I.
him,” Nicole said.
feel for how to ride,” Nicole said.
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Lee; 2. J. Nadeau; 3. S. Abdi. ▲ Eq. O/F - 1. J. Nadeau; 2. K.
Rotunno; 3. D. Lee. ▲ Eq. O/F - 1. J. Nadeau; 2. D. Lee; 3.
S. Abdi. ▲ Eq. O/F - 1. D. Lee; 2. J. Nadeau; 3. K. Bechtel.
▲ Eq. O/F - 1. S. Abdi. ▲ .90m Jpr. - 1. McLord’s Natana; 2.
Sequoyah’s Arafats; 3. Lequito. ▲ .90m Jpr. - 1. Sequoyah’s
Arafats; 2. Lequito; 3. Almarion, Crystal Springs Ranch.
▲ .80m Jpr. - 1. Laurus, Brookwood Stables Inc.; 2. Lequito;
3. Sequoyah’s Arafats. ▲ .80m Jpr. - 1. Laurus; 2. McLord’s
Natana; 3. Bremen Star, S. Abdi. ▲ .90m Jpr. - 1. Calypso; 2.
General Valentine, T. Hatcher; 3. R Wellie II, R. Lewis.
▲ 1.00m Jpr. - 1. Lena; 2. Kilkenny Wallis, Kilkenny Crest LLC;
3. Hillside, S. Burig. ▲ 1.00m Jpr. - 1. R Wellie II; 2. Rieka,
Stoneridge; 3. Twilight, I. Gettinger. ▲ 1.00m Jpr. - 1.
Ferramo, K. Bechtel; 2. Number One Z, M. Nilforushan; 3.
Lahallia. ▲ 1.00m Jpr. - 1. Lena; 2. Lahallia; 3. Rieka.
▲ 1.00m Jpr. - 1. Lena; 2. Almarion; 3. Ferramo. ▲ 1.00m
Jpr. - 1. Hillside; 2. Lahallia; 3. Ricky Ricardo, H. Litt. ▲ 1.10m
Jpr. - 1. Cip; 2. Mandell; 3. Lena. ▲ 1.10m Jpr. - 1. Sin City;
2. Cip; 3. Lady D, Fairbanks Valley Farm LLC. ▲ 1.10m Jpr. 1. Calvin, K. Rice; 2. Celtic Cruise, L. Kenny; 3. Majuscule, C.
Caruso. ▲ 1.10m Jpr. - 1. Sin City; 2. Cip; 3. Capital R, Teton
View Farm. ▲ 1.10m Jpr. - 1. Majuscule; 2. Tuscanini, Zeidler
Farm Canada Ltd. ▲ 1.20m Jpr. - 1. Narina, L. Starkman; 2. La
Toya 39, G. Bittar; 3. Summer. ▲ 1.20m Jpr. - 1. Sir Lui; 2.
Zamiro, A. Fargo; 3. Roetnik De Muze, A. Hecht. ▲ 1.20m
Jpr. - 1. Holly Golightly; 2. Quito 019, B. Capital; 3. SIG
Census, SIG International, Inc. ▲ 1.20m Jpr. - 1. Holly
Golightly; 2. Colorado, A. Van Cleve; 3. Revolution, C.
Arbuckle. ▲ 1.30m Jpr. - 1. Swoop; 2. Pernot; 3. David, A.
Cole. ▲ 1.30m Jpr. - 1. TNT’s Party Time; 2. Airtime; 3.
Vribalia, C. Pratt. ▲ 1.30m Jpr. - 1. Xel Ha; 2. Olivier; 3.
Chinook, Rancho Corazon LLC. ▲ 1.30m Jpr. - 1. NZ
Socialite; 2. Charly; 3. Katie Riddle, Rancho Corazon LLC.
▲ 1.35m Jpr. - 1. Markant; 2. Chesapeake; 3. Lavito, S.
Ostby. ▲ 1.40m Jpr. - 1. Peterbilt, Peterbilt LLC; 2. Bay
Rose’s Nikko, Bay Rose LLC; 3. Cantano, El Dorado 29.
▲ 1.40m Jpr. - 1. Swoop; 2. Pariska 2, C & S Partnership
LLC; 3. Chivas Z, Little Valley Farms. ▲ 1.45m Jpr. - 1.
Cindarco; 2. Lariccello; 3. Centuria Z, G. Salick. ▲ Jr./A/O
Jpr. - 1. Tasha; 2. Eurocommerce San Fransisco, Millridge
LLC; 3. Chello Z, Josephina Nor Stables LLC. ▲ Jr./A/O Jpr.
- 1. Larina; 2. Timberland, G. Privett; 3. Alesi, L. Starkman.
▲ Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Larina; 2. Calajary, L. Schencker; 3.
Chiara 89, D. Johnson. ▲ Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Tosca; 2.
Shakespere III, K. Crosland; 3. San Diego, D. Korsh.
▲ Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Navarre, The Dotson Family; 2. WH Ciris;
3. Tosca. ▲ Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Chello Z; 2. Luke Skywalker S,
R. Neal; 3. Silvana, J. Matthews. ▲ 5-Yr.-Old Jpr. - 1. Holly
Golightly; 2. East America DB, D. Sterckx; 3. Zamiro. ▲ 6Yr.-Old Jpr. - 1. Wonder Boy, Carousel Investments LLC; 2.
Wender, Hester Equestrian Inc.; 3. Tabrisa, J. McLaughlin.
▲ 7- & 8-Yr.-Old Jpr. - 1. LaMarque, Wild Turkey Farm LLC;
2. Johnny Cash, E. Gonda; 3. Johnny Cash, Forest View Farm
Inc. ▲ 6-Yr.-Old Jpr. - 1. Wender; 2. La Jolie, Bridgeside
Farms LLC; 3. Tabrisa. ▲ 7- & 8-Yr.-Old Jpr. - 1. Johnny
Cash; 2. Upperclass, R. Chaparro; 3. Zarafa, Blue Wolf Farm.
▲ 1.35-1.40m Jpr. Classic - 1. Lady Like, C & S Partnership
LLC; 2. Chivas Z; 3. Swoop. ▲ Child./Adult Jpr. Classic - 1.
Cirka Z, Descanso Farm; 2. Una; 3. Picardo. ▲ Jr./A/O Jpr.
Classic - 1. Larina; 2. Arezzo, Rolling Oaks West LLC; 3.
Eurocommerce San Fransisco. ▲ Mod. Jr./A/O Jpr. Classic
- 1. MB’s Atlantic V, C. Dunham; 2. Lubitschka, A. Tame; 3.
Soletto, Fairbanks Valley Farm LLC. ▲ 5- & 6-Yr.-Old YJC - 1.
Abigail, Hester Equestrian Inc.; 2. Xel Ha; 3. Crusoe, A. Fargo.
▲ 7- & 8-Yr.-Old YJC - 1. Johnny Cash; 2. Chesapeake; 3.
Zarafa. ▲ Child./Adult Htr. Classic - 1. Levantus; 2.
Concorde; 3. Showme. ▲ Pony Htr. Classic - 1. Romero; 2.
Truly Noble. ▲ Jr./A/O Htr. Classic - 1. Caretano; 2. Cinico.
▲ Jr./A/O Jpr. Classic - 1. Notories Utopia, S. Ostby; 2. San
Diego; 3. Tosca. ▲ Ride & Drive - 1. Mr. Bubbles, Willow
Tree Farm Inc.; 2. Mc Guinness, H. & M. Chapman; 3. David.
▲ Low Child./Adult Jpr. Classic - 1. Olympus, R. Lewis; 2.
Arctic Dromin; 3. McLord’s Natana. ▲ Low Child./Adult Jpr.
- 1. Lautrec; 2. Arctic Dromin; 3. Olympus. ▲ Low
Child./Adult Jpr. - 1. Lautrec; 2. Arctic Dromin; 3. Hillside.
▲ Low Child./Adult Jpr. - 1. McLord’s Natana; 2. Lautrec; 3.
Liberty, C. Kimball. ▲ Low Child./Adult Jpr. - 1. Bremen
Star; 2. Tuscanini; 3. Arctic Dromin. ▲ Child. Jpr. - 1. Una; 2.
Picardo. ▲ Child. Jpr. - 1. Una; 2. Mandell. ▲ Child. Jpr. - 1.
Mandell; 2. NZ Sneaky Feeling, S. Ostby; 3. Cirka Z. ▲ A/A
Jpr. - 1. Waldo; 2. Bandurria Doctora, T. Calandra; 3. Palano,
M. Stewart. ▲ A/A Jpr. - 1. Waldo; 2. Calvin; 3. Ocean
Passage. ▲ A/A Jpr. - 1. Ocean Passage; 2. Celtic Cruise; 3.
Lucky Rose. ▲ Masters Jpr. - 1. Lautrec; 2. Simsalabim; 3.
Lucky Rose. ▲ Masters Jpr. - 1. Lautrec. ▲ Masters Jpr. - 1.
Lucky Rose; 2. Simsalabim; 3. Lancer Farms Condor, Lancer
Farms. ▲ Masters Jpr. - 1. Simsalabim. ▲ Mod. Jr./A/O Jpr.
- 1. Calvin; 2. Celtic Cruise; 3. Double Click, M. Roundtree.
▲ Mod. Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Una; 2. Summer; 3. Picardo.
▲ Mod. Jr./A/O Jpr. - 1. Irish Lux, Berkshire Capital; 2.
Clever And Smart, H. Butt; 3. Summer. ▲ Mod. Jr./A/O Jpr.
- 1. Picardo. ▲ Sch. Htr. - 1. Superstar, M. Bitterlin; 2. Stella.
▲ Sch. Htr. - 1. Stella; 2. Superstar. ▲ Sch. Htr. - 1. Silver
Dollar; 2. Romero; 3. Bremen Star. ▲ Sch. Htr. - 1. Silver
Dollar; 2. Stella; 3. Romero. ▲ FEI Child. Jpr. West Coast
Qual. - 1. Mandell; 2. Picardo. ▲ FEI Child. Jpr. West Coast
Qual. - 1. Mandell; 2. Picardo.
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H O R S E S H OWS
Smith Changes Her Mind And Wins At
New England Equitation Championships
A daring turn pays off for this Rhode Island teen.
Molly Sorge
the ring right away. It rode perfectly.”
That bold decision paid off with the
junior NEEC win for Smith, 17. She’d been
contesting the championships since she
was 12, and it had been her longstanding
goal to finally get a win there.
Smith had been in third place after the
first round, but her second round put her
on top before the test. She was one of only
two riders to do five strides to the four
strides, as opposed to five to five, and that
boosted her up the standings.
“In the test, a lot of kids were doing
seven strides in one line, and she did the
six,” Belle said. “One of her best qualities is
that she can ride out of rhythm, and you
don’t even realize she’s leaving a stride out.
She doesn’t change the tempo. It makes
her courses very nice to watch, and they’re
not boring and slow.”
Smith has been riding with Belle since
the summer of 2008. The trainer has helped
her improve both her physical technique
and her mental edge.
“We had something else
planned, but I decided to
mix it up.”
—Samantha Smith
“Our personalities are very similar—
every single time we go in the ring, we
want to win,” Smith said. “She’s talked me
through a lot of things and helped me to
not be nervous. She could see when I was
nervous, even when I didn’t admit it. She’s
taught me to be calm and not frantic.”
Smith’s nerves started to flutter before
the test round, but she managed to keep
her anxiety in check.
(Cathrin Cammett Photo)
SAMANTHA SMITH TOOK matters into
her own hands at the New England Equitation Championships, Oct. 15-18, in West
Springfield, Mass.
Smith and her trainer, Shachine Belle,
had worked out a plan for the final test,
but Smith decided at the last minute to
make a different turn.
“You had to make up your own choice
of how to get to the seventh and eighth
jumps,” Smith said. “I did six strides from
the bounce at 6AB [to fence 7], and then
turned left after it and jumped a little gate
going toward the in-gate, and I guess no
one had done that before.
“I decided to mix it up, because I
didn’t really want to do one of the turns
we’d planned,” Smith added. “It was
kind of zig-zagging, and horses were
spooking. I thought it’d be different to
come back around and be able to leave
Samantha Smith forged her own path to the blue ribbon in the junior New England Equitation Championships.
24
H O R S E S H OWS
“She’s gotten a lot better about allowing the horse to do it for her
instead of making a big effort to make things happen.”
—Shachine Belle
“Once I heard the test and I saw them
putting the jump down to be a trot jump, I
got nervous,” she admitted. “I practice trot
jumps a lot at home, but for some reason I
can’t seem to figure out how to do them
just right. But I did it perfect there.”
Last year, Smith placed fifth in the
ASPCA Maclay Finals (N.Y.), but she wasn’t
in Syracuse, N.Y., for this year’s Maclay
Finals.
“I had a rail and made a mistake at the
first jump [at the Maclay Regionals],”
Smith said. “I’m in 35th, so I’m next in line
if someone drops out. I’m satisfied with it,
because it’s such a long six weeks of showing in the fall. But I’m definitely going next
year—I’m determined to do that.”
This year, Smith claimed 10th at the
Platinum Performance/USET Show
Jumping Talent Search—East (N.J.) and
won a division of the USEF Hunt Seat
Medal at Devon (Pa.). At the Pessoa/
USEF Medal Finals in mid-October, she
didn’t qualify for the second round.
“In the first line, I should have added
one more instead of taking it out, and that
was the only thing that was wrong with my
course. I was on the standby until the very
end, but I got bumped off,” she said.
Belle thinks that aggressiveness is
Smith’s only downfall. But the teenager is
beginning to learn that lengthening isn’t
always the best option.
“She can do both, but sometimes I
think it’s her inexperience that she thinks
that always leaving out is better,” said
Belle. “She does everything else very well.
She’s gotten a lot better about allowing the
horse to do it for her instead of making a
big effort to make things happen. She’s
super talented and very natural. Basically, I
just try and teach her a little finesse.”
Lucas, the big bay gelding Smith has
been leasing from Casey O’Mara since July,
has helped her learn as well.
“He gets a little frantic if you take his
mouth too hard, so I’ve learned to be soft
and let go and let him relax,” Smith said.
“That’s one of the biggest things I’ve
learned on him.”
Smith also competes in the low junior
jumpers on Hapadou, her own horse. She
started riding at age 5 when her family was
attending a horse show to watch her older
brother, David, ride.
“My dad asked if I wanted to do the
leadline,” Smith recalled. “I was in work
boots and a sweatshirt, and they put me up
on a little pony named Skittles. I got a blue
ribbon, and I was so excited! Ever since
then, I’ve been on a horse.”
Belle has enjoyed teaching Smith,
especially since the determined teen
reminds her of herself.
“When she first came, she was a bit
insecure, and I was very much that way
myself. She came from a bigger barn, and
she had some trouble making friends.
She’s kind of figured out that it’s OK to let
people see that you’re human,” she said.
Smith commutes 11∕2 hours from her
home in Wakefield, R.I., to Belle’s barn in
Farmington, Conn., to ride. Belle has come
full circle, returning to the Farmington Polo
Club where she started to ride as a child.
“[It’s] a wonderful outdoor facility. I
still see Hugh Kerrigan, and we’re still
good friends. The whole barn is like a big
family, so it’s nice,” Belle said.
A few years ago, Belle was a busy professional rider working with trainer Jimmy
Toon, and she had the ride on regular conformation star In Disguise. But in
November 2006, she stepped away from the
show ring.
“I just was burnt out,” Belle said. “There
were a lot of horses, and I was really tired.
I basically took a year of not doing horses,
which was great. I love the horses, and I
wanted it to be fun again.”
She worked for the EquiFit company
for a while but then took on two horses for
a student.
“It grew, and all of a sudden I thought,
‘I guess I’m riding again.’ I just took it
really slow, and I don’t do a ton of showing
myself now,” she said.
She has 17 horses in training at Farmington Polo Club. “It was a hard decision for
me to start my own business, but now I’m
basically completely happy that I did it.”
Belle does still take the spotlight every
now and then, accepting the ride on a few
hunters. Last year, she rode Bering C to
the green hunter championship at the
National Horse Show (N.Y.).
2. E. Pemmerl; 3. N. Shah. ▲ Open Adult Eq., 23-40 - 1. M.
Piermarini; 2. S. Rogers; 3. S. Violin. ▲ Open Adult Eq., 18-22
- 1. S. Flink; 2. D. Poeta; 3. J. Hyyppa. ▲ Open Adult Eq., 1822 - 1. M. Saccucci; 2. S. Quagliaroli; 3. E. Schaper. ▲ Open
Eq., 14 & Under - 1. O. Hupy; 2. G. Zock; 3. D. Wood. ▲ Open
Eq., 14 & Under - 1. J. Fowler; 2. S. Smith; 3. H. White. ▲ Open
Eq., 15-17 - 1. E. Johnson; 2. A. Rose; 3. T. Kain. ▲ Open Eq.,
15-17 - 1. S. Smith; 2. C. Quinlan; 3. L. Chenelle. ▲ Open Eq.,
15-17 - 1. E. Kenny; 2. R. Crown; 3. O. Dorey. ▲ Open Eq., 1517 - 1. C. Lichtenberg; 2. K. Lively; 3. K. Russomanno. ▲ NEHC
Adult Medal Finals, 41 & Over - 1. W. Wood; 2. A. Cooper; 3.
J. Schwartz. ▲ NEHC Adult Medal Finals, 23-40 - 1. E. Knight;
2. A. Lloyd; 3. K. Iscol. ▲ NEHC Adult Medal Finals, 18-22 - 1.
K. Landrigan; 2. J. Hyyppa; 3. L. Horth. ▲ NEHC Jr. Medal
Finals - 1. S. Smith; 2. K. Hart; 3. M. Renker. ▲ Katie Battison
Hmsp. - 1. L. Laffey; 2. E. Johnson; 3. R. Crown. ▲ Challenge
Of The States, Indiv. - 1. S. Smith; 2. C. Lichtenberg; 3. O.
Dorey. ▲ Challenge Of The States, Team - 1. Massachusetts 2
(K. Lively, R. Crow, S. Smith, I. Smith, C. Milbury, T. McMahon;
2. New York, (E. Johnson, G. Zock, M. Boylan, C. Lichtenberg, N.
Weirens, R. Turner); 3. Massachusetts 4, (P. Turner, N. Vinal, E.
White, O. Dorey, M. Osier, A. Goodson).
T I D B I TS
• The New England Equitation
Championships began in 1978,
when Mason Phelps joined forces
with Julie Ulrich, Jamie Mann,
Nancy Ciesluk and Joe Dotoli
to create them as a way to
strengthen the equitation divisions in New England. The NEEC
began as a single class but quickly grew to a stand-alone event.
It’s been held at the Eastern
States Coliseum in West
Springfield, Mass., since 1993.
• The NEEC isn’t limited to just juniors—there are divisions for three
age groups of adult amateur
equitation as well.
• One of the most prestigious titles
at the NEEC is the Katie Battison
Memorial Horsemanship
Competition, which involves a
written test, a practicum and a
riding phase. Battison was a popular junior rider with aspirations
of becoming a veterinarian before
her death from a traffic accident
in 1998. Battison had won the
inaugural NEEC Horsemanship
Award in 1997.
WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA–OCT. 15-18.
HIGH-POINT ADULT: Kelsey Landrigan.
HIGH-POINT JR.: Carolyn Lichtenberg.
ADULT SPORTSMANSHIP: Cynthia Stiglitz.
JR. SPORTSMANSHIP: Larissa Laffey.
ADULT SCHOLARSHIP: Christen Scarpa.
JUDGES CHOICE BEST EQUITATION HORSE AWARD: I Toon,
JT Farm.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Pam Hunt & Jay Sargent.
NICHOLAS BEST HORSE AWARD: Cocoa, Chelsea Keyes.
▲ Open Adult Eq., 41 & Over - 1. C. McKenna; 2. K. Clark;
3. M. Davis. ▲ Open Adult Eq., 41 & Over - 1. W. Wood; 2. A.
Cooper; 3. N. Tarasov. ▲ Open Adult Eq., 23-40 - 1. E. Knight;
• Past winners of the junior NEEC
include grand prix riders Peter
Wylde (1981), Schuyler Riley
(1987) and McLain Ward (1992).
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CHESAPEAKE, VA–AUG. 1.
OPEN HUNTER CH: Hemingway, Allison Sinesi.
RES: Maverick, Kasey Evans.
GREEN HUNTER CH: Mirabella, Rachel Fiskus.
RES: Wish List, Remington Brandl.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: San Marcos, Cavalier Farm.
RES: Maverick, Kasey Evans.
JR. HUNTER CH: Stella, Diane Monroe.
RES: Hemingway, Allison Sinesi.
SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Heaven’s Gift, Kendall Roane.
RES: Aristocrat, Bud Smith.
SHORT/LONG STIRRUP EQUITATION CH: Sarah Rich.
RES: Karen Poch.
SHORT/LONG STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Benlea Sea Prince,
Sara Rich.
RES: Millpond Chardonnay, Roseoldian Farm.
BEGINNER EQUITATION CH: Maggie O’Berry.
RES: Ian Lichacz.
WALK-TROT EQUITATION, YOUNGER CH: Jayna Francis.
RES: Haley Thompson.
WALK-TROT EQUITATION, OLDER CH: Kaleigh Beins.
RES: Brianna Cirillo.
BEGINNER PLEASURE CH: Vincent Van Go Go, Sydney Lineberry.
RES: Annie Getcher Gun, Haley Thompson.
PONY PLEASURE CH: Anabell, Cavalier Farm.
RES: Annie Getcher Gun, Roseoldian Farm.
PLEASURE CH: Calamity Jane, Kaylyn Sawyer.
RES: Full Version, Ashlynn Coykendall.
Old Salem Farm
NORTH SALEM, NY–AUG. 4.
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SHORT STIRRUP EQUITATION CH: Rebecca Flood.
RES: Rebecca Spaulding.
CHILDREN’S EQUITATION CH: Sydney Cardoza.
RES: Amanda Herzog.
PRE-CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Knock On Wood,
Jacqueline Shilen.
RES: Divine Intervention, Audrey Feldman.
SCHOOLING HUNTER CH: Blew By You, Kathryn Hogan.
RES: Knock On Wood, Jacqueline Shilen.
2'6" LOW HUNTER CH: Future Stock, Redfield Farm.
RES: Jasper, John Heist.
3' LOW HUNTER CH: Play Money, Ashley McIlwain.
RES: Future Stock, Redfield Farm.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: Seymour, Jan Golash.
RES: Rembrandt, Beth Bass.
CHILDREN’S SMALL/MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: This
Buds For Me, Anna Feldman.
RES: Little Black Olive, Jan Golash.
CHILDREN’S LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: Versace, Lynn
Edens.
RES: Crackerjack, Audrey Feldman.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Eliot, Lucia Marotta.
RES: Amicello, Lynn Edens.
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JUDGES: Mindy Minetto, Kelly Corrigan.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH: Coldplay, Jacqueline Wadsworth.
RES: No Doubt, Christina Shoemaker.
JR. HUNTER CH: Midnight Rendezvous, Shannon Kaupp.
RES: Kopperkhromatik, Anna Loughran.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: Over Ice, Shay Monks.
RES: Hot Topic, Joy Moll.
SPECIAL HUNTER CH: A Summer’s Snow, Lauren Boyczuk.
RES: Verbatim, David Gersh.
PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Holcomb’s Grace, Madeline Arnold.
RES: Bakalia, Sarah Anne Markowitz.
SHORT STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Royal Surprize, Sam Abbott.
RES: Lickety-Split, Diane Van Patten.
MODIFIED ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: The Grey Goose,
Rebecca Devine.
RES: Bully Hill, Emily Jakubowski.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Big Ben, Peggy Gauger.
RES: Gavin, Amanda Howe.
PRE-ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: Finale W, Leslie McCulloch.
RES: Guilty Pleasures, Charles Levin.
BABY GREEN HUNTER CH: Verbatim, David Gersh.
RES: Real Saucy, Daren Chentow.
TRAINING HUNTER CH Tie: A Summer’s Snow, Lauren
Boyczuk & Verbatim, David Gersh.
CHILDREN’S PONY HUNTER CH: Silver Icing, Samantha
Hurley.
RES: Proud Hawk, Julie Dettman.
PRE-CHILDREN’S PONY HUNTER CH: Copacabana,
Deerfield Ltd.
RES: Subject To Approval, Kaitlin Legg.
PRE-CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Just One Look, Olivia Quatela.
RES: Brigadoon, Carolyn Dubnik.
LOW HUNTER CH: Shrek, Valerie Hoban.
RES: Lafontaine, Kathryn Haefner.
OPEN HUNTER CH: Mandella, Meghan Kaupp.
RES: Wicoshiahna, Jennifer Duncan.
SUITABLE HUNTER CH: Tiger Lilly, Hannah Ehinger.
RES: Finale W, Leslie McCulloch.
MODIFIED CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Details, Clare Belden.
RES: Brigadoon, Carolyn Dubnik.
CROSSRAILS HUNTER CH: Strawberry Shortcake, Hallie
Heggeness.
RES: Say Cheese, Dana Pauly.
MODIFIED PONY HUNTER CH: Copacabana, Deerfield Ltd.
RES: My Buddy Sergio, Ragen McGowan.
CHILDREN’S/ADULT JUMPER CH: Gator B. Careful, Kathleen
Mitchell.
RES: Entourage, Meghan Kaupp.
JUMPER CH Tie: Luna, Gerald Dean & Little Romeo, Shereen
Fox.
WALK-TROT EQUITATION CH: Morgan Walters.
RES: Benjamin Hoban.
SHORT STIRRUP EQUITATION CH: Sam Abbott.
RES: Alexandra Griffin.
CROSSRAILS EQUITATION CH: Sarah Klocke.
RES: Hallie Heggeness.
Lexington National
LEXINGTON, VA–AUG. 5-9.
GREEN PONY HUNTER CH: Krispy Kreme, Mr. & Mrs. Chuck
Waters & Don Stewart.
RES: Highlands Bridget Jones, Avery Finkel.
SMALL PONY HUNTER CH: Little China Girl, Carolyn De Van.
RES: Mememe, Trinity Hammerschmidt.
MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: Highlands Bridget Jones, Avery
Finkel.
RES: Highland’s Paris, Rachel Okun.
LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: Franklin’s Tower, Meg O’Mara.
RES: Krispy Kreme, Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Waters & Don Stewart.
SMALL JR. HUNTER, 15 & UNDER CH: Confidential, Donald
Stewart.
RES: Fern Gully, Donald Stewart.
SMALL JR. HUNTER, 16-17 CH: Black Mail, Elizabeth Roberts.
RES: Rappahannock, Dottie Grover.
LARGE JR. HUNTER, 15 & UNDER CH: Quality Time, Donald
Stewart.
RES: Peregrine, Adele Norton.
LARGE JR. HUNTER, 16-17 CH: Wilson, Debi Maloney.
RES: Saving Grace, Grace Stuntz.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Quality Time,
Donald Stewart.
RES: Confidential, Donald Stewart.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER, 36 & OVER CH: Lumiere, Jane
Gaston.
RES: Versailles, Cindy Firestone.
LOW AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH: Showman, Alexa &
Krista Weisman.
RES: Keep The Faith, Katie Meagher.
1ST YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Ante Up, Ann Thompson.
RES: Summer Fling, Cismont Manor & Meridian Farm.
2ND YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Legend, Douglas & Kenneth
Wheeler Jr.
RES: NLF Casabella, Eirin Bruheim.
REGULAR WORKING HUNTER CH: Clooney, Top Line
Sporthorse Int’l. Inc.
RES: Wilson, Debi Maloney.
GREEN CONFORMATION HUNTER CH: Bozeman, Cismont
Manor Farm.
RES: Bentley, Brown Equestrian LLC.
REGULAR CONFORMATION HUNTER CH: Luigi, Karen Rouff.
RES: NLF Casabella, Eirin Bruheim.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Oniedan, Lara
Zvirbulis.
RES: Amulet, Lindsay Ferguson.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 36-46 CH: Wizard, Nora Jodrey.
RES: Tinseltown, Jennifer Weaver.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 47 & OVER CH: Prince, J T Farm.
RES: Mustique, Bettina Richman.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 14 & UNDER CH: Nimrod, Rilea Farm
& Parker Van De Water.
RES: At Last, Leigh Anne Kline.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 15-17 CH: On Star, Megan Fellows.
RES: For The Fun, Durbin Emerson.
PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Banderas, Friday’s Farm.
RES: Cover Art, Sharon Cannon.
3'3" PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Showman, Alexa & Krista
Weisman.
RES: Prestwick, Megan Fellows.
CHILDREN’S SMALL/MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: Sealegs,
Meadowbrook Stables.
RES: Piece Of Work, Lauren Rachuba.
CHILDREN’S LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: Sand Castle,
Claudia Styslinger & Street Moore.
RES: Mademoiselle, Margaux Villeneuve.
LADIES SIDE-SADDLE HUNTER CH: Garnet, Priscilla
Denegre.
RES: All Aboard, Sally Lamb.
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SHORT STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Best Kept Secret, Joey Mullineaux.
RES: Benlea Nimbus, Meadowbrook Stables.
FLETCHER HUNTER CH: Viva La Vida, Michaela Smith.
RES: Quidam De Reve, Jane Villeneuve.
SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Shirley You Jest, Etta Ratzlaff.
RES: Absolutely Blue, Friday’s Farm.
INTERMEDIATE HUNTER CH: Memorial Day, Juliana Jacquemin.
RES: Willy Wonka, Victoria La Civita.
PLEASURE CH: Stella, Diane Monroe.
RES: Almost A Gentleman, Hope Johnston.
LOW CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Camelot, Meghan
Gill.
RES: If It’s Dark, Olivia Jacquemin.
SCHOOLING CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Stoneleigh,
Hillcrest Farms Ltd.
RES: On Star, Megan Fellows.
SCHOOLING HUNTER CH: Quality Control, Margaret Taylor.
RES: Muddy Waters, Pamela Ward.
CHILDREN’S SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Lawless Lucy, Patricia Baker.
RES: Gesundheit!, Kerry Lishon.
ADULT AMATEUR SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Blue Crush, Kristin Tomsic.
RES: Kameraad, Michelle De Bello.
GREEN HUNTER CH: Cover Art, Sharon Cannon.
RES: Gesundheit!, Kerry Lishon.
3-, 4- & 5-YR.-OLD HUNTER CH: Sonic, Cynthia Williams.
RES: Spread The Word, Pam Herman.
MODIFIED CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Rosella,
Bettina Scherer.
RES: Maxime, Mary Keevil.
MODIFIED HUNTER CH: Peregrine, Adele Norton.
RES: Scooby Doo, Linda Stuntz.
OPEN HUNTER CH: Camelot, Meghan Gill.
RES: Me And Julio, Shannon Bartlett.
LOW HUNTER CH: Music Street, Alexa & Krista Weisman.
RES: Prestige, Annie Friedman.
HOPEFUL HUNTER CH: Spur Of The Moment, Joey Mullineaux.
RES: Best Kept Secret, Joey Mullineaux.
MAIDEN EQUITATION CH: Bridget Acland.
RES: Allie Zaricor.
TRAINING JUMPER CH: Milano, Jennifer McDonough.
RES Tie: Prominente, Alanna Mayernik & Mainways Cruising
Clover, Karen Evans.
LOW SCHOOLING JUMPER CH: Hans Dior Z, Jenna Jackson.
RES Tie: Silvita, Katelyn Naecker & Stella Cadente,
Kaleidescape LLC.
HIGH SCHOOLING JUMPER CH: Argyle, Rex Marquette.
RES: Cervantes M, Jackson Schurtz.
MODIFIED JUMPER CH: Mariposa 1, The Mariposa Group.
RES Tie: Allez Antrim, Robin Eastham & Theodore Rescue,
Robyn Walden.
ADULT AMATEUR JUMPER CH: Kick The Clouds, Rebecca
Forbes.
RES Tie: Southern Suspect, Tracy Magness & Navier Stokes,
Ray Coutley.
CHILDREN’S JUMPER CH: Elliot 92, Rachel Brodsky.
RES: February Song, Jordan Gurkin.
JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER CH: Trilussa, Kaleidescape
LLC.
RES: Con-Air, Lawson Edwards.
BEST YOUNG PONY: Hometown Hero, Evonne Hartsaw-Jaeckle.
RES: Otteridge Up In Lights, Rebecca Hall.
BEST YOUNG HORSE: Tyypo, Patricia Booker.
RES: Rurik The Red, Sterling Farm.
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1ST YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Ultra, Richard Rogers.
RES: Yes Indeed, Olivia Weaver.
2ND YR. GREEN HUNTER CH: Vincero, Katie McKenna.
RES: Isaura, Stephanie Aanenson.
REGULAR WORKING HUNTER CH: Origine, Alyssa Franz.
RES: Rock Me Amadeus, Kathryn Ott.
JR. HUNTER, 15 & UNDER CH: Love Luca, Olivia Genereux.
RES: Origine, Alyssa Franz.
JR. HUNTER, 16-17 CH: Vincero, Katie McKenna.
RES: White Russian, Mia Genereux.
AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH: Vancouver, Margot
Sutherland.
RES: Ashton, Molly Weinandt.
LOW AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH: Hennessey, Cynthia
Bulwicz.
RES: Cousteaux, Patrice Urban.
PONY HUNTER CH: Belvedere, Katana Kennedy O’Brien.
RES: Walking In The Rain, Maffitt Lake Farms.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 18-35 CH: Manitou, Tricah Partners.
RES: Ontario, Leney Roberts.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 36-49 CH: Frijoles, Liz Hatfield.
RES: In The Nick Of Time, Karen Nielsen.
ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER, 50 & OVER CH: Bay Du Jour,
Greg & Susan Novak.
RES: Bada Bingo, Mary Kay Neznik.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 14 & UNDER CH: Worth The Wait,
Patrick Gage.
RES: Cufu, Kirsten Burton.
CHILDREN’S HUNTER, 15-17 CH: Langley, Leah Brindley.
RES: Isaura, Stephanie Aanenson.
PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH Tie: G Love, Mary Antisdel & Swing
Set, Krista Douthett.
3'3" PRE-GREEN HUNTER CH: Pavane, Emma Gage.
RES: Phantom, Mary Jo Cody.
BABY GREEN HUNTER CH: Miss Bliss, Barbara Fishman.
RES: San Peppy Cree, Guinevere Drabik.
YOUNG HUNTER CH: Walking In The Rain, Maffitt Lake
Farms.
RES: Lady Capulet, Elizabeth Coaty.
NON-THOROUGHBRED HUNTER CH: Worth The Wait,
Patrick Gage.
RES: At The Market, M.A. Mullis.
LOW HUNTER CH: Miss Bliss, Barbara Fishman.
RES: Cufu, Kirsten Burton.
PRE-ADULT AMATEUR HUNTER CH: The Big Ed, Julie Dodd.
RES: Cordare, Julie Dodd.
PRE-CHILDREN’S HUNTER CH: Lazy River, Katharine
McLeese.
RES: Toy Story, Christina Hayden.
MAFFITT LAKE HUNTER CH: Ontario, Leney Roberts.
RES: Casanova, Anne Healy.
LIMIT CHILDREN’S/ADULT HUNTER CH: Gajillion, Libby
Collins.
RES: General Attraction, Jan Olson.
SHORT STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Something Blue, Kirsten
Burton.
RES: Rebel’s Run, Emma Wexler.
LONG STIRRUP HUNTER CH: Callisto, Isabella McCary.
RES: Harrison, Alexander Devries.
MODIFIED JR./AMATEUR-OWNER HUNTER CH: White
Russian, Mia Genereux.
RES: On The Rocks, Alexandra Bruer.
3'6" SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Rock Me Amadeus, Kathryn Ott.
RES: Origine, Alyssa Franz.
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3' SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Bada Bingo, Mary Kay Neznik.
RES: Pim, Jeffrey Field.
2'6" SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Walking In The Rain, Maffitt Lake
Farms.
RES: Rebel’s Run, Emma Wexler.
2' SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Ralph Lauren, Karen Kryger.
RES: McLovin, Tatiana Eagles.
2'9" SPECIAL HUNTER CH: Ontario, Leney Roberts.
RES: Frijoles, Liz Hatfield.
LEVEL 1 JUMPER CH: Serano, Tim Hott.
RES: Nautica Star, Jennifer Nelson.
LEVEL 2 JUMPER CH Tie: Yada Yada, Paige Yahnke & Caliro,
Gretchen Jelinek.
LEVEL 3 JUMPER CH Tie: Bella Diamond, Amanda Bartling,
The Understudy, Nick Novak & Limerick, Susan Carter-O’Shea.
LEVEL 4 JUMPER CH: La Fe Ibis, Emma Scudder.
RES: Indigo Farms Vital, Christina Chute.
LEVEL 5 JUMPER CH: Alley Oop, Hays Investment Corp.
RES Tie: The Cisco Kid, Hays Investment Corp. & Galyleo,
Mandy Killam.
LOW CHILDREN’S/ADULT JUMPER CH: Austin, Michelle
Jones.
RES: Cambria CWF, Hannah Delano.
CHILDREN’S JUMPER CH: Cairo, Jennifer Nelson.
RES: Domino Effect, Caroline McLeese.
ADULT AMATEUR JUMPER CH: Larinius, Tami Sopinski.
RES: Mystique, Anne Meyer.
MODIFIED JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER CH: Romario,
John Puckett.
RES Tie: Rock Me Amadeus, Kathryn Ott & Ramona, Nadine
Beck.
LOW JR./AMATEUR-OWNER JUMPER CH: Hoffelia Des
Foreto, Nadine Beck.
RES: Cesatino, Leney Roberts.
MODIFIED JUMPER CH: Vegas Baby, Mandy Killam.
RES Tie: Malone, Nick Novak & Storm, Blair Cudmore.
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B ET W E E N R O U N D S
Change Is In The Air
Our columnist highlights some of the important rule-change proposals
that will be under discussion and debate at the upcoming USHJA Annual Meeting.
IN JUST TWO MONTHS, you’ll have the
opportunity to make your voice heard
regarding our sport and rule change proposals which, if approved, will make significant changes to how our sport operates.
We all have opinions, and at every
horse show you attend you’ll hear people
expressing their views on what changes
need to be made in our sport. Well, for all
of you who have an opinion, Dec. 7-10 are
the dates, and St. Petersburg, Fla., is the
place to let the rest of the equestrian world
and leaders in your sport know your
thoughts.
Before reading further, it’s important
to remember that this article addresses
just a portion of the many rule changes
proposed this year and that there are many
additional changes that will have to be
implemented to support some of the systemic changes coming forward.
Over the past five years that the U.S.
Hunter Jumper Association has been in
existence, we’ve heard a lot of comments
regarding the mileage rule and the state of
our competitions. More than a year ago,
the U.S. Equestrian Federation sent the
USHJA a letter directing the organization
to review our current competitions with
emphasis on addressing mileage, adequate
competition choices for exhibitors and
standards for competitions.
In order to properly complete the work
with which we were tasked, the USHJA
leaders formed a Competitions Committee
comprised of geographically and constituency diverse representatives. All of
these committee members currently serve
in various roles as active participants in
our sport. Additionally, Committee Facilitator Howard Pike and I traveled to several
venues over the past year to speak with
competitors, competition management,
officials, vendors and other equine service
providers.
As a result of our work on the road, the
extensive data obtained and studied and
the in-person retreats and teleconference
calls, the USHJA Competitions Committee
(Tricia Booker Photo)
Bill Moroney
...with BILL MORONEY
has proposed five rule changes that have a
direct impact on our current system of
licensing competitions. All of these proposals have been developed on a truly national
basis and always with the goal of promoting what’s best for the sport and our
equine partners.
They are available on the Federation
website under reference numbers 607-09
through 611-09. In an effort to obtain feedback prior to the USHJA Annual Meeting,
USHJA officials have sent a letter to competition licensees and management to draw
their attention to these rule changes and
to receive feedback prior to the convention
and included announcements in our ENews. And, after all, many of the ideas discussed on our travels this year have been
incorporated in the new proposals.
hold a competition within the mileage of
another existing competition.
Another change simply adds the 2010
requirements for prize money to the existing mileage tables while introducing new
rating nomenclature for hunter competitions (see sidebar). The new proposals
replace our current system with a new
competition system based on standards
including number of entries for rating. The
new hunter rating nomenclature will help
you to understand the next proposal dealing with competition standards.
The Competitions Committee recommendations establish a baseline set of standards
required by competitions seeking to obtain
a Federation license, with the standards
increasing in proportion to the rating.
You’ll also notice a section regarding
the “Options Menu.” This component adds
a measure of flexibility to the system to take
into account variations in geographic location, climate and services available. It will
provide a means for competitions to offer
additional amenities from the options list,
which work for their particular situation.
The final proposal deals with a facility
mileage limitation. Simply put, competition facilities that host several consecutive
weeks of hunter, jumper or hunter/jumper
competitions, regardless of licensee, will
have to choose one of three options dealing
with mileage protection.
•
•
•
H The Mileage Conundrum
To start, you’ll find proposed changes that
will make more transparent the process
for transferring authority and financial
responsibility of a competition to another
person and for obtaining permission to
Hold three consecutive weeks of
competition and go dark one week
to reset protection.
Hold four consecutive weeks of
competition and go dark for two
weeks to reset mileage protection.
Or a licensee may decide to forgo
mile-age and after four weeks, continue holding consecutive weeks of
competitions with no mileage protection for the subsequent weeks
until going dark for two weeks to
reset.
For the purposes of this proposal,
going dark means no Federation-licensed
If we expect our officials to enforce our rules,
those rules need to be clear and consistent.
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B ET W E E N R O U N D S
hunter, jumper or hunter/jumper competition. However, the facility can be used for
other purposes including other discipline
and breed competitions. This proposal gives
competition management the flexibility to
choose the option best suited to their situation, while potentially providing participants with alternative options for competing.
Another group of proposals adds a
complimentary layer to our system by
implementing changes to our current
menu of sections to be offered at Federation-licensed competitions.
The Hunter Restructure Committee
has come forward with numerous changes
to the professional divisions that they
believe will reverse the current trend and
rebuild our professional hunter divisions.
Changes to the green, conformation and
regular sections are included as well as the
addition of an open section that will allow
horses to move up and down heights at the
same competition, much like the options
available on the jumper side of our sport.
Our Competition Management
Committee is moving forward with a proposal that sets a minimum age of 25 years
for a competition manager, requires that
a person has never been convicted of an
animal cruelty offense and establishes an
educational component that requires anyone acting as a competition manager to
attend a USHJA Competition Managers
Forum once every four years.
This proposal supports one of the core
philosophies of the USHJA, which is educating equestrians from all facets of our
sport.
Our USHJA Owners Committee has
long been educating members regarding
sales integrity, our Trainers Committee
has been actively providing educational services through symposiums and the mentor
program, our Trainers Certification Program is underway to provide educational
services to our trainers, and now our Competition Management Committee seeks to
provide educational services to our managers.
H Consistency And Transparency
There are changes proposed to our amateur sections, which include clarifying the
offering and combining of the amateur
hunter sections and a proposal from the
jumper discipline of our sport to remove
the ownership requirement from the amateur-owner jumper sections. The latter
proposal is a significant philosophical
change for our sport and should be studied
by all of our equestrian participants.
Changes to long-standing fundamental
philosophies are well worth the struggle if
the positive benefits exceed the negative. I
think it opens the door to a more important discussion, and that is: What is the
correct definition of an amateur, and
should it be the same for both disciplines
of our sport? If we expect our officials to
enforce our rules, those rules need to be
clear and consistent.
Along with the other significant rule
change proposals are changes to the
Regulation and Drugs and Medications
Programs. With respect to the drugs and
medication rule changes, I firmly believe
that our technology has surpassed the
practicality of our environment, and these
changes are long overdue.
Let’s be realistic. Regardless
of the suspension imposed,
no trainer is going to close
his operation for 30 or 60
days while suspended.
For several years, changes such as
these have been discussed, and now we
need to move forward. This is why you see
these changes proposed now, to get the
conversation out in the open and the issues
on the table for action and resolution.
Our technology has become very
advanced, and our sport has not kept pace
with these advancements, especially the
sensitivity of drug testing. To rectify this
situation, a rule change has been proposed
to establish threshold levels for several
medications. In addition to the D&M proposals, it’s vital to the credibility of the
Federation that the regulatory processes be
transparent and fair.
There’s a proposal that would provide
for all administrative penalties to be handled by the Federation Executive Director
for Administration and Finance, with recommendations from the appropriate volunteer leadership and subject to the approval
of the Hearing Committee Co-Chairmen.
This is a significant move in the right
direction and how all administrative penalties would be conducted until a consistent,
transparent and fair alternative method is
adopted.
Our process of suspending persons for
rule infractions also needs adjustment.
Let’s be realistic. Regardless of the suspension imposed, no trainer is going to close
his operation for 30 or 60 days while suspended. The current rule encourages people to break the rule and undermines the
credibility of the Federation. The regulations governing a suspended person need
to be the domain of the Hearing Committee and decided on a case-by-case basis.
Looking to the future, another proposal that needs to be forwarded is to
establish penalty guidelines for rule infractions subject to the parameters of each
individual case. Every court system has
them, and we must require this mechanism in our sport. The development and
implementation of penalty guidelines will
give us the ability to get away from the use
of past precedents and create a system that
makes sense in our sport and that’s annually reviewed for relevancy in our world.
One example of our system being out
of whack is that if you are caught competing as an amateur and you are found not to
be an amateur you basically get a penalty
of a short suspension and a small fine.
I ask you, what deterrent or punishment
is this for falsely representing yourself?
What about a range of three to five months
suspension, cannot re-apply for amateur
status for a minimum of three to five years
and a $3,000 to $5,000 fine for a first
offense? Now, that would be a deterrent!
Our regulatory system would be so
much more effective and accepted by our
membership if it was more transparent and
fair in its application.
I’ve highlighted many of what I feel are
the most significant rule changes being
proposed this year. Whatever your passion
and background is in our sport will have
bearing on what rule changes you feel are
most important to you and to our sport.
There’s no better way to be a part of
your future than to attend the USHJA
Annual Meeting. Bringing people together
for the good of the sport provides us with
the ability to openly discuss the issues,
work out solutions and find compromises
that continue to move our sport forward in
a positive manner for all of us. I hope to
see you in St. Petersburg.
Bill Moroney is president of the U.S. Hunter
Jumper Association, a member of the U.S.
Equestrian Federation Board of Directors and a
USEF R-rated judge. In between officiating, he’s
head trainer at Salamander Farm in Middleburg,
Va. He started writing Between Rounds columns
in 2004.
Hunter Nomenclature
Change
New
AAA
AA
A
Local
Old
AA
A
B & C (Details of combining
are a work in progress)
Local
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Schaefer Leads The Pack In Washington
WA S H I N GTO N I NTE R NATI O NAL
E Q U ITATI O N C L A S S I C F I NAL
The 16-year-old tacks up an equitation novice for a big win.
RIDER
1. Samantha Schaefer
2. Chase Boggio
3. Tina DiLandri
4. Lucy Davis
5. Reed Kessler
6. Lillie Keenan
7. Alexandra Arute
8. Zazou Hoffman
9. Taylor Kain
10. Molly Braswell
Lisa Slade and Mollie Bailey
WHEN SAMANTHA SCHAEFER was
called back on top after the second round
of the Washington International Horse
Show Equitation Classic Final she must
have felt an eerie sense of déjà vu.
Two weeks earlier at the Pennsylvania
National, the 16-year-old earned the top
call after the second round of the Pessoa/
USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals, only to
suffer mistakes during the final test and
fall to fourth.
But when the top 10 riders in Washington D.C. swapped mounts and re-rode
the jumper course aboard unfamiliar
horses, Schaefer put in a spot-on performance aboard Lucy Davis’ Patrick.
HOMETOWN
Westminister, Md.
Canton, Ga.
La Jolla, Calif.
Los Angeles, Callif.
Armonk, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Avon, Conn.
Warren, Vt.
Lake Worth, Fla.
Ocala, Fla.
30 riders competed.
“[In Harrisburg] I tried too hard,”
admitted Schaefer. “I think I just thought
too hard. This time I said, ‘If I win, I win. If
I don’t, I don’t.’ ”
That attitude kept Schaefer focused
and helped her earn scores of 89, 92 and
94 to win the work-off and the overall title
during the Washington International
Horse Show, Oct. 20-25.
“This time I said, ‘If I win, I
win. If I don’t, I don’t.’ ”
—Samantha Schaefer
(Al Cook Productions-www.alcookphoto.com Photo)
She started out by winning the hunter
phase on an average mark of 87.91 and
held onto her overall lead throughout the
two-day competition to finish on top.
“The top four or five were all really
good,” said Phillip DeVita, one of six judges
for the class. “But Sam’s consistency made
her great. She was just as good when they
swapped horses. She really rode up to her
potential.”
Chase Boggio moved from fifth to third
after winning the jumper phase, then
jumped into second place position after a
skillful ride-off (see sidebar). Tina DiLandri
leapfrogged up the standings from ninth to
third by the end of the class. Fellow Californian Lucy Davis took fourth.
Schaefer tacked up Heritage Farm’s
Travino for the occasion, which at first
glance might not seem an obvious choice.
Not only does the horse primarily compete
in the hunters, but also he’s a first year
green horse and had never competed in a
jumper phase of Washington before the
Final. Schaefer had shown him twice
before: at ASPCA Maclay Regionals, where
she placed 10th, and at USEF Medal Finals.
Samantha Schaefer sealed her first-placed
ribbon in the Washington International
Equitation Classic Final with a stellar final
round aboard Lucy Davis’ Patrick.
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“She really rode up to
her potential.”
—Phillip DeVita
Guilherme Jorge, of Campinas, Brazil,
built both courses after consulting with
judges DeVita, Sue Ashe, Walter Kees, Kim
Ablon-Whitney, Kim Dorfman and Tammy
Provost.
“Sam won the class by doing the difficult parts of the course very well, including the bending S-line in the jumper
phase—she did that as well as anyone,”
said DeVita. “I think a lot of that is natural
feel. She finds her way to the jumps and
makes it look natural without a lot of
obvious adjustment.
“Equitation has developed her into a
quieter more poised rider,” he continued.
“She’s always found the jumps well and
been able to ride around the course, but
she’s been developing her style and started
to make her presence known.”
The daughter of trainer Stacey
Schaefer, the Westminster, Md., junior
trained with Kim Stewart through a spectacular pony career that included a win at
the USEF Pony Medal Finals in 2006, and
Stewart continued to help her when she
moved up to full-sized mounts two years
ago. Her natural feel for a distance hardly
went unnoticed, and trainer Scott Stewart,
among others, recruited Sam to campaign
his top junior hunters.
Meanwhile, Sam started working with
the team at Heritage Farm—Dignelli,
Patricia Griffith and Kirsten Coe—to help
polish her equitation, with Don Stewart Jr.
taking over coaching duties during HITS
Ocala (Fla.).
“She’s a professional’s kid, and a lot
of people have reached out to help her
because she’s a nice kid and a great talent,”
said Dignelli, who helped coach Sam to
second in this class last year. “It’s been a
huge collaboration between a lot of people
helping her and giving her horses to ride.
It really has taken a village.”
H Darst Dominates On Ponies
Meredith “Maddy” Darst is already an experienced catch rider at the young age of 11,
and she added two more championships at
Washington to her collection. Elation was
small pony champion and grand pony
hunter, and West End Stables LLC’s
Tuscany took the medium pony division.
The wins, along with being named best
child rider on a pony, just reinforced
Darst’s love of this particular horse show.
“It’s my favorite show,” she said. “Both
the ponies were really good.”
Darst, Lebanon, Ohio, rides with her
mother Mindy Darst, pony hunter guru,
and Tom Wright.
“Tom took over most of the training
this year,” Mindy said. “He’s done a wonderful job with her. She’s a beautiful rider,
but she couldn’t do it without the owners
and all of the people who help get these
ponies ready for her to show.”
Betsee Parker, Middleburg, Va., bought
Elation, a Welsh pony (Kilvey Taran—Cloe
Olympic Joy), from Richard Cunkle two
years ago. Cunkle and Rob Coluccio train
her ponies for her.
“Richard had her out one day with a
7-year-old who could only walk and trot,”
Parker said. “I saw the 7-year-old ride her,
A Big Year For Boggio
Chase Boggio’s second-placed finish at this year’s Washington International Horse
Show Equitation Classic Final came on the heels of a stellar season for the 16-year-old
from Canton, Ga.
He won the North American League Junior Equitation Championship at Capital
Challenge (Md.), finished seventh at the Pessoa/USEF Medal Finals (Pa.) and rode his
equitation mount, Graphiq, in the ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter
Derby Finals (Ky.), one of just three juniors to crack the top 25.
“Being a male rider myself and showing for years I know how difficult it is for a
tall, young boy in the equitation,” said judge Phillip DeVita. “[Judge] Tammy [Provost]
and I were both very high on him and impressed with his skills. He has beautiful feel
and a natural rhythm, plus for a tall boy to keep a position that’s acceptable in the
equitation and effective at the same time is very impressive.”
Boggio drew barnmate Molly Braswell’s mount, The General, for the final phase of
the class. He admitted this served as a tremendous advantage though he’d never sat
on the horse before.
“He’s very dedicated and extremely interested in detail,” said Christina
Schlusemeyer who trains Boggio along with Bob Braswell of Quiet Hill. “When I first
started training him we’d head down seven or eight out, plenty of time to school, but
he wouldn’t jump. We’d be five out, three out, and he wouldn’t jump. And he’d say, ‘I
haven’t finished my right lead
canter yet.’ He’s so dedicated to
doing things right it makes training him easy.”
Though he’s thrilled with finishing as runner-up to Samantha
Schaefer, Boggio and his trainers
have their sights set on blue for
the last big equitation class of the
season, the ASPCA Maclay Final
at the National Horse Show at the
Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse
Tournament (N.Y.).
“I know that Andre [Dignelli]
isn’t going to let his kid rest, so I
hope the next time they put
[Samantha] on a pre-green
horse,” joked Bob.
“We took him to Regionals as an
experiment, and we did a few classes and
decided to roll the dice and he was competitive,” said Andre Dignelli, one of Schaefer’s
trainers. “We went to Harrisburg with the
same idea, and she almost won. He was
named best horse at Harrisburg after the
Medal. He has a big career ahead of him.”
Judge Phillip DeVita was
especially impressed with
Chase Boggio’s form over
fences as he earned second
place in the Washington
International Equitation
Classic Final.
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Betsee Parker’s Elation earned the
small pony and grand pony hunter
championships at the Washington
International with Meredith Darst aboard.
“She basically walked out of
the stall and into the ring.”
—Richard Cunkle
doors,” Cunkle said. “She basically walked
out of the stall and into the ring. She’s special. She’s just a lovely, lovely mare.”
Colvin also earned her own accolades
at Washington and was champion in the
large pony division with Scott Stewart’s All
The Best.
H Keck And Tango Dance To First
For Madelyn Keck, 11, winning the Washington Pony Equitation Classic Final felt
exciting, but a little bittersweet.
“I had a lot of friends in there, so I
wanted everyone to do well,” Keck said.
“We never like to give up Tori because
we adore her, but all children grow,” Parker
said. “Maddy was my next choice. I thought
she was a very soft, effective ride for this
pony and that their temperaments would
really mesh well. They’re both quiet, sort
of analytical individuals.”
Maddy will campaign the pony next
year, starting in Florida, and already has a
head start on indoors with an automatic
invitation to Washington for 2010.
“This was [Elation’s] first year at in-
and I saw the way the pony took care of the
child and, even with only seeing the walk
and trot, I bought her. She has an absolutely adorable personality. She’s as much
of a pet as she is a show pony.”
Victoria Colvin campaigned the pony
last year and also qualified her for the fall
indoor shows this year. Shortly before
Capital Challenge (Md.), however, it
was decided Colvin had grown too tall
to ride her at the show. Maddy took over
the ride, and Elation was small pony
champion her first time out with a new
rider.
Keck, Allamuchy, N.J., who rides with
Krista Freundlich of Beacon Hill Farm in
Colt’s Neck, N.J., sealed the win with
Porter Allen’s Tango when she took both
inside turn options on the course and
smoothly negotiated the trot jump. She
was called back for the flat work-off in first
place and never looked back.
“I knew she had it after the first jump,”
Freundlich said. “She just went in there
and nailed it.”
It was a nice triumph for Keck after
finishing a close second to her best friend,
Ailish Cunniffe, in the USEF Pony Medal
Final during USEF Pony Finals (Ky.). Her
confidence in Tango, her mount for the
whole year, helped her decide to take the
more difficult paths.
“I knew he would be good because he
always is,” Keck said about Tango. “He’s
very comfortable and easy. He’s not the
fanciest pony, but we always tell him he is
so he feels good about himself.”
Next year Keck will start riding horses
WA S H I N GTO N I NTE R NATI O NAL
PO NY E Q U ITATI O N
C L A S S I C F I NAL
RIDER
1. Madelyn Keck
2. Allison Toffolon
3. Meredith Darst
4. Victoria Colvin
5. Dana Rizzo
6. Lauren Martin
7. Ashley Foster
8. Alison Cooney
9. Avery Finkel
10. Porter Allen
Skillfully negotiated inside turns and a smooth trot jump helped Madelyn Keck earn top
honors in the WIHS Pony Equitation Classic Final at the Washington International.
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HOMETOWN
Allamuchy, N.J.
Bronxville, N.Y.
Lebanon, Ohio
Loxahatchee, Fla.
Wall, N.J.
Great Falls, Va.
Brookeville, Md.
Chappaqua, N.Y.
Warrenton, Va.
Boerne, Texas
25 riders competed.
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H An Unlikely Winner
A betting man probably wouldn’t have put
any money on Lexington and Sienna
Sumavielle to win the $10,000 WIHS
Children’s Hunter Championship.
The pair moved off the waitlist and
onto the order of go just a few days before
the competition. Their regular trainer,
Robert Baader, couldn’t make it over because of a riding commitment in Europe,
and their home trainer Miranda Fischer
had suffered an accident a few days before
the show and couldn’t attend either.
With all the confusion, Sumavielle considered scratching, but Margaret Horowitz,
who owns Lexington, made a last-minute
call to Emil Spadone three days before the
start of the show to see if he could fill in
with coaching duties.
Despite the hustle to get to the show
and the last-minute trainer swap, Lexington and Sumavielle defied the odds and put
in two lovely rounds to win the title over
Dani DiPietro and Davenport.
Sumavielle said her new trainer fit
right into the role.
“He just said to me, ‘Ride hard, and
have fun,’ ” she recalled. “None of my
trainers ever put any pressure on me. I’m
my own toughest critic. I really wanted to
do well.”
The 14-year-old enjoyed her first trip
to Washington, despite the challenges presented by the show’s unique format.
“Last night I had to get up at 4 a.m. to
school, which was an interesting experience, and not one I enjoyed,” she said wryly.
“Schooling was tough. He doesn’t like when
there are other horses around, and he
freaked out a little bit. It was a little intimidating, but in the end it all worked out.”
Sumavielle has been riding the 16year-old Holsteiner for two years, her first
horse off ponies. “He has an amazing
heart,” said Horowitz, who campaigned
Lexington in the adult amateurs for years
before handing the reins to Sumavielle.
“He’s one of those horses who could truly
sacrifice himself for his rider. His commitment to the rider is priceless.”
Lexington and Sienna Sumavielle
jumped to the victory in the
$10,000 WIHS Children’s Hunter
Championship at the Washington
International.
SMALL JR. HUNTER, 16-17 CH: Lyle, Stephanie Keen.
RES: Mirasol, Pony Lane Farm.
LARGE JR. HUNTER, 15 & UNDER CH: Bishonen, Marianna
Bishop Wade.
RES: Quality Time, Don Stewart.
LARGE JR. HUNTER, 16-17 CH: Vida Blue, Blantyre Farm LLC
& Elm Rock Farm LLC.
RES: Charade, Mahala Rummell.
JR. JUMPER CH: Flight, Reed Kessler.
RES: Santika, Harrison Farms LLC.
BEST CHILD RIDER, PONY: Meredith Darst.
BEST CHILD RIDER, HORSE: Hasbrouck Donovan.
GRAND PONY HUNTER CH: Elation, Betsee Parker.
GRAND JR. HUNTER CH: Confidential, Don Stewart.
JR. JUMPER STYLE AWARD: Laura Pfeiffer.
▲ Sm. Conf. Pony Htr. U/S - 1. Elation; 2. Rodeo Rosie, S.
Schroer; 3. Rico Suave. ▲ Sm. Conf. Pony Htr. - 1. Elation; 2.
Rico Suave; 3. Brownland’s Mr. Mack, Kimberden Inc. ▲ Sm.
Pony Htr. - 1. Clovermeade Somebunny Famous, Rabbit Hill
Farm; 2. Elation; 3. Ingenue, A. Toffolon. ▲ Sm. Pony Htr.
Stakes - 1. Cardiff Mardi Gras, Quiet Hill Farm; 2. Ingenue; 3.
Rico Suave. ▲ Med. Conf. Pony Htr. U/S - 1. Tuscany; 2.
Cleverist, S. Stewart; 3. Neverland, A. Toffolon. ▲ Med. Conf.
Pony Htr. - 1. Tuscany; 2. Trillville, B. Hill; 3. Catamaran,
Centennial Farm. ▲ Med. Pony Htr. - 1. Promise Too; 2.
Tuscany; 3. Hillcrest Kilkenny, V. Press. ▲ Med. Pony Htr.
Stakes - 1. Promise Too; 2. Poster Boy, M. McGehee; 3.
Cleverist. ▲ Lg. Conf. Pony Htr. U/S - 1. Center Field; 2. For
The Laughter, B. Parker; 3. All The Best. ▲ Lg. Conf. Pony Htr.
- 1. All The Best; 2. Center Field; 3. For The Laughter. ▲ Lg.
Pony Htr. - 1. All The Best; 2. Love And Laughter, O. Jack; 3.
Franklin’s Tower, D. Stewart & M. O’Mara. ▲ Lg. Pony Htr.
but continue in the ponies too. “I see her
as being a rising star in the equation world
when she moves to horses,” Freundlich
said.
Continued on page 36
WASHINGTON, DC–OCT. 20-25.
SMALL PONY HUNTER CH: Elation, Betsee Parker.
RES: Rico Suave, Aleece Jarman.
MEDIUM PONY HUNTER CH: Tuscany, West End Stables
LLC.
RES: Promise Too, Scott Stewart.
LARGE PONY HUNTER CH: All The Best, Scott Stewart.
RES: Center Field, Grand Central Inc.
SMALL JR. HUNTER, 15 & UNDER CH: Confidential, Don
Stewart.
RES: Genuine, Chansonette Farm LLC.
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T I D B I TS
• Besides her big win in the equitation, Samantha Schaefer made her presence
known in the hunter rings. She guided Bishonen to the large junior hunter, 15 and
under, tricolor for Marianna Bishop Wade.
• Abby O’Mara, 17, rode Stephanie Keen’s Lyle to the small junior, 16-17, cham-
pionship. The pair pulled off the same feat at the Pennsylvania National this year.
“He’s different than any other horse,” said O’Mara, Rumsen, N.J. “He can just naturally jump so well, you don’t have to worry about his jump any of the time. If you
lay down a nice trip, you’ll win because he can pull off anything.”
• Despite not learning she’d been accepted to the show until the day before the
start of the junior hunters, Jennifer Waxman, 17, laid down solid trips with Vida
Blue, owned by Elm Rock Farm LLC and Blantyre Farm LLC, to take the large junior, 16-17, division title.
“My mom came to school on Wednesday and was like, ‘Vida got in! Can you
miss two days of school?’ ” Waxman, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, said. “I flew in yesterday
morning. I wasn’t nervous that this was a last-minute thing for her because she
knows what she’s doing and she’s good at this. She’s just so talented.”
• Laura Pfeiffer, 17, Temperance, Mich., earned the Shalanno Style of Riding Award
after campaigning Fox Meadow Farm’s Thorstin in the junior jumpers.
Stakes - 1. Braveheart, P. Robinson; 2. Franklin’s Tower; 3.
For The Laughter. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr. U/S, 15 & Under - 1.
Confidential; 2. Winter Place, Artisan Farms & C. Ziegler; 3.
Angelo, Katie Dinan LLC. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr., 15 & Under - 1.
Confidential; 2. Starstruck, S. Jenkins; 3. Concetto, First
Partners Inc. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr., 15 & Under - 1. Genuine; 2.
Confidential; 3. Safari, Artisan Farms & C. Ziegler. ▲ Sm. Jr.
Htr. Stakes, 15 & Under - 1. Confidential; 2. Castle, A.
Toffolon; 3. MVP, A. McArdle. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr. U/S, 16-17 - 1.
Pringle, A. Pryde; 2. Falcao, B. Flynn; 3. Granted Wish, M.
Franklin. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr., 16-17 - 1. Mirasol; 2. Red Rooster,
Old Oak Farm; 3. Sublime, Stone Hill Farm. ▲ Sm. Jr. Htr., 1617 - 1. Lyle; 2. O.C., Meadow Hill Stables; 3. Mirasol. ▲ Sm.
Jr. Htr. Stakes, 16-17 - 1. Lyle; 2. O.C.; 3. Amalfi, D. Cooper.
▲ Lg. Jr. Htr. U/S, 15 & Under - 1. Bishonen; 2. Francesca,
Pony Lane Farm; 3. Quality Time. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr., 15 & Under 1. Quality Time; 2. North Country, Blantyre Farm; 3. Anthem
Of The Sun, M. O’Mara. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr., 15 & Under - 1.
Perfectionist, S. Stewart; 2. Azlan, Fastball Farm; 3. Quality
Time. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr. Stakes, 15 & Under - 1. Bishonen; 2.
Azlan; 3. Gribaldi, P. Schooley. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr. U/S, 16-17 - 1.
CR Franz Marc, KAC Horses LLC; 2. Pharrell, Blantyre Farm; 3.
Charade. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr., 16-17 - 1. Rejoice, T. Shearin; 2. Vida
Blue; 3. Positano, CF Interests LLC. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr., 16-17 - 1.
Vida Blue; 2. Elliot, P. Haines; 3. Charade. ▲ Lg. Jr. Htr.
Stakes, 16-17 - 1. Tiziano, Stone Hill Farm; 2. Vida Blue; 3.
Charade. ▲ WIEC Htr. - 1. S. Schaefer; 2. T.A. Adams; 3. M.
Braswell. ▲ WIEC Jpr. - 1. C. Boggio; 2. S. Schaefer; 3. M.
Braswell. ▲ WIEC Overall - 1. S. Schaefer; 2. C. Boggio; 3. T.
DiLandri. ▲ WIEC Pony - 1. M. Keckj; 2. A. Taffolon; 3. M.
Darst. ▲ Jr. Jpr. - 1. Drossana, J. Huggins; 2. Flight; 3. Santika.
▲ Jr. Jpr. - 1. Flight; 2. Silvana, Dunwalke LLC; 3. Toucan
Tango, C. Schott. ▲ $10,000 Jr. Jpr. Stakes - 1. Santika; 2.
Thorstin, Fox Meadow Farm; 3. Naomi, Dunwalke LLC.
▲ $10,000 WIHS Child. Htr. Chmp. - 1. Lexington, M.
Horowitz; 2. Davenport, D. DiPietro; 3. At Last, L.A. Kline.
▲ $10,000 WIHS Child. Jpr. Chmp. - 1. Markies, Ashland
Farms; 2. Elliot 92, R. Brodsky; 3. Eurocommerce Rome, C.
Wormser. ▲ WIHS Local Pony Htr. Finals - 1. Seastar, H.
Notzen; 2. Liseter Clever Star, B. Parker; 3. China Blue, S.
Schaefer.
Markies must have felt a sense of déjà vu as he completed his victory gallop with
Spencer Smith after winning the $10,000 WIHS Children’s Jumper
Championship. The 24-year-old Westphalian gelding (Fleury Du Manoir—Vicky
Du Grand Royal) won the same class three years ago with Paulena Johnson
aboard.
For Spencer, however, it was a first. Though the 12-year-old said he’s won a
few big jumper classes before, none of them compared to this victory. It was his
goal for the year to qualify for the class, making the win even sweeter.
“It was really fun,” Spencer said. “I liked it a lot.”
Smith, Wellington, Fla., topped 12 other jump-off riders with a clean
second-round time of 25.93 seconds, nearly 2 seconds faster than Elliot 92 and
Rachel Brodsky.
When Brodsky laid down a speedy jump-off round, Smith knew he’d have
to go fast, and the voice of his father and trainer, Ken Smith, echoed the voice
in his head. He made smooth, tight rollback turns and galloped home with time
to spare.
“Before he went in, I just told him to ride forward and let the horse take care
of the rest,” Ken said.
According to Spencer, Markies’ extensive time in the jumper ring gave him
the edge when it came time for him to climb aboard. The gelding competed
through grand prix level before becoming a first mount for countless young
jumper riders.
“Before him I just did pony hunters,” Spencer said. “But I like the bigger
jumps. He’s taught me speed and how to ride, really.”
Spencer Smith guided his 24-year-old partner Markies to a win in the
$10,000 WIHS Children’s Jumper Championship at the Washington International.
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Markies Shows Smith The Ropes
CHASTAIN HORSE PARK
In Atlanta, GA
ANNOUNCES A NEW AFFILIATION WITH NATIONAL TRAINER
DON STEWART, JR.
He buys and sells quality horses for customers across the country. He trains and educates riding students, both at
home and at competitions on the national level. A professional in the show horse industry for over thirty years,
he has owned, ridden or trained more than forty National Champions. He trained many other leading
professionals, and was the only rider/trainer to win The Chronicle of the Horse’s Hunter Horseman of the Year
twice (1986 and 1993). Customers have won every national championship in the junior and amateur divisions.
He trained the winner of the Maclay Finals in 1993, 1999, 2000 and 2002 and the winner of United States
Equestrian Federation Equitation Medal in 1999, 2001 and 2003. He trained circuit champions of both the HITS
Ocala Winter Circuit and the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. He judged nearly every major horse
show in the country over the past 20 years. Most recently, he trained the Grand A/O Champion at the Capital
Challenge (Erin Stewart on Quality Time), Grand Pony Champion with Taylor Ann Adams on Franklin’s Tower
and Grand Jr. Hunter Champion at PNHS in Harrisburg, PA with Abby O’Mara on Stephanie Keen’s 2008 The
Chronicle of the Horse’s Show Hunter Horse of the Year, Lyle. Also, he trained the 2009 Jr. Hunter Finals
winners: Small Jr. Hunter Champion, Hasbrouck Donovan on Confidential; Large Jr. Hunter Champion,
Hasbrouck on Quality Time and the Hunterdon Cup Equitation Champion Taylor Ann Adams.
He sold or leased over 150 horses in 2005, 2006, 2007. Trained ’06 National Champions Lyle, Mokoo Jumbee,
and Grand Pony Champion (Mokoo Jumbee) at Devon and Washington International. 2007 highlights include the
USEF Champions in Small Jr. Hunter 15 and under, Medium Pony Champion and Grand Pony Champion. A/O
Younger Champion and Reserve, Grand Jr. Champion at Harrisburg, PA National, Medium Green Pony and Grand
Champion. WIHS Pony, USEF Pony Medal Finals winner, Show Circuit Medal Finals winner, 3rd, 6th and 8th,
ASPCA Finals 5th & 8th.
Life Member and “R” Judge, United States Equestrian Federation
Board of Directors, Central Florida Hunter Jumper Association
Chairman, National Junior Hunter Committee
Board of Directors, National Hunter Jumper Association
To schedule lessons with Don Stewart at Chastain Horse Park in Atlanta,
please contact: donaldest@aol.com
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SPORT HORSE BREEDING
Accolade Collects The Honors At The Spalding Labs/
USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships
Breeder Kim Keeton knew her stallion would be a winner from the moment he was born in her lap.
Kat Netzler
eight months, and I’m a total amateur,”
said Keeton, a veterinarian from Watkinsville, Ga.
But Accolade’s winning ways, in spite
of his inexperience, may be the most unremarkable thing about the Swedish Warmblood stallion. His mere existence is still
pretty baffling to Keeton and his co-owner
Hope Thomas, who run Coyote Creek Farm
in Watkinsville.
By the time they bred Accolade’s dam,
Keeton and Thomas had already lost two
foals by his sire, Kyra Kyrklund’s Grand
Prix dressage horse Amiral, and the live
foal guarantee wasn’t much of a lock after
Amiral died in 2003. Two years after
Amiral’s death, Keeton, who had never
done a frozen semen insemination herself
before, had just 1∕4 of a dose of his collection left.
“We had a 17-year-old Thoroughbred
mare who’d only been bred by live cover,
and we were trying to get her bred with
one mL of semen, with a fourth-year veterinary student doing all the ultrasounds
and insemination,” Keeton said, laughing.
(Josh Walker/U SE A Photo)
THE ODDS WERE against Kim Keeton
when she set out on her “first frozen
semen experiment” four years ago, but the
outcome of that effort has been surprising
her ever since.
It was certainly a shock to Keeton
when her labor of love, a 4-year-old stallion
named Accolade, took home the tricolor
from the Spalding Labs/USEA Young Event
Horse East Coast Championships, held in
conjunction with the Dansko Fair Hill
CCI***/** in Elkton, Md., Oct. 15-16.
“He’s only been under tack for six to
Kim Keeton and her homebred stallion Accolade jumped to the Spalding Labs/USEA 4-Year-Old Young Event Horse East Coast
Championship title.
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“[When she took] we were beyond thrilled,
and then when he was born alive—it was amazing.”
—Kim Keeton
“[When she took] we were beyond thrilled,
and then when he was born alive—it was
amazing.”
Keeton monitored the mare, Her
Elegancy, extremely closely during her
pregnancy, because the previous two pregnancies in another of Coyote Creek’s mares
had ended in dystocias. But their new
chestnut colt was born safely into Keeton’s
lap, and from Day 1, he’s been known as
“the wonder stallion.”
“He’s basically a miniature version of
Amiral,” Keeton said. “If you look at the
pictures of him, it’s pretty striking. He
came out huge—he was a big baby with
big joints and an amazing presence. He’s
been a dream.”
Keeton and Thomas knew from the
get-go that they wanted to stand “Bear” at
stud, so they raised him with plenty of
human attention and let him grow up in a
field with a gelding until he was 4. Keeton
backed him last Thanksgiving, and his
third ride was a hack around the crosscountry course during the Pine Top Horse
Trials (Ga.), where she serves as the competition veterinarian.
“His little pony buddy led him through
the water jumps, and he was incredibly
well-behaved,” Keeton said. “That’s pretty
much been his story from the beginning.
We hope that doesn’t change.”
Bear has already live-covered a few
mares and been collected, and Keeton said
he seems to understand when it’s appropriate to be a stallion and when he should be
in show horse mode.
The 16.1-hand chestnut was certainly
on his best behavior at the YEH championships, where U.S. judges Marilyn
Payne and Cathy Tucker-Slaterbeck and
German young horse expert Joachim
Dimmek comprised the jury.
During Friday’s awards ceremony,
riders were encouraged to exhibit their
horses at all three gaits while Dimmek
announced the judges’ comments and
explained their scores.
“We see a good willingness to be submissive,” Dimmek said of Keeton’s stallion.
“He has a very good walk and outstanding
jumping. He’s very powerful, with very
good galloping. This will be a horse we will
see again.”
Bear placed fourth in the conformation
section (11.13), but the YEH format dictates that in-hand scores only count for 15
percent of the final. Dressage scores are
worth 35 percent, while jumping, which
includes cross-country and show jumping
obstacles, constitutes 50 percent.
So when Keeton and Bear won both
the riding phases, scoring a 29.82 in the
dressage and a 43.70 in the jumping,
their total was utterly unbeatable. They
topped second-placed No More Rocks, ridden by Buck Davidson, by more than 4
points.
Before the championships, Bear had
only done one beginner novice horse trial,
at Champagne Run At The Park (Ky.) in
July, but that competition served as a
major building block. He finished second
out of 22 starters, adding just one rail in
show jumping to his dressage score. He
also earned a 9 on gaits from judge Jim
Graham.
Amiral’s influence is certainly showing
in Bear’s flatwork, but Keeton chose Bear’s
dam, Her Elegancy, because of her potential to produce an athletic, keen runner
suited for the upper levels of eventing. The
mare has similar bloodlines to Keeton’s
off-the-track intermediate horse, Wade
And Tay.
“She actually has a negative center of
the dosage of index, which is incredibly
rare in the American Thoroughbreds, but
it basically gives them the ability to run
really long races,” Keeton explained. “Hope
had picked her out of a field in Ocala [Fla.],
where she was a bag of bones and nursing
a 2-month-old foal, and we thought she
was absolutely crazy. But we looked at her
papers and thought, ‘Well, this might mix
quite well with the Amiral semen that we
have and get us that horse that we’re looking for.’ ”
So far, Bear seems to be the perfect
combination of flash and substance.
Keeton thinks he might have the temperament to make it at the top levels.
“With the warmblood crosses, sometimes you’re lucky and you get one like
him with the gallop and the want and the
bravery to go out and do it,” she said.
“We’ve had others that we’ve bred at the
farm that will win the dressage and go and
show jump clean, but then they get out on
cross-country and just have a meltdown.
But he seems to want it. So as long as he
wants it, I’m willing to take him.”
H Rock On
Sharon Will, Citra, Fla., has been purposebreeding event horses just like Keeton,
crossing warmblood and Thoroughbred
lines with similar success. Her 4-year-old
Oldenburg gelding No More Rocks finished
second in the championships with a score
of 80.43.
Will has bred several eventing offspring
out of her 20-year-old Canadian Thorough-
S PALD I N G L AB S/U S EA YO U N G E VE NT H O R S E
EA ST COA ST C HAM P I O N S H I P S
Elkton, Md.—Oct. 15-16
4 -Y E A R - O L D D I V I S I O N
HORSE/RIDER
1. Accolade/Kim Keeton
2. No More Rocks/Bruce Davidson Jr.
3. Kalamata/Leslie Law
4. Dresden Hit/Leslie Law
5. Zauberruf/Alexis Brown
6. Victor/Josh Barnacle
CONFORMATION
11.13
11.00
12.50
11.75
10.62
10.37
DRESSAGE
29.82
27.37
28.63
29.61
28.07
28.70
JUMPING
43.70
42.06
39.25
38.50
38.00
37.45
TOTAL
84.65
80.43
80.38
79.86
76.69
76.52
Also competed: 7. Double Take/L. Kieffer, 76.33; 8. Celtic Heritage/R. Wood, 75.06; 9. Lucky Devil/S. O’Roark, 74.77;
10. William Street/M. Bearden-Mueller, 74.74; 11. Landmark’s Cinco De Mayo/H. Burnett, 72.68; 12. Paprika/R. Wood,
71.84; 13. Rhicochet/S. Baer, 71.78; 14. Feuertanzer ES/D. Jensen, 70.47; 15. Landmark’s Sunday Storm/H. Burnett,
65.93.
5 -Y E A R - O L D D I V I S I O N
HORSE/RIDER
1. BreakThrough/Matt Flynn
2. Star Dazzler/Courtney Cooper
3. Master Frisky/Kurt Martin
4. Muggle/Boyd Martin
5. Mighty Himself/Kim Severson
6. Zack/Stephen Bradley
CONFORMATION
11.87
11.51
10.74
10.88
12.12
11.62
DRESSAGE
25.90
23.66
27.72
26.25
26.25
25.62
JUMPING
42.45
44.40
40.70
41.70
39.05
39.45
TOTAL
80.22
79.57
79.16
78.83
77.42
76.69
Also competed 7. Miss Carlisle/K. Cowles, 75.49; 8. Project Runway/M. McManamy, 75.18; 9. Amarna/L. Law, 75.04;
10. Bruce/B. Davidson Jr., 73.04; 11. Edmonton Avenue/D. Layfield-Insley, 72.39; 12. Balmoral/E. Callahan, 71.84; 13.
Take Two/L. Kieffer, 70.64; 14. Hydrangia GS/A. Brown, 70.07; Flying Circus/L. Law, WD.
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(Bryce Lankard For Shannon Brinkman Photo)
bred mare, Chestnut Lady.
Flynn said. “[But] I think this is
“Rocky” is by the Oldenburg
a good program to showcase the
show jumping stallion Noble
young horses. It was actually a
Champion.
good way to get him started
Davidson, Rocky’s co-owner,
showing in this country.”
competed the gelding’s 6-year-old
While the championship
half-sister, Absolute Liberty, for
judges agreed that Alden’s
Will this year at the training and
strength currently lies in his
preliminary levels.
jumping, they praised his con“In January, Buck saw the
sistency in all three phases and
potential and developed Rocky
noted he appeared “willing,
to where he is today,” Will said.
trusting and confident.”
“Being reserve champion is an
Alden placed third in the
honor. We’re very excited about
conformation section (11.87)
his potential.”
and sixth in the dressage
Based on the performances of
(25.90), but jumped to the win
Rocky’s older siblings, Will has
with the second-best score over
good reason to be excited. His
fences, a 42.45.
other half-sibling out of ChestJumping ability was the key
nut Lady, Walking On Broadway
to Cooper’s success with Star
(who previously showed under
Dazzler as well. She and her
the name Amber-jack), has also
husband Neal Camens bred the
competed through the prelimi16-hand sport horse gelding
nary level.
(Catherston Dazzler—Heavenly
“He has two half-sisters by
Star), and she has high hopes
Aberjack out of the same mare,”
riding on his future.
said Will. “She’s in the Main
“I purchased a mare in
Mare Book of the Oldenburg
Ireland as a 5-year-old who was
Society. Rocky is her third
beautifully bred,” said Cooper.
foal, and he has premium foal
“She tore her meniscus after her
status.”
first one-star and was never
While Rocky began the
sound again.”
championships ranked sixth in
Heavenly Star has since
Matt Flynn rode BreakThrough to a win at the Spalding
the conformation section (11.00) Labs/USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships in the
become the foundation mare of
and was seventh in the dressage
Cooper’s breeding program, and
5-year-old division.
(27.37), he jumped to the reserve
there are now several “Star”
championship with the thirdbabies on the ground.
horse last year at the Dublin Horse Show,
best over fences score, a 42.06.
For a 5-year-old, “Simon” has already
where he’d competed in the 4-year-old
“He has an outstanding gallop,” Dimhad plenty of success. He’s completed
show jumping classes.
mek summarized during the awards cere16 lower-level horse trials since he began
Flynn, 26, had previously found a horse
mony. “He was very trustful and willing.
competing last year, and he won the
with Phillips, so with the help of dealer
He just needs a little more work on sub5-year-old YEH division at Waredaca this
Susie Pragnell, he went to England to look
mission.”
May.
for another this spring and spotted “Alden,”
Simon landed in the middle of the pack
a 17.1-hand bay gelding.
after the conformation phase at the chamA
Big
BreakThrough
H
“His jumping is his strength,” said
pionships, and his dressage score ranked
Flynn, who runs a training business with
toward the bottom of the class. But Cooper
Matt Flynn’s BreakThrough comes from a
fellow eventer Holly Payne in Whitehouse
wasn’t upset.
distinctly different background than the
Station, N.J. “He hadn’t done any eventing,
“I was disappointed in how he scored
top 4-year-old horses, but his Irish herihe’d just been show jumping. But he came
in the first two phases, but I said, ‘He’ll
tage may have given him an edge in the
over and has been very brave.”
jump into the ribbons,’ ” she said. “That’s
cold, damp conditions at Fair Hill. He
Flynn started the horse out at novice
his strength.”
topped the 5-year-old championship
in June, and he contested his first training
Sure enough, the gelding leapt into
(80.22) over Courtney Cooper’s Star
level horse trial in September. They comsecond place with the highest score of the
Dazzler (79.57).
peted in just two YEH qualifiers prior to
division, a 44.40.
Paul Dillon bred BreakThrough, a
the championships, both at Waredaca
“There is some dressage this horse has
Dutch Warmblood (Heartbreaker—
(Md.), placing seventh and then second.
to do,” Dimmek said. “This is something to
Cabaca), in Ireland, and the gelding has an
“Some of the qualifiers were a bit
work on. But this was our favorite horse in
Irish Sport Horse passport. Renowned
smaller, and they don’t show off the horses,”
the cross-country and show jumping.”
British dealer Vere Phillips purchased the
“I was disappointed in how he scored in the first two phases,
but I said, ‘He’ll jump into the ribbons.’ That’s his strength.”
—Courtney Cooper
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HORSE CARE
Compounded Drugs Have
Helped Horsemen For Ages
But a high-profile case has brought the safety of this practice under scrutiny.
Heather Smith Thomas
W
HEN 21 POLO HORSES died
suddenly in Florida this April, an
investigation revealed a fatal
error in the amount of selenium contained
in a compounded vitamin-mineral supplement. Many similar mishaps have occurred,
including a situation in Louisiana in 2008,
when several horses died after receiving a
compounded clenbuterol product.
So what is a compounded drug and
how can a trainer be sure to avoid a potential error in compounding?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates medications for humans and
animals. Specific laws governing drug
products, their manufacturing and use
include the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act,
the Animal Medical Drug Use Clarification
Act, and the State Pharmacy Board Regulations in each individual state. The state
boards have the authority to monitor within their state, but they answer to the FDA.
There might be slight differences in interpretation of the rules, and the FDA may act
on things it considers to be out of bounds.
“Under strict
interpretation of the law,
all compounding is illegal.”
An error in making a compounded vitamin-mineral
supplement resulted in the death of 21 polo horses this spring.
—James P. Morehead
Every new drug must go through rigorous testing before it can be approved for
commercial use. It must be tested in and
approved for the target species. A drug that
is legal and labeled for use in dogs, for
instance, might not be labeled for use in
horses. And there are numerous drugs
approved for horses or dogs that are not
labeled for use in food animals.
According to James P. Morehead, DVM,
drug manufacturing comes under the
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authority of the FDA and includes strict
requirements related to Good Laboratory
Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices,
data demonstrating safety, efficacy and
other parameters.
“Under strict interpretation of the law,
all compounding is illegal,” said Morehead,
of Equine Medical Associates in Lexington,
Ky., and a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners Professional
Conduct and Ethics Committee.
Yet veterinarians have been compound-
ing for a long time. Years ago, before the
advent of drug manufacturers, medications
were always compounded. Even today,
there are not always appropriate approved,
manufactured products to meet every medical need, and certain medications must be
compounded.
Veterinarians often compound their
own medications and mix their own formulas, their own oral and topical treatments.
In the equine market especially, there are a
limited number of approved drugs com-
HORSE CARE
mercially available. Also, some medications
that veterinarians relied upon in the past
have been dropped by the manufacturer,
perhaps due to profitability issues.
“Therefore the FDA recognizes the
need for compounded products in specific
situations, in both human and animal
medicine, and has published some guidelines for compounding,” said Morehead.
The AAEP also recognizes the importance of drug compounding.
a ban on compounding it for horses
because it’s been pulled from the human
market. Thanks to the efforts of several
determined equine veterinarians and the
AAEP, the FDA reversed its opinion about
banning this drug.
(Douglas Lees Photo)
Legal And Illegal Uses
Hoyt Cheramie, DVM, MS, was a practicing equine surgeon before going to work
as the manager of large animal veterinary
services at Merial. He said that in certain
instances it is necessary to compound
medications to effectively treat horses.
Take for instance the use of a human
drug, pergolide, to treat horses with metabolic syndrome, or Cushings disease. This
medication has prolonged the lives of
many horses. Yet the FDA was considering
“The way the FDA regulates compounding
is to say it is all illegal, but that they will
allow certain things,” said Morehead.
“There are basic principles, in their guidelines for veterinarians, that tell us how and
when to use compounded drugs and how
not to.”
The criteria for legal compounding, as
set forth by the FDA, include several
important factors. Compounding can only
be done by a licensed veterinarian or by
a pharmacist upon the order of a veterinarian’s prescription for a particular
patient. There must be a veterinarianclient-patient relationship.
As explained by Morehead, “A veterinarian should only order the specific
amount of product needed for that particular animal, at the time it is needed.
You cannot order compounded drugs for
owners living elsewhere unless their horses
are under your care, in your practice.”
Additionally, there must be a true need
for it. The health of the animal must be
threatened, or the animal must be at risk
for death if there’s a failure to treat. In
other words, compounded drugs are supposed to only be used when it’s a matter
of life or death; it is not legal to compound
a product that is merely used to enhance
reproduction or athletic performance. If
the health of the animal is not threatened,
you should not have a product compounded
for that animal.
To legally compound a certain drug,
there must be no FDA-approved, commercially available animal or human drug
already in existence that will appropriately
treat the patient when used as labeled (or
in an extra-label fashion in its current
dosage form and concentration).
“If an approved product is available and
appropriate for that specific condition, then
we are required to use it,” said Morehead.
A case in point is oral altrenogest
(known as Regu-Mate, to suppress estrus
in mares), which is commercially available;
it’s an FDA-approved product, to be administered daily.
“Even though a client may consider
daily dosing inconvenient, this does not
count as a reason to compound a longacting injectable product,” he explained.
Another example: it’s not legal to compound phenylbutazone paste “to make it
apple flavored or twice the concentration
of the commercial paste, because it’s already
available as an FDA-approved product,”
said Morehead.
Ethical Issues
To be legal, a compounded product must
be made from an FDA-approved, commercially available animal or human drug.
“If you do decide to compound your
own phenylbutazone paste, then you are
required to make it from the FDA-approved
powder or tabs on the market. The FDA
allows compounding when the approved
product is not in the required concentration. It would be difficult, however, to convince the FDA that your apple-flavored
compounded phenylbutazone paste at two
times the normal concentration is needed
for the health of the animal,” he said.
“Supplying an illegally
compounded medication,
because the client
requests it, is no excuse.”
—James P. Morehead
Sometimes, however, it may be necessary for a veterinarian to compound or
write a prescription (for a pharmacist to
compound) from non-approved substances.
In these instances, the veterinarian is then
responsible for the safety and efficacy of
the compounded drug, and assumes liability when using the drug.
The FDA states that pharmacists and
veterinarians should report (to the FDA)
any adverse reactions associated with any
drug. The veterinarian and pharmacist
must carefully assess whether the use of
the unapproved substance is consistent
with state law and FDA policy.
“A big concern is when we batch compound, taking a base drug to create a different preparation that’s an unapproved
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Compounded medications should be
kept on an as-needed basis for the short
term and not stored for a long time.
new drug,” said Cheramie. “This becomes a
legal and ethical question. Sometimes we
need to do this for the benefit of the horse
because there is no labeled product available for treating our cases. So we make
medical decisions based on these factors.
When we make this type of medical decision, most veterinarians would say this is
probably an appropriate use of compound-
ing, because there is no other formulation
available.”
If there is a problem with a compounded
drug, “the liability falls solely on the prescribing veterinarian,” said Morehead. “We
must remember that the pharmacist is
only following our direction. Should an
adverse reaction occur and you are found
negligent, then ‘standard of practice’
claims for your defense may not be admissible. The fact that use of compounded
drugs and off-label use of medical devices
is common practice will not constitute a
viable defense in a malpractice suit.
“Supplying an illegally compounded
medication, because the client requests it,
is no excuse,” he added. “The veterinarian
is the responsible and liable party.”
The compounded product must be safe
and effective. “There are no requirements
for stability or potency testing of compounded products,” said Morehead.
Therefore the AAEP suggests that veterinarians contact their state pharmacy
board for advice on reputable compounding pharmacies and to verify that they are
licensed. Morehead recommends that veterinarians develop a good relationship with
an ethical, professional compounding
pharmacist, and the FDA recommends asking the pharmacist which approved drugs
will be used to compound the prescribed
product.
The amount of product compounded
must be commensurate with the need of
the individual animal identified in the veterinarian-patient-client relationship-based
prescription.
“The use of compounded medications
should be on an as-needed basis, keeping
What Is A Compounded Drug?
Compounding is the manipulation of an existing, approved drug to make a different
drug or dosage to meet the needs of a particular patient.
This may be done by mixing two drugs together, creating an oral suspension by
crushing tablets and mixing the powder with fluid, adding flavoring or a palatable carrier to a commercially available drug to make it easier to administer orally, or any other
manipulation—not specified on the label—that changes the form or dosage of the
approved drug.
Legal compounding, in its strictest sense, would be to take an FDA-approved drug
and change its formulation to make it more easily administered to a certain animal.
“For instance, before antibiotic powders were available, people used to crush up
the tablets to mix with syrup to give to the horse,” said Hoyt Cheramie, DVM. “This is
compounding, because it creates a significantly different formulation. We considered
the crushed material equal in dosage to the antibiotic tablets. But there’s a possibility
that mixing it with the syrup made it less (or more) bio-available. Maybe the horse
absorbed less, or maybe it absorbed more; we really don’t know. We don’t think there
was much change in this instance. When we compound something, we change the
original form and nature of a product that was proven safe through the FDA-approval
process.”
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(Michelle Dunn Photo)
HORSE CARE
The prescribing veterinarian is responsible for
the safety and efficacy of a compounded drug
and assumes liability when using the drug.
on hand only what is needed now, or what
you would normally expect to be needed in
the short-term care for your patients,” said
Morehead.
Keeping It Safe
Veterinarians must comply with all aspects
of the federal extra-label drug use regulations, including accurate recordkeeping
and labeling requirements. By strict definition, FDA does not allow bulk compounding of medications for use in horses.
As Cheramie explained, “bulk compounding would be taking the base drug and
creating a formulation to produce a useable
product and prepare it for administration.
This would be considered creating a new,
pioneer drug, which is illegal. To do that
legally, you’d have to go through the FDA
process of approval for that drug—to prove
efficacy, safety, and appropriate dosing.”
It is not legal to produce a compounded
drug in batch form, using commercial
scale manufacturing, or to create the compounded drug for general resale.
“This is a real concern, when compounding pharmacies begin creating medications in the same formulation as an
existing approved product, specifically to
make a cheaper product,” said Cheramie.
“One of the reasons it’s cheaper is because
there’s been no research—no safety studies,
HORSE CARE
Presenting The
Whole Picture
Since compounded drugs do not go through
evaluation by the FDA, it can never be
assumed that they are consistent from one
batch to another or contain the stated
amount of active ingredient(s), or are safe
and efficacious for the intended use.
Not Generic Drugs
Since compounded drugs and generic drugs are both cheaper than brand-name drugs,
some people have the misconception that they are the same thing.
Generic drugs, however, have been through the FDA-approval process and
demonstrated their bio-equivalence to the “pioneer brand-name” drug they are duplicating. The pioneer drug has undergone the research necessary to bring it to market
and has undergone the scrutiny of blinded controlled studies to demonstrate safety
and efficacy in accordance with federal laws. Therapeutic consistency, product quality,
accurate shelf life and scientifically substantiated labeling are federally mandated on
these pioneer products.
The generics are the same as the brand-name pioneer drug in dosage form, efficacy, safety, strength, route of administration, quality, and intended use, and are
brought to market after the patent on the pioneer drug expires. Generic drugs and
their ingredients must be manufactured under Good Manufacturing Practices in federally inspected plants, just like the pioneer approved drugs. Generic drugs can always
be identified by the ANADA (abbreviated new animal drug application) number on
their label.
The practice of compounding is regulated, but the final products produced are
not. There is no oversight regarding
whether the product contains what the
label says it contains.
if the horse gets too much, but the margins
of safety for others may be very small.”
Use of compounded “look-alike” drugs
because they are cheaper than brand name
drugs could ultimately reduce the number
of approved drugs available. The process of
bringing an approved product to market,
including the necessary research and testing, is expensive. If a pharmaceutical company comes out with a new drug, and within
a year it is being compounded illegally and
sold for a cheaper price, the company may
not be able to recoup the cost of the
research that was necessary to bring the
drug to market.
“Some medications are
safe even if the horse
gets too much, but the
margins of safety for
others may be very small.”
—Hoyt Cheramie
The prescribing veterinarian should
consider the legal, ethical and clinical ramifications concerning the use of compounded medications for patients and
should always relate the benefits and risks
of compounded drugs to the horse owner.
The veterinarian should also understand
that his or her professional liability insurance may not respond to allegations of
negligence arising from the use of compounded drugs.
“As veterinarians we often think we are
doing something good for the clients by
getting them something cheaper,” said
Cheramie. “But without giving them the
whole story and allowing them to make
that decision—to choose what they want to
administer, knowing the potential safety
issues if a product has not been tested—is
not ethical. Some medications are safe even
There are not always approved
products available to meet every medical
need, so certain medications must be
compounded to treat specific problems.
no dosing studies, no trials to test the efficacy. It may not be absorbed the same, or
be as effective as the approved drug. There
are numerous studies that show compounded products are sometimes not as
effective as those they intend to duplicate,
and they may not even contain what’s on
the label. The product may degrade because
of how the pharmacist mixed it up.”
The expiration date of a compounded
drug cannot be determined accurately, so it
should only be used for the duration of the
therapy for that particular horse.
“In other words, if you have a compounded product that is to be used on a
horse for 30 days, at the conclusion of
those 30 days the product has expired,”
said Morehead.
“The common practice of saving whatever prescription is left over is not a good
practice. We know the expiration dates of
drugs that have gone through the FDA
approval process, but we don’t have any
idea on the compounded drugs,” Morehead added. “We don’t know what kind of
shelf life they have; we don’t know their
potency for sure, or concentration, or the
active ingredients for sure. After a compounded drug sits awhile it may be ineffective, or it may become too potent. It could
be one extreme or the other. That’s why it’s
not a good idea to keep it around longer
than for a one-point-in-time use for one
patient.”
Some states require that a compounded
medication be prepared only at the time of
prescription and only in the amount needed
by the individual patient. Other states permit compounding a certain medication in
larger quantities in anticipation of historical need—for a product that will be necessary for a number of patients for which
there is no FDA-approved treatment.
Morehead believes it is not a good idea,
however, for pharmacies to compound a
product and keep it on their shelves before
sending it out as a prescription.
“FDA does not allow compounding of
drugs to make money, or to substitute a
compounded product at a cheaper price
than an approved drug. Veterinarians cannot use compounded drugs to merely save
money over FDA-approved available products,” said Morehead.
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D R ESSAG E
Prince Takes The Crown At Great American/
USDF Region 5 Championships
Andrea Doelling guides the talented gelding to victory in the Grand Prix.
Coree Reuter
ANDREA DOELLING experienced a new
feeling aboard Kylee Lourie’s Prince
(Hemmingway—Wimpel) during their
Grand Prix championship ride at the Great
American/USDF Region 5 Championships,
Oct. 16-18.
“He had a presence about him that
night that I haven’t experienced yet in the
show ring,” said Doelling, Highlands
Ranch, Colo. “He took it a notch above his
normal behavior and had a look-at-me attitude. He gave me all he had to give. It was
one of those rides that felt like we hit all
10 cylinders.”
Doelling thought that Prince did his
best piaffe and passage, and his extended
work was exceptional. The judges rewarded
their brilliance with 66.59 percent for the
win in the Grand Prix in Albuquerque,
N.M., as well as the reserve championship
in the Grand Prix freestyle with 65.37
percent.
“Prince has a tremendous amount of
charisma and personality,” said Doelling.
(J M Photography Photo)
Kylee Lourie’s Prince and Andrea
Doelling enjoyed their first year of
Grand Prix together, including a
win at the Great American/
USDF Region 5 Championships.
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“The older I got the bigger the jumps got and
the less I was attracted to go over them.”
— Andrea Doelling
(Joylynne Harris Equine Photography Photo)
“We kid that he truly is the prince of the
the corporate world. After 18 years with
Lourie’s program focuses on dressage,
barn in size, stature and character. He’s
AT&T, including working as a senior vice
but she encourages her riders to play in
very business like, loves his job and is senpresident, and a year as the vice president
other disciplines as well. She was 11 when
sitive but sensible. It’s been a wonderful
of Ariat, she retired at the age of 40.
she won her first horse, a 2-year-old
learning experience for me. Our relationAfter Doelling retired, Lourie hired her
Morgan, in an essay contest, and she and
ship has really developed in the last year.”
to work and teach alongside Karen
her daughters have competed Morgans for
Prince, a 12-year-old Dutch
Perkins, with whom Doelling had worked
years.
Warmblood, was imported about six years
for more than 15 years.
“I started [the program] mainly to
ago by Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch. Arts
“We work with a lot of young girls, and
have something to connect with my
competed him at the FEI level and eventuKylee is a real advocate for youth,” said
daughters, Victoria and Caroline,” said
ally sent him to Steffen Peters, who comDoelling. “I get to train the horses and be a
Lourie. “We trail ride a ton and foxhunt a
peted him at Grand Prix for about six
mentor in young girls’ lives, which is great.”
little. I even have a combined driving horse
months before Lourie bought the horse.
Prince has also been benefiting from
that we do some buggy stuff with. I’ve been
“Willy and Steffen did an
thrilled to introduce more disincredible job with him,” said
ciplines to the kids.”
Lourie, Greenwood Village,
As far as Prince is conColo. “We think he had some
cerned, Lourie has no intenissues in his life that no one
tions of selling the talented
knows about, and it’s been fun
gelding.
to see him blossom. His whole
“I joke that when he turns
demeanor has calmed down
20 he’s my horse,” she said
since he’s been with us. He’s
with a laugh. “I’ll be his
such a majestic horse, and he’s
retirement rider. He’s just an
been a blast to own.”
amazing guy with an incrediLourie bought Prince with
ble attitude.”
the hope that he will become
her daughter Victoria FerH Umeeko Is On Fire
nalld’s young rider horse and
Michelle Reilly wasn’t sure
has kept him in work with
how Umeeko would perform
Doelling to give him some
in the open Prix St. Georges
more miles in the ring. Ferchampionship test. The class
nalld has been competing at
went on Sunday, the last day
fourth level and Prix St.
of the GAIG/USDF Region 5
Georges and won the junior/
Championships.
young rider fourth level cham“It was his third day of
pionship (59.87%) and the
showing and he really over
open fourth level freestyle
Umeeko and Michelle Reilly scored 68.15 percent to win their Prix St.
tries, so he was pretty tired by
championship (62.50%)
Georges test at the Great American/USDF Region 5 Championships.
Sunday,” said Reilly, Scottsaboard O’Neal.
dale, Ariz. “But he was much
“The goal is for Victoria to
more relaxed and put in a clean test.”
the atmosphere at Lourie’s farm, where the
begin showing Prince this coming sumWhile Reilly, 29, would have liked more
horses enjoy ample turn out and lots of
mer,” said Doelling. “She’s a great kid and
quality in his gaits, something she has
attention from the young riders.
is only 15 so she has the world ahead of
been working on with the 8-year-old Dutch
“We have tons of small children who
her. The plan is that we will both show
Warmblood, she was pleased with their
you’ll find sitting in the bleachers with
him, but I’m going to wait and see where
68.15 percent and championship win.
Prince’s head in their laps,” said Doelling
the transition leads. We want to keep him
“Now I need to get the relaxation I got
with a smile. “He’s fondly referred to as the
fresh in the ring.”
on Sunday with the energy of the first two
largest puppy on the place.”
days,” she said with a laugh.
While Prince is the star of Lourie’s
H Promoting Youth
Umeeko (Goodlord—Otilinda), owned
farm, she has about 25 horses that live
Prince is Doelling’s first Grand Prix partby Reilly’s parents, George and Sharon
there. About 16 of them are hers, and she
ner. She started her career in horses at age
Roberts, was doing second level when
leases the majority of them to the children
12 and discovered her love for dressage
Reilly got him as a 7-year-old. She’s been
who ride and train with Doelling and
while competing in eventing.
bringing him up the levels with the help of
Perkins.
“The older I got the bigger the jumps
Axel Steiner.
“One of my passions is promoting dresgot and the less I was attracted to go over
“He’s a little powerhouse and has a
sage for youth,” said Lourie. “It’s such a
them,” she said with a laugh.
very compact body style,” said Reilly. “He’s
meticulous sport that it’s easy to become
While horses were always a part of her
good at his pirouettes and his changes, and
discouraged, and I would love to see more
life, until recently she made her living in
he’s a little fireball for sure. He’s a good
rewards for the younger kids.”
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D R ESSAG E
boy, and I’m really happy I get to ride him.”
Reilly, who trains out of Mountain
View Dressage, hopes to compete in the
developing horse classes with Umeeko
next year and eventually move him up to
Grand Prix. She has been riding for 15
years and running her own business for
three years.
OPEN SHOW
▲ Open Trg., T. 1 - 1. Monteserrat, S. Cunningham, 66.52%;
“He’s a little fireball
for sure.”
—Michelle Reilly
“I got started in riding because I was
on a bike ride and saw people taking lessons and thought it looked fun,” she said.
“My first dressage horse I took from training level to Grand Prix, and he’s retired
and still with me. I think dressage is what
I’ll be doing for the rest of my life.”
Reilly runs a small-scale operation, consisting of only 15 stalls, but she is a onewoman band and does all of the training
and lessons herself. In addition to Umeeko,
she has three other horses of her own.
“It’s nice to be able to pay full attention
to my clients,” she said of her business. “I
have pretty loyal clients, and I’m proud of
them. We train year round, which is tough
because it gets hot in the summer.”
Reilly utilizes their covered arena and
early morning rides, as well as lots of cold
hosing. She also has misters and evaporation coolers installed in her barn to keep
the horses comfortable during the hot
summer days.
“The horses really tolerate it well;
they’re tough,” she said with a smile. “I
wouldn’t be able to do it any other way. I
think the cold is a lot more work!”
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–OCT. 16-18.
JUDGES: Vicky Stashuk-Matisi, Natalie Lamping, Anita Owen,
Marlene Schneider, William Solyntjes.
▲ Open Trg. - 1. Hermes, C. Chandler, 71.40%; 2.
Dostojewski SF, P. Warlimont, 70.20; 3. Heide, L. Carpenter,
68.60. ▲ A/A Trg. - 1. Daxia, H. Dietz, 70.60; 2. Mister Royal,
T. Muller, 68.60; 3. Wendo, K. Lorenzen, 66.40. ▲ Open 1st
Level - 1. Hyperion SF, P. Warlimont, 69.73; 2. Lyric Of
Latimer, M. Reilly, 69.60; 3. Rubecca, S. Leahey, 68.28.
▲ A/A 1st Level - 1. Augustine, B. Berry, 66.97; 2. Plato En
Rouge, L. McKinney, 65.92; 3. Daxia, 63.68. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st
Level - 1. HH Valentino, S. Johnson, 66.31; 2. Final Fantasy,
C. McMillon, 64.34. ▲ Open 2nd Level - 1. Welkin, S. Busley,
68.09; 2. Wysteria Giana, M. Reilly, 67.14; 3. Hessel Fan’T
Haskerfjild, J.L.P. Soto, 65.95. ▲ A/A 2nd Level - 1.
Donzearlylite, T. Nolan, 62.26; 2. Strike Back, K. Lampert,
60.00; 3. Cagney, M. Baca, 57.85. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 2nd Level - 1.
Phoenix, J. Farr, 62.85; 2. Passhaw, C. McPeak, 61.07.
▲ Open 3rd Level - 1. Carismo, P. Warlimont, 70.81; 2.
Wysteria Giana, 70.00; 3. PS Shadow Dancer, J. Renner,
67.90. ▲ A/A 3rd Level - 1. Navarelle, O. Koch, 63.14; 2. Van
Gogh, R. Grover, 61.04. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 3rd Level - 1. Uoeri, M.
Birch, 64.41. ▲ Open 4th Level - 1. Peppermint Patty, K.
Hanseth, 65.12; 2. Macho, A. Hayes, 60.48. ▲ A/A 4th Level
- 1. Luther, A. Glenn, 62.31. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 4th Level - 1. O’Neal,
V. Fernalld, 59.87. ▲ Open PSG - 1. Umeeko, M. Reilly,
68.15; 2. Strauss, C. Jackson, 64.73; 3. Genuine Gem, C.
Jackson, 62.63. ▲ Jr./Y.R. PSG - 1. Viking, C. Benson, 66.31;
2. Cristofori, C. Benson, 64.34; 3. O’Neal, 59.47. ▲ Open Int.
I - 1. Billy Bell, K. Wysocki, 70.13; 2. Strauss, 67.63; 3. Eeltsje
F., N. Gluesenkamp, 66.71. ▲ A/A Int. I - 1. Wonderboy, A.
Bershad, 62.23; 2. Alleluiah, T. Marshall, 60.78. ▲ Jr./Y.R.
Int. I - 1. Forest, T. Busch, 54.86. ▲ Int. II - 1. Oryko, P.
Warlimont, 58.15. ▲ Grand Prix - 1. Prince, A. Doelling,
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66.59; 2. Red Adair, K. Wysocki, 66.06; 3. Superman, G.
Schneidman, 61.38. ▲ 1st Level Freestyle - 1. Plato En
Rouge, 67.50; 2. Angelique, P. Milnor, 64.89; 3. Falcao, E.
Glass, 58.64. ▲ 3rd Level Freestyle - 1. Beaumont, K.
Lindberg, 64.06. ▲ 4th Level Freestyle - 1. O’Neal, 62.50; 2.
Mason, D. Price, 55.72. ▲ Int. I Freestyle - 1. Forest, 64.75.
▲ Grand Prix Freestyle - 1. Catano, G. Slavinskas, 66.37; 2.
Prince, 65.37; 3. Najinska, S. Dahmer, 58.25. ▲ USEF Medal
Semi-Finals, 14-18 - 1. C. McMillon, 76.00; 2. C. McPeak,
69.00; 3. S. Johnson, 68.00.
2. Dostojewski SF, P. Warlimont, 64.56; 3. Bergren, L. Apfel,
64.56. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 1 - 1. Orca, K. Boyle, 69.56; 2. Khumran,
M. Riegger, 60.21; 3. Windsor Court, K. Bovee, 58.91. ▲ Open
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Hermes, C. Chandler, 71.40; 2. Shine On Titan’s
Silver, T. Kerwin, 69.80; 3. Pia, S. Cunningham, 65.20. ▲ A/A
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Wendo, K. Lorenzen, 71.20; 2. Goldika, K. Earl,
65.40; 3. Red Hawk’s Harmony, J. Kimmell, 64.60. ▲ Open
1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Lyric Of Latimer, M. Reilly, 69.16; 2. Heide,
L. Carpenter, 66.16; 3. Rasputin, J.L.P. Soto, 63.66. ▲ A/A 1st
Level, T. 1 - 1. Colorado Skrodstrup, C. Severns, 65.16; 2.
Khatrina WHF, M. Riegger, 61.16; 3. Mister Royal, T. Muller,
58.50. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Final Fantasy, C.
McMillon, 57.16. ▲ Open 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Hyperion SF, P.
Warlimont, 71.14; 2. Zelissa, C. Jackson, 69.85. ▲ A/A 1st
Level, T. 3 - 1. Winsome Dancer, V. Eisenhauer, 60.57.
▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Final Fantasy, 56.00. ▲ Open
2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Zilker, L. Apfel, 66.84. ▲ A/A 2nd Level,
T. 1 - 1. Donzearlylite, T. Nolan, 62.76; 2. Strike Back, K.
Lampert, 60.65; 3. Colorado Skrodstrup, 60.13. ▲ Jr./Y.R.
2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Uoeri, M. Birch, 65.00. ▲ Open 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. Voltaire, K. Lencyk, 64.76; 2. Aragon, K. Elsner,
63.92; 3. CF Angioletta, C. Chandler, 62.85. ▲ A/A 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. Donnerwolke, G. Suttles, 60.47; 2. Strike Back,
59.16; 3. Angelique, P. Milnor, 57.14. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 2nd Level, T.
4 - 1. Phoenix, J. Farr, 63.21. ▲ Open 3rd Level, T. 1 - 1.
Wysteria Giana, M. Reilly, 69.35; 2. W Gangster Girl, M. Reilly,
66.02; 3. Titanya, T. Kerwin, 65.89. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 1 - 1.
Navarelle, O. Koch, 59.74; 2. Ami, C. Feakes, 57.17; 3. Vini Vidi
Vici, T. Goers, 52.30. ▲ Open 4th Level, T. 3 - 1. Peppermint
Patty, K. Hanseth, 64.75. ▲ A/A 4th Level, T. 3 - 1. Luther, A.
Glenn, 61.58. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 4th Level, T. 3 - 1. O’Neal, V. Fernalld,
63.41; 2. Viking, C. Benson, 61.58. ▲ Open PSG - 1. Strauss,
C. Jackson, 65.65; 2. Macho, A. Hayes, 59.07; 3. Kolany, G.
Aycock, 58.15. ▲ Open Int. I - 1. Eeltsje F., N. Gluesenkamp,
67.50; 2. Umeeko, M. Reilly, 65.65; 3. Genuine Gem, C.
Jackson, 63.28. ▲ A/A Int. I - 1. Wonderboy, A. Bershad,
64.60; 2. Alleluiah, T. Marshall, 58.94. ▲ Open FEI TOC - 1.
Superman, G. Schneidman, 61.91. ▲ Grand Prix - 1. Prince,
A. Doelling, 62.34; 2. Fantasia, K. Lencyk, 56.91. ▲ Open Trg.,
T. 2 - 1. Bergren, 72.85; 2. Allianda, L. Apfel, 70.00; 3. Mysti,
S. Cunningham, 68.21. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 2 - 1. Windsor Court,
62.50; 2. Khumran, 57.32. ▲ Open Trg., T. 4 - 1. Sirdare, K.
Hain, 71.20; 2. Monteserrat, 70.40; 3. Pia, 65.20. ▲ A/A Trg.,
T. 4 - 1. Money Spinner, D. Delayo, 67.20; 2. Windsor Court,
59.20; 3. Af The Magician, J. Wilkowski, 52.00. ▲ Open 1st
Level, T. 2 - 1. Rasputin, 65.00. ▲ Open 1st Level, T. 4 - 1.
Hyperion SF, 73.02; 2. Zelissa, 71.71; 3. Shine On Titan’s
Silver, 63.94. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Daxia, H. Dietz, 66.31;
2. Plato En Rouge, L. McKinney, 63.28; 3. Colorado
Skrodstrup, 61.05. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Final Fantasy,
64.21. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1. The Major, K. Brown,
60.27. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1. Colorado Skrodstrup,
58.64; 2. Angelique, 58.37; 3. Heritage, D. Wuerz, 54.59.
▲ Jr./Y.R. 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1. Zahrefox, S. Johnson, 56.21.
▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Dyami, K. Lencyk, 65.83; 2.
Bregolas, K. Hain, 64.52; 3. Warlock, J.L.P. Soto, 62.26.
▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Donnerwolke, 69.28; 2.
Angelique, 58.69; 3. Vini Vidi Vici, 57.02. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. HH Valentino, S. Johnson, 57.73; 2. Zahrefox,
54.76. ▲ Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Matinee SF, P. Warlimont,
67.67; 2. W Gangster Girl, 64.53; 3. BCM Unforgettablee, A.
Doelling, 62.79. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Navarelle, 62.32;
2. Ami, 57.67; 3. Van Gogh, R. Grover, 55.81. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 3rd
Level, T. 3 - 1. Uoeri, 66.74. ▲ Open 4th Level, T. 1 - 1. B
Titans Image, T. Kerwin, 65.81; 2. Titanya, 65.00; 3. PS
Shadow Dancer, J. Renner, 64.65. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 4th Level, T. 1 1. Cristofori, C. Benson, 60.11. ▲ Open PSG - 1. Kolany,
60.52; 2. Golden Gift, A. Doelling, 57.10. ▲ Jr./Y.R. PSG - 1.
Mason, D. Price, 58.15. ▲ Open FEI TOC - 1. Serious Hit, G.
Needles, 58.81. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 3 - 1. Orca, 68.80; 2. Windsor
Court, 61.20. ▲ Open Trg., T. 4 - 1. Sirdare, 68.20; 2. Pia,
66.80; 3. Monteserrat, 66.40. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 4 - 1. Money
Spinner, 66.80; 2. Orca, 66.20; 3. Red Hawk’s Harmony,
65.80. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Khatrina WHF, 62.71.
▲ Open 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Zelissa, 70.78; 2. Wonton, K. Hain,
67.89. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Goldika, 61.84; 2. Havana, L.
Larsen, 59.86; 3. Mister Royal, 57.63. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 3 1. Vini Vidi Vici, 62.44; 2. Cagney, M. Baca, 60.46. ▲ Jr./Y.R.
2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. Zahrefox, 52.32. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 4 1. Bregolas, 64.76; 2. Warlock, 64.52. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 2nd Level, T. 4
- 1. Zahrefox, 59.76. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 2 - 1. McLean, J.
Cannerelli, 58.33. ▲ Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. McLite, L. Ogden,
64.07. ▲ Open 4th Level, T. 3 - 1. Peppermint Patty,
Cedar Run Horse Center
WOODBRIDGE, VA–JULY 25.
▲ Intro. Level, T. A - 1. Calvin Klein, D. Hart, 66.00%; 2.
Whipp Hancock Patriot, P. Guastello, 65.50; 3. Huggie Bear,
M.K. Fisher, 65.00. ▲ Intro. Level, T. B - 1. Ultan Interagro, L.
Harrell, 68.00; 2. Whipp Hancock Patriot, 67.50; 3. Tie, Nova
Dair, B. Davis & Huggie Bear, 66.50. ▲ Beg. Nov. - 1. Bring
The Heat Pete, M. Cotton, 38.40. ▲ Nov. - 1. Oh So Extreme,
L. Berreth, 34.00. ▲ Nov. - 1. Oh So Extreme, 34.70. ▲ 2nd
Level, T. 1 - 1. Herbstnacht, A. Ames, 58.68. ▲ 2nd Level, T.
2 - 1. Jono, C. Brown, 64.86. ▲ 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. In Like
Finn, L. Katz, 64.88. ▲ 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Herbstnacht, 61.67;
2. In Like Finn, 59.67. ▲ Trg., T. 1 - 1. Built Fjord Tuf, T. Martin,
61.74; 2. Bring The Heat Pete, 60.43; 3. Blue Belle, S. Ralston,
60.00. ▲ Trg., T. 2 - 1. L H Jitterbug, C. Firebaugh, 67.50; 2.
Blue Belle, 63.57; 3. Built Fjord Tuf, 62.50. ▲ Trg., T. 3 - 1. O
Jackie, D. Bliesner, 68.00; 2. Ironwood Blitzen, D. Phillips,
66.80; 3. Custers Run, J. Binder, 64.40. ▲ Trg., T. 4 - 1. L H
Jitterbug, 68.00; 2. Ironwood Blitzen, 65.20; 3. O Jackie,
64.40. ▲ 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Ming Dynasty III, S. Morrison,
62.33; 2. Morning Glory’s Waterfall, K. Hutchins, 62.00. ▲ 1st
Level, T. 2 - 1. Ming Dynasty III, 65.00; 2. Spectacular, L. Celia,
62.50; 3. Morning Glory’s Waterfall, 60.83. ▲ 1st Level, T. 3
- 1. Holley Four Barrell, P. Morris, 66.86; 2. Spectacular,
64.00; 3. Proud Mary, S. Schardein, 60.86. ▲ 1st Level, T. 4 1. Holley Four Barrell, 65.26; 2. Proud Mary, 63.16.
Dressage At Wisconsin
Equestrian Center
DEPERE, WI–JULY 25-26.
JUDGES: Paramjeet Chopra, Marie Johnson, Marlene
Schneider.
▲ Intro. Level, T. A - 1. Saphira BR, D. Anderson, 63.00%.
▲ Intro, Level, T. B - 1. Grande Surf, B. Billings, 66.00; 2.
Saphira BR, 60.00. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 1 - 1. Siebren, P. Roberts,
71.30. ▲ Open Trg., T. 1 - 1. Garbeau, J. Bender, 67.39; 2.
Voila, J. Leuck-Waak, 66.08; 3. Desiderius, N. Perret, 63.91.
▲ A/A Trg., T. 2 - 1. Siebren, 71.07. ▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 2 - 1.
Too Neet To Fleet, S. Nelson, 73.57. ▲ Open Trg., T. 2 - 1.
Desiderius, 70.35; 2. Voila, 59.64. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 3 - 1. Willy,
C. Walbrun, 71.60; 2. Vixen MC, A. Schwartz, 62.80.
▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 3 - 1. Too Neet To Fleet, 69.20. ▲ A/A
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Jigalo Pgca, A. Weisenberger, 68.80; 2. Don
Giovanni, C. Doede, 68.00; 3. Authentic Music, M. Fisher,
66.80. ▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 4 - 1. CH Divina, C. Akavickas,
69.20; 2. Too Neet To Fleet, 65.60. ▲ Open Trg., T. 4 - 1.
Radison, J. Collins, 71.20; 2. Desiderius, 70.40; 3. Garbeau,
62.40. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. All Decked Out, S. Doede,
62.33; 2. Elfin Magix Bandero, A. Anderson, 62.00.
▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Tuxedo ‘N Onyx, K. Haen,
64.33; 2. VVF Pride & Joy, L. Gill, 61.33. ▲ AA 1st Level, T.
2 - 1. Thor, D. Anderson, 65.27; 2. Elfin Magix Bandero,
61.11. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 2 - 1. Tenor De Negrito, J.
Zimmermann, 68.33; 2. Tuxedo ‘N Onyx, 63.61; 3. WP
Shainon, C. Kucera, 60.27. ▲ 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Willy, A.
Haen, 67.71; 2. WP Shainon, 64.57. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 4 1. On Holy Wings, M. Deneys, 67.89; 2. Jigalo Pgca, 63.68;
3. Thor, 63.15. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Tenor De
Negrito, 64.47; 2. Willy, 61.84; 3. CH Divina, 61.84. ▲ Open
1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Radison, 65.00; 2. Rhianna BR, J. Bender,
60.26. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Nakota’s Black Durango,
B. Jacques, 65.78; 2. On Holy Wings, 59.47. ▲ Open 2nd
Level, T. 1 - 1. Rhianna BR, 64.47. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 2
- 1. Flying W Farms Prince Sultani, B. Pendleton, 66.48.
▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1. Larhaven Afortunado, M. Affeldt,
61.89. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. Priority Male, S.
Eckelkamp, 63.95; 2. Larhaven Afortunado, 55.81. ▲ Open
2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. Reminisce, J. Watson, 60.93. ▲ A/A 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. FF Miko, K. Forseth, 48.33. ▲ Open 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. Ate Vander M, A. Zaharias, 69.76; 2. Arcangel,
T. Vernon, 69.52; 3. Flying W Farms Prince Sultani, 65.95.
▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 1 - 1. Twister, B. Smith, 57.69. ▲ Open
3rd Level, T. 1 - 1. Celtics Whisper, T. Foster, 63.33; 2. Gentil
Mor I, J. Bender, 61.02. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Isabella,
T. Horn, 58.83; 2. Dartanya, M. Yeager, 57.67; 3. Montaire, J.
Blahnik, 56.27. ▲ Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Celtics Whisper,
62.79; 2. Wynter, A. Zaharias, 61.86; 3. Ate Vander M, 59.53.
▲ 4th Level, T. 1 - 1. Wynter, 58.14. ▲ 4th Level, T. 2 - 1.
Stone Skipper, D. Hanson, 58.86. ▲ PSG - 1. Fantastico, C.
Seiler, 55.26; 2. Bokken, P. Pratt, 54.73. ▲ Int. I - 1. Lu
Carlos, T. Vernon, 67.63. ▲ Int. II - 1. Quartz 5, D. Landwehr,
62.63. ▲ Jr./Y.R. Intro. Level, T. A - 1. Furia, A. Schwartz,
65.50. ▲ A/A Intro. Level, T. A - 1. Saphira BR, 61.00.
▲ A/A Intro. Level, T. B - 1. Grande Surf, 68.50; 2. Saphira
BR, 59.00. ▲ Jr./Y.R. Intro. Level, T. B - 1. Furia, 63.00.
▲ Open Trg., T. 1 - 1. Desiderius, 65.21; 2. Voila, 63.47.
▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 1 - 1. Davido’s Duchess, A. Schwartz,
62.17. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 2 - 1. Siebren, 71.07. ▲ Jr./Y.R Trg., T.
2 - 1. Davido’s Duchess, 64.28. ▲ Open Trg., T. 2 - 1.
Desiderius, 68.57; 2. Garbeau, 66.07. ▲ Trg., T. 3 - 1.
Siebren, 69.20; 2. Willy, 65.60; 3. Vixen MC, 61.20. ▲ A/A
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Willy, 70.00; 2. Vixen MC, 68.80; 3. Don
Giovanni, 67.60. ▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 4 - 1. CH Divina, 72.00.
D R ESSAG E
▲ Open Trg., T. 4 - 1. Radison, 72.00; 2. Garbeau, 66.00; 3.
Desiderius, 64.00. ▲ 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Elfin Magix
Bandero, 64.00; 2. All Decked Out, 53.66. ▲ 1st Level, T. 2
- 1. Thor, 67.50; 2. Exceptional Result, S. Eckelkamp, 65.83;
3. Elfin Magix Bandero, 61.38. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 3 - 1.
Exceptional Result, 66.85. ▲ Jr./Y.R 1st Level, T. 3 - 1.
Tenor De Negrito, 63.42. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. On Holy
Wings, 66.31; 2. Thor, 65.00; 3. Nakota’s Black Durango,
62.89. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. CH Divina, 65.52; 2.
Tenor De Negrito, 62.89. ▲ Open 1st Level, T. 4 - 1.
Radison, 67.36; 2. Rhianna BR, 65.00. ▲ 2nd Level, T. 1 - 1.
Nakota’s Black Durango, 67.89; 2. On Holy Wings, 61.31; 3.
Dreamweaver’s Quest, M. Fisher, 57.89. ▲ A/A 2nd Level,
T. 2 - 1. Larhaven Afortunado, 62.70. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T.
2 - 1. Flying W Farms Prince Sultani, 62.16; 2. Rhianna BR,
61.89. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. Priority Male, 61.86; 2.
Larhaven Afortunado, 57.44. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Reminisce, 50.00. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. FF
Miko, 54.52. ▲ Open 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Ate Vander M,
67.61; 2. Reminisce, 67.14; 3. Gentil Mor I, 65.71. ▲ 3rd
Level, T. 1 - 1. Celtics Whisper, 57.69. ▲ Open 3rd Level, T.
2 - 1. Gentil Mor I, 63.59. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 2 - 1. Twister,
60.25; 2. Priority Male, 59.23. ▲ A/A 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Isabella, 64.88; 2. Dartanya, 60.23; 3. Twister, 54.88.
▲ Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Ate Vander M, 66.74; 2. Wynter,
59.53; 3. Celtics Whisper, 55.81. ▲ 4th Level, T. 1 - 1.
Wynter, 64.65. ▲ 4th Level, T. 2 - 1. Stone Skipper, 57.27.
▲ PSG - 1. Bokken, 66.57; 2. Fantastico, 61.84. ▲ Int. I - 1.
Quartz 5, 72.10.
NCDCTA Summertime Blues
WILLIAMSTON, NC–JULY 25-26.
JUDGES: Gretchen Verbonic, Barbara Wiefelstede.
▲ Trg., T. 1 - 1. Voziena, H. Scherzer, 75.65%. ▲ Trg., T. 2 1. Dexter S, D. Rowland, 69.64; 2. Wizard, L. Read, 66.78; 3.
Siam, P. Farless, 61.42. ▲ BLM Qual. Trg., T. 3 - 1.
Concertina, R. Hall, 69.60; 2. Rokstarr, D. Hoberecht, 66.80;
3. Nikolai, T. Beckham, 64.80. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Dexter S, 73.20; 2. FYTO, A. Nordin, 72.80; 3.
Voziena, 72.40. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A/Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 4 1. Shania Aglow, M. Blaik, 70.40; 2. Concertina, 68.80; 3.
Revlon, L. Truess, 68.00. ▲ 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Rioja Reserva,
G. Fleming, 70.33; 2. Hiver, M. Folden, 66.33; 3. Dancin On
Air, S. Mankel, 60.66. ▲ 1st Level, T. 2 - 1. Ideal’s Diamond,
C. Griffiths, 58.88; 2. Farina V.V., K. Daniel, 57.22; 3. My Lady,
A. Nordin, 56.66. ▲ BLM Qual. 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Louis IV,
A. Ruting, 72.00; 2. FYTO, 67.71; 3. HC Sangria, B.
Hedgepeth, 63.71. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1.
HC Sangria, 64.21; 2. Ideal’s Diamond, 61.84; 3. Louis IV,
59.47. ▲ 2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Zefirelli, S. Remondini, 66.31;
2. Lance, A. Batten, 62.63; 3. Sol Do Vouga, K. Watts, 60.52.
▲ 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1. Sol Do Vouga, 62.97; 2. Allegro, M.D.
Boyle, 58.10; 3. Van De Pluum, K. Daniel, 57.29. ▲ BLM
Qual. 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1. Balihi, J. Mumford, 59.53; 2.
Danali, B. Barritt, 59.07; 3. Allegro, 57.90. ▲ GAIG/USDF
Qual. 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Zefirelli, 64.52; 2. Rambius, R.
Nelles, 64.28; 3. Solitare, E. Stovall, 64.04. ▲ 3rd Level, T. 1
- 1. Vico, L. Pendleton, 62.82; 2. Timo, D. Louisiana, 55.89;
3. Trigger, A. Ruting, 53.84. ▲ BLM Qual. 3rd Level, T. 2 - 1.
Menzel 2, L. Kinney, 65.64; 2. Trigger, 61.02; 3. Idolace, K.
Kerin, 56.66. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Bordelleaux, B. Gibson, 60.93; 2. Minerva, S. Wiedman,
58.37; 3. Vico, 57.20. ▲ 4th Level, T. 1 - 1. Duelligan, L.
Tomlinson, 60.69; 2. Don Lectron, M. Sandberg, 55.81.
▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. PSG - 1. Godfather, K. Beccera,
62.89; 2. Tia-Maria, S. Calabro, 52.36; 3. Zhivago, E. Mullen,
50.26. ▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. Int. I - 1. Rytmik, R.
Nelles, 72.63. ▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. USDF Freestyle
TOC - 1. Groms’ Galena, D. Basta, 53.75.
▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. FEI Freestyle TOC - 1. Montreal,
M. Spalding, 64.25. ▲ USEF 4-Yr.-Old Test - 1. Belisari VT, M.
Folden, 54.00. ▲ FEI PE TOC - 1. Hiver, D. Stanitski, 74.54.
▲ Materiale 3-, 4- & 5-Yr.-Old C/S/G - 1. Amazing, M.
Folden, 71.50. ▲ Trg., T. 1 - 1. Dexter S, 73.04; 2. Don
Valentino, S. Cunningham, 67.82. ▲ Trg., T. 2 - 1. Siam,
64.28. ▲ BLM Qual. Trg., T. 3 - 1. Concertina, 70.00; 2.
Revlon, 69.20; 3. Nikolai, 68.00. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open
Trg., T. 4 - 1. PAA Nick At Night, A. Griner, 65.20; 2. Voziena,
64.40; 3. Belisari VT, 64.40. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A/Jr./Y.R.
Trg., T. 4 - 1. Concertina, 66.40; 2. No Doubt, M. Chamberlain,
60.00; 3. Siam, 59.20. ▲ 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Hiver, 64.66; 2.
No Doubt, 60.00; 3. Ericsson, P. Salter, 53.66. ▲ 1st Level, T.
2 - 1. My Lady, 65.00; 2. Farina V.V., 62.22; 3. Descarte, L.
Langenhennig, 61.38. ▲ BLM Qual. 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Louis
IV, 69.14; 2. FYTO, 64.28; 3. Brocken, D. Hoberecht, 61.71.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Louis IV, 67.63; 2.
Ideal’s Diamond, 62.36; 3. Lance, 58.42. ▲ 2nd Level, T. 2 1. Van De Pluum, 58.37; 2. Allegro, 56.75. ▲ Dover Medal
BLM Qual. 2nd Level, T . 3 - 1. Danali, 65.34; 2. Rioja
Reserva, 62.09; 3. Balihi, 58.83. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 2nd
Level, T. 4 - 1. Rambius, 70.95; 2. Solitare, 70.00; 3. Zefirelli,
61.42. ▲ 3rd Level, T. 1 - 1. Vico, 63.59; 2. Timo, 63.07; 3.
Trigger, 61.53. ▲ BLM Qual. 3rd Level, T. 2 - 1. Vico, 62.05;
2. Idolace, 60.76; 3. Trigger, 59.48. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 3rd
Level, T. 3 - 1. Minerva, 66.27; 2. Duelligan, 64.41; 3. Murano,
K. Gubar, 60.93. ▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. PSG - 1. Rytmik,
73.68; 2. Godfather, 63.68; 3. Tia-Maria, 50.26.
▲ BLM/GAIG/USDF Qual. Int. I - 1. Montreal, 53.15.
▲ USEF 4-Yr.-Old Test - 1. Belisari VT, 64.00. ▲ FEI PE TOC
- 1. Hiver, 67.27. ▲ Materiale 3-, 4- & 5-Yr.-Old C/S/G - 1.
Amazing, 74.40.
GHF Summer Dressage
CONYERS, GA–AUG. 1-2.
JUDGES: Kem Barbosa, Barbara Ebner.
▲ Green Horse Trg., T. 1 - 1. Mogidashu, C. Humphries,
76.95%. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 1 - 1. Alexis Acres Wrightly So, S.
Birkinshaw, 64.78; 2. La Fleur Elite, G. Lambros, 60.00.
▲ Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 3 - 1. Danté, K. Jarrett, 61.20. ▲ Open Trg.,
T. 3 - 1. Mogidashu, 75.20. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A Trg., T.
4 - 1. Some Enchanted Eve, J. Fowler, 66.00; 2. Manhattan’s
Review, R. Babcock, 64.80; 3. Alexis Acres Wrightly So, 63.20.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 4 - 1. Stellar Hit, V. Lvova,
76.40; 2. Ravino, T. Laney, 69.20; 3. Samson, D. Eckley, 64.40.
▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Some Enchanted Eve, 63.33; 2.
Tahoe, M. Brase, 61.66. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Ravino,
65.33; 2. Catcher In The Rye, K. Geddes, 64.00; 3. Samson,
58.00. ▲ 1st Level, T. 3 - 1. Ginnetts Manricko, C. Cadier,
66.57. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Tahoe,
66.05. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Stellar
Hit, 74.47; 2. Nintendo, M. Hamilton, 68.42; 3. Catcher In The
Rye, 62.63. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open 1st Level, T. 4 - 1.
Vienna, M. Frankel, 59.73. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Esker
Riada, C. Cadier, 63.68; 2. Lager, P. Lambros, 60.52. ▲ Open
2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Vienna, 57.36. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Lager, 65.11; 2. Ard Celtic Art, D. Miller, 64.41; 3. Marty, A. Jett,
61.39. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Lathirus, M.
Hense, 65.23; 2. Marty, 64.76. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R.
2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Nintendo, 65.47. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual.
Open 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1. Chapman, W. Schnittjer, 66.42.
▲ 3rd Level, T. 1 - 1. Ard Celtic Art, 61.53. ▲ 3rd Level, T. 2
- 1. Tornado, J.B. Souther, 64.61. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R.
3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Taffada, A. Knisely, 61.62. ▲ GAIG/USDF
Qual. Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Amaretto, C. Hamilton, 64.88.
▲ A/A 4th Level, T. 1 - 1. Piaff II, M. Hense, 57.44. ▲ Jr./Y.R.
4th Level, T. 1 - 1. Taffada, 64.88. ▲ Open 4th Level, T. 1 - 1.
Odysseus, K. Redmond, 70.69. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 4th
Level, T. 3 - 1. Pardoes, D. Cravey, 60.97. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual.
2nd Level Freestyle - 1. Rave Review, M. Cool, 66.87.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open PSG - 1. Odysseus, 66.57; 2.
Neron 2, J.B. Souther, 63.94. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A PSG -
1. Kontessa, C. Scotch, 62.89; 2. Reba McIntyre, P. Borders,
59.73. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open Int. I - 1. Lou Bega, A.
Manos, 64.21. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A Int. I - 1. Weltheir, S.
Lee, 62.36. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open Int. II - 1. Plato Carlos,
S. Osborn, 68.15. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A Int. II - 1. Abahn,
N. Long, 55.52. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Grand Prix - 1.
Oleander, A. Lastowka, 64.68; 2. Hera, C. Phillips, 60.21; 3.
Wonderboy, C. Meyers, 59.36. ▲ Intro. Level, T. A - 1. A Cash
Vantage, M. Williams, 69.00. ▲ Intro. Level, T. B - 1. A Cash
Vantage, 68.50. ▲ Green Horse Trg., T. 2 - 1. Mogidashu,
74.28. ▲ A/A Trg., T. 2 - 1. Alexis Acres Wrightly So, 61.42.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A Trg., T. 4 - 1. Manhattan’s Review,
60.80; 2. Alexis Acres Wrightly So, 60.40. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual.
Jr./Y.R. Trg., T. 4 - 1. Stellar Hit, 67.60; 2. Ravino, 67.20; 3.
Samson, 65.20. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open Trg., T. 4 - 1.
Mogidashu, 70.40. ▲ A/A 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Lager, 71.66.
▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 1 - 1. Samson, 60.33. ▲ A/A 1st Level,
T. 2 - 1. Tahoe, 59.72. ▲ Jr./Y.R. 1st Level, T. 2 - 1. Catcher In
The Rye, 63.05; 2. Ravino, 60.27. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A
1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Tahoe, 59.73. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R.
1st Level, T. 4 - 1. Nintendo, 65.26; 2. Catcher In The Rye,
60.00. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 1 - 1. Lager, 60.00. ▲ Open 2nd
Level, T. 1 - 1. Vienna, 60.78. ▲ A/A 2nd Level, T. 2 - 1.
Marty, 62.70. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A 2nd Level, T. 4 - 1.
Marty, 64.28. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y.R. 2nd Level, T. 4 1. Nintendo, 60.71. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open 2nd Level, T.
4 - 1. Chapman, 65.71. ▲ 3rd Level, T. 2 - 1. Tornado, 64.87.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1. Donovan, M.
Futral, 64.88. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Jr./Y/R. 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Taffada, 61.86. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open 3rd Level, T. 3 - 1.
Amaretto, 62.79. ▲ 4th Level, T. 1 - 1. Rago Des Fontaines, A.
Lastowka, 70.46; 2. Odysseus, 66.97. ▲ 4th Level, T. 2 - 1.
Donovan, 58.18. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 4th Level, T. 3 - 1.
Pardoes, 54.87. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. 2nd Level Freestyle - 1.
Rave Review, 67.70. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open PSG - 1.
Odysseus, 71.84; 2. Neron 2, 61.31. ▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A
PSG - 1. Kontessa, 62.89; 2. Reba McIntyre, 56.84.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Open Int. I - 1. Lou Bega, 67.10.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. A/A Int. I - 1. Weltheir, 59.47.
▲ GAIG/USDF Qual. Int. II - 1. Plato Carlos, 68.42.
▲ GAIG/USDF Grand Prix - 1. Oleander, 72.97; 2.
Wonderboy, 61.91; 3. Abahn, 61.27.
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EVENTING
Good For Me Is Good For Wallace At Hagyard Midsouth CCI*
The spooky Thoroughbred grows up on course.
Alexandra Beckstett
“I call him Goody Monster, because
he’s the farthest thing from a monster,”
said Wallace. “But we also call him BooBoo Bear, because he has to be in bubble
wrap. He’s the type of horse that is always
in the wrong situation at the wrong time.
We’re trying to develop a “Goody armor”
for him, because if there’s a way for him to
get hurt, get a nick or a scratch or something, he will.”
“He’s not your typical
Thoroughbred. You’ve
got to rev up the engine
a little bit, but that’s my
favorite type of ride.”
Case in point, Goody promptly threw
both front shoes at the beginning of the
steeplechase phase of the Midsouth CCI
but finished clean, fast, and sound nonetheless, in part thanks to the rain-soaked
soft ground.
Wallace chose to run the gelding in
the long format to help him become
more experienced on the cross-country
course.
“He’s a little spooky at some stuff and a
little silly on cross-country, so it helped
him be a bit more forward. It really helped
iron out the kinks and season him a little,”
she said.
Wallace admitted that Goody is still
green and has his quirks, but his talent is
undeniable. She hopes he’s her next up-
—Elisa Wallace
(J. Trout/Xpress Foto Photo)
SLOW, SPOOKY and accident-prone,
Good For Me may not sound like your typical event horse, but Elisa Wallace revved
him up to win the CCI* long format event
at the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day in
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 15-18.
The 27-year-old from Jasper, Ga., rode
Lela Wulf’s off-the-track Thoroughbred in
his first long-format event—a learning
experience that turned out to be a winning one.
Wulf purchased the 9-year-old gelding
by Friendly Lover, out of Do It Fast, sight
unseen in December 2004 on the recommendation of her siblings. Her brother and
sister had spotted “Goody,” a CANTER Pennsylvania horse, at Penn National race course
after his winless racing career had come to
an end.
Wulf, now trying her hand in the hunter
ring, rode Goody through training level
before handing over the reins to Wallace
in 2006.
Elisa Wallace and Good For Me jumped to first place in the Hagyard Midsouth CCI* with steeplechase.
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(L. Chaudoir-Nye/Xpress Foto Photo)
EVENTING
Erin Freedman and Viola won the USEF National One-Star Championship with their victory in the CCI* short format at the
Hagyard Midsouth CCI.
and-comer after a disappointing past few
years of her top horses becoming injured.
“I have high hopes for him,” she said.
“But he’s not your typical Thoroughbred. If
he doesn’t know you he won’t go forward,
he’ll just walk. You’ve got to rev up the
engine a little bit, but that’s my favorite
type of ride.”
The pair had a strong start to the weekend after scoring 36.9 in dressage, right
behind eventual second-placed finisher
Nina Ligon, who scored 31.9 aboard Chai
Thai.
Over a challenging cross-country
course, Goody and Wallace jumped flawlessly to boost them to the top slot going
into show jumping. Thanks to his tune-up
during the steeplechase, Goody only got a
bit wide-eyed over the imposing ditch and
wall, one of the largest obstacles on course.
The scopey, high-jumping gelding then
galloped beautifully around the show
jumping course to maintain his spot atop
the leaderboard by 15 points. Wallace
hopes to step him up to intermediate the
next time out and compete in two-stars
in 2010.
H Back In The Game
After taking a hiatus to pursue upper-level
dressage, Erin Freedman won the CCI*
without steeplechase aboard her 7-year-old
Dutch Warmblood Viola. Her emphasis on
dressage paid off, with a leading score of
41.6 in the first phase.
“She’s been a little
challenging and I’ve had
to take my time with her,
but she is always game
and ready.”
—Erin Freedman
In her first FEI event since 2002,
Freedman, Oak Hill, Va., edged out Jamie
Price and Poker Run by .90 points for the
win. The 25-year-old event rider became
seriously involved with dressage in her
late teens and sold her eventing mount
when she left to attend James Madison
University (Va.).
In 2006, Freedman decided to re-enter
the event world after buying the striking
gray Viola from Stuart Black. But the transition would be a gradual one, and she
showed the young mare first in dressage to
develop strong basics on the flat.
“I’ve taken Viola up the ranks, and
she’s been an absolute dream,” said Freedman. “She’s been such a good baby, a good
kind of green. She’s been a little challeng-
T I D B I TS
• The USEF Eventing National One Star championships, held in conjunction with the
Hagyard Midsouth Three-day, were awarded in four divisions. Erin Freedman and
Viola took home the national one-star championship; Noelle Varga, 15, and Great
Scot won the junior championship; Elinor MacPhail and Parador Mail won the 19to 21-year-old championship; and Kassidy Kirchner and Umi were awarded the
amateur championship.
• The SmartPak Equine USEA Training Three-Day Event—designed to preserve the
classic format of competition and provide more experience for horses and riders—
was won by Gabby Dickerson, who scored a 29.2 aboard her mount Folie A Deux.
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EVENTING
ing and I’ve had to take my time with her,
but she is always game and ready.”
Freedman acknowledged that dressage
is their strong suit, while cross-country is
still a work in progress. “In cross-country
we don’t have the speed yet, and she’s still
a little ‘lookey.’ I try to go a little faster
between the jumps and then at the jumps
take my time,” she said.
Freedman and Viola finished crosscountry with 4.4 time faults.
“I thought the course was big, and
there were some questions,” she noted. “It
was challenging for a young horse but still
inviting.”
The pair held onto their lead with a
clean show jumping round, besting 28
horses for the win. Although Freedman
still has her FEI-level dressage horse, Good
Lookin, whom she competes as well, her
focus is now back on eventing.
She travels to Southern Pines, N.C.,
several times a month to train with
Olympian John Williams, and she has
established her own burgeoning business,
EBF Sporthorses. Freedman looks forward
to progressing up the ranks with Viola in
the coming year and taking time to travel
to Germany to pursue more riding opportunities.
LEXINGTON, KY-OCT. 15-18.
▲ Open Prel., Div. 1 - 1. That’ll Do, J. O’Neill, 34.6; 2.
Laugh Out Loud, L. Scovil, 42.0; 3. Rebecca, C. Henderson,
45.3. ▲ Open Prel., Div. 2 - 1. Memphis II, A. Wilaby, 32.5;
2. Simba, C. Wieschhoff, 39.1; 3. Thicket’s Ticket, B. Huard,
HAGYAR D M I D S O UTH CC I* LE XI N GTO N
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 15-18
CCI* WITH STEEPLECHASE
HORSE/RIDER
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
DRESSAGE
Good For Me/Elisa Wallace
Chai Thai/Nina Ligon
Divine Comedy/Maggie Deatrick
Power Of 2/Blair Nicol
Out Of The Blue/Kaylie O’Neil
Clifden/Hillary Irwin
Garden Valley Gold/Erin Nielsen
Irish Rhythm/Rachel McDonough
Vote Yes/Cynthia Wiseman
Cool Decision/Amanda Haney
36.9
31.9
53.1
55.9
58.4
53.4
57.2
69.4
66.3
59.7
SPEED & ENDURANCE
A&C
B
D
Jump/Time Jump/Time
0
0/0
0/0
0
0/0
20/0
0
0/0
0/0
0
0/0
0/2.4
0
0/0
0/0
0
0/0
0/9.2
0
0/5
0/4
0
0/0
0/0
0
0/0
0/8
0
0/0
0/8
SHOW JUMPING
Jump/Time
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
4/0
4/0
0/0
12/0
TOTAL
36.9
51.9
53.1
58.3
58.4
62.6
70.0
73.4
74.3
79.7
Also competed: 11. Probable Cause/C. Brant, 95.0.
Withdrawn before show jumping: Capitol Hill/C. McBride; Tucker XIV/S. Quigley.
CCI* WITHOUT STEEPLECHASE
HORSE/RIDER
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
DRESSAGE
Viola/Erin Freedman
Poker Run/Jamie Price
Umi/Kassidy Kirchner
It’s Otto/Jennifer Bazan
Overdraft/Jamie Price
William/Elisa Wallace
Blue Executive/Sophie Kalpin
Read All Over/Emily Rose Evans
Let’s Be Frank/Susie Romej
King Dingaling/Sally Lofting
41.6
46.9
47.2
45.6
52.2
52.8
58.1
54.4
62.2
58.8
CROSS-COUNTRY
Jump/Time
0/4.4
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0.8
0/0.8
0/0
0/7.6
SHOW JUMPING
Jump/Time
0/0
0/0
0/0
4/0
0/0
4/0
0/0
4/0
4/0
0/0
TOTAL
46.0
46.9
47.2
49.6
52.2
56.8
58.9
59.2
66.2
66.4
Also competed: 11. Parador Mail/E. MacPhail, 66.4; 12. Great Scot/N. Varga, 68.3; 13. Exotic/J. Phoenix, 73.2; 14.
Menuet/N. Krzemien, 74.2; 15. Conflict Of Interest/H. Rankin, 80.8; 16. Seeker/A. Pocock, 87.4; 17. Reba’s Song/L.
Mahon, 90.0; 18. Kiss Me I’m Irish/C. Helmerick, 90.5.
Withdrawn before show jumping: Big/E. Buttigieg, Antebellum Jewel/C. Newton. Eliminated on cross-country: He’s A
Star/N. Ligon, Hazel-Rah/A. Bohlman, Sara/C. Amrich, Answered Prayers/A. Howard. Rider fall on cross-country: Master
Key/L. Mahon, Hard To Come By/K. Hamilton. Technical error on cross-country: Prince Noah/D. Adamo. Retired on crosscountry: Macinaw/H. Glennie.
USEF NATIONAL ONE STAR CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Viola/Erin Freedman, 46.0; 2. Poker Run/Jamie Price, 46.9; 3. Umi/Kassidy Kirchner, 47.2; 4. It’s Otto/Jennifer Bazan,
49.6; 5. Overdraft/Jamie Price, 52.2; 6. William/Elisa Wallace, 56.8; 7. Read All Over/Emily Rose Evans, 59.2; 8. Let’s Be
Frank/Susie Romej, 66.2; 9. Parador Mail/Elinor MacPhail, 66.4; 10. Kiss Me I’m Irish/Carly Helmerick, 90.5.
39.5. ▲ Open Trg., Div. 1 - 1. Lil’ Albert, H. Taylor, 33.7; 2.
Ragtime Blues, K. Bowman, 35.8; 3. Roman Candle, J. Irwin,
37.7. ▲ Open Trg., Div. 2 - 1. Rudolpho, A. Mickler, 32.6; 2.
Tex Mex, J. Taylor, 35.8; 3. Ripple Effect, M. Spaes, 36.8.
▲ Open Trg., Div. 3 - 1. Moyglass, H. Taylor, 29.5; 2.
Inevitable, J. Dougherty, 30.0; 3. JM Yukon Jack, E. Strader,
31.9. ▲ Open Trg., Div. 4 - 1. Sunny Weather, H. Hubsch,
25.8; 2. Raku, J. Caras, 29.0; 3. Cruiser, N. Crowley, 34.7.
▲ Trg., 3-Day - 1. Folie A Deux, G. Dickerson, 29.2; 2. I’ve
Got The Rhythm, L. Megan, 31.1; 3. Model Image, K.
Coleman, 35.3. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 1 - 1. Peas ‘N’ Carrots, O.
Dillon, 32.1; 2. Coriana, R. Walker, 32.6; 3. Made My Way, M.
O’Donoghue, 34.2. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 2 - 1. Marker, A.
Kjellstrom, 33.2; 2. Just Joe, M. Shiplett, 33.7; 3. Maggie, C.
Wieschhoff, 35.3. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 3 - 1. Crimson Cross, R.
Hoos, 31.6; 2. Jasmine, M. Nelson, 31.6; 3. Dixie Darlin’, W.
Broughton, 34.2. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 4 - 1. Nigel, V. Kerr,
27.4; 2. Betterthanaverage, W. Watson, 30.0; 3. Jaycee, K.
Thomas, 30.0. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 5 - 1. Terpsichore, J. Joyce,
29.0; 2. Handsomely Wild, J. Taylor, 31.6; 3. Quite A Lady, J.
Beshear, 33.2. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 6 - 1. Crown Select, R.
Estep, 32.1; 2. Pendragon, E. Dierks, 34.2; 3. Luksor, A. Kara,
36.8. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 7 - 1. Florenz, R. Walker, 27.2; 2.
Backdraft, C. Marshall, 27.9; 3. Something Spectacular, G.
Van Scoyk, 29.5. ▲ Open Nov., Div. 8 - 1. Nutrageous, J.
Gunyula, 32.6; 2. Chablis Du Lys, R. Walker, 33.7; 3. Fine
With Me, M. Darling, 35.3. ▲ Open Beg. Nov., Div. 1 - 1.
Rickoshea, H. Jans, 26.0; 2. Adamir, K. Andrew, 36.0; 3.
Vicki’s Star, B. Pickering, 36.0. ▲ Open Beg. Nov., Div. 2 - 1.
Java Joe, K. Andrew, 28.0; 2. Maiden France, C. Sawtell, 36.0;
3. FWF Fire Illusion, M. Gordon, 36.5. ▲ Open Beg. Nov.,
Div. 3 - 1. Ghost, M. Carlone, 32.5; 2. Hoodu, C. Keckley,
32.5; 3. Mr. Go Andre Britches, A. Chronis, 34.0. ▲ Open
Beg. Nov., Div. 4 - 1. Tessie’s Brite Star, L. Messner, 27.5; 2.
Danfield, C. Parnisari, 28.5; 3. Calico Swirl, S. Bates, 32.5.
▲ Beg. Nov. Team - 1. Fox Creek Farm Cocktail Kickers,
(Java Joe, Ghost, Spot On, M. Schafer, It’s Michael, D.
Bowling), 107.0; 2. Phoenix Equestrian Team (Bay Street, A.
Simmonds, Hott Gossip, A. Hensman, Don’t Blink, A. Jones,
Halo Above Me, B. Hensman), 107.5; 3. Eventing Assn. Of MI
(Mr. Go Andre Britches, FWF Fire Illusion, Black Tuxedo, S.
Trudeau,, Call Me Danny, E. Bianchini), 110.0. ▲ Nov. Team
- 1. Favorite Things (Added Money, A. Kjellstrom, Crown
Select, Chablis Du Lys, Twice Gold, H. Glennie), 96.1; 2.
O’Donoghue Event Team (Just Joe, Made My Way, The
Mission Of Gabriel, K. Shiplett, Roany Pony, S. Greene)
103.2; 3. Eventing Assn. Of MI (Something Spectacular,
Zephyr’s Tasman, M. Rudisill, Dimond, R. Damm, Satin Art, S.
Moessner)103.7. ▲ Trg. Team - 1. Krewe Of Carter (Noble
Lad, C. Everly, Raku, Inevitable, Rudolpho) 91.6; 2. The
Young & Restless (Moyglass, Tex Mex, Smart Bob, K. Andrew,
Phinneus, C. McBride), 103.8; 3. Antebellum Farm (On The
Button, L. McDowell, Ducati, E. Brooks, Kiwi Groove, V.
Osborne, Running With Scissors, K. Maginnis), 114.7. ▲ Prel.
Team - 1. Antebellum Dream Team (Memphis II, That’ll Do,
Sassaparilla Kid, K. Eckert), 117.3; 2. Brunettes & Bays
(Thicket’s Ticket, Nero, K. Daratony, Traveler VI, M. Koppin),
129.2; 3. Colorado’s Comin’! (Silver Danzig, L. Traut, Culcairn
14, A. Dorsey, Tazzmania, J. Spatt, King Of The Colony, C.
Carson) 153.1.
River Glen Summer Horse Trials
NEW MARKET, TN–AUG. 1-2.
▲ Open Int. - 1. Let’s Be Frank, S. Romej, 103.4; 2. Say Wat,
P. Lysak, 140.3. ▲ Open Prel. - 1. Cash Performer, L. Garner,
42.8; 2. Time To Flare, C. Phillips, 46.0; 3. Bellaney Destiny, A.
Allen, 52.8. ▲ Prel./Trg. - 1. Triumph II, L. Staiano-Williams,
39.2; 2. Checkmate IV, L. Gibbs, 47.5; 3. Devil’s Advocate, A.
Dondanville, 56.1. ▲ Open Trg. - 1. By His Grace, K. Rose,
33.0; 2. Master Manipulator, D. Crowley, 33.0; 3. Grayboo, A.
Cunefare, 34.5. ▲ Jr. Open Nov. - 1. Mud Fence Smokey
Gold, M.M. Jones, 29.8; 2. Library Card, S. Menestrina, 31.1;
3. Daddy’s Empty Pockets, V. Clayton, 38.4. ▲ Open Nov. - 1.
Vandiver, D. Crowley, 27.9; 2. Revelation, P. Hewlett, 29.5; 3.
Grafin Gela, E. Schaffer, 29.5. ▲ Jr. Open Beg. Nov. - 1.
Plaudits KC Cruiser, M. Baker, 35.3; 2. Great Expectations XI,
T. Dickinson, 40.0; 3. Ace High, N. Fuselier, 40.3. ▲ Open
Beg. Nov. - 1. De’Nouement, T. Vogel, 28.4; 2. Merlyn, R.
Hoos, 34.7; 3. Dawson’s Creek, E. Adams, 35.8.
USEF NATIONAL JR. CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Great Scott/Noelle Varga, 68.3.
USEF 19–21-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Parador Mail/Elinor MacPhail, 66.4.
USEF NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Umi/Kassidy Kirchner, 47.2; 2. Read All Over/Emily Rose Evans, 59.2; 3. Parador Mail/Elinor MacPhail, 66.4; 4. Kiss Me
I’m Irish/Carly Helmerick, 86.5.
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Correction
The sire of Lesley Grant-Law’s Java
was incorrectly identified as Letgas
Star in “Plantation Welcomes Dutton
Home For A CIC*** Win” (Oct. 9, p.
77). Java is actually by Laptop.
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S P O R T I N G C A L E N DA R
HORSE SHOWS
*The asterisk denotes USEF recognized shows, which
are subject to additions and changes.
GRAND PRIX
November
*11-15 - Arizona Season Finale, Scottsdale, AZ,
602-992-2706.
*11-15 - Atlanta Classic III, Conyers, GA,
843-768-5503.
*11-15 - Final Chase, Katy, TX, 281-579-1272.
*11-15 - Los Angeles National, Burbank, CA,
818-567-7317.
*11-15 – RMI Raleigh Benefit, Raleigh, NC,
904-396-4106.
*12-15 - Fox Lea Farm, Venice, FL, 941-485-0486.
*13-15 - Chagrin Valley Farms, Chagrin Falls, OH,
440-543-7233.
*13 - Harvest, Norristown, PA, 908-534-8833.
*14-15 - Equestrian Sport Productions LLC Pre
Charity, Wellington, FL,
561-793-5867.
*14 - Fieldstone Farm I, Halifax, MA,
781-679-0701.
*14 - Gardnertown Farms II,
Newburgh, NY,
845-564-6658.
*14-15 - Tewksbury Farms Stable,
Neshanic Station, NJ,
908-832-7402.
*15 - Castle Neck Farm, Essex,
MA, 978-768-7998.
*15 - Old Salem Farm II, North
Salem, NY, 914-669-5610.
*15 - River's Edge Farm, Bethany, CT,
203-650-3148.
*15 - Winners Circle, Yaphank, NY, 631-242-5948.
*17-22 - Show For Champions, Denver, CO,
303-758-3058.
*18-22 - Arizona Season Finale II, Scottsdale, AZ,
602-992-2706.
*18-22 - Fall Finale, Tulsa, OK, 940-240-1207.
*19-21 - Our Farm, Norristown, PA, 908-534-8833.
*19-22 - SFHJA Charity, Wellington, FL, 561-793-5867.
*20-22 - Autumn Jubilee, City Of Industry, CA,
818-360-4389.
*20-22 - Savannah College Of Art & Design Inaugural,
Hardeeville, SC, 912-713-2294.
*21 - Autumn Festival, Medford, NY,
631-871-4059.
*21 - CJL Farm Inc., Long Valley, NJ,
917-371-4551.
*21-22 - Old Salem Farm III, North Salem, NY,
914-669-5610.
*21 - Westbrook Hunt Club, Westbrook, CT,
860-399-6317.
*22 - Evenstride Farm, Byfield, MA,
978-208-7991.
*22 - Folly Farm, Simsbury, CT, 860-658-9943.
*22 - Hunter's Isle II, Manorville, NY,
631-421-5587.
*22 - Ocean State Hunt Club, Greene, RI,
401-397-9562.
*22 - Our Farm II, Norristown, PA,
908-534-8833.
*25-29 - Holiday And Horses, Wellington, FL,
561-793-5867.
*25-29 - Santa Barbara National Amateur Hunter,
Santa Barbara, CA, 805-969-9812.
*26-29 - Chagrin Valley Farms, Chagrin Falls, OH,
440-543-7233.
*27 - Fox Hill Farms, Pleasantville, NY,
203-650-3148.
*27-29 - Northeast Regional Horse Shows Ltd. At
Snowbird Acres Farm, Long Valley, NJ,
908-876-4200.
*27-29 - Pines Open, South Glastonbury, CT,
860-621-6988.
*28 - Halcyon, Dillsburg, PA, 717-432-1367.
*28 - Old Salem Farm, North Salem, NY,
845-566-9048.
*29 - Hunter's Isle, Manorville, NY,
516-322-0533.
*29 - Twin Lakes Farm, Bronxville, NY,
203-650-3148.
November
12 - $25,000 L.A. National Welcome Stake, Los
Angeles, CA, 818-567-7317.
14 - $25,000 Fox Lea Farm Grand Prix, Venice, FL,
941-480-1100.
14 - $30,000 RMI Raleigh Benefit Grand Prix,
Raleigh, NC, 904-396-4106.
14 - $50,000 Grand Prix Of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA, 818-567-7317.
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15 - $25,000 Atlanta Fall Grand Prix, Conyers, GA,
228-697-7676.
22 - $25,000 Spy Coast/Sweet Oak Grand Prix,
Wellington, FL, 561-239-5170.
25 - $25,000 H And H Opener, Wellington, FL,
561-239-5270.
27 - $50,000 Holiday And Horses Grand Prix,
December
6 - $25,000 ESP New Year’s Grand Prix,
5 - PSJ Highfields, Aiken, SC, 803-649-3505.
*5-6 - Holiday On Horse, Aiken, SC, 910-315-5959.
*12-13 - Holiday Dressage, Moorpark, CA,
818-269-2911.
*12-13 - Orlando Winter Classic, Apopka, FL,
352-357-9696.
*12-13 - Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge, West
Palm Beach, FL, 561-227-1470.
EVENTING
*Indicates recognized by the USEA. B = Beginner;
N = Novice; T = Training; P = Preliminary;
I = Intermediate; A = Advanced; C = Championships;
ATC = Adult Team Challenge; CIC = International
Horse Trials; CCI = Concours Complet Internationale.
November
*13-15 - Ram Tap Pony Club Benefit Horse Trials, T,
T(Ch), N, N(Ch), BN, BN(Ch), Fresno, CA,
559-897-8899.
*14-15 - Corona Del Sol Horse Trials, PT, T, N, BN-1,
BN-2 Test: Starter. Baird, TX, 817-454-8962.
*14-15 - Las Cruces Horse Trials, IP, P, T, N, BN Test:
Pre-comp. Area Chmp (TR, NR, BN), Las
Cruces, NM, 505-523-7020.
*14-15 - Poplar Place Farm Horse Trials, P, PT, T, TN,
N, BN, Hamilton, GA, 706-582-3742.
*19-22 - Florida Horse Park Fall Event, I, P, T, N, BN
Ocala, FL, 352-425-6302.
*28-29 - Pine Top Thanksgiving Horse Trials,
P, PT, T, N, BN, Thomson, GA,
706-449-2029.
CHASING
November
21 - Colonial Cup, Camden, SC.
28 - Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL.
DRIVING
December
12-13 - The Tampa Trials HDT, Tampa, FL,
813-982-2200.
DRESSAGE
EDUCATIONAL
November
November
*14 - Bluegrass, Louisville, KY, 859-684-6952.
*14-15 - Blue Angel, Pensacola, FL, 850-862-6158.
*14-15 - Harvest Moon, Williamston, NC,
352-371-0549.
*14-15 - Las Vegas Dressage Fall Fling, Las Vegas, NV,
702-656-8292.
*14-15 - San Marcos Dressage At Legacy Farm, San
Marcos, CA, 818-889-1202.
*14-15 - Thanksgiving Dressage At Hansen Dam,
Lake View Terrace, CA, 818-242-6247.
*14-15 - Turkey Trot, Hernando, MS,
901-624-0001.
*14-15 - VADA/NOVA Autumn II, Leesburg, VA,
202-648-8841.
*21-22 - Desert Dressage, Las Vegas, NV,
702-327-4407.
*21-22 - Dressage At Latta, Huntersville, NC.
*21-22 - Dressage Getaway, Indio, CA,
760-347-0778.
*21-22 - Poplar Place Farm, Hamilton, GA,
706-582-3742.
*21-22 - Tucson Dressage Fall Festival, Tucson, AZ,
520-577-7480.
*25-29 - Dressage At The Holiday And Horses,
December
December
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5-6 - Sweet Briar College Fall, Sweet Briar, VA,
434-381-6116.
12-13 - PSJ Highfields, Aiken, SC, 803-649-3505.
*5-6 - Dressage On The First Coast, Jacksonville,
FL, 904-616-5322.
13-15 - Susie Hutchinson Clinic, Aldie, VA,
703-409-3950.
14 - First Aid & CPR For Horse & Rider, Front
Royal, VA, 540-635-4549.
14 - Your Future with Horses: An Equine
Education Fair, Georgetown, KY,
859-367-0509.
14-15 - Platinum Performance/USDF Region 5 Adult
Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 602-789-7782.
21-22 - Keeping The Balance, Auburntown, TN,
615-408-4085.
21-23 - George H. Morris Clinic, Toronto, Ont., CAN,
613-248-3433.
22 - Upgrade Your Judging Eye !—Collective
Marks, Gladstone, NJ, 609-683-9546.
23 - Winter Break Clinic, Basking Ridge, NJ,
908-766-5955.
27-29 - George H. Morris Clinic, Chicago, IL,
847-922-6167.
December
1-2 - George H. Morris Clinic, Penryn, CA,
916-652-9363.
3 - Fabulous Freestyles: Hot Tips From Top
Sources, Austin, TX, 859-271-7877.
4 - Balanced Rider-Balanced Horse, Austin, TX,
859-271-7877.
4 - Finding Emotional Balance, Austin, TX,
859-271-7877.
S P O R T I N G C A L E N DA R
4 - Pyramid Of Training, Austin, TX,
859-271-7877.
4 - USDF Apprentice Technical Delegate Clinic,
Austin, TX, 859-271-7895.
4-6 - George H. Morris Clinic, Portland, OR,
503-691-2303.
5-6 - Adequan/USDF National Symposium,
Austin, TX, 859-271-7877.
6-6 - Instructor Certification Workshop, Calverton,
NY, 631-742-8884.
8-10 - George H. Morris Clinic, Lake View Terrace,
CA, 818-897-3376.
11-13 - George H. Morris Clinic, Hidden Valley, CA,
805-370-1941.
15-16 - George H. Morris Clinic, Fallbrook, CA,
760-728-5625.
18 - Winter Break Clinic, Basking Ridge, NJ,
908-766-5955.
18-20 - George H. Morris Clinic, Fallbrook, CA,
760-728-5625.
TRAIL RIDING
AND ENDURANCE
November
14 - Malibu Endurance Challenge 25-/55-Mile,
Agoura, CA, 818-735-7372.
14 - River Run 25-/50-Mile, Hahira, GA,
229-794-2179.
14-15 - Mustang Memorial 30-/50-Mile, Greenbank,
NJ, 856-786-2088.
21 - Kentucky Diehards II 25-/50-Mile,
Harrodsburg, KY, 859-238-7673.
22 - Turkey Tracks Trail Ride, Basking Ridge, NJ,
908-766-5955.
27 - Family & Friends Introductory Ride, Basking
Ridge, NJ, 908-766-5955.
27-28 - Season Finale I & II 25-/50-Mile, Chandler,
OK, 918-683-0539.
27-29 - Desert Gold Pioneer I, II, & III
30-/50-/55-Mile, Fort Ord, CA.
28 - Carolina 30-/55-/100-Mile, Patrick, SC,
803-437-2950.
December
4-6 - Las Cienega Pioneer 25-/50-/55-Mile,
Sonoita, AZ, 520-378-2360.
5 - River Rise Romp, High Springs, FL, 352-463-0668.
12-13 - Death Valley Encounter Warmup Ride
25-/50-Mile, Ridgecrest, CA, 775-790-2241.
20 - Jingle Bell Trail Ride, Basking Ridge, NJ,
908-766-5955.
28-31 - Death Valley Encounter Pioneer
25-/30-/50-Mile, Panamint Valley, CA,
775-233-6030.
INTERNATIONAL
C = Concours Show; I = International; O = Official;
H = Competition with more than one discipline;
CS = Concours Saut, Jumping; D = Dressage;
CC = Horse Trials; CA = Combined Driving;
R = Reining; J = Junior; P = Pony; A = Amitie, Friendly;
F = Frontier or Confined International; W = World Cup
Round; V = Vaulting; Y = Young Riders;
E = Endurance; CH = Championships.
November
12-15
12-15
12-15
13-15
13-15
13-15
13-16
14
14-15
18-22
19-22
26-29
26-29
26-29
26-29
27-29
27-29
27-29
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Doha, CSI*****, QAT.
Leszno, CSI***-W, POL.
Vejer De Lla Frontera, CIC***, ESP.
Adelaide, CCI****, AUS.
Gotemba, CDI***, JPN.
Kuznia Nowowiejska, CDI-W, POL.
Wien Stadthalle, CSI****, AUT.
Shepparton, CSI-W. AUS.
Ribeirao Preto, CIC***, BRA.
Stuttgart, CAI-W, CDI*****, CSI*****-W, GER.
Wieze, CSI***, BEL.
Balvanera, CSI***-W, MEX.
Cape Town, CPEDI***. RSA.
Dresden, CSI***, GER.
Maastricht, CDI****, CSI****, NED.
Miki-Hyogo, CIC***, JPN.
Richfields, CIC***, NZL.
Stockholm, CAI-W, CDI-W, CSI***, SWE.
December
1-4
3-6
4-6
4-6
4-6
4-6
5
5-6
5-6
10-13
10-13
10-13
10-13
11-13
11-13
11-13
15-21
17-20
18-20
19
19-20
20-23
26-30
31
31
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Damascus, CSI***-W, SYR.
Camperdown, CCI***, AUS.
Marseille, CSI****, FRA.
Northern Farm, CCI***, RSA.
Orlandia, CCI***, BRA.
Santa Susana, CEI***, ESP.
Brasilia, CEI***, BRA.
Cazon, CEI***, ARG.
Upper Murray, CEI***, AUS.
Graz, CSI***, AUT.
Paris, CSI*****, FRA.
Porto, CSI****, POR.
Werribee, CDI-W, CPEDI***, AUS.
Arruda Dos Vinhos, CDI***, POR.
Auckland, CCI***, NZL.
Poznan, CSI***-W, POL.
London, CDI-W, CSI*****-W, GBR.
Frankfurt, CDI-W, CSI****, GER.
La Coruña, CSI*****, ESP.
Santo Domingo, CEI***, CHI.
Morriston, CEI***, USA.
Doha, CSI****-W, QAT.
Mechelen, CAI-W, CDI-W, CSI*****-W, BEL.
Bou Thib, CEI***, UAE.
Riyadh, CEI***, KSA.
MISCELLANEOUS
December
12-13 - Lord Stirling Stable Holiday Festival, Basking
Ridge, NJ, 908-766-5955.
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FOR SALE
◗Horses
Buy your quality show horses from us. We
have a large selection of green and made
European and American Sport Horses and
ponies to fit your needs. Good horses and
ponies accepted on consignment. We have an
experienced staff to groom, exercise and train
and present your dressage, hunter, jumper or
equitation horse properly to the buyer. For
information call James Benedetto, Stonyhill
Farms, NY. 631/261-0907.
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DAVIDHOPPERINC
Amenia, New York 12501. Outstanding selection of sport horses-from unbroken to
competition ready. Hunters, Jumpers,
Dressage, Equitation all price ranges. David
Hopper, Cell: 914/474-7175. Barn: 845/3738897. www.davidhopperinc.com
11-17-tf
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Show Hunters. A selection of green and made
horses and ponies. Professionally trained and
suitable for all riders. 908/284-0200.
12-19-tf-eow
Friesian for sale 6-yr.-old, gelding, 15.1 h.,
FHANA member, has papers, solid black, mild
temperament trained in dressage and driving.
Has been in a training barn for 11∕2 years. Very
good ground manners. Loving and a gentleman. Call Weibe Dragstra at 910/245-3290,
or Deb Burton at 703/969-6818.
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Successful Amateur Owner 10-yrs. 16.2 h.
Show record includes National Horse Show,
Devon, Harrisburg, Zone II, etc.. Perfect
mount for a children’s/adult hunter with
the capability to step up to the next
division. Contact Todd Karn, 315/329-1164
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11-y-o ch. TB g., 16.1 h. shown Ad & Pre Grn.
scope for 3'6". Easy enough for child h. Shown
once for present owner Res. Ch. Idle due to
owner’s illness. Shown by prof. ‘09. Res Ch.
$45K obo, might lease. Also 16.-y-o ch. m.,
16.2 h. Very fancy. Shown indoors &
Wellington. Same terms as above. 513/
984-6527.
10-30-2t
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Come to “The Woodlands” for your next
pony, where we’ve been raising hunter
ponies for over 50 yrs. Fancy med. and large
A prospects—Southern VA with easy
access to I-85 & I-95. Call Kay, 434/
636-5522. www.woodlandsponies.com
8-7-tf
Pony Jumper Tanks-A-Lot 14.1 h. 13 y.o.
Qualified for the National Pony Jumper
Championship in 2005, 2008, and 2009.
Shown at HITS Saugerties, Ocala, VSF, WHC,
Kentucky Summer Festival, and MHC Mini
Medal $25,000. Sadly outgrown. Contact
Hannah Lavin, 774/239-3765.
10-23-3t-eow
Quality Section B Welsh Ponies. Champion
imported bloodlines. Prospects/young
stock for sale. Imported palomino Nat’l
Champion at stud. www.welshponies.com
541/874-3333.
11-6-tf-eow
Young and started prospects for sale from
established lines of hunter breeding, hunter,
jumper and equitation producers. 515/7952261, Iowa.
10-30-4t
Don’t go to Europe! 5-4-3 y.o. jumper/dressage/hunter prospects, bred/trained by top
professional Proven matches, top-notch
quality, best value!!! 386/965-4621
www.prairiepinesfarm.com
5-15-tf
Must sell: Imported Han. dressage prospect
41/2 years, 16.3 h. by DerLord, De Niro,
Donnerhall Dam, Wolgenstein, Weltmeyer.
This horse has nerves like steel. www.
hessenland.com or 1-866/543-7736, ask for
Ernst
10-30-2t
For Sale or Lease: Large Pony 2002 14.2 h.
with perm. card Good mover, cute jumper,
auto changes, eligible for greens, needs final
touch. $20K NE Ohio. Have video and pictures.
Loves trails, would be great for pony club or
an event pony, very sweet and gentle to be
around, does not bite or kick. 216/870-0667.
7-10-tf
ADVANCEDEVENTER
BEAUTIFUL PAINT
Registered 8-year Tobiano, beautiful black &
white Paint, 15.2 h. gelding. Currently being
shown successfully as Hunter. Training and
boarding at Level Green Riding School in
Powhatan VA. Athletic, loves to jump. No
Vices. Great hunter, event, and dressage
prospect for a Junior or Amateur rider. Asking
$20,000. Phone Bob DeFazio owner
804/271-9663.
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1998 gelding by Popeye K. Liver ch. w/lots of
white. Also 1999 colt by Popeye K ch. with all
the chrome! Call Laura, 203/266-5056,
203/982-2001.
11-6-3t
HP Stables offers you an outstanding selection of top Quality Dressage Horses. We show
over 50 horses on our website in all levels and
prices, www.hp-stables.com
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FLORIDA READY!
17.1 h. coming 5-y-o chest. mare by Alla’Czar
o/o champ TB. Super talent jumps 3'6"
w/lead changes. Fab work ethic &
manners no vices. Sadly must sell. www.
maplecrestfarmky.com for more info and
video or call 859/263-3313.
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Evening Shade–10 yr. 17.0 h., gelding. Consistent at Advanced. Dressage scores in the 20s.
Fabulous mover; honest, scopey jumper.
Uncomplicated. Sound, no vices. www.youtube.
com/watchv=fLQVaXAyLh0 540/554-2110.
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Do you wanna jump?? Talented, lofty mover,
brave clean jumper Holst/TB 16.1 h. 9-y. gray
mare. 610/857-2514 www.JaneSleeper.com
Lovely model.
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◗Ponies
Stunning med. pony hunter. 13.1 h., chest,
5-y-o, gldg. Ready to start the greens in
Dec. The model & hack winner. Good
jumper, easy swaps, quiet & uncomplicated.
Bargain priced to a good show home.
609/267-2099.
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Honest, 11-year-old medium pony, gelding.
Good mover and jumper, never stops. Good
lead changes. Could do mediums, short stirrup, or children’s pony. North East, Ohio.
440/474-7669.
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Beautiful lg. pony ready for greens. 14.1 h.,
5-yr.-old Welsh/TB cross mare. NAPF
Champion already! Lots of children's
hunter miles. Quiet & easy. Fabulous jump,
easy lead change. Call Dan 410/310-5958.
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Large pony, W/cross, dark bay, 7-yr., g.,
unbeatable disposition + talent for any
discipline, wonderful children's pony and
elig. green! Leesburg, VA, 434/9963232, longacrepony@earthlink.net
11-6-2t
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FOR SALE
◗Horses/Ponies
For Lease
Deluxe med. children’s pony. Qual. for Zone
2 Finals in 13 shows. Outstanding show
record. 13.1 h., gray, 11-y-o, mare. Brave,
beautiful, quiet, auto swaps & a hack
prize. Sale or lease. Easy, easy, easy. 609/
267-2099.
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Available for Lease. 9 yrs. 17.1 h. Complete
packer for child/adult jumper/Equit.
Takes care of his rider. Easy over fences.
Jumps anything. Simple ride. Always in the
ribbons. Auto changes. Terrific mover. No
prep for ring. Extensive dress. training.
Shown to Level 6. Will make your
child/adult a champion. Call Jill Shull,
717/433-0942.
11-6-2t
◗Real
Estate
AIKEN, SC
OCALA, FLORIDA
For sale 14-acre horse farm in Pinnacle Park.
Close to HITS. Two homes, six stall barn, 4
large paddocks. $700,000. 352/369-9916.
E-mail: nmaleske@embarqmail.com
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HANOVER, NH
Privately situated in rural Hanover, this 129
acre horse farm offers gorgeous long range
views in a quiet pastoral setting, close to
Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center. The property features a magnificent four story 40x72 foot heated barn
with six 14x14 foot box stalls, feed room and
tack room, 3 lower bays for equipment, a finished 2nd floor (for hay storage or square
dancing!), office and a finished 4th floor
cupola with 360 degree views. Six acres of
fenced pasture, 80x160 ft. riding arena, open
fields, apple trees, and miles of trails. Manager
apartment in separate building. Main house
is an architectural delight, combining antique
barn framing and new construction. Cathedral
ceilings with open floor plan. First rate quality throughout. Other features include
gourmet kitchen, wine cellar, slate, cherry and
maple floors. First-floor master suite opens
onto a wrap around porch with beautiful
views of near hills and far off mountains.
Call: Linde McNamara 603/643-4900.
LindeMacRealEstate or lindemac.com
11-6-4t
◗Equipment
Supplies
ENGLISH SADDLES
The largest display in the USA. New and used.
(We will not be undersold.) Rick’s Heritage
Saddlery, West Chester, PA. 1-800-336-3882.
www.heritagesaddlery.com
7-18-tf
Southern Pines/Pinehurst, NC Horse Farms
For Sale & Lease, all prices & terms, local experts: www.HorseFarmPartners.com 910/6035300; 910/315-4100; 910/235-0208. 4-10-tf
Tack trunks (the good kind). Any color of
engraved heavy vinyl or exotic woods
trimmed in stainless steel and chrome or
brass. McGuinn Farms, Inc., 14600 Mustang
Trail, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33330. 954/434-5848
catalog.
11-30-tf
COLLIERVILLE,TN
Beautiful 19 acre 3bd/2.5 bath turn key
farm in Ocala, FL. Visit http://www.
westfieldfarmocala.com for more information.
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TRYON, NC
Think Choices. Equestrian estates, farms, land
in Tryon Horse Country. See online
TryonProperties.com Bonnie Lingerfelt
Equestrian agent, Remax Advantage Realty,
866-691-2291/828/817-0166. 11-6-2t-eow
TRUMBULL MTN.
The Saddle Specialists: Exceptional customer
service and trial policy. Specializing in new
and used dressage, jump, event, all
purpose and endurance saddles. www.
trumbullmtn.com 800-442-9672.
5-1-tf
17.5 TAD COFFIN
Used A5 jumping saddle. under flap A5 043
C 997 USA. Good condition. W/TC leather
pad. pictures available. $2500. Jody 571/2130481 or jruth@redstones.com
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Quality new and used saddles for sale.
Amerigo, Black Country, Devoucoux, Hennig,
Passier, Prestige, Verhan, & many more.
843/810-2485, Pattymerli@gmail.com
9-11-tf-eow
◗Vans
& Trailers
HRCollins.com Olympian, 5-horse head to
head, 5 ft. tack in stock, many others new &
used. 800/784-4584.
10-23-6t
Wagener, SC-very attractive 10-acre horse
farm. New, 4-stall barn. 3-bed/2 bath home,
hardwood floors. Tasteful landscape. 3 board
fencing. Polo, foxhunting, trail riding nearby.
By owner. $327,500. Call for photos. 803/6426163.
10-30-2t
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Frank DiBella Deluxe Horse Vans Offers
New & Used Horse Vans & Trailers 2 to 15
horse. Also dealers for 4 Star, Trail-et, Silver
Star, Kingston, (PA) 610/495-2270. Fax:
610/495-2273. www.frankdibella.com
8-20-tf
EQUIMAX
Find a job or hire some help. Choose the leading employment service for horsepeople. Fast.
Inexpensive. Nationwide. 800-759-9494.
www.equimax.com
11-6-tf-eow
Experienced groom needed for 7-horse stable, Westchester, NY. Apartment & health
insurance provided. E-mail resume to
horsegroom2009@hotmail. com
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STRAIGHT LOAD
3-Horse Straight Load DreamCoach, 4Star,
Hawk,Trailers USA, Steel Stock. Financing,
Trade Ins, Consignments. 434/985-4151.
www.blueridgetrailer.com
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1989 GMC horse van; gas, auto, exc. cond.
Passed MD State inspection. Great for foxhunter or show enthusiast! Must see.
410/263-7251, Annapolis. $6500 OBO.
10-23-3t
◗Dogs/Puppies
&
Fine homes and horse properties available at
Aiken, South Carolina’s oldest sporting community. Call Courtney Conger, Carolina Real
Estate Company, 800-880-0108. E-mail: courtneyconger@carolinacompany.com Website;
www.CarolinaHorseProperties.com
9-5-tf
5 BR, 4.5 BA, 5500+', Lake, 40x60 barn,
equip. shed,workshop. 21+ acs. Riding trails
thru woods. Banyan Tree Realtors, 901/8538666; www.10224springmonttrail.com
8-14-tf-eow
6-horse gooseneck trailer. $5000. 610/2682761.
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The original short-legged Irish Jack Russell!
Calm, loving dispositions make the best family pets & companions. Visit our website today
for available puppies. irishjacks.com
7-3-tf-eow
Blue Valley Farms is a first class facility located
at Box 12, Site 13, RR 9, Calgary, Alberta T2J
5G5 and is looking for a private equestrian
coach. Must have young horse, dressage and
National show jumping experience. European
and USA show experience would be an asset
and must be willing to travel. Salary is $2800
CAD monthly. Benefits include medical.
Please forward resumes to 403/256-3632.
10-16-4t
Top A hunter/jumper groom. No dogs, no
horses. Winters in Ocala. Must drive 6-horse
trailer. Housing offered. sbeat@aol.com
716/870-2533.
10-9-tf
H/J BARN MGR
Private central VA H/J show/breeding farm
needs hands-on working mgr. w/3-5 yrs.
proven experience, qualified to manage 20
horses, 4-5 groom operation. Will organize
daily routine, maintain supplies, hire/train
help, provide thorough care for horses
pointed at upper levels of competition. No
travel. Excellent pay & work environment.
References req’d. Fax resume to 434/9641820. Leave message at (VA) 434/975-3292.
10-30-2t
Karin Donckers, 4-time 3-day eventing
Olympian needs 2 working students at her
Belgium stables starting January 2010. Board
on-site & 3 meals daily no charge. Barn
chores, lessons, working with horses at the
yard and at (inter)national competitions.
Willingness to work hard, positive attitude &
team spirit absolute necessity. Contact
Karin Donckers 011.32.478.344336 or
karin_donckers@hotmail.com. 11-6-4t-eow
GROOM WANTED
Border Terriers AKC reg. Grizzle/Blue and
Tan available. Great family pets or show,
non-shedding, vet checked. Available October. Oxford, PA. 610/247-9272.
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◗Insurance
KAY CASSELL
Kay Cassell Equine Insurance personally serves
all your equine related insurance needs.
Protecting your investments since 1981.
Immediate Binding/Payment Plans Available.
E-mail: cassellinsurance@yahoo.com Kay
Cassell, 800/230-8384, Jake Cassell cell
423/612-6970.
7-4-tf-eow
WA N T E D
Experienced dressage groom wanted full
time. Winters in California, summers in
Minnesota. Nice horses, nice atmosphere.
Salary negotiable. Eve. 612/310-8746.
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PRIVATE JOB
Dream job in private barn: Immediate opening for working barn mgr/asst. trainer/all
around “Guy Friday”. No more than 10 horses
at a time, barn staff included. Oversee staff &
work with/trainer to manage day to day activities. Must be organized & detail oriented.
Riding a plus. Housing provided. Enjoy winters @ WEF, spring/fall in VA, & summer in The
Hamptons with limited horse showing. This
is a dream job for the right applicant: a secure
position with an established barn & longstanding client of 10+ years w/room for
professional growth. All inquiries will remain
confidential. 703/583-3790 or e-mail resume
to: kris892@yahoo.com
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◗Help
◗Position
Barn Manager wanted. Private, small
breeding/show/hunting facility. 15 horses,
stall cleaning, barn chores, some riding &
hunting & ground driving. Salary & living
accommodations negotiable upon experience. E-mail resume & references to
margauxtip@yahoo.com
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Mature experienced horsewoman H/J showing, foxhunting, pony club background.
Looking for stable management position with
family or small barn. Westchester, NY area
preferred. No housing needed. Write Box OA,
The Chronicle of the Horse, P.O. Box 46,
Middleburg, VA 20118.
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West Palm Beach—Lake Worth, FL. 20 minutes
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Course. Bike to beach. 2 bedroom beach
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10-30-3t
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in winter. Nat Morison (VA) 540/687-5695.
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Wellington condo-on the prettiest rd., walking distance to players club and the East gate
make this an outstanding location.
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Wellington stalls available for WEF season @
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908/500-0996 or 732/681-4379 or
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11-6-2t
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Near show grounds—6 BR/3BA heated pool,
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11-6-2t
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Special care for retirees and lay-ups. Abundant
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L AT E N E WS
The Chronicle Of The Horse/
USEA Eastern Adult Team
Challenge & Virginia Horse Trials
Lexington, Va., Oct. 30-Nov. 1
Adult team challenge winners included:
preliminary—CDCTA Ladies In Red (Sandy
McCormack/Aphrodite, Ann Baumgardner/
Mick Dreamy, Yvonne Lucas/Dakota, Gigi
Carter/Inka Dinka Doo, 116.2); training—
New England 4Mation (Annika Lipsky/
Karoo, Barbara Fitch/Irish Heartbeat, Diane
Thompson/Back In Boston Again, Suzanne
Lavoie/Heaven In My Hat, 107.5); novice—
Magic Beans (Lisa Burnett/Winston, Pat
Martin/Dashing Jeeves, Raymond Venoski/
Back Street Girl, Heidi Brueckner/
Inquisitive, 106.4). James Madison University (Mazetto/Ashley Kehoe, Sirrahsta/Tyler
Frey, Longfield Dougal/Samantha Reinbold,
Ride The Trend/Anna Temple, 111.1) won
the college team challenge. Other winners
included: open intermediate—Russian
Roulette II (Sharon White, 32.4); intermediate rider—Winning Facts (Laura Vello,
41.4); young rider intermediate—Wil’ya
Love Me (Courtney Sendak, 44.3); open preliminary—Happy Valley (Douglas Payne,
33.0); preliminary championship—Combalache (Paige Garson, 27.4); preliminary
rider—Vitesse (Hillary Irwin, 44.7); junior/young rider preliminary—Pop Star
(Lizzie Snow, 31.6); preliminary horse—
Likolina (Wendy Masemer, 40.3); ATC preliminary—Inka Dinka Doo (Carter, 38.6);
ATC training—Back In Boston Again
(Thompson, 29.5); open training—Caesar
(Ryan Wood, 27.5); junior training—Miford
(Olivia Hurt, 29.5); divisions of training
horse—Fanciful Miss (Vello, 31.5) & Fernhill Frolic (Payne, 35.5); senior training
rider—Eragow (Mary Clare, 27.0); divisions
of ATC novice—Newtown Pippin (Kiki
Osborne, 31.5) & Inquisitive (Brueckner,
32.0); open novice—Uno (Catherine
Hanagan, 29.5); junior novice rider—On
Center Stage (Ashley Beale, 28.5); divisions
of novice horse—Kaiko Jana (Vello, 30.5) &
Kind Of Blue (Karl Rohrer, 31.0); senior
novice rider—Koublet (Sabine Desper,
35.5); senior beginner novice rider—Gogo
(Courtney Pine, 37.5); junior beginner
novice rider—Bantry Bays Devon (Katie
Wohl, 27.5); divisions of beginner novice
horse—Denver’s DaVinci (Laura Crump,
35.5) & Maren (Justine Dutton, 32.5).
Galway Downs International
Three-Day Event & Horse Trials
Temecula, Calif., Oct. 29-Nov. 1
Corner Street (Kristi Nunnink, 54.7) won
the CCI** over Bubbles At Bricky (Tamra
Smith, 55.5) & Mar De Amor (Leigh Mesher,
60
57.2). Clark Kent (Tamra Smith, 54.7) won
the CCI* without steeplechase over True
Avenue (Karen O’Neal, 57.2). Landioso
(Mackenna Shea, 40.0) won the CCI* with
steeplechase over Sound Prospect (Tessa
Beckett, 56.5). Other winners include: open
intermediate—Gin & Juice (Hawley
Bennett-Awad, 33.5); open preliminary—
Bee Hive (Kelly Prather, 32.5); preliminary
rider—Texaco Dillon (Gay Osborn, 33.8);
junior training rider—Kaptain Jak (Gabriella Schlesinger-James, 37.9); open training—Roxabelle (Erin Kellerhouse, 31.1);
senior training rider—Candy (Paul Swart,
39.0); training horse—High Times (Jennifer
McFall, 32.1); junior novice rider—
Camberley Z (Natalie Kuhny, 30.5); novice
horse—Artesian (Robyn Fisher, 29.5); open
novice—Elliott Of Leeds (Frederic Bouland,
30.0); amateur novice—Miss Tattletail
(Elizabeth Miller, 29.5); senior novice
rider—Wave Edition (Kim Spero, 39.0);
divisions of training three-day event—
Isengart (Fiona Graham, 30.1) & Patronus
(Gina Miles, 29.5).
Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse
Tournament & National
Horse Show
Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 28-Nov. 1
Trade Winds Farm’s Obelix (Darragh Kenny,
0-0/36.24) won the $100,000 Budweiser
CSI-W over Hillary Dobbs’ Quincy B
(Dobbs, 0-0/36.45) & Candy Tribble’s Vegas
(Christine McCrea, 0-0/37.50). Zazou
Hoffman won the ASPCA Maclay Championship over Chase Boggio & Morgan Hale.
Hunter champions included: regular conformation and green conformation—
Francesca (Pony Lane Farm); green—Kid
Rock (Bright Star 158 LLC); regular working—Rock Star (Bright Star 158 LLC);
small junior, 15 & under—Safari (Caitlin
Ziegler & Artisan Farms); large junior, 15 &
under—North Country (Blantyre Farm
LLC); small junior, 16-17—Red Panda
(John Ingram); large junior, 16-17—Vida
Blue (Elm Rock LLC); amateur-owner,
18-35—Nijinski (Darby Toben); amateurowner, 36 & over—Invincible (Ellen Toon).
Brownland Farm Autumn
Challenge
Franklin, Tenn., Oct. 28-Nov. 1
Agneta Currey’s Cenzo (Christian Currey,
0-0/38.45) won the $25,000 Franklin
Country Grand Prix over David Jennings’
Marcus Aurelius (Jennings, 0-0/39.00).
Hunter champions included: green conformation—Charmed (Amanda Holstein); first
year green—Formality (Sandy Gregory);
low amateur-owner—Four Iron (Sarah
Ingram); junior—Rio (Rebecca Hunter);
medium pony—Champlain Charade (Katie
Ramsey); large pony—Kiss For Luck
(Kaitlyn Alsup); adult amateur, 18-35—
Country Fair (Joan Violin); adult amateur,
36-49—Overseas (Mindy Wurzburg); adult
amateur, 50 & over—Took One Look
(Marianne Murphy); children’s, 14 &
under—San Diego (Kimberden Inc.); children’s, 15-17—Quaker Vale (Rosina Heywood); children’s pony—Elite Honeybee
(Christian Currey). Jumper champions
included: children’s—Lannegan (Lara Van
Der Heiden); adult amateur (tie)—Colonia
(William Woods University) & Get In Line
(William Woods University); low junior/
amateur-owner—Cassini’s Pleasure Ride
(Ketcham Farm At Cream Ridge LLC); high
junior/amateur-owner—Lucy Lectric III
(Oxford Holding Co. LLC).
Sacramento International
Welcome Week
Rancho Murieta, Calif., Oct. 27-Nov. 1
Jumper champions included: children’s—
Gobi Good (Christine Atkinson); adult
amateur—Kalifornia Dreamin (Grace Kamphefner); low children’s/adult amateur—
Sotnia (Isabelle Nolden); low junior/
amateur-owner—Toetsie (Peggy Munkdale); high junior/amateur-owner—Carthageno (Jan Humphrey). Hunter champions included: regular working—Quite
Simply (Kiki Van Acker); junior—Luciano
(Haley Webster); amateur-owner—Double
Eagle (Sue Sadlier); adult amateur—
Winter (Avery Hellman); children’s—
Ramsey (Bay Rose LLC); green—Woodstock
(Hellman).
Dallas Harvest
Tyler, Texas, Oct. 28-Nov. 1
MTM Farm’s MTM Centano (Tracy Fenney)
won the opening $25,000 Grand Prix of
Dallas over Martien Van Der Hoeven’s South
Bound (Van Der Hoeven).Shannon Reid’s
Curtain Call (Courtney Calcagnini) won the
$10,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA
International Hunter Derby over Top Line
Sporthorse International Inc’s Clooney
(Fenney) and Eva Bisso’s Westview (Peter
Pletcher). Hunter champions included: regular working—Celano (Cassandra Shipp);
green—Dubari (Gayle Cox); green conformation—Castlewellan (Susan Bradley);
amateur-owner—Dress Up (Patrick Rodes);
low amateur-owner—Fun One (Emily
Woodall); small junior—Holiday (Laura
Beckworth); large junior, 15 & under—
Neander (Jackie Watkins); large junior, 1617—Primetime (Shadyside Farm); small
pony—Pashmina (Jordan Coyle); medium
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pony—Woodland’s Blue Haze (Jackson
Brittan); large pony—Siddhartha (Maggie
DiVecchia); adult amateur, 18-35—All In
(Lazzari Carly); adult amateur, 36-49—After
All (Lori Mathews); adult amateur, 50 &
over—Rasputin (Merrilee Braley); children’s, 14 & under—Unicon (Jamie
Richardson); children’s, 15-17—Cognac
(Blain Lewis); children’s pony—Crystal
Acres Chocolatier (Silver Oak Farms LLC).
Jumper champions included: low children’s/adult—St. Regis (Alexandra Lindley);
high children’s/adult—Nikita (Shannon
Garding); low junior/amateur-owner—
Sweetness (Jan Beavers); pony—Skys The
Limit (Kayla Briel).
Pennsylvania Hunt Cup
Unionville, Pa., Nov. 1
Magalen O. Bryant’s Erin Go Bragh (Paddy
Young) won the $35,000 Pennsylvania Hunt
Cup timber stakes. Other winners included:
amateur highweight timber—Mary Fleming Finlay’s Dr. Ramsey (Diana Gillam);
allowance timber—Arcadia Stable’s Delta
Park (K. Fritz Boniface); training flat—
Calvin Houghland’s Pierrot Lunaire
(Brittany Trimble).
USA Equitation Rankings
(Standings as of Oct. 30)
RIDER
1. Jacqueline Lubrano
2. Jessica Springsteen
3. Zazou Hoffman
4. Christy DiStefano
5. Victoria Birdsall
6. Taylor Kain
7. Danielle Cooper
8. Reed Kessler
9. Chase Boggio
10. Katie Dinan
11. Alexandra Arute
12. Christina Lin
13. Amber Henter
14. Molly Braswell
15. Elizabeth Benson
POINTS
31,335
30,033
24,479
24,088
22,057
20,265
20,208
17,997
17,626
17,363
16,826
15,312
14,767
14,533
14,382
USEF Show Jumping
Computer Rankings
Darragh Kerins
Beezie Madden
Richard Fellers
Margie Engle
Todd Minikus
Ian Millar
Erynn Ballard
4,313
3,842
3,162
3,073
2,817
2,698
2,442
Adequan/USDF Dressage
Horse Of The Year
(Final)
GRAND PRIX
HORSE/RIDER
1. Ravel/Steffen Peters
2. Pop Art/Ashley Holzer
3. Que Ba HM/Lisa Wilcox
4. Tip Top/Leslie Morse
5. Felix/Adrienne Lyle
6. Succes/Lars Petersen
7. Naomi/Lars Petersen
8. Come On III/Shawna Harding
9. Sagacious HF/Lauren Sammis
10. Leonberg/Mikala Gundersen
MEDIAN
75.57%
72.00
69.04
69.00
68.12
67.97
67.83
67.58
67.29
67.08
INTERMEDIAIRE II
HORSE/RIDER
1. Alazan/Anne Gribbons
2. Wadamur/Susan Jaccoma
3. Come On III/Shawna Harding
4. Plato Carlos/Sandy Osborn
5. Donatella/Susan Jaccoma
6T. Woccelli/Sandy Savage
6T. Pip/Amanda Johnson
8. Welfenprinz/Lisa Froehlig
9. Que Ba HM/Lisa Wilcox
10. Peajay/Allison Brock
MEDIAN
68.29%
67.63
67.59
67.10
66.71
66.31
66.31
66.05
65.46
65.26
8T. Sir Ricco/Jochen Hippenstiel
8T. Diamond Darling/
Heather McCarthy
10. Playboy/Endel Ots
HORSE/RIDER
1. Shamrock Farms Montango/
Steffen Peters
2. Don Bailey/George Williams
3. GP Raymeister/
Kassandra Barteau
4. Syncro/Laura Noyes
5. Toscano/Yvonne Barteau
6. Teutobod/Jan Brons
7. Olympia/Cesar Parra
8. Don Devere/Carolyn Adams
9. Bogner B/Courtney King-Dye
10. Alina/Arlene Page
69.47
69.47
69.21
USEA/Nutrena Rider
Of The Year
RIDER
1. Phillip Dutton
2. Buck Davidson
3. Boyd Martin
4. Leslie Law
5. Sarah Cousins
6. Jan Byyny
7. Jennifer Brannigan
8. Heather Morris
9. Karen O’Connor
10. Michael Pollard
POINTS
931
661
591
416
291
273
245
242
233
196
USEA/SmartPak
Horse Of The Year
HORSE/OWNER
1. Fleeceworks Mystere du Val/
Beatrice Rey-Herme
2. My Boy Bobby/Carl Segal
3. Ballynoecastle RM/Cassie Segal
4. Waterfront/Jan Byyny
5. Remington XXV/Densey Juvonen
6. Cooper/Jennie Brannigan
7. Hollywood/Kelly Sult
8. Slate River/Cedar Creek Farm
9. High Patriot/Mara Dean
10. Mandiba/Joan Goswell
POINTS
233
204
191
182
168
155
154
151
134
129
FEI Show Jumping World Cup
INTERMEDIAIRE I
MEDIAN
73.33%
71.44
71.44
71.31
70.92
70.89
70.64
70.26
69.21
68.99
U.S. WEST COAST LEAGUE
RIDER/NATION
1. Ashlee Bond/USA
2. Joie Gatlin/USA
3. Harley Brown/AUS
4. Keri Potter/USA
5. Lane Clarke/AUS
6. Santiago Rickard/ARG
7. Susan Hutchison/USA
8. Stefanie Saperstein/USA
9T. Rich Fellers/USA
9T. Becky Smith/GBR
POINTS
40
33
32
30
28
25
21
21
20
20
U.S. EAST COAST LEAGUE
PRIX ST. GEORGES
RIDER
1. McLain Ward
2. Eric Lamaze
3. Ashlee Bond
4. Lauren Hough
5. Richard Spooner
6. Rodrigo Pessoa
7. Mario Deslauriers
8. Laura Kraut
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
POINTS
10,448
7,631
7,025
6,643
6,224
5,161
4,987
4,799
HORSE/RIDER
1. GP Raymeister/
Kassandra Barteau
2. Teutobod/Jan Brons
3. Bogner B/Courtney King-Dye
4. Olympia/Cesar Parra
5. Sancette/Gwen Blake &
Steffen Peters
6. Dea II/Katherine Chandler
7. Cabana Boy/Christopher Hickey
MEDIAN
73.02%
71.36
70.74
70.48
70.43
69.95
69.52
RIDER/NATION
1. Andres Rodriguez/VEN
2. Mario Deslauriers/USA
3. Courtney Vince/CAN
4. Mac Cone/CAN
5. Erynn Ballard/CAN
6. Marie Hecart/FRA
7. David Arcand/CAN
8. Ainsley Vince /CAN
9. Hugh Graham/CAN
10. Beth Underhill/CAN
POINTS
61
42
38
36
34
32
31
29
26
26
61
I N T H E CO U N T RY
Kittel’s Warm-Up
Sparks Debate
And FEI
Investigation
A YouTube video of the FEI World Cup
dressage qualifier in Odense, Denmark,
held Oct. 18, has reignited the flames of
controversy regarding hyperflexion in dressage. And communities around the world
are responding.
It wasn’t a video of Anky van Grunsven’s
winning ride aboard Salinero, but instead
one of third-placed Swedish Olympian
Patrik Kittel warming up his 10-year-old
stallion, Watermill Scandic. The 41∕2-minute
video, with more than 50,000 YouTube
views, depicts Kittel using a controversial
hyperflexion training technique often
referred to as rollkur.
A huge response from the public via
forums, petition websites, blogs and other
social networking sites prompted Fédération Equestre Internationale officials to
launch a full investigation of Kittel’s
warm-up.
“The FEI’s main concern has always
been and will always be the welfare of the
horse. We are taking the issues raised in
the video and in the comments made by
members of the public on social media and
by e-mail very seriously and have opened a
full investigation,” noted an official FEI
statement.
Kittel responded to the video in an
interview posted on Barnmice.com.
“I watched the slow motion, the editing, the decision to post only those few
minutes of my ride and not my warm-up,
or walk breaks, and how neatly the images
supported the accompanying text—all presenting me as abusing my horse,” he said.
“With the way that the video and text are
put together, I understand why people get
upset. This video is a very brief clip taken
totally out of context, and the accompanying text is inflammatory and untrue.”
He added, “I love all my horses, and
Scandic has a special place in my heart. He
has an incredible personality, and I would
never ever try to break his spirit.”
According to EPONA.tv journalists,
who filmed Kittel’s warm-up, a spectator
complained about his riding to the FEI
chief steward, but the steward didn’t deem
any action necessary.
EPONA.tv posted the video on YouTube
with the following statement: “For a mini62
mum of two hours, Kittel trained Watermill Scandic in various degrees of hyperflexion, on Friday ahead of Saturday's
Grand Prix. EPONA.tv was passing by the
warm up at 3:45 p.m., and at this time, the
rider was well into his session. At circa
5:45 p.m., the session ended. During the
first part of the training session, the
horse’s tongue was briefly showing. The
tongue was clearly blue and flopped limply
from the horse’s mouth.”
More than 2,500 people signed an
online petition against hyperflexion and
another 2,000 joined a Facebook group
against the training practice.
Others have not found the video incriminating, however.
Dan Holmes, FEI Executive Sports
Director, explained the FEI’s position on
hyperflexion last November.
“There are no known clinical side
effects specifically arising from the use of
hyperflexion. However, there are concerns
for the horse’s well being if the technique
is not practiced correctly. The FEI does not
permit excessive or prolonged hyperflexion
in any equestrian sport and has a strict
stewarding program to protect the performance horse in all disciplines.” Staff
British Judge Dismisses
Last Outstanding Case For
Illegal Hunting
On Sept. 17, the case brought by the
Crown Prosecution Service against John
Harrison, huntsman of the Ullswater
Foxhounds, collapsed. The charges were in
relation to the illegal hunting of foxes in
November 2008.
Although employees of animal rights
organizations had filmed the Lakeland foot
pack and their huntsman out hunting on
the open fell, the District Judge at Penrith
Magistrates Court ruled that there was no
evidence that, “an identifiable mammal
had been pursued at any stage.”
His dismissal of the case came as a
huge relief to the Ullswater huntsman,
who afterward spoke of his regret that so
much time and taxpayers’ money had
been squandered on the case. He also confirmed that his hunt will be hunting within the law again this coming season and
added, “We are looking forward to the
repeal of the Hunting Act so that we can
resume hunting free from this terrible
legislation.”
There are currently no outstanding
prosecutions against any member of the
hunting community for the first time since
2005, when Tony Wright (Exmoor Foxhounds huntsman) faced an ultimately
unsuccessful private prosecution brought
Cover Art
Dashdorji, also known as Dasher, was
born in the Mongolian countryside
and grew up with animals as a part of
his life. At a young age he started
down the path as an artist, and he
eventually received attention and
training in his native country.
After Dasher moved to the United
States, a chance meeting enabled him
to forge a connection to The
Beresford Gallery while he had a job
cleaning stalls at a Maryland farm.
His artwork is part of his daily
regimen, and he specializes in
equine-related paintings. He also
depicts the history of Mongolia in his
work, and the story of every piece is a
fascinating tale because he paints
from his memories.
by the League Against Cruel Sports. Since
then only nine hunts have been prosecuted
under the Hunting Act, resulting in three
convictions.
When considered against the fact that
hunting opponents have spent thousands
of hours attempting to compile evidence of
hunts breaking the law, and that combined
there have been more than 40,000 hunting
days since it came into force, it’s clear that
the Act is not working.
After the dismissal of the Ullswater
case, Countryside Alliance Chief Executive
Simon Hart said: “Defending this law is
now impossible, as can be seen from the
growing number of anti-hunting activists
and MPs who are conceding that the law
doesn’t work. It’s failed at every level, and
there can be no reason for allowing such a
bad law to remain on the Statute Book.
Repealing the Hunting Act would be a
public service and one that the next
government must address as soon as it
possibly can.”
Recent comments on a national radio
broadcast demonstrate that politicians at
the highest levels have reached the same
conclusion.
I N T H E CO U N T RY
“Personally, I think the hunting ban
has been a farce,” said David Cameron,
leader of the Opposition in the United
Kingdom. “I don’t think it works; I think it
wastes a huge amount of police time, and I
think we should have a free vote in the
House of Commons to see if we want to
continue with it. That is what democracy is
all about.”
The week of Oct. 5 saw the reintroduction of the popular Hunting Newcomers Week, during which thousands of
people were encouraged to hunt for the
first time.
According to Horse & Hound, some
5,000 riders took up their local hunt’s offer
of a free day. Horse & Hound pronounced
hunting to be stronger than ever and published the results of their survey in which
93 percent of responding hunts revealed
they now had equal or more subscribers
than prior to the Hunting Act becoming
law, with 63 percent expecting a further
increase in membership should the ban be
repealed.
The hunting community remains optimistic that the repeal will take place provided there’s a change of government at
the next general election.
With traditional opening meets underway on Nov. 7, Britain has experienced dry
and difficult scenting this autumn, with
unusually hard ground causing problems
in stables and kennels. However, the long
overdue arrival of wet weather should soften
the ground and improve scent just in time
for the start of the season proper.
Adrian Dangar
own valuable contributions to the horse
industry.”
The KyEHC, a 72-acre facility in central Kentucky, accepts unwanted horses of
any breed.
Lori Neagle, executive director of
KyEHC, noted the importance of the new
partnership.
“Horses that have training are much
more adoptable,” she said. “This partnership will allow the horses to be more useful, and therefore, find homes easier, allowing KyEHC to place more horses into
adoptive homes.” Staff
Wanted: Your Holiday Pets
Does your pet enjoy spreading holiday
cheer each year? Then you should send his
or her photo to the Chronicle for the
annual Holiday Pet Gallery in the Holiday
Issue (Dec. 18).
“Pet” means just about any animal—
yes, we’d prefer horses, although dogs,
cats, cows, sheep, pigs, goats, lizards, llamas, snakes and birds have been featured
in the past and are most welcome. But
children don’t count, unless they’re with a
pet.
Last year’s featured pets included a
variety of Santa Claus imitators, a “snow
dog” and a bovine cheerleader.
The deadline is Nov. 23. Send photographic prints via regular mail to: The
Chronicle of the Horse, P.O. Box 46,
Middleburg, VA 20118. For courier service,
use: 108 The Plains Rd., Middleburg, VA
20117.
Send digital photos (at 300 dpi) to
staff@chronofhorse.com or mail CDs or
DVDs to the above address.
Please include a note telling us about
the photo (the animals’ and peoples’
names, location or anything else important
or interesting).
If a professional photographer has
taken the photograph, be sure his or her
name and address is included with the
photo. Prints will be returned if you
include your name and address on the
back. Staff
Kentucky Horse Park Assists
Rescued Horses
The Kentucky Horse Park and The Kentucky Equine Humane Center have good
news for the state’s unwanted horses. John
Nicholson, executive director of the Kentucky Horse Park, announced that the park
would accept rescued horses from KyEHC
for re-training and rehabilitation.
KyEHC employees asked for assistance
after receiving a number of unwanted
pregnant mares. While touring the KyEHC
facility, Kathy Hopkins, equine director for
the Kentucky Horse Park, noticed a number of other horses she thought the park
could help through their Professional
Horseman’s course.
“This might be a perfect example of
‘what goes around comes around,’ ” said
Nicholson. “As we step up to the plate to
help these horses, the horses will, in turn,
help our students to become more qualified and conscientious caretakers, who will
accordingly discover ways to make their
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