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32 SIDELINES APRIL 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE

employee with stealing it.

We are hearing rumors that makes us unhappy about some very unethical practices… what top small pony now has a tendon or suspensory injury which will require surgery (story is pony wasn’t being ridden then it was put on a lunge line for 1.5 hours and broke)? And what Pony of the Year several years ago recently showed up at WEF with a tail that was nothing more than exposed bone from about half way down...? The trainer that leased her for his client, the owner, and the USEF and steward were notifed by a

couple different individuals, but really, should it have come to that? We also heard that a horse died recently on the WEF grounds. Story from barn was aneurysm; story from attending blacksmith was magnesium overdose...disgusting!!! Aren’t we supposed to be horsemen?

On a happier note, Team Zenyatta is graciously donating their share of the proceeds from the sale of the Zenyatta Breyer Horse model to CANTER, Old Friends , and Race for Education . These additional funds will help CANTER continue its work to move ex-race horses into second careers. To date, the CANTER program has assisted in the transition of over 15,000 horses from the race track to the show ring, hunt feld and trails. So get out there and buy that Zenyatta model for the little girl in your life!

From the other side of the pond , we learned that Aloïs Pollmann-Schweckhorst has defnitely left the stables of Paul Schockemöhle at Mühlen. It seems Andreas Kreuzer , the bronze medalist at the last European Championship for Young Riders in Jardy, is the new main rider in at the giant stable. Andreas took over the stallion Chacco Blue (Chambertin), which jumped at Top Level last year.

Jessica Kuerten confrmed that she’s not showing the horses of Lady Forbes these days. “The horses are still at my barn and are well taken care of. We train them every day. It’s a really sad situation, but I can’t tell anything more. That is the job of the lawyers.” Jessica lost the ride on Libertina, Cosma, Myrtille Paulois and some other mounts. But all is not dark: Wiebke Van De Lageweg gave her the ride on VDL Harley (Heartbreakerand she won the VHO Cup on him at the KWPN stallion approvals.

More news from Europe may be old news to you by now, but it’s

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Ashley Wells, of Erie, Pennsylvania won the inaugural ETS Medal class at Chatham, Virginia. She took home the $5000 Virginia Intermont College scholarship, a Tournament of Champions logo down coat, and a Virginia Intermont Equestrian Team jacket. Ashley shows off her ribbon with Virginia Intermont Coach Eddie Federwisch on the left, and Jim Arrigon, ETS Producer and Head Clinician