22 SIDELINES JANUARY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
U.S. rider Heather Blitz and
her Danish Warmblood
gelding Paragon wowed the
crowd and the judges with
expressive movement and
spot-on tests to fnish just
0.773 percent behind Peters
and Weltino’s Magic for the
silver medal.
Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan
Photography
Team U.S.A. dressage in their
gold medal victory gallop, L-R:
Cesar Parra and Grandioso,
Marisa Festerling and Big
Tyme, Steffen Peters and
Weltino’s Magic and Heather
Blitz and Paragon
Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan
Photography
Individual gold medalists in show jumping Christine McCrea and Candy Tribble’s
Dutch gelding Romantovich Take One from the U.S.A. were handed a last minute
win when their teammates Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Vio Volo jumped clean,
but went over the time limit accruing one fault. McCrea, a rookie on team U.S.A.,
commented on her last minute win over her veteran teammate Madden and on her
frst experience competing on a U.S. team, “I did not anticipate that and I’m sure
Beezie didn’t anticipate that. It just happened. That’s sports. My overall impression
was this was a fabulous week. It was great. Our country needed this - we needed
it.”
Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography
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