88 SIDELINES JANUARY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SUNLIGHT RANCH AND POLO CLUB
MARTIN COUNTY, FL
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• 4 Championship Polo Fields
• Practice Fields (Stick & Ball)
• Polo Barns - 45 Permanent Stalls
• Polo Arena - 300’ x 150’ (regulation
size)
• Pastures / Turnouts
• Fully Furnished, Air Conditioned
Clubhouse
Passing: G. Lowell Boomer
of Lincoln, Nebraska, died
Sunday, November 20, 2011. Lowell’s avocation has been a
lifetime love of horses and he became internationally renowned
in the equestrian world. He was the founder of The United States
Dressage Federation (USDF) in Lincoln in 1973, and served for
sixteen years as its Chief Executive Offcer. Today, USDF is
headquartered in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, with
over 30,000 members nationally. In 1989, he established The
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The Dressage Foundation Board
awarded Mo Swanson, of Rolling
Stone Farm, Slatington, PA, a
$6,000 grant from the Michael
Poulin Dressage Fund. The grant
will be used to send the farm’s
trainer, John Lee Amber, and their
7 year old homebred Hanoverian
stallion, Shakespeare RSF, to train
and compete in Florida this winter.
The pair was recently invited by
Debbie McDonald to participate
in the USEF Developing Young
Dressage Horse Program and
they have also worked with Scott
Hassler, Lauren Sammis, Michael
Klimke, Jeanne McDonald, and
Ulf Mueller. The intensive training
time in Florida will help both horse
and rider continue to develop their
talents, with the ultimate goal of
competing successfully in Grand
Prix.
Photo by Susan J. Stickle
Dressage Foundation in Lincoln, Nebraska “to cultivate and
provide fnancial support for the advancement of Dressage.” The
Dressage Foundation’s national headquarters is permanently
anchored in Lincoln. He has won an extensive array of equestrian
honors throughout his lifetime. He was the frst inductee into
the USDF Hall of Fame and has received the USEF (United