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Catching up: We hear that Germany’s dressage team
coach
Holger Schmezer,
will resign after this year’s
London Olympics. Holger has coached the team since
2000. The news came through St. Georg magazine (www.
st-georg.de), which also reports that the coaching job will
then be taken over by his co-trainer
Jonny Hilberath
.
Dr. Cesar Para
has sold
Grandioso
, his gold medal
winning Pan Am partner, as well as the promising FEI
mare,
Federleicht,
to the
Glock Performance Horse
Centre
in Austria. We understand that
Gaston Glock’s
in house rider,
Marcel Schoenmakers
will be competing
them.
And on the subject of new rides…
Guenter Seidel
has a
new Grand Prix horse with the help of
Ed and
Camille Penhoet
will be aiming for a spot on the US
Team at this summer’s Olympic Games in London. We
hear that Guenter will be campaigning
Marie Meyers’
Fandango
through August of 2012.
What a party! Fire dancers and mermaids in the pool at
the
World Dressage Masters exhibitors party
at IPC. It
was so very Wellington - over the top. Lots of people there
but everyone seemed to be behaving themselves. I’ll be at
WDM today and will tell you if anything comes up. But let’s
face it, dressage people are boring!!
Correction:
Iron Spring Farm submitted a photo
of Rabiola and Robby at Dressage At Devon and we
mistakenly credited the wrong photographer. Stacy
Lynne Wendkos took the picture. We regret the error.
Canadians
have been coming on strong this season – the
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Sabre Interagro, a gorgeous gray Lusitano bred by Interagro
Lusitanos, is the star of a Brazilian commercial and international
campaign for the Princess Barbie
TM
Doll from Mattel. In the 60
second commercial, Sabre Interagro proves that fairy tales do
come true as he recreates the famous scene in which a handsome
prince rescues a princess while mounted on a splendid white
horse. Sabre Interagro shows off his star power in the Brazilian
commercial when he gallops onto the scene carrying the prince
who spots three beautiful princesses. Following a scene in which
Sabre Interagro rears – complete with fog and the sound of a
whinny -- the prince swoops one of the lovely ladies onto the back
of Sabre Interagro and they ride off together as the commercial
transitions into two young girls playing with their Barbie Dolls.
Sabre’s owner, Marantes, of Haras Itapuã South, reported that
the producers looked at a variety of breeds before choosing a
Lusitano for the commercial. Marantes was thrilled to have his
horse appear in the commercial. Sabre Interagro is ridden in a
Portuguese saddle and breastplate that Marantes purchased at the
International Festival of the Lusitano Horse in Lisbon.