14 SIDELINES MAY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Alexi Wikstrom and LeQuel, who taught her that the lower levels
are the training grounds for the upper levels (shown here, going
CCI** at the 2006 Virginia Horse Trials.
Photo by Lauren R Giannini
Ivan Blumberg and Hastening Opal, en route to placing 8
th
on
their dressage score of 35.0 in a feld of 54 at the 2011 Nutrena/
USEA American Eventing Championships (GA).
Photo by Mark Lehner Photography/Hoofclix.com
can learn from the elite. “It’s a real game-changer,” he said. “I’ve
spent my career as an attorney around athletes and no other
professional athletes are as accessible as our eventers. You can
attend clinics and take lessons with Phillip Dutton, Kim Severson
and Karen O’Connor. They’re among the best in the world and
available to the novice rider at a very affordable price. It’s a great
way to learn the sport. I have the horse to move up if I can fnd
the time to train a lot more. I’d like to do the Classic 3-day format
this year.”
Good news: the USEA calendar includes three Preliminary
Classic Three-Days, 11 at Training and four at Novice. Something
for everyone, that’s eventing.
For more information: www.useventing.com