72 SIDELINES MAY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Catching up:
In March,
Phillip and Evie Dutton
hosted the
fourth annual
Olympic Gala
in Aiken, SC at their winter facility in
Bridle Creek. They helped bring the Aiken community together
for a night of cocktails, a catered buffet, dancing and a silent
auction. The night raised $65,000 with all proceeds going to
the
USET Foundation
for the beneft of the U.S. Eventing High
Performance programs.
Phillip and
Boyd Martin
stepped
forward as the Celebrity Hosts of the evening, welcoming the
crowds as everybody gathered to enjoy the open bar and hors
d’oeuvres, partaking in the raffe and silent auction while enjoying
the music of Preston and Weston.
Congratulations are defnitely in order for Japanese rider
Hiroshi Hoketsu,
the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, who has qualifed for an individual dressage slot at the
upcoming London Games when he will be 71. Hiroshi should be
everyone’s hero!
An outbreak of an equine virus is preventing horses from
traveling in the Netherlands, causing animals including those of
triple Olympic dressage champion
Anky van Grunsven
to miss
competitions in Florida this spring. The rhinopneumonitis virus, or
equine herpes, poses no risk to
humans. Symptoms vary from
a common cold to miscarriages
and paralysis, according to the
website of the Dutch Ministry of
Economic Affairs, Agriculture
and Innovation. The disease,
which can be fatal, is spread by
close contact between horses.
It can also be transferred
indirectly by people, feed or
equipment.
Everyone has heard by now
of the fap about
Dr. Cesar
Parra
. It sounds like a witch
hunt to us…
Horses:
Spanish young
rider
Estefania Rios
has lost
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David O’Connor,
standing between
the paparazzi
and Liz Millikin’s
Trakehner,
Masterpiece 54,
was intent on his
Canadian team
hopefuls all weekend
at Red Hills. Make
no mistake; he was
watching the U.S.
team hopefuls as
well, especially
with wife Karen
competing and
his new U.S. Chef
d’Equipe job starting
in 2013!
Photo by Douglas
MacMillan/MacMillan
Photography
The bit check volunteers on dressage day at Red Hills
were Rhoda Icerman, Dianna Thompson and Betty Lou
Calloway
Photo by Kim MacMillan/MacMillan Photography