64 SIDELINES AUGUST 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
is in Europe on a summer tour, turning in stunning dressage tests
with his four-in-hand team. Last year the foreign press dubbed
Chester the “one to beat” in dressage and it looks like Chester is
still Mr. Dressage.
Congratulations to
Caroline
Roffman
and her horse
Pie
on
winning the National Intermedi-
aire I Dressage Championship
at Gladstone. Caroline, who
operates Lionshare Dressage in
Wellington, Florida, with Endel
Ots, also entered the Sidelines
Magazine Supermodel Contest.
Caroline is certainly a super-
model in our book!
Tina Konyot
and her black
Danish Warmblood stallion
Calecto V
had the ride of their
life during the third selection trial
at the 2012 USEF Dressage
Festival of Champions. The duo
earned a career high score of
80.149%. Congratulations Tina
and Calecto – now you are on
your way to London!
The 2012 Festival of Cham-
pions was a challenging experi-
ence for 16 year old
Rebecca
Cohen
. Her horse
Downtown
was in the vet clinic only weeks
before the competition and
Rebecca was pretty sure he
wouldn’t be able to make the trip
to Gladstone. Downtown recov-
ered, only to colic when he ar-
rived in New Jersey. You can’t
keep a good horse down, how-
ever, because Downtown pulled
through and the pair were able
to compete – and ride away with
the National Junior Dressage
Reserve Championship.
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Off Centerline
Television personality
Stephen Colbert
had the dressage world
buzzing with his announcement on the “Colbert Report” that dres-
sage is the Sport of the Summer. Colbert talked about
Rafalca
,
owned in part by
Ann Romney
(wife of Presidential hopeful Mitt
Romney), who is ridden by
Jan Ebeling
and said dressage was
“basically NASCAR in a velvet top hat.” The dressage world took
the news is stride and fans and riders, including Jan on Rafalca,
were seen sporting foam fngers at Gladstone. The last laugh
was on Colbert, as Jan and Rafalca made the Olympic Dressage
Team and are heading to London. Dressage certainly IS the Sport
of the Summer.
Enjoy the good life
Otto
! The 16 year old Danish Warmblood
gelding, ridden by
Todd Flettrich
, was selected as an alternate
to the US Olympic Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Owner Margaret Duprey of Wellington, Florida said she decided
to withdraw the pair from the list of horses and riders being con-
sidered for the Olympic games. Instead, Otto is headed for a life
of turnout and relaxation.
Hello Mr. Dressage! If four-in-hand combined driver
Chester
Weber
, the nine-time USEF National Four-In-Hand Champion,
looks for a new career – he can certainly try dressage. Chester
Dressage rider
Karin Reid Offeld
shows off her
helmet hair – in
honor of the
Sidelines One
K Helmet Hair
contest.“Ever
since I started
to grow out my
short hair cut….
it’s been just
terrible!”