88 SIDELINES DECEMBER 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Dressage rider
Aileen Daly
is known for dancing on horseback;
but now the Aiken, South Carolina rider is going to be dancing with
the stars! Aileen will take part in Dancing with the Aiken Stars on
November 15th. Her dance partner will be Aiken pediatrician
Dr.
John Tiffany
.
Lily Zilo
and trainer
Endel Ots
took a trip to Europe and found
Lily an exciting new horse.
Windsor’s Aron
is a stunning dark
bay KWPN gelding with tons of talent. Rider and trainer have their
sights set on the 2014 Asian Games! Best of luck with your new
boy Lily!!
Congratulations to Olympians
Michael Poulin
and
Ravel
on
making
outstanding contributions to the sport of dressage in
the United States! The USDF has announced they will both be
inducted into the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame (HOF)
during the Adequan/USDF Annual Convention in New Orleans,
Louisiana. Michael has shown a lifelong commitment to furthering
dressage and dressage education in the U.S. and was part of the
U.S. bronze medal team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Michael was instrumental in the founding of the USDF
Instructor/Trainer Program and founded The Dressage
Foundation’s Advanced Young Rider Olympic Dream Program.
Ravel, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding has awed crowds
nationally and internationally since he entered the competition
arena in 2008 with rider
Steffen Peters
.
Akiko Yamazaki
and
her husband,
Jerry Yang
, purchased Ravel in 2006 from
Tim
Coomans
, Netherlands, with the goal of Ravel being Steffen’s
mount at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The pair went on to meet
that goal, representing the U.S. at the Beijing Games and placing
fourth individually. In 2009, Ravel and Steffen took frst at the
Rolex FEI World Cup, beating out nine-time World Champion
Anky van Grunsven
.
Anne Gribbons
, the Technical Advisor to the U.S. Dressage
Team since December 2009, has informed the USEF she does
not wish to be considered for the position after her contract expires
at the end of November. At the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian
Games, Anne guided the U.S. to a fourth place team fnish and
assisted
Steffen Peters
in winning two Individual Bronze medals
with
Ravel
. At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara,
Mexico the U.S. Dressage Team had a historic medal sweep of all
three Individual medals in addition to winning Team Gold. In the
summer of 2012, Anne led the U.S. to sixth in London .
The dressage community was saddened by the loss of
Patsy
Albers
, 76, who passed away unexpectedly in October. Patsy
was a well known fgure at dressage competitions throughout the
United States as a director, manager, volunteer and offcial. She
was awarded several volunteer awards throughout her life. Patsy
was a fundraiser and Chef d’Equipe for many years for the North
American Junior and Young Rider Championship (NAJYRC)
Region 1 team. In 2010, a new Perpetual Trophy was donated in
honor of Patsy. “The Albers Award” is presented each year at the
championship. Patsy’s efforts enabled juniors and young riders
with limited resources to try out and compete. Patsy’s latest work
was the 2012 Dressage at Devon where she had been the FEI
Event Director for many years.
Doggie want a bone? Or a Halloween tribute at ShowChic?
Not exactly. In late October Physical Therapist
Stacey Brown
was the speaker at Shop Talk and she brought bones…lots of
them, to demonstrate the biomechanics of the horse’s spine. It
was a spine tingling presentation and
Carol Cohen’s
pooch,
Tulip
, thought she had hit the mother load when she found
Stacey’s demonstration bones on the foor!
Sexy and He Knows
It…Olympian
Bent
Jensen
has become
famous world wide for
his outlandish, fun (yes
we said fun) dressage
freestyles. Most
recently he was invited
to the Munich Indoor
show in Germany to
perform his “Sexy and
I Know It” freestyle
at the Friday and
Saturday night Galas at
the prestigious show.
He will be borrowing a
horse in Germany for
the performance.
PR Pony Junkie,
Johnny
Robb
,
acquired two more
little horses,
Barnes
& Noble
. Johnny said
she purchased them
as a tribute to rider/
author, Tami Hoag and
next year when Tami’s
new murder mystery
comes out she plans on
driving Barnes & Noble
to Barnes & Noble for
Tami’s book signing.
Ah how we justify our
passions! But we have
to agree these two are
irresistibly cute!