56 SIDELINES AUGUST 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Congratulations to
Robert Dover
the new
United States
Dressage Team Technical Advisor and Chef d’Equipe
.
We can’t say enough good things about this decision. Sorry
Canada but this was long over due.
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Congratulations are in order for
Oded Shimoni
who just
purchased his own farm in Wellington right next to
Spy Coast
Farm
. Oded and the love of his life, jumper rider
Nataly Leibovitz
,
have big plans for the farm.
Dog lovers everywhere gave a collective sigh of relief upon
learning that
Carol Cohen’s
beloved Chihuahua,
Sabrina
, was
found. The much-loved pup went mysteriously missing from the
townhouse Carol is redesigning in Palm Beach Polo. Glad to hear
that Sabrina is safe and sound!
The dressage community is a traveling bunch!
Heather
Blitz
and her hubby are in Africa as we go to press, while
Shannon
and
Loren Dueck
(pictured) just got back from
yet another trip to Italy, this time it was Rome and the Isle of
Capri. Thank goodness they missed their dogs and horses or
they may never have returned.
Artist and
Show Chic
owner,
Michele Hundt,
reports that she
is keeping busy working on a very exciting commissioned painting
for…(Nah…more details when the masterpiece is revealed.)
Bent Jensen
is known for being hip when it comes to dancing
and musical freestyles and now he has a brand new hip. We are
pleased to learn that Bent’s surgery went great and we should see
Bent up and dancing by the end of the summer.
Mr. Dressage
of the Four-in Hand world,
Chester Weber
,
proved he is more than circles and extensions when he won
the Marathon (and the cones
and the Championship) at his
first European competition in
Saumur, France. Well done!
Congratulations to Canadian
Olympian
David Marcus
on
his hat trick. David made a
clean sweep of the grand
prix division at the CDI3*
Angelstone
International
Dressage Tournament
in
Rockwood, Ontario. Riding his
2012 London Olympic mount,
Chrevi’s Capital
, David won
both the Grand Prix and the
Grand Prix Freestyle while
Don
Kontes
stood in the winner’s
circle following the Grand Prix
Special.
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