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In New Mexico,
Windsong Dressage
trainer,
Ulla Hudson
,
has really “gone west” as she was recently certified in Western
Dressage training.
Sidelines
want to say congratulations since we
know Ulla won’t want to toot her own “saddle” horn!
And in Wellington, there is a new love in
Bethany Peslar’s
life! We got a sneak preview of Bethany ’s new superstar horse
who arrived from Europe and it’s easy to see why it was
love at
first sight
. Congrats to the
Lionshare Dressage
team, especially
Endel Ots
, for bringing these two together!
A dynamic duo! The United States Dressage Federation (USDF)
is pleased to announce that Region 6 Young Rider,
Ayden
Uhlir
and
Sjapoer
, her 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding,
were awarded this year’s
Fiona Baan “Pursuit of Excellence”
Memorial Trophy.
This trophy is awarded to the young rider who
earns the highest combined average score in the three dressage
tests; FEI Young Rider Team, Individual and Freestyle. Ayden, 18,
of Kirkland, Washington, was the highest scoring competitor in the
individual test and the freestyle test at this year’s NAJYRC where
they earned an overall combined average of 70.980%. Ayden
earned a 69.184% in the Team Test, 71.605% in the Individual
Test, and 72.175% in the Freestyle Test.
Congratulations new instructors! The USDF is pleased to
announce and congratulate its new USDF Certified Instructors,
who took their exams in June at
Dancing Horse Farm
in Lebanon,
Ohio, with examiners
Debbie Bowman
and
Ann Guptill.
New
USDF Certified Instructor/Trainers at Training through First Level
include;
Ken Levy
of Noblesville, Indiana,
Nicole Chastain Price
of Solvang, California,
Heather Salden
of Carver, Minnesota,
and
Elizabeth Gagliardi
of Hobart, Indiana. New USDF Certified
Instructors/Trainers at Second Level include
Jennifer Truett
of
Lebanon, Ohio, and
Rebecca Cord
of West Grove, Pennsylvania.
The Dressage Foundation
has announced the recipients
of the inaugural grants from the new
Heldenberg Training
Center Fund in Memory of E.L. Dreitzler.
Adult amateur
dressage riders
Suzie Hallé
, of Colorado, and
Jennifer
Shepherd
, of North Carolina, have each been awarded $3,700
to attend the Spanish
Riding School’s Training
Center in Heldenberg,
Austria. Both riders
plan to attend a five-
day theoretical course
at Heldenberg, which
will include instruction
about the proper seat,
correct aids, lunge work,
training stages of the
horse and rider and the
history of the Spanish
Riding School.
John Zopatti
sent us this photo from his trip to Ireland where
he did a boat trip through the Lochs…we wonder if he saw the
Loch Ness monster?
In the spotlight with a 74.40%,
Don Altena
made his
competition debut under
Canadian Olympian David Marcus
at the CornerStone Summer Festival in July at the Caledon
Equestrian Park in Palgrave, Ontario. Caledon Equestrian
Park is preparing to host the equestrian events for the 2015
Pan American Games. David, who operates
David Marcus
Dressage
in Campbellville, Ontario, and owner
Deborah
Kinzinger
found Don Altena, a five-year-old bay Dutch
Warmblood gelding (Wonderboy x El Corona) last fall in
Europe.
Photo by Ally Dunlop
Jennifer Shepherd
Photo by Jagg Photography
Suzie Halle
Photo by Kathleen Bryan
