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FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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The pas de duex Birthday Bash for
Endel Ots
(Oct. 8)
and
Bethany Peslar
(Oct. 10) rocked the
Wanders Club at
International Polo
last month and it looked as if the dressage
season was starting early with so many DQs and DKs celebrating.
The chase is on … rumor has it that
Kevin Kohmann
may
be ready to pop the question to
Chase Hickok
. We’ll keep you
posted.
Yo Momma …
Mary-Haskins Gurganus
is back in the show
ring and pulling in the blues! Mary-Haskins took a few years off to
start a family and headed back to the show ring recently with an
impressive string. She is still a super mom, too!
New dressage groupie (and rider)
Allyn Maix
is taking it up
with Congress. The
AQHA Congress
that is. Allyn teamed up
with
Schneider’s Saddlery
to take her
Choice of Champions
products to the Congress, leaving her horses behind with her
French Connection dressage trainer
Francois Lamare.
The United States Dressage Federation
(USDF) is pleased to
announce and congratulate its new
USDF Certified Instructors
at Training through First Level.
They are
Jennifer Kaiser
of
Lafayette, Indiana,
Corinna Scheller-Fleming
of Falls Village,
Connecticut,
Kim Aikens
of
Petoskey, Michigan,
Emme
Johnston
of Snow Camp, North
Carolina,
Bonnie Walker
of
San Diego, California,
Crystal
Taylor
of Greenville, Rhode
Island and
Denise Laigle
of
Harrah, Oklahoma.
Wellington
residents were a
powerful presence at the recent
USDF Region 3 Championships
held at the Georgia International
Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia
in October.
Lisa Tota
, who
owns the local
Dressage
Connection
with her husband
Charlie
, won the huge training
level open class aboard
De La
Vinci
.
Amy Swerdlin
of the
Palm Beach Equine Horse
Sports Complex
won the
third level adult amateur class
aboard
Scholastica
.
Kristy
Truebenbach Lund
of
Blue
Marlin Farms
won the adult
amateur intermediare 2 class
and placed reserve in the
fourth level class aboard
Reel
Adventure
and
Akavavit
.
Local trainer
John Zopatti
was reserve in the grand
prix musical freestyle with an
impressive 75% aboard Blue
Marlin Farms owned
Fabio
.
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Janna Rumbough
received a
well-deserved adult amateur
grand prix win aboard
Junior
What was the coolest thing at the
Region 3 Dressage
Championships
in Conyers? Hint it’s really cool. Everyone
went crazy for the new
Equi Cool Down
line of horse wear
that keeps horses cool without refrigeration. This product is
awesome and few people left the show without one!
