102 SIDELINES FEBRUARY 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Congratulations to
Whit Watkins
of Moody, Texas, on receiving
the fifth annual
“USDF Region 9 Teaching Excellence Award”
at
the Great American/USDF Region 9 Championships held in Bryan,
Texas. Whit received a $5,000 award for demonstrating adherence
to sound dressage principles and the ability to communicate these
principles so that students develop themselves and their horses
in a logical, progressive and humane way up through the levels.
Way to go Whit!
The California Dressage Society
Horse of the Year High
Percent Stallion (Tambu Memorial Trophy) was awarded
to
Susan Treabess
and the eight-year-old PRE stallion
Kamiakin
owned by
Katie Hill
of the Netherlands. Susan is a 2010 World
Equestrian Games Para-Dressage rider aiming for the 2014 World
Equestrian Games.
At this year’s
Adequan Global Dressage Festival
, music will
be a highlight for spectators - and not just freestyles! Highlighting
the “Friday Night Stars” programs are musicians from the
Frost
School of Music at the University of Miami.
The Frost School of
Music, one of two schools established in 1926 when the University
of Miami was founded, is one of the largest and best music schools
located in a private university in the U.S. Ensembles such as jazz
bands, chamber orchestra, a capella jazz singers, a gospel choir,
and more will be featured during the Friday evening competitions.
On Friday, January 17, a special
“Wild West Show”
will be the
“mane event” at
The Stadium at PBIEC
, featuring trick riders,
comedy acts, barrel racing competition, a roping act, Roman
riding teams and more for a full western rodeo atmosphere!
Kim Boyer’s Grandioso
is the highest rated PRE in the
world (ahead of every American except
Steffen Peters
) and her
Loon Creek Enterprises
sends out congratulations to
dressage rider
Nancy Bryant
,
of Oxford, Michigan, and her
Trakehner gelding Handsel *Pb*
(Advocate *Ps* - Ethos, bred by
Loon Creek) on their successful
2013 season at third level and
their debut at fourth level! Nancy
and Handsel were Michigan
Dressage Association 2013
Champions at third level. Nancy
also earned her USDF bronze
medal and Handsel earned his
Performance Bronze designation
(*Pb*) from the American
Trakehner Association.
Photo by Kim MacMillan/MacMillan
Photography
Congratulations from the
American Trakehner Association
to the newly approved stallions from 2013:
Feiner Prinz
(Perechlest – Cornus, bred by Dr. Renate Wernke-Schmissing,
Germany) owned by Dr. Margaret MacGregor, Holders Hill,
Auburn, Illinois;
Hart Throb
(Hailo *Pg*E* - Martini *Pg*E*),
bred and owned by Jean Brinkman, Valhalla Farm, Wellborn,
Florida, and
Heroic Measures
(Platinum vom Rappenhof
*Pg* - E.H. Biotop, bred by Connie Kempter, Canada), owned
by Jay and Melissa Yager, Lenoir City, Tennessee. Also in
2013 the ATA Board of Directors posthumously approved
the Thoroughbred stallion
Coconut Grove
for use in the
Trakehner breed. Pictured: Feiner Prinz (left to right) handler
Dieter Felgendreher, Feiner Prinz, Dr. Margaret MacGregor
and Jason Elvidge.
Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography
Dressage Daily’s
Mary Phelps
is driving in style! She
recently acquired two new driving ponies named
Al Capony
and
Bugsy Malony
. Mary purchased them from
Johnny
Robb
and
Gary Yeager
and has big plans for these two
identical buckskin pintos. Happy driving Mary!
homebred Vaquero is also at the top of the list of six-year-olds in
Spain! Fabulous news – congratulations Kim.
What a team!
Shannon Dueck
has partnered with
SallyAlksnis
on not one but two spectacular horses hand picked by the
Carl
Hester
. Allegro II (barn name Alfie) is a fun seven-year-old that
Shannon describes as a bouncing baby boy! The second soon-to-
be superstar for this pair is six-year-old Serpico. Congratulations
on the new boys!
Leslie Morse
is now in Wellington from California with a small
herd of horses, but Leslie didn’t buy hers – she bred them. All four
are protégée of her two superstar stallions, the late Kingston and
Tip Top 962. Leslie shared her fun tales of raising a new generation
of super stars with the audience at the recent
ShopTalk
at
Show
Chic Dressage.
There were tears and laughter and no doubt she
has a new set of fans who will be cheering her on at the winter
CDIs!
