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California Riding Magazine • June, 2009 Flying Changes
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Dressage Trainer Anke Herbert riding her Bavarian Warmblood Fandango R.S. Classical European Dressage Trainer Anke Herbert Comes to Bay Area Dressage trainer Anke Herbert, a Belgium native, came to the U.S. last year and recently began offering her training services to clients in the Bay Area. With 30 years of experience, she has worked with top trainers, developed hundreds of horses internationally and earned Pferdewirtschaftsmeister, the highest certification attainable as a German equine professional. Anke was a member of the German Olympic dressage team in Hong Kong and is currently developing her 6-year-old Bavarian Warmblood gelding Fandango R.S. Anke brings a rare combination of hard work and infectious enthusiasm to her teaching and students unanimously enjoy learning from her and improve quickly. There are no shortcuts for Anke’s students. Her guiding principle is to keep the tradition of classical riding. While the process is gradual, it is the key to building a good foundation that carries both horse and rider through the levels, having fun along the way. Anke Herbert can be contacted through www.ankeherbert.com, anke@ankeherbert.com or 415-420-8097.
Equine dentist Brian Borg welcomes new son Xane. New Son for Equine Dentist Brian Borg Equine dentist Brian Borg, wife Andrea and son Braeden welcomed Xane Borg, the newest member of the Borg clan, into the world at 8:42 a.m. on May 5. Weighing in at 7lbs 8oz, Xane is a healthy baby boy. An avid equestrian and native Aussie, Brian rides three day eventing and is an AMHA judge when he’s not busy correcting dental problems for horses in Riverside. www.advancedequinedental.com. John McConnell Loses Three Horses In Trailer Fire A tragic trailering accident claimed the lives of three horses in New Mexico. Grand Prix rider John McConnell and his brother, Bill, were shipping eight horses the night of April 27 from McConnell’s home farm at the McElvain family’s Rancho Corazon in Lemitar, NM, to the Del Mar Horse Show. In the middle of the night, the rear tires of the semi rig caught fire outside of Lemitar. John and Bill tried save the horses as flames raged and they succeeded in unloading four. When the flames hindered additional rescue efforts they opened the back door in hopes the horses would jump out. One did, but the three remaining horses were lost. The fire department arrived at 2 a.m. Lost in the fire were Carolina, Air Force and Candilagos. The family expresses their sincere appreciation for the outpouring of concern from the horse community.
New US stamp features Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit Rides Again Seabiscuit, the legendary racehorse whose rise from underdog to champion inspired the nation during the Great Depression, made his debut on stamped envelopes May 11 at U.S. post offices throughout the country. The new U.S. Postal Service stamped envelope depicts the moment when Seabiscuit pulled ahead of mighty War Admiral in the historic race. The first of them will be mailed Monday following a ceremony at the Willits-area ranch in Northern California where Seabiscuit retired and is buried. Four World Cup Qualifiers Hosted at Thermal HITS will again offer a covered competition arena for the four World Cup Qualifiers at the 2010 HITS Desert Circuit in Thermal. The World Cup events will take place at DC II, III, IV and VI during the 2010 season. The covered arena was originally erected at the HITS Desert Horse Park in Thermal for the 2008 season at the request of the West Coast Active Riders, in order to have a competition setting similar to what riders would be challenged with at the FEI World Cup Finals. In its inaugural and second year, the covered arena at Thermal enjoyed wide-spread praise from the top high-performance riders in the sport.
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