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California Riding Magazine • July, 2009 Winner's Circle |
Jennifer Shearer on Matheus wins Prix St. Georges Am/Jr/YR.
Anke Herbert debuts Fandango RS. Villa Rosa Enjoys Success at Woodside The clients of dressage trainer Heidi Gaian of Villa Rosa, located in Hollister, had a successful Woodside Spring Dressage Show May 15-17. Jennifer Shearer and Matheus took the Prix St. Georges Am/Jr/YR on Saturday and Sunday with 65%. Anya Bershad with Wonderboy and Melissa Richards with D’Ariel also had good results. Bershad was the FEI Jr/Am High Percentage Champion, thanks to a win in the PSG on Friday with 68.684%. Anke Herbert debuted her horse Fandango RS (by Finesinn) and topped nearly every First Level class they entered with consistent scores of 69%. Herbert also completed the first leg toward earning her USDF Bronze Medal. Kari Browne and Navigator successfully started their qualifying for Fourth Level championships, including a
Reserve Champion of Functionality, Vendito RJ.
Trainer Mylessa Nickelson with Champion Molino RJ and his owner Jesus Jimenez. Molino RJ Wins Big at the Feria del Caballo Espanol The United States Pura Raza Española Association held its Feria del Caballo Espanol Expo horse show, sanctioned by The National Association of Purebred Spanish Horse Breeders of Spain, (ANNCE) the official stud book holder of the P.R.E. horse in Spain, on May 29-31 at the Industry Hills Expo Center. Trainer Mylessa Nickelson of West Wind Training Stables showed the 4-year-old, Molino RJ, to conclusive wins in Morphology, Best Movements and Functionality in his age division, in addition to the Reserve Champion stallion and Best Movement Champion of the entire Expo. Nickelson also showed Vendito RJ to the title of Reserve Champion of Functionality of the entire show. Chelsea Curtis a Champion at the Memorial Day Classic Chelsea Curtis, aboard her horse Tadine, won the Modified Jr/Am Jumper Championship, the AA Jumper Championship and the $1000 Ch/AA Jumper Classic at the Memorial Day Classic Horse Show. “The classes were huge and the competition was stiff,” says trainer Nancy Prosser of West View Farms. “I’m quite pleased with her results.”
Merrie Velden and Sandomere. Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials at Flintridge Dressage at Flintridge in La Cañada May 22-24 hosted the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trial for the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses. Merrie Velden rode Holly Reimers’ black stallion, Sandomere, winner of last year’s 5 Year Old division. The pair earned a combined score of 76.840% and after two days of competition they earned the Champion’s ribbon in the 6 Year Old division. In the 5 Year Old division, Louise Kock and San Shivago (Sandro Hit x Donnerhall) topped the leader board with an overall score of 80.240%, receiving high scores on both the trot and canter.
Tulip Sets a Record with 20,805 Endurance Miles Tulip, a Morab gelding who turned 21 last month, is the first horse in American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) history to surpass the 20,000 mile mark having completed 20,805 miles of endurance competition. Dr. Les Carr of Somerset, Tulip’s owner, has amassed 46,460 miles of his own during his 24 years of AERC competitions. Both Carr and Tulip exemplify AERC’s commitment to valuing equine longevity. California Riders Named to USEF Eventing Training Lists Following the spring competition season, the U.S. Equestrian Federation Eventing High Performance Training Lists have been updated. Horse and rider combinations on the lists may participate in training sessions with USEF Eventing Coach Capt. Mark Phillips. One California rider earned a spot on the A list. Gina Miles, 35, of Atascadero riding McKinlaigh, a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Thomas Schulz and Laura Coats. Two California riders joined the B list: Jolie Sexson, 27, of Martinez on Killian O’Connor, an 11-year-old Selle Francais-Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Tracy Bowman; and Jennifer Wooten-DaFoe, 30, of Ramona, on The Good Witch, a 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare owned by Daisy and Donn Tognazzini. USEF Eventing Developing Riders include: Tiana Coudray, 20, of Ojai on Ringwood Magister, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Jatial Inc.; and Alexis Helffrich, 27, of Pleasanton on Leyasta, a 10-year-old Selle Francais mare owned by Sarah Vernlund. Congratulations to all.
Steffen Peters and Ravel perform at the
2008 Olympic Dressage Selection Trials. Dressage Team Named For Aachen CHIO Steffen Peters, the reigning FEI World Cup Champion, will ride Ravel in the CHIO at the prestigious World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany, June 26 to July 5. Catherine Haddad on Cadillac and Jane Hannigan on Maksymilian will join Peters on the U.S. team. This is the first time the United States has fielded a team since 2005. The Aachen CHIO brings together show jumping, dressage, eventing, driving and vaulting for a week and a half of team and individual competition.
Team USA at Nations Cup. U.S. Jumping Team Scores Two Big International Wins The Americans scored a sensational back-to-back double when following their win in Rome, May 29 with another superb victory in the third leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series at St Gallen, Switzerland, June 5. The result was only decided after a thrilling two-way third-round jump-off against the clock in which Richard Spooner clinched it for the USA ahead of Germany. The U.S. team also took top honors at the Meydan FEI Nations Cup in Rome. Richard Spooner, Laura Kraut, Ashlee Bond, and Lauren Hough, completed the two rounds with just four faults. Bond, who rode a dramatic double-clear during the U.S. team’s seventh-placed effort at La Baule (France), repeated the feat aboard Cadett 7 in Rome. Unknown Mare Takes Local Championship An Arabian mare from a backyard barn entered The Golden Gate Arabian Horse Association’s March show in the Dressage Suitability Class and beat seasoned competitors hands down in her first competition. Owner Kathy Campbell and trainer Cheryl Krug decided at the last minute to enter KHS Rhapsody in the show because she was doing so well in her dressage training and pleasure riding. They consulted with two other trainers that specialize in Arabians and both felt Rhapsody was ready to show competitively. Rhapsody’s breeder, Mary Christopherson, owner of Oakley Equestrian Center in Contra Costa County’s Oakley is university educated in livestock husbandry. She has 30 years experience breeding and successfully showing Arabian horses. “I’ve known hapsody possesses the ability to excel in competitions for a long time because her parents were exceptional horses,” Christopherson says. “I’m excited that her owners decided to let the horse show community see how wonderful she is as well.” “The judge was emphatic in her verbal appreciation of Rhapsody as a potential dressage horse due to her natural lightness of gait and overall quality,” the breeder continues. “She encouraged Campbell and Krug to show the mare in dressage competitions this summer.”
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