Mary Burke & Prince
Congrats to Mary Burke and Prince, the 2009 California Dressage Society Adult Amateur Intermediare I Champions!
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2009 Intermediare-I Champion!
Posted in Adult Amateur, Horse Show Results, Horses for Sale, Intermediare I, Mary Burke, Prince on July 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »
We’re on a roll, might as well keep going.
Posted in Charman, Dressage, Elmegardens Ziam, Horse Show Results, Junior Team and Individual Tests, Katie Thompson, Lusitanos and Andalusians, Mary Burke, Prince, Rebecca Raede, Ultriz Interagro, Uno-HM on June 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The National Horse Show is in Del Mar, California every year. The show is at the race track. The warm-up is on the race track that has this new, “spngy” footing. After worming up there, the ride happens in a sandy, deep footing. With those conditions anyone scoring well has really accomplished something. Southern California is now the mecca of American dressage so it isn’t always easy to score when people in magazines on very expensive horses are in your class. Nonetheless, we’re willing to show our horses. That’s what it is about-showing training (the dressage) of the horse.
Tom Valter rode Swedish Warmblood, Charman, and Lusitano Stallion, Ultriz Interagro. Both placed in the ribbons. Charman won the High Point ribbon for Swedish Warmbloods.
Katie Thompson rode Uno-HM in the Fourth Level, ending up in the mid-sixties for scores.
Rebecca Raede on Elmegarden’s Ziam continued to work on their collection of qualifying scores for the USDF National Junior Championships. (She earned a first and a second despite Ziam’s new found “electricity.” Ziam was on fire.
Mary Burke & Prince
Mary Burke usually rides adult amateur but she wanted to know what it would be like to ride with the big guns in the CDI-W. They’re scores were respectful and she ended up in the top half of some very large classes (over 15 rides.) It was all good experience.
A couple weeks later, Rebecca practiced her new Musical Freestyle on her horse, Ribbons N’ Curls. Another week later, she got her qualifying score needed for her Junior FEI Championships on Elmegardens Ziam. That was at the Flintridge show.
Time to Catch up on Horse Show Results
Posted in Dressage, Fourth Level Dressage Tests, Horse Show Results, Intermediare I, Katie Thompson, Lusitanos and Andalusians, Marthe Winner, Mary Burke, Prince, Prix St. George, Talisma do Retiro, Third Level Dressage Tests, Uno-HM, Ventura on June 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Marthe Winner & Ventura
We’ve all been busy going to horse shows we didn’t even stop to make a note! But now it’s time to catch up. We’ll start with the April show in Las Vegas. Mathe Winner rode well at third level on her horse, Ventura. They are progressing well and got scores well over 60%.
Then Katie Thompson used the show to practice the Fourth level test on the Lusitano gelding, Uno-HM. It was a successful ride. Katie and Uno placed first with scores in the mid-sixties. On the last day of the show, Uno and Katie won the fourth level class but Kristey Keller on her Lusitano gelding, Talisma Do Retiro, got reserve, also with scores over 60%.
Mary Burke rode Prince and scored nearly 72% in the Prix St. George. Intermediare I score was in the mid sixties.
After the Las Vegas show at Cooper Ranch, there were rides at a show at Los Angeles Equestrian Center. I don’t remember who rode and what they scored so we’ll move on. . . .
We all got together in Las Vegas for the World Cup. Marthe Winner arranged a suite so we had a relaxing enjoyable time, eating catered food and wine and watching great rides. Now it was time to get ready for the CDI-W at Del Mar, California.
Tom Valter 