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Stransky Mission Farm Makes a Difference in Haiti
“He is like her boyfriend,” laughs Liliane. “He is the only horse in the barn that we cannot sell. This year Daniela moved up to the Junior Jumpers, so I began to ride Hero for pleasure. He’s 12 now, and I hadn’t been in the show ring for 24 years. But I decided to take him into a low jumper class at one show, and we won! He is a very special horse and he has a home forever!” The stable is now overflowing with beautiful horses, including Daniela’s other Children’s Jumpers Neblina, a small and fast chestnut Argentinean bred mare, and an incredibly versatile Dutch Warmblood mare named Pamela. The 15.3 hand bay has not only proven to be successful in the Children’s Jumpers with Daniela, but in the open Hunter Derby competitions and the Regular Working Hunters. Also housed at the spacious and luxurious stables in
Wellington are Boxer, Second Chance, Tiramisu, Laugh Out Loud, Everybody’s Talking and Major Cool, who have all played a role at some point in Daniela’s career in the saddle.
Jumping for Haiti Daniela is already an international show jumping veteran
and has competed around the United States at top show with wins at competitions at the Georgia International Horse Park, the Kentucky Horse Park, and the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, as well as Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina and Spain. Over the past five years the teen, who trains with Grand Prix veteran Hector Florentino, has steadily moved up the ranks accruing purse earnings that she donates to her mom’s charity. Quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Junior Jumpers, Daniela competes against some of the best young riders from around the world aboard her Thoroughbred mare Light, her 12-year- old Belgium bred stallion Vasco V by Codex out of Princesse, and the medal winning Grand Prix mount Ikarus, a 17-year old Hanoverian gelding by Ile de Bourbon out of Gold Venus. Besides being generous with her winnings, Daniela
is generous with her horses. This past summer, Liliane loaned Ikarus to his former rider Diego Muyshondt to represent El Salvador at the prestigious 2010 Central American Games. Competing against top Grand Prix riders from around the globe, Diego and the 16.2 hand gray ended the week-long international
Opposite by title: Daniela and Neblina (photo by Kathy Andersen). Opposite top: Liliane Stransky and Haitian children in Lahaie (photo by Kathy Andersen). Tis page top: Daniela and Ikarus (photo by Kathy Andersen). Below: Stransky Mission Farm’s Hector Florentino competes on Ultimo in the Grand Prix (photo by Jack Mancini/Mancini Photos).
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competition by being awarded the Individual Silver Show Jumping Medal. Over the past year Daniela has piloted Light, Vasco V and
Ikarus to top ribbons and championships at the Kentucky Spring Classic, the Atlanta Fall Classic, SFHJA Annual Charity and Holiday & Horses shows. By the close of the 2010 season, Daniela had accumulated enough points aboard Ikarus to be awarded the Junior Jumper championship for the Equestrian Sport Production’s Holiday Series. “When I ride Ikarus, it’s like we connect as one,” notes the pretty dark-haired teenager after her year end results were announced at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). “I feel like I understand him and he understands me,” she continues. “He’s the best teammate and I’m very excited about our future together. When I am able to win on any of my horses, it means so much more than
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