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Off-the-track Thoroughbreds Top Youth Team Champs
In a surprising twist to the typical dressage notion of Warmblood domination, two off - the-track T or- oughbred horses (OTTB) earned the overall High Score and over- all Reserve High Score awards at the 2011 USDF Region 1 Youth Team Champion- ships (July 16-18 at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virgin- ia).
Reddemeade
Son of a Run (a.k.a Tag) and Equi- Share Buster stole the show with scores in the high 70% at the Intro- ductory level. Show manager Alison Head and Dr. Andrea Floid of southern Virginia found both horses and brought them back into work. “Tag wasn’t in the best condition when I got him over the winter but he was just so sweet that I took him home,” Alison said. Buster was abandoned at Dr. Floid’s vet clinic when he had
Brigid Thompson aboard the OTTB and Region 1 Youth Team Championship HIgh Score Award winner Reddemeade Son of a Run, pictured with Alison Head
foundered severely. After rehabilitation, Alison contacted Reddemeade Farm to see if they would take the horses. “I had been friends with Jane [Siegler] for years and knew of their youth dressage program and thought these guys would be a good fi t,” Alison stated. T eir performance was inspiring for Ali- son who added, “I could not have been more proud of the kids or the horses. It’s so nice to see them fi nd a safe place after racing.” Brigid T ompson rode Tag to the High Score with a 77.5% for her Intro B test. “T e best part about riding Tag is seeing how far he has progressed since he fi rst came to Reddemeade 18 mounts ago. Everyone at the barn loves him because of his big, friendly,
Brigid said. Christine McMakin rode Buster to the Reserve High Score with a 75.625% in the same test. Overall, both girls’ teams were champions of their divisions with Christine’s Reddemeade’s Flying Colors earn- ing the overall High Score Team award for the entire show. Her teammates were Monique Gill rid- ing Reddemeade Shasta and Ber- nadette Coyle riding EquiShare Marilyn Monroe. See a list of the champion teams
from the show on the next page.
Maryland Mare at Rastede Nancy Holowesko’s
(Crosiadore Farm, Trappe) Sir Donnerhall fi lly Solar Eclipse competed at the Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede, Ger- many last month. She was one of only two U.S.- bred mares to be invited to the breed show. T is year, 55 dressage mares and 17 jumper mares were presented.
Only
EquiShare Buster and Christine McMakin earned the Reserve High Score Award at the Region 1 Youth Team Championships.
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16 dressage mares made the “Brilliant Ring” cut and unfortunately, So- lar Eclipse wasn’t one of them. “Rastede was su- per. [Solar Eclipse] did not make it to the Brilliant Ring, but showed beautifully that day,” Nancy reported. T e mare’s fi nal Mare Performance Test score was an 8.2 (out of 10), which was highest
Nancy Holowesko’s Solar Eclipse earned an 8.2 at the Oldenburg Elite Mare Show in Rastede, Germany.
Julio Mendoza and Ivan performing at the 2011 PVDA Ride for Life. The pair will be representing Ecuador at this year’s Pan American Games.
out-going personality,”
score for any Sir Donnerhall mare. It was also the highest score for any S-line (San Amour, Stedinger, San Remo, etc.) mare tested and the fourth highest score overall. She earned a 9.0 for her canter and an 8.5 for her trot. Nancy said, “I was quite proud.”
Happy Birthday Hilltop!
Hilltop Farm is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this October! Congratulations on this great milestone.
Solar Eclipse will get the winter off but will
remain in Germany where she will pick back up her under saddle training in the spring.
Pan Am Games Preview
T e Pan American Games are scheduled for October 14-30 in Guadalajara, Mexico and one Maryland rider has already been selected to participate. Julio Mendoza (Mendoza Dressage), who is now training out of Hull- fi elds,
Inc.
in Woodbine,
earned a spot on Ecuador’s Pan American Dressage Team. Julio and the Friesian stallion Ivan will be head- ing to Mexico this month to prep for the games. As for the U.S. team, the selection trials will be held during the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Intermediaire I Dressage Championships this month in Gladstone, New Jersey. T e top 15 riders in the country will compete in the
selection trials. Currently, Christopher Hickey (Hilltop Farm, Colora) with Witness Hilltop is ranked 11th with an average score of 68.608%. continued...
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