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Devon’s breed show (September 25-27). T is fi lly’s fi rst step in preparing for her fu-
Maryland Foal Featured in Devon Prep Series
In prepara- tion for the 2011 Dressage at Devon show, organizers se- lected a 2011 foal that was aiming at the breed classes at Devon and followed this foal on its road to Devon. T is year, the foal
selected was born and bred in Maryland. Coeur Dashian is an Oldenburg fi lly owed by High Point Hanoverians in Chestertown. She was born on April 26 and is out of the Ha- noverian mare Starling and by the Hanoverian stallion Coeur d’Amour, who stands at High Point. From the moment she was born, Larissa Barilar and Klaus Schengber, who co-manage the farm’s breeding program, knew she was something special. “She’s very athletic, beauti- ful and it looks like she’s going to be really fun to ride,” Larissa said of the fi lly who seems to fl oat eff ortlessly alongside her mother in the fi elds. Out of the nine foals born at High Point this year, Larissa and Klaus felt Coeur Dashian would best represent the farm at Dressage at
ture show career was the Oldenburg Horse Breeder’s Society inspection on July 25. Foals are shown loose in the arena next to their mothers and Coeur Dashian used this freedom as an opportunity to jump a decorative hedge on the side of the arena, a picture captured by Larissa and submitted to T e Equiery’s annual Foal Photo Contest. Although the photo was not chosen for the cover, it was one of the many foal photos featured on the inside pages. At the end of the inspection, the fi lly earned a Premium Foal designation and was accepted into the Old- enburg Horse Breeder’s Society registry. T e next event for Coeur Dashian was the August 11-12 Virginia Dressage Association/ NOVA Summer Breed- ing Show. Held at Mor- ven Park in Leesburg, VA, this would be the fi lly’s fi rst road trip. Next stop, Devon!
Maryland’s Olympic Connection Charlotte Dujardin wowed the world when
she won both a team and individual gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London for the Great Britain home team. Her impressive mount was the 10-year-old KWPN gelding Va- legro, who happens to be by the Hilltop Farm (Colora) international Dutch Warmblood stal- lion Negro (owned by Van Olst Stables). Va- legro is owned by Dujardin’s teammate Carl Hester and Rowena Laurd. Together, Dujardin
Top Teams at the 2012 USDF Region 1 Youth Champs
• Division A: DVCTA Galloping Guppies (Megan Kuon, Lauren Kramer*, Jayna Bruno, Sierra Cullen)
• Division AA: Reddemeade’s Triple T reat (Susannah Hochuli, Claire Kuhlkin*, Monique Gill) note: T is team was also the overall High Score team for the competition. • Division B: To T e Nines (Beto Berry, Katelyn Mosley*/**, Stephanie Harangozo, Lauren Buckhout)
• Division 1BB: Woodland’s Mouse Trappers (Madisen Baldwin, Christopher Wiggins, Bridg- et Mancusi*) • Division 2BB: DVCTA Sea Turtles (Ross Patrick*, Courtney Walsh, Jessica Lee**) • Division C: Reddemeade’s We Love Dressage (Courtney Swars, Michala Nathlar, Sheilla Elwell*)
• Division D/E: DVCTA Barracudas (Regan Walsh, Haley Miller*, Melanie Delduco) • Division A Mix: Pink Ponies for the Cure (Sarah Buehren, Victoria Gran, Charlotte Stillfried, Catherine Prater) • Division Mix: T e Neigh on Chicks (Alexandra Jackson, Peyton Morris**, Joanna Ward) *division High Score winner, ** division Reserve High Score winner
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and Valegro set three Olympic records, includ- ing a 90.089% in the fi nal freestyle.
“The Sport of the Summer”
Jan Ebeling and Rafalca embrace the hype created by The Colbert Report dur- ing the Olympic Dressage selection trials.
Equestrian sports have a tendency to be over- shadowed by such sports as swimming and gym- nastics when it comes to coverage at the Olympic games. However this year, it seems that dressage has become a buzzword across the U.S. as our team prepared for and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Partly due to the fact that one of the top horses in the country, Rafalca, is owned by Anne Rom- ney, wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and partly due to televi- sion show host Stephen Colbert’s (T e Colbert Report) declaration that dressage is the “sport of the summer,” dressage is fi nally getting national coverage. What started as Col-
bert poking fun at what he called dancing horses turned into a back and
forth between Colbert and various dressage enthusiasts including Redland Hunt Pony Club graduate Brian O’Connor. Colbert actu- ally even went to former Olympian Michael Barisone’s farm and took a lesson. Interestingly enough, Rafalca’s rider Jan Ebeling once rode out of First Choice Farm in Woodbine. T e publicity, good or bad, has gotten dres- sage enthusiasts around the country and here in Maryland speaking out. Many feel the com- mentary is painting the picture that it is easy to compete in dressage, as long as you are very wealthy. But Betty T orpe, dressage judge and Potomac Valley Dressage Association past president, told NPR on August 6, “You can be pretty humble and ride dressage.” Local college student Celia Rozanski added, “It’s a mistake to say that it’s easy. It’s not. It’s really hard. It’s one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done, I think, and I’ve done a couple diff erent types of riding.” But in the end, isn’t any type of publicity for
a sport many have never heard of good public- ity? O’Connor feels the publicity is great, tell- ing NPR, “It just jumped the word ‘dressage’ all around the world instantly, and specifi cally here within the United States in a matter of seconds.” Unfortunately, all this hype did not produce any Olympic medals for the U.S. as the team fi nished in sixth place. Steff en Peters and Ravel were the only U.S. pair to move on to the individual medal freestyle test. T ey fi n- ished in 17th place.
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