notice. International judges have given me nines for piaffe. I can do the elements,” she says. “Sometimes it’s so hard, the strength needed. He really concentrates.” Elena mentions that she changed Adesco’s diet about a year
ago, and she attributes much of his muscle building to Triple Crown’s “Complete” feed. The formula contains beep pulp with 12% protein and 12% fat. “I feed Adesco only their Complete and I also increased his portions to nine scoops a day. It’s made a huge difference. This feed has helped to increase his muscle mass and fitness, without making him hot and crazy,” she remarks. During 2012, Adesco and Elena qualified for the national championship in Developing Grand Prix Horse classes, and competed at the event held at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois in August. In the Intermediare II test, Elena placed sixth with 63.289 and the pair attracted the attention of master horseman Ernst Hoyos, who offered to help her school the next day in preparation for the upcoming Developing Grand Prix test. Elena was thrilled with the opportunity to school under
the eye of such an expert horseman. “This was the first time I worked with him. He only saw my horse in the warm-up the day before. It was amazing. He’s a true master, and I was so thankful he could help me,” she remarks. “He suggested little corrections,” she continues. “He
wanted me to collect the horse today, but not to work too hard because tomorrow we have the championships. We just
concentrated on getting him under himself, and working on correctness, thoroughness. At the end, we trained the piaffe and passage, and it was really nice. We wanted not to do too much.” Elena describes more about her session with the master.
“He’s good with stallions. He says, ‘You have time, don’t rush.’ He saw when the stallion got a little bossy on the legs, ‘Now, get him, get him.’ It was perfect. He truly understood the stallion. And he knows with a stallion you can’t override them. It will backfire. You can’t win it. They are big, powerful animals. You only weigh ten percent of their body [weight].” Elena was pleased with her test on Saturday in the
Developing Grand Prix, earning 60.958 for sixth place. “I want to give him the time to mature. If I feel he’s ready for the Regionals, to do the big Grand Prix, we will go.” Last October the pair did indeed compete at the Region 2 USDF Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park. In the Grand Prix, Elena rode both Adesco C and Barbara’s stallion Tokaimo 000. “I still want to give Adesco the time to mature,” Elena says. “I know he needs to build behind. This is the big point now. And I want him to enjoy the work.” Following in the classical principles of the colonel, Elena
practices the motto she admires, “I have time.” Most certainly, the time she is taking, along with the joy and determination Elena brings to her riding, will serve this pair well as they work to make their mark at the highest levels of their sport.
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