Maryland Adds Bloodlines to Future of Eventing
by Katherine O. Rizzo T e U.S. Eventing Association
has two programs that promote the breeding of future event horses, the Future Event Horse (FEH) and Young Event Horse (YEH) programs. T rough the FEH pro- gram, yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds are shown in-hand and judged on movement and con- formation. For the YEH program, four-year-olds and fi ve-year-olds are show in a combined under sad- dle and in-hand competition with a dressage, jumping and conformation portion. Although both programs are still relatively new, Maryland participa- tion at the local level has been consistent, with several breeders being represented in year-end championships.
Future Event Horses
At this year’s FEH East Coast Championships, eight horses represented Maryland on Septem- ber 29 at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia. T e big winner was Red Letter Day, a year-
ling fi lling bred by Karen Severns (New Blessing Farm, Mt. Airy) and Jill Burnell. T e Oldenburg fi lly by the Hanoverian stallion Redwine and out of the Dutch Warmblood mare Whimczical is owned by Alexis Dankanich and won the Year- ling Filly class with a score of 77.25. In both the FEH and YEH programs, scores are given from 1 to 100 with the highest score winning.
as a yearling fi lly in 2011. Sinatra Song also sired Fox Hill’s Ava, owned by Mogie Bearden- Muller and bred at her Fox Hill Farm in Cent- reville. T e yearling fi lly placed third and is out of Select, an Irish Sport Horse. Playland Farm in Union Bridge sent two
Red Letter Day, bred by Karen Severns and Jill Burnell, won the Yearling Fillies class at the FEH Championships.
Glenda Player’s homebred PL Sianna won a special cash award from the Southeast Region of the IDHSNA for being the top placing RIDSH at the championships.
Severns primarily breeds for the show hunter
world but said she brings her young horses to the FEH shows too because, “the FEH is a way for me to get a diff erent opinion on my young horses, based on a diff erent set of ideals.” She said she plans to continue showing in the FEH program but hopes to see some improvement in the judging, stating, “We showed a few times where there were considerable discrepancies in the scores given to the same youngster by two 82 | THE EQUIERY | JANUARY 2013
diff erent judges in the same class, sometimes by 9-10 points!” T ree other horses in the champion- ships also represented Severns and New Blessing Farm. Limitless, a yearling colt, owned by Severns and shown by Lauren Dearlove, earned third in the Yearling Colt/Geldings class. T e Bel- gian Warmblood is by Severns’ Old- enburg stallion Legaczy and out of the Belgian Warmblood mare Cheyenne. Legaczy was also the sire of the sec- ond place fi lly in the Two-Year-Old Filly class, Karissa Herself, and the third place gelding in the T ree-Year- Old Colt/Gelding class, J. Mackenzie. Karissa Herself is out of the T orough- bred mare Jr’s Freedom and is owned and bred by Magdalene Carolan. Severns bred J. Mackenzie, who is now owned by Lauren Oyarzo and is out of the T oroughbred/Trakehner mare Spoiled Straight. Carolan has shown her homebreds in all kinds of breed classes and entered the FEH competitions hoping that the judging would be specifi c to what an eventer would look for in a prospect. Instead, she feels that the judges consis- tently pinned for big dressage move- ments and overlooked the overall quality of many horses presented. “Eventing, after all, is 2/3 jumping and only 1/3 dressage. A fancy trot does not mean a horse will jump well, gallop well, or get out of trappy situ-
ations,” she pointed out. She also suggested that it might be helpful to have actual upper- level event riders as some of the judges. Although Sentimental Baby, the Over-
all Reserve Champion and Two-Year-Old Grand Champion, was bred and is owned by Virginia’s Valerie Fox, the Hanoverian fi lly is by Maryland stallion Sinatra Song (High Point Hanoverians, Chestertown). T is fi lly, out of MS Susanna, was also a big winner
yearling fi llies to the championships, both by the Irish Draught stallion PL Diamond Hill. PL Sianna, out of the Arabian mare PL Sul- tanna, placed fourth while PL Layla, out of the Arabian mare PL Eladdinns Lite, placed fi fth. Glenda Player of Playland Farm owns both fi l- lies and has shown horses in the FEH program since its fi rst year. “I think the FEH program is a great way to introduce young horses to the show atmosphere! It gives my young stock the opportunity to trailer off the property with the security of friends, be introduced to the show
Karissa Herself, owned and bred by Magdalene Caro- lan, placed second in the Two-Year-Old Fillies class at the championships.
atmosphere and all the prepping that goes along with showing horses,” she explained. PL Sianna was also awarded a $100 cash award from the Southeast Region of the IDHSNA for being the highest placing RIDSH at the championships.
Young Event Horses Maryland representation was fairly scarce at
this year’s YEH East Coast Championships, continued...
Matt Flynn with Darmood and Dr. Drumiller, both owned by Kathleen and Patrick Flynn of Po- tomac, at the YEH East Coast Championships
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