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by Nancy Lee Farms and was trained on the track by Tim Keefe. Doctor James is by Honour and Glory and out of Dontforgethedealer by Line In T e Sand.
Another show highlight was Abby
USEF Approves Western Dressage T e U.S. Equestrian Federation Board of
Directors voted to add Western Dressage as a new discipline and Recognized Affi liate. T e addition will become offi cial on December 1, 2013. As of that date, Western Dressage will be removed from the Morgan chapter of the USEF Rule Book and be given its own chapter. To learn more about Western Dressage, visit www.
weterndressageassociation.org.
Just Thoroughbreds On August 11, T oroughbred
Placement Resources, Inc.
(TPR) held its fi rst
T oroughbred-only dressage show. T e show was held at All in Strides Equestrian Center in Parkton. T e schooling show benefi tted TPR’s eff orts to retrain and place retired racehorses. With T oroughbred-only shows already being held in the hunter/jumper world, it only seemed fi tting to show how the breed is valuable in the dressage ring as well. Horses were shown under their registered Jockey Club name. Trainer Nuno Santos, who is also participating in the Retired Racehorse Training Project trainer’s challenge, rode Ken’s Kitten to second place in the T ird Level Test 1 class. T e impressive six- year-old was bred in Kentucky and is by Kitten’s Joy out of Cruise Line by Rainbow Quest. He last raced in October of 2011. Eventing riders and horses also came out to compete,
riding
U.S Eventing Association tests.
Tiff any
Abby Schimming with her Young Rider High Score awards from the Thoroughly Thoroughbred TPR dressage show
Wandy rode the Maryland-bred Doctor James to win the USEA Training Test A class and fi nish third in the USEA Novice Test B class. T e f i ve-year-old gelding was bred
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Schimming’s winning ride on Dum Dumm. T e pair won the USDF Intro B class with a 75.3%, earning Abby the High Score Young Rider award. T is was the Maryland-bred’s fi rst show. He is by Alster and out of Tweedledeedledee by Nostrum. For complete show results and
more photos, check out T e Equiery’s Dressage Blog later this month.
The Potomac Valley Dressage Association teams earned the second (Intro Level 1) and fourth (A Mixed) places at the Region 1 Youth Team Competition.
Juniors Shine at Region 1 Young Rider Team Competition
T e annual U.S. Dressage
Nuno Santos and Ken’s Kitten competing at Third Level at TPR’s Thoroughbred-only dressage show.
Federation Region 1 Youth Team Competition was held on July 27-28 at Morven Park in Leesburg, VA. Riders from all over Region 1 came togeth- er for a friendly team compe- tition that focused not only on good dressage scores, but also on team spirit and horseman- ship.
Hilary Moore Hebert was on hand at the show to help coach the Potomac Valley Dressage
Association teams and said, “T e atmosphere at youth teams really prepares them for team- work and hard work.” T is year, teams competed in Introductory through First Level with some fi elding mixed-level teams. Special awards were handed out at the end of the competi- tion for a variety of categories such as “Cleanest Gray” and “Good Horsemanship Award.” Celia Henein’s pony Peanut won awards for both the Best Named Horse (sponsored by Rebecca Woodward Davis) and the Smallest Pony (sponsored by Mandrake Farm). Celia and Pea- nut competed on PVDA’s Roar- ing Riders Intro 1 team and were also the Reserve High Score for the division. T e Cutest Pair and Best Human Braids award went to Madelaine Moore and Fox- fi re Muse who also represented PVDA’s Roaring Riders. April Tennyson, who rode in Woodland’s Iron Maidens Training 2A team, was named
Best Smile (also sponsored by Mandrake Farm). Days End Nekyia earned the Best Looking Pinto Markings award sponsored by Jacqui Gerhard. Emily Benton rode Nekyia on the Rags to Riches Rescue Training 2A team. Emily and Nekyia’s score of 68.571% on the second day of competition earned them the Reserve High Score award for the division. Samantha Brown earned a 68.75% aboard Merlin on Reddemeade’s Diamonds in the Rough Training 2A team to win the High Score Award for the division. Jacy Lubberhusen rode Days End Tortuga on the Days End Rescue Alumni Intro 2.3 team. T e pair scored a 57.813% on the fi rst day of competition and then a 75% on the second day, posting the biggest improvement margin and earning Jacy the Most Improved Rider award (sponsored by Kristen Brown). Jacy’s 75% also earned her the Reserve High Score award for the division.
June Dickinson rode Gin Diamond on Woodland’s Classic Rock Training 3 team to a 68.4% on Sunday. T e score earned the pair the Reserve High Score award for the division. Katherine Martin also earned a Re- serve High Score award. She rode Moby Dixon on Red- demeade’s Poppin Tags First Level 2 team and scored a 70.405% on Saturday. For the stall decorating
Jacy Lubbenhusen and Day’s End Tortuga were on the Champion Intro Level team and earned the special Most Improved Score award at the Region 1 Youth Team Com- petition.
awards, the top award was given to the DVCTA teams but the PVDA teams were given a special honorable mention. T e Days End Farm teams were also mentioned in the awards presentation as
having the most inspiring stall decorations. As for the team competition, WPDA Bat Girls won the championship for the Intro
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