Still on Course
Three veteran international event horses take new riders to great heights.
By Amber Heintzberger
To make it to the highest level of three-day event- ing takes a uniquely talented, tough—and some- times challenging—horse. Similarly, the rider must have the training, the fitness and the mental tough- ness to handle the demands of upper level compe- tition, and the tactfulness to handle the often temperamental horse that can make it to this level. For an up-and-coming rider, the opportunity
to ride an experienced horse can open new doors, build confidence and even launch a career. But the world-class event horse is not always able to go on to a second career with a new rider, since it usually takes a rider of a certain caliber and with a lot of finesse to get the best out of such a horse. While a horse may have won Olympic medals, put someone else on his back and he could be a holy terror. But sometimes, after earning a place in the history books, a horse can shift gears, step back and share his talent and education with a new rider, giving that rider opportunities that a less experi- enced or less talented horse could never offer. Here are three such horses.
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Germany as a fox hunter by Densey Juvonen. When she had an accident in the hunting field on another horse, Remi’s career was diverted to dressage. Densey and her husband Ron had meanwhile become avid supporters of event rider Boyd Martin, who tried his hand with the horse and went on to great success, competing several times in Europe: Barbury Castle CCI3* (England), Boekelo CCI3* (the Netherlands)
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anoverian gelding Remington XXV was a horse with a versatile background. The handsome dark bay (by Rubenstein I) was originally purchased from
and Les Etoiles de Pau CCI4* (France), as well as three times around the Rolex Kentucky CCI4*. In 2012, Boyd had a solid string of horses and, with the idea of scaling the gelding’s workload back, he gave the ride on Remington to his assistant, Caitlin Silliman, who gained some mileage at the upper levels. About a year and a half ago the Juvonens’ granddaughter, Camilla Grover-Dodge, took the reins. Camilla had already competed to preliminary level with a
Mustang she purchased from Dom and Jimmie Schramm, but needed a more experienced, higher quality horse to compete at the 2015 Adequan/FEI North American Junior/Young Rider
“Remi’s not quite as easy to ride as everyone would think; you can’t just be a passenger.”
Camilla Grover-Dodge and Remington wowed spectators by winning individual gold at the NAJYRC in July.
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