to take the time that I need to produce them correctly. Finding a partner like Katherine has been a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity, and she has allowed me the free- dom to do exactly what I want and need to do for the horses without harboring an agenda of her own. This mutual trust is why our partnership works. Together, Katherine and I started compiling our Gal-
lagher/Meller string in North America. We began by buying horses to fill the gap between our three-year- olds and seven-year-olds in Europe, and we came to own the future champions Waterloo, Adoctro and Car- neyhaugh Manx.
Talent in the Stirrups While we established our string, I took some time to select my rider. After a few failed attempts, I realized I had to find someone who could ride our then-rising star, Carneyhaugh Manx (Irish Sport Horse, Doug- las x Hampton Clover). He was a sensitive horse and he needed a calm, understanding rider who could track him to the fences without muscling him there. I thought Peter Lutz undoubtedly gave that kind of ride to Manx, so I started with him and we have been work- ing well together ever since. I always thought the end of the line for my business
was selling the horses when they made it to the CSI1* and CSI2* level. But with Peter on board, I was able to remove the restrictions on what we could accomplish. I have never found anyone as loyal as Peter, so I put my resources into him and helped establish his career at the international level, where he deserves to be. In turn, he has helped us extend our horses’ capabilities to the CSI5* level. After Manx was sold, he went on to win two CSI4*
Grand Prix classes with McLain Ward. We then turned our attention to Peter’s career with one of our newer North American horses, Robin de Ponthual (Selle Fran- çais, Elf d’Or x Calypso D’Herbiers). From 2014 on, the pair logged top-ten finishes in CSI3*, CSI4*-W and CSI5* classes across North America. In 2015, our first big victory came as we watched Peter and Robin win the CSI3* $100,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping North American League qualifier at the Las Vegas Na- tional. Advancing to the Longines FEI World Cup Finals in Gothenburg under the American flag was one of the greatest honors of all of our careers to date. With our hard work paying off, we pressed on by jumping some of North America’s toughest tracks. Pe- ter and Robin closed out the summer of 2016 by win- ning their first CSI5* class, the $375,000 CP Grand Prix
Top: Retiro and Peter Lutz compete at the Wellington Winter Eques- trian Festival. Bottom: Robin de Ponthual jumps with great form at the FEI World Cup in Sweden.
at Spruce Meadows. It was an amazing moment that validated our philosophy of taking our time and allow- ing the horses to develop on their own schedules.
Breeding for the Future As our North American jumpers Robin and Retiro (Rock- efeller Z x Playboy) have moved up to winning at the highest levels of show jumping, Katherine and I have started laying the base to begin breeding horses in Flor- ida and Massachusetts. We are using the same blood- lines that Dan and I have enjoyed working with so far in Europe. This will be our first year breeding in America,
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