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Lindsay Kellock And Sebastien Let High Scores Do The Talking At Dressage At Devon CDI-W
2019 is turning into a
landmark year for Lindsay Kellock of Wellington, FL: After helping the Canadian Dressage Team bring home the gold medal from her major games debut at the Lima Pan American Games in Peru, she kept her win- ning streak alive at the Dres- sage at Devon CDI-W, held Sept. 24-29, 2019, in Devon, PA. Lindsay gave her Pan
Ams mount, Floratina, a well-deserved break after Lima and instead turned her focus on Enterprise Farm, LLC’s Sebastien (Sandro Hit x Fidermark) for Dres- sage at Devon. The 13-year- old Rheinlander didn’t disappoint, earning back-to- back wins starting with the CDI-W Grand Prix on Sept. 27. Lindsay and Sebastien’s score of 71.587% was im- pressive, but the daring duo was back at it the next day post an even higher score of 75.870% in the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle. In ad- dition to securing first place, the score represented an all- time personal best for Lins- day, who has been campaigning at the FEI level since 2012. The score, earned with
an excellent passage and masterful lateral work in both the trot and canter, shows promise for the bur- geoning career of Sebastien, who only made his interna- tional debut in February 2019. “Sebastien felt amazing
this weekend,” commented Lindsay, who has been bringing the bay gelding up the levels for the past three years. “He has really proven to be an incredible show horse: the bigger the atmos- phere, the better he is. He really felt the energy from
the crowd at Devon and it made him dance! I know he has a lot more in the tank and we still have green mo- ments in our test, so I think the future is bright.” To work toward their
future goals – which include a return to the Adequan Global Dressage Festival circuit in Wellington for the winter of 2020 with hopes of contending for the Tokyo Olympics later in the year – Lindsay has focused on strength and fitness with Se- bastien, rather than refining specific movements. “He knows his job, so I
think that has paid off,” said Lindsay of the training plan she has carefully developed with coach, Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer. “Sebastien is a very smart horse with a big ego. He has an opinion and wants to be carefully told what to do, so I have to be respectful of that and make him think it’s his idea to be the best he can be. Once he’s in the right frame of mind and balanced, he doesn’t want to make a mistake. I would say he’s a perfectionist. He wants to be the center of attention at all times and loves to show off.”
Right on Lindsay’s
heels was Canadian Olympian Brittany Fraser- Beaulieu of Saint-Bruno, QC, in her first return to the spotlight after welcoming baby Theo to the family in June 2019. She and All In (Tango x Damiro), the 14- year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding she co-owns with her father, Craig Fraser and husband, Marc-Andre Beaulieu, came second in both the CDI-W Grand Prix (71.304%) and CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle (74.945%) in a triumphant
placed third in the CDI 3* Prix St. Georges on Sept. 27 (70.000%) and second in the CDI 3* Intermediate I on Sept. 28 (69.755%). In the CDI 3* Intermediate Freestyle on Sept. 29, it was Julie LaForge of Schomberg, ON, who flew the maple leaf in second place after riding Edy Rava (Lord Leatherdale x Negro), a 10-year-old Dutch Warm- blood mare owned by Dag- mar Teubner, to 71.780%. Yet another Canadian,
Tom Dvorak of Hillsburgh, ON, had a strong showing at Devon. Partnered with Cyrus (Contucci x Cor Noir), a 10-year-old Olden- burg gelding owned by Carla Bahr, he won the CDI 3* Intermediate A on Sept. 28 (68.235%), followed by the CDI 3* Intermediate B on Sept. 29 (65.500%).
Canada’s rising talent
Lindsay Kellock of Wellington, FL, achieved an all- time personal best score of 75.870% riding Sebastien at the Dressage at Devon CDI-W, held Sept. 24-29, 2019, in Devon, PA. Photo Credit: Purple Horse Designs
return to the ring. Jacqueline Brooks of
Cedar Valley, ON, also earned consecutive trips to the winner’s circle aboard Stone Hill Equestrian Ltd.’s 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Westwood 5 (Wolkenstein II x Lauries Crusador xx). The Canadian Olympian’s first victory came in Sept. 27’s CDI 3* Grand Prix with a score of 68.239%, followed by 68.426% in the CDI 3* Grand Prix Special on Sept. 28.
Jacqueline’s Canadian companion in the CDI 3*
Grand Prix top three was Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON. A score of 67.478% did the trick for Diane, who placed third with Chrevis Christo (Chrevi’s Cavallo x Mata- dor), the 16-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding that she co-owns with Louise Leatherdale. Lindsay made another
appearance in the CDI 3* small tour, this time holding the reins of Final Cut (Fed- erweisser x Carismo), a 15- year-old Hanoverian gelding owned by Enter- prise Farm, LLC. She
also made quite the dent on the Under 25 leaderboard, starting with a sweep of the Intermediate II top three on Sept.27. Mathilde Dumas of Saint-Lambert, QC, led the way riding Johanne Dube’s 16-year-old Danish Warm- blood gelding, Patronus (Heslegard’s Platin x Hesle- gards Louis) to a score of 64.736%. In second place came Amanda Aberman of Montreal, QC, and her San- tino Tyme (Stedinger x Rouletto), a 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding, with 64.324%. Vanessa Creech- Terauds of Caistor Centre, ON, wrapped up third place, scoring 63.059% with Hall- mark (His Highness x Lancier), a 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding co- owned by Diane Creech and Louise Leatherdale. She and Hallmark went on to capture first in the Grand Prix on
Canadian Olympian Jacqueline Brooks of Cedar Valley, ON, also picked up back-to-back wins in the CDI 3* big tour with Westwood 5.
Photo Credit: Purple Horse Designs
Sept. 28 with 66.744%, fol- lowed by Dumas and Pa- tronus in second (63.052%). Third went to Tanya Strasser-Shostak of Sainte- Adèle, QC, and Evi Strasser’s 16-year-old Old- enburg gelding, Renais- sance Tyme (Royal Diamond x Dream of Hei- delberg I). They scored 60.795% in the Grand Prix before taking first in the next day’s Grand Prix Freestyle with 66.805%. Rounding out the string
of top Canadian perform-
Cleveland, Ohio—October 29, 2019 – Little Vic- tories: A True Story of the Healing Power of Horses (Brown Dog Books), a new nonfiction book by equestrian authority and journalist Betty Weibel, takes readers inside the world of therapeu-
New Book Celebrates Therapeutic Riding Centers and ‘Healing Power’ of Horses tic riding.
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tional story of a young woman who became a paraplegic after a riding arena collapsed on her. Written for teen through adult readers, with or without knowledge of horses, the book is available now in paperback and EBook on
Amazon.com, as well as through select retailers. Debbie Gadus was fulfilling her
childhood dream of working in the horse business when a snow-covered arena roof collapsed on her and left her a paraplegic. With help from a small therapeutic horse- back riding center that grew to become one of the nation’s leading facilities, Debbie learned to live with disability and eventually ride again. She went on to teach from her wheelchair and become a leader in the field of therapeutic riding. Little Victories: A True Story of
the Healing Power of Horses relates how horses led a young woman back to her dream and the value of therapeutic riding programs for children and adults with phys- ical and mental disabilities. The book will be launched to the therapeutic riding indus- try at the annual conference of PATH (Pro- fessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) International in Denver, Colorado, November 8-10. An Ohio launch event is also planned in December for indi- viduals featured in the book, as well as for volunteers and staff at Fieldstone Farm
Therapeutic Riding Center in Bainbridge. “I have always been a supporter
and admirer of the work of Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center as well as PATH International,” explained Weibel. “I decided to write about Debbie’s story and the growth of the industry with the goal of creating a book that would help people of all ages un- derstand the value of therapeutic riding pro- grams. While the story focuses on Debbie and Fieldstone Farm, it really celebrates therapeutic riding centers worldwide.” Weibel is a lifelong equestrian
with a successful career spanning more than 30 years as a journalist and public relations professional. She researched and published her first nonfiction book, The Cleveland Grand Prix: An American Show Jumping First, in 2014 with The History Press/Arca- dia. A resident of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Weibel has volunteered with Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center since its early evolution in the 1990s, first promoting the groundbreaking for a new center in Bainbridge and later serving on its Board of Trustees.
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ances was Sophie Dean Pot- ter of Kleinburg, ON, in the CDI-Y division. She piloted Carla Bahr’s 17-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Ribot (Reno x Cor Noir), to 68.529% in the Individual Competition on Sept. 28 for first and to third place in the Freestyle the next day with 68.715%. For more information
about the Dressage at Devon CDI-W, including detailed results, visit https://dres-
sageatdevon.org
Debbie Gadus (front) and Lynnette Stuart (left) of Fieldstone Farm with Betty Weibel (right)
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