Equiery World Travelers Results from Rio
At this summer’s Olympic Games, held early in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the U.S. equestrians made their mark, earning medals in all three disciplines. Kick- starting the equestrian sports was Eventing. Although the U.S. as a team ended up not completing the games, Philip Dutton of nearby Pennsylvania made his way onto the medal podium, earning a Bronze Medal with Mighty Nice. Michael Jung of Germany earned back-to-back Individual Gold Medals with Sam FBW, and Astier Nicolas of France earned Silver. T e team medals went to France for Gold, and Germany for Silver with Australia earning the Bronze. T e Maryland-connected Blackfoot Mystery,
ridden by Pennsylvania-based Boyd Martin, fi nished in seventh place individually. Next up was team Dressage where the U.S.
Irish Trails By Jenna Isennock, Owings Mills
From August 13 through
August 20, I went to the West Coast of Ireland on what is called the Clare Burren Ride. We went from Whitegate along the Mid Clare Way and then Burren Way to the town of Lisdoonvarna along the coast. T e trip took six days of riding, roughly fi ve to six hours a day! I went by myself but ended up making great
friends with the other women in our group, three of whom turned out to be “neighbors” from Landenberg, PA and Philedelphia, PA. We have already made plans to meet up at the Fair Hill International on cross-country day this year and ride out together on a few paperchases this fall. It was a fantastic trip!
Eventing Silver medalist Astier Nicolas (France), Gold medalist Michael Jung (Germany) and Bronze medalist Phillip Dutton (USA)
riders took home the Bronze behind Germany with Gold and Great Britain with Silver. Team U.S. was made up of Laura Graves, who missed out on an individual medal by less than two percentage points, Steff en Peters,
Kasey Perry-Glass and Allison Brock. Also noteworthy from Olympic Dressage,
Selten HW, ridden by Anders Dahl of Denmark, was bred here in the U.S. and got his competition start right here in Maryland at Hilltop Farm in Colora. T e Sandro Hit gelding was Reserve Grand Champion at Dressage at Devon as a two-year-old and won the U.S. Four-Year-Old Young Horse Championships and Young Horse Classes at Devon with Michael Bragdell on board. Denmark fi nished sixth in Team Dressage.
In addition, Valegro, who just won his second consecutive Dressage Individual Gold Medal with Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin, is by the stallion Negro, who also stands at Hilltop Farm.
Wales • Ireland • Brazil • Costa Rica
in touch with the Fultons. When she started to have a bit of trouble with shoeing, Leonor called Stephen and asked him to come to Costa Rica to shoe her mare as well as her father’s dressage horses and a few others at the farm. T e trip turned into a family aff air when Karen and Grace were also invited to teach clinics. Stephen spent the trip talking with local
farriers and showing them some diff erent techniques he uses here in the states. Grace taught a variety of horsemanship skills such as mane pulling and tack care while Karen spent very full days teaching mounted lessons. “T e trip led to a great cultural exchange as
Leo brought four of her students up to our place this summer to compete in our quarter star,” Karen said. T e students borrowed horses from Full Moon Farm in order to participate and Leonor’s parents were members of the ground jury. “T e plan is to go back there every six months and Leo is going to bring students here from time to time,” Karen added.
Heard & Barnaby Top U.S. Pair in Ireland CCI3*
Farrier Stephen Fulton talking with farriers in Costa Rica
Despite Beezie Madden having to pull out Cortes ‘C’ after the fi rst round in Show Jumping, Team U.S. earned the Silver Medal in Rio! France took home the Gold with Germany earning the Bronze. U.S. riders included Kent Farrington, McLain Ward, Lucy Davis and Beezie Madden.
Costa Rica’s Full Moon T is past April, Stephen,
Karen and Grace Fulton of Full Moon Farm in Finksburg headed to Costa Rica to teach horsemanship,
riding
and farrier skills. T e Fultons fi rst met Leonor Munoz of La Finca Centro Ecuestre in Costa Rica when she bought the eventing mare T e Good Stuff from them back in the fall of 2015. Leonor shipped the mare back home and kept
www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580 Lillian Heard of
Poolesville had a spectacular fi nish at the
Millstreet International Horse Trials CCI3* in Ireland this summer. She attended the event representing the U.S. through the Jacqueline B. Mars Competition Grant and fi nished fourth aboard her own LCC Barnaby. Lillian and the 2006 Irish Sport Horse gelding started the competition in 12th place after scoring a 58.7% in dressage. T e pair jumped clean on cross-country with just 2.8 time faults being added to their score to move up to eighth place. continued...
Grace Fulton gives a horsemanship lesson to students in Costa Rica
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