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The Wellington Classic Dressage Series(WCD) and Gold Coast Dressage Association(GCDA) series include over 14 weeks of National and International Dressage Competitions and educational events throughout the year. Welcome to our Amateur and Professional Riders, Spectators and Friends as we host our 2018 Palm Beach Dressage Season at these fantastic venues: The Global Dressage Stadium at PBIEC, and the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex. Our first shows of the 2018 Winter Season include the Gold Coast Fall Fling November 10-11, 2017 and Global Holiday Challenge December 9-10, 2017 at the beautiful Global Dressage Stadium at PBIEC. We would like to thank Global & Palm Beach Equine for their continued support of our 2018 Season Shows. NOTE: Gold Coast Dressage will again be hosting the GCDA Adult Amateur Challenge to honor our 2018 Season High-Scoring Adult Amateurs presented at the GCDA Year End Awards Banquet November 17, 2018. GCDA Amateur Riders can qualify for these exciting awards with shows from GCDA, WCD & Global(see GCDA website for rules). Season Highlights at Global: Celebrate the New Year with us on January 5-7, 2018 with Wellington Classic Dressage Season Kick Off/ NAJYRC/ YH Qualifier at the Global Dressage Stadium at PBIEC as a great warm-up for the Global Dressage Festival CDI season. Join us next at the Gold Coast Opener CDI*/CDI-Am/ NAJYRC/ YH January 18-21, 2018 and again for the Gold Coast Finale I & II/ NAJYRC April 13-15, 2018, and NEW FOR 2018: the Wellington Classic Dressage In The Tropics I & II July 28-29, 2018 will be another NAJYRC/ YH Qualifier & 2-Day National Show! Season Highlights at Palm Beach Equine: Join GCDA in May as we return to the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex for the GCDA May Dressage Show on May 19-20, 2018 and also 3 more great summer shows there: GCDA Summer Solstice June 16-17, 2018 & the GCDA Made In The Shade I & II (Two 1-day shows) on August 18-19, 2018 AND the WCD/GDF Fall I & II (Two 1-day shows) September 22-23, 2018. 2018 Schooling Shows & Clinics: GCDA Symposium featuring LILO FORE FEI5*(ret) USEF ‘S” Judge & Trainer February 21-22, 2018 at May Faire Oaks Farm. On March 15-18, 2018 GCDA is again hosting “Ride on the Side” headsets with audio commentary featuring Bill Warren FEI4* & USEF “S” Judge during select classes at the Global CDI4*. NEW: GCDA Adult Camp & Schooling Show: April 7-8, 2018 at Global and June 15, 2018 Schooling at PB Equine, Oct Schooling TBA.-stay tuned for more GCDA Clinic details and future dates! WCD/ GDF Autumn Challenge October 20-21, 2018 at Global (2017 USDF Regionals Qualifier) GCDA Fall Fling November 10-11, 2018 at Global (2018 season Qualifier) GCDA Year End Awards Banquet on Saturday November 18, 2018 at the Wanderers Club in Wellington, FL.
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The Wellington area provides unequalled veterinary care for the influx of horses during the winter show season along with some cutting-edge diagnostic tools and treatments. From a standing CT scan, an innovative surgical suite, and a hyperbaric chamber to stem cell therapy and cloning capabilities, the area provides top-notch equine care. Palm Beach Equine Clinic (PBEC), located across the street from the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) showgrounds, is the official treating veterinarian for the Wellington Classic Dressage show series as well as the AGDF, the Winter Equestrian Festival and Gold Coast Dressage shows. The largest sport horse practice in the county, Palm Beach Equine’s 40 veterinarians, including three surgeons, an ophthalmologist, internal medicine doctors and a radiologist, along with almost 90 technical and administrative support staff, provide a team approach to equine care. The PBEC’s approximately 20,000 square feet of space is constantly being updated with the latest in technology and facilities. Scott Swerdlin, DVM, the president of Palm Beach Equine Clinic, said the facility’s new standing CT scan is the only one in the South-
east. “What that allows us to do is take computed tomography on a standing horse to get a 3D image,” he said, adding that the CT scan’s diagnostic capabilities are not only ideal for injuries but can be used for something like a pre-purchase exam. “Let’s say it’s for a dressage horse and the person riding the horse says the horse is stiff to one side. We can use the CT scan to help diagnose the problem. We
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tools to help diagnose problems owners may have with their horses including bone scans, carried out by means of a nuclear scintigraphy gamma ray camera. ”Anywhere there is damage, it will show up on nuclear scintigraphy and then we can do a followup,” he said. If an injured horse is in need of some orthopedic surgery, the clinic’s surgical suite includes an area reminiscent of a recessed automobile bay where the surgical team can walk down to have the working area at eye level. Swerdlin said the “oil pit” configuration is ideal for orthopedic repair, especially condylar fracture repairs and fetlock or cannon bone injuries. “I remember years ago getting on my belly and doing a standing neurectomy on a horse that needed to be nerved,” he said. “Now, the surgeons scrub into an area where they can walk down and work on their horse at their eye level without have to get down on their hands and knees.” PBEC also made an investment in improving their reproductive medicine area and will offer a breeding dummy on a hydraulic lift for stallions that are vertically impaired. “Before it was kind of complicated and little horses would jump upthere and fall off,” he said.
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Reid said there are several systems to generate and deliver stem cells. With autologous harvesting, the processing of the stem cells is done within minutes because it is carried out horse-side. “The horseside ones increase the number of stem cells approximately five-fold,” he explained. “What’s attractive is that it’s a series of steps that are ready within a couple of minutes.” They also can harvest the stem cells and send them to a lab to increase the number of stem cells to hundreds of millions. “It’s a little bit Frankenstein-ish, but what we get back is 24 to 100 million very specific pluripotent cells.” Reid and Associates have found that another therapy they offer, a hyperbaric chamber, may also accelerate the efficacy of stem cells with the delivery of concentrated oxygen to the blood to help improve healing rates. The horse is placed in a large chamber, approximately the size of a stall, and the chamber is pressurized with oxygen, causing very high saturations of oxygen in the blood and plasma. “If we put a horse in the chamber, we find that there is a several-fold increase in the circulating stem cells following a hyperbaric treatment,” Reid said. “We assume that because there are more circulating stem cells, that they are ending up in some of the injured areas and accelerating healing in those areas. “When you have injuries, such as crushed limbs that include swelling, disruptive blood supply and tissue-tearing injuries, then you have
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Spectator Guide to Dressage ‘The object of Dressage is by systematic work, to make the horse calm, light and obedient, so that he may be pleasant in his movements and comfortable to the rider.’ (De la Gueriniere, quoted by Jackson in Effective Horsemanship. P. 20) The Art of Classical Horsemanship The Preparation The art of riding was developed to a high degree and Dressage is a sport where competitors pursue the unobtainhas it roots in classical Greek horsemanship. Writings on able 100% mark. In order to even come close, meticulous attenthe subject by the Greek statesman and general, Xenophon, tion to detail, in addition to ability is necessary. Marks may be can be found as early as 400 BC A great deal of emphasis out of reach because of lack of talent, experience or technique; was placed on an attitude of kindness in the earliest writings but they should not be thrown away for lack of preparation. on training. While many of the arts deThe attention to detail starts with clined between Ancient Greece and the good horsemanship. Quality veterinary Middle Ages, the art of riding endured care, proper feeding and an on-going through the Middle Ages and brought training program are the foundation. a more systematic approach to traincorrectly fitted equipment and good ing. Even today, different schools exgrooming are also necessary ingrediist with respect to training methods, but ents, in dressage thc general appearance the goal is always the same - to strive is much more important than in other for ever greater levels of precision and equestrian disciplines. The horse and excellence in the horse’s movement and rider that are turned out immaculately, harmony between horse and rider. with everything gleaming and in place, Early visual representations of make it hard for the judge not to give the Dressage often depict European Arisbenefit of the doubt to the combination tocrats displaying well-trained horses that pleases the eye Dressage is a perforin elaborate equestrian pageants. But mance, and as such, competitors strive Dressage was well rooted in the military to looks as beautiful as nature will allow. world of horsemanship, as the value of At a show, the final preparations are this training method was recognized by completed almost automatically. A groom the cavalry. When Dressage made its usually sees that the horse is turned out to introduction at the 1912 Olympics, it perfection. His coat shines brightly, mane was for military riders exclusively and is carefully braided, hooves oiled and Adrienne Lyle and Wizard remained so for another 40 years. Evensaddlery is cleaned and all metal fittings Photo by SusanJStickle.com tually, the competition was open to and polished to a brilliant shine. is now dominated by civilian riders. Riders polish their high black boots, brush their elegant tail coats and the ladies spend time perfecting the most flatterThe Competitors ing hairstyle, before donning dressage’s version of the top hat. Dressage is one sport which presents a variety of Just like any other athletes, horse and rider warm-up competitors. While age is not a criteria, many riders before their test to bring their abilities to a peak prior to enspend a number of years training and refining their tering the arena. One of the most important aspects of being talents, as well as their partnerships with the horses a successful competitor is determining the method and time they ride in competition. Apparel for the rider is needed for proper warm-up, as each horse and rider have difvery specifically delineated in the regulations for ferent requirements. As the warm- up proceeds, the mental the competition. Dressage horses can be of any link with the horse becomes more and more definite and idebreed, sex, color, or size. Exceptional basic paces ally, all thoughts other than how to ride ‘this’ horse in ‘this’ - walk, trot and canter - together with a willing test are pushed out of the rider’s mind. temperament are basic requisites for a potential The Competition dressage horse. Equipment permitted on the horse for competition is controlled by comThe ‘playing field’ for competitive dressage is a 20 x 60 petition regulations much the same as it is meter arena with 12 letter markers spaced at specific points for the rider. along the rails. Here, horse and rider perform a designated test, containing a series of required movements at specific locations within the arena. The letter markers serve as reference for these movements and the accuracy of the movements relative to these points affects thc scoring. Interestingly, no one seems to know the original source of the peculiar sequence of the letters or when their use was introduced to the sport.
This horse show features training level through the ‘International’, or most advanced levels of dressage competition. In order of difficulty, they are, Training through Fourth Level, the Young Rider Tests, the Prix St. Georges, Intermediaire I, Intermediaire II, and the Grand Prix. Within the Grand Prix level are the Grand Prix de Dressage, the test used to determine team medals at the Olympics and other international championships; and the Grand Prix Special. The third test at this level is the Grand Prix Freestyle - a musical ride choreographed by the rider. This test is used to determine the individual medals at Olympic and World Championship competitions. Although certain movements must he performed and each performance has a time limit, the competitor can create a program that suits his horse and is especially pleasing to the eye. Those with flair, choose music to suit the rhythm of the movements, paces and the way their horse moves. It is these International tests where we see the most spectacular movements: Piaffe, the highly collected, elevated trot in place; Passage, the suspended trot in slow motion Pirouette, a rhythmic turning in place at the walk and canter; Half Pass, a forward and sideways movement at the trot or canter where the horse crosses his legs; Flying Change, a skipping type of movement at the canter where the horse changes his leading leg every fourth, third, second and finally every stride. All of these movements are very highly refined natural movements of the horse. The ultimate challenge is for the horse to perform these demanding movements willingly, on command, and with grace. The harmony required is a test for both the horse and rider combination. The quality of the ride is a test of the horse’s natural athletic ability, willingness to work with the rider and over-all visual impression to the spectator. One to five judges, positioned at specific locations around the arena, evaluate the performance from their different perspectives. Scores are awarded on a scale of zero (not executed) to 10 (excellent) for each movement, with some particularly difficult movements earning scores that are multiplied by two.
Spectators tend to base their judgments on general impressions -- how pleasing the performance was as whole. The judges also take this into consideration when awarding the ‘collective marks’ for paces, impulsion, submission and the rider’s position. Scores are tallied and divided by the total possible, and the final score given as a percentage.
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These final percentages are somewhat misleading, the winning score may only be a 63%. You must keep in mind that the marks are given movement by movement, and are judged against a standard of absolute perfection. The greatest dressage riders in the world today can only hope to achieve a final score in the mid - 70% range. Each competitor will be given a few minutes to familiarize his horse with the arena before the judge’s bell calls him to begin his test. Often the horse tenses at the sight of the stands full of people, the brightly colored flowers, the fluttering banners and decorated judge’s boxes around the arena. Every test begins with the competitor entering the arena at the ‘A’ marker and proceeding down the center line to the halt and salute at X’, which is an unmarked spot in the exact center of the arena. The halt must be ‘square’, with the front and back feet even and the horse’s body straight. The horse should stand quietly, but move off promptly and smoothly when asked by the rider. Now and throughout the test pay attention to the horse’s attitude. Does he seem to be happy and alert? Are horse and rider in harmony? A tossing head, swishing tail and ears pinned back are
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signs of tension and resistance. On the other hand, ears cocked slightly hack show that the horse’s mind is tuned to the rider; that he is listening to the rider’s unspoken aids. A gently swinging tail signified relaxation and a quiet head shows the horse’s obedience and attention to his work. As the test proceeds, watch how the horse moves on both straight and curved lines. On the straight, his body should be straight and his hind feet should follow the path of the front feet. On turns and circles he should bend his body uniformly along the are in order to create the same path with fore and hind feet. Watch for round circles and smooth even turns. The transitions between gaits should be smooth, and the horse should immediately establish a rhythm in the new gait. When extended and collected gaits are asked for, look for an obvious difference in the length of the stride. These are transition also. During an extension, the horse’s frame is lengthened and each stride should cover more ground. During a collected movement, the frame is shortened and each stride should cover less ground without any loss of impulsion or energy. The horse should carry his head in a vertical position, indication that he accepts the bit and is continually feeling for he rider’s aids. The horse with his nose stiffly out in front of him, and the over bent one with his chin on his chest, are not accepting the rider’s hand. Now let’s talk about the rider. He should ride with-out apparent effort, maintaining his balance, with his upper body erect but supple and his thighs and legs steady and stretched downward. The elbows should be Close to the body. In this position the rider should be able to follow the movements of the horse smoothly and to apply his aids imperceptibly. The Appeal Of Dressage The combination of athletic ability, physical grace and visual pleasure makes Dressage a wonderful sport for participants and spectators, alike. The rapport that develops between horse and rider exists at all levels of Dressage. A blending of discipline, demanding work and artistry in a harmonious partnership between horse and rider is, perhaps, the greatest appeal of Dressage. You be the Judge!
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World Equestrian Games Headed to North Carolina in September
Get ready! The FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG), billed as the Greatest Equestrian Show on Earth, will once again be hosted in our own backyard. An estimated 500,000 spectators and competitors from more than 70 nations riding in eight disciplines will focus on the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) at the Tryon Resort in Mill Spring, North Carolina, for 13 days in September. The U.S. hosted its first WEG in 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky, where 800 human athletes and their horses represented 57 countries. The inaugural 1990 FEI World Equestrian Games™ were hosted in Stockholm, Sweden. Since then, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, the U.S., and France, have staged the Games. They’ll be returning to North America Sept. 11-23. The Tryon International Equestrian Center is preparing for a daily attendance of 40,000 to 50,000 people and the NBC Sports Group plans to present more than 60 Hours of WEG coverage and streaming across NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. That kind of participation and presence comes with a myriad of logistics to plan, and that gave rise to some questions. Carly Weilminster, the national press officer for the Games and the assistant director of marketing and PR for TIEC and for the Games, graciously addressed queries about the whirlwind of preparations for the historic event.
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Q: How is the venue shaping up for the Games?
Carly: The venue itself is pretty much ready to host the WEG, with a few minor details. We already have the ring space, we have the warm-up space, we have the stabling space. They are currently enclosing the indoor/covered arena that will be home to vaulting and reining. The para-equestrian dressage and the dressage portion of eventing will go into the main arena, the George H. Morris International Arena. Then, we are building a semi-temporary facility that will seat 20,000 people on what is currently the Derby Field. It will be for dressage, show jumping and the show jumping portion of eventing, and will feature all-weather, premium footing.
Carly: We are going to be offering a lot more food onsite than what we have with our permanent restaurants at the TIEC. All those restaurants will be open, but we’re also playing around with some innovate and creative ideas including food trucks and villages where people would have easy access to food.
They’re also working on a few of the main buildings, especially the three-story building, which will be the hospitality and media center overlooking the main stadium.
Obviously, Tryon has the most concentrated number of restaurants within a 15-mile radius of the venue in North Carolina. We are meeting with the local towns to prepare them for what to expect in terms of their hospitality. In between Tryon and Ashville, there’s Hendersonville, there’s Flat Rock, there’s Saluda — all with some really great restaurants outside the Tryon area. You also have Greenville and Spartanburg and a few towns on the way to Charlotte so, depending on where you stay, there are going to be plenty of food options.
Q: We’re excited! How can we buy tickets?
Q: It’s always a concern these days, but how are you handling the security?
Carly: Go to the website, tryon2018.com, and click on the “Buy Ticket” tab where you can buy package passes as well as tickets to individual events. Package ticket sales definitely exceeded our expectations. We had a huge response from the North Carolina/ South Carolina local, regional communities, which we feel is really important. They are really gung-ho about the Games and are super supportive of what’s going on.
Q: What about housing? Can the current infrastructure in the area handle the influx of so many athletes and spectators?
Carly: In terms of spectators, we’re within an hour’s drive of three pretty major cities. There are 60,000 bed-nights in Charlotte, [North Carolina], which is only an hour-and15-minute drive from the venue. Greenville and Ashville [South Carolina] both have pretty robust hospitality and tourism industries. Each of these three cities have their own airports. We’ve been working very closely with them and their
Q: How can someone volunteer to help?
Carly: They can go on the website. We have a volunteer inquiry form that lays out what you would potentially be doing if you were to volunteer. It’s not a commitment at this point, it’s a way for us to segment out what people could potentially do and what they want to do.
Q: All those people are going to be hungry. How will you feed the masses? Wellington Classic Dressage
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Carly: This will be one of the biggest events in North America, so we are working closely with the U. S. Department of Homeland Security and we are working on security with a separate agency as well. As far as for the horses, security will be as tight as it has been for other Games, if not tighter. Obviously, we have to fall within certain regulations from the FEI as well as the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Agriculture. Security will be very tight around the barns.
Q: What about housing for the equine athletes?
Carly: The stabling is already built. It was one of the first features completed at the venue, even before we requested the Games. Honestly, we have more stalls than we will most likely need for the Games. They’re going to split barns by discipline and the stabling will work as it usually does for us.
Q: What else are you doing to prepare?
Carly: We have most of our test events this spring between April and May. That’ll be a great test for some disciplines that we have yet to host. We had a show jumping test event this past October and that went very well. We are looking forward to spring season to make sure we pull off a really great WEG for everyone! To learn more about the FEI World Equestrian Games including up-to-date schedules, lodging and volunteer information, and ticket sales, log onto tryon2018.com.
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Hits Stride with Hosting and Hospitality
The Gold Coast Dressage Association (GCDA) and the Palm Beach Equine Clinic’s gracious hospitality was a welcome respite for our visiting competitors at the 2017 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships Licensed by the USEF at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) Oct. 5-8. Throughout the show, the GCDA Riders' Lounge provided a welcomed place to relax from the heat and enjoy the Championships with some great snacks, refreshments and free give-aways. Friday evening, our regional riders dodged raindrops to attend the GMO Competitor's Party hosted by the GCDA and Palm Beach Equine Clinic. Competitors and their guests were treated to a Latin-theme delicious buffet featuring paella, sumptuous salads & deserts as they mixed and mingled with their fellow riders. Wellington Classic Dressage
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"We were happy to welcome the Great American\USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships in Wellington, Florida at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center," said GCDA President Noreen O'Sullivan. "Many of our members qualified and competed at this year's show with great results, including several of our Board Members! We have an exciting team of GCDA Board Members, who are all working hard to get the word out about what GCDA has to offer to our local riders. As Gold Coast Dressage is the local Group Member Organization of the United States Dressage Federation, our mission is to support the growth of Dressage in our local community as well as to support all levels of the sport—from the grass roots through the international level. We congratulate all of the winners and competitors for all their hard work and dedication to the sport.” It was the first year the competition was organized by Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP), with Monica Fitzgerald as Show Manager, at the PBIEC venue, site of the Winter Equestrian Festival’s worldrenowed Show Jumping circuit. With more than 400+ permanent stalls, a variety of vendors and food options, trailer parking and a myriad of arenas and rings, the location was prime for the influx for serious dressage competitors. This is the 3rd time Wellington has been the host location for Regionals as it was also organized here by Wellington Classic Dressage and Noreen O’Sullivan in 2009 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center and again in 2014 at the Global Dressage Stadium. Clearly, Wellington is a pivotal place for Dressage. Amy Swerdlin, GCDA Secretary was all smiles at her Championship Awards Ceremony. “I have always tried to compete each year with my horses at the Region 3 Championships, which have been hosted for several years in Georgia, but I am very happy to see it back here in Wellington. I support GCDA and its mission to make riders feel welcome here, especially those who have travelled great distances to compete here in South Florida. Despite the weather adversity, I feel the competitors had a great time here in Wellington and hopefully seeing our GCDA hospitality volunteers was a finishing touch to this year’s event,” stated Amy. “My husband, Dr Scott Swerdlin, President of Palm Beach Equine Clinic, was also very excited to have the Clinic Sports participate in the festivities for this year’s competition.” The nearby Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex plays host to GCDA’s summer shows, with its covered arena, all weather footing and permanent barns.
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“It was my pleasure to meet and greet our Region 3 competitors and welcome them to Wellington for this year's Championships,” said John Flanagan, Sponsorship Director for Gold Coast Dressage Association. “Throughout the weekend, we sponsored the GCDA Riders' Lounge and also co-hosted at the GCDA GMO Welcome Party together with Palm Beach Equine Clinic. As Gold Coast Dressage is our local 501(c)(3), not-forprofit organization, our mission is to encourage the growth of our sport in our community through education and competition. Many of these same riders will return for the busy winter season, but for some, this may be their first introduction to our area and to Gold Coast Dressage.” GCDA Secretary Amy Swerdlin is all smiles at her Championship Awards Ceremony
GCDA Membership Director Sharon Paolucci, was busy handing our membership applications and event information throughout the weekend. Fellow Board Members 1st Vice President Sue Jaccoma, 2nd Vice President Dr Michael Kohl and Marketing Director Melissa Brusie all competed in this year’s Regionals, as well as volunteered their time in the Riders’ Lounge. Sue and Michael are also busy working on some of GCDA’s upcoming Educational events this season, including a Symposium with Lilo Fore Feb 21-22, 2018 and an Adult Camp & Ride A Test April 7-8, 2018. Stay tuned for more additional information about this year’s upcoming 2018 show season or visit www.gcdafl.org.
GCDA Board Members (left to right) at the GCDA Riders' Lounge: Sharon Paolucci, Membership Director; Noreen O'Sullivan, President; Dr Michael Kohl, 2nd VP; Sue Jaccoma, 1st VP
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Jimmy Mandala:
A Horseman, A Baker, An Organization Maker
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immy Mandala was a mainstay around the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) showgrounds. If anyone needed an answer to a question, as the facilities manager, Jimmy was the man. His death from pancreatic cancer in October of 2017 at the age of 48 devastated the dressage community. It seemed everyone knew Jimmy, but the one who knew him best was his wife of seven years, Anne Cizadlo. “He knew everybody,” she said. “We couldn’t go to a horse show anywhere in the country where people didn’t know him. That was always really fun. He just knew everybody in the universe!” His love for horses ran deep. Born in Massapequa, New York, his family moved when he was 4 to Missoula, Montana, where they kept horses in the backyard. Jimmy participated in what he called “Moxie Events,” with games, keyhole, pole-bending and flag races on horseback. The Mandala Family owned a restaurant, which was soon overshadowed by their in-house bakery that eventually supplied bread, apple turnovers and doughnuts to hungry fans over a four-state area. . “It was a huge bakery,” Anne said. “There were train tracks behind the building and they would unload flour sacks right off the train through the back door. They were going through that much flour. It was a giant operation.” Jimmy helped out with the family business until he was 19 or 20, when a family dispute had him looking for work elsewhere. He stayed in Missoula and worked at the Army/Navy store, organizing inventory and doing road sales for two to three years until he decided to return to Long Island and work in his uncle’s bakery. But, he missed the horses.
It’s All About the Horses He began working for the Thomas School of Horsemanship on Long Island, a facility that still exists with a focus on beginner hunter/jumper and kids’ lessons with a bit of showing in the Hamptons. He was the barn manager and lived on the property for eight years. “He remembered going out to the Hamptons and setting up stalls and being the groom extraordinaire he always was,” Annie said. “That was always his thing and he could walk into a barn and shape it up in no-time flat. He was really good at organizing like that. He could clip all the horses, hold them all for the farrier, and get the lesson horses ready for their lessons on time. He could juggle the whole thing.” Eventually, he decided he wanted out of the hunter/jumper world and answered a job listing in the classified ads in the “Chronicle of the Horse.” Trainer Jim Armstrong wanted a groom to help him with his horse, Gustaff, who was owned by Jim and Patsy Ward. Jimmy called Armstrong and landed a phone interview. He was hired on the spot and he headed to their Maryland farm. He also traveled with them to their other farm in Palm Beach Point in Wellington. Wellington Classic Dressage
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That's where he met Annie “I was down for the season and when I went back to Iowa, he gave them six weeks’ notice, trained somebody else, packed up everything he owned in his truck, and drove up to Iowa to move in with me,” she said. He got a job working with disabled people and, on the side, he started ring stewarding and setting up arenas around the Midwest for Lloyd Landkamer. Lloyd grew to count on Jimmy’s expertise. “At Lamplight, he was always so good,” Annie said. “Everybody remembers that he could do that big warm-up ring that would feed into three or four competition rings and he could ring steward that all day, every day. He was a superstar at ring stewarding. He could keep track of everybody, call them by their first names and tell everybody to have a good ride when they were walking past him. He could keep track of the whole thing. He was just unbelievable.” He began working some of the big shows including the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) and the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky where he was the main ring steward and head of the grounds crew. From there, he took on the AGDF show series. “Lloyd was the one who got him in when they were first starting Global,” Annie remembered. “Lloyd was the main show manager and brought Jimmy in as facilities manager.” The job evolved into a full-time position, so Annie and Jimmy bought a house in the area. Not only was he doing the Global shows, but he helped Lloyd at Gladstone events and NAJYRC. He took pride in setting up the rings at Global and juggling events, people and horses. “He knew everything that was going on at that property between the stabling and the schooling and what was going on in the office and what was going on over at WEF,” Annie said. “He knew so much about the ins and outs of absolutely everything and, if he didn’t know the answer, he knew whom to ask. He knew all the horses, he knew all the grooms, he knew all the riders, he knew all the trainers.”
Health Concerns At that time, Jimmy was very overweight and, after working on his feet all day, he’d be exhausted. He’d go home and swallow a handful of Advil, crash into bed and then get up the next day and do it all over again. He grew concerned about his health, especially because his family was plagued with a history of cancer. “I remember the day he come home and said, ‘Alright, I’m done with this,’” Annie said. “He went through the house and threw away all the cookies and all the ice cream and all the sugar and everything that wasn’t healthy for you. He just dumped it in the trash and said, ‘I’m done. I’m not eating this stuff anymore.’” He was told to lose 40 or 50 pounds before they would do bariatric surgery. He changed his eating habits, had the surgery and followed their instructions to a “t.” Annie said he could have been the poster child for how to do gastric bypass surgery.
The Big “C” Then, they discovered a cyst in December of 2014. “He had surgery in December and when they went in there to take the cyst out, they took a lot of lymph nodes and they also took out most of his pancreas because he had this history of pancreatic cancer in his family,” Annie said. “They found some cancer cells in three lymph nodes and they deemed it Stage III-B pancreatic cancer because it had spread into additional organs.” It wasn’t a massive growth but they began chemotherapy for three months starting in January. He responded with clean scans and low marker numbers and everything was looking good. Then, in January of 2016, his marker numbers started to go up and they began seeing some abnormal changes on his scan around his pancreas. He waited until after season to start the chemotherapy again and he endured another five months of chemo. Then, he developed diabetes.
“Once they were finished with chemo, they wanted him to do radiation,” she said. “He put that off because he wanted to do the Central Park show in 2016. He did radiation the entire month of November.” The chemo and the radiation kept the marker numbers steady. Eventually though, every time he went for a scan it would show that the areas were getting a little denser and a little thicker and they started creeping slowly toward getting worse. “The last scan he did was in July of 2017,” Annie said. “They told him he had about three months and he did better than three months; he made it three and a half months.” Jimmy died on Halloween in 2017. Annie said that one thing people don’t know about him is that he used to host big year-end parties for all the workers at Global. “He liked to have get-togethers where he would invite everybody over and cook all this food,” she remembered. “He would get a million chairs and make burritos or make sausage, onions and peppers. He had a few signature dishes. I don’t know how many days I would come home from teaching a clinic or something and there would be enough bread in the kitchen for an army. He would go on these baking binges where he would make so much bread. He loved to bake.” “Actually, he loved to do everything,” she said.
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2018 Show Staff & Officials For The Wellington Classic Dressage Series And The Gold Coast Dressage Association Show Series GCDA President & Show Manager- Noreen O’Sullivan GCDA & Wellington Classic Show Secretaries: Ann Hart, Debra Reinhardt & Steve Reinhardt GCDA Sponsorship Director: John Flanagan GCDA Summer Show Liaison: Amy Swerdlin Wellington Classic Show Manager & Managing Partner: Noreen O’Sullivan Wellington Classic Sponsorship & Managing Partner: John Flanagan Show Staff Coordinators: Anne Devine & Merrilynn Griffin Equine Nanny Services: Kathie La Croix Show Season Veterinarian: Palm Beach Equine Clinic- Dr Scott Swerdlin FEI Veterinarian Delegate: Dr Kim Snyder Gilchrist Paramedic Services: Julie Heslin Farrier Services: Chris Burrell Show Program Graphic Design Services: Equessolutions FEI JUDGES Gary Rockwell, 5*, USA; Hans Christian Matthiesen, 5*, DEN Gabriel Amando, 4* ARG Lois Yukins, 4*, USA USEF JUDGES Kem Barbosa, “S” Sue Malone-Casey, “S” Sandi Chohany, “S” Anne Cizadlo, “R” Joan Darnell, “S” Barbara Ebner, “S” Fran Dearing-Kehr, “S” Liselotte Fore, “S” Merrilynn Griffin, “R” Dolly Hannon, “S” Sue Kolstad, “S” Sue Madden Mandas, “S” Thomas Poulin, “S” Gary Rockwell, “S” Charlotte Trentleman, “S” Bill Warren, “S” FEI Stewards/ TD’s Frances Cross “R” Nancy Holsing “R” Carol Bulmer “R” Pat Maykuth “R” Show Announcers: Brian O’Connor & Jason Curtis Scorers: Anne Cizadlo, Anne Devine, Paula Enos, Arnelle Liblit Show Photographer: Susan Stickle Photography (Official Show Photographer) & Joanna Jodko Photographer (Summer) Show Videographers: Danielle Campfield Video (Winter Season) Special Thanks to All Our Officials and Hardworking Staff! (Officials as of 12/18/17, subject to change) Wellington Classic Dressage
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40 Acre Equestrian Facility- 3 BR residence with pool, 58 Stalls, covered arena, 2 outdoor arenas, round pen & exercise walker. Plus, 4Br/2Bth guest cottage and a club house. Prime location, minutes to downtown Stuart, the beaches and 1 hour to Wellington. Offered at $3,950,000
Private 10 Acre Farm - 4 bedroom residence, pool & 1Br/1Bth guest house. 12 Stall barn, 2 wash stalls & groom’s apartment. Riding arena with mirrors, 3 acre grass riding field, 8 grass paddocks, hot-walker and round pen. Plenty of room to build a covered arena. Offered at $2,200,000
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