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Volume 22, Number 6

Columns

6 Inside USDF

The Innovation Convention

By Lisa Gorretta

8 Ringside

A Half-Halted Year

By Jennifer O. Bryant

Departments 24 Rider

Your Pelvic Floor: Key to Better Riding

By Dave Thind and Charlotte Jorst

30 Free Rein

Features

40

The 2020 USDF Arts Contest Winners

Enjoy the winning entries from USDF’s talented members

44

The Show Must Go On

Finding Balance

By Tillie Jones

32 Salute

Essential Worker

By Kim MacMillan

36 GMO

2020 GMO Awards Roundup

196 My Dressage

The Ambassador

By Jennifer O. Bryant

Pandemic upheaval leads to unexpected benefits at virtual USDF convention

By Jennifer O. Bryant

58

The Straight Shooter

From medaling for Team USA to Olympic judging and a commitment to education, Gary Rockwell has worked tirelessly to advance the sport of dressage while always advocating for the horse

By Sue Weakley

Basics 12

Contact

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15 Collection 192 Rider’s Market

On Our Cover Pandemic perseverance: A masked Fiona Cotter takes her victory lap after winning the 2020 Great American/USDF Region 2 Training Level Junior/Young Rider championship aboard Gallagher, owned by Julie Julian. Complete results, p. 98. Photo by John Borys Photography.

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194 USDF Connection

Submission Guidelines 194 USDF Office Contact Directory 195 Advertising Index

2020 YEARBOOK Year-End Awards 64 86 87 87 88 88 88 88 90 90 90 90 93 94 95

Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year Adequan®/USDF DSHB Horse of the Year Adequan®/USDF Materiale Horse of the Year Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year Adequan®/USDF DSHB Breeder of the Year Adequan®/USDF Musical Freestyle Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle Adequan®/USDF Musical Freestyle Challenge Adequan®/USDF USEF Four-Year-Old Adequan®/USDF FEI Five-Year-Old Adequan®/USDF FEI Six-Year-Old Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur Adequan®/USDF Para-Dressage Rider of the Year Adequan®/USDF Junior/Young Rider Adequan®/USDF Vintage Cup

Great American Insurance Group/ USDF Regional Championships 98 102 105 109 112 112 114 117 121

Region 1 Results Region 2 Results Region 3 Results Region 4 Results Region 5 Region 6 Results Region 7 Results Region 8 Results Region 9 Results

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semifinals 125

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semifinals Results

USDF Adult Amateur Equitation Regional Finals 126

USDF Adult Amateur Equitation Regional Finals Results

140 140 143 143 143 143 144 144 144 145 146 146 146 146 148 148 150 152 152 157 157 158 158 159 161 161 161 162 163 163 164 164 165 166 166

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Regional Schooling Show Awards

USDF Breeders Championship Series Finals

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128 129 130 131 132 133

Rider Awards

East Coast Series Results Mid-States Series Results North East Series Results Northwest Series Results Southern Series Results Western Series Results

Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards 134 134 134 135 137 137 138 138 138 139 140

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170 171 174 180 182 184 186 187

Regional Schooling Show Awards

USDF Gold Medalists USDF Silver Medalists USDF Bronze Medalists USDF Musical Freestyle Rider Awards USDF Master’s Challenge Awards USDF Dressage Seat Equitation Rider Awards USDF Rider Performance Awards USDF Horse Performance Certificates

Annual Recognition 188 190 190 191 191

191 191

2020 USDF University Program Breeder of Distinction Award Recipients Benefit Classes 2020 Youth Volunteer of the Year 2020 Youth Dressage Rider Recognition Pin Program Recipients 2020 Shining Stars Recipient Ravel Grant Winner

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Inside USDF The Innovation Convention Pandemic-necessitated pivot to virtual leads to insights and unexpected benefits

T

he adjective virtual means “almost or nearly as described, if not completely.”

The USDF had a real success—not a virtual one—with our virtual 2020 Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention.

Of course, the event lacked the in-person element that gets everyone’s juices flowing and reignites the passion that is behind why we all do what we do, but there was nothing virtual about the success of the actual event. In short, we did it, and I thought it was pretty awesome!

I do not think that the USDF Executive Board knew exactly what it was undertaking or asking of the USDF professional staff when it made the decision to cancel the planned live event in Omaha, Nebraska—another in a long line of difficult choices necessitated by the pandemic. After we completed the due diligence on the logistics of the undertaking, the way forward became more clear.

But when the board proposed holding a virtual convention, the USDF office staff may have decided that we were perhaps “out to lunch.” After all, no one on staff had a serious background or significant experience in this sort of production. I am immensely proud of the can-do approach of the staffers in every department, of each USDF committee liaison, and of all the committee chairs

and members, whose hard work and dedication helped to make the virtual convention a success.

So many details that are not part of a typical convention had to be considered when we were not meeting in person, especially when we decided to make attendance as accessible as possible for members across the country. There were far more free convention registrations than we have ever enjoyed in our traditional settings. It is hard to get away, even virtually, from life and responsibilities. As things got under way, I presumed, some social-media buzz would spur those members who “meant to” or “forgot to” register to sign up for one or more of the convention Zoom sessions, and attendance numbers would increase through the week. We were not disappointed: There was a 27% increase in attendance numbers in 2020 over the live 2019 convention.

I have never worked in theater (beyond high-school pit orchestra), but the days leading up to the first virtual convention day last December surely must be what stage fright feels like!

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The Executive Board begins each convention with a full-day meeting.

We are quite used to Zoom calls now, but ensuring that the entire agenda could be covered is a bit daunting. I spent a sleepless week worrying about every aspect, even though I had no control over the virtual technology.

The first official event of the 2020 virtual convention was the welcome to USDF Board of Governors delegates and convention attendees. Turnout was good, and it appeared that most delegates had taken advantage of the helpful voting tutorials staff had put together. I was still nervous about the actual voting part, having watched a couple of other US Equestrian affiliates’ conventions (yes, all of the presidents whose meetings were going online exchanged intel about their plans and concerns; misery enjoys company!). The entire process was uncharted waters for many, but in the end it was not at traumatic as I had anticipated. Like sitting on a new horse, everyone coped. Phew!

It was decided (and recommended to USDF by the Zoomsession hosting company) that many portions of the presentations should be prerecorded to ensure control over the time lines: The Zoom meeting window neither waits nor extends at the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Ringside A Half-Halted Year We came, we saw, we changed course in 2020

the stretched-thin, often workingfrom-home USDF staff who for some time found themselves trying both to prepare for a Finals and to reinvent the wheel known as the Adequan®/ USDF Annual Convention. Planning the convention is a lot of work, but the live event has been held for so many years that at least there’s an established blueprint to follow. But the in-person convention suffered the fate of nearly every other gathering in 2020, and so the USDF staff had to take its strongest half-halt of the year and plot an entirely new, virtual course. As you’ll read in this issue, the virtual convention proved a pleasant surprise to both the USDF and the members, who logged in to Zoom in unprecedented numbers for well-organized and mostly seamless meetings, educational sessions, and awards presentations.

The events of 2020 also caused the US equestrian community, along with the country at large, to take a half-halt to examine attitudes and practices concerning diversity and inclusion.

Protests over racial injustice pushed the issue over a cultural tipping point, and soon all manner of organizations were reckoning with past practices and making efforts to promote and

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reflect diversity, from their boardrooms to their advertising campaigns.

The US national governing body for equestrian sport, US Equestrian (of which the USDF is the official dressage affiliate), in October announced the rollout of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan. Members of underrepresented demographics began speaking out about their experiences.

Equally important, organizations, including equestrian media, became more proactive about featuring participants of color. In this, USDF Connection’s 2020 yearbook issue, dressage rider and technical delegate Andrea Davenport, who is Black, shares her own equestrian story (“My Dressage,” p. 196). Our sport is lucky to have Andrea, who is committed to the equestrian world despite some cringeworthy experiences.

I hope you enjoy the “half-halts” that are reflected in this issue. There were still plenty of awards and honors despite the competition shutdowns.

You’ll meet one of those honorees, 2020 Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee Gary Rockwell, on page 58. You’ll also meet an unsung hero—COVID nurse and stalwart dressage volunteer Nancy Bryant (no relation, by the way)—in this issue’s “Salute” (p. 34). As you leaf through the pages of photos of happy riders and screen shots from convention Zoom sessions, know that it is thanks to the adept half-halting by many people behind the scenes that made it all possible.

Jennifer O. Bryant, Editor @JenniferOBryant

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hen I half-halt my horse, I check and redirect his balance and energy. Sometimes I half-halt to prepare for a transition or a movement, but most often my half-halts are saying something like, “Hey, I can feel you starting to fall onto your forehand. Let’s do a quick ‘course correction’ so that little loss of balance doesn’t snowball.”

If ever there were a year that called for half-halts and redirection, 2020 was it. Last year, nearly all of our collective plans—for our horses, our work lives, our children’s education, our travels, and our gatherings—went out the window. Everyone involved in the running of dressage shows and USDF events must have felt like sailors tacking into the wind, zigging and zagging as the coronavirus pandemic threatened to blow all of their plans off course.

Given the obstacles, the dressage community did a remarkable job of keeping things going. Eight of the nine Great American/USDF Regional Championships went off as scheduled.

The biggest casualty in the USDF sphere was, of course, the 2020 US Dressage Finals, and the fact that its cancellation was felt so keenly is a testament to how important this national head-to-head championship competition has become.

As USDF executive director Stephan Hienzsch admitted to the USDF Board of Governors during their assembly last December (“The Show Must Go On,” p. 44), there was a teensy silver lining to the Finals’ cancellation. Although nothing could blunt the disappointment for those who had worked hard to qualify for the trip to Kentucky, there was an element of relief for

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Inside USDF CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 last minute, and you can fix the occasional speaker “oops” with a take two. (I think that a couple of my own attempts ended with take six, but I got them all done eventually, and most went off fairly smoothly.) However, we failed to rehearse what to do when the technology fails. After two council open forums ran smoothly, the Activities Council forum began with at-large director Sue Mandas— and nothing worked. It felt like an eternity, but in truth all of the committee chairs took control in short order and “winged it” live.

The moral of this part of the story is that if there is a next time, we will plan to depend on the now demonstrated ability of our volunteers, who proved that they can punt when needed and still answer members’ questions live.

The virtual Salute Gala and the awards ceremonies—Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductions, USDF Volunteer and Youth Volunteer of the Year awards, and the recognition of USDF rider awards and Adequan®/USDF Year-End and All-Breeds Awards— were great, and our traditional MC, Nicho Meredith, did an outstanding job.

The big question raised throughout the 2020 convention was, will we hold a virtual event in the future? Speaking personally and not making a policy announcement, I think that the virtual convention is one of the positive things to have come out of this pandemic crisis. It made us think about how we might extend our reach, and also forced us to jump right into the deep end of the virtual pool. I hope that we do not have to run an all-virtual convention again, but I doubt that we will wish to abandon providing members an opportunity to participate virtually in the important meetings. We certainly now know that we can reach many

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more members, and perhaps even offer more opportunities for educational events, via a virtual platform.

(The traditional convention agenda is jam-packed, with overlapping events, which we purposely did not schedule for the virtual event.)

I look forward to the planned in-person 2021 convention in Houston, Texas. The humaninteraction part was sadly missing from the virtual event, even as we received calls and suggestions for holding virtual welcome receptions.

I truly missed the first encounters and renewed acquaintances with members that are an important part of the live event. But I also gained a new perspective regarding new ways to spread the message of who we are and what we do.

When we decided to go virtual and to make the entire event free to all USDF members, I set a secret goal: to get 20% of the entire membership to participate in some portion of the convention. We did not get there, but I now look at this as an affirmation of sorts that most members think that the USDF is mostly on the right path. Members quickly figured out that there would be opportunities to view convention sessions on demand at their convenience, so following the path of least interruption became the plan for many.

In the future, I hope that we can achieve a balance of in-person interaction and virtual accessibility.

If you attended the 2020 USDF convention “in the cloud,” thank you! If you did not, I hope that when you next have this chance, you will recognize it as a golden opportunity worthy of your time.

As a USDF member, take advantage of the educational offerings as well as the competition and recognition of achievement in the sport of dressage.

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Another Group of Equestrians Deserves More Representation I loved your contemplative essay on your past actions concerning an editorial decision regarding a Black rider (“Ringside: A Reckoning,” September/October 2020).

There is another underrepresented group in the equine world. If you are over a size 14, forget finding anything for riding! Plus-size apparel is in low quantity for Western and almost null for English and dressage. When I started back into horses after my daughter was born, I had extra weight and found it difficult to find boots, jackets, shirts, and breeches that fit. I have other friends who have trouble finding clothes, and as for saddles for heavier riders, good luck.

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article about the models in the equestrian catalogs and magazines resonated with me. I found myself asking the same thing for plus-size riders as for riders of color. Larger riders are also never seen, hardly covered, and forgotten as not the norm. Equestrian retailers don’t want to be stuck with merchandise if no one buys it, so they often don’t carry larger sizes. But if you buy online, then you risk return fees or being stuck with an article that doesn’t fit.

Too many equestrian publications and retailers believe that they need to show thin, tall, athletic models. Some people just don’t have that body type. People of all shapes and sizes ride, and discussions of diversity and inclusion should consider all riders.

Jen Cooper LeRoy, Ohio

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IN THE FRAME

US Senator Bernie Sanders’ folksy Vermont winter attire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration captured the national imagination.

For days afterward, #berniememes dominated social media. Dressage judge Janet Foy changed her own profile photo to this meme of Bernie-turned-scribe. Original non-Bernie photo by AKDragooPhoto.com.

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medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Another well-known student is Savoie’s close friend the dressage professional Ruth Hogan-Poulsen.

A gifted motivational speaker, writer, and teacher, Savoie endeared

POSITIVE ROLE MODEL: Jane Savoie in an undated photo with her Friesian, Moshi, and her dog, Indy

Aboard the 1981 Dutch-bred gelding Zapatero, Savoie was the reserve rider for the 1992 US Olympic dressage team. She went on to attain numerous Grand Prix-level honors and national rankings with a succession of mounts, including Eastwood, Genaldon, and Jolicoeur.

Savoie counted Herbert Rehbein, Robert Dover, and Cindy Sydnor among her most important dressage teachers. As an instructor herself, she was the dressage coach for the 1996 and 2004 Canadian Olympic eventing teams, and she coached her friend Susan Blinks to a team bronze

herself to legions of riders, especially adult amateurs, with her unflagging encouragement and cheerful enthusiasm. She recognized and appreciated adult amateurs’ dedication and struggles to master the sitting trot, to deal with spooky horses and show nerves, and other dressage dilemmas. She never condescended to adult amateurs and they loved her for it, flocking to her clinics, buying her books, and subscribing to her online Dressage Mentor program, where they felt they had found a friend in Savoie and her tales of life with her Friesian, Moshi, and her dog, Indy.

Savoie was one of the first to bring the science of sport psychology to the equestrian world. Her first and best-known book, That Winning Feeling! Program Your Mind for Peak Performance, was published in 1992 and is now in its eighth edition. She also championed dressage as useful training for every horse, as evidenced by such books as Cross-Train Your Horse and her final nonfiction work, Dressage Between the Jumps: The Secret to Improving Your Horse’s Performance, published in 2020.

Always up for a challenge, Savoie took up several new endeavors later in life. She began ballroom dancing at the age of 63. Her first attempt at writing fiction, the romance novel Second Chances, set in the world of dressage, was published less than one month before her death.

For her many contributions to American dressage, Savoie was inducted into the Roemer Foundation/ USDF Hall of Fame in 2019.

Savoie is survived by her husband of 46 years, the well-known horse-show videographer and photographer Rhett Savoie, and by her sister and extended family and many friends.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Central Vermont Dressage Association (cvda.org) or to the Green Mountain Horse Association (gmhainc.org).

—Jennifer Bryant

HORSE HEALTH FEI: Don’t Trim Those Whiskers Veterinary researchers know that horses use their “sensory hairs”— the whiskers around their eyes and muzzles—to aid in perceiving objects, especially those close to their noses. Cutting or shaving those whiskers deprives a horse of vital sensory information, but for years many horse owners did just that,

AU NATUREL: Horses in FEI competition must not have their eye or muzzle whiskers cut or shaved, according to a new rule

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believing that whiskers made a horse look unkempt.

At its 2020 General Assembly, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) banned the removal of sensory hairs on horses in FEI competition, beginning January 1, 2021, unless done by a veterinarian “to prevent pain or discomfort for the horse.”

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Dressage clinician, international competitor, and prolific author Jane Savoie, 72, died January 4 near her home in Berlin, Vermont. She had battled the blood cancer multiple myeloma since 2015.

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Equestrian Organizations Back New Helmet Research With more than $425,000 pledged, research at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab can commence to develop a safety-rating system for equestrian protective headgear, US Equestrian announced in December 2020.

RATED FOR SAFETY: New research initiative will assign star ratings to equestrian protective headgear

The Helmet Lab is an independent initiative at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. Since 2011, the Helmet Lab has been conducting injury-biomechanics research on sport-specific headgear to determine which helmet models best reduce concussion risk. It assigns ratings from one star (lowest) to five stars (highest).

Ratings of football, youth football,

soccer, flag football, cycling, and hockey helmets have already been developed.

The equestrian initiative came about after Virginia Tech Helmet Lab representative Dr. Barry Miller gave a presentation at the US Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, and was asked how much it would cost to establish equestrian helmet ratings in the next 18 to 24 months.

The USHJA committed a sum, and then the well-known eventing patron Jacqueline Mars pledged a matching donation. US Equestrian and the US Eventing Association announced their support, as well, thereby securing the funding needed to begin research, according to the US Equestrian press release. US Equestrian has also shared with Helmet Lab researchers data on falls and injuries from its licensed competitions.

The fund remains open for donations. Any additional money raised will go toward accelerating the development timeline.

All donations go directly toward research and are tax-deductible, according to the press release.

Learn more at helmet.beam.vt.edu.

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IEA Partners with the USDF The USDF has become a member partner of the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA). The USDF will be the title sponsor of the IEA Leading Dressage Rider at the IEA Dressage National Finals through 2023. The organizations will share advertising opportunities and membership benefits, and the USDF will provide IEA with its

expertise in dressage.

The IEA, which previously offered hunter-seat and Western competition to riders and teams in grades 4 through 12, introduced dressage as a pilot program in 2016. Dressage became an official IEA program in 2019, including both dressage and dressage-seat equitation competition. Learn more at RideIEA.org.

Totilas, who mesmerized the dressage world while winning triple gold medals at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Kentucky, died December 14, 2020, after a colic episode. He was 20.

UNBEATABLE: With Edward Gal in the irons, Totilas was untouchable at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky

The KWPN stallion (Gribaldi – Lominka, Glendale) made the career of Dutch rider Edward Gal, who got the ride in 2006. The pinnacle of their famous partnership came in 2010, when they won the FEI World Cup Dressage Final and then swept all three dressage gold medals at the WEG. Totilas was the first horse to break the 90% barrier in Grand Prixlevel dressage competition, and he won the Grand Prix Freestyle WEG gold medal on a score of 91.800%.

The magic of the Gal-“Toto” partnership was never to be repeated.

After the 2010 WEG, the pride of the Netherlands was sold to rival nation Germany, with Paul Schockemöhle reportedly paying upwards of €10 million or even higher for the stallion.

Schockemöhle retained the breeding rights and sold the riding rights to German rider Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff, who gave the ride to her stepson, Matthias Rath, with an eye toward the 2012 Olympic Games and beyond.

But Rath’s tenure with Totilas was plagued by repeated injuries to the horse, and they were unable to take part in either the 2012 Olympics or the 2014 WEG. Totilas was retired to stud in 2015 and sired numerous successful offspring, including several licensed stallions.

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Collection Tedi Paasch, Hood River, Oregon Tedi Rae Paasch is a USDF-certified instructor/trainer at Training and First Levels. She is a USDF bronze and silver medalist. She owns and operates her own training facility in Hood River, Oregon.

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE: Paasch showing against a majestic mountain backdrop

How I got started in dressage: I was introduced to dressage while at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming.

I wanted to get certified because: It allows potential clients to understand the philosophy and system I use in my teaching and riding.

What surprised me the most about the certification process: It was all I hoped it would be. I appreciated the sharing of ideas with other candidates, and the ideas and styles that fit into the systematic training and teaching this program strives to promote.

My horses: I have had many wonderful horses through the years and competed several breeds. My current partner is a 2015 KWPN gelding named Kolbaba. I am just starting a homebred Trakehner filly for more fun in the future.

Tip: Use your ring figures to refine your communication. Use cones to mark out different-size circles or serpentines and corners. This can be a great help if you ride alone, since the cones will help you ride the exact figure you plan.

Contact me: (541) 490-7677 or tedipaasch@gmail.com.

—Alexandria Belton

EQUINE WELFARE New App Helps Ex-Racehorses Find Homes The Retired Racehorse Project and OTTB United have partnered to produce the mobile app OTTB United, to connect sellers, buyers, and shippers of Thoroughbred ex-racehorses.

A portion of the app’s optional premium subscription fee goes to the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP), which “works to increase the market for Thoroughbreds after racing in the equestrian world,” RRP executive director Jen Roytz stated in a press release.

The app came about in part because many social-media sites have banned sales ads for animals.

“We understand and respect the reasons for social-media sites to place animal-sales posts under increased scrutiny, and it has surely gone a long way to prevent unwanted animals from ending up in the wrong hands,” Roytz stated. “It has also, however, compromised the

efforts of many upstanding and responsible Thoroughbredplacement organizations, which depend on the platforms to market their available horses to reputable homes.

REHOMING THE EXThrough our RACEHORSE: Screen partnership with shot of the OTTB OTTB United, we United app are able to offer a potential solution.”

OTTB United is free to download from Google Play and the Apple App Store. A premium subscription is $4.99 monthly. The app is available in the US and Canada.

OLYMPIC GAMES Equestrian Sports Quotas Confirmed for Paris 2024 The three Olympic equestrian disciplines of dressage, eventing, and jumping will remain on the program for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) formally confirmed the entire 2024 lineup during its online Executive Board meeting in December 2020.

The equestrian events of the 2024 Paris Games will be held on the grounds of Versailles, the palace of King Louis XIV and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) was especially gratified by the news that the IOC did not reduce its quota of 200

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horse/rider combinations: 75 for jumping, 65 for eventing, and 60 for dressage. FEI president and IOC member Ingmar De Vos called it “a token of appreciation for the efforts the FEI and the equestrian community have made to increase the fan base and improve digital figures for our sport. We really appreciate that the IOC didn’t touch our quota, as we knew they needed to reduce the overall Games-wide quota to 10,500 athletes, but our sport has grown so much over the last decade that a reduction of our quota would have been detrimental to the universality of our Olympic competitions.”

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THE NEAR SIDE

Don’t Let Those 2020 Scores Go to Waste!

If you or your horse earned scores last year, you can still use them toward a USDF rider award or a Horse Performance Certificate. Online applications are available on the USDF website under Awards.

See the USDF Member Guide for complete award requirements.

Dressage Seat Equitation Rider Awards Available

Scores earned by adult amateurs, professionals, juniors, and young riders are all eligible for Dressage Seat Equitation rider awards. Award recipients will each receive a certificate and a lapel pin, and will be recognized on the USDF website.

See the USDF Member Guide for complete award requirements.

Duplicate and Replacement Awards Available

USDF offers duplicate and replacement All-Breeds medals, rider medals, and rider or horse performance certificates for a nominal fee. Call USDF for assistance.

USDF Regional Schooling Show Awards Program

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This program recognizes USDF group members participating in non-USEF/USDF dressage competitions. The competition year is December 1– November 30. Four divisions (open, junior/young rider, adult amateur, and non-professional) are awarded in each USDF region.

Visit the USDF website for more information. Direct questions to Cristen Brown at cbrown@usdf.org.

• USDF Technical Delegate Learning Modules • USDF Education Library items available for education credits

and so much more!

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New Qualifying Period for the Dressage Seat Medal Program

The DSM qualifying period runs from January 1, 2021 through the end of the qualifying period for the Great American/USDF Regional Championships that will host the DSM Semi-Finals the rider plans to attend. A rider is eligible for the 13 and under Semi-Final class until the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the age of 13 (DR 133.2 (f)). A rider is eligible for the 14 through 18 SemiFinal class from the beginning of the calendar year in which he or she reaches 14 until the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the age of 18 (DR 133.2 (f)).

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Rider Your Pelvic Floor: Key to Better Riding Toning these muscles can reap benefits both in the saddle and out

By Dave Thind and Charlotte Jorst

STRONG PARTNERS: US international dressage competitor Charlotte Jorst and her newest stallion, Kastel’s Grand Galaxy Win

“Many women, particularly if they have had children, have problems with urinary incontinence or maybe a little bit of leakage if they

cough, sneeze, or laugh,” explains Hollis Day, MD, MS, MHPE, chief of geriatric medicine at Boston Medical Center and a dressage rider.

“That has to do with lack of tone in the pelvic floor.” (Men can experience similar issues and can also benefit from improving their pelvicfloor tone, she adds.)

What does this have to do with riding? The same muscles that need to be strengthened to help prevent unwanted urine leakage also happen to play a critical role in a dressage rider’s seat. By strengthening your pelvic floor, you can greatly improve the subtlety of your aids as well as your horse’s responsiveness.

The pelvic-floor toning exercises we’re going to give you in this article are referred to as lessons in the Feldenkrais Method, which uses gentle movement and directed attention to educate the nervous system and to increase mind-body awareness. Created by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, the Awareness Through Movement lessons, as they are called, are “very similar to exercises that we teach women to retrain the pelvic floor and tone it so that it can reduce some of the urinary incontinence,” Day says.

Toning the muscles of the pelvic floor requires learning how to engage those muscles (which in women includes the vaginal muscles as well as the pelvic-floor muscles) “without increasing abdominal pressure, such as when you do core exercises in Pilates or other forms of exercise,” says Day. “This is a great lesson for all riders or for women who need to strengthen the pelvic floor.”

Ready to give the Feldenkrais Method a try? Here are five easy

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Awareness Through Movement lessons that you can try at home. All you need is clothing that allows for free movement, and a comfortable spot on the floor.

Take your time with each step.

Consider having someone read you the directions so you can relax and focus on the lessons, or record yourself reading them and then follow your recorded instructions.

Step 1: Find Your X and Your Cylinder Lie on your back on the floor with your legs bent, feet flat on the ground, and arms comfortably at your sides.

Notice how your body makes contact with the floor. Notice which parts of your back or pelvis are heaviest, and perhaps which parts don’t make contact.

Notice the location of your two hips and your two shoulder points.

Draw an imaginary line from point to point, forming a rectangle. Then imagine drawing two diagonal lines inside the rectangle to create an X. Sense your front X and your back X. Next, make your body imagery three-dimensional by thinking of the area inside your rectangle as a cylinder. Think about the volume created by that cylinder. Lightly place both hands on top of your ribs, and allow your hands to move up and down with your breath. Feel the change in volume as your ribs expand as you inhale and then return to resting position as you exhale. Then try this variation: Softly, without pushing, fill your lower abdomen with breath.

Place your hands back down by your sides and rest. You can rest for as little as 30 seconds or as long as

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ant to achieve better communication with your horse? Learn to harness the power of your pelvic floor.

The pelvic floor is a thin but strong dome-shaped sheet of muscles and connective tissue that acts as a barrier and supports the pelvic organs above. It separates the pelvic cavity above from the perineal region below. Although many discussions of the pelvic floor are aimed at women and the female anatomy, both sexes have a pelvic floor.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: The muscles and connective tissue that make up the pelvic floor (arrow) support the bladder and other pelvic organs

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three minutes. Even if what you just did didn’t seem like a lot of work, the periods of rest allow the nervous system to process what is being learned.

After you have rested, softly press down with your feet and, using a rolling motion, gently lift your tailbone about an inch off the ground. Imagine that your tailbone is an ice-cream scoop and that you’re gently lifting and scooping it up toward the sky, then lightly setting it down. Try not to engage your buttocks or any other part of your body as you do this. Incorporate your breath into the scooping movement: Breathe out as you lift your tailbone; breathe in as you lower down. Now try holding your breath as you lift up and down. Does holding your breath make the movement harder or easier?

STARTING POSITION: Charlotte Jorst demonstrates the starting position for the exercises, lying on her back with her knees bent, feet flat on the floor, and arms by her sides

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Step 3: Lift Your Pelvic Floor PELVIC BOWL: With her hands in a triangle shape and resting just below her navel, Jorst outlines the location of her pelvic bowl

Step 2: The Pelvic Bowl Start in the same position, lying on your back with your knees bent and your arms by your sides. Place your hands on your abdomen and notice your belly rising and falling with each breath.

Make a triangle with your hands just below your belly button. Depending on your body, your palms may rest on the edges of your “pelvic bowl.” Visualize your pelvic bowl filling with air as you inhale and deflating as you exhale.

Now, as you exhale, make a forceful, quick, loud “ssh” noise with your lips slightly parted, as if you were shushing someone to keep quiet. Repeat the “ssh” seven times. As you do so, notice what you feel in your body.

What happens to your tailbone? What about your ribs? Place your hands on the sides of your ribs. Do you sense a narrowing as you “ssh”?

Rest for a moment with your knees bent and your arms by your sides. Then return your hands to your abdomen and make your pelvic-bowl triangle, with your hands again resting softly. Breathe in and out normally and see if you notice anything different. What is happening to your sides as you breathe?

From this position, as you exhale, make a long “sss” sound like a snake hissing, loud enough that someone in the next room could hear you.

Relax your shoulders as you do this.

Repeat the hissing sound five to seven times. Can you perhaps feel

With legs long or bent, now imagine that you can use your breath to lift a string or a silk scarf through your pelvic floor and up toward your middle, somewhere under your belly button. What do you feel engage as you do this?

Next, try to lift the imaginary silk scarf even higher so that it passes through your chest and neck and comes out beautifully through the top of your head. Breathe normally between repetitions, and try the entire sequence a few times.

Step 4: Knee-Tilting Again, lie on your back with knees bent, feet flat on the ground, and hands by your sides. Notice whether your body feels heavier on one side than the other, or as if it is rolled slightly to one side.

From this position, imagine that your lower back is resting on a clock face. With your knees apart, slowly tilt both knees in one direction. This will tip your contact on your clock face to either 3:00 or 9:00. If you noticed a heavy or “rolled” side, tilt your knees in that direction. If both sides feel even, just pick one side to tilt your knees toward. You’ll continue the

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knee-tilting movement on the same side for the remainder of the lesson.

Pay attention to your breath.

Breathe slowly and fully, filling your pelvic bowl with each inhalation as you allow your knees to tip toward the side of your lower abdomen (place your hand there if that helps).

Try not to contract your lower abdomen as you tilt; breathe into your lower belly to help avoid doing so.

Then gently exhale and pull your belly in to engage your abdominal muscles as you return your knees to the starting position. Keep your cylinder somewhat quiet and oriented toward the ceiling. Allow your pelvis to move in the direction of the tilt. If you feel strain in your lower back and your thigh muscles have to engage to hold you in position, your knees are too close to the floor.

Don’t tilt so far. Less is more!

Now, each time you return your knees to the starting point, make the “ssh” or the “sss” sound as you exhale. Continuing to tilt your knees to the same side, incorporate the image of the silk scarf, releasing the tone as you tilt and then drawing the silk scarf up through your body as you return to neutral. Do this slowly to really feel the imprint of your body on the floor change during and after the subtle movement.

Notice what your feet are doing during this lesson. What parts of your feet are making contact with the ground in the middle of the movement? At the end? How do your feet make contact with the ground as you bring your legs back to neutral?

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LEG-TILTING: Jorst demonstrates the leg-tilting exercise. Her legs are about hip-distance apart and she’s tilting her knees to the right, toward the camera (photo 1). If you have inner-thigh or groin pain, try the variation shown in photo 2, with one leg crossed over the other.

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a narrowing of your waist or ribs as you make this sound?

Extend your legs and rest for a minute. Close your eyes, and feel whether you sense that anything has changed. Your breath? Your ribs?

Your front X?

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To vary the exercise, try lifting the imaginary silk scarf with only one arm raised, or while standing on one leg. Remember to breathe comfortably and to take the time to move slowly, so as to notice and learn.

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As you continue to tilt your knees and return to neutral, notice at what moments your pelvis feels heavier.

Bring your awareness up to your shoulders as you tilt your knees and breathe with each movement. Notice how your shoulders contact the floor. Does one shoulder feel heavier than the other? If so, at what moment during the movement do you feel this heaviness?

Return to your neutral starting position and rest for a moment with your knees bent or your legs extended, whichever you prefer.

Bring your awareness back to your sides. Which side feels heavier now? Is it the same side as you began with, or is the opposite side heavier now? Do you sense a “residue” of sorts, telling the story of tilting to one side? Maybe, maybe not; everyone reacts differently.

Bend your knees and resume the tilting movement in the same direction as before. Notice at what point you might begin to bring your head and neck into the movement. Does your head tilt or turn in the same direction or away from the movement? Perhaps it doesn’t move at all.

Perhaps it just senses the movement.

As your knees tilt to the side, imagine that your shirt is being

pulled down from your collarbone to the bottoms of your feet, making one side of your body shorter.

Then, as you bring your knees back up to neutral, that side of your body lengthens again.

Rest for a moment with your legs long.

Consider doing the movements on the opposite side on another day.

For learning purposes, a one-sided lesson provides contrast to the nervous system to compare. This can be a powerful tool. If you feel one-sided after completing this step, the feeling normally resolves on its own in about 30 minutes.

Bring It into Sitting or Standing Sitting on the edge of a chair or in a standing position, lift your arms and think of pulling the imaginary silk scarf from your pelvic floor up through your body and out the top of your head. Your raised arms will keep you from collapsing and will give you the sensation of volume in your cylinder.

If you are sitting, notice that as your pelvic-floor muscles engage, your seat bones press down. You may also feel as if your entire spine lengthens. Perhaps you can feel a si-

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Born in Canada and trained in Germany, Dave Thind now resides in Walpole, Massachusetts, where he owns and operates Aspire Farm.

He has competed at the Grand Prix level in dressage and jumping, and he holds a German Trainer A license as well as an International Trainer Passport Level III. He is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner who has published articles and lectured on the Feldenkrais Method and equestrian biomechanics.

Charlotte Jorst is a Danish-born adult-amateur Grand Prix-level dressage rider who has represented the US in several Nations Cup competitions as well as at the 2016 FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Sweden. Her successful horses include the 2003 KWPN stallion Kastel’s Nintendo (Negro x Monaco) and her newest stallion, the 2011 KWPN Kastel’s Grand Galaxy Win (Apache x Jazz). Based in Reno, Nevada, she is the founder of the popular apparel line Kastel Denmark.

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IN BALANCE: Practice drawing an imaginary silk scarf from your pelvic floor up through your body and out the top of your head. While seated, Jorst raises one arm to elongate her torso.

For a standing balance challenge, try lifting your pelvic floor while standing on one leg.

Day herself vouches for the effectiveness of these exercises in her dressage riding.

“Even if you have none of these issues [pertaining to urine leakage], I can personally attest that the immediate effect on my riding was profound. I don’t think I’ve had a ride like this for a really long time. The best part of this is, it was so easy! I had to think a lot, but I didn’t have to work that hard. I hope that other riders will have the same experience I did.”

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Free Rein Finding Balance Young dressage riders: Work hard at your sport, but make time to have a life out of the saddle

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What I did not appreciate as a young rider is that balance means more than the equal distribution of weight in the saddle. Balance also means having a clear understanding of who you are as a person, and not allowing yourself to be defined only by your achievements in the ring.

I learned the hard way that the time, focus, and energy necessary to be

successful can be counterproductive— particularly for young riders, who are also dealing with the usual challenges of growing up. The very elements they need to achieve in dressage can also lead them to fall out of love with the sport.

Most of us begin riding not to win ribbons but because we love horses.

When I was about two, even after an ornery mare knocked me down, instead of crying I got back up and wanted to continue petting her, to my dad’s astonishment. During every family vacation (and despite the protests of my brothers, who have never shared my love of horses), if there was an opportunity to ride, my parents granted my wish to take it. For my seventh birthday, my parents gave me a few riding lessons with a family friend who happened to teach dressage. I remember the pure joy of getting to ride and connect with a magnificent animal. To spend more time with horses, I cleaned stalls every Saturday.

Not long after I began taking lessons, I asked my parents to let me enter some schooling shows so I could spend even more time riding. In those days, competing was about riding, not winning.

In fact, my earliest goal was to win a ribbon of every color—which I did, and could not have been happier.

Before long, because I loved what I was doing, the rainbow of ribbons turned mostly blue. And with that, my competitive nature was stirred.

Success at schooling shows led to success in regional shows, which in turn led to success at the national level. My focus narrowed to moving up the levels, improving my scores, and winning. I earned my USDF bronze medal when I was 12 and my silver medal when I was 17. At age 16, I earned multiple medals in the Junior division at the FEI North American

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Youth Championships, including an individual gold. The following year, I helped my region’s Young Rider team win the silver medal.

What I didn’t realize at the time was that I was riding for the sake of winning. I fell into the trap of defining myself by what I accomplished—or failed to accomplish—in the show ring.

Dressage challenges a competitor in a way that few other sports do. Enduring the mental and physical challenges of constant training and competing in any sport is difficult enough.

But a dressage competitor also must try to train an animal to consistently perform at a high level, to maintain that animal’s health so that it is able to compete, and to deal with the accompanying financial pressures.

My way of dealing with these challenges was to have a singular focus on riding. For a number of years my successes fueled my drive to endure the grind, to overcome the stress and setbacks, and to justify the financial sacrifices. But over time, the successes began to feel hollow. Stress began eating away at me, and I no longer enjoyed riding. When my horse suffered a suspensory-ligament tear and I could not compete, I briefly toyed with the idea of giving up riding altogether.

I stepped back and reevaluated who I am and why I was doing what I was doing. I realized that I was no longer riding for the love of horses and riding. I also recognized that my focus on riding to the exclusion of other activities that I enjoyed was unhealthy. I may have had excellent balance in the saddle, but I had little balance while out of it.

I realized that the keys to competing and succeeding at the highest level are to rediscover the joy of riding, and to restore some balance to my life.

I’ve learned that accomplishing those

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veryone who has competed in dressage understands that our sport requires focus, drive, resilience, determination, precision, a little luck, and a relentless pursuit of perfection. But if you do not have good balance, even having all of those things will not enable you to succeed at the highest level of the sport.

By Tillie Jones

things does not mean that I have to train any less hard or to spend any less time devoted to the sport. It does mean finding joy in activities outside of dressage while working to succeed at the highest level for my age.

Accomplishing that goal requires discipline and a lot of work, and I’ve had to become a pro at time management, but it is worth it. Today I am a full-time student at Nebraska Wesleyan University majoring in psychology, with a GPA just under 4.0. I am a cheerleader and a member of the Delta Zeta sorority, and I work part-time as a barista at Scooters Coffeehouse to help pay for my riding. I start my day by waking up at 4:30 am to open up Scooters. After work, I attend classes, then drive 20 miles to the barn for lessons on both horses. On non-lesson days, I focus on successfully rehabbing my horse’s suspensory injury, crosstraining and galloping in the fields, which we both enjoy. I make a point to keep the barn a fun place by spending quality time with my horses by going on trail rides, feeding them treats, and bathing them. A few days each week, I earn extra money by tacking horses for my trainer and giving lessons to some of the barn clients. I’m also appreciating the mental-health benefit of leaving at the barn what happens at the barn.

Then it’s back to campus for cheer practice from 6:30 to 8:30

pm. My day ends with studying, followed by meditation.

Although my life is busy, I have balance. I’ve become better at facing challenges with grace and gratitude for what I have. Riding has become fun again, even without compromising my ability to compete at the highest levels and the possibility of making dressage a career. If that plan does not work out, I am laying the ground work for a different career that will also be fulfilling.

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She attends Nebraska Wesleyan University and aspires to become an equestrian sport psychologist.

I wrote this article to share my journey so that it might help aspiring young riders to avoid the pitfalls that can erode the very reason we all got into this sport to begin with. I strive to live by the mantra I adopted after my beloved horse died when I was 15: Every ride is a good ride—even if it’s a bad ride—because it’s a ride.

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Salute Essential Worker From tending to COVID patients to volunteering in dressage, Nancy Bryant never shies away from a challenge

By Kim MacMillan

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hile most of the world was hunkered down in 2020 weathering the COVID-19 storm, one Midwestern equestrian had a critical job to do in the fight against the virus.

Registered nurse Nancy C. Bryant spent long hours wearing personal protective gear in a regional

ary measures in place at the hospital, one of Bryant’s coworkers died of COVID-19. Several other colleagues got it, too, and Bryant herself contracted the virus in mid-April and required two hospital stays. But a month and a half later, she was back at work.

“I don’t really think about it. I

“My first hospitalization was due to an excessive headache and temperature, which are two significant COVID-19 symptoms,” she recalls, and sure enough, she tested positive for the virus. She was released from the hospital four days later, but then four days after that, during her selfquarantine period at home, she experienced respiratory difficulty and had to return to the ER, where she was admitted for the second time.

“The recovery was difficult,” Bryant says, “and I am still working on regaining my pre-COVID-19 respiratory status. I am normally an active person, but with the virus I was suddenly short of breath after doing things like washing dishes or vacuuming. I needed a nap after simply taking out the trash or showering.

That was when the seriousness of the illness hit home. I couldn’t even stand for 10 minutes without my muscles shaking from fatigue. I was off work a total of six weeks, but as a front-line worker I at least had a job to go back to.”

BATTLE GEAR: In full PPE, nurse Nancy C. Bryant snapped this selfie in her hospital’s COVID ward last June

affiliate of the Detroit, Michigan,based Henry Ford Health System, caring for a ward filled exclusively with novel-coronavirus patients.

Early in the days of the pandemic, the Detroit area was especially hard-hit. Despite extreme caution-

just go to work and do my job,” Bryant says.

She hopes that her experience— she’s still not 100%—will serve as a cautionary tale, prompting others to take the necessary measures to minimize the spread of the virus.

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The effects of the COVID pandemic were frustrating, to put it mildly, for the avid dressage enthusiast who’s an active rider and a stalwart volunteer for her USDF group-member organization (GMO), the Midwest Dressage Association (MDA). And 2020’s challenges started even before Bryant herself contracted the virus.

With Michigan on lockdown during the early days of the pandemic, Bryant, like many equestrians across the country, was not allowed to visit

COURTESY OF NANCY C. BRYANT

2020 Piles on: Heartbreak over a Heart Horse

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HAPPIER DAYS: Bryant and her Trakehner gelding, Handsel, schooling at home in 2012

the barn where her horse was stabled. The result was that her stress level, already sky-high because of her high-risk job, was amplified by her sadness and distress at not being able to spend time with Handsel, the 1998 Trakehner gelding she calls her heart horse.

Bryant’s partnership with Handsel had been a long and successful one. She purchased the gelding (Advocate *Ps* – Helga, Ethos) as an unstarted four-year-old stallion from his breeder, Loon Creek Enterprises in Indiana. With guidance from her longtime trainer and friend, Judy Kelly of Topline Dressage in Clarkston, Michigan, Bryant brought Handsel up through the levels. The pair competed successfully through Prix St. Georges, and Bryant earned her USDF bronze and silver medals along the way. Handsel attained the American Trakehner Association (ATA) Performance Bronze designation (*Pb*). At the time of his retirement in 2018, he was only one score shy of his ATA Performance Silver.

In a sad coda to an already disastrous year, Handsel developed

kidney failure in September 2020, and Bryant had to say goodbye to her 22-year-old equine partner. He is buried at Topline Dressage next to her first dressage horse, an AngloTrakehner gelding named Lanson’s Ransom.

Although Bryant didn’t discover dressage until she was in her twenties, she’s a lifelong horse lover. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, she’s lived in the Detroit area from the time she was seven, but she didn’t begin riding until she was 16, when she joined a Girl Scout drill team coached by two retired US Army cavalry officers.

With her first horse, an off-thetrack Thoroughbred gelding named Associate, Bryant competed on the local hunter-jumper circuit until Associate’s untimely death from an injury. Shaken, she stayed with leasing horses for a few years until she purchased a six-month-old, threequarters Thoroughbred filly named Rough Cut. She trained “Julie” to ride and drive, eventually breeding her to Iron Spring Farm’s Trakehner stallion, Lanson. The resulting foal was Lanson’s Ransom. [

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Along the way, Bryant acquired additional equestrian experience through a stint grooming driving ponies at Cary Kennedy’s Windrise Farm in Metamora, Michigan, and traveling with Kennedy to shows on the East Coast. Furthering her dressage education, she’s a graduate of the USDF L Education Program.

Dedicated Volunteer A member of the MDA since the mid-1980s, Bryant (who describes herself as a “born helper”) has been one of the GMO’s most loyal volunteers. She has served as the club’s secretary, vice president, and president; and she has been a member or the chair of numerous MDA committees.

Bryant learned early on that getting involved is the best way to effect change.

“You know how it is when you have ideas and would like to help to make improvements in an existing organization?” she says. “The first thing they say when you speak up is, ‘Well, join the board and have your ideas considered.’”

Currently, Bryant is a MDA board member, chair of the club’s Education and Nominations Committees, and the GMO’s historian.

She organized a series of USDF instructor workshops in 2020, which

IN THE NEXT ISSUE • When the heat is on: Cooling tips for horses and riders • Riding the rein back • Mental health and the dressage professional

SHARING THE LOVE OF HORSES: Bryant shows youngsters how to wrap a horse’s leg in the educational area at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, Nebraska

will conclude with precertification and final exams for six area instructor/trainers this spring.

“Nancy is a passionate, devoted, driven person,” says MDA president Will Davis. “She goes above and beyond. She is continually putting other people ahead of herself. It’s not uncommon for her to sponsor a number of junior members to MDA. She doesn’t know the meaning of ‘not possible.’”

Her volunteer efforts have taken Bryant far from home—with her most ambitious stint yet to come.

She has scribed at several Great American/USDF Regional Championships, and she’s volunteered for a local therapeutic-riding program.

She volunteered at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, Nebraska, and at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in North Carolina. And she’s planning to work at the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games, to be held in Tokyo this summer.

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would always have job security has proved correct for Bryant, 64, who’s been an RN for 20 years and counting. When she’s not on duty at the hospital, she enjoys spending time at home in Oxford, Michigan, an hour or so north of Detroit, with her two rescue cats, half-Persian littermates born July 4 and appropriately named Liberty and Justice.

In mid-December 2020, Bryant and her coworkers watched as the first doses of Pfizer’s novel-coronavirus vaccine arrived at their hospital, carried “in an armored truck with helicopters flying overhead.”

She planned to get the vaccine herself soon—and urges others to do the same, with their doctors’ blessing.

In another happier note, last summer Bryant found love again in the form of the 2009 Hanoverian gelding Rich Rousseau (by Rousseau).

“Having ‘Ritchie’ has helped during these difficult few weeks,” Bryant says. “He definitely came into my life at a critical time. Whether Ritchie or I show or don’t show, I’m not sure at this point, but we are enjoying each other and will continue our training with Judy.”

Some might not want to trade jobs with Bryant, especially now, and no one wants to contract COVID-19, but she still considers herself lucky.

“I am able to do what I love on a daily basis,” she says, “and I get to spend more time than most with my furry family.”

“Nancy is one of the most compassionate people I know,” says dressage trainer Judy Kelly. “She cares about all creatures, whether they have two legs or four.”

Kim MacMillan is a freelance photographer and writer based in Indiana.

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GMO 2020 GMO Awards Roundup Recognizing outstanding GMO and regional volunteering efforts

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nnual awards recognize extraordinary volunteers in USDF’s nine regions as well as within USDF’s group-member organizations (GMOs). During the USDF Board of Governors assembly at the 2020 Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention—held virtually via Zoom, December 4 and 5—the 2020 Regional GMO Volunteer of the Year awards; the 2020 GMO photography, newsletter, and website awards; and the Creative GMO-Sponsored Program awards were announced.

page for information about how to apply for the grant and all awards mentioned in this article.

Congratulations to all of the 2020 award winners!

Regional GMO Volunteer of the Year Region 1: No nominations Region 2: Joe Hull, London, Ohio (Mid-Ohio Dressage Association)

REGION 9 GMO VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Ann Houchin of the Central Plain Dressage Society

GMO Newsletter Awards, First-Person Experience Article

One long-standing GMO-related award that could not be presented in 2020 was the Ruth Arvanette Memorial Fund Grant. Named for the late USDF employee, the grant helps a deserving USDF group member to attend the convention and to take important learning and contacts back to his or her GMO. It is the USDF’s hope that COVID-19 pandemic restrictions will ease sufficiently in 2021 to allow the annual convention to take place in person once again, and therefore to be able to award the Arvanette grant. See “Start Your Nominations!” on the facing

GMOs with fewer than 75 members No nominations REGION 2 GMO VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Joe Hull of the Mid-Ohio Dressage Association

Region 3: No nominations Region 4: No nominations Region 5: No nominations Region 6: No nominations

GMOs with 75-174 members First place: “The Road to the AECs (Parts 1 & 2)” by Aryelle Collins, Off Course Online—The Bleep, Southern Eventing & Dressage Association, June 25, 2020 Honorable mention: “The German Way” by Brooke Von Hoffmann, Hoofprints, St. Louis Area Dressage Society, January 2020

Region 7: Elizabeth Coffey-Curle, Reno, Nevada (California Dressage Society) Region 8: Jane-Marie Law, Ithaca, New York (Cayuga Dressage & Combined Training Inc.) Region 9: Ann Houchin, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Central Plains Dressage Society Inc.).

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Aryelle Collins’ two-part series, “The Road to the AECs,” won the first-person experience article award in its membership category for the Southern Eventing and Dressage Association

COURTESY OF JOE HULL; COURTESY OF ANN HOUCHIN

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: Participants in the 2020 USDF Board of Governors Zoom sessions enjoyed a GMO-awards slide show.

Pictured is the photo winner in the 175-499 GMO-membership category, Ann McMillan of the Central States Dressage and Eventing Association.

GMOs with 175-499 members First place: “My Clinic Experience” by Carson Richards, Tracking Up, South Carolina Dressage & Combined Training Association, July 2020 Honorable mention: “Sharp Dressed Man” by Deena Helminiak, Cross Country, Central States Dressage & Eventing Association, November 2019 GMOs with 500 or more members First place: “What I Learned Last Winter: ‘Riding in the Moment’” by Julie Hoogeveen, A Tip of the Hat, New England Dressage Association, November/December 2019 Honorable mention: “Training in Portugal” by Hannah Rickles, Collected Remarks, Georgia Dressage & Combined Training Association Inc., March 2020.

GMO Newsletter Awards, General-Interest Article

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GMOs with fewer than 75 members No nominations GMOs with 75–174 members First place: “Horse-Rider Suitability: Matchmaking and Divorce in the Equine World” by Taffy Ross, Hoofprints, St. Louis Area Dressage Society, September 2019 Honorable mention: “How to Get a Nine on the Centerline” by Kristin Hermann, Three Rivers Equestrian Association Newsletter, Three Rivers Equestrian Association, May 2020

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*For information about rider/owner membership requirements for award and championship programs, visit the USDF website.

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GMO GMOs with 175–499 members First place: “Eric’s Training Corner: Achieving Steps Forward into a Foggy Future” by Eric Dierks, Scribe, Illinois Dressage and Combined Training Association, May 2020 Honorable mention: “Rider Wellness for Competition” (two-part series)

by Lisa Burch, Tracking Up, South Carolina Dressage & Combined Training Association, July/August 2020 GMOs with 500 or more members First place: “Build It and They Will Come” by Hollie McNeil, A Tip of the Hat, New England Dressage Association, November/December 2019 Honorable mention: “Equestrian Community Unites” by Joanne Morse, Collected Remarks, Georgia Dressage & Combined Training Association Inc., January/February 2020.

GMO Photography Awards: Best Amateur Photograph GMOs with fewer than 75 members No nominations GMOs with 75–174 members First place: Brianna Zwilling, Hoofprints, St. Louis Area Dressage Society, June 2020

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SDF thanks the judges who had the tough task of choosing the 2020 GMO award winners: Article awards: Gretchen Dorris, Christie Gold, Anita Jaffe Photography awards: Tina Fitch, Donna Hammond Website awards: Sarah Lindsten, Kyle Seath Regional GMO Volunteer of the Year awards: Stephanie Bonney, Jeri Fuller-Matheny, Donna Hammond, Stan Horton Creative GMO-Sponsored Program award: Diane Holston, Anne Moss, Carolyn VandenBerg.

Honorable mention: Nicole Miller, Off Course Online—The Bleep, Southern Eventing & Dressage Association, July 24, 2020 GMOs with 175-499 members First place: Ann McMillan, Cross Country, Central States Dressage & Eventing Association, July 2020 GMOs with 500 or more members First place: Caren Caverly, Collected Remarks, Georgia Dressage & Combined Training Association Inc., July/August 2020.

GMO Website Awards: Best User Experience GMOS with fewer than 75 members First place: New Mexico Dressage Association (nmdressage.net) GMOs with 75–174 members First place: Nebraska Dressage Association (nebraskadressage.org) Honorable mention: Mid-Ohio Dressage Association (midohiodressage.com) GMOs with 175–499 members First place: Northern Ohio Dressage Association (nodarider.org) Honorable mention: Illinois Dressage & Combined Training Association (idcta.org) GMOs with 500 or more members First place: Georgia Dressage and Combined Training Association Inc. (gdcta.org).

Creative GMO-Sponsored Program Award This award recognizes a GMO’s outstanding effort in developing a program that has contributed to the club’s membership growth and retention.

First place: NEDA Know-How Series, New England Dressage Association.

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you for all you do for dressage in the US!

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GMO Basket Drawings Go Virtual

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pandemic couldn’t stop the cherished tradition of GMOs’ donating gift baskets to be awarded during the USDF Board of Governors assembly. Many thanks to the GMOs that contributed baskets, and congratulations to the lucky winners!

Central Vermont Dressage Association: Ellen Gallagher, Pennsylvania Eastern New York Dressage & Combined Training Association: Jeanne Ahrenholz, South Carolina Equestrians Institute: Linda Lester, Florida Georgia Dressage & Combined Training Association: Stan Horton, New York New England Dressage Association: Joan Darnell, Washington state North Carolina Dressage & Combined Training Association: Sarah Silva, Nevada Northern Ohio Dressage Association: Heidi Lemack, New Jersey Oregon Dressage Society: Cathy Slaterbeck, Maryland Rocky Mountain Dressage Society: Valerie McNair, Oklahoma Southern Eventing & Dressage Association: Trenna Atkins, Washington state Virginia Dressage Association: Ruth McCormick, New Jersey.

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he USDF Adult and Youth Arts Contest recognizes members’ creative excellence in dressage-related photography, art, and writing in three age divisions: 15 and under, 16 to 21, and adult. The grand-prize-winning art entry from 2020 graces the cover of the 2021 USDF Member Guide. Here, enjoy all of the winners by USDF’s talented members.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: “Dapples” by Callie O’Connell, Wilmington, MA

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ART, 15 & UNDER FIRST PLACE: “Seasong” by Grace Regan, Wadmalaw Island, SC

ART, 15 & UNDER SECOND PLACE: “Mack”” by Molly Zahn, Holland, MI

ART, 16-21 SECOND PLACE: “Liberty Bell” by Lauren Booth, Kathleen, GA

ART, 16-21 FIRST PLACE: “Chestnut” by Paige Zimmerman, Bethlehem, PA

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The 2020 USDF Arts Contest Winners

ART, ADULT FIRST PLACE: “Blue and Gold” by Carol Brightman Johnson, Roxbury, CT ART, ADULT SECOND PLACE: “Goffe” by Jessica Cooney, Ocala, FL

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PHOTOGRAPHY, 15 & UNDER FIRST PLACE: “Dressage in the Rockies” by Juliet Mendik, Castle Rock, CO

PHOTOGRAPHY, 16-21 FIRST PLACE: “Golden Mare” by Raquel Frohlich, North Hollywood, CA

PHOTOGRAPHY, ADULT FIRST PLACE: “Farrier Day” by Michele Dodge, Plymouth, CA

PHOTOGRAPHY, 16-21 SECOND PLACE: “Together We Stand” by Olivia Gray, Barrington, IL

PHOTOGRAPHY, ADULT SECOND PLACE: “Andorell’s Swish” by John Borys, Port Saint Lucie, FL

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The Show Must Go On

Pandemic upheaval leads to unexpected benefits at virtual USDF convention

BY JENNIFER O. BRYANT

LIVE FROM ZOOM: USDF staffers and Executive Board members during the virtual 2020 Board of Governors assembly

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solation was one of the themes of 2020. So were calls for inclusion. You wouldn’t think the former could foster the latter, but that’s exactly what happened when the COVID-19 pandemic led the USDF to cancel its traditional inperson convention and go virtual instead.

Forced to reinvent the entire convention experience— from business meetings and awards presentations to educational sessions—the USDF decided to make registration free of charge to all members. With attendance and travel costs and time away from home no longer factors, the 2020 Adequan®/USDF Annual Convention suddenly became the most accessible—and interactive—in the organization’s history. Of the nearly 1,500 members who registered to log on to Zoom for one or more of the 29 convention sessions, a record-breaking 884 actually attended, said USDF executive director Stephan Hienzsch.

“Approximately 100 people logged in to watch this morning’s youth education session,” Hienzsch said on day two of the USDF Board of Governors (BOG) assembly. “Typically at convention we would get only 10 to 20 youth attending…. We have one educational session with 1,000 people signed up. That’s never happened.”

What’s more, thanks to the virtual platform, “we’re getting feedback through chat and other features that we don’t normally. When all is said and done, we will have reached more people than ever before, and it’s been more interactive.”

Streamlined Schedule In an effort to avoid “Zoom fatigue,” USDF’s virtualconvention planners decided to hold the convention’s closed committee meetings prior to the December 2-6 event. The reports from USDF’s 18 committees were funneled into their respective USDF councils (Activities, Administrative, and Technical). On opening day of the virtual convention, the three councils’ at-large directors each presented their committees’ reports and took questions from the membership (we all got very comfortable with Zoom’s “Chat” and “Raise Hand” features by the end of the convention).

The stripped-down schedule left mornings free, with most days not getting under way before 1:00 p.m.

ET. The mostly afternoon business meetings served as reminders that USDF members juggle their duties as BOG delegates and other volunteer roles with professional and personal obligations. More than once during a session, a member could be heard explaining that “I’m doing chores in the barn” or “I’m in my car.”

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL: Council members and USDF staff liaisons during their open forum

The presentation of annual honors and awards was split into two one-hour Zoom sessions. USDF Volunteer and Youth Volunteer of the Year awards, rider awards, and Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductions were streamed the evening of December 4, and Adequan®/USDF Year-End and All-Breeds awards were announced December 5. Educational sessions were held Saturday and Sunday afternoons so that the greatest number of members could tune in.

Council Open Forum Highlights To smooth the presentation process (and presumably help avoid technical glitches, of which there were remarkably few), some convention content was prerecorded. On day 1, for instance, the three council open forums featured prerecorded committee reports as delivered by Administrative Council at-large director Kevin Bradbury, Activities Council ALD Sue Mandas, and Technical Council ALD Sue McKeown. The ALDs and chairs of each council’s committees attended live, and so members could get responses and answers to questions in real time.

A few takeaways from the council open forums: GMO communications. Yahoo groups were permanently closed in December 2020, among them the GMOPrez group, USDF Group Member Organizations Committee chair Cindi Wylie reported. Many GMO officials are now exchanging ideas and feedback via the USDF GMO Officials Facebook group.

GMO volunteer recognition. Wylie reported that the proposal to initiate a recognition program for GMO volunteers is in process. The intent is to give GMOs a way to recognize “grass-roots level” volunteers.

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USDF Judges Committee chair Gary Rockwell. The current US Equestrian dressage tests are the 2019 versions.

Trainers Conference. Because of the pandemic, there will not be an Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference in 2021, said USDF Education Department manager Kathie Robertson. The event is scheduled to return in 2022.

Sport-horse forum. Similarly, there will be no USDF Sport Horse Prospect Development Forum in 2021, said USDF Sport Horse Committee co-chair Kristi Wysocki.

BOG Assembly Key Points COVID-19 pandemic effects. The coronavirus-related competition shutdowns and the pandemic’s economic effects had sweeping impacts on the entire horse industry. The number of US Equestrian-licensed/ USDF-recognized dressage competitions plunged by half—409 in 2020 versus 810 in 2019, Hienzsch said, with the total number of rides falling by 46%. USDF membership numbers also suffered in 2020, off

by 11% overall since 2019, he said.

Later in the year, pandemic-related concerns led to the cancellation of the Great American/USDF Region 5 Championships and of the US Dressage Finals.

New USDF member dashboard.

This new feature, which went live during the convention, appears at the top of the home page when a member logs in to the USDF website.

Four customized tiles display membership information and quick links.

The purpose, as USDF marketing and communications director Ross Creech explained, is to give members a snapshot of their USDF status and activities as soon as they log in, and to provide each member customized, one-click access to relevant member services. A sample dashboard is pictured below.

Executive Board elections.

The three candidates for the USDF Executive Board ran uncontested and were elected by acclamation.

Incumbents Sue Mandas (Activities Council at-large director) and Sue McKeown (Technical Council ALD) begin new four-year terms.

Barbara Cadwell, who ran to replace the seat being vacated by departing Administrative Council ALD Kevin Bradbury, joins the board. USDF president Lisa Gorretta recognized Bradbury for his nearly 20 years in USDF governance, in various roles.

USDF Regional Schooling Show Awards Program status report. Introduced in 2020, this program was popular with members, according to Gorretta, but “due to the pandemic, more shows signed up than were able to be held.” A total of 308 shows and 161 horse/rider combinations registered to participate, Hienzsch said.

Costs and labor of in-person vs. virtual conventions. “Putting this [virtual convention] together took a lot more staff time and energy than I would have anticipated,” Hienzsch said. “The learning curve was huge. It’s different [from planning a live event], but it’s not less work.” He called the cancellation of the 2020 US Dressage Finals, normally held just weeks before the convention, a “blessing in disguise” because it “freed up a little bit of

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staff time. It helped us pull this off.”

The virtual model saved on staff travel expenses but created other costs. Some sort of hybrid in-person/virtual event is a future possibility, Hienzsch said, but there is much to be worked out, including what a fee structure might look like.

“We considered charging [for 2020 registration], but [considering] this year’s combination of the COVID climate, people struggling, one of the reasons we didn’t charge is that we thought we should give back.”

He added that “we also didn’t have complete confidence in what we would be able to offer. We’re learning, and the production values are improving.”

Committee recognition. Gorretta gave special recognition to the USDF Competition Management, Technical Delegates, Regional Championships, and Awards Committees for their herculean efforts to adapt those programs and to keep dressage competition and awards moving as smoothly and safely as possible during the pandemic.

Future conventions. The 2020 USDF convention was to have been held in Omaha, Nebraska; that city will now be the site of the 2023 event. The 2021 convention is set for Houston, Texas. In 2022 we’ll be in the USDF’s home city of Lexington, Kentucky.

GMO baskets. Yes, the beloved tradition of gift-basket drawings carried on virtually! See page 38 in this issue for a list of basket donors and winners.

USEF/USDF Rules and Activities Updates Held just weeks before US Equestrian’s annual meeting, the USDF convention agenda always includes

EMCEE: What would a USDF awards banquet be without Nicho Meredith? Even virtually, he kept the ceremonies rolling

one or more open forums in which members can learn about recently enacted or proposed USEF rule changes affecting dressage, as well as other USEF activities. Some items of note: USEF Dressage Rule (DR) 121 (Saddlery and Equipment) has been rewritten. Lists of permitted and forbidden bits, bridles, equipment, and other items have been revised and updated. New text appears in red in the USEF rule book (online at usef.org). Among the changes: defining a snaffle as a “non-leverage bit.” (DR 121.2.1 states that hanging-cheek snaffles, also known as Baucher snaffles, are excepted.)

In compliance with FEI rules, the use of kinesiology tape and body bands on horses is prohibited on show grounds at USEF-licensed/ USDF-recognized dressage competitions.

Virtual Awards and Honors There’s nothing quite like the experience of accepting an award on stage in front of friends and supporters.

Unfortunately, that option was off the table for USDF’s winners and honorees in 2020.

Instead, USDF presented the

next best thing: virtual awards.

The evening of December 4, Gorretta and longtime horse-show announcer/USDF banquet MC Nicho Meredith narrated inductions of the three 2020 Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame members, presentation of the 2020 USDF Volunteer of the Year and Youth Volunteer of the Year awards, and rider awards. Following the next night were the Adequan®/USDF Year-End and All-Breeds awards.

The lists of medalists, Horses of the Year, All-Breeds awards recipients, and others scrolled on the screen, movie-credit style, punctuated by photos. Gorretta read remarks about the special honorees, followed by prerecorded video tributes from supporters and then words of acceptance from the honorees themselves.

Let’s meet them now.

USDF Volunteer of the Year: Jean Kraus.

Kraus, of Fulton, Missouri, is a US Equestrian “R” dressage technical delegate who has worked VOLUNTEER OF THE tirelessly to YEAR: Jean Kraus advance the sport of dressage as a member of numerous USDF and USEF committees and working groups, includ-

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ing as chair of the USDF Technical Delegates Committee. A professor of equestrian studies at William Woods University, Kraus has called on her academic background in helping to develop education programs for TDs, including clinic course curricula and online modules.

USDF Youth Volunteer of the Year: Sailor Boden. Boden, of Canyon Lake, California, embodies the spirit and passion for the sport of dressage that this annual award recognizes. A frequent volunteer at dressage shows in her region, she also volunteers at a miniature-horse sanctuary and helps introduce other young people to dressage through her high school’s equestrian club. All the while she excels in her schoolwork and is an avid dressage rider and competitor. Read more about Boden on page 191.

Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee: Dr. Hilary Clayton. For her decades of ground-

equine-biomechanics expert Dr. Hilary Clayton. The inaugural McPhail Dressage Chairholder at Michigan State University, Clayton studied everything from how horses piaffe and pirouette to what happens when a saddle doesn’t fit well. Her findings literally rewrote portions of the dressage rule books and caused legions of riders and trainers to rethink the reasons behind a horse’s “resistance.”

Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee: Gary Rockwell. Going far beyond his own 1994 World Equestrian Games team

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: Gary Rockwell

BENEFITING THE DRESSAGE COMMUNITY: Hall of Fame plaque for Dr. Hilary Clayton

breaking research into the science of equine gaits, footing, tack, equine management, and other factors that influence dressage performance and affect horse welfare, USDF bestowed its highest honor on the renowned

bronze medal, Rockwell became an FEI 5* dressage judge who helped cement America’s reputation as a producer of superb judges. Besides his own acclaimed judging at three Olympic Games and a host of other top international championships, Rockwell has devoted the better part of his career to educating current and prospective judges through his work on the USDF L program faculty and USDF committees. (For our in-depth profile of Rockwell, turn to page 58 of this issue.)

Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee: Verdades.

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GREAT HORSE: Verdades

story was retired in early 2020.

Purchased as a foal for an ambitious Vermont teenager named Laura Graves, Verdades was so difficult that Graves nearly gave up on him and unsuccessfully tried to sell him. Graves regrouped, gave up her cosmetology career, and in a short few years she and “Diddy” burst onto the world stage with an individual fifth-place finish at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. Olympic, World Cup Dressage Final, and WEG medals followed; the pair was untouchable by all save Germany’s Isabell Werth, whom Graves briefly knocked off the throne to become the first US rider to top the FEI dressage world rankings. Read our tribute to Verdades at yourdressage. org/2021/01/12/the-fairy-talehorse/.

Accessible Education Although USDF conventions always feature educational sessions conducted by leading experts, attendance has been limited to those who can be there in person. In 2020, of course, that barrier to entry disappeared, and USDF members from around the country enjoyed Zoomed sessions on topics ranging from young-horse

showing and bit fitting to equine nutrition and the importance of sleep in athletic performance.

In case you missed any of the live sessions, here are some top takeaways.

If they make you wish you’d caught the full presentations, you’re in luck!

All sessions were recorded and are available for on-demand viewing on the USDF website Grow your GMO. Marketing pro and former Eastern Iowa Dressage and Eventing Association president Jean Rude shared “8 Ways to Grow Your GMO.” In just two years in the late 2010s, Rude helped the slumping EIDEA boost its member numbers nearly 300%. Her strategies included: • Embrace your niche. “Don’t try to appeal too broadly,” Rude advised. “We decided to go deep on dressage—not just visits to veterinary clinics and so on, but deep dives into dressage education.”

• Go virtual. Even pre-pandemic, the EIDEA held board meetings online to make it easier for rural members to participate.

Technology also facilitated that “deep dive” into education: A well-known judge gave a talk on a recent book, and an Olympic veteran gave a lecture on dressage training.

• Use newsletters as a marketing tool. Anyone can subscribe to the EIDEA’s newsletter, which it promotes online and at events, and distributes electronically via MailChimp. “We got more than twice as many subscribers as members, which meant to me that we had many prospective members,” Rude said. Each edition contained “things that nudged them into joining. Your nonmember subscribers are the key to growth.”

GROWTH STRATEGY: Marketing expert Jean Rude (top) explains how to “Grow Your GMO”

• Reach “across the aisle.” Make a dressage event appealing to other disciplines by “speak[ing] the language of the people you’re communicating to.” Tell the hunter/jumper crowd you’ll help them “ride the flat” or “make their horses adjustable.” Pique eventers’ interest by offering ways to “go into cross-country in first place.”

Intro to Materiale. Sporthorse judge Kristi Wysocki discussed “Materiale Classes for the Dressage Horse.” In a USDF Materiale class, three-, four-, or five-year-old horses compete as a group under saddle.

The judge evaluates the horses’ movement, ridability, and potential to become a dressage horse.

The judge specifies the direction and the gait, but competitors do not have to remain in order and may use the arena as they wish, Wysocki explained. A judge cannot request a stretching circle or other movements that are above the horses’ level of training; collected gaits also are not allowed.

Each gait constitutes 30% of the total score, with the other 10% being general impression. Many common faults, such as disobedience, breaking gait, and struggles with connection should be addressed in the general-impression score, not in the gait scores.

Conformation is no longer part of the Materiale judging process, but movement is, unlike in dressage classes. An issue such as paddling or winging, for instance, “is considered a correctness issue in the gait because it affects the line of travel.”

Materiale is “a great opportunity for a young horse to go in the ring without having to do a test,” Wysocki said. The competitor’s goal should be that the horse has a good experience and “thinks the show ring is fun.” Being in the ring with other horses, she said, helps to give youngsters confidence.

Training the “average” horse.

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FRIENDLY INTRO: Sport-horse judge Kristi Wysocki (top) explains how young horses can benefit from showing in Materiale classes

ride. Foy shared tips in her session, “Training Issues of the Not-SoPerfect Dressage Horse.”

• Tailor training to address conformational challenges. For instance, “Short-necked horses are really tricky,” Foy said. “The goal is to always have the neck stretch out to the bit.” Keeping a short neck in “neutral” is not productive. In training, ride the short-necked horse with one side longer to encourage the stretch. And the long-necked horse can be equally challenging; with such a horse, “the worst thing is to overbend the neck.”

• Customize the training program.

Counter-canter is a great way to strengthen a weak hind leg.

To address additional issues, Foy tweaks the counter-canter positioning. Iberian breeds, for instance, may need to achieve better separation of the hind legs in the canter. For such a horse, “try to ride the front end

straight on the second track and exaggerate the caboose, like the horse is in the shape of an J.” Later on, as the horse gains strength and balance, ride correct counter-canter positioning while smoothly changing the bend from left to right.

• Adapt to the breed’s strengths and weaknesses. Friesians and Iberians may naturally excel at highly collected movements such as piaffe and passage, but other movements, such as flying changes, may not come as easily. Sometimes in training “you have to put them a little on the forehand so they figure out how to make the hind end bouncier and more ‘through’” to teach the change, said Foy. Friesians “can be really good at pirouettes,” but they may need to gain more activity behind. “Sometimes you have to take the front legs away” and school the pirouette as more of a “leg-yield with the haunches leading.” And many

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off-the-track Thoroughbreds have a short, tight side: Address it with patient walk work incorporating stretching postures such as leg-yield and shoulderin. “It takes a while to lengthen soft tissues.”

• Ride the pendulum. Develop elasticity by alternating between more-collected gaits and movements and those that require the horse to lengthen his stride.

You can’t achieve one without the other: “You can only extend as much as you can collect,” Foy said.

• Adapt to a senior horse’s needs.

An older dressage horse needs careful management and regular veterinary oversight, Foy said. Give the senior sufficient warm-up time: “It takes at least 15 minutes to get the synovial fluid working in the joints, and it takes longer when the horse is older.” She likes to begin in walk on a long rein, then to shorten the reins and ride leg-yield,

shoulder-in, or even half-pass in walk to help loosen the senior horse’s muscles. And “forget extensions” in schooling. “Do them only in the show ring.”

Respect a senior horse’s limitations. “I see way too many older horses that are still out there with a rider who is determined to get her gold medal, and it’s not going to happen because the horse isn’t strong enough or sound enough,” Foy said. “I feel really bad for those horses.”

• Diffuse tension tactfully. If the horse “locks” his body and freezes with his head high, bend his neck with your inside rein and leg-yield away while patting him with your outside hand, Foy suggested. “Just kicking with both legs does not work.” This tactic can also be used with the horse that threatens to rear, she said.

• Be realistic. If your goal is the upper levels, don’t choose a horse with an obvious physical defect; “you want to make sure the horse is as sound as possible.” Buy the best canter you can, but don’t overspend for a “9” walk because “it’s the gait you can ruin the easiest. You can’t collect a 9 walk. Buy a 7 walk. Seven is good enough.”

Look for good shoulder freedom; a quick, well-articulated hind leg; an “uphill” neck; long front legs; a not-too-long back; and a good “engine.” The horse “has to have a mind,” as well, and “make sure you can sit on it.” Test: “How does it react to your leg and to the bit?”

Feeding protein. With Cavalor Feeds, Caroline Loos, who holds a PhD in equine science and nutrition,

NOT-SO-AVERAGE TRAINER: FEI 5* judge and author Janet Foy answers USDF members’ questions during a live Q&A session

is conducting research on the horse’s use of dietary protein. She discussed “The P’s and Q’s of Protein Feeding in Equine Diets.”

Proteins, Loos explained, are linked chains of amino acids. The digestion process breaks the chains into individual amino acids that the body can absorb. After water, protein is the largest component in the body, and so it’s important to feed our horses the correct amounts and types of protein.

A foal gets its protein through its mother’s milk. Forage (pasture, hay, and the like) is the main source for the adult horse. Protein in pasture forage is the most digestible, followed by alfalfa hay and grass or timothy hays. The lower the digestibility, the more additional feed the horse will require. But although protein is necessary for the building of muscle, many horse owners overfeed it—a waste of money at best, and at worst a possible factor in the development of metabolic disturbances, Loos said. She recommended doing periodic hay analyses and using a ration calculator such as Cavalor’s

(MyCavalor.com).

In the US, common high-quality protein sources for equines include whey-protein concentrate and soybean meal. The highest-quality plant-based protein source is potato, which is more prevalent in Europe and is being introduced in the US. Medium-quality protein sources include beans, peas, linseed meal, and sunflower-seed meal. Grains such as corn, oats, and barley, along with cottonseed meal, are lowest in protein quality, Loos said.

Building muscle requires energy and exercise, not just protein. If your horse has a topline issue, have his nutrition program, exercise levels, and saddle fit evaluated. “Overfeeding protein will not fix the topline,” Loos said.

Starches, sugars, and fats all are sources of energy. “Fiber gives a lot of energy—that’s the energy source horses are meant to get,” said Loos.

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PROTEIN OPTIONS: Slide from Dr. Caroline Loos’s presentation shows low-, medium-, and high-quality sources

fa. Stabilized rice bran can be a good choice for the horse with PSSM or that is prone to “tying up,” she said.

Find the bit that fits. In “Bits 101,” bitting expert Beth Haist, owner of the equestrian retail business The Horse of Course, gave an overview of bit designs and materials commonly used in dressage, as well as of her process in choosing a bit for a horse.

Start with the cheek piece, not the mouthpiece. “A D-ring or a fullcheek gives the horse a directional aid,” making these designs good for novice riders as well as for young horses, Haist said. “Hot FEI horses also like fixed-cheeks because they don’t need any extra stimulation.” A loose ring, by contrast, “continually vibrates and communicates with the horse—not good if your hands are unsteady.”

Understand the mouthpiece’s action. A snaffle bit can be unjointed, single-jointed, or double-jointed.

“All snaffles put pressure on the

corners of the mouth and the bars” (the toothless space where the bit rests), Haist explained. “Some also put pressure on the tongue,” including the double-jointed models with a middle piece.

The hanging-cheek (Baucher) snaffle also “can have a nuance of poll pressure if designed correctly,” thereby encouraging the horse to lower its poll and stretch over its topline. It is not considered a strong bit, said Haist, who cautioned that some models are not designed correctly: Their rings are positioned too close to the center of the snaffle rings to produce the desired leverage effect.

Haist is a fan of the French-link mouthpiece (“it gave ownership of the middle piece to the horse; the horse could still move it, no matter how much you pulled on the reins”) but says the authentic design is difficult to find. Today it’s largely been supplanted by the “three-piece snaffle with a rounded piece in the middle.”

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Evaluate mouthpiece materials.

Stainless steel “stays cold” in the horse’s mouth and is “not inviting,” Haist said. Titanium is also cold.

Rubber mouthpieces can be “quite fat” and therefore not particularly inviting. She’s “meh” on plastics: “Some are flavored, but on its own it’s not particularly something the horse wants in its mouth.” Her vote is for mouthpieces containing high percentages of copper, which she said warms to the temperature of the horse’s mouth. But “to warm up, it needs to be at least 70% copper. Some that look like copper are only 5 to 10% copper.” High-copper mouthpieces generally are found only in certain high-end bits due to the metal’s expense, she said. Check with the manufacturer to be sure.

Thicker isn’t always kinder.

A horse with a low palate, a thick tongue, or both may find a fat mouthpiece objectionable, Haist explained. Evaluate your horse’s mouth anatomy and don’t assume

BAUCHER BIT: Beth Haist explains the workings of the Baucher or hanging-cheek snaffle

that he’ll prefer a thicker mouthpiece because it is “gentler.”

Double bridles. A curb (aka Weymouth) bit acts on the horse’s poll, bars, and curb groove (the place under the chin where the curb chain sits). Fit the curb like a fixed-cheek snaffle: “We fit it tighter because we want it to be stable in the horse’s mouth.” A fixed-cheek bridoon (snaffle bit on a double bridle) can be the same width as the curb, but a loose-ring bridoon typically should be 0.25 to 0.75 inch longer than the curb, to avoid the rings’ pinching the corners of the mouth, Haist said.

A curb with a high port can press on the horse’s palate, said Haist.

A “very gentle” option is the Mors l’Hotte curb, which “spreads the pressure over a bigger space.” The Mors l’Hotte lacks a port; instead, the entire mouthpiece curves in a gentle arc. One manufacturer Haist mentioned offers a modified design whose mouthpiece rotates forward by about 45 degrees when the rein is used, thereby giving “slight tongue relief,” she said. These types of designs can also be beneficial for the horse with a “short smile”—a short distance from the corner of the lip to the muzzle, she said.

Keep it simple. Haist likes to start a young horse in a quality eggbutt,

NO PORT: The Mors l’Hotte curb mouthpiece has a gentle arc

D-ring, or full-cheek snaffle. If your horse is going OK in his current bit, try a different one only if you want to achieve a specific objective, such as getting him to take a more definite contact. She cautioned that some “contact issues” are actually training issues. Example: “If the horse is too strong in the contact, he might need to get stronger behind.”

Seek guidance from an experienced trainer in making bitting choices, she advised.

Sleep for success. A good night’s sleep is the underpinning of athletic achievement, said Dr. Sandy Venneman, a dressage rider with a PhD in experimental psychology who summed up her qualifications thusly: “I’m an equestrian and an academic nerd.” A sport psychologist and a popular USDF convention speaker, Venneman discussed the science of sleep and the relationship between getting enough zzz’s and getting a better dressage score.

• Sleepiness degrades performance.

Sleep deprivation has been implicated in several disasters, from the Exxon Valdez oil spill to the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. Lack of sleep leads to impaired performance, irritability, trouble concentrating, delayed reaction time, and other

problems, Venneman said.

• Sleep helps keep you healthy. Sleep is linked to restorative processes in the immune system; that’s why we’re more likely to get sick when we are run down. Lack of sleep depresses the release of the hormone leptin, which controls hunger—so “if you are trying to lose weight and can’t, start with your sleep,” Venneman said. People who don’t get enough sleep are also more likely to develop sleep apnea, which in turn increases the probability of developing type-2 diabetes, she said.

• Eight hours might not be optimal.

The body sleeps in 90-minute cycles, each of which includes periods of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep (when most dreaming occurs) and deeper, “slow wave,” restorative non-REM sleep. A normal adult sleeps five to six cycles per night for a total of seven and a half to nine hours.

Teens need more, and younger children and babies need more still. For optimal sleep benefit, figure out how many minutes it takes you to fall asleep (15 is average), add that to the number of 90-minute sleep cycles you can get before your desired wake-up time, and calculate lights-out

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NO DOZE: Dr. Sandy Venneman’s session on human and equine sleep kept attendees alert and engaged

time accordingly. Venneman doesn’t recommend napping to make up for lost sleep but says that if you must, nap for 90 minutes (one sleep cycle). “Do 20 minutes if that’s not possible; otherwise you’ll go into slowwave sleep and will feel groggy when you wake up.”

• Practice good sleep hygiene. Keep your bedroom on the cool side.

Retire and awaken on a schedule, even on days off. Exercise in the morning or early afternoon (too close to bedtime may keep you awake). Avoid caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol, especially in the prebedtime hours. Use your bedroom for sleep and sex only; “no TV, work, reading, or computer.”

If you can’t sleep, “go to a dimly lit, quiet place and do something boring until you feel sleepy.”

• Most of us aren’t “morning people.”

“Larks” feel their best and most alert early in the morning, but most people are “owls”—peaking in the afternoon or evening,

Venneman said. And those “biological predispositions are very difficult to change.”

• Use sleep time to memorize your dressage test. “Higher-order learning,” such as memorizing a dressage test, occurs during REM sleep. Study your test “in little pieces,” Venneman advised.

“Never start [studying] at the same spot in the test because you’ll remember what you did first, and you’ll remember what you did last; that’s called the recency or primacy effects. If you start at different spots in the test, you’ll be more likely to remember the whole thing when you get in [the show ring].” For best results, review a different part of the test before bed for several nights running, and get sufficient sleep each night.

• It’s hard to get a good night’s rest away from home. “Nobody sleeps well away from home unless your job requires that you do that all the time,” Venneman said. At an

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“away” horse show, on a business trip, or even on vacation, “Try a white-noise machine to dampen unusual external noises” whose unfamiliarity disturbs your ability to sleep, she suggested.

• Horses need sleep, too. Horses can lock their hocks to sleep standing up for part of the sleep cycle but must lie down during REM sleep.

The legs of a sleep-deprived horse will buckle and he may start to fall when his brain enters REM sleep, Venneman said.

And like us, horses have trouble sleeping in a strange environment. Research has shown that horses sleep best in a dark and quiet (so they can hear approaching predators) environment, so turn off the radio and turn out the barn lights. “Even ‘soothing’ music causes more anxiety than silence,” she said.

2021 and Beyond “The biggest challenge we have in planning a live convention,” said

Hienzsch, “is packing everything we have into the time we have, and still giving some time to go to dinner, sightsee, and so on….The numberone complaint in our post-convention surveys is that the schedule is too packed.”

The 2020 virtual format was a trial balloon for folding committee meetings into “the council umbrella,” and doing so in the future “would free up the schedule a lot,” Hienzsch said. “It’s something we should consider for future live conventions.”

Thanks to the Zoom chat feature, USDF was able to receive immediate feedback during the virtual events.

Some attendees hope for more Q&A opportunities in the future, but many commented that they enjoyed the shortened format and were pleasantly surprised by the polished virtual presentations.

Gorretta ended her presidential remarks with a call for unity.

“I think it is very important to remember what brought us together” as USDF members, she said. “Once you ‘enter the house,’ we are all one

family. We are not participating members versus group members.

We are not competitors versus those who do not compete.”

The coming year “is going to be a tough year for everyone,” Gorretta said. “I encourage you to support a GMO—and that includes PMs. We can only be strong as one family.”

Jennifer Bryant is the editor of USDF Connection.

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Scenes from a Virtual Convention Here’s a look at how the traditional USDF convention offerings translated into virtual meetings and multimedia presentations

Accompanied by her former international superstar Ravel, Four Winds Farm’s Akiko Yamazaki talks about her 2020 Adequan®/USDF Grand Prix Horse of the Year, Suppenkasper

Representing USDF year-end awards supporting sponsor Dressage Extensions, general manager Jill Waterman welcomes virtual awardsnight attendees

Maurine “Mo” Swanson made a video accepting her award as 2020 Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year

Samantha Kidd, the 2020 Adequan®/USDF Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Breeder of the Year

USDF Volunteer of the Year Jean Kraus

Laura Graves, owner and rider of Verdades, spoke emotionally on video about her horse’s induction into the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame

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USDF FEI Junior/Young Rider Committee chair Roberta Williams speaks about Sailor Boden, the 2020 USDF Youth Volunteer of the Year

FEI 5* dressage judge Gary Rockwell accepts his induction into the Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame

Among the photos accompanying Dr. Hilary Clayton’s (right) USDF Hall of Fame induction was this shot of her with McPhail Dressage Chair benefactor Mary Anne McPhail at the opening of the USDF National Education Center in 2006

FEI-level rider/trainer Lauren Sprieser shares her experiences competing under 2020’s pandemic restrictions in the Competition Open Forum

2020 Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur Grand Prix champion Charlotte Jorst

There was no awards stage in 2020, but virtual attendees got to see the winners’ names, like these Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds champions from the United States Lipizzan Federation, scroll across their screens

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The Straight Shooter From medaling for Team USA to Olympic judging and a commitment to education, Gary Rockwell has worked tirelessly to advance the sport of dressage while always advocating for the horse

BIG TIME: Rockwell at a post-competition press conference at the 2012 London Olympic Games

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BY SUE WEAKLEY

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e’s brutally honest and honestly consistent. Bone-dry wit and laser-focused comments are his calling cards, and he’s known for fair, no-nonsense judging and devoted advocacy for the horse. He’s 2020 Roemer Foundation/USDF Hall of Fame inductee, FEI 5* dressage judge, trainer and clinician, and former international competitor Gary Rockwell.

“Most of you know him as a judge,” USDF president Lisa Gorretta said during Rockwell’s virtual Hall of Fame induction ceremony during last year’s Adequan®/ USDF Annual Convention. “Those of you going down center line and seeing him at C might be a bit taken aback; I know I always was. He’s quiet and reserved, but his friends know that beneath that exterior lies a wicked sense of humor, a passion for correct horsemanship, and a willingness to contribute to education.”

As Gorretta put it, “he walks the walk”: Rockwell has proven himself in nearly every facet of the dressage sport.

In his competition heyday in the early 1990s, Rockwell rode for Team USA throughout Europe. With his most famous mount, the Danish mare Suna, he won a team silver medal at the 1993 CHIO Rotterdam and team bronze at the 1994 FEI World Equestrian Games at The Hague, Netherlands. He’s become even better known as a judge, officiating at national-level championships, FEI North American Youth Championships, FEI Challenge Tours, European Championships, FEI World Cup Dressage Finals, and Olympic Games. And he remains a sought-after trainer and clinician.

COURTESY OF GARY ROCKWELL

The Jumping Trials Rockwell, who now resides in Wellington, Florida, grew up horseless in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg. His childhood riding experience was confined to occasional saddle time aboard friends’ horses.

“Mostly I just liked to hang out at the barn and handle horses,” says Rockwell, who admits to having “no ambitions to go anywhere [in the equestrian world] until before college, when I became interested in jumping.”

As a student at Penn State University, Rockwell joined the equestrian club. Then he discovered that the accomplished Danish-born rider and trainer the late Lilian Wittmack Roye was also located in central Pennsylvania. He began taking jumping lessons with Roye, “and then she told me that I had to do dressage,” he recalls. “I didn’t even know what dressage was. And with that, my

FIRST DISCIPLINE: Going over fences in an undated photo

whole career went off on a very specific diagonal.” (Later in Rockwell’s career, as he began to import horses from Europe, he returned to jumping from time to time if a horse was better suited to that discipline.)

Roye, who was posthumously inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame in 2016, recognized Rockwell’s talent, calling him one of her best students in a 2001 interview with USDF Connection.

Rockwell deflects the praise. “There were a lot of good people starting out there at the time,” he says. “Lilian’s contribution to me was to get started, but especially to create a passion for the sport.”

To hear Rockwell tell it, it’s a good thing he decided to pursue a career in horses instead of working in the field of his college major, psychology. “I didn’t study enough to have to deal with all these people,” he deadpans.

The Mare Affair Rockwell says that the three best horses he ever competed were all mares. Suna, the last of the three, proved the capstone of his riding career.

One of Rockwell’s clients bought the striking black Danish Warmblood from a teenaged girl in Denmark just before the 1987 stock-market crash. “And then, as soon as the crash happened, she was for sale again,” he says. “So then I had to find another client to buy her.

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Central American and Caribbean Games and two Pan American Games.

Enrique Palacios, a multiple-time Team Mexico member, has trained with Rockwell for 10 years. He credits Rockwell with teaching him “a training system that has allowed me to ride all types of horses, from the most talented to the most complicated, and see results. Not only is Gary an excellent trainer with a keen eye for detail and a sense of professionalism beyond compare, but he is also an outstanding human being that cares not only for the mental and physical well-being of the horse, but also that of the rider.”

FAMED PARTNER: On the way to team bronze with the Danish mare Suna at the 1994 FEI World Equestrian Games

Eventually I bought her, and she was seven coming eight. I think she did her first Grand Prix when she was eleven. She was wonderful to ride, not easy, but a good horse to ride. She was very difficult from the ground, and for people and strangers to walk up to her was impossible.

Veterinarians were a nightmare; blood testing was a disaster, but that was the horse that took me to the [World Equestrian] Games.

“What I remember most is that when we got her, it was so difficult to catch her, so difficult to put on a bridle, so difficult to do anything with her,” Rockwell continues. “And you had to catch her in the stall before the veterinarian opened his or her truck door; otherwise she’d get a whiff and you couldn’t get near her.

She was a lot to handle. It wasn’t that she was abused; it was her temperament. I met a full brother years

later that was exactly the same way.”

No rider gets to the international ranks without help. In Rockwell’s case, he relied on instruction and coaching from Olympian Robert Dover, who helped him get Suna from Intermediate I to Grand Prix.

Dover was “a very great help to me,” Rockwell says, noting that in Dover’s training approach, “nothing was ever the horse’s fault.” Under Dover’s mentorship, “I had a good training experience, which is very important with judging.”

Coach Rockwell That training experience translates well into the latest of Rockwell’s equestrian career paths: coaching.

After 10 years of conducting regular dressage clinics in Mexico, he transitioned to coaching Team Mexico in 2010. He has since directed the Mexican dressage riders in three

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When a groin injury forced Rockwell to take some time off from his competition career, the legendary late US dressage judge Edgar Hotz suggested that he consider becoming a judge. Rockwell enrolled in the inaugural American Horse Shows Association (now US Equestrian Federation) “S” Judges Program in 1996 and worked his way up through the USEF ranks.

US FEI “O” (now 5*) dressage judge Linda Zang, who had officiated at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, subsequently encouraged Rockwell to become an FEI judge.

Rockwell’s reply: “What’s an FEI judge?”

Zang explained that those earning their licenses from the Fédération Equestre Internationale are eligible to judge FEI-recognized dressage competitions, known as CDIs. Rockwell worked his way up through the FEI judging ranks, earning the highest designation, “O,” in 2006. Two years later, he served on the ground jury at the Olympic dres-

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sage competition in Hong Kong. He went on to judge at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, and he has also officiated at five FEI World Cup Dressage Finals and at numerous FEI continental dressage championships.

Of all Rockwell’s prestigious judging assignments to date, he says that the London Olympics is the standout.

“It was demanding,” he says, “and I was at C for two days for the Grand Prix.” Out of the judge’s box, “Our lodging was ten minutes from the venue. We just could walk through the town. That was beautiful. [British 5* judge] Stephen Clarke, president of the ground jury, arranged the most wonderful hospitality for us the whole time we were there. So that was probably the most thrilling of my Olympic Games, but Rio was also wonderful.”

“I have always admired Gary as a judge and how well he handled the pressure of being a five-star,” FEI 4* judge Jane Weatherwax said via video during Rockwell’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

“It’s Gary’s intelligence, integrity, and honesty that impresses me the most—and, believe it or not, humility,” said Weatherwax, who has known Rockwell since the two attended that first-ever “S” program in 1996. “Gary is one class act. He has a wicked sense of humor, a wonderful laugh, and great taste in wine. What else could you ask for? I am proud to call him friend and colleague for these many years.”

Another colleague who vouches for Rockwell’s famously dry sense of humor is fellow 5* judge Anne Gribbons.

“When he gets going, he can have you dying laughing,” Gribbons says. “Sometimes his comments are

INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Rockwell judging Australia’s Hayley Beresford on Relampago do Retiro at his first Olympic Games, in Hong Kong 2008

zingers, and he’ll say something and you go, ‘Oops!’, but it’s spot-on. And he’s a very, very good horseman and, of course, a good judge, a fair judge, and positive. He is very kind to animals and people and riders.”

Their road-warrior existence and unique shared experiences help make dressage judges a tight-knit group, many of whom become close friends. Rockwell laments the loss of camaraderie with his fellow judges during the coronavirus pandemic.

“What makes it really much less enjoyable is that you can’t really socialize with your friends,” he says.

“Of course, we do our job, but I mean, we look forward to seeing our friends and being able to relax.”

Leaving a Legacy Fellow committee member, FEI 5* judge, and 2017 USDF Hall of Fame inductee Lilo Fore says that

Rockwell is “the calm, quiet voice of reasoning in all our committees.

In 10 seconds flat, Gary is capable of finding a reasonable solution to problems that need solving while most of us are still trying to figure out how to solve it in 30 minutes.”

It’s a skill that he has used in advancing the sport of dressage through his extensive volunteer service. Rockwell is a faculty member of the USDF L Education Program, conducting seminars and testings to educate and train prospective dressage judges and dressage enthusiasts in the methodology of dressage judging. For many years he served on the USDF L Program Committee, and he remains a member of the USDF Judges Committee, which he’s chaired since 2012. He is a past chair of the USDF/USEF Dressage Test Writing Group, which creates the US national-level dressage tests.

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THE TEACHER: Rockwell conducting a USDF L Education program session in 2010

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ers, teachers, and judges.”

In her Hall of Fame induction speech, Gorretta called Rockwell “one of the reasons our judging program is respected around the world, both in his efforts as a judge and for our training programs.”

According to Gorretta, one of Rockwell’s favorite sayings is that horses make people better people.

The effusive praise and thanks for his contributions and mentorship from a Who’s Who of American dressage judges and trainers indicate that, in the eyes of the dressage community, Rockwell is one of the best.

Freelance journalist Sue Weakley taught journalism and integrated marketing communications at the university level for five years before melding her love of dressage with her love of writing.

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LIGHTER SIDE: Rockwell’s colleagues vouch for his “wicked sense of humor”

As a trainer and clinician, Rockwell is an honorary instructor in the USDF Instructor/Trainer Program.

He has twice been a presenter at the Adequan®/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference.

Rockwell’s gravitas can be intimidating to dressage competitors and to those who don’t know him well, and he’s not overly forthcoming when asked to talk about himself.

His friends and colleagues have no such reservations.

“Gary is a complicated person,” says FEI 4* dressage judge, fellow committee member, and Rockwell’s close friend Lois Yukins. “He’s smart, he’s serious, he’s charming, he’s devoted. When he’s on a committee, no one is as devoted as he is. He’s changed a lot of things for the better, and when he believes in something he doesn’t let it go.”

Fore points to “what he has achieved in doing for our sport—and all of it is definitely not for the money or for the glory.” She calls Rockwell “an inspiration to our upcoming generation of riders, train-

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Dressage Sport Horse Breeding

Royse 2019 bay Hanoverian filly

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oyse is the kind of young horse who can do anything, as long as her person is by her side.

“If she is unsure of something—like a small black ditch—if I walk over it myself, she’ll look at me like, ‘Hmm, I don’t think so,’” explains owner/ breeder Angela “Angie” Mirarchi. “But if I come back to her and get by her shoulder and say, ‘Come walk with me,’ she’s like, ‘Thank you.’”

Likewise, at shows, Royse will show off her big, elastic walk—if you walk with her.

“When I was showing her in hand,” Mirarchi says, “I would say to the handlers—whom I’ve known for a long time and are really, really good—‘Listen, she has this big, big walk, but she isn’t going to give it to you unless you’re walking that big.’ And so they would walk a little, and I would say, ‘Here, let me show you.’

It was interesting because we just got to the point where, if we needed to show her at the walk in the championship ring, they would say, ‘Angie, go walk her for us.’ And I would walk her and then would turn her over to them. She really does have a nice, nice walk.”

Mirarchi’s 2019 homebred filly is out of a mare she purchased for the purpose of adding a little Thorough-

bred blood into her warmblood breeding program at Jovee Farm in North Carolina.

“She was my first fancy dressage horse,” Mirarchi says of the mare, Wiesling. “She’s the one that taught me extensions and how to sit that movement. She had some physical issues, including EPM and Lyme [disease], and I had to retire her. She sat for years and years at my farm, and one of my vets asked me how she was doing. I said, ‘She’s fine. She’s great. She’s doing well.’ And he said, ‘Why aren’t you breeding that mare?’”

Wiesling was 12 when her first foal was on the ground, and Royse is baby number five. Mirarchi is a small breeder, producing one to three Hanoverian or German Riding Pony foals per year.

Although she sells many of the horses she breeds, she says she plans to keep Royse (whom she describes as an “in your pocket” horse who loves people), as well as her full sister, because of their outstanding bloodlines.

“With Rotspon [Royse’s sire] in there, they are typically known to be very good broodmares,” she explains.

“They’re the foundation of the breeding, and that’s why I’ve hung on to them. I’ve had some offers, but I’ve declined because I’m thinking of the

future of the farm.” But Royse will have a performance career, too: Mirarchi plans to back her at three and a half and later to show her under saddle.

Mirarchi is adamant that her foals get a good early foundation.

“When I bought Royse’s dam,” she says, “she was barely started under saddle. I could hold her, and I could ride a little bit, but I could not trailer her and she had very little other training. So when I started breeding, I was dedicated to giving all my young horses a proper education. That’s why I go to breed shows: I feel it pushes me to get them halter-broke as babies and get them used to trailering. They have confidence and a solid foundation.

It’s an investment for them to have a good quality of life. …Getting them out there does so much for the horses and their education, especially when it comes time for backing.”

Mirarchi feels fortunate that she’s had some well-known and respected breeders be generous with their time and talent to help her.

“I really appreciate that it’s not been a journey alone. I’ve had a lot of support from the equestrian community here in North Carolina, so that’s been wonderful.”

—Sue Weakley

USDF PERPETUAL TROPHIES THE COLONEL THACKERAY TROPHY Adequan®/USDF Grand Prix Horse of the Year

1996 Metallic 1997 Monsieur 1998 Graf George 1999 Grandeur 2000 Aristocrat 2001-2002 Brentina 2003 Rocher 2004 FBW Kennedy

2005 Kingston 2006-2007 Floriano 2008 Pop Art 2009-2011 Ravel 2012-2016 Legolas 2017-2018 Verdades 2019 Suppenkasper

TRAVELING TROT TROPHY Adequan®/USDF Highest-Scoring Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Champion

2000 Routinier 2011 Dalziel HHF (tie ) 2001 Onika Duet MF (tie) 2002 Contester 2012 David Bowie MF 2003 Stellamara 2013 Dansuse MF 2004 Donna Novella 2014 Danae MF 2005 Wamorkus 2015 Daphne 2006 Woodwind 2016 Welina 2007 Starlight 2017 Dakar MF 2008 Faiza 2018 Fabulously 2009 Masterpiece 2019 Zaphira 2010 White Sun USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Materiale

Francisco

2015 brown 16.2-hand Oldenburg gelding Sire: Furstenball • Dam: Rubi Slippers Owner/Breeder: Holly Reimers, Orland, California Rider: Merrie Velden, Fresno, California 66 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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rancisco has a pretty face and a whole lot of talent packaged in a plain brown wrapper, says breeder/ owner Holly Reimers. “Fred” is the fifth generation of horses Reimers has bred: “His great-great-greatgrandmother was the first mare I ever bought,” she says.

Reimers liked Fred well enough as a youngster running around the fields with his dam, but she didn’t see anything spectacular. Then she took him to an Oldenburg inspection in Sacramento, where the inspectors wanted to see him move at liberty.

“I pulled that halter off of him, and he lifted those shoulders, sat down on his rear end, and pushed off with all his might,” she recalls. “And, oh my! I’m sitting there literally with my mouth open, going, ‘Oh, Fred, I had no idea.’”

Lacking room at her breeding farm for a stallion, Reimers decided to geld Fred. The veterinarian laid the horse down in a field to do the deed, but after examination he requested that Fred be transported to a clinic to have two appendages removed. The surgery went well, but afterward rider/trainer Merrie Velden reported that Fred still felt

like a stallion. The vet thought they were crazy to ask for a blood test to check the horse’s hormone levels, Reimers says, but it turned out that Fred’s testosterone was off the charts.

“So they take him back down to the vet clinic,” Reimers recalls, where they discovered that testicle number three was “up inside his body cavity….

So I had my horse castrated. Twice.”

Fred’s quirkiness doesn’t stop there. Reimers and Velden learned that he is uncomfortable when things are underneath him.

“The first time we ever put a saddle on him out here,” Reimers laughs, “oh my gosh. That was quite spectacular. I remember sending a picture to Merrie, going, ‘You’re going to get to ride this.’”

His rider remembers being at a show and the gate to the ring was closed to work the footing. When they opened the gate, the footing was six inches taller than the outside.

“You know that fluffy footing that everybody buys because it’s wonderful?” Velden says. “Well, we were walking out to go to the arena, and the footing tumbled underneath him.

Good thing I had a short rein. He did a complete circle, and I’m going, ‘Whoa, Whoa.’ I get him stopped,

and I relaxed—and he went back to it, and he got to half way around the circle, and I got stopped again and went in. It’s a good way to warm up for your class,” she quips, “and away I went, and he went in and got an 80.”

Nevertheless, Velden maintains that Fred is a solid citizen.

“I can always rely on him,” she says, “even if he makes a mistake. At the last show, he decided to show the judges that we had been working on [flying] changes, and he had a good time in the middle of the medium canter in a First Level test. But he changed it back like a good boy. And then we got a 72!”

The owner and rider are hoping to move Fred up to the FEI Six-YearOld division or Third Level this year.

“People stop in their tracks to watch him,” Velden says. “It’s kind of an honor to be the one chosen to ride him.”

“We’re going to hold off in the show department for a few months,” Velden says, “and then we’ll probably go to Third Level—if I can get the changes. And when he gets something, he’s like, ‘I got it.’ He wants to show it. And you have to appreciate that.”

—Sue Weakley

USDF PERPETUAL TROPHIES SUNSHINE SPORT HORSE ASSOCIATION TROPHY Adequan®/USDF Highest-Scoring Materiale Champion 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012-2013 2014 (Tie)

Froelich Bakira Rashka Bad Boy Wildly Romantic Ballerina DMV Exodus, Gedevasegaards Diesel

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Leopold DMV Pantsa Fire HU Harrold S Jameson SW Bruce Springsteen MF

PIROUETTE BRONZE Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur Grand Prix Champion 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Melissa Rogers riding Marlow 2013 Jill Irving riding Pop Art Jennifer Huber riding Al Pacino 2014 Alice Tarjan riding Elfenfeuer Carrie Schopf riding Montaigne 2015 Charlotte Jorst riding Kastel’s Nintendo Christi Meyers riding Wonderboy 2016-2017 Carrie Schopf riding De Value Melissa Hogan riding Diameter 2018 Cari Saloch riding Poukha D’Re Stergios riding Johnny 2019 Alice Tarjan riding Candescent

THE HILLTOP FARM TROPHY Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year 2006-2007 Hilda Gurney &

Dr. Mary Contakos 2008 Hilda Gurney 2009-2011 Kenneth Borden 2012 Oak Hill Ranch LLC 2013 Hilltop Farm Inc.

2014 2015 2016-2017 2018 2019

Oak Hill Ranch LLC Hilda Gurney Douglas & Louise Leatherdale Horses Unlimited Inc. Judy Yancey

STALLION EXPO TROPHY Adequan®/USDF Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Breeder of the Year 2006-2008 2009-2011 2012 2013-2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Ken Borden Marion Dresel-O’Connor Maryanna Haymon Dreamcatcher Meadows Ventures Ltd. Maurine Swanson Kenneth Borden Jr. Maurine Swanson Samantha Kidd

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

True Temptation SWF 2015 black 16.3-hand Danish Warmblood stallion Sire: Tailormade Temptation • Dam: Southern Belle SWF Owner/Breeder: Mary Nuttall, Conroe, Texas Rider: John Mason, Spring, Texas

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he mares in the barn may be Jezebels, but True Temptation resists and stands strong. The Danish Warmblood stallion minds his manners.

“You know, he basically lives at a brothel,” quips “True’s” Texas-based trainer/rider, John Mason. “There are broodmares around every corner and babies everywhere. He couldn’t care less; he’s not that type of stallion. Now, granted, we haven’t bred him yet!”

True’s owner and breeder, Mary Nuttall, and Mason agree that, if it turns out that the horse can’t handle both breeding duties and competition, then competition will come first.

“Mary and I have always said that we’ll keep him a stallion until he gives us a reason not to,” says Mason. But so far, “He has never, ever given us an excuse to geld him.”

Mason has known True since the day he was born. After he outgrew his gangly phase with “legs all over the place,” True qualified for the 2020 US Dressage Festival of Champions in the FEI Five-Year Old division after just one show and was ranked in the top 10 in the country. But the rider and the owner decided against making the

trip from Texas to Illinois. Instead, they focused on qualifying True for the Great American/USDF Regional Championships.

“He’s the most perfect gentleman at a horse show,” Mason says. “He gets off the trailer. He doesn’t call around.

He’s just easygoing. I get on him, and I always take him for a really long trail ride around the show grounds and let him see everything. And then we do our little 15-minute warm-up, and he goes in and he doesn’t look at anything.

He just does his job. He’s really a solid citizen. He’s well-behaved and focused and all that stuff that you want out of a young stallion. I can’t say anything better about the horse. He’s just a really fun, easy, forward-thinking-but-notcrazy horse to ride. He is the most laidback stallion without being lazy that I have ever worked with, and he’s got a lot of personality. He knows that he’s special, and he doesn’t get cocky about it…. He never says no; he tries as hard as he can. You put him up, and then he does the same thing the next day. He’s very much focused on the rider and on his job. His ridability is a 10.”

The plan is to debut True at Second Level or in the FEI Six-Year-Old

division in January. For now, Mason says, he and Nuttall are focusing on the Six-Year-Old test while developing the stallion’s strength.

“If he does well enough, we can maybe think about going to Lamplight [to the Dressage Festival of Champions] in 2021,” Mason says. “The most important thing is we don’t want to push him too hard. I think that the Second Level of work is going to help with the Six-Year-Old work, but, more importantly, I think that the Six-YearOld work is probably going to help him even more for Second Level.”

True is not only talented, levelheaded, and chill; he’s also a hunk with stunning good looks.

“He’s every girl’s idea of Black Beauty,” says Nuttall. “He has many fans.”

“It’s true; we joke about him all the time,” Mason agrees. “He is the most popular horse when we take him places because not only is he beautiful, but he’s also sweet and cuddly. He’s a little bit of a ladies’ man. He makes every single person who comes up to him feel like they’re the most special person on Earth. He’s just the best.”

—Sue Weakley

TRAINING LEVEL RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 79.519%; Number Qualified: 150

1. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF (Danish Warmblood), Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason, rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam; Mary Nuttall, breeder.......79.519% 2. FRANCISCO (Oldenburg), Holly Reimers, owner; Merrie Velden, rider; Furstenball, sire; Ruby Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder............................ 79.052% 3. FALLING SKIES (Oldenburg), Kassandra Barteau, owner; Vincent Flores & Kassandra Barteau, riders......................................................78.449% 4. LEELOO DALLAS (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Chumley, owner/rider; Gaspard de la Nuit DG, sire; Voque, dam; Racheal Redman, breeder....................76.466% 5. SELAH (Westfalen), Colleen Rull, owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder...........................................................................76.207% 6. LUCKY LADYBUG TF (Hanoverian), Michelle Conrad, owner; Carrie Wilson, rider; Livaldon, sire; Feng Popo TF, dam; Kimberly Davies-Slous, breeder..................... 75.690% 7. FACETIME (Westfalen), Marikay Asberry, owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder...................................................... 75.517% 7. FALKOR (Hanoverian), Beth Parsons Bird, owner/rider........................................ 75.517% 9. LOOKER SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Alexandra Krossen, owner/rider; Zulft SCF, sire; Fashionista SCF, dam; Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders....................................75.431% 10. PICALILLY WF (Hanoverian), Karrie Welch, owner; Heather McCarthy, rider; Pik L, sire; Roccoca WF, dam; Vanessa Carlson, breeder.....................................74.828%

11. JUGLANS Y (Oldenburg), Erin Laurent, owner/rider.............................................74.397% 12. KASSIOPEIA SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam; Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders............................. 74.138% 13. FAVORY VEREINA (Lipizzan), Judy Downer, owner/rider; Favory Canada, sire; Vereina, dam; Mississippi View Farm, breeder..................................................73.349% 14. KULINDA M (Dutch Warmblood), Linda Bland, owner; Heather McCarthy, rider.......73.339% 15. KLASSIK (Dutch Warmblood), Julie Griffin, owner; Cheryl Quinn, rider; Florianus 2, sire; Unikat, dam; Julie Griffin, breeder..........................................73.276% 15. THE SAFARI PARTY (American Sportpony), Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; Virginia Woodcock, rider; Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam; Sue Mesa, breeder......................................................................................73.276% 17. FALKNER (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Laetitia, dam; Ashlee Watts, breeder..............................................................73.273% 18. CLOUD 9 (Oldenburg), Wendi Schnittjer, owner/rider; Cennin, sire; Auguste Victoria, dam; Britta Budeus-Wiegart, breeder...................................... 73.103% 18. DELANO (Westfalen), Cindy Roesener, owner/rider............................................. 73.103% 20. WROYAL DUTCHESS (Hanoverian), Andrea Schten, owner/rider; Widmark, sire; Drama Queen, dam; Meg Williams, breeder................................72.931%

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Regiment

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egiment may be the perfect dream horse, but he looks like he’s been in a barroom brawl—he’s missing a front tooth.

Perhaps the Tooth Fairy visited “Reggie” in the field as a foal; he’s had his signature piano-keys smile since before his owner and rider, Alyssa Pitts, bought him as a three-year-old from Oak Hill Ranch in Louisiana.

“I don’t even think they knew he had done it,” Pitts laughs. “People who didn’t notice before, all of a sudden they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I think Reggie lost a tooth.’ And I say, ‘No, no. That was before I bought him.’”

Reggie’s slight case of edentulism is his biggest quirk, says Pitts, who calls her horse “the sweetest, most gentle thing”—except when it comes to protecting his friends. Reggie shields his four-year-old pasture buddy, Valentine, from other horses that try to pick on his pal in the field. “He also tried to help Valentine take his blankets off, much to my annoyance!” Pitts adds. “They are keeping the blanket-repair company in business.”

Reggie’s kind nature made him a

snap to start, Pitts says. She had help from her usual colt-starter in breaking Reggie to saddle, but the gelding was in training for only a short time.

“He said he thought he was really gentle and just a nice, nice horse, and thought I would really like him,” Pitts says, “which was absolutely true.”

Pitts took it easy during Reggie’s four-year-old year and brought him out at First Level when he was five during “the shortest show season ever,” Pitts says, referring, of course, to 2020. “I think we had two months of showing, maybe three.”

The hardest thing for Reggie to do as a youngster, Pitts recalls, was to adapt to the change in climate from Louisiana to Washington state. “He showed up literally in the middle of this giant snowstorm—Snowpocalypse—up here. And he wasn’t clipped, but he was shivering. I had to double-blanket with two heavies and a full neck. He was like, ‘Ah, this is not fun.’” (Reggie has since adjusted to life in the Pacific Northwest.)

The people at Oak Hill Ranch called Reggie their crown jewel.

“They absolutely loved him,” Pitts says. “The trainer there said that he

was the barn favorite, which is true here, too. He’s Danish [Warmblood], and when he was inspected he didn’t get anything less than an 8 on his scores. He’s really cool. He is just amazing and a great horse. He’s easygoing. He went over 80% four times, and I never, never have had a bad ride. He maybe made one mistake in one test; he’s just a steady guy.”

Pitts plans to bypass Second Level and show Reggie at Third Level in 2021. She explains that “he’ll be six, and he’s already started clean flying changes. All his gaits are good, but I think his canter is especially great.

It’s really, really balanced and easy, and it’s easy to teach him flying changes.”

And did Pitts mention that her horse is adorably endearing, as well as incredibly talented?

“The cutest thing about Reggie,” she says, are his “relaxed, floppy ears that flop while he’s working, especially at the canter. He’s the quintessential happy-go-lucky little schoolboy. He just does everything well. I think that’s really his biggest strength: He’s so steady.”

—Sue Weakley

FIRST LEVEL RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 78.820%; Number Qualified: 140

1. REGIMENT (Danish Warmblood), Alyssa Pitts, owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Rambala, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder...................................................... 78.820% 2. CHALEUREUX (Holsteiner), Mahaffey International & Patricia Mahaffey, owners; Karen Ball, rider; Chevalier, sire; Movenpick, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder...76.034% 3. ZALLAS (Wurttemberg), Angela Hambrick, owner; Therese Evans, rider...................75.834% 4. JAMESON SW (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn, rider; Chippendale, sire; Dulcinea BF, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, breeders.....74.476% 5. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF (Danish Warmblood), Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason, rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam; Mary Nuttall, breeder.........73.750% 6. ZAFIRA MWF (Friesian), Sherri Garner, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor, rider; Meinse 439, sire; Wanda of Black Pearl, dam; Kyle & Sherri Garner, breeders........... 73.727% 7. FIANA (Oldenburg), Maureen Lamb, owner; Maureen Lamb & Sandra Savage, riders...73.668% 8. FHUNNY GIRL (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle, rider; Furstenball, sire; Regalia PWF, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.......................... 73.000% 9. VIVA VIVALDI (Hanoverian), Diane Nauman, owner; Natalie Perry, rider; Vivaldi, sire; SPS Scarlett, dam; Diane Nauman, breeder........................................................72.361% 10. FINEST DREAM HW (Hanoverian), Carol McPhee, owner; Carol McPhee & Cara Klothe, riders...................................................................72.222%

11. LIRIANO N (Oldenburg), Christiane Noelting, owner; Carla Schulz, rider; Licosto, sire; Dynamica, dam; Christiane Noelting, breeder.....................................................72.215% 12. DARIUS WF (Hanoverian), Chris Federer, owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; Ladybug, dam; Linda Woltz, breeder................................................................. 72.153% 13. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Brose, owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder................................................................72.014% 14. LIVING THE DREAM (Thoroughbred), Heather Mehal, owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder..................................................71.399% 15. KIR ROYALE MP (Dutch Warmblood), Melanie Harper, owner/rider; Schroeder, sire; Waikiki, dam; Keith & Melanie Harper, breeders..................................................71.250% 16. Q SIEBEN (Hanoverian), Alexandra Duarte, owner/rider.........................................71.030% 17. FREAKY LIKE ME (Oldenburg), Anne Aloi, owner; Gabrielle Hutchison, rider; For Romance, sire; Donna Bella, dam; Lambertus Schnieder, breeder....................70.694% 17. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder.......................................................70.694% 19. SUNFLOWER (Westfalen), Julia Greifeld, owner; Sara Schmitt, rider....................... 70.690% 20. KYRO (Dutch Warmblood), Christopher Preston, owner; Lauren Chumley, rider; Glamourdale, sire; Prisca Gerida, dam; J. Hermanussen, breeder..........................70.556% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Shurreal 2014 chestnut 16.3-hand Oldenburg mare Sire: Sezuan • Dam: Rheporter Owner/Breeder: Maurine Swanson, Slatington, Pennsylvania Rider: Jocelyn Kraenzle, Slatington, Pennsylvania 72 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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hurreal has a strict no-snacking policy: No cookies, no sugar cubes, not even carrots or apples. Maybe it’s because she wants to maintain her girlish figure. Maybe she has willpower like a boss. Or maybe it’s because she’s a nononsense chestnut mare.

“She doesn’t like treats, but fortunately for me, she’s got such a good work ethic that she doesn’t need bribery,” explains rider and trainer Jocelyn Kraenzle. “Once I put my foot in the stirrup and swing my leg over, she’s all business. She’s ready to go. I think it’s quirky that she’s really not quirky. She is one of the only horses I’ve had that I know I’m going to have the same horse going down center line every day. That’s a good feeling. She is a dream horse, and Shurreal is probably the best young horse I’ve ever had the pleasure of riding and training. She’s phenomenal.”

Shurreal is a fourth-generation product of Maurine “Mo” Swanson’s breeding program at her Rolling Stone Farm in eastern Pennsylvania.

Shurreal’s dam, EM Rheporter, was Grand Champion at Dressage at Devon (Pennsylvania) in 2011, having been the reserve-champion filly as a two-year-old in 2007. Swanson thinks Shurreal’s talent surpasses even her mother’s.

Shurreal is “actually one of the best

horses I’ve ever bred,” Swanson says.

“I said that about her mother, but now I say that about her. I’ve bred, I don’t know, maybe 450 horses at this point.

So for me to say that I think is pretty significant.”

By the way, Shurreal’s name is not an accidental misspelling. All of Swanson’s homebreds have the letter “H” as a second letter in their names. “So a lot of times the names make no sense, but that got started a long time ago and it became a branding thing,” Swanson explains. “I’ve been doing it since 1996.

And I do all my own breeding. I bred [Shurreal]; I bred her mother; I bred her grandmother; and I imported her great-grandmother.”

Swanson must be doing something right: She’s been US Equestrian’s Dressage Breeder of the Year for seven years in a row, and she was the 2020 Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year.

At Dressage at Devon in 2019, Shurreal was the USDF Breeders Championship East Coast Series Final Mare Champion, and she won her Materiale class there, as well. Then, transitioning to the performance ranks, the mare quickly moved up the levels and is now working Third Level, Swanson says.

“She’s smart and very willing and super in the contact,” Swanson adds.

“The first time Jocelyn asked her to do a flying change, she got a clean one.

You know, you almost can’t do flying changes until the show season is over, because Second Level has simple changes in it and you don’t want them throwing in flying changes while you’re showing.… So flying changes are something we’ll be developing over the winter. Jocelyn’s done a super job, and I think she looks forward to getting on Shurreal every day.”

Kraenzle cites the mare’s ridability and trainability as everything you could ever hope for in a young horse: “She’s always with me and wants to work. She is always trying to figure out what I’m asking, even if she doesn’t get it. She’ll take some time and kind of think about it, and then she’s like, ‘OK, I’m ready to go.’ Her trot is superexpressive, and I can already feel the thought of little half-steps in there.

The canter work has been really quite good, and simple changes are easy. We waited to introduce the flying changes until after she stopped showing Second Level. She’s too smart. Once she starts thinking changes, she’s ready to go. She’s hot and she’s sensitive, but not in a crazy and out-of-control way.

She has shown her strength with three good gaits, superb ridability, and a willing attitude.”

—Sue Weakley

SECOND LEVEL RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 74.150%; Number Qualified: 96

1. SHURREAL (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle, rider; Sezuan, sire; EM Rheporter, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder............................. 74.150% 2. CORDOVA (Holsteiner), Alberta McEuen, owner; Bryn Cahill, rider........................ 73.582% 3. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka, rider; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam; Johann Meyer, breeder......................................72.322% 4. IZACK (Dutch Warmblood), Janice Turner, owner/rider.........................................71.185% 5. JAYNE SGS (Dutch Warmblood), Kalli Bowles, owner/rider; Negro, sire; Rayne, dam; Stephanie Schauer, breeder....................................................... 70.595% 6. FS NASHIRA (German Riding Pony), Midori Nishio, owner; Ariel Thomas, rider.........70.515% 7. HOT SHOT (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield, owner; Gabriel Armando, rider; Rousseau, sire; Magdalena, dam; Hope Greenfield, breeder...............................70.438% 8. RICARDA (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder...................................................................... 70.390% 9. CLOUD NO. 9 (Hanoverian), Alix Curry, owner/rider........................................... 70.359% 10. WALENTINO N (Oldenburg), Christiane Noelting, owner/rider.............................. 70.068% 11. JERONIMO (Dutch Warmblood), Maya Dalla Valle, owner/rider; Everdale, sire; Aisha Danka T, dam; W.H.J. Timmers, breeder.................................................70.000% 12. DUCATI (Hanoverian), Brenda Curnin, owner; Paige Zimmerman, rider; Dancier, sire; Li La Lu, dam; Edda & Frederich Kroner, breeders...........................69.756%

13. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder.....................................................69.703% 14. VIVALDO (Westfalen), Barbara Putnam, owner; Keegan O’Brien, rider; Vitalis, sire; First Rose, dam; Andre & Maria Kondring, breeders.......................................... 69.595% 15. HEADIN’ TO HAP’S (Thoroughbred), Brenna Allen, owner/rider; Congaree, sire; Rodeo’sbeenspotted, dam; Nelsen Clemmens, breeder.................................... 69.268% 16. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Brose, owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder.............................................................69.227% 17. JETSON EP (Dutch Warmblood), Katherine Cissell, owner; Katherine Cissell & Katie Robicheaux, riders.....................................................69.150% 18. WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood), Debra Klamen, owner/rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder....................68.956% 19. ZEPPELIN (Oldenburg), Ann Wilson, owner; Laine Ashker, rider; Zack, sire; Cleopatra, dam; Richard Wiegert, breeder.......................................................68.810% 20. SAINT-TROPEZ (Swedish Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Leigh Kent-Scherzer & Hayden Kent, riders; Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam; Doris Campbell, breeder...................................................68.784%

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Ronin

2013 brown 16-hand Hanoverian gelding Sire: Romanov Blue Hors • Dam: Something Royal Owners: Martin Kuhn & Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, New Berlin, Illinois Rider: Martin Kuhn, New Berlin, Illinois Breeder: Marcia Boeing, Camden, South Carolina 74 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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or Ronin, it’s good to be king. He is fed first, ridden first, turned out first, and brought in first. And when he is not given his royal due, he demands scratches to make amends for the perceived slights.

The 2019 Adequan®/USDF Dressage Horse of the Year at both First and Second Levels, and now the 2020 Third Level champion, Ronin may be almost royalty (perhaps it’s no coincidence that his dam’s name is Something Royal)—but his owner and rider make sure that his crown gets knocked off every once in a while.

“He indulges us,” says dressage pro Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, who co-owns Ronin with her husband and the horse’s rider, Martin Kuhn. “He wants everything to be done within the top deck. Sometimes I have to remind him you can’t be king all the time because there are others here who have needs as well. He wants to be at the top, and he is the top.”

Martin Kuhn agrees. “If his routine is disrupted or he feels he is not getting the attention he deserves, he lets you know that’s not acceptable.

He does get offended. If he feels slighted, next time you go into his stall he will very adamantly insist that you scratch him. He remembers and perhaps too vigorously leans toward

you for you to get at his favorite spot— behind his withers on both sides, especially the left.”

Purchased as a two-and-a-halfyear-old for a student who was looking for an up-and-coming youngster, Ronin is living up to the promise Fleming-Kuhn noticed in him. In August 2019 the couple bought Ronin from that student, and they continue to be wowed by the gelding’s talent and scopey gaits. According to Fleming-Kuhn, he is probably the most impressively athletic and talented young horse they have ever started.

Now a more mature monarch, His Royal Highness King Ronin craves adherence to a disciplined lifestyle and structure. Not a particularly confident horse, he gets security from his rider. He’s happiest when he is told where to be and where to go—that is, except when it comes to eating.

As ever, Ronin relishes his groceries. “He still enjoys his food and, if left to his own devices, I think he would gorge himself,” Kuhn says. “He’s still very good at that, and he’s eating us out of house and home.”

As his owners carefully monitor the royal diet, they also move Ronin forward in his training, but His Majesty gets to decide the pace.

“He’s up for about anything under saddle,” Kuhn says. “He’s always will-

ing to try, and I’ve always liked that about him. Show season forces you to think about how things are going, but any time you are not showing, you are thinking about the future. He’s continuing to show great aptitude.

He likes being told exactly where to go and what to do. It’s good to have a horse that knows exactly what you’re asking him to do.”

Kuhn and Ronin wrapped the 2020 show season by winning the Fourth Level Open Championship title at the Great American/USDF Region 2 Championships. Now the rider plans to reassess, as he likes to do in the off season. Kuhn calls the late fall and winter “my favorite time of the year, despite the cold. We give the horses some much-needed down time and go for more hacks and more turnout. Then, as they come off of that down time, we can start answering those questions about where we go next. He hasn’t told me yet. He very much likes his routine, but he is settling. He has that special spark, and he’s coming into his own now. He’s definitely getting stronger and, as a result, more expressive.”

Fleming-Kuhn agrees. “He certainly has a lot of charisma when he goes down the center line,” she says of their star performer. “He always has a notch more.”

—Sue Weakley

THIRD LEVEL RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 74.735%; Number Qualified: 118

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RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn, rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder............74.735% GRIMEUR (Dutch Warmblood), Madison Ledwik, owner; Ashley Shaw, rider...........71.622% FLORELLI (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Howard, David Giannetto & Marcel Timmermans, owners; Amy Howard, rider; Florencio, sire; Virella, dam; Timmermans Horse Sales BV, breeder.............................................................69.750% SKY’S THE LIMIT (Westfalen), Tracey Corey, owner/rider; Stravinsky , sire; Desiree, dam; Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders...................................................69.750% FEELING HW (Rhinelander), Carol McPhee, owner/rider; Feedback, sire; Finesse, dam; Ursula Thiebes, breeder............................................................69.750% FLEUR NOIR WSHS (Hanoverian), Genay & Michele Vaughn, owners; Genay Vaughn, rider; Furstenball, sire; Wakanova WSHS, dam; Janet & Lawrence Jones, breeders................................................................ 69.688% FLORINUS (Oldenburg), Belinda Chu, owner; Belinda Chu & Brittany Burson, riders; Florencio I, sire; Rosanna, dam; Hans Rode, breeder........................................ 69.570% HAPPY TEXAS MOONLIGHT (Oldenburg), Shannon Klepper, owner; Annelise Klepper, rider; Happy Diamond, sire; Texane, dam; Friederike von Waaden, breeder.................. 69.394% RICARDA (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder.......................................................................69.210%

10. RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Oldenburg), Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; Miki Yang, rider; Ravel, sire; Riva del Garda, dam; Johannes Brinkmann, breeder........................68.939% 11. BRILLIANT H (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Ward, owner; Emily Donaldson, rider; Love and Jump, sire; Mirando, dam; C.M. Hadderingh-Willenborg, breeder...........68.784% 12. GENIUS (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield, owner; Gabriel Armando, rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Magdalena, dam; Hope Greenfield, breeder............................. 68.688% 13. HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Davisson, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder.....................................................68.625% 14. SRC ADRIANA (Half-Arabian), Jennifer Tobie, owner/rider; Loki, sire; CHA Farasha, dam; Adrienne Hancock-Leong & Natacha Lesburgueres, breeders...... 68.250% 15. BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose, owner/rider................................68.125% 15. DIVINE FH (Hanoverian), Victoria Sher, owner; Maia Barnes, rider; Dacaprio, sire; Helene K, dam; Eliza Rutherford, breeder........................................................68.125% 15. CONFLORSAN (Holsteiner), Michele Miles, owner; Gage Miles, rider......................68.125% 18. BROOKLYN GCF (Hanoverian), Barrett Barksdale, owner/rider; Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder......................................................67.875% 19. IZACK (Dutch Warmblood), Janice Turner, owner/rider........................................ 67.813% 20. LUSTIG (Oldenburg), Jennette Scanlon, owner/rider; Lehmann, sire; Emmanuelle, dam; Annelies Stelzer, breeder....................................................67.688% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Fourth Level

Indiana R

2013 black 16-hand Dutch Warmblood gelding Owner/Rider: Alyssa Pitts, Snohomish, Washington Breeder: Michele Seaver, Mt. Vernon, Washington 76 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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ack atop the Adequan®/ USDF Horse of the Year standings following his 2019 title at Third Level, Indiana R may be maturing, but he remains the barn prankster, according to owner/rider Alyssa Pitts.

“He’s still his cheeky self,” Pitts says. “That’s the one thing about him. If a horse has a sense of humor, he does. He’s always happy to play pranks on whomever doesn’t know him.”

Pitts can list a host of “Indy’s” jokes. One time, her regular groom couldn’t make it to a show, so a friend helped her out. “She literally couldn’t lead him around,” Pitts says with a laugh. “He was just standing there on the show grounds as if he was saying, ‘I don’t have to, and I don’t need to go with you.’ He’s very much the prankster.”

Pitts trains virtually with British superstar Charlotte Dujardin. When Indy hears Dujardin’s voice over the video feed, he makes like Elvis and tries to leave the building.

“If I could describe this horse, I

would say that he is very smart and he has a very, very big sense of humor,” Pitts says. “He thinks a lot of things are funny, so he likes to mess with us.”

All is forgiven, though, because in the dressage arena Indy is “fabulous: He’s a dream to ride, and he’s probably one of our favorites ever because when he’s on, he’s on,” his owner says. “He’s really, really light, and so sensitive and forward. In fact, I think one of the things that’s kind of a bummer is that eventually, in international CDIs, he’s going to have to go in a double bridle. It’s too bad, because he’s a horse I don’t think ever really needs a double.”

Indy may still be cheeky, but he has become more settled at shows, Pitts says.

“When he was younger, the very first show he ever went to he broke his groom’s wrist spinning around in the stall and being upset,” Pitts says.

“And he used to levade in the stall and put his head over the top to see his neighbors and be really worried.

So this year has been good because he’s much calmer now.”

Pitts says that Indy has three super gaits. “I mean, his walk could easily get a 9, and his trot is really elastic and scopey. He’s a brilliant horse. I’ve had people come up to me after tests and be like, ‘Wow, what a horse.’ And I’ve had judges write in the comments, ‘Wow!’ and underline it. He’s just a really spectacular horse.”

He is also a proud horse. “He likes to do his job well, so he’s funny to train,” says Pitts. “When I’m trying to teach him something new, I find he thinks he knows everything, like, ‘Why are you telling me this?’ Once he gets it, he’s amazing. His personality is larger than life.”

Following Indy’s successful year at Fourth Level, Pitts plans to compete him at Prix St. Georges and Intermediate I in 2021.

“I think he’s a really exciting horse with a future for Grand Prix,” she says. “I think he’s got a lot of talent. He’s pretty exciting!”

—Sue Weakley

FOURTH LEVEL RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 73.542%; Number Qualified: 46

1. INDIANA R (Dutch Warmblood), Alyssa Pitts, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Zowillie, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder...........................................................73.542% 2. ILARIO (Dutch Warmblood), Maureen Lamb, owner; Sandra Savage, rider; Davino V.O.D., sire; Liantora, dam; J.J. Snip, breeder.........................................70.513% 3. HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner/rider; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M van Medl, breeder............................... 69.688% 4. GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Blaszak, owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder...................................................68.768% 5. GLAMOUR GIRL DBA (Half-Arabian), Joann Williams, owner/rider; Tristtan, sire; Gray Glimmer, dam; Tracey Dikkers, breeder................................................... 68.333% 6. HOTSTREAK CF (Hanoverian), Jaime Dancer, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Rococo OSH, dam; Mary Stanton, breeder.......................................................68.125% 7. SIMON (Danish Warmblood), Anne Aloi, owner; Gabrielle Hutchison & Anne Aloi, riders; Stevie Wonder, sire; Titanini AF Hvarre, dam; Helle Jensen, breeder...................................................................................67.917% 8. GOLDENNETTIE (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Brady & Lara Erdogus-Brady, owners; Lara Erdogus-Brady, rider............................................................................. 67.821% 9. BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose, owner/rider................................67.692% 10. HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Davisson, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder...................................................... 67.431%

11. FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen), Penelope Sachs, owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder............................................................67.244% 12. BENNETT (Oldenburg), Christine Stephenson, owner/rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Whimsey, dam; Jamie Fell & Joan Lavallee, breeders........................................67.222% 13. DREAM OF MINE (Hanoverian), Kristine Aday, owner/rider; Dauphin, sire; Maxima, dam; Jocelyn Audet, breeder............................................................67.049% 14. DUE PROCESS (Dutch Warmblood), Darcy Miller, owner/rider; Consul, sire; Mist of Diamonds, dam; Sheila O’Keefe, breeder.............................................66.592% 15. CAPITANO (American Warmblood), Shelley Schuler, owner; Angelia Bean, rider; FS Chambertin, sire; Valetta, dam; Peter Boege, breeder.................................. 66.254% 16. EDELMANN (Polish Warmblood), Amy Winnen, owner; Carolyn Wehle, rider; El Bundy, sire; Soja, dam; Stadnina Koni Racot Sp. z o.o., breeder........................66.154% 17. WILLOW SF (Zweibrucker), Dana Peterson, owner; Rebecca Vick, rider; Wilmigton, sire; Solar Suzie, dam; Sue Sheen, breeder.....................................65.865% 18. WINZALOT (Hanoverian), Charlotte & Mari Waite, owners; Charlotte Waite, rider; Wolkenstein II, sire; Franzisca, dam; Hans-Heinr. Doescher, breeder................... 65.694% 19. BISCOTTI (German Riding Pony), Caroline Stearns, owner/rider; Beaujolais, sire; Kitty in a Tree, dam; Caroline Stearns, breeder................................................65.556% 20. PITTER PAT (Thoroughbred), Krystina Wright, owner; Krystina Wright & Susan Posner, riders; Cat Doctor, sire; True Account, dam; T.G. Spangler, breeder...65.194% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Sonnenberg’s Everdance 2009 bay 16.1-hand Dutch Warmblood mare Sire: Johnson • Dam: Raindancer S Owner/Breeder: Sonnenberg Farm LLC, Sherwood, Oregon Rider: Endel Ots, Wellington, Florida 78 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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onnenberg’s Everdance was undefeated in every class in which she went down center line in 2020.

Consistent with her freestyle scores, her name suits her perfectly. That girl can dance!

“Everdance” put in a blue-ribbon performance in the Intermediate I Freestyle at the US Dressage Festival of Champions in August, earning her highest score ever of

77.645%. It was the first time that her rider, 2019 US Pan American Games team member Endel Ots, had competed her in a freestyle class. Ots plans to dance with her again near the end of the 2021 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida, this winter.

Ots has had the ride on the 2009 Dutch Warmblood mare since November 2019. She already knew all the movements, thanks

to Michele Bondy, the resident trainer at Sonnenberg Farm LLC in Sherwood, Oregon, where Everdance was bred and raised.

“I didn’t have to teach her anything on that,” Ots says. “I just had to develop a partnership. She’s a very willing horse and does not want to make a mistake. She’s nice and very easy to ride and it was superpositive, but she had to understand the flow of the movements.” [

PRIX ST. GEORGES RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 74.118%; Number Qualified: 239

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SONNENBERG’S EVERDANCE (Dutch Warmblood), Sonnenberg Farm LLC, owner; Endel Ots, rider; Johnson, sire; Raindancer S, dam; Sonnenberg Farm LLC, breeder..... 74.118% BELTANO (Hanoverian), Leatherdale Farms & Louise Leatherdale, owners; Guenter Seidel, rider; Belissimo M, sire; Heavenly, dam; Gerold Gogele, breeder...73.407% DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones, owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Wildnight, dam; Schulze Henning, breeder..................................................... 72.898% ROMANTICO YMAS (Hanoverian), Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owner; Natalia Bacariza, rider; Belissimo M, sire; Rosenrot, dam; Friederike Rehkamp, breeder........................ 72.500% DHANNIE YMAS (Hanoverian), Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owner; Natalia Bacariza & Pablo Gomez, riders; Don Crusador, sire; Welina, dam; Hinrich Engelke Wahnebergen, breeder..........................................................72.353% HABANERO CWS (Dutch Warmblood), Craig Stanley, owner/rider; Idocus, sire; Caliente DG, dam; Brenda Linman & Craig Stanley, breeders.............................. 72.206% HARTOG (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Wetterau, owner/rider; Apache, sire; Bartoga, dam; W. Thijssen, breeder............................................................... 72.063% VENIVICI (Westfalen), Elizabeth Cronin, owner; Martin Kuhn, rider; Vitalis, sire; Sabrina, dam; Karl-Heinz Bruck, breeder.........................................................71.982% STENAGERS WYATT EARP (Danish Warmblood), Cecelia Stewart, owner; Christopher Hickey, rider; Wilkens, sire; Stenagers Santana, dam; Bjarne & May-Britt Christensen, breeders........................................................71.886%

10. GATINO VAN HOF OLYMPIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jami Kment, owner/rider; Apache, sire; P Siltana VH Olympia, dam; H.J.C. & I.J.W. Poettgens-Deckers, breeders............... 71.785% 11. CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jessica Howington, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam; M.A. Aerts, breeder.................................................................. 71.765% 12. INFINITY (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Lipp, owner/rider.......................................71.530% 13. HARMONY’S DON’T STOP THE FEELING (Hanoverian), Harmony Sporthorses, owner; Luuk Mourits, rider.......................................................................................71.471% 14. BILLIONAIRE (Oldenburg), Shawneen Jacobs, owner; Janine Little, rider; Belissimo M, sire; Modena, dam; Franz-Jos Wieghaus-Vorwerk, breeder..............71.250% 14. FLAVIUS WCF (Hanoverian), Linda van Rees, owner; Karen Lipp, rider; Florencio I, sire; Rasca Lina, dam; Peter & Zuchthof Fries, breeders.....................71.250% 16. GRAYTON BEACH (Dutch Warmblood), Jodie Kelly-Baxley, owner/rider; Negro, sire; Bonne Amie Ter Kwincke, dam; A.J.L. Slippens, breeder......................................71.176% 16. MAESTOSO ALFAYA II (Lipizzan), Tempel Lipizzans, owner; Raul Roa Vadillo, rider; Maestoso Legeny, sire; Alfaya, dam; Tempel Lipizzans, breeder...........................71.176% 16. HARMONY’S SAROTTI OLD (Oldenburg), Harmony Sporthorses, owner; Luuk Mourits, rider.......................................................................................71.176% 19. WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian), Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders................................................71.157% 19. SIR BECKMANN (Hanoverian), Cesar Parra, owner/rider.......................................71.157%

INTERMEDIATE I RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 74.559%; Number Qualified: 118

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SONNENBERG’S EVERDANCE (Dutch Warmblood), Sonnenberg Farm LLC, owner; Endel Ots, rider; Johnson, sire; Raindancer S, dam; Sonnenberg Farm LLC, breeder....74.559% PAXTON (Westfalen), Kylee Lourie, owner; Katie Johnson, rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Desiree, dam; Herbert de Baey, breeder............................................................73.529% CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jessica Howington, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam; M.A. Aerts, breeder.................................................................... 72.721% EYE CATCHER (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Young, owner; Ivo Juhrend, rider; Dreamcatcher, sire; Unanke A, dam; M.A.J. Bakker, breeder..................................71.618% CHREVI’S RAMOUR (Danish Warmblood), Mette Rosencrantz, owner/rider................71.213% EL TORRO B (Dutch Warmblood), James & Mary Keenan, owners; Dawn White-O’Connor, rider..............................................................................71.127% EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Gimbel, owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder............................................................71.066% GATINO VAN HOF OLYMPIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jami Kment, owner/rider; Apache, sire; P Siltana VH Olympia, dam; H.J.C. & I.J.W. Poettgens-Deckers, breeders.................70.927%

9. BELRANO GOLD (Oldenburg), Joan Owen & Pferdes LLC, owners; Silva Martin, rider; Belissimo M, sire; Evita, dam; Silvia Gering, breeder............................................70.588% 9. WANDA OF BLACK PEARL (Friesian), Kyle & Sherri Garner, owners; Julio Mendoza Loor, rider; Wander 352, sire; Tineke B Fan Scheltinga Zathe, dam; Maggie McClellan, breeder..............................................................................70.588% 11. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones, owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Wildnight, dam; Schulze Henning, breeder.........................................................70.464% 12. WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian), Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders.................................................70.294% 12. CARLITO (Dutch Warmblood), Rita Brown, owner/rider; Santano, sire; Unoeska, dam; F. van de Poel, breeders............................................................70.294% 14. HAMPTON (Danish Warmblood), Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Madigan L, dam; Erik & Jane Jensen, breeder.....................................................70.147% 15. FRANGIPANI (Dutch Warmblood), Julia Mineikis, owner/rider; Navaronne, sire; Garnet, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder...........................................................70.074%

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year Everdance’s positive attributes were evident from the start, according to Sonnenberg Farm owner and breeder Dan Ruediger.

“She was a super mover as a foal, trotting and cantering in the pasture,” Ruediger says. “The use of her hind leg was very good, as was her joint articulation. And she was also very easy to work with as a foal. So we had a really nice mind and a very nice horse in terms of temperament and movement.”

Ruediger enjoyed ample opportunity to watch Everdance frolic in the field, as the youngsters at Sonnenberg are turned out in pastures right below his house.

“We could see her moving,” he says, “and she just really showed us a ton of talent.”

Sonnenberg’s goal is to develop US-bred horses with the talent for the highest levels to put into the pipeline for American dressage riders, according to Ruediger: “We’re working really hard to develop not just good young horses, but ultimately FEI and Grand Prix horses.”

To that end, he adds, he hopes that top riders in this country will begin actively seeking out domesticallybred horses with which to achieve their international-competition goals.

Everdance is an example of the farm’s winning strategy. Ots says that the mare’s gaits are “all very solid” and “very correct” with a

particularly strong canter, and that she regularly earns scores of 9 on her flying and tempi changes, and high scores in the pirouettes.

“It’s a powerful canter with lots of push and power from behind her,” Ots says.

Ots and Everdance train with 1992 US Olympic team bronze medalist and current US Equestrian dressage development coach Charlotte Bredahl. Bredahl coaches the pair at shows and calls Everdance one of the most honest mares she’s seen.

Ots calls Everdance “a very technical horse.” He quips that she’s so studious in her work that he could write in a notebook what should be done in the warm-up and what she should work on every day, and the mare would come out the next day and pick up where she left off.

“She’s like an old soul in that aspect,” he says. “At the horse shows and in competition, she really excels and she comes alive. It’s more of a mental game: She wants to do all the work and wants to work for you.”

The workmanlike Everdance wastes no energy fussing when she’s away from home, Ots says.

“At the horse shows, I have a chance to really be around her, and she’ll sleep with her nose in the shavings, and she’ll dream and whinny and nicker in there. I love it when the horse feels so comfort-

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able at the horse shows, where there are a lot of new smells and new people in a different place, and she is so relaxed.”

Everdance is so relaxed, in fact, that at one show, she was fast asleep in her stall when it was time to braid her—and she slept right through the process. She had to be roused from her nap when it was time to tack up and compete.

Ots says that he and Everdance have been playing with the Grand Prix movements, but she’s not quite ready to go down center line at that level. When he talked with USDF Connection, he said that the plan was for him to continue competing the mare in 2021 while looking for her next dance partner: Everdance is for sale to a young rider or a professional to show and possibly represent their country in competition.

“That was the goal for her, and we accomplished the beginning part, and now it’s time to find a new rider for her,” Ots says. “She’s not a horse you have to get on and push. Of all the horses I have ridden, I would say she is the most ‘point and shoot.’

“Sonnenberg focuses on the mare and the breeding program and competition [blood] lines and athleticism,” Ots concludes. “They knocked it out of the park with this mare.”

—Sue Weakley

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Donatella m 2011 black 16.2-hand Oldenburg mare Sire: Furstenball • Dam: Jamaica Owner/Rider: Alice Tarjan, Oldwick, New Jersey Breeder: Marne Martin-Tucker, Woodbine, Maryland 82 March/April 2021 | USDF CONNECTION

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onatella M is like a middle child in Alice Tarjan’s barn.

“She’s sort of the forgotten one in the barn,” the owner/ rider admits, because “she’s the one that doesn’t have any special needs, is quiet and well-behaved and easy and good, and does what you want. She makes no fuss. She does her thing, and you give her a bunch of cookies and she’s happy. She’s just a good kid. And she’s peaceful and not worried about things, which is nice. She doesn’t give you any trouble. It’s the joke [at the barn] that she’s always overlooked because everybody else is so special-needs and she’s not.”

When it comes to dressage training, the Oldenburg mare is equally amenable.

“She tries really hard,” Tarjan says. “She’s like a worker bee. She’s very ridable, and she really has to play the game and figure it out.”

Tarjan believes that if Donatella were less cooperative, she wouldn’t be as far along as she is.

“A lot of things have not come so easily for her. It’s been quite a discussion, but I know I’m going to

sit there and have a quiet discussion, and she’s always trying to figure it out. So I think that’s a testament to how much she has come along.”

Donatella qualified for the 2020 Great American/USDF Regional Championships at Intermediate II, but Tarjan decided to stay home in New Jersey and train. She usually shows at the US Dressage Finals in Kentucky in November and then continues on to her winter base in Loxahatchee, Florida, but the 2020 Finals were cancelled, so Tarjan packed up and headed south earlier in the fall.

Donatella has competed at Grand Prix, but Tarjan calls it a work in progress. She was green at the level in 2020, but “now the horse is much more confident and understands all the movements,” she says. “So we can start trying to make them better—finesse them a little bit and be a little pickier about quality, rather than just trying to make the things look like they’re supposed to and recognizable so that everyone knows what you’re trying to do. It took forever to get the changes on her, you know? That was really difficult. They’re still not

perfect by any means, but you don’t have to worry about going to 15 ones.

So now it’s much more about trying to get them straighter.”

Last August, the pair won the 2020 USEF Intermediate II test and the Developing Grand Prix Championship title at the US Dressage Festival of Champions.

Donatella is jet-black with no white, and so Tarjan calls her Corbin, which is a French/English nickname from the Old French meaning “little crow” or “raven.”

Corbin may look majestic, but her owner says she’s actually a bit of a wallflower in the warm-up arena.

“Poor Corbin’s terrified of the other horses,” says Tarjan, who thinks her mare has a bit of PTSD from being bullied. “In the warmup, I just try to move our muscles a little bit and stay out of everybody’s way.”

Other horses may antagonize Corbin, but Tarjan is on her side.

“She goes into work and she’s fantastic. She stays out of everybody’s way and minds her business.

She’s just so good.”

—Sue Weakley

INTERMEDIATE II RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 73.880%; Number Qualified: 96

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DONATELLA M (Oldenburg), Alice Tarjan, owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Jamaica, dam; Marne Martin-Tucker, breeder................................................. 73.880% HARVEST (Dutch Warmblood), Alice Tarjan, owner/rider......................................73.324% QUASCAI NEXEN (Danish Warmblood), Altersgait LLC & Melissa Richards, owners; Lars Petersen, rider; Quaterback, sire; Pearl Nexen, dam; Elin Houe & Hans Andersen, breeders..............................................................72.794% RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner/rider.................................... 70.993% ILLUSTER VAN DE KAMPERT (Belgian Warmblood), Nuvolari Holdings LLC, owner; Benjamin Ebeling, rider................................................................................69.780% DON DESIGN DC (Hanoverian), Susan & Tim Dutta, owners; Susan Dutta, rider; Der Designer, sire; Sevantine, dam; Gestuet Lewitz, breeder.............................. 69.633% UTOPIE D’OUILLY (Selle Francais), Melanie Pai, owner; Natalie Pai, rider; Quite Easy, sire; Isis D’ Ouilly, dam; Francois Xavier Lebon & V. Alexandra Lebon, breeders.............69.231% BARDOLINO (Oldenburg), Daniela Groenke, owner/rider; Bordeaux , sire; Arkona, dam; Clemens-August Graf von Merveldt, breeder.................................69.188%

9. STERNLICHT HILLTOP (Hanoverian), Hilltop Farm Inc., owner; Michael Bragdell, rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Rhapsody GGF, dam; Rachel Ehrlich, breeder..................... 69.044% 10. STATUS ROYAL OLD (Oldenburg), Ann Romney, owner; Jan Ebeling, rider..............69.000% 11. SHOWHIT (Danish Warmblood), Robert Price & Sarah Daehnert, owners; Sarah Daehnert, rider...................................................................................68.750% 12. REY DEL MUNDO (Westfalen), Jim & Tiffany Mahoney, owners; Tiffany Mahoney & Rebecca Rigdon, riders; Rock Forever, sire; Fiona, dam; Norbert Trentmann, breeder.......................................................68.529% 13. HARMONY’S BOITANO (Dutch Warmblood), Harmony Sporthorses & Leslie Malone, owners; Sara Hassler, rider...................................................... 68.456% 14. DIXIE WRF (Dutch Warmblood), June Brody, Marcia Pepper & Melissa Taylor, owners; Melissa Taylor, rider; Jazz, sire; Treasure WRF, dam; Judy Reggio, breeder........... 68.382% 15. CON BRIO SDF (Dutch Warmblood), Franziska Seidl, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Windfall SDF, dam; Sheri Evers-Rock, breeder...................................................68.015%

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Adequan®/USDF Horse of the Year

Grand Prix

Suppenkasper 2008 brown 18-hand Dutch Warmblood gelding

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teffen Peters and Suppenkasper are an inseparable pair. When the gelding was flown to Florida for competition in 2019, Peters was particularly concerned about “Mopsie’s” aversion to fireworks.

“Mopsie didn’t like the fireworks last year in Wellington, and not just on December thirty-first; they started a few days early,” Peters explains.

“So I slipped in his stall for a couple of nights and made sure he didn’t get worried. So Mopsie and I had a really fun New Year’s Eve last year.

But you know what? To be honest, it was one of my best!”

The well-being of his 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games partner is always top of mind for the veteran international competitor. When considering the possibility of Mopsie’s traveling both to Sweden for the 2021 FEI World Cup Dressage Final and to Tokyo for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games, Peters admits to feeling a bit of trepidation about putting the horse through two long trips in one year.

“I think in an Olympic year, for my taste, that’s a bit too much for a horse to aim for,” he says. “Not so much that we have two major competitions; it’s just the traveling part.

Mopsie is a horse who doesn’t have to work very hard to build up to a

major competition, but, for the traveling part, I’m always concerned.”

Both Peters and Mopsie’s owner, Four Winds Farm LLC’s Akiko Yamazaki, have plenty of reasons to want to keep their treasure happy and healthy. Yamazaki calls Mopsie— who was also the 2019 Adequan®/ USDF Grand Prix Dressage Horse of the Year—a humble, gentle giant.

“He doesn’t seem to realize how exceptional he is,” she says. “He is the most honest and generous horse.

Mopsie’s previous rider was a small lady, probably five feet two. He is 18 hands. That he learned all the Grand Prix easily with her is a testament to his athleticism and kindness.”

When training, Peters tailors his plans to place the horse in a relaxed frame of mind. Example: “Mopsie always had a good piaffe, but sometimes he would simply try too hard, and now we have a routine. When I come down the final center line, I go into the piaffe and I let him stretch, but I do it in a two-point [position].

So he thinks, ‘OK, the piaffe is the final thing that we’re doing for the day, and then we’re done.’ Mopsie truly had to learn that the last center line is his friend, because that’s the time when we relax. And we relax there in the last piaffe just as much as we would in the beginning when we pick up the first few steps of ris-

ing trot. And I do something similar in the passage, where he is even more relaxed and where both hind legs do exactly the same thing.”

The bond between horse and rider blossomed in 2020, Yamazaki says.

“It always takes a little while for a horse-and rider-combination to truly become a partnership,” she says, “and I believe this was the year when Mopsie and Steffen became partners. The great show results are one proof of that, but the confidence in Mopsie’s eyes as he easily navigated through the tests is what I see as the biggest proof that he now completely trusts Steffen.”

For his part, Peters enthuses that “I’ve never ridden a horse that’s more energetic and wants to go every single day. I’ve never, ever had to push the horse. I never have to encourage him to do more. It was always [a matter of doing] a little bit less and relaxing in between movements, making sure that he walks. You can take him to shows, [and] he comes off the truck and he settles down in the stall and is happy and quiet. And the second you get on, you’re riding something between a dragster racer and the space shuttle. It’s climbing into orbit in no time. It is honestly that feeling. It’s incredible.”

—Sue Weakley

GRAND PRIX RESULTS

Winner’s Median Score: 76.149%; Number Qualified: 112

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SUPPENKASPER (Dutch Warmblood), Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; Steffen Peters, rider..................................................................................... 76.149% RASSING’S LONOIR (Danish Warmblood), Olivia Lagoy-Weltz, owner/rider; De Noir, sire; Lorani, dam; Jan og Dorte Rassing, breeder..................................73.766% SANCEO (Hanoverian), Alice Womble, owner; Sabine Schut-Kery, rider; San Remo, sire; Rivera, dam; Gerhard Dustmann, breeder.................................72.979% MANGO EASTWOOD (Dutch Warmblood), Diane Fellows, owner; Ashley Holzer, rider; Wynton, sire; Bambina, dam; M.J.H.M. Witte-Vrees, breeder..............................72.679% BLUE HORS ZATCHMO (Oldenburg), Agnete Thinggaard, owner/rider.................... 72.565% FIGEAC DC (Oldenburg), Susan Dutta, owner/rider; Fackeltanz, sire; Donna Clara, dam; Christine Campe, breeder................................................... 72.155% KASTEL’S NINTENDO (Dutch Warmblood), Kastel Denmark, owner; Charlotte Jorst, rider; Negro, sire; Rodieni R, dam; C. Rommens, breeder............ 72.065%

8. CANDESCENT (Hanoverian), Alice Tarjan, owner/rider; Christ, sire; Farina, dam; Willi Helms, breeder..................................................................................... 71.478% 9. FERANO (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Keadle, owner; Nick Wagman, rider; Scandic, sire; Zara D, dam; F. Dyk, breeder.......................................................71.196% 10. STATESMAN (Hanoverian), KML INC., owner; Naima Moreira Laliberte, rider...........71.065% 11. RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner/rider.....................................70.707% 12. SEMPER FIDELIS (Oldenburg), Rowan O’Riley, owner; Heather Blitz, rider..............70.447% 13. CHIGALI (Dutch Warmblood), Gretchen Stearns, owner; Emily Wyman, rider........... 70.217% 14. CAYMUS (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Godwin, owner; Jodie Kelly-Baxley, rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Wencenza, dam; Beth & Roy Godwin, breeders...........................69.891% 14. FRANKIE (Hanoverian), Catherine Haddad Staller, owner/rider; Florencio I, sire; Aronja, dam; Catherine Haddad Staller, breeder...............................................69.891%

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Adequan®/USDF Dressage Sport Horse Breeding Horse of the Year Colts/Geldings of Current Calendar Year

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FALVARA ASH (Hanoverian), Samantha Kidd, owner; Follow Me, sire; Run Around Gal, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder.................................................78.825% SERENDIPITY (Oldenburg), Heather Courtney, owner............................................76.150% ROYAL RHAPSODY HA (Hanoverian), Ruth Shirkey, owner; Revolution, sire; Halleluja H.A., dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders..........................................75.625%

1. VIOLIN ASH (Oldenburg), Ann Edelman, owner...................................................79.050% Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings 2. CHOTCHKE (Hanoverian), Lisa Clements, owner; Sir Caletto, sire; Sublime, dam; Lisa Clements, breeder..................................................................................76.300% 1. FABULOUSLY (Oldenburg), Merrie Velden, owner; Furstenball, sire; Bonsai, dam; Merrie Velden, breeder..................................................................................78.650% 2. MAMBO NO 5 (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Fair, owner........................................77.250% Fillies of Current Calendar Year 3. LOKI HSR (Oldenburg), Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin, owner; Lord Carnaby, sire; 1. HESPERA ASH (Hanoverian), Samantha Kidd, owner; Hohenstein, sire; Whipped Cream JP, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder............................................. 79.575% Haverford's Redhawk, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder...........................................75.350% 2. LADICEA (Hanoverian), Cara Choy, owner.......................................................... 79.075% 3. ZUZU PETALS (Westfalen), Lisa Clements, owner; Walldorf, sire; Zahnya, dam; Lisa Clements, breeder...................................................................................77.925% Three-Year-Old Fillies 1. MY MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Olga Bikakis, owner; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder....................................................................................79.900% Yearling Colts/Geldings 2. DELPHENIA (Oldenburg), Caroline Cox, owner; David Bowie MF, sire; 1. RAPSCALLION ASH (Hanoverian), Kaily Meeks, owner; Royal Prinz, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder..........................................................78.532% Brilliant Diamond, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder................................................77.175% 3. PHAEDRA ASH (Hanoverian), Samantha Kidd, owner; Pablito, sire; 2. NOTTINGHAM IPH (Westfalen), Heather Courtney, owner; North Forks Brenin Cardi, sire; Gemstone, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder........................................................75.625% End of Era, dam; Infinity Performance Horses & Megan Sibiga, breeders.................75.725%

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1. PHENIX (Oldenburg), Angela Mirarchi, owner; Popeye, sire; ROYSE (Hanoverian), Angela Mirarchi, owner; Rotspon, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder...............................................................................81.950% Clanfair Mary Kay, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder..............................................76.550% VALKYRIE ASH (Oldenburg), Samantha Kidd, owner; Vitalis, sire; Dreamcatcher, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder....................................................79.213% Four-Year-Old and Older Broodmares RALEIGH (Westfalen), Sheila & Shirley Murphy, owners; Razmataz, sire; Gilda FCF, dam; Hans Lengers & Indian Land Farm, breeders............................... 75.750% 1. ZAHNYA (Oldenburg), Lisa Clements, owner; Glorioso Noir, sire; Zejaluna, dam; Jessica Dworkin & Lisa Clements, breeders........................................................75.150%

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FINEST HOUR BC (Oldenburg), Andrea Nuccio, owner; Finery, sire; Wega WF, dam; Andrea Nuccio & Angela Stanaway, breeders.....................................................80.525% BENELLI (Westfalen), Allie Vetch-Helinski, owner.................................................77.463% NOBILIS BSH (Dutch Warmblood), Meaghan Byrne, owner; Governor, sire; Emerald's Way, dam; Blasland Sporthorses & Jill Blasland, breeders.....................76.650%

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1. NOA-TILDA C (Dutch Warmblood), Roberta Falk, owner; Glock's Toto Jr., sire; Zatilda, dam; C. Burgemeijer, breeder.............................................................81.350% 5.

2. REJOICE R (Hanoverian), Roberta Falk, owner; Rapture R, sire; Whoopy, dam; Marilyn Fawley, breeder................................................................................79.800%

VIOLIN ASH, owner ANN EDELMAN (CO)—Adequan®/USDF Colts/ Geldings of Current Calendar Year DSHB Horse of the Year

KOSETTE R (Dutch Warmblood), Carrie Gregory, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Coco Chanel R, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder...................................................76.600% SHYLAH RSH (German Riding Pony), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Stibby-Me, sire; Johanna RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer & Pura Vida Farms LLC, breeders.........................76.125% VALI'S HALO (Thoroughbred), K. Sue Halterman, owner; Replicate, sire; Oh Leary, dam; Christine Chanley & Roxanne Smith, breeders...............................76.100% JOHANNA RSH (Swedish Warmblood), Ellen Ziemer, owner; L.A. Baltic Sun, sire; Glamour, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder............................................................... 75.750% FURST ASCENT TW (Oldenburg), Erica Bliss, owner; Fursten-Look, sire; Wolkenfee, dam; Anneliese Kannow, breeder...................................................74.800%

HESPERA ASH, owner SAMANTHA KIDD (NC)—Adequan®/USDF Fillies of Current Calendar Year DSHB Horse of the Year

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RAPSCALLION ASH, owner KAILY MEEKS (NC)—Adequan®/USDF Yearling Colts/Geldings DSHB Horse of the Year

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ADEQUAN®/USDF YEAR-END AWARDS

2020 Adequan®/USDF Year-End Awards

NOA-TILDA C, owner ROBERTA FALK (VA)—Adequan®/USDF TwoYear-Old Fillies DSHB Horse of the Year

PHENIX, owner ANGELA MIRARCHI (NC)—Adequan®/USDF FourYear-Old and Older Stallions DSHB Horse of the Year

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Adequan®/USDF Materiale Horse of the Year

3. KIRISKA (Dutch Warmblood), Gayle Atkins, owner; Nadine Schwartsman, rider; Jazz, sire; Dariska, dam; Gayle Atkins, breeder..................................................81.800% 4. VIVA VIVALDI (Hanoverian), Diane Nauman, owner; Natalie Perry, rider; Vivaldi, sire; SPS Scarlett, dam; Diane Nauman, breeder.....................................78.800% Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings 4. ROCKELLE (Hanoverian), Angela Mirarchi, owner; Susan Hopkins, rider; 1. MAMET SSF (Dutch Warmblood), Rob Robillard, owner; Emily Donaldson, rider; Vitalis, sire; D'Orites SSF, dam; Carol & Carroll Tolman, breeders...........................80.700% Rotspon, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder......................................78.800% 2. DREAMLINER (Danish Warmblood), Sandy Alexander & Sarah Sharpe, owners; Sarah Sharpe, rider; Revolution, sire; Feine Freia V., dam; JJ Horses, breeder.........77.050% Four- and Five-Year-Old Stallions/Geldings 3. MAJESTIC DANCER NHF (Hanoverian), Kari Felton, owner/rider.............................75.650% 1. FRANCISCO (Oldenburg), Holly Reimers, owner; Merrie Velden, rider; 4. LOKI HSR (Oldenburg), Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin, owner/rider; Lord Carnaby, sire; Furstenball, sire; Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder...............................85.900% Haverford's Redhawk, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder...........................................74.900% 2. STANDING OVATION (Hanoverian), Gwen Blake, owner/rider; Scuderia, sire; 5. FIRST CRUSADER (Hanoverian), Paige Wolfe, owner/rider; First Dance, sire; Furstin de Charry, dam; Leon Meier, breeder.....................................................81.800% Confetti MF, dam; Paige Wolfe, breeder...........................................................72.550% 3. NTEC FALLSTAFF (Mecklenburg), Kai Handt, owner; Julia Handt, rider....................80.850% 4. FRANZSIS HSR (Oldenburg), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn & Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, riders; Franziskus, sire; Three-Year-Old Fillies Simone HSR, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder........................................................80.300% 1. DAVIDA PVF (Hanoverian), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Kaitlin Blythe, rider; Don Principe, sire; Grand Amour RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder........................78.800% 5. FAHRENHEIT SVS (Hanoverian), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; Jessica Wisdom, rider; Fuerstenball, sire; Udora, dam; Jeanne Schamblin, breeder................................80.200% 2. MY MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Olga Bikakis, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder................................................................78.550% 3. MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Nece, rider; Florianus 2, sire; Zoe, dam; Evelyn Angelle, breeder...........................................75.000% 4. MY VALENTINE GB (Friesian Cross), Gwen Blake, owner; Ashley Combs, rider; 1. Maurine Swanson Valentino JRB, sire; Priscilla, dam; Gwen Blake, breeder.....................................73.625% 2. Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn

Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year

Four- and Five-Year-Old Mares

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ROWENA SW (Swedish Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; 3. Hope Greenfield Martin Kuhn & Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, riders; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder.................................................84.400% 4. Maryanna Haymon SERENE HIGHNESS HA (Hanoverian), Cheryl Johnson, owner; Carrie Wilson, rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Halleluja H.A., dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders..............82.800% 4. Rafael Chavez & Haras Dos Cavaleiros

KOSETTE R, owner Carrie Gregory (WA)—Adequan®/USDF FourYear-Old and Older Maiden/Yeld Mares DSHB Horse of the Year

MAMET SSF, owner Rob Robillard (PA), rider Emily Donaldson (PA)—Adequan®/USDF Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Materiale Horse of the Year

DAVIDA PVF, owner Ellen Ziemer (NC), rider Kaitlin Blythe (NC)—Adequan®/USDF Three-Year-Old Fillies Materiale Horse of the Year

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FINEST HOUR BC, owner ANDREA NUCCIO (VA)—Adequan®/USDF Two-Year-Old Colts/ Geldings DSHB Horse of the Year

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HASHTAG TOP (Dutch Warmblood), Hilary Matthews & Jennifer Roth, owners; Jennifer Roth, rider; Negro, sire; Urania, dam; Stan Topilko, breeder.....................73.833% FHF ROCKSTAR (Oldenburg Cross), Jennifer Kaiser, owner; Raegan McCool, rider.....73.467% NICENE (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen, rider; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam; Flying Change Farm Inc., breeder.............................73.233% FLASH (Sport Pony), Victoria Moricco, owner/rider.............................................. 73.067%

Fourth Level

4. Lisa Clements

1. DIVERS-W (Dutch Warmblood), Bonnie Padwa, owner; Kimberly Litwinczak, rider; Westpoint, sire; Rialda, dam; H.G.H. van Geffen & R.J.M. Bokkerink, breeders........76.300% 5. Anita Nardine 2. CALVADOR V (Danish Warmblood), Debra Cangialosi, owner; Elizabeth Campbell, rider; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam; Viegard Stutteri, breeder................................... 75.867% 3. HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner/rider; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M. van Medl, breeder................................ 74.959% 4. DON TIAGO (Hanoverian), Rachel DeMarcus, owner; Donna Gatchell, rider; Don Henrico, sire; Wahidah, dam; Christiane Röttger-Voß, breeder........................74.367% First Level 5. GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Blaszak, owner/rider; Farrington, sire; 1. FALLING SKIES (Oldenburg), Kassandra Barteau, owner/rider............................... 79.667% Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder.................................................... 73.684% 2. MALI (Friesian Cross), Steven Anderson, owner; Isabelle Gallagher, rider; 6. REFLECTION (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Margaret Groom, owner; Zorro, sire; Super Sonic Supreme, dam; Steven Anderson, breeder....................... 75.267% Donna Gatchell, rider; Ridley, sire; Royal Beauty, dam; 3. YNZE FAN VELS (Friesian), Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier, rider; Chris Rush & Sue Freyant, breeders..................................................................73.517% Hessel 480, sire; Lymke H., dam; H.J. Vels Lankderdijk, breeder........................... 74.833% 4. BLACK JACK (Dutch Harness Horse), Birgitt Dagge, owner/rider; Alonzo, sire; Donna LLY, dam; Larry Yoder, breeder.............................................................. 74.333% Intermediate I 5. JUPITER GR (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Joyce, owner; Jill Dearing, rider................. 73.967% 1. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones, owner/rider; Dancier, sire; 6. JODOCUS (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Becker, owner/rider...................................73.917% Wildnight, dam; Schulze Henning, breeder........................................................76.150% 2. DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Dutch Warmblood), Diane Terp, owner; Elena Golubitsky, rider; Westpoint, sire; Noblesse Oblige, dam; W. M. Luyten, breeder............................. 73.875% Second Level 3. DANTARES (Dutch Warmblood), Gretta Williams, owner/rider; Donatelli, sire; 1. DIONYSUS MF (Hanoverian), Maryanna Haymon, owner; Angela Jackson, rider; Doctor Wendell MF, sire; Rising Star MF, dam; Maryanna Haymon, breeder............ 75.667% Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder..........................................................73.300% 4. TS DON CESAR (Westfalen), Cesar Parra, owner/rider............................................ 73.175% 2. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka, rider; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam; Johann Meyer, breeder.......................................75.500% 5. DONNEUR (Oldenburg), Katherine Lewis, owner/rider; Donnerschwee, sire; Akorina, dam; Arnold Meyer, breeder...............................................................72.850% 2. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder......................................................75.500% 6. WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian), Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders.................................................72.188% 4. SUNSPRITE'S SALTAMONTES (Hanoverian), Lisa Galliath & Triana Pangrcic, owners; Triana Pangrcic, rider....................................................................................75.000% 5. JJAGUAR B (Dutch Warmblood), Kristi Bloom, owner; Heather Salden Kurtz, rider; Grand Prix Spielberg, sire; Apres Zelma, dam; J. Jansen, breeder.........................................74.375% 1. WARSTEINER (Dutch Warmblood), Heather Mason, owner/rider; 6. DAVINIA (Hanoverian), Jessie Borgmeyer, owner/rider; Damsey, sire; Riverman-ISF, sire; Welona, dam; H. Davelaar, breeder...................................... 80.625% Donna Dorina, dam; Kuboth Heinz, breeder......................................................72.300% 2. CANDESCENT (Hanoverian), Alice Tarjan, owner/rider; Christ, sire; Farina, dam; Willi Helms, breeder......................................................................................80.325% 3. RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner/rider...................................... 76.875% Third Level 4. SEMPER FIDELIS (Oldenburg), Rowan O'Riley, owner; Heather Blitz, rider................75.125% 1. CHREVI'S CAMELOT (Danish Warmblood), Sheila Borneman, owner; 5. MILLIONE (Danish Warmblood), Millione Partners LLC, owner; Angela Jackson, rider; Tailormade Lancelot, sire; Chrevi's Cassiopaya, dam; Jes & Vivian Thomasen, breeders....................................................................76.600% Jennifer Schrader-Williams, rider; Milan, sire; Bakkely's Roberta, dam; Jorgen Olsen, breeder...................................................................................73.900% 2. RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; 6. ELFENPERFEKT (Trakehner), Alice Drayer, owner; Abraham Pugh, rider; Martin Kuhn, rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder.................................................................................75.500% Peron, sire; Elfentraum, dam; Alice & Peter Drayer, breeders.................................73.413%

Adequan®/USDF Musical Freestyle

ROWENA SW, owner/rider KATHRYN FLEMING-KUHN (IL)— Adequan®/USDF Four- and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale Horse of the Year

MAURINE 'MO' SWANSON (PA)—Adequan®/USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year

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SAMANTHA KIDD (NC)—Adequan®/USDF DSHB Breeder of the Year

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Adequan®/USDF DSHB Breeder of the Year

4. MELISSA PECK (IN), riding BIANKA LF (Trakehner); Melissa Peck, owner; Beethovan LF, sire; Forever Victorius, dam; Donna Baker, breeder........................70.400% 5. LINDA KIMBELL (IN), riding BALTIMORE (Oldenburg); Linda Kimbell, owner; First Level Bordeaux, sire; Lantana, dam; Marion Menck, breeder.......................................70.000% 1. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding BLACK JACK (Dutch Harness Horse); Birgitt Dagge, owner; 6. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen); Penelope Sachs, owner; Alonzo, sire; Donna LLY, dam; Larry Yoder, breeder............................................. 74.333% Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder.......................................69.933% 2. JILL DEARING (WI), riding JUPITER GR (Dutch Warmblood); Katie Joyce, owner........ 73.967% 3. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood); Meghan Walker, owner; Intermediate I El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................72.333% 1. GRETTA WILLIAMS (CA), riding DANTARES (Dutch Warmblood); Gretta Williams, owner; 4. EMILY ROY (TX), riding SANTANA (Hanoverian); Emily Roy, owner; Donatelli, sire; Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder.....................................73.300% Sonntagskind, sire; Atlanta, dam; Jenna Stern-Arnold, breeder............................. 72.167% 2. KATHERINE LEWIS (SC), riding DONNEUR (Oldenburg); Katherine Lewis, owner; 5. KELLI DIENER (MI), riding SERGENT FS (Hanoverian); Kelli Diener, owner; Donnerschwee, sire; Akorina, dam; Arnold Meyer, breeder..................................72.850% Sinatra Song, sire; Delightfull, dam; Marty Hunt, breeder....................................72.000% 3. RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian); Ruth Shirkey, owner; 6. KIMBERLY WATTS (CA), riding GUINNESS KBD (Dutch Warmblood); Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders..........................72.188% Kimberly Watts, owner; Negro, sire; Windfola, dam; Carol Baker, breeder.............. 71.809% 4. AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood); Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder...........................................71.938% Second Level 5. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL (Oldenburg); Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; 1. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood); Meghan Walker, owner; Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder..................................................................70.938% El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................75.500% 6. JOHN MCGINTY (FL), riding BRIZARD (Danish Warmblood); John McGinty, owner...... 69.750% 2. JESSIE BORGMEYER (MO), riding DAVINIA (Hanoverian); Jessie Borgmeyer, owner; Damsey, sire; Donna Dorina, dam; Kuboth Heinz, breeder...................................72.300% Grand Prix 3. ROXANNE BOK (CT), riding KIJONY (Dutch Riding Pony); Roxanne Bok, owner..........70.500% 1. ALICE TARJAN (NJ), riding CANDESCENT (Hanoverian); Alice Tarjan, owner; Christ, sire; Farina, dam; Willi Helms, breeder...................................................80.325% 4. TARA DENKE (MN), riding BELLA (Friesian); Tara Denke, owner; Anton 343, sire; Whitney C, dam; Tina & Todd Watson, breeders..................................................70.350% 2. BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU (Dutch Warmblood); Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder................72.988% 5. ELIZABETH CHARPENTIER ALLWEIN (NY), riding HEART THROB SCF (Dutch Warmblood); 3. KRISTIN HERZING (PA), riding GENTLEMAN (Hanoverian); Kristin Herzing, owner; Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein, owner; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam; Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders.....................................................................70.100% Grusus, sire; Rumpelstilzchen, dam; Jeffrey & Kathryn Nesbit, breeders..................71.175% 4. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding QUILEUTE CCW (Oldenburg); Amy Swerdlin, owner; 6. KATIE MISKOVIC (IL), riding SF LYCANTHORPE (Zweibrucker); Katie Miskovic, owner; Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder................................69.967% Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam; Amy Swerdlin, breeder...................................71.013% 5. ALEXANDRA KROSSEN (NJ), riding DAMANI (Hanoverian); Heather Mason, owner; Third Level Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam; Virginia Godfrey, breeder...........................................69.000% 1. ALEXANDRA KROSSEN (NJ), riding NICENE (Oldenburg); Heather Mason, owner; 6. BECKY SHEALY (SC), riding ZIDANE (Dutch Warmblood); Becky Shealy, owner; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam; Flying Change Farm Inc., breeder.............................73.233% Tango, sire; Parisma, dam; H. Litjens, breeder.................................................. 68.313% 2. VICTORIA MORICCO (NJ), riding FLASH (Sport Pony); Victoria Moricco, owner........... 73.067% 3. JENNIFER CHIN (NJ), riding DORA THE EXPLORER (Haflinger Cross); Alexandra Tomson, owner..............................................................................72.600% 4. SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood); Sara Davisson, owner; First Level Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder.................................72.217% 1. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; 5. CAROLINE MORGAN-SULLIVAN (MO), riding HALLELUJAH HVH (Hanoverian); Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder.......................................................71.349% Caroline Morgan-Sullivan, owner; Hotline, sire; Wruffian Q, dam; High Valley Hanoverians, breeder.....................................................................72.100% Second Level 1. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka, rider; 6. SARAH SHARPE (SC), riding ALHAMBRA LXXIV (Pura Raza Espanola); Tricia Mills, owner; GOLOSO XLVI, sire; Hermosa FCH, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.................... 72.067% Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam; Johann Meyer, breeder.......................................73.593%

Adequan®/USDF Musical Freestyle Challenge

Fourth Level

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1. RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn, rider; KIMBERLY BLASZAK (NY), riding GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood); Kimberly Blaszak, owner; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder..............75.041% Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................. 73.684% CASEY EITEN (IL), riding ESCHATON (Dutch Warmblood); Casey Eiten, owner; Fourth Level Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam; Linda Smith, breeder...................................... 71.500% 1. HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner/rider; TARYN YOUNG (IL), riding RAYNE DANCE (Warmblood); Taryn Young, owner.............70.583% Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M van Medl, breeder.................................. 71.797%

DIVERS-W, owner Bonnie Padwa (MA), rider Kimberly Litwinczak (MA)—Adequan®/USDF Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

HAPPY M, owner/rider BARBARA BREEN-GURLEY (CA)—Adequan®/USDF Fourth Level Musical Freestyle Challenge

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Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

5. ERIN LAURENT (NJ), riding JUGLANS Y (Oldenburg); Erin Laurent, owner..................74.397% 6. ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding FALKNER (Westfalen); Ashlee Watts, owner; 1. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones, owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Wildnight, dam; Schulze Henning, breeder........................................................72.738% Freestyle, sire; Laetitia, dam; Ashlee Watts, breeder.......................................... 73.273% 7. JULIE COOK (KY), riding GARFIO (Pura Raza Espanola); Julie Cook, owner; Grand Prix Gentil XVIII, sire; Jarena VII, dam; Carlos Caballero Bustillo, breeder..................... 70.345% 1. CANDESCENT (Hanoverian), Alice Tarjan, owner/rider; Christ, sire; Farina, dam; 8. STEPHANIE CLAUSEN-KUBARTH (WI), riding IMASTAR (Dutch Warmblood); Willi Helms, breeder.......................................................................................75.017% Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth, owner; UB 40, sire; Lestera, dam; Denise Osborne, breeder...............................................................................69.828% 9. AMY GRAY (TN), riding HENRY HAMILTON (Dutch Warmblood); Amy Gray, owner; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam; Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, breeder................ 69.742% 1. SALADINE STC (Hanoverian), David Ziegler & Stephen Fulton, owners; 10. MAUREEN KINYON (IL), riding MR.T A CHARISMA (Paint); Maureen Kinyon, owner; David Ziegler, rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Request, dam; Laura Beetle, breeder................. 8.04 Talk About Charisma, sire; Intimate Date, dam; Debra Whitmire, breeder............... 69.310% 2. ROWENA SW (Swedish Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner/rider; 11. KATHY NEKTON (NC), riding BINGHAM (Canadian Sport Horse); Kathy Nekton, owner; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder...........................7.82 Highlife's Body Guard, sire; Carywood's Greta Garbo, dam; 3. MW WEISSGOLD (Oldenburg), Jennifer Vanover, owner; Lindsey Holleger, rider; Soo Olafsen & Tracy Hanes, breeders................................................................69.138% Grey Flanell, sire; Weiss Schwarz, dam; Jennifer Vanover, breeder...............................7.79 12. KIMBERLY APICELLA (AZ), riding SIR HARVARD (Oldenburg); Kimberly Apicella, owner; San Amour I, sire; Hanseatin, dam; Joerg Klasen, breeder..................................69.052% 13. KATHERYNE PRAYLOW (SC), riding CIELO GRANDE (Half Arabian); Katheryne Praylow, owner; Montanha, sire; Nutmeg, dam; Jennette Simpson, breeder.................................68.966% 1. EASY DI FONTEABETI YMAS (Rhinelander), Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owner; 13. SARAH POJANOWSKI (IN), riding KEURCORDIA MG (Dutch Warmblood); Pablo Gomez, rider; Grand Galaxy Win T, sire; Ritournelle, dam; Sarah Pojanowski, owner; Everglade VDL, sire; Tercordia, dam; Az.Agr. di Antonelli Luisa, breeder..........................................................................8.08 Kathy Hickerson, breeder..............................................................................68.966% 2. LOVELY LENI (Hanoverian), Marne Martin-Tucker, owner/rider; Livaldon, sire; 15. LYLES PERKINS (CA), riding BAPTISTE (Hanoverian); Lyles Perkins, owner; Fia Rouge, dam; Dieter Kreyenhagen, breeder.........................................................7.79 Beltano, sire; Wie Donna, dam; GbR Baumgart, breeder.....................................68.936% 3. SHANAHAN (Oldenburg), Bridget Hay, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Lieto, dam; 16. RACHEL PENNINGTON (TX), riding SPS SORAJA (Hanoverian); Jill Peterson, owner; Bridget Hay, breeder............................................................................................7.54 Soliman de Hus, sire; Weltdame, dam; Rolf Deecke, breeder............................... 68.621% 17. MATTHEW BEASLEY (CT), riding OUTER BANKS GSF (Deutsches Sportpferd); Matthew Beasley, owner; Orleandro, sire; Fondu GSF, dam; Carolyn Miller & Greenstone Farm LLC, breeders................................................68.558% 1. JOPPE K (Dutch Warmblood), Joppe Partners LLC, owner; 18. TESSA DAVIS (SC), riding SHADOWFAX (Dutch Warmblood); Tessa Davis, owner.........68.448% Jennifer Schrader-Williams, rider; Rousseau, sire; Dadina K, dam; 19. ANDREW BLAIR (MA), riding WRISTOW (Oldenburg); Andrew Blair, owner; J.H. Kamperman, breeder...................................................................................8.30 Weltstern, sire; Fantine, dam; Matthew Beasley, breeder....................................68.379% 2. BALTASAR DE YMAS (Spanish Sport Horse), Cristina Danguillecourt & 20. DORIE FORTE (MD), riding RHOCK OF AGES (Oldenburg); Dorie Forte, owner; Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owners; Pablo Gomez, rider; Vitalis, sire; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Shnickers, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................68.362% Nativa De Ymas, dam; Yeguada De Ymas S.L, breeder...............................................8.03 3. AMPERIO (Oldenburg), Anne Gribbons, owner; Corine Smith, rider; Ampere, sire; First Level Romina, dam; Herbert Galts, breeder.....................................................................7.72 1. JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood); Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder......................................72.014% 2. ALEXANDRA DUARTE (CA), riding Q SIEBEN (Hanoverian); Alexandra Duarte, owner... 71.030% 3. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood); Meghan Walker, owner; Training Level El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................ 70.694% 1. COLLEEN RULL (MO), riding SELAH (Westfalen); Colleen Rull, owner; Sezuan, sire; 4. MARTINE DUFF (SC), riding IMPRESS SVN (Dutch Warmblood); Martine Duff, owner; Dreamgirl W, dam; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder................................................. 76.207% Totilas, sire; O. Esther, dam; Stal van Nobelen, breeder.......................................70.312% 2. MARIKAY ASBERRY (MO), riding FACETIME (Westfalen); Marikay Asberry, owner; 5. JULIE RAMSTEAD (CA), riding RINGO SPRINGS (Hanoverian); Julie Ramstead, owner.. 70.174% Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder................................75.517% 6. STACY ROSE (NY), riding SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross); 2. BETH PARSONS BIRD (NC), riding FALKOR (Hanoverian); Beth Parsons Bird, owner.....75.517% Stacy Rose, owner........................................................................................69.028% 4. ALEXANDRA KROSSEN (NJ), riding LOOKER SCF (Dutch Warmblood); 7. PATTY COMBS (IL), riding SHOW GIRL (Oldenburg); Patty & Richard Combs, owners; Alexandra Krossen, owner; Zulft SCF, sire; Fashionista SCF, dam; Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder............................. 68.793% Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders.....................................................................75.431% 7. ALBERTA MCEUEN (FL), riding CORDOVA (Holsteiner); Alberta McEuen, owner.......... 68.793%

Adequan®/USDF USEF Four-Year-Old

Adequan®/USDF FEI Five-Year-Old

Adequan®/USDF FEI Six-Year-Old

Adequan®/USDF Adult Amateur

EASY DI FONTEABETI YMAS, owner Yeguada de Ymas S.L (FL), rider Pablo Gomez (FL)—Adequan®/USDF FEI Five-Year-Old

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JOPPE K, owner Joppe Partners LLC (WA), rider Jennifer Schrader-Williams (WA)—Adequan®/USDF FEI Six-Year-Old

COLLEEN RULL (MO) riding SELAH —Adequan®/USDF Training Level AA

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ADEQUAN®/USDF YEAR-END AWARDS

Intermediate I

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Second Level

1. JANICE TURNER (NJ), riding IZACK (Dutch Warmblood); Janice Turner, owner............ 71.185% 2. ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding RICARDA (Westfalen); Ashlee Watts, owner; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder....................................70.390% 3. ALIX CURRY (CA), riding CLOUD NO. 9 (Hanoverian); Alix Curry, owner.....................70.359% 4. MAYA DALLA VALLE (CA), riding JERONIMO (Dutch Warmblood); Maya Dalla Valle, owner; Everdale, sire; Aisha Danka T, dam; W.H.J. Timmers, breeder...............................70.000% 5. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood); Meghan Walker, owner; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................ 69.703% 6. JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood); Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder.....................................69.227% 7. DEBRA KLAMEN (IL), riding WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood); Debra Klamen, owner; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder......................68.956% 8. SUSANNE BRANSON (IA), riding CAPPUCINE (Hanoverian); Susanne Branson, owner; Contucci, sire; Odette, dam; Susanne Branson, breeder...................................... 68.041% 9. CARRIE DORN (IL), riding RARA AVIS P (Hanoverian); Carrie Dorn, owner; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Diva, dam; Andrea Hayden, breeder..............................67.857% 10. KATIE MISKOVIC (IL), riding SF LYCANTHORPE (Zweibrucker); Katie Miskovic, owner; Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder.................................67.619% 11. JILL KESSLER (OH), riding FLURRY KNOX (Hanoverian); Jill Kessler, owner; Fabuleux, sire; Aunt Bee, dam; Ben Invergo & Regina Raab, breeders....................67.441% 12. LEIGH KENT-SCHERZER (AL), riding SAINT-TROPEZ (Swedish Warmblood); Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam; Doris Campbell, breeder.................................................................................67.381%

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13. JENNIFER LITTLE (CA), riding JOHNSTONE AR (Dutch Warmblood); Jennifer Little, owner.................................................................................... 67.365% 14. TRIIN DUCHARME (CA), riding HAVANNA (Hanoverian); Alain & Triin Ducharme, owners; Heinrich Heine, sire; Werra, dam; Wilhelm Heyer, breeder.................................... 67.143% 15. STACY ROSE (NY), riding SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross); Stacy Rose, owner........................................................................................66.607% 16. JODIE POTTS (VA), riding ISLAND FEVER (Appaloosa); Jodie Potts, owner; Jokers Measleyone, sire; Tooyoungtohonkytonk, dam; Amy Kinsch, breeder..........66.098% 17. LISA KISER (MI), riding DESTINED FOR FAME FFA (Half Arabian); Lisa Kiser, owner; The Color of Fame, sire; Dr Psyndy Psyndy, dam; Susan Jones, breeder.................65.893% 18. REBECCA BARNETT (FL), riding JOJO-V (Belgian Warmblood); Rebecca Barnett, owner................................................................................65.845% 19. JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg); Jennifer Miranda, owner; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................................... 65.789% 20. ERIN BAILEY (PA), riding IVEGAZZ (Dutch Warmblood); Erin Bailey, owner; Jazz, sire; Vega, dam; A.P. Hulshof, breeder.................................................................... 65.744%

Third Level

1. TRACEY COREY (FL), riding SKY'S THE LIMIT (Westfalen); Tracey Corey, owner; Stravinsky , sire; Desiree, dam; Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders............................. 69.750% 1. CAROL MCPHEE (PA), riding FEELING HW (Rhinelander); Carol McPhee, owner; Feedback, sire; Finesse, dam; Ursula Thiebes, breeder....................................... 69.750% 3. ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding RICARDA (Westfalen); Ashlee Watts, owner; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder.................................................... 69.210% 4. SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood); Sara Davisson, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder................................68.625% 5. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross); Kerry Rose, owner.......68.125% 6. BARRETT BARKSDALE (TX), riding BROOKLYN GCF (Hanoverian); Barrett Barksdale, owner; Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder....................................67.875% 7. JANICE TURNER (NJ), riding IZACK (Dutch Warmblood); Janice Turner, owner............67.813% 8. JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg); Jennifer Miranda, owner; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................................... 67.500% 9. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI (Pura Raza Espanola); Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder........................ 67.336% 10. ALEXANDRA DUARTE (CA), riding FEEGO (Rhinelander); Alexandra Duarte, owner; Feedback, sire; Gala, dam; Bertram Eißmann, breeder....................................... 67.094% 11. SANDRA HOLMES (CA), riding HELIOS KI (Danish Warmblood); Sandra Holmes, owner; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Lariza, dam; Kim Schebye, breeder..................................66.775% 12. HANNAH SIMMONS (NC), riding FOR REAL (Oldenburg); Anne Aloi, owner; For Romance, sire; Weicita, dam; Bernd Huslage jun. Brokstreek, breeder..............66.757% 13. ELISABETH DEWAR (TX), riding DE BLASIO (Oldenburg); Elisabeth Dewar, owner; De Niro, sire; Heidi, dam; Johannes Landwehr, breeder......................................66.375% 14. JOHN SCHAAF (NC), riding FERRANTE CF (Oldenburg); John Schaaf, owner; Fackeltanz, sire; Aussteuer, dam; Nancy Holowesko, breeder.............................. 66.216% 15. JULIA HANDT (TX), riding NTEC HON SOLLER (Hanoverian); Kai Handt, owner; Hofrat, sire; Pike Jounty, dam; Hans Schnadt, breeder........................................65.907% 16. JEANETTE KNIGHT (FL), riding HORIZONTE (Lusitano); Jeanette Knight, owner; Zazu, sire; Quadriga, dam; Alda Machado Gouveia, breeder................................65.875%

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9. AMY GRAY (TN), riding HENRY HAMILTON (Dutch Warmblood); Amy Gray, owner; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam; Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, breeder................68.750% 10. COLLEEN RULL (MO), riding SELAH (Westfalen); Colleen Rull, owner; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder.................................................68.243% 11. DANIELLE COMLEY (SC), riding BDF TOP DUN (Connemara Cross); Danielle Comley, owner; Wildwood Hearne Topgun, sire; Black Dog's Fiorella, dam; Beth Davidson, breeder......67.500% 12. SHANNON YATES (FL), riding ELITA (Zweibrucker); Shannon Yates, owner; Elazar, sire; Gale Force, dam; E.W.S.Z., breeder..................................................67.414% 13. BETH NIEBLING (NJ), riding KYNYNMONT AIDAN O'SULLIVAN (Connemara); Beth Niebling, owner; Kynynmont Aidan McVai, sire; Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood, dam; Pam Liddell, breeder............................. 67.222% 14. JOHANNE MARCOUX (FL), riding GANADOR RC (Pura Raza Espanola); Susan McGregor, owner; Saltador ORO 1, sire; Jabalina D, dam; Gregory & Sharon Small and Rancho Chico, breeders.......................................... 67.083% 14. SAMANTHA FARROW (TX), riding NTEC QUINTUS (Westfalen); Samantha Farrow, owner.............................................................................. 67.083% 16. BARBARA BUTMAN (MI), riding FURSTENROSE (Hanoverian); Barbara Butman, owner; Furstenball, sire; Landrose, dam; Johann von der Decken, breeder......................66.990% 17. JENNIFER COTTLE (SC), riding DAVIDOFF (Pura Raza Espanola); Jennifer Cottle, owner; POLICE, sire; Dormilon X, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder...............................66.832% 18. ELLIE ROSE (CA), riding FOUR BY FOUR (Hanoverian); Ellie Rose, owner..................66.702% 19. KARA CORPMAN (OH), riding MAESTRO (Thoroughbred); Kara Corpman, owner.........66.571% 20. BARBARA TUSKAS (OH), riding RONDEE VOO (Oldenburg); Barbara Tuskas, owner; Rotspon, sire; Cor de la Coeur, dam; Corey Taylor, breeder...................................66.179%

Fourth Level

1. KIMBERLY BLASZAK (NY), riding GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood); Kimberly Blaszak, owner; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................. 68.768% 2. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross); Kerry Rose, owner...... 67.692% 3. SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood); Sara Davisson, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder.................................67.431% 4. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen); Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder........................................67.244% 5. KRISTINE ADAY (CA), riding DREAM OF MINE (Hanoverian); Kristine Aday, owner; Dauphin, sire; Maxima, dam; Jocelyn Audet, breeder......................................... 67.049% 6. SAMANTHA FARROW (TX), riding NTEC QUOOPER (Deutsches Sportpferd); Samantha Farrow, owner; Quaterback, sire; Stella, dam; Michael Tinneberg GbR, breeder.................................................................... 65.000% 7. HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC (Lusitano); Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao Do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders... 64.445% 8. AMANDA JOHNSON (CA), riding DESEJO (Lusitano); Amanda Johnson, owner; S-Lancelot Couss, sire; Querida, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro, breeder..........................63.750% 9. SUSAN BENDER (SC), riding RANIA (Danish Warmblood); Susan Bender, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Rikochee, dam; Susan Bender, breeder...................................63.333% 10. KIMBERLY PATE (GA), riding FLORANTE YF (Oldenburg); Kimberly Pate, owner; Florestan I, sire; Tamarinde, dam; Judy Yancey, breeder.....................................63.200% 11. NICKI ATKINSON (TX), riding ECONTIFINO (Dutch Warmblood); Nicki Atkinson, owner......63.195% 12. JACQUELINE GREENER (PA), riding GRANDMASTER FLASH (Dutch Warmblood); Jacqueline Greener, owner; Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam; Carrie O'Brien, breeder......63.160% 13. HANNAH PARKER (PA), riding CHIARA'S HAVEN (Trakehner); Hannah Parker, owner; Tempestad, sire; Calina, dam; Ann del Campo, breeder.......................................63.125% 14. ADELE STEIN (CA), riding SUENOS GRANDE (Andalusian); Adele Stein, owner.............63.026% 15. AUDREY HUMPHREY (NH), riding TAMAR INGENUE (Arabian); Audrey Humphrey, owner; Mamage, sire; Tamar Miss Brabada, dam; Tamara Hanby, breeder....................... 62.794% 16. DEBORAH KONDOFF (NY), riding IVETTE (Dutch Warmblood); Deborah Kondoff, owner; Schroeder, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder..............................62.308% 17. RACHEL DEBERDT (CA), riding RENAISSANCE MAN HVH (Hanoverian); Rachel DeBerdt, owner; Rousseau, sire; Whitney BH, dam; High Valley Hanoverians, breeder....................................................................62.244% 18. BRIGITTE WEXLER (TX), riding MADOC ALIS (Welsh Cob); Brigitte Wexler, owner; Lidgett Meredith, sire; Madoc Gwyneth, dam; Carol Sewell, breeder.......................61.711% 19. CYNTHIA ACKER (PA), riding SHOWBOAT (Oldenburg); Cynthia Acker, owner; Hit Parade SFS, sire; Belize, dam; Sheila O'Keefe, breeder...................................61.053% 20. KAAREN POWELL (NY), riding FOSBURY (Hanoverian); Kaaren Powell, owner; Furst Nymphenburg, sire; Woodoo, dam; Heike Hartwig, breeder..........................60.417%

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1. JENNIFER WETTERAU (CA), riding HARTOG (Dutch Warmblood); Jennifer Wetterau, owner; Apache, sire; Bartoga, dam; W. Thijssen, breeder..............................................72.063% 2. JESSICA HOWINGTON (FL), riding CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood); Jessica Howington, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam; M.A. Aerts, breeder........................................71.765% 3. RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian); Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl Johnson & Eric Johnson, breeders...............71.157% 4. ALIX CURRY (CA), riding BENTO BOX (Hanoverian); Alix Curry & Gigi Cunliffe Noerr, owners; Benetton Dream, sire; Dallara, dam; Eliza Rutherford, breeder............................ 70.750% 5. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL (Oldenburg); Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder.................................................. 70.294% 6. AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood); Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder.......................................... 70.257% 7. JESSICA HOWINGTON (FL), riding J'ADORE (Hanoverian); Jessica Howington, owner; Jazz, sire; Daylight, dam; Limbecker GmbH & CoKG, breeder................................ 69.118% 8. MARGARET AUERBACH (FL), riding DARCO (Dutch Warmblood); Margaret Auerbach, owner; Verdi, sire; Wilanda, dam; J.A. van Marum, breeder............................................68.971% 9. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding SONNENKONIG (Oldenburg); Amy Swerdlin, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estelle, dam; J. Hartmann, breeder......................................67.941% 9. JOSH SOLSVIG (MN), riding LACKSETTE (Swedish Warmblood); James Torseth, owner.... 67.941% 11. CHLOE GASIOROWSKI (NY), riding FLORATINA (Hanoverian); Chloe Gasiorowski, owner; Fidertanz, sire; Rubina, dam; Susanne Rauth, breeder.........................................67.684% 12. BRYANA SMITH (FL), riding AMARASKA (Trakehner); John & Kari Cassel, owners; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder.................................... 67.059% 13. TRICIA EARLEY (TX), riding SAN ANGELO (Oldenburg); Tricia Earley, owner; San Remo, sire; Weltfee, dam; Johannes Poelmann, breeder............................... 66.912% 14. ANNE COLE (WA), riding GEZARIO (Trakehner); Anne Cole, owner........................... 66.765% 15. TERRI SUE WENSINGER (TX), riding QUINTESSENTIAL HIT (Oldenburg); Terri Sue Wensinger, owner; Quaterback, sire; Stellar Hit, dam; Sherry Smith, breeder................................................................................... 66.618% 16. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding DE PREMIO (Oldenburg); Amy Swerdlin, owner; Detroit, sire; Uzara-S, dam; Petra Schluesselburg, breeder...................................66.471% 17. STEPHANIE MUSSMANN (MI), riding SIGLAVY AGA (Lipizzan); Stephanie Mussmann, owner; Siglavy Dagmar, sire; 89 Aga, dam; Piber Stud Farm, breeder..............................66.397% 18. LAURA CROWL (KY), riding HANA (Dutch Warmblood); Laura Crowl, owner..............65.956% 19. MACKENSEY HAMBLIN (CA), riding CHEVALIER (Holsteiner); Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Con Air, sire; Ontaria III, dam; Thomas Petersen, breeder....................................65.875% 20. PHYLLIS SUMNER (GA), riding LOVELY PICTURA (Westfalen); Rec-Out LLC, owner.......65.809%

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JESSICA HOWINGTON (FL), riding CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood); Jessica Howington, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam; M.A. Aerts, breeder........................................72.721% AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood); Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder.......................................... 71.066% RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian); Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders......................... 70.294% ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding HAMPTON (Danish Warmblood); Ashlee Watts, owner; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Madigan L, dam; Erik & Jane Jensen, breeders................... 70.147%

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17. KARA KUSH (IL), riding DAVANNA (Dutch Warmblood); Kara Kush, owner; Rousseau, sire; Savanna, dam; Ada van de Kolk, breeder.................................... 65.813% 18. JENNIFER CHIN (NJ), riding DORA THE EXPLORER (Haflinger Cross); Alexandra Tomson, owner.............................................................................. 65.551% 19. REBECCA OLSON (CA), riding FABIUS (Rhinelander); Rebecca Olson, owner..............65.532% 20. JACQUELINE DUCCI (CT), riding SAGITARIO DE MV (Andalusian); Jacqueline Ducci, owner; Nativo, sire; Kenia de MV, dam; Manuel Vidrie Gomez, breeder............................65.500%

Intermediate II

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1. ALICE TARJAN (NJ), riding DONATELLA M (Oldenburg); Alice Tarjan, owner; Furstenball, sire; Jamaica, dam; Marne Martin-Tucker, breeder...........................73.880% 2. ALICE TARJAN (NJ), riding HARVEST (Dutch Warmblood); Alice Tarjan, owner............ 73.324% 3. ALEXANDRA KROSSEN (NJ), riding DAMANI (Hanoverian); Heather Mason, owner; Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam; Virginia Godfrey, breeder........................................... 67.206% 4. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding ALAIN DELON (Dutch Warmblood); Heather Jans, owner; UB 40, sire; Giovanna, dam; Stal Brouwer, breeder............................................ 67.059% 5. AKIKO YAMAZAKI (CA), riding GRONSKOVLUNDS ROMEEO (Danish Warmblood); Four Winds Farm LLC, owner..........................................................................66.250% 6. CHRISTOPHER PALABE (IL), riding DOW JONES 1 (Hanoverian); Christopher Palabe, owner; Desperados, sire; Enya, dam; Wilfried Otten, breeder....66.103% 7. LAURENCE BLAIS TETREAULT (Canada), riding UTAH (Dutch Warmblood); Mathilde Blais Tetreault, owner; Jazz, sire; Kolinda, dam; J. Drent, breeder...........65.637% 8. SARAH JANCIK (FL), riding TAMARINDO XI (Pura Raza Espanola); Sarah Jancik, owner.....................................................................................65.588% 9. AKIKO YAMAZAKI (CA), riding CHOPIN R (Dutch Warmblood); Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; Jazz, sire; Sibalia L, dam; A. Raemakers, breeder.............................................. 65.515% 10. JOLENE NOVAK (IL), riding ESTRELLA (Danish Warmblood); Jolene Novak, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Eternity, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder...............................65.368% 11. HANNAH HEWITT (GA), riding FIDENS (Dutch Warmblood); Tammy Pearson, owner; Tango, sire; Bliss, dam; T.A. van Dijk, breeder....................................................65.012% 12. BONNIE CANTER (TX), riding FIFINELLA GCF (Connemara Cross); Bonnie Canter, owner; ES Fred Astair, sire; South Ridge Bliss, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder..................... 64.875% 13. KAYLEE CHRISTENSEN (MI), riding CHATEAU 28 (Holsteiner); Kaylee Christensen, owner; Catoki, sire; Operette I, dam; Hans Witten, breeder............................................ 64.487%

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14. BONNIE KRETCHIK (FL), riding WARELLO (Canadian Warmblood); Bonnie Kretchik, owner; Warkanson, sire; Lara's Choice, dam; Rudiger Dupierry, breeder...........................64.412% 15. ANARTZ CHANCA (TX), riding SUPERMAN (Oldenburg); Anartz Chanca, owner...........64.250%

Grand Prix

1. CHARLOTTE JORST (NV), riding KASTEL'S NINTENDO (Dutch Warmblood); Kastel Denmark, owner; Negro, sire; Rodieni R, dam; C. Rommens, breeder..........72.065% 2. ALICE TARJAN (NJ), riding CANDESCENT (Hanoverian); Alice Tarjan, owner; Christ, sire; Farina, dam; Willi Helms, breeder....................................................71.478% 3. CARRIE SCHOPF (FL), riding SAUMUR (Oldenburg); Carrie Schopf, owner................. 68.723% 4. BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU (Dutch Warmblood); Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder................68.207% 5. AMINA BURSESE (FL), riding FITI AL (Pura Raza Espanola); Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam; Jose Albornos Garcia, breeder........................................................................ 66.739% 6. BARBARA BERTSCHINGER (FL), riding SIR SCHIWAGO (Bavarian); Barbara Bertschinger, owner..........................................................................66.263% 7. JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding MADAME NOIR (Danish Warmblood); Jennifer Huber, owner; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam; Ellen Jochumsen, breeder.......65.543% 8. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding QUILEUTE CCW (Oldenburg); Amy Swerdlin, owner; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam; Amy Swerdlin, breeder...................................65.109% 9. CHRISTINE EKSTRAND (CA), riding DARK BERRY (Oldenburg); Christine Ekstrand, owner............................................................................. 65.000% 10. TINA LOVAZZANO (CA), riding LEON XXIX (Pura Raza Espanola); Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam; Pedro Campdelacreu, breeder........................................................................ 64.837% 11. LUCY TIDD (MD), riding ELLERT HB (Dutch Warmblood); Lucy Tidd, owner; Johnson, sire; Alanda-B, dam; H. Brals, breeder................................................64.565% 12. THERESE LOTMAN (CA), riding ULYSSES LA HAYA (Dutch Warmblood); Melhill Stables, LLC, owner; Gribaldi, sire; Glenda, dam; F. Verhagen, breeder........ 62.891% 13. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding EMILIO (Westfalen); Heather Jans, owner; Ehrenpreis, sire; Mona, dam; Bernhard Bohnenpoll, breeder................................62.772% 14. KAITLYN LINGARD (NC), riding VALENTINO (Dutch Warmblood); Kaitlyn Lingard, owner; Kennedy, sire; Funera, dam; Gebr. van Halen, breeder........................................62.609% 15. BARBARA BONK (NC), riding CENTENO XII (Pura Raza Espanola); Barbara Bonk, owner; Martelillo IV, sire; Gramatica, dam; Yeguada Benito Rodriguez e Hijos, breeder........62.174%

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ROXANNE TRUNNELL (FL), riding DOLTON (Hanoverian); Flintwoode Farms LLC & Karin Flint, owners; Danone I, sire; Lady, dam; Markus & Michaela Aldag, breeders.......77.351% SYDNEY COLLIER (MI), riding ALL IN ONE (Hanoverian); Going For Gold LLC, owner.....73.631% WINONA HARTVIKSON (Canada), riding ONYX (Hanoverian); Winona Hartvikson, owner..............................................................................72.381%

Grade II

1. BEATRICE DE LAVALETTE (FL), riding DUNA (Dutch Warmblood); Beatrice, Elizabeth & Nicolas de Lavalette, owners; Vivaldi, sire; Nicola, dam; N.W.J. Duineveld, breeder......71.263%

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5. CHRISTINE MALPARTIDA (FL), riding REMARKABLE (Hanoverian); Christine Malpartida, owner; Royal Blend, sire; Wodina, dam; Klaus Meyer, breeder.... 68.676% 6. JESSICA HOWINGTON (FL), riding J'ADORE (Hanoverian); Jessica Howington, owner; Jazz, sire; Daylight, dam; Limbecker GmbH & CoKG, breeder...............................68.015% 7. KYLE MCIVER (FL), riding CHURRO (Pura Raza Espanola); Kyle McIver, owner; Armas Tarugo, sire; Katrina, dam; Dehesa de Cabeza Rubia, breeder.................... 67.892% 8. JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding DUCHESSE DU PRE (Hanoverian); Jennifer Huber, owner; Dauphin, sire; Wranis, dam; Marefield Meadows Inc., breeder..............................67.807% 9. BARBARA KUYPER (MI), riding ARITHMETIC TF (Oldenburg); Barbara Kuyper, owner; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder........................................ 67.390% 10. SARAH JANCIK (FL), riding LUMIERE NOIR (Hanoverian); Sarah Jancik, owner.......... 67.383% 11. JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN (Dutch Warmblood); Judith Nordstrom, owner; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder.................. 66.912% 11. KIMBERLY NOON-FISHEL (CA), riding DAZZLING W ROYALE (Dutch Warmblood); Kimberly Noon-Fishel, owner......................................................................... 66.912% 13. MARGRET SCHRANT (IL), riding ATHENA (Danish Warmblood); Margret Schrant, owner................................................................................66.692% 14. BRYANA SMITH (FL), riding AMARASKA (Trakehner); John & Kari Cassel, owners; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder.....................................66.471% 15. MARY YOUNGBLOOD (GA), riding CROWNPRINZ (Dutch Warmblood); Mary Youngblood, owner; Winterprinz, sire; Rise and Shine, dam; Cathy Balance, breeder.................................................................................65.625%

ALANNA FLAX-CLARK (CA), riding EL PASO (Dutch Riding Pony); Alanna Flax-Clark, owner; Elegant, sire; Karin, dam; H.L. Mulder, breeder................................................. 68.561% BEATRICE DE LAVALETTE (FL), riding SKY HIGH 15 (Hanoverian); Elizabeth & Nicolas de Lavalette, owners.......................................................... 66.341%

2. JOSH ALBRECHT (CA), riding INDEA KS (Dutch Warmblood); Josh Albrecht, owner; Charmeur, sire; Thea KS, dam; Janice Kissel, breeder.........................................69.076% 3. DALTON FURKIS (MI), riding USELA (Dutch Warmblood); Chloe Fullar, owner; Ronaldo, sire; Sebecca, dam; J.H. Hartmann-De Jong, breeder............................68.750% 3. AISLIN FALASCO (AR), riding UNSCRIPTED (Dutch Warmblood); Aislin Falasco, owner..... 68.750% 5. BREEANNA KENNEY (CA), riding THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (American Warmblood); Grade III Breeanna Kenney, owner...............................................................................68.333% 1. REBECCA HART (PA), riding EL CORONA TEXEL (Dutch Warmblood); Rowan O'Riley, owner; Wynton, sire; Urieta Texel, dam; W.T. van der Linde, breeder................................72.304% 6. KIARA LUTZEN (SC), riding VAN HALEN (Hanoverian); Kiara Lutzen, owner; 2. MEGHAN BENGE (SC), riding ZOEY (Welsh Cob); Meghan Benge, owner.................... 70.147% Now Or Never M, sire; Lorana, dam; Jost Klindwort, breeder...............................68.056% 3. REBECCA HART (PA), riding FORTUNE 500 (Oldenburg); Rowan O'Riley, owner; Fidertanz, sire; Weinrose, dam; Clemens-August Berding, breeder ......................70.049% Second Level 1. PAIGE ZIMMERMAN (PA), riding DUCATI (Hanoverian); Brenda Curnin, owner; Dancier, sire; Li La Lu, dam; Edda & Frederich Kroner, breeders............................ 69.756% Grade IV 2. BRENNA ALLEN (SC), riding HEADIN' TO HAP'S (Thoroughbred); Brenna Allen, owner; 1. KATE SHOEMAKER (FL), riding SOLITAER 40 (Hanoverian); Congaree, sire; Rodeo'sbeenspotted, dam; Nelsen Clemmens, breeder.................69.268% Kate Shoemaker & Sanderson Sporthorses, owners; Sandro Hit, sire; Dynastie, dam; Willelm Klausing, breeder......................................................... 75.244% 3. CARMEN STEPHENS (CA), riding WOLDHOEVES SILCO (Welsh Pony); Carmen Stephens, owner; Wester Aikema's Folklore, sire; Bokkesprong Caprice, dam; W. Stienstra, breeder........67.027% 2. CECILY BYRD (NH), riding DONNERZEIT (Hanoverian); Nancy Byrd, owner; Donnerschlag, sire; L'Etoile, dam; Lori Barrett, breeder........................................ 67.134% 4. TESSA GEVEN (GA), riding BIG BEAR'S CEPHEUS (Connemara Cross); Tessa Geven, owner; Cor De Lux, sire; Bib Bear's Esther, dam; Leigh Ertle, breeder................................66.741% 5. AISLIN FALASCO (AR), riding UNSCRIPTED (Dutch Warmblood); Aislin Falasco, owner.....66.622% Grade V 6. OLIVIA BROWN (NC), riding BALTHAZAR (Belgian Riding Pony); Olivia Brown, owner...66.225% 1. CYNTHIA SCRENCI (FL), riding ERAGON VF (Dutch Warmblood); Cynthia Screnci & Volado Farms, owners...........................................................68.095% 2. LEE GARROD (FL), riding QUESTION (Oldenburg); Lee Garrod, owner; Third Level Quaterback, sire; Evita, dam; Theo Reusch, breeder............................................ 67.791% 1. ANNELISE KLEPPER (OH), riding HAPPY TEXAS MOONLIGHT (Oldenburg); 3. CYNTHIA SCRENCI (FL), riding RICCIONE (Rhinelander); Cynthia Screnci, owner; Shannon Klepper, owner; Happy Diamond, sire; Texane, dam; Riccione, sire; Wesley, dam; Heidi Bongard, breeder...........................................67.674% Friederike von Waaden, breeder.....................................................................69.394% 2. MIKI YANG (CA), riding RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Oldenburg); Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; Ravel, sire; Riva del Garda, dam; Johannes Brinkmann, breeder..........................68.939% 3. GAGE MILES (TX), riding CONFLORSAN (Holsteiner); Michele Miles, owner.................68.125% 4. CAROLINE MCQUEEN (GA), riding MANDOLIN RH (Hanoverian); Caroline McQueen, owner; Maronjo, sire; Arielle, dam; River House Hanoverians, breeder............................ 67.083% Training Level 5. SYDNEY LIPAR (TX), riding HERZKONIG (Hanoverian); Denise Lipar, owner; 1. VIRGINIA WOODCOCK (GA), riding THE SAFARI PARTY (American Sportpony); His Highness 2, sire; Pica's Maya SN, dam; Sandra Neff, breeder..........................66.949% Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; Branstock's Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam; Sue Mesa, breeder....................................................................................... 73.276% 6. ALLISON BERGER (IL), riding MEJICANO CXV (Pura Raza Espanola); Allison Berger, owner.....................................................................................66.125% 2. LUCY KOERNER (MA), riding HERZGOLD 5 (Hanoverian); Margaret Koerner, owner; Herzensdieb, sire; Bonita, dam; Hans von der Decken, breeder.............................72.155% 3. MAIA RAMBERG (MN), riding WL BON BELLINI (Oldenburg); Ingvill Ramberg, owner; Fourth Level Bon Balou, sire; WL Bourbon Street, dam; Ingvill Ramberg, breeder......................68.836% 1. LARA ERDOGUS-BRADY (MA), riding GOLDENNETTIE (Dutch Warmblood); 4. GRACE CUMMINS (MN), riding FLY MAGIC FINN (Thoroughbred); Barbara Brady & Lara Erdogus-Brady, owners.....................................................67.821% Grace Cummins, owner..................................................................................67.931% 2. CHARLOTTE WAITE (CA), riding WINZALOT (Hanoverian); Charlotte & Mari Waite, owners; 5. SIERRA INABNETT (FL), riding BARCELONA (American Warmblood); Jean Thornton, owner; Wolkenstein II, sire; Franzisca, dam; Hans-Heinr Doescher, breeder......................65.694% Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Lalique EV, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder...........................67.759% 3. ALICIA BERGER (IL), riding AIRE CAVALEIROS (Lusitano); Alicia Berger, owner; 6. CARLA SCHULZ (CA), riding QUNIQUE N (Hanoverian); Christiane Noelting, owner...... 67.371% Junco, sire; Gaga, dam; Haras Dos Cavaleiros & Rafael Chavez, breeders............... 64.375% 4. LILLIAN MIKULSKI (NJ), riding FILLMAR C (Dutch Warmblood); First Level Allison Mikulski, owner..................................................................................63.889% 1. CARLA SCHULZ (CA), riding LIRIANO N (Oldenburg); Christiane Noelting, owner; 5. ALLISON BERGER (IL), riding MEJICANO CXV (Pura Raza Espanola); Licosto, sire; Dynamica, dam; Christiane Noelting, breeder..................................72.215% Allison Berger, owner....................................................................................63.390%

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VIRGINIA WOODCOCK (GA) riding THE SAFARI PARTY —Adequan®/ USDF Training Level Jr/YR

PAIGE ZIMMERMAN (PA) riding DUCATI—Adequan®/USDF Second Level Jr/YR

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NATALIA BACARIZA (FL), riding ROMANTICO YMAS (Hanoverian); Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owner; Belissimo M, sire; Rosenrot, dam; Friederike Rehkamp, breeder.........................................................................72.500% NATALIA BACARIZA (FL), riding DHANNIE YMAS (Hanoverian); Yeguada De Ymas S.L, owner; Don Crusador, sire; Welina, dam; Hinrich Engelke Wahnebergen, breeder...............71.765% CHRISTIAN SIMONSON (CA), riding ZEABALL DIAWIND (Danish Warmblood); Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; Furstenball, sire; Zini Diawind, dam; Bettina Qvist & Peter Schroder, breeders...........................................................70.882% CHRISTIAN SIMONSON (CA), riding HEMMINGWAY (Hanoverian); Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; Hendrix , sire; Mauricia, dam; Bjarne Berling, breeder.................................................................................. 70.147% AVA MACCOUBREY (ON), riding DANOLA (Dutch Warmblood); Toni Hanover, owner....69.363% KAYLA KADLUBEK (VA), riding PERFECT STEP (Hanoverian); Kayla Kadlubek, owner; Peridot, sire; Quintilla, dam; Simon Prasek, breeder...........................................69.265%

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MARLINE SYRIBEYS (GA), riding HOLLYWOOD (Hanoverian); Elizabeth & Marline Syribeys, owners; Hohenstein, sire; Fatima, dam; Burkhard Wahler, breeder..............................................................................68.853% BENJAMIN EBELING (CA), riding BEHLINGER (Hanoverian); Amy Ebeling, Ann Romney & Elizabeth Meyer, owners; Breitling W, sire; Woraria, dam; Christian Heinrich, breeder............................................................................ 67.990% PATRICIA AUGUSTINE (TX), riding BOHEMIO CR (Lusitano); Kennedy Williams, owner; Paragrafo Do Top, sire; Ula, dam; Alexandra Dees & CR Ranches, breeders ............ 65.515%

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MAUREEN KINYON (IL), riding MR.T A CHARISMA (Paint); Maureen Kinyon, owner; Talk About Charisma, sire; Intimate Date, dam; Debra Whitmire, breeder............... 69.310% KIMBERLY APICELLA (AZ), riding SIR HARVARD (Oldenburg); Kimberly Apicella, owner; San Amour I, sire; Hanseatin, dam; Joerg Klasen, breeder..................................69.052%

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JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood); Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder......................................72.014% MARTINE DUFF (SC), riding IMPRESS SVN (Dutch Warmblood); Martine Duff, owner; Totilas, sire; O. Esther, dam; Stal van Nobelen, breeder........................................70.312% PATTY COMBS (IL), riding SHOW GIRL (Oldenburg); Patty & Richard Combs, owners; Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder............................. 68.793% ALBERTA MCEUEN (FL), riding CORDOVA (Holsteiner); Alberta McEuen, owner.......... 68.793% BETH NIEBLING (NJ), riding KYNYNMONT AIDAN O'SULLIVAN (Connemara); Beth Niebling, owner; Kynynmont Aidan McVai, sire; Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood, dam; Pam Liddell, breeder............................. 67.222%

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ALIX CURRY (CA), riding CLOUD NO. 9 (Hanoverian); Alix Curry, owner.....................70.359% JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood); Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder.................................... 69.227% DEBRA KLAMEN (IL), riding WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood); Debra Klamen, owner; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder......................68.956% SUSANNE BRANSON (IA), riding CAPPUCINE (Hanoverian); Susanne Branson, owner; Contucci, sire; Odette, dam; Susanne Branson, breeder...................................... 68.041% CARRIE DORN (IL), riding RARA AVIS P (Hanoverian); Carrie Dorn, owner; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Diva, dam; Andrea Hayden, breeder..............................67.857%

BENJAMIN EBELING (CA), riding ILLUSTER VAN DE KAMPERT (Belgian Warmblood); Nuvolari Holdings LLC, owner......................................................................... 69.780% Third Level: Adult Amateur BENJAMIN EBELING (CA), riding DIAMOND'S DIVA (Oldenburg); Ann Romney, owner...67.464% 1. TRACEY COREY (FL), riding SKY'S THE LIMIT (Westfalen); Tracey Corey, owner; VANESSA CREECH-TERAUDS (Canada), riding HALLMARK 3 (Hanoverian); Stravinsky , sire; Desiree, dam; Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders............................. 69.750% Leatherdale Farms, owner; His Highness 2, sire; Lapislazuly, dam; 2. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross); Kerry Rose, owner.......68.125% Hanke Meyer, breeder................................................................................... 67.206% 3. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI (Pura Raza Espanola); Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder........................ 67.336% Grand Prix 4. SANDRA HOLMES (CA), riding HELIOS KI (Danish Warmblood); Sandra Holmes, owner; 1. HANNAH KANG (TX), riding LE BEAU HK (Hanoverian); Hannah Kang, owner; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Lariza, dam; Kim Schebye, breeder..................................66.775% Lacantus, sire; Venus, dam; Henning Klatte, breeder..........................................62.935% 5. JEANETTE KNIGHT (FL), riding HORIZONTE (Lusitano); Jeanette Knight, owner; Zazu, sire; Quadriga, dam; Alda Machado Gouveia, breeder................................65.875%

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MARIKAY ASBERRY (MO), riding FACETIME (Westfalen); Marikay Asberry, owner; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder................................75.517% JULIE COOK (KY), riding GARFIO (Pura Raza Espanola); Julie Cook, owner; Gentil XVIII, sire; Jarena VII, dam; Carlos Caballero Bustillo, breeder..................... 70.345% STEPHANIE CLAUSEN-KUBARTH (WI), riding IMASTAR (Dutch Warmblood); Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth, owner; UB 40, sire; Lestera, dam; Denise Osborne, breeder...............................................................................69.828%

NATALIA BACARIZA (FL) riding ROMANTICO YMAS—Adequan®/USDF PSG Jr/YR

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KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross); Kerry Rose, owner...... 67.692% PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen); Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder........................................67.244% SAMANTHA FARROW (TX), riding NTEC QUOOPER (Deutsches Sportpferd); Samantha Farrow, owner; Quaterback, sire; Stella, dam; Michael Tinneberg GbR, breeder.................................................................... 65.000% HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC (Lusitano); Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao Do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders... 64.445%

TRACEY COREY (FL) riding SKY'S THE LIMIT — Adequan®/USDF Third Level Vintage Cup AA

RUTH SHIRKEY (CA) riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS —Adequan®/USDF I-I and PSG Vintage Cup AA

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Prix St. Georges

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RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian); Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders......................... 70.294% JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding DUCHESSE DU PRE (Hanoverian); Jennifer Huber, owner; Dauphin, sire; Wranis, dam; Marefield Meadows Inc., breeder..............................67.807% BARBARA KUYPER (MI), riding ARITHMETIC TF (Oldenburg); Barbara Kuyper, owner; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder........................................ 67.390% JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN (Dutch Warmblood); Judith Nordstrom, owner; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 66.912% KIMBERLY NOON-FISHEL (CA), riding DAZZLING W ROYALE (Dutch Warmblood); Kimberly Noon-Fishel, owner......................................................................... 66.912%

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HEATHER JANS (IL), riding ALAIN DELON (Dutch Warmblood); Heather Jans, owner; UB 40, sire; Giovanna, dam; Stal Brouwer, breeder............................................ 67.059% JOLENE NOVAK (IL), riding ESTRELLA (Danish Warmblood); Jolene Novak, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Eternity, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder...............................65.368% BONNIE CANTER (TX), riding FIFINELLA GCF (Connemara Cross); Bonnie Canter, owner; ES Fred Astair, sire; South Ridge Bliss, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder..................... 64.875% JUDY ETHELL (MO), riding RICHTHOFEN 7 (Hanoverian); Judy Ethell, owner; Royal Blend, sire; Wonne, dam; Fritz-Harald Strodthoff-Schneider, breeder.............61.912% CHARLOTTE JORST (NV), riding KASTEL'S NINTENDO (Dutch Warmblood); Kastel Denmark, owner; Negro, sire; Rodieni R, dam; C. Rommens, breeder..........72.065% BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU (Dutch Warmblood); Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder................68.207% JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding MADAME NOIR (Danish Warmblood); Jennifer Huber, owner; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam; Ellen Jochumsen, breeder...... 65.543%

Karen Bell (CA) riding CHALEUREUX—Adequan®/USDF First Level Vintage Cup Prof.

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KAREN BALL (CA), riding CHALEUREUX (Holsteiner); Mahaffey International & Patricia Mahaffey, owners; Chevalier, sire; Movenpick, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder................ 76.034% SANDRA SAVAGE (CA), riding FIANA (Oldenburg); Maureen Lamb, owner..................73.668% CHRIS FEDERER (NV), riding DARIUS WF (Hanoverian); Chris Federer, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Ladybug, dam; Linda Woltz, breeder........................................72.153% HEATHER MEHAL (NC), riding LIVING THE DREAM (Thoroughbred); Heather Mehal, owner; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder..........................71.399% BARBARA BREEN-GURLEY (CA), riding WILLIT VF (Hanoverian); Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner; Wild Dance, sire; Ghia, dam; Thomas Murray, breeder....... 69.445%

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HEATHER MEHAL (NC), riding LIVING THE DREAM (Thoroughbred); Heather Mehal, owner; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder.........................68.452% PATRICIA RUSSELL (WA), riding TOY STORY (Half-Welsh); Patricia Russell, owner; Flying Feathers Frampton, sire; Scribbles Domino Deck, dam; Patricia Russell, breeder......67.679% KARI MCCLAIN (WA), riding HUNO (Lusitano); Nicole Grous, owner......................... 67.560% AUDREY SIMS (MD), riding FHENDI (Oldenburg); Audrey Sims, owner..................... 65.726% BRENDA PETERS-BEARE (CA), riding RENEGADE KID (Arabian); Cynthia Reichelderfer, owner; Sundance Kid V, sire; Guess Im Lollipop, dam; Cynthia Reichelderfer, breeder.........65.655%

Third Level: Professional

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JENNIFER TOBIE (AZ), riding SRC ADRIANA (Half-Arabian); Jennifer Tobie, owner; Loki, sire; CHA Farasha, dam; Adrienne Hancock-Leong & Natacha Lesburgueres, breeders....68.250% ROBIN HESSEL (OK), riding WIE GEHTZ (Hanoverian); Robin Hessel, owner............... 66.796% BETTINA WAGNER (NY), riding LI'CZABETH SCF (Belgian Warmblood); Bettina Wagner, owner; Balta' Czar, sire; Lieke, dam; Spy Coast Farm, breeder.......66.592% JOAN IANNACONE (ID), riding LINKIN (Hanoverian); Joan Iannacone, owner; Lullaby, sire; Welthana, dam; Joan Iannacone, breeder......................................63.553%

HEATHER MEHAL (NC) riding LIVING THE DREAM —Adequan®/ USDF Second Level Vintage Cup Prof.

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JEAN THORNTON (FL) riding MONTEGO —Adequan®/USDF I-l Vintage Cup Prof.

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5. SUSAN BENDER (SC), riding RANIA (Danish Warmblood); Susan Bender, owner; 4. TINA LOVAZZANO (CA), riding LEON XXIX (Pura Raza Espanola); Don Schufro, sire; Rikochee, dam; Susan Bender, breeder...................................63.333% Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam; Pedro Campdelacreu, breeder........................................................................ 64.837% 5. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding EMILIO (Westfalen); Heather Jans, owner; Prix St. Georges: Adult Amateur Ehrenpreis, sire; Mona, dam; Bernhard Bohnenpoll, breeder................................62.772% 1. RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS (Hanoverian); Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders...........................71.157% Training Level: Professional 2. ALIX CURRY (CA), riding BENTO BOX (Hanoverian); Alix Curry & Gigi Cunliffe Noerr, owners; Benetton Dream, sire; Dallara, dam; Eliza Rutherford, breeder............................ 70.750% 1. MERRIE VELDEN (CA), riding FRANCISCO (Oldenburg); Holly Reimers, owner; Furstenball, sire; Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder...............................79.052% 3. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL (Oldenburg); Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder.................................................................. 70.294% 2. JUDY DOWNER (FL), riding FAVORY VEREINA (Lipizzan); Judy Downer, owner; Favory Canada, sire; Vereina, dam; Mississippi View Farm, breeder...................... 73.349% 4. TERRI SUE WENSINGER (TX), riding QUINTESSENTIAL HIT (Oldenburg); 3. ANDREA SCHTEN (WI), riding WROYAL DUTCHESS (Hanoverian); Andrea Schten, owner; Terri Sue Wensinger, owner; Quaterback, sire; Stellar Hit, dam; Sherry Smith, breeder................................................................................... 66.618% Widmark, sire; Drama Queen, dam; Meg Williams, breeder..................................72.931% 4. BARBRA REIS (MI), riding VIVE VICTORY (Hanoverian); Barbra Reis, owner; 5. JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN (Dutch Warmblood); Judith Nordstrom, owner; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 65.735% Viva Voltaire, sire; Akli, dam; David & Leslie Bockus, breeders..............................72.069% 5. KARIN WORM (NJ), riding QUANDO BOY (Oldenburg); Amanda Perkowski, owner..... 65.735% 5. KAREN BALL (CA), riding HARLOW (Holsteiner); Patricia Mahaffey, owner; 5. RHONDA DRETEL (NC), riding AMBAR (Lusitano); Rhonda Dretel, owner.................. 65.735% Dolany, sire; Coco Chanel, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder..........................71.854%

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SANDRA SAVAGE (CA), riding ILARIO (Dutch Warmblood); Maureen Lamb, owner; Davino V.O.D., sire; Liantora, dam; J.J. Snip, breeder...........................................70.513% BARBARA BREEN-GURLEY (CA), riding HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood); Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M. van Medl, breeder......................69.688% JOANN WILLIAMS (WI), riding GLAMOUR GIRL DBA (Half-Arabian); Joann Williams, owner; Tristtan, sire; Gray Glimmer, dam; Tracey Dikkers, breeder..................................68.333% DARCY MILLER (PA), riding DUE PROCESS (Dutch Warmblood); Darcy Miller, owner; Consul, sire; Mist of Diamonds, dam; Sheila O'Keefe, breeder..............................66.592% CAROLINE STEARNS (NC), riding BISCOTTI (German Riding Pony); Caroline Stearns, owner; Beaujolais, sire; Kitty in a Tree, dam; Caroline Stearns, breeder...........................65.556%

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JOAN LEUCK WAAK (WI), riding BARRINGTON (Swedish Warmblood); Joan Leuck Waak & Richard Waak, owners; Akribori, sire; Be Happy, dam; Kjell Olsson, breeder............ 64.191% KATARINA ANTENS-MILLER (NJ), riding ADRIANO (Swedish Warmblood); Katarina Antens-Miller, owner; Don Primero, sire; Mint, dam; Christina Olsen, breeder.................................63.089% DEE LOVELESS (FL), riding SWAN QUEEN (Hanoverian); Dee Loveless, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Madeleine, dam; Irmtraud Mueller, breeder..........................61.500%

Intermediate II: Professional

1. HEATHER MASON (NJ), riding RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg); Heather Mason, owner.......70.993% 2. GAIL REDINGER (ID), riding FORMANCIER (Dutch Warmblood); Gail Redinger, owner; Furst Romancier, sire; Baileys, dam; M.M.P. Ophey-V.D. Berk, breeder.................. 67.890% 3. JONI ABNEY (TN), riding DENMARK (Friesian Sporthorse); Joni Abney, owner; Nico, sire; Vlarina, dam; Hidden Promise Sporthorses & Sherry Koella, breeders...... 66.618% Prix St. Georges: Professional 4. SHELLEY VAN DEN NESTE (FL), riding FIRE FLY (Dutch Warmblood); 1. CRAIG STANLEY (CA), riding HABANERO CWS (Dutch Warmblood); Craig Stanley, owner; Janet Simile, owner; Briar Junior, sire; Arieka, dam; A. Geessink, breeder.............. 64.750% Idocus, sire; Caliente DG, dam; Brenda Linman & Craig Stanley, breeders...............72.206% 5. ALISON DODD (IN), riding ECHO (Dutch Harness Horse Cross); 2. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (FL), riding CALVADOR V (Danish Warmblood); Debra Cangialosi, Maureen Leyden, owner................................................................................63.456% owner; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam; Viegard Stutteri, breeder......................... 69.118% 3. GAIL REDINGER (ID), riding DON FERRO (Oldenburg); Gail Redinger, owner; Grand Prix: Professional Don Olymbrio L, sire; Funny Girl, dam; Ursula Stelzer, breeder..............................68.456% 1. HEATHER MASON (NJ), riding RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg); Heather Mason, owner........70.707% 4. KARI MCCLAIN (WA), riding COMANDO (Lusitano); Nicole Grous, owner; 2. SHELLEY VAN DEN NESTE (FL), riding EYECATCHER SRF (Dutch Warmblood); Trevo Do, sire; Xira da Raposa, dam; Agropecuaria Iannoni LTDA, breeder...............67.795% Shelley van Den Neste, owner........................................................................ 67.283% 5. KATARINA ANTENS-MILLER (NJ), riding BATON ROUGE (Hanoverian); Jan Eisner, owner... 66.176% 3. ANNA WHIT WATKINS (TX), riding CIPRIANI (Westfalen); Anna Whit Watkins, owner; Casparino, sire; Roxana, dam; Gerland Hermann, breeder..................................64.240% Intermediate I: Professional 4. ROB VAN WESSUM (MI), riding WALANDO (Dutch Warmblood); 1. JEAN THORNTON (FL), riding MONTEGO (American Warmblood); Jean Thornton, owner; Kimberly Johnston & Rob Van Wessum, owners; Cantango, sire; Morgengold II, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder................................68.824% Nanet J, dam; F.M. Wijhuizen, breeder............................................................. 63.261% 2. LYNDON RIFE (TX), riding ROHANNAH (Hanoverian); Mary Beth Henderson, owner; 5. ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG POWERS (MA), riding DONAMIRA (Swedish Warmblood); Rienzi, sire; Daalny, dam; Marefield Meadows Inc., breeder................................68.236% Elizabeth Armstrong Powers, owner................................................................ 61.848%

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EDITOR’S NOTE:

Region 1 The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 1 Dressage Championships were held October 8-11, 2020 in Lexington, VA. Judges: Kem Barbosa, Catherine Bass, Agnes Billington Majewska, Lisa El-Ramey, Margaret Freeman, Alison Head, Natalie Lamping, Nancy Lowey, Janine Malone, Sandy Osborn, R. Scott Peterson and David Schmutz

Training Level Adult Amateur

CH. FALKOR (Hanoverian), Beth Parsons Bird (NC), owner/rider.................................. 72.845% RS. SHAVANNAH (Oldenburg), Sonya Hunt (VA), owner/rider; Sir James, sire; EM Rheceptionist, dam.................................................................................. 69.914% 3. SINATRA’S MELODY HB (Dutch Warmblood), Hannah Parker (PA), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Royale C, dam....................................................................69.655% 4. SAM I AM (Irish Draught), Terry Adcock (VA), owner/rider; Huntingfield Heathcliff, sire; Woodville Miley, dam....................................................................................69.397% 5. DON’T THINK TWICE (Connemara Cross), Katherine Short (KY), owner/rider; Dacaprio, sire; Windy Hollow Lilia, dam............................................................68.448% 6. FANCY THIS (Canadian Warmblood), Courtney Haley (NC), owner/rider....................68.103% 7. GO GRANDE (Oldenburg), Joan Watt & Shira Rosenthal, owners; Shira Rosenthal (MD), rider............................................................................66.810% 8. FLICKA (Warmblood Cross), Sarah Edwards (VA), owner/rider...............................66.552%

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. JOHNNY B. GOODE (Hanoverian), Margaret Robbins, owner; Brenna Allen (SC), rider.....69.138% RS. CODY, Domenique Carson, owner; Elin Lindstrom (MD), rider...............................66.466% 3. MR. BRUTUS (Thoroughbred), Grace Regan (SC), owner/rider...............................66.379% 4. SARACCHI (Oldenburg), Lauren Chumley, owner; Taiwan Parrish (NJ), rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Amica, dam...........................................................................64.741%

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SOCHI (Quarter Horse Cross), Hadley Middleton (DC), owner/rider......................... 62.931% REDEEMED LACE (Draft Cross), Gabriella Escobar (VA), owner/rider.........................61.810% MANHATTAN (Warmblood Cross), Susan Cline-Wilkinson, owner; Anna Robinson (NJ), rider............................................................................... 61.466% MMM POSSIBILITIES (Thoroughbred), Ashley Christian, owner; Raegan Nalls (MD), rider................................................................................60.690%

Training Level Open

CH. ZAFIRA MWF (Friesian), Sherri Garner, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider; Meinse 439, sire; Wanda of Black Pearl, dam.................................................... 72.845% RS. LEELOO DALLAS (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Chumley (NJ), owner/rider; Gaspard De La Nuit DG , sire; Voque, dam.........................................................70.690% 3. HADASSAH (Hanoverian), Brandi Benedict (VA), owner/rider..................................70.603% 4. QUPID (Oldenburg), Judith Knopp, owner; Brandi Benedict (VA), rider; Qredit Hilltop, sire; Keeping Hope, dam.............................................................70.517% 5. QADENCE (Hanoverian), Emme Johnston (NC), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Ariel, dam........................................................................... 68.707% 6. REINA AF (Hanoverian), Torrey Wilkinson (PA), owner/rider; Richmond HL, sire; Genoveva, dam............................................................................................68.276% 7. TATES FUERST DANCE DASH (Oldenburg), Linda Crabtree, owner; Skye Finn (NJ), rider.......................................................................................68.103% 8. DEVAREAUX (Hanoverian), Virginia Godfrey, owner; Letitia Mastrianni (NC), rider..... 68.017%

First Level Adult Amateur

CH. ZORNIK (Oldenburg), Beth Parsons Bird & Lucy Parsons, owners; Beth Parsons Bird (NC), rider.......................................................................... 74.236% RS. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker (NJ), owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam.........................................................................70.208% 3. SINATRA’S MELODY HB (Dutch Warmblood), Hannah Parker (PA), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Royale C, dam....................................................................68.403%

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LOVELY LENI (Hanoverian), Marne Martin-Tucker (MD), owner/rider; Livaldon, sire; Fia Rouge, dam.........................................................................67.708% RHEA (Oldenburg), Christine Capano (PA), owner/rider; Royal Prince, sire; Wraina, dam................................................................................................ 67.569% JORIEN (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Lukashewski (NC), owner/rider; Charmeur, sire; Odorien, dam.............................................................................................. 67.292% BSF RENAISSANCE ROSE (Swedish Warmblood), Tammy Moore (VA), owner/rider; Rosenthal, sire; Chocolat, dam........................................................................67.014% GRAND SLAM SAM (German Warmblood), Cody Pierce, owner; Annie Connelly (VA), rider...............................................................................66.806%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. SARACCHI (Oldenburg), Lauren Chumley, owner; Taiwan Parrish (NJ), rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Amica, dam...........................................................................70.764% RS. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Franki Kesner (NJ), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Passoa, dam................................................................................................ 70.486% 3. INCANTO (Oldenburg), Catherine Pagliuca, owner; Hailey Clifford (VA), rider............69.236% 4. ARMANDO SFI (Half-Andalusian), Devon Wallish (PA), owner/rider; Dichoso Uno, sire; Cassopia, dam...................................................................66.944% 5. SPOT ON DOOLITTLE (Gypsy Vanner), Diana Shale (OH), owner/rider; Featherwood Fir Darrig, sire; Featherwood Lady Blue, dam.................................65.694% 6. ZIDANE D (Dutch Warmblood), Maddy Cornman (VA), owner/rider; Tango, sire; Parisma, dam..............................................................................................64.097% 7. CHIEF DAAHER (Thoroughbred), Morgan Collito (PA), owner/rider..........................62.500% 8. TIGGER VIII (Thoroughbred), Katie Hasse, owner; Abigail Rowe (MD), rider............. 62.014%

First Level Open

CH. LEELOO DALLAS (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Chumley (NJ), owner/rider; Gaspard De La Nuit DG , sire; Voque, dam......................................................... 70.486% RS. ZAFIRA MWF (Friesian), Sherri Garner, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider; Meinse 439, sire; Wanda of Black Pearl, dam....................................................70.000% 3. KRYON CR (Dutch Warmblood), Molly Paris (NC), owner/rider; Ferro, sire; Elise LPW, dam.............................................................................................69.097% 4. JAMAICAN VACATION (Holsteiner Cross), Morgan Batton (SC), owner/rider............... 68.819% 5. KAYMAN (Dutch Warmblood), Dawn Weniger (NC), owner/rider; Damon Hill, sire; Amanda, dam....................................................................... 68.472% 6. WF JUST MY STYLE (Half Arabian), Kimberly Bliefernich, owner; Kate Knick (VA), rider; Red Astaire, sire; Flashy Dreamer, dam.............................. 68.472% 7. KIR ROYALE MP (Dutch Warmblood), Melanie Harper (NC), owner/rider; Schroeder, sire; Waikiki, dam..........................................................................67.917% 8. SBF DONNA DELINA (Westfalen), Janine Markham, owner; Emeraude Dandurand Sharer (NC), rider; Del Estero AT, sire; Prada D, dam............. 67.500%

First Level Freestyle

CH. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker (NJ), owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam...........................................................................77.167% RS. REGGAE (Hanoverian), Geraldine Orlando, owner; Emme Johnston (NC), rider; Regazzoni, sire; Lantanna, dam.......................................................................75.817% 3. MYNKE V.D. ZOGGELSESTRAAT (Friesian), Elizabeth Smith, owner; Mary Winchell (VA), rider; Onne 376, sire; Valentina Van Stal Jaegerhof, dam..........70.400% 4. KASARAH (Dutch Warmblood), Aneesa Romans (PA), owner/rider; Florianus 2, sire; Thumbelina, dam......................................................................................... 70.067% 5. HEIRABELLA (Hanoverian), Danielle Sintoni & Teresa Martin, owners; Danielle Sintoni (NC), rider; Hotline, sire; Rubina MWF, dam.................................69.500% 6. COMMANDO (Holsteiner), Amanda Braun (MD), owner/rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; Isis du Desert, dam........................................................69.033% 7. JORIEN (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Lukashewski (NC), owner/rider; Charmeur, sire; Odorien, dam......................................................................... 68.100% 8. ZIDANE D (Dutch Warmblood), Maddy Cornman (VA), owner/rider; Tango, sire; Parisma, dam............................................................................. 67.900%

Second Level Adult Amateur

CH. ZORNIK (Oldenburg), Beth Parsons Bird & Lucy Parsons, owners; Beth Parsons Bird (NC), rider.......................................................................... 71.905% RS. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker (NJ), owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam..........................................................................67.917% 3. ZZ GRANDI (Half Arabian), Kathryn Zarish (MD), owner/rider..................................67.917% 4. CARBONERO XCVI (Pura Raza Espanola), Tina Cook (NC), owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam..................................................................67.440%

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Second Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. HEADIN’ TO HAP’S (Thoroughbred), Brenna Allen (SC), owner/rider; Congaree, sire; Rodeo’sbeenspotted, dam..............................................................................67.857% RS. ARMANDO SFI (Half-Andalusian), Devon Wallish (PA), owner/rider; Dichoso Uno, sire; Cassopia, dam...................................................................65.655% 3. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Franki Kesner (NJ), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Passoa, dam................................................................................................65.357% 4. HIDDEN’S MIDNIGHT SHADOW (American Sportpony), Michelle Hargreaves, owner; Iselle Longman (NC), rider...............................................................................62.917% 5. HIVER (Thoroughbred), Laurie Wallace, owner; Maddie Smith (SC), rider................58.929% 6. SPOT ON DOOLITTLE (Gypsy Vanner), Diana Shale (OH), owner/rider; Featherwood Fir Darrig, sire; Featherwood Lady Blue, dam................................. 57.500%

Second Level Open

CH. VIOLETS ʼR BLUE (Gypsy Vanner), Wendy Dean, owner; Kate Knick (VA), rider; VV Deja Blue, sire; SFG Summer Rose, dam.......................................................68.929% RS. SOPHIA (Rhinelander), Hannah Pierucci Schmidt (VA), owner/rider.........................68.690% 3. IPANEMA GIRL (Dutch Warmblood), Angela Voss (MD), owner/rider........................68.690% 4. WF JUST MY STYLE (Half Arabian), Kimberly Bliefernich, owner; Kate Knick (VA), rider; Red Astaire, sire; Flashy Dreamer, dam.............................. 67.500% 5. LADIES MAN (Hanoverian), Carolyn Maki, owner; Hannah Pierucci Schmidt (VA), rider; Liberty Gold, sire; Bernina, dam..................... 67.143% 6. SUMATRA (Hanoverian), Edith Blair, owner; Abigail Gibbon (MD), rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Fallan, dam.......................................................................66.845% 7. ZEPPELIN (Oldenburg), Ann Wilson, owner; Laine Ashker (VA), rider; Zack, sire; Cleopatra, dam............................................................................................65.833% 8. LIVING THE DREAM (Thoroughbred), Heather Mehal (NC), owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam...............................................................65.774%

Second Level Freestyle

CH. KINGSTOWN (Dutch Warmblood), Meghan Walker (NJ), owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam......................................................................... 74.283% RS. HEADIN’ TO HAP’S (Thoroughbred), Brenna Allen (SC), owner/rider; Congaree, sire; Rodeo’s Been Spotted, dam.....................................................69.933% 3. SUMATRA (Hanoverian), Edith Blair, owner; Abigail Gibbon (MD), rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Fallan, dam.......................................................................69.900% 4. HONOUR BRIGHT (Friesian Cross), Jane Kelly (VA), owner/rider; Oden, sire; Hanna, dam.................................................................................................67.817% 5. LIVING THE DREAM (Thoroughbred), Heather Mehal (NC), owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam.............................................................. 67.600% 6. BRILLIANT BLUME (Hanoverian), Laurie Weiser, owner; Emme Johnston (NC), rider.......67.083% 7. CARBONERO XCVI (Pura Raza Espanola), Tina Cook (NC), owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam.................................................................66.950% 8. GENTLE (Dutch Warmblood), Carol Thomas (VA), owner/rider; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam..................................................................................................65.300%

Third Level Adult Amateur

CH. NEA’S PIALOTTA (Oldenburg), Karen Bates (GA), owner/rider; Licotus, sire; Neastate III, dam...........................................................................................74.375% RS. DUVALDEZ (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Clark (NC), owner/rider; Valdez, sire; Venga, dam.................................................................................................68.500% 3. CALLING CADENCE (Hanoverian), Marianne Campano (VA), owner/rider..................68.000% 4. JANERO (Hanoverian), Helle Goodrich (MD), owner/rider.......................................67.875% 5. ZILAS GULDBJERG (Danish Warmblood), Sally Hoedebecke (PA), owner/rider; Blue Hors Zack, sire; Danielle Guldbjerg, dam................................................... 67.563% 6. CARBONERO XCVI (Pura Raza Espanola), Tina Cook (NC), owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam.................................................................. 67.188% 7. ROHAN (Hanoverian), Eva Finlon (NC), owner/rider; Royal Prince, sire; ES-Special, dam........................................................................................... 67.063% 8. FOR REAL (Oldenburg), Anne Aloi, owner; Hannah Simmons (NC), rider; For Romance, sire; Weicita, dam.....................................................................66.938% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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CH. FABULOUS (Oldenburg), Donna Gatchell, owner; Sophie-Ann Stremple (VA), rider; Fidertanz, sire; Weniga, dam.......................................................................... 64.875% RS. AGOSTINI (Dutch Warmblood), Annie Connelly, owner; Lauren Connelly (VA), rider; Samber, sire; Odessa, dam............................................................................ 64.313% 3. HEADIN’ TO HAP’S (Thoroughbred), Brenna Allen (SC), owner/rider; Congaree, sire; Rodeo’sbeenspotted, dam.............................................................................64.000% 4. BENEO (Dutch Warmblood), Julio Mendoza Loor & Mateo Mendoza, owners; Mateo Mendoza (NC), rider............................................................................63.063% 5. VALET (Dutch Warmblood), Jeff Dunkelberger, owner; Lucas Garvey (VA), rider........58.750%

Fourth Level Open

CH. SANTA BARBARA DASH (Oldenburg), Lauren Chumley (NJ), owner/rider; San City, sire; Barcarole, dam..........................................................................70.764% RS. REFLECTION (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Margaret Groom, owner; Donna Gatchell (VA), rider; Ridley, sire; Royal Beauty, dam...................................70.347% 3. HOTSTREAK CF (Hanoverian), Jaime Dancer (NJ), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Rococo OSH, dam.........................................................................................66.875% 4. TOM FOOLERY (Danish Warmblood), Stephany Ruffolo, owner; Babsi Neidhardt-Clark (PA), rider; Westpoint, sire; Sindra W, dam..........................66.597% 5. CESARIO (Deutsches Sportpferd), Elizabeth Ash, owner; Cody Pierce (NC), rider; Casdorff, sire; Ocean Girl, dam.......................................................................66.389% 6. SELFMADE (Hanoverian), Adriane Alvord (VA), owner/rider................................... 65.347% Third Level Open 7. DON TIAGO (Hanoverian), Rachel DeMarcus, owner; Donna Gatchell (VA), rider; CH. GRETZKY RV (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Sprieser (VA), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Top Gun R, dam........................................................................70.938% Don Henrico, sire; Wahidah, dam................................................................... 65.000% 8. SIMON (Danish Warmblood), Anne Aloi (NC), owner/rider; Stevie Wonder, sire; RS. SANTA BARBARA DASH (Oldenburg), Lauren Chumley (NJ), owner/rider; San City, sire; Barcarole, dam......................................................................... 70.750% Titanini AF Hvarre, dam................................................................................. 64.722% 3. SUPREMONT (Oldenburg), EG Sport Horses LLC, owner; Jaime Dancer (NJ), rider.....69.625% Fourth Level Freestyle 4. ILAYA (Dutch Warmblood), Deborah Lowham, owner; Nicole Ardito-Ng (VA), rider; Dream Boy, sire; Papayja, dam.......................................................................68.625% CH. REFLECTION (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Margaret Groom, owner; Donna Gatchell (VA), rider; Ridley, sire; Royal Beauty, dam...................................73.933% 5. WOODFORD (American Warmblood), Jeri Tate, owner; Halley Bell (OH), rider; Mon Capitain, sire........................................................................................68.500% RS. CAPITANO (American Warmblood), Shelley Schuler, owner; Angelia Bean (PA), rider; 6. DRACONIS (Hanoverian), Adriane Alvord (VA), owner/rider....................................68.375% FS Chambertin, sire; Valetta, dam...................................................................73.333% 3. DON TIAGO (Hanoverian), Rachel DeMarcus, owner; Donna Gatchell (VA), rider; 7. CESARIO (Deutsches Sportpferd), Elizabeth Ash, owner; Cody Pierce (NC), rider; Casdorff, sire; Ocean Girl, dam.......................................................................68.000% Don Henrico, sire; Wahidah, dam.....................................................................67.267% 4. FEINER FINALE (Hanoverian), Jane Kelly (VA), owner/rider; Feinerstern, sire; 8. HEIRENDALE SBF (Hanoverian), Kelsey Dunlap (NC), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Rubina MWF, dam........................................................................................ 67.938% Lamirage, dam............................................................................................66.433% 5. DHELMONICO (Oldenburg), Dana Nause (NJ), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Rhussia, dam...............................................................................................66.333% Third Level Freestyle 6. MARCO POLO GS (Trakehner), Liberty Seaford (VA), owner/rider; Ferrari GS, sire; CH. REFLECTION (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Margaret Groom, owner; Marionette GS, dam......................................................................................65.967% Donna Gatchell (VA), rider; Ridley, sire; Royal Beauty, dam...................................78.500% 7. SELFMADE (Hanoverian), Adriane Alvord (VA), owner/rider....................................65.767% RS. ROHAN (Hanoverian), Eva Finlon (NC), owner/rider; Royal Prince, sire; 8. BRISK (Hanoverian), Robin Petrasek (MD), owner/rider; Banter, sire; Laudable, dam....64.683% ES-Special, dam............................................................................................71.833% 3. SANTA BARBARA DASH (Oldenburg), Lauren Chumley (NJ), owner/rider; Junior Team San City, sire; Barcarole, dam.......................................................................... 71.817% CH. DRAMATIKA V (Hanoverian), Quinn Ridgway (NJ), owner/rider................................61.136% 4. DRACONIS (Hanoverian), Adriane Alvord (VA), owner/rider.....................................71.067% 5. DUBLIN (Swedish Warmblood), Hallie Ahrnsbrak (MD), owner/rider.......................69.583% Young Rider Team 6. WOODFORD (American Warmblood), Jeri Tate, owner; Halley Bell (OH), rider; CH. AMORETTO (Dutch Warmblood), Megan Peterson (PA), owner/rider.........................64.779% Mon Capitain, sire........................................................................................69.567% RS. ESTUDIOSO XLIV (Pura Raza Espanola), Jordan, Karla & Tim Lockwood, owners; 7. FABULOUS (Oldenburg), Donna Gatchell, owner; Sophie-Ann Stremple (VA), rider; Jordan Lockwood (TN), rider; Orador XVI, sire; Estudiosa, dam.............................. 64.118% Fidertanz, sire; Weniga, dam..........................................................................69.333% 8. DUVALDEZ (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Clark (NC), owner/rider; Valdez, sire; Venga, dam..................................................................................................69.100% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur CH. FREESTYLER HRH (Westfalen), Stephanie McNutt (MD), owner/rider; Furst Fugger, sire; Dolce Vita HRH, dam............................................................68.676% Fourth Level Adult Amateur RS. VODERMUS (Dutch Warmblood), Jessie Ginsburg (VA), owner/rider; CH. HIGHLIGHT (Dutch Warmblood), Diane Glossman (PA), owner/rider........................69.097% Hors La Loi II, sire; Sodermie Z, dam................................................................ 66.912% RS. NEA’S PIALOTTA (Oldenburg), Karen Bates (GA), owner/rider; Licotus, sire; 3. LOVELY PICTURA (Westfalen), Rec-Out LLC, owner; Phyllis Sumner (GA), rider...........64.926% Neastate III, dam..........................................................................................65.972% 4. SHOWBOAT (Oldenburg), Cynthia Acker (PA), owner/rider; Hit Parade SFS, sire; 3. FAHRENHEIT (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Parsons Bird (NC), owner/rider; Belize, dam.................................................................................................. 64.191% Florencio I, sire; Revanche, dam.....................................................................65.556% 5. G FORCE W (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Bojengel, sire; 4. DUVALDEZ (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Clark (NC), owner/rider; Valdez, sire; Celeste W, dam............................................................................................64.044% Venga, dam................................................................................................. 64.792% 6. RITA MAE JOHNSON (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Ortt (MD), owner/rider; 5. DHELMONICO (Oldenburg), Dana Nause (NJ), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; R. Johnson, sire; Kaola, dam..........................................................................63.382% Rhussia, dam................................................................................................62.778% 7. FAHRENHEIT (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Parsons Bird (NC), owner/rider; 6. WYOMING (Dutch Warmblood), Marianne Campano (VA), owner/rider.................... 62.431% Florencio I, sire; Revanche, dam.....................................................................63.309% 7. SHOWBOAT (Oldenburg), Cynthia Acker (PA), owner/rider; Hit Parade SFS, sire; 8. DON AMIGO (Danish Warmblood), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider Belize, dam................................................................................................. 62.361% Don Schufro, sire; Alida, dam..........................................................................63.088% 8. FILANDER (Hanoverian), Jessica McCaskill (NC), owner/rider; Walldorf, sire; Damselfly, dam............................................................................................60.556% Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider CH. HEROS (Danish Warmblood), Camille Molten (SC), owner/rider; Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider Blue Hors Hertug, sire; Lotus, dam..................................................................64.926% CH. DONATUS 107 (Wurttemberg), Lunalee Barboza (NC), owner/rider; RS. ESTUDIOSO XLIV (Pura Raza Espanola), Jordan, Karla & Tim Lockwood, owners; Dark Dream, sire; Davina, dam........................................................................68.611% Jordan Lockwood (TN), rider; Orador XVI, sire; Estudiosa, dam.............................63.529% RS. BENEO (Dutch Warmblood), Julio Mendoza Loor & Mateo Mendoza, owners; 3. AMORETTO (Dutch Warmblood), Megan Peterson (PA), owner/rider........................ 62.941% Mateo Mendoza (NC), rider............................................................................63.542% 4. ROYAL ANGEL (Rhinelander), Maria Mendonca-Collito, owner; 3. DELANEY (Oldenburg), Paige Wolfe (PA), owner/rider; Don Principe, sire; Morgan Collito (PA), rider; Royal Diamond, sire; Felicitas, dam.............................62.279% Temptress, dam...........................................................................................62.222% 5. PRESIDENT’S MAN (Canadian Sport Horse), Ciera Foley (AL), owner/rider................ 60.221%

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CH. HANNAH LU W (Hanoverian), Sarah Reese, owner; Silva Martin (PA), rider................71.397% RS. WANDA OF BLACK PEARL (Friesian), Kyle & Sherri Garner, owners; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider; Wander 352, sire; Tineke B Fan Scheltinga Zathe, dam..71.103% 3. SINATRA’S ROSE RS (Oldenburg), Rebecca Cowden (NJ), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; RS Rainsong, dam...............................................................69.485% 4. DE KILCONOR (Hanoverian), Virginia Murphy, owner; Nuno Santos (MD), rider.........69.338% 5. DEMURE (Oldenburg), Sallie Spenard (VA), owner/rider; Damsey, sire; Dee Dee, dam..............................................................................................68.676% 6. FILLEMON MVN (Dutch Warmblood), Patrick Tigchelaar (VA), owner/rider.................67.941% 7. BE IMPRESSED (Dutch Warmblood), Donna Kelly, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider........................................................................ 67.868% 8. QUINZY HTF (Hanoverian), Hilltop Farm Inc, owner; Jessica Fay (MD), rider; Qredit Hilltop, sire; Comtesse, dam..................................................................67.426%

4. CRUSEDOR (Dutch Warmblood), Gardy Bloemers (VA), owner/rider; Zilver-Ster, sire; Prisca, dam...........................................................................60.809%

Intermediate II Open

CH. DON DERRICK (Dutch Riding Horse), Dawn Weniger, owner; Anna Weniger (NC), rider; Don Ruto, sire; Gambrina, dam.................................... 66.691% RS. LHINCOLN (Hanoverian), Cody Pierce (NC), owner/rider; Londonberry, sire; Whest Indies, dam........................................................................................ 66.691% 3. FEUERBACH (Westfalen), Kaja Brix, owner; Jessica Fay (MD), rider; Florestan I, sire; Wolke Sieben, dam................................................................64.632% 4. DENMARK (Friesian Sporthorse), Joni Abney (TN), owner/rider; Nico, sire; Vlarina, dam................................................................................................63.897% 5. STERNLICHT HILLTOP (Hanoverian), Hilltop Farm Inc, owner; Michael Bragdell (MD), rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Rhapsody GGF, dam................63.382% 6. DONATELLA CF (Hanoverian), Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway (PA), owner/rider; Intermediate I Adult Amateur Donarweiss GGF, sire; Tiadora, dam..................................................................62.132% CH. G FORCE W (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Bojengel, sire; 7. BULGARI CF (Hanoverian), Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway (PA), owner/rider; Celeste W, dam.............................................................................................65.441% Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Academy Award, dam....................................................... 61.985% RS. RITA MAE JOHNSON (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Ortt (MD), owner/rider; 8. ATLAS (Oldenburg Cross), Danielle Casalett, owner; Laine Ashker (VA), rider; R. Johnson, sire; Kaola, dam...........................................................................65.147% Hexagon’s Louisville, sire; Day Dreams, dam.....................................................60.956% 3. LOVELY PICTURA (Westfalen), Rec-Out LLC, owner; Phyllis Sumner (GA), rider...........64.632% 4. DON AMIGO (Danish Warmblood), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Grand Prix Adult Amateur Don Schufro, sire; Alida, dam..........................................................................63.235% CH. DANTE COEUR (Oldenburg), Marne Martin-Tucker (MD), owner/rider; 5. LUKE SKYWALKER (Oldenburg), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Lauterbach, sire; Dante Weltino, sire; Royal Coeur, dam.............................................................. 63.478% Teja, dam....................................................................................................63.015% RS. CENTENO XII (Pura Raza Espanola), Barbara Bonk (NC), owner/rider; 6. VODINA (Dutch Warmblood), Sally Hoedebecke (PA), owner/rider; Aktion, sire; Martelillo IV, sire; Gramatica, dam....................................................................61.576% Lodina, dam................................................................................................62.426% 3. GENTLEMAN (Hanoverian), Kristin Herzing (PA), owner/rider; Grusus, sire; 7. SIMSON-GO (Dutch Warmblood), Erin Bailey (PA), owner/rider; Cocktail Time, sire; Rumpelstilzchen, dam................................................................................... 60.815% Ginea, dam..................................................................................................61.912% 4. LUNA POPP (Oldenburg), Anne Chapin (VA), owner/rider; Liberty Gold, sire; 7. APASSIONATA (Oldenburg), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Fein Dancer, dam.......................................................................................... 57.011% Amelie, dam.................................................................................................61.912%

Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider

Grand Prix Junior/Young Rider

CH. ZEPHYR (Dutch Warmblood), Ciera Foley (AL), owner/rider; Ravel, sire; CH. HEROS (Danish Warmblood), Camille Molten (SC), owner/rider; Roseanne, dam.............................................................................................62.717% Blue Hors Hertug, sire; Lotus, dam..................................................................65.809% RS. PRESIDENT’S MAN (Canadian Sport Horse), Ciera Foley (AL), owner/rider................63.529%

Intermediate I Open

CH. DEMURE (Oldenburg), Sallie Spenard (VA), owner/rider; Damsey, sire; Dee Dee, dam..............................................................................................68.456% RS. SINATRA’S ROSE RS (Oldenburg), Rebecca Cowden (NJ), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; RS Rainsong, dam............................................................... 67.868% 3. WANDA OF BLACK PEARL (Friesian), Kyle & Sherri Garner, owners; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider; Wander 352, sire; Tineke B Fan Scheltinga Zathe, dam.....66.324% 4. HANNAH LU W (Hanoverian), Sarah Reese, owner; Silva Martin (PA), rider...............65.368% 5. WELTWIST (Hanoverian), Kerri-Lyn Corry (VA), owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Opus 12, dam................................................................................................ 64.118% 6. WSF KRUGERRAND (Hanoverian), Dan & Lisa Mendell & Springit LLC, owners; Lisa Mendell (VA), rider; First Gotthard, sire; Peony, dam.....................................63.309% 7. RAMORA CF (Hanoverian), Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway (PA), owner/rider; Royal Prince, sire; Daniella, dam.....................................................................62.868% 8. FLAIRANCE (Oldenburg), Sandie Gaines-Beddard, owner; Cody Pierce (NC), rider; Serano Gold, sire; Facette Royal, dam.............................................................. 61.838%

Intermediate I Freestyle

CH. WANDA OF BLACK PEARL (Friesian), Kyle & Sherri Garner, owners; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider; Wander 352, sire; Tineke B Fan Scheltinga Zathe, dam......70.675% RS. DONATA (Westfalen), Antonella Bath (OH), owner/rider; De Kooning, sire; Doretta, dam...............................................................................................69.963% 3. BE COOL METALL (Dutch Warmblood), Nelson Long (TN), owner/rider; Daddy Cool, sire; Tanory, dam........................................................................63.438%

Intermediate II Adult Amateur

CH. TYARA (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca Lord (FL), owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Jolimba, dam.............................................................................................. 65.515% RS. HOT SPOT (Danish Warmblood), Phyllis Sumner (GA), owner/rider..........................63.088% 3. CONTENTO SOGNO (Dutch Warmblood), Cecelia Stewart (SC), owner/rider; Florencio I, sire; Nuviera, dam........................................................................62.426%

Grand Prix Open

CH. ELFENPERFEKT (Trakehner), Alice Drayer, owner; Abraham Pugh (PA), rider; Peron, sire; Elfentraum, dam...........................................................................71.467% RS. ROSALI (Danish Warmblood), Aileen Daly, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider..... 70.435% 3. ADIAH HP (Friesian Cross), Hidden Promise Sporthorses & Sherry Koella, owners; James Koford (NC), rider................................................................................ 69.783% 4. LHINCOLN (Hanoverian), Cody Pierce (NC), owner/rider; Londonberry, sire; Whest Indies, dam........................................................................................ 67.283% 5. FABERGE BLUE (Dutch Warmblood), William Mitchelson, owner; Michael Bragdell (MD), rider; Contango, sire; Kroniek U, dam..............................66.304% 6. SANFORD (Hanoverian), Jaralyn Gibson (MD), owner/rider; Stedinger, sire; Daalny, dam................................................................................................64.239% 7. KAYTEE MOUNTAIN (Thoroughbred), Susan Gallagher (NJ), owner/rider; De Niro, sire; Caro Mountain, dam....................................................................62.717% 8. DON SHEFFIELD (Oldenburg), Aimee Batten, owner; Thorsten Kramer (VA), rider......62.620%

Grand Prix Freestyle

CH. ADIAH HP (Friesian Cross), Hidden Promise Sporthorses & Sherry Koella, owners; James Koford (NC), rider.................................................................................74.875% RS. ROSALI (Danish Warmblood), Aileen Daly, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor (NC), rider......74.750% 3. ELFENPERFEKT (Trakehner), Alice Drayer, owner; Abraham Pugh (PA), rider; Peron, sire; Elfentraum, dam...........................................................................72.188% 4. FABERGE BLUE (Dutch Warmblood), William Mitchelson, owner; Michael Bragdell (MD), rider; Contango, sire; Kroniek U, dam...............................71.438% 5. DON DERRICK (Dutch Riding Horse), Dawn Weniger, owner; Anna Weniger (NC), rider; Don Ruto, sire; Gambrina, dam....................................68.625% 6. MONTANA (Danish Warmblood), Jessica Tate (SC), owner/rider; Rambo, sire; Lomani, dam...............................................................................................68.375% 7. ZIDANE (Dutch Warmblood), Becky Shealy (SC), owner/rider; Tango, sire; Parisma, dam.............................................................................................. 67.938% 8. HOT DATE (Hanoverian), Hot Date Syndicate LLC, owner; Kymberly Pullen (PA), rider; Hotline, sire; Finalee, dam............................................................................. 67.938% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Prix St. Georges Open

Judges: Anne Cizadlo, Joan Darnell, Janet Foy, Janet Hannon, Sue Kolstad, Natalie Lamping, Jodi Lees, Fatima Pawlenko-Kranz and Kristi Wysocki

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First Level Adult Amateur

The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 2 Dressage Championships were held September 17-20, 2020 in Wayne, IL

CH. VIVALDINAS SCHUFRO (Oldenburg), Kaitlyn Sliga (IL), owner/rider; Vivaldi, sire; Donna Salina, dam........................................................................................ 70.172% RS. JUPITER GR (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Joyce, owner; Jill Dearing (WI), rider........... 68.707% 3. DAVIDO (Hanoverian), Ruth Hill-Schorsch, owner; Ruthie Doering (MI), rider...........68.534% 4. FURSTENROSE (Hanoverian), Barbara Butman (MI), owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Landrose, dam..............................................................................................68.190% 5. ARIEL (Dutch Harness Horse), Ashley Holden (KY), owner/rider.............................. 67.586% 6. MAYBE TOMORROW (American Sportpony), Kerry Johnson-Miljan (WI), owner/rider; Burberry, sire; Einstein Dunit Fancy, dam..........................................................66.552% 7. GRAND SLAM (Appendix Quarter Horse), Mary DeFranco, owner; Alyssa Basak (IL), rider..................................................................................65.345% 8. THOR (Friesian Cross), Patricia Riedl (IL), owner/rider..........................................65.259%

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. GALLAGHER (Danish Warmblood), Julie Julian, owner; Fiona Cotter (IL), rider...........71.724% RS. LUVME LUVMENOT LUVME (Appendix Quarter Horse), Rebecca Stromatt, owner; Kayley Knollman (OH), rider; Streakin Six Cartel, sire; Foolinthemeadow, dam......... 70.172% 3. SALACIA (Rhinelander), Elijah-David Price (KY), owner/rider; Special Agent Amour, sire; Lupine, dam.............................................................69.741% 4. GOR DON BLEU (Hanoverian), Samantha Brinkman-Berkhofer, owner; Ella Berkhofer (OH), rider; Guarantor, sire; Winnetka, dam...................................69.483% 5. CINDERELLA (Paint Cross), Mia Durant (MI), owner/rider...................................... 67.328% 6. WIND IN THE WILLOWS (American Warmblood), Londyn Pachota (MI), owner/rider....66.466% 7. ANALUCIA MRR (Andalusian), Jordan Montgomery (MI), owner/rider......................65.862% 8. BRYSTOL S.G. (Oldenburg), Aubrey Vandenberg (MI), owner/rider; Bergamon, sire; Katinka, dam....................................................................... 65.000%

Training Level Open

CH. INDIAN ROSE (Dutch Warmblood), Nicholas Moore, owner; Liz Lund (MN), rider........75.431% RS. FUERSTENDANCE (Hanoverian), Lucinda McConnell, owner; Holly Taylor (OH), rider.......74.655% 3. ROWENA SW (Swedish Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn (IL), owner/rider; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam...................................................................71.121% 4. PICALILLY WF (Hanoverian), Karrie Welch, owner; Heather McCarthy (IL), rider; Pik L, sire; Roccoca WF, dam.......................................................................... 70.948%

Elijah-David Price and Salacia, First Level Jr/YR Champion; Kristi Wysocki, judge

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GOLDEN NOBLESSE (German Riding Pony), Stonegate Equestrian Center LLC, owner; Katie Foster (MI), rider..................................................................................70.862% LUCKY LADYBUG TF (Hanoverian), Michelle Conrad, owner; Carrie Wilson (MI), rider; Livaldon, sire; Feng Popo TF, dam...................................................................70.603% DAVID’S BOUDEWIJN (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Jennifer Strauss (WI), owner/rider...70.000% DUE NORTH (Oldenburg), Deanna Hertrich, owner; Heather McCarthy (IL), rider; Diamond Stud, sire; IZABELLA, dam.................................................................69.397%

CH. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Brose (MN), owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam................................................................................................ 73.750% RS. HAMILTON (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Larson (OH), owner/rider..............................70.417% 3. FIDELIO (Oldenburg), Julie Davenport (IL), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; First Love, dam............................................................................................69.097% 4. MAYBE TOMORROW (American Sportpony), Kerry Johnson-Miljan (WI), owner/rider; Burberry, sire; Einstein Dunit Fancy, dam.......................................................... 67.292% 5. JUPITER GR (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Joyce, owner; Jill Dearing (WI), rider...........66.597% 6. FELIX FELICIS (Oldenburg), Belinda Chu (IL), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Seapolita, dam............................................................................................66.458% 7. SERGENT FS (Hanoverian), Kelli Diener (MI), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Delightfull, dam...........................................................................................65.903% 8. KAMAR’S NIGT CRAWL (Danish Warmblood), Jane Mccormick (WI), owner/rider........65.069%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. SALACIA (Rhinelander), Elijah-David Price (KY), owner/rider; Special Agent Amour, sire; Lupine, dam............................................................68.264% RS. LLF’S DOUBLE DOWN (Draft), Eliana Schmidt, owner; Bianca Schmidt (MN), rider; Rustlin Eagle, sire; Sugarbush Harley’s Balou, dam.............................................67.361% 3. LUVME LUVMENOT LUVME (Appendix Quarter Horse), Rebecca Stromatt, owner; Kayley Knollman (OH), rider; Streakin Six Cartel, sire; Foolinthemeadow, dam........66.806% 4. WILL-LUAN (Connemara Cross), Lauren Mansky (OH), owner/rider..........................66.181% 5. LYSETTA (Danish Warmblood), Meredith Dresing (OH), owner/rider; Blue Hors Zack, sire; Lysistrada, dam...............................................................66.042% 6. TIME WORLD (Thoroughbred), Megan Tyler, owner; Katherine Storsved (IL), rider.... 65.000% 7. SCOUTS HONOR (Paint), Lucy & Pam Postma, owners; Lucy Postma (MI), rider......... 63.681% 8. ANALUCIA MRR (Andalusian), Jordan Montgomery (MI), owner/rider......................62.569%

First Level Open

CH. JAMESON SW (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Chippendale, sire; Dulcinea BF, dam.................................76.319% RS. FUERSTENDANCE (Hanoverian), Lucinda McConnell, owner; Holly Taylor (OH), rider...74.792% 3. DIONYSUS MF (Hanoverian), Maryanna Haymon, owner; Angela Jackson (KY), rider; Doctor Wendell MF, sire; Rising Star MF, dam.....................................................73.472%

Kara Kush and Davanna, Third Level AA Champion; Anne Sushko, Technical Delegate

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Region 2

INDIAN ROSE (Dutch Warmblood), Nicholas Moore, owner; Liz Lund (MN), rider........72.778% KILLIAN TF (Dutch Warmblood), Rebekah Mingari (KY), owner/rider; Uno Don Diego, sire; Eerste Zarma TF, dam.......................................................70.556% JODOCUS (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Becker (IL), owner/rider............................. 70.278% URBANUS G. FAN ‘E RYDWEI (Friesian), Clifford Dice, owner; Carrie Wilson (MI), rider.....68.681% DAVID’S BOUDEWIJN (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Jennifer Strauss (WI), owner/rider....68.125%

3. RARA AVIS P (Hanoverian), Carrie Dorn (IL), owner/rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Diva, dam.................................................................71.067% 4. BELLA (Friesian), Tara Denke (MN), owner/rider; Anton 343, sire; Whitney C, dam....70.350% 5. JODOCUS (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Becker (IL), owner/rider.............................70.233% 6. DIONYSUS MF (Hanoverian), Maryanna Haymon, owner; Angela Jackson (KY), rider; Doctor Wendell MF, sire; Rising Star MF, dam................69.517% 7. ROCKSTAR R (Swedish Warmblood), Elissa Dresden, owner; First Level Freestyle Brittany Burson (IL), rider; Rapture R, sire; Vegas, dam.......................................68.300% CH. JAMESON SW (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; 8. ISTANBUL (Dutch Warmblood), Linda Kimbell (IN), owner/rider; Charmeur, sire; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Chippendale, sire; Dulcinea BF, dam................................80.267% Mermante, dam...........................................................................................68.000% RS. JODOCUS (Dutch Warmblood), Kristen Becker (IL), owner/rider..............................73.917% 3. JUPITER GR (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Joyce, owner; Jill Dearing (WI), rider........... 72.433% Third Level Adult Amateur 4. SERGENT FS (Hanoverian), Kelli Diener (MI), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; CH. DAVANNA (Dutch Warmblood), Kara Kush (IL), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; Delightfull, dam............................................................................................71.983% Savanna, dam...............................................................................................65.125% 5. MALI (Friesian Cross), Steven Anderson, owner; Isabelle Gallagher (MN), rider; RS. BENNEDICT (Hanoverian), Amy Beissner (IL), owner/rider.....................................64.063% Zorro, sire; Super Sonic Supreme, dam.............................................................. 71.817% 3. FANTOMAS (Hanoverian), Christopher Palabe (IL), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; 6. FELIX FELICIS (Oldenburg), Belinda Chu (IL), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Donnerfee, dam...........................................................................................63.500% Seapolita, dam.............................................................................................70.733% 4. MICK JAGGER (Hanoverian), Daniela Dossmann (MI), owner/rider; 7. WILL-LUAN (Connemara Cross), Lauren Mansky (OH), owner/rider.........................69.933% Markus Deak, sire; Ettolesil, dam....................................................................62.875% 8. GALILEO (Hanoverian), Shannon Venegas (WI), owner/rider..................................69.583% 5. HS WREMINGTON (Hungarian), Jessica Younk (MI), owner/rider.............................62.875% 6. LACOUR (Danish Warmblood), Erica Krenner (MN), owner/rider; Casir Ask, sire; Second Level Adult Amateur Lamou’r, dam.............................................................................................. 62.313% CH. IL DIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Brose (MN), owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; 7. RAMBO RUCKUS (Thoroughbred), Taylor Storey (KY), owner/rider; Deluna, dam................................................................................................70.000% Ruckus Hosner, sire; Miss Wolf Lake, dam.......................................................... 61.187% RS. HAMILTON (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Larson (OH), owner/rider..............................65.774% 8. OREOS PIZZAZZ (Friesian Cross), Mary Suhre (OH), owner/rider; Patriot, sire; 3. FJURIE (Dutch Warmblood), Mindy Lane (MI), owner/rider; Spielberg, sire; Oreo Rocket Bar, dam..................................................................................... 61.187% Zillina, dam..................................................................................................65.179% 4. ELBRICHT (Friesian), Susan Neipert, owner; Crystal Follendorf (WI), rider; Third Level Junior/Young Rider Tietse 428, sire; Tetske van de Melse Hoeve, dam..............................................64.524% CH. BEAUDACIOUS (Rhinelander), Rhianna Pankhurst, owner; Emma Teff (PA), rider.......63.500% 5. FELIX FELICIS (Oldenburg), Belinda Chu (IL), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; RS. ESMERELDA KD (Trakehner), Rachel Rodrigues, owner; Lydia Rodrigues (WI), rider....... 62.375% Seapolita, dam............................................................................................63.095% 3. ELORA (Friesian Cross), Abby Boswell (WI), owner/rider........................................61.875% 6. SERGENT FS (Hanoverian), Kelli Diener (MI), owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; 4. MEJICANO CXV (Pura Raza Espanola), Allison Berger (IL), owner/rider....................61.250% Delightfull, dam...........................................................................................62.976% 5. ADAGIO (German Riding Pony), Donna Stockton, owner; Olivia Gray (IL), rider; 7. BESPOKE (Hanoverian), Candice Murphy (WI), owner/rider................................... 62.381% El Donauwind, sire; Gilla, dam........................................................................60.938% 8. SF LYCANTHORPE (Zweibrucker), Katie Miskovic (IL), owner/rider; Le Mode, sire; 6. OOUDE VAN G.V. (Friesian), Alanna & Britt Bent, owners; Alanna Bent (WI), rider; Die Finesse, dam.......................................................................................... 61.369% Sape 381, sire; Isabella, dam..........................................................................59.250% 7. HUGO BOSS-V (Dutch Warmblood), Mindy Lane, owner; Sophie Novak (MI), rider; Second Level Junior/Young Rider Charmeur, sire; Deja-Vu, dam......................................................................... 57.563% CH. ERIN MEADOWS JAGERMEISTER (Zweibrucker), Marin Roth (IL), owner/rider; Rastede, sire; Jade, dam................................................................................70.417% Third Level Open RS. TRUST ME (Danish Warmblood), Alicia Berger (IL), owner/rider.............................. 61.964% CH. RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; 3. ESMERELDA KD (Trakehner), Rachel Rodrigues, owner; Lydia Rodrigues (WI), rider....60.119% Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam............... 72.875% 4. JP ZANZIBAR (Andalusian), Allison Berger & Mandy Berwick, owners; RS. ABSOLUTE DREAM (Westfalen), Jennifer Truett (OH), owner/rider; Allison Berger (IL), rider.................................................................................60.060% All at once, sire; Fiona, dam........................................................................... 71.250% 3. CHREVI’S CAMELOT (Danish Warmblood), Sheila Borneman, owner; Second Level Open Angela Jackson (KY), rider; Tailormade Lancelot, sire; Chrevi’s Cassiopaya, dam......... 70.938% CH. KILLIAN TF (Dutch Warmblood), Rebekah Mingari (KY), owner/rider; 4. INDIANA TF (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca McBride, owner; Uno Don Diego, sire; Eerste Zarma TF, dam.......................................................73.393% Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn (IL), rider; Damsey, sire; Nea Sandra, dam.........................70.063% RS. DIONYSUS MF (Hanoverian), Maryanna Haymon, owner; Angela Jackson (KY), rider; 5. FAX DC (Canadian Warmblood), Melinda Gruber, owner; Doctor Wendell MF, sire; Rising Star MF, dam.....................................................73.155% Rebekah Mingari (KY), rider; Freestyle, sire; Phileur De Lis, dam...........................67.875% 3. SIGNATO (Hanoverian), Jessica Pescatrice, owner; Holly Taylor (OH), rider; 6. ELEKTRIA (Oldenburg), Katrina Hiller (WI), owner/rider......................................... 67.188% Sporcken, sire; Wickey, dam...........................................................................72.202% 7. SCHIGAZZO (Oldenburg), Sherry Nelson (MI), owner/rider; Schiffon, sire; 4. JAMESON SW (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Aragazza, dam.............................................................................................66.250% Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Chippendale, sire; Dulcinea BF, dam................................72.024% 8. GOLDEN CHARMANT (German Riding Pony), Stonegate Equestrian Center LLC, owner; 5. INDIANA TF (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca McBride, owner; Katie Foster (MI), rider; Golden State, sire; Cadence, dam...................................66.063% Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn (IL), rider; Damsey, sire; Nea Sandra, dam.........................70.536% 6. JJAGUAR B (Dutch Warmblood), Kristi Bloom, owner; Third Level Freestyle Heather Salden Kurtz (MN), rider; Spielberg, sire; Apres Zelma, dam...................... 70.179% CH. CHREVI’S CAMELOT (Danish Warmblood), Sheila Borneman, owner; 7. VIVALDO (Westfalen), Barbara Putnam, owner; Keegan O’Brien (WI), rider; Angela Jackson (KY), rider; Tailormade Lancelot, sire; Chrevi’s Cassiopaya, dam.........75.050% Vitalis, sire; First Rose, dam............................................................................67.976% RS. ABSOLUTE DREAM (Westfalen), Jennifer Truett (OH), owner/rider; All at once, sire; 8. WREAGAN (Zweibrucker), Alyssa Stang, owner; Jacqueline Zimmermann (WI), rider; Fiona, dam...................................................................................................74.133% Wrader, sire; Frolic, dam................................................................................65.893% 3. RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam.................74.117% Second Level Freestyle 4. ZARIENA (Dutch Warmblood), Julie Bukrey, owner; Lilliana Hojnacki (MI), rider......... 71.617% CH. JJAGUAR B (Dutch Warmblood), Kristi Bloom, owner; 5. FLORINUS (Oldenburg), Belinda Chu, owner; Brittany Burson (IL), rider; Heather Salden Kurtz (MN), rider; Spielberg, sire; Apres Zelma, dam......................74.317% Florencio I, sire; Rosanna, dam.......................................................................70.800% RS. UP-HI SANTANA (Morgan), Jennifer Kaiser (MI), owner/rider; 6. GLAMOUR GIRL DBA (Half Arabian), Joann Williams (WI), owner/rider; Tristtan, sire; LV’s The Music Man, sire; Up-Hi Mem-O-Ree, dam................................................ 71.117% Gray Glimmer, dam....................................................................................... 67.200% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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865 CONVERSANO ALMIRA (Lipizzan), Ann McMillan, owner; Jessica Olmsted (MN), rider; Conversano Mima, sire; Almira, dam..........................67.117% FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen), Penelope Sachs (IL), owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam.............................................................................................66.917%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

CH. ESCHATON (Dutch Warmblood), Casey Eiten (IL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam............................................................................................67.431% RS. FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen), Penelope Sachs (IL), owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam............................................................................................64.583% 3. BALTIMORE (Oldenburg), Linda Kimbell (IN), owner/rider; Bordeaux , sire; Lantana, dam.............................................................................................. 62.361% 4. LACKSETTE (Swedish Warmblood), James Torseth, owner; Josh Solsvig (MN), rider....61.111% 5. DONZI MC (Lusitano), Hilary Clayton (MI), owner/rider; Taperao Do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam...........................................................................................60.278% 6. HIGH FIVE (Trakehner), Agata Rekucka, owner; Kelly Smaltz (IL), rider; Muenchhausen, sire; H. Fidelity, dam.............................................................. 54.861%

Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. ZEESTAR TEXEL (Dutch Warmblood), Maggie Elsbernd (MN), owner/rider; Ferro, sire; Corieta, dam................................................................................66.597% RS. MEJICANO CXV (Pura Raza Espanola), Allison Berger (IL), owner/rider....................62.292% 3. EKO V. (Dutch Warmblood), Kate Ginise (OH), owner/rider; Idocus, sire; Sabine, dam.....60.139% 4. ZARIENA (Dutch Warmblood), Julie Bukrey, owner; Lilliana Hojnacki (MI), rider........56.875%

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CH. RONIN (Hanoverian), Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam...............68.889% RS. FAX DC (Canadian Warmblood), Melinda Gruber, owner; Rebekah Mingari (KY), rider; Freestyle, sire; Phileur De Lis, dam..................................................................65.208% 3. WILLOW SF (Zweibrucker), Dana Peterson, owner; Rebecca Vick (IL), rider; Wilmigton, sire; Solar Suzie, dam.................................................................... 64.792% 4. DENZEL BC (Hanoverian), Vicki Langer, owner; Katie Foster (MI), rider; Schwarzbraun, sire; Donna BC, dam.................................................................63.125% 5. FORTY CREEK (Dutch Warmblood), Bridget Bursey (WI), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Windsor CA, dam..........................................................................................62.639% 6. AIRE CAVALEIROS (Lusitano), Alicia Berger (IL), owner/rider; Junco, sire; Gaga, dam..... 53.750%

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CH. FORTY CREEK (Dutch Warmblood), Bridget Bursey (WI), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Windsor CA, dam.......................................................................................... 75.567% RS. ESCHATON (Dutch Warmblood), Casey Eiten (IL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam............................................................................................74.267% 3. BALTIMORE (Oldenburg), Linda Kimbell (IN), owner/rider; Bordeaux, sire; Lantana, dam..............................................................................................68.867% 4. AIRE CAVALEIROS (Lusitano), Alicia Berger (IL), owner/rider; Junco, sire; Gaga, dam......67.550% 5. MEJICANO CXV (Pura Raza Espanola), Allison Berger (IL), owner/rider.....................66.133% 6. I’M FULL OF STUFF (Belgian Warmblood), Jennifer Strauss (WI), owner/rider; Pascal D’ Pau, sire; Plush Stuff, dam.................................................................65.717% 7. FRISBEE 55 (Westfalen), Penelope Sachs (IL), owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam............................................................................................ 64.567% 8. DONZI MC (Lusitano), Hilary Clayton (MI), owner/rider; Taperao Do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam...........................................................................................62.867%

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DL’S ISABELLA (Hanoverian), Haley Reinecke (MI), owner/rider..............................63.456% DONZI MC (Lusitano), Hilary Clayton (MI), owner/rider; Taperao Do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam...........................................................................................63.015% USHER (Dutch Warmblood), Gail Tasch (WI), owner/rider......................................62.059%

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CH. FURST RUBILO (Westfalen), Bethanne Murphy, owner; Akela Haverlandt (MN), rider......67.059% RS. ZOLANDO (Dutch Warmblood), Carly Heine (MN), owner/rider; Tolando, sire; Karin, dam..................................................................................................66.544%

Prix St. Georges Open

CH. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones (KY), owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Wildnight, dam.............................................................................................73.971% RS. VENIVICI (Westfalen), Elizabeth Cronin, owner; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Vitalis, sire; Sabrina, dam................................................................................................71.838% 3. GARCIA HM (Lusitano), Shelly Reichart (WI), owner/rider; Quieto, sire; Carta Branca HM, dam..................................................................................68.382% 4. DIEGO M (Swiss Warmblood Cross), Angela Hambrick, owner; Therese Evans (OH), rider...............................................................................68.235% 5. DENZEL BC (Hanoverian), Vicki Langer, owner; Katie Foster (MI), rider; Schwarzbraun, sire; Donna BC, dam.................................................................67.426% 6. BINGOTTI (Hanoverian), Kathleen Swalwell, owner; Carrie Wilson (MI), rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Wolkenfee, dam...............................................................66.397% 7. MAESTOSO ALFAYA II (Lipizzan), Tempel Lipizzans, owner; Raul Roa Vadillo (IL), rider; Maestoso Legeny, sire; Alfaya, dam................................................................. 64.706% 8. ATOFTENS CHERICK (Danish Warmblood), Leslie Barker, owner; Andreanna Patzwald (IL), rider; Blue Hors Leredo, sire; Atoftens Celenia, dam........63.897%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur

CH. ARITHMETIC TF (Oldenburg), Barbara Kuyper (MI), owner/rider; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam............................................................................................67.426% RS. GOTHAM (American Warmblood), Sara Stone (IL), owner/rider; Gabriel, sire; Mystic, dam.................................................................................................66.838% 3. ATHENA (Danish Warmblood), Margret Schrant (IL), owner/rider............................63.382% 4. DL’S ISABELLA (Hanoverian), Haley Reinecke (MI), owner/rider..............................63.309% 5. DALISCO K (Danish Warmblood), Karin Hemingway (IL), owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; Allis, dam........................................................................... 62.941% 6. FANTASEA (Oldenburg), Carol Brewer (NY), owner/rider; Fabuleux, sire; Solauje, dam....62.721% 7. ESTEBAN (Dutch Warmblood), Judith Nordstrom (IL), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam.............................................................................60.353%

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CH. ASCALON (Dutch Warmblood), Karina Nelson (MN), owner/rider; Indoctro, sire; Lomein, dam................................................................................................60.147% 2. ZOLANDO (Dutch Warmblood), Carly Heine (MN), owner/rider; Tolando, sire; Karin, dam..................................................................................................56.838%

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CH. VENIVICI (Westfalen), Elizabeth Cronin, owner; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Vitalis, sire; Sabrina, dam...............................................................................71.618% RS. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones (KY), owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Wildnight, dam............................................................................................. 71.103% 3. GARCIA HM (Lusitano), Shelly Reichart (WI), owner/rider; Quieto, sire; Carta Branca HM, dam................................................................................... 69.118% Junior Team 4. ATOFTENS CHERICK (Danish Warmblood), Leslie Barker, owner; CH. AIRE CAVALEIROS (Lusitano), Alicia Berger (IL), owner/rider; Junco, sire; Gaga, dam...... 62.197% Andreanna Patzwald (IL), rider; Blue Hors Leredo, sire; Atoftens Celenia, dam........65.956% RS. TRUST ME (Danish Warmblood), Alicia Berger (IL), owner/rider.............................. 57.500% 5. FLORIMOON (Oldenburg), Ann Mayberry, owner; Jessica Nilles (WI), rider...............62.868% 6. DUKE OF WELLINGTON (Dutch Warmblood), Diane Terp, owner; Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur Elena Golubitsky (OH), rider; Westpoint, sire; Noblesse Oblige, dam.......................60.147% CH. ESTEBAN (Dutch Warmblood), Judith Nordstrom (IL), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; 7. BRIOSO HGF (Pura Raza Espanola), Andrea Landis (MI), owner/rider; Fleur, dam................................................................................................... 67.353% Bolero CXLVIII, sire; Quintera XII, dam..............................................................59.985% RS. GOTHAM (American Warmblood), Sara Stone (IL), owner/rider; Gabriel, sire; 8. CRESCENDO (Danish Warmblood), Catherine Teifer, owner; Jessie Myers (MI), rider.......59.706% Mystic, dam.................................................................................................65.956% 3. ATHENA (Danish Warmblood), Margret Schrant (IL), owner/rider........................... 65.000% Intermediate I Freestyle 4. ESCHATON (Dutch Warmblood), Casey Eiten (IL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; CH. DON PHILIPPO (Hanoverian), Callie Jones (KY), owner/rider; Dancier, sire; Melisande, dam............................................................................................64.779% Wildnight, dam..............................................................................................77.188% 5. ARITHMETIC TF (Oldenburg), Barbara Kuyper (MI), owner/rider; Abacus, sire; RS. VENIVICI (Westfalen), Elizabeth Cronin, owner; Martin Kuhn (IL), rider; Universeel, dam............................................................................................64.471% Vitalis, sire; Sabrina, dam...............................................................................74.575%

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ATHENA (Danish Warmblood), Margret Schrant (IL), owner/rider............................65.550% DUKE (Dutch Warmblood), Alma Ericson, owner; Amy Walker-Basak (IL), rider; Wonderboy, sire; Vodinn, dam........................................................................64.400% ASCALON (Dutch Warmblood), Karina Nelson (MN), owner/rider; Indoctro, sire; Lomein, dam...............................................................................................62.350% USHER (Dutch Warmblood), Gail Tasch (WI), owner/rider......................................55.250%

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CH. HUDSON 18 (Oldenburg), Amy Grahn, owner; Andreanna Patzwald (IL), rider; Hohenstein, sire; Daphne, dam.......................................................................70.688% CH. DOW JONES 1 (Hanoverian), Christopher Palabe (IL), owner/rider; RS. XAMA DOS PINHAIS (Lusitano), Mary Fischer (MN), owner/rider............................. 67.225% Desperados, sire; Enya, dam..........................................................................66.324% 3. WAGNER (Dutch Warmblood), Alma Ericson, owner; Amy Walker-Basak (IL), rider; RS. XAMA DOS PINHAIS (Lusitano), Mary Fischer (MN), owner/rider.............................65.809% Krack C, sire; Iselotte, dam............................................................................60.938% 3. ARRULHO DE LYW (Lusitano), Cheryl Thompson (IL), owner/rider; Trovador, sire; 4. WRANGER (Oldenburg), Erin Boltik (MN), owner/rider; Wradar, sire; Pilar, dam.........60.750% Fadista, dam............................................................................................... 57.868% 5. JAZZ DANCE (Oldenburg), Brittany Burson (IL), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Feine Rose, dam..........................................................................................59.388% Intermediate II Open CH. AU REVOIR (Oldenburg), Sandi Chohany, owner; Heather McCarthy (IL), rider; Ampere, sire; Lara, dam................................................................................68.750% RS. DERK (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Walfish, owner; Patricia Becker (IL), rider...........68.603% 3. RANKRADO (Deutsches Sportpferd), Jasper Sanfilippo, Julie Julian, Kaycee Coles, The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships were held Melissa Hovey & Rankrado LLC, owners; Rosemary Julian-Simoes (IL), rider; October 1-4, 2020 in Ocala, FL Ranko, sire; Elainah, dam...............................................................................67.794% Judges: Jennifer Benoit, Agnes Billington Majewska, Sandi Chohany, Liselotte Fore, Merrilyn 4. DALANTA MG (Dutch Warmblood), Abby Onsgard (WI), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Valanta, dam...............................................................................................66.985% Griffin, Cheryl Holekamp, Susan Kolstad, Natalie Lamping, Gary Rockwell, Charlotte Trentelman and Pamela Wooding 5. JAZZ DANCE (Oldenburg), Brittany Burson (IL), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Feine Rose, dam..........................................................................................63.603% 6. ECHO (Warmblood Cross), Maureen Leyden, owner; Alison Dodd (IN), rider.............62.353% Training Level Adult Amateur 7. ROHAN (Dutch Warmblood), Sophie Bayer (KY), owner/rider..................................61.676% CH. L’OUEST SCF (Belgian Warmblood), Marina Yarbrough (FL), owner/rider..................75.862% RS. DIEGO 530 (Hanoverian), Lauren Dudley (FL), owner/rider...................................72.069% 8. WAGNER (Dutch Warmblood), Alma Ericson, owner; Amy Walker-Basak (IL), rider; Krack C, sire; Iselotte, dam............................................................................ 61.324% 3. MARILYN MANNROE (Half-Welsh), Emily Kiefner (SC), owner/rider; Glenhaven Rickshaw, sire; Sabrina, dam...........................................................71.983% Grand Prix Adult Amateur 4. ZARINA FLF (Oldenburg), Marina Yarbrough (FL), owner/rider................................71.379% 1. RUBEN (Dutch Warmblood), Erin Cartwright Weinstein (IL), owner/rider; 5. BLACK JACK (Dutch Harness Horse), Birgitt Dagge (FL), owner/rider; Alonzo, sire; Gribaldi, sire; Iris Peternella, dam....................................................................54.185% Donna LLY, dam.............................................................................................71.034% 2. WRANGER (Oldenburg), Erin Boltik (MN), owner/rider; Wradar, sire; Pilar, dam.........50.435% 6. HE’S SO FEIN (Oldenburg), Stacy Sourini (FL), owner/rider....................................70.862% 7. ROTWELTIA (Hanoverian), Pamela Scott (FL), owner/rider; Rotspon, sire; Grand Prix Junior/Young Rider Welterbin, dam.............................................................................................70.517% 1. ANGELO-H (Dutch Warmblood), Eliana Schmidt, owner; Bianca Schmidt (MN), rider; 8. PHRITZ (German Riding Pony), Emily Barber (FL), owner/rider................................70.517% Sandreo, sire; Riellezelma, dam......................................................................54.076%

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CH. DERK (Dutch Warmblood), Lauren Walfish, owner; Patricia Becker (IL), rider........... 67.663% RS. HUDSON 18 (Oldenburg), Amy Grahn, owner; Andreanna Patzwald (IL), rider; Hohenstein, sire; Daphne, dam.......................................................................62.989% 3. ROHAN (Dutch Warmblood), Sophie Bayer (KY), owner/rider................................. 61.359%

Julia Stainback and Diano, Third Level AA Champion; Rhonda Mack, Jerry Parks Insurance representative; Pamela Wooding, judge

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. THE SAFARI PARTY (American Sportpony), Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; Virginia Woodcock (GA), rider; Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam................75.603% RS. BARCELONA (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett (FL), rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Lalique EV, dam.........................71.897%

Jodie Kelly-Baxley and Caymus, Grand Prix Open Champion; Cheryl Holekamp, judge; Lori Frey, Great American Insurance Group representative

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BELLINI (Westfalen), Jennifer & Lauren Carpenter, owners; Lauren Carpenter (FL), rider; Belissimo M, sire; Royal Lisa, dam...........................70.000% FANTASIA AT (Andalusian), Carli Hall (FL), owner/rider; Invasor III, sire; Africana M, dam...........................................................................................69.224% FLASH SCOTT RILEY (Half Arabian), Joan Potter, owner; Jillian Sourini (FL), rider....... 67.586% BROOKLYN DREAM (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett (FL), rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam.......................... 67.069% KRAGOS (Dutch Warmblood Cross), Susan Marston, owner; Vanessa Piantanida (FL), rider.........................................................................66.983% FEINER FOCUS (Oldenburg), Lisa Smit, owner; Isabella Ruohomaki (FL), rider; Feiner Stern, sire;.........................................................................................66.897%

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CH. FALLING SKIES (Oldenburg), Kassandra Barteau (FL), owner/rider.......................... 74.983% RS. GIMMICK (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Hoog, owner; Caleb Scroggins (FL), rider; Oscar, sire; Uzzo, dam...................................................................................73.900% 3. DAVIDOFF (Pura Raza Espanola), Jennifer Cottle (SC), owner/rider; POLICE, sire; Dormilon X, dam.......................................................................................... 73.433% 4. BLACK JACK (Dutch Harness Horse), Birgitt Dagge (FL), owner/rider; Alonzo, sire; Donna LLY, dam............................................................................................72.550% 5. DELILAH (Oldenburg), Kristine Kuchinski Broome (FL), owner/rider; Daddy Cool, sire; Fiona, dam...........................................................................71.400% 6. CZECHMATE (Zangersheide), Brie Seltser (FL), owner/rider...................................69.883% 7. CASINO ROYALE (American Warmblood), Danielle Ammeson (FL), owner/rider; Cathalido, sire; Grande Amie, dam..................................................................69.867% 8. WICKED DALTON (Thoroughbred), Ashley Miller, owner; Melissa Bradford (FL), rider; First Dude, sire; British Event, dam..................................................................69.383%

CH. FALLING SKIES (Oldenburg), Kassandra Barteau (FL), owner/rider...........................77.328% RS. BRETTONS LOVE (Oldenburg), Debbie Chazin, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider........... 76.379% 3. MYNANKE A (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Speck-Kern (FL), owner/rider....................... 74.569% 4. FHRESCO (Oldenburg), Angie Cole, owner; Melissa Jackson (FL), rider; First Dance, sire; EM Whallis Blue, dam.............................................................71.638% 5. BENVOLIO EV (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton (FL), owner/rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam..............................................................70.862% 6. KLASSIK (Dutch Warmblood), Julie Griffin, owner; Cheryl Quinn (FL), rider; Florianus 2, sire; Unikat, dam.........................................................................70.862% 7. GIMMICK (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Hoog, owner; Caleb Scroggins (FL), rider; Oscar, sire; Uzzo, dam...............................................70.776% 8. KATHARINE (Dutch Warmblood), Carol Hall, owner; Kathleen Petersen (FL), rider; Second Level Adult Amateur Ampere, sire; Zen Peche HWF, dam..................................................................70.086% CH. DIANO (Belgian Warmblood), Julia Stainback (GA), owner/rider; Don Renoir, sire; Wenda Van Papinglo, dam.............................................................................70.893% First Level Adult Amateur RS. SAINT-TROPEZ (Swedish Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer (AL), owner/rider; CH. FELLOWSHIP CCW (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Follow Me, sire; Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam................................................................70.893% Scholastica, dam...........................................................................................70.417% 3. INIGO MONTOYA (Dutch Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer (AL), owner/rider; RS. MW DANTE’S INFERNO (Oldenburg), Holly Sommers (GA), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Frenya, dam...............................................................................69.286% Dante Weltino, sire; Donna, dam.....................................................................70.069% 4. STRADIVARIUS CB (Hanoverian), Carolina Blanton (FL), owner/rider; 3. DELILAH (Oldenburg), Kristine Kuchinski Broome (FL), owner/rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Wera, dam.............................................................................67.917% Daddy Cool, sire; Fiona, dam..........................................................................69.583% 5. BENTLEY (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Rodoski (FL), owner/rider; 4. KOLLEKTIV NSF (Trakehner), Simone Cormier (FL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Venezia, dam.........................................................................67.381% Baron Verdi, sire; Kalamata, dam....................................................................68.056% 6. JOJO-V (Belgian Warmblood), Rebecca Barnett (FL), owner/rider..........................66.964% 5. ROYAL MALIKKA (Friesian Cross), Kristin Ersland (FL), owner/rider; 7. FELLOWSHIP CCW (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Royal Caesar, sire; NW Saharra Takka, dam........................................................67.014% Follow Me, sire; Scholastica, dam...................................................................66.012% 6. AMPERADA (Swedish Warmblood), Jessica Johns (FL), owner/rider; Ampere, sire; 8. FIONA ROY (Andalusian), Carmen Hanson (FL), owner/rider; Dobladillo 2, sire; Keepsake, dam............................................................................................66.597% Emperatriz XVIII, dam....................................................................................65.595% 7. PHRITZ (German Riding Pony), Emily Barber (FL), owner/rider...............................66.458% 8. MARILYN MANNROE (Half-Welsh), Emily Kiefner (SC), owner/rider; Second Level Junior/Young Rider Glenhaven Rickshaw, sire; Sabrina, dam..........................................................66.458% CH. VINKENHOVE NELSON (Welsh Cob), Jodie Kelly-Baxley, owner; Chloe Chick (FL), rider; Pionier’s Baltazar, sire; Vinkenhove Erica, dam..................................................68.095% First Level Junior/Young Rider RS. WILDE CARD (Hanoverian), Jeanie Hahn, owner; Jillian Sheppard (MA), rider; CH. SHALL WE DANCE (Hanoverian), Ella Traylor (GA), owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; SPS Alida, dam...................................................................... 67.202% Sinatra Song, sire; Lilith, dam..........................................................................72.361% 3. DREAM OF LOVE (Oldenburg), Birgitt Dagge, owner; Eva Levy (FL), rider; RS. JOSHUA S. (Friesian), Anne Margaret Meyers, owner; Alice Burley (GA), rider; Dream of Glory, sire; Dolomita, dam................................................................65.238% Jorrit 363, sire; Mira P., dam.......................................................................... 70.694% 4. FOLLOW ME TO THE MOON (Oldenburg Cross), Lynn Boyd, owner; 3. THE SAFARI PARTY (American Sportpony), Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; Kristen Parker (FL), rider.................................................................................65.179% Virginia Woodcock (GA), rider; Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam................ 69.514% 5. HIPOKRATAS (Trakehner), Emily Steffen & Morgan Goodman, owners; 4. MOSHULU (Lipizzan Cross), Helena Stokes, owner; Emma Stokes (GA), rider............ 64.931% Emily Steffen (FL), rider................................................................................. 64.702% 5. PRODIGY (Hanoverian), Suzanne Hall, owner; Isabela Fitzgerald (FL), rider............. 64.792% 6. FANTASTIC DIXIE J (Half Arabian), Katherine Gerscovich, owner; 6. FANTASIA AT (Andalusian), Carli Hall (FL), owner/rider; Invasor III, sire; Kiersten Hall (FL), rider; Marten J., sire; Flashs Fantasia, dam.............................. 62.619% Africana M, dam............................................................................................64.514% 7. RIO DE JANEIRO (Westfalen), Kristin Ducote, owner; Annamarie Nunez (FL), rider..... 62.381% 7. RIO DE JANEIRO (Westfalen), Kristin Ducote, owner; Annamarie Nunez (FL), rider.....64.236% 8. CARTER (Swedish Warmblood), Lila Stewart (FL), owner/rider................................60.714% 8. FIORA (Oldenburg), Tracy Masterson, owner; Ashley Sanders (FL), rider; Ferrari, sire; Odessa, dam..............................................................................64.097% Second Level Open CH. PARLAY (Danish Warmblood), Sumathira Sathanandan, owner; First Level Open Debbie Hill (FL), rider; Solos Landtinus, sire; Pari Lord, dam..................................70.774% CH. BRETTONS LOVE (Oldenburg), Debbie Chazin, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider............ 77.361% RS. IMPROV 40Z (Dutch Warmblood), Sandi Lieb, owner; Maya Koppel (FL), rider; RS. BENVOLIO EV (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton (FL), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Zodica, dam................................................................................69.464% Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam...............................................................71.736% 3. JOLENE JP (Dutch Warmblood), Franziska Seidl (FL), owner/rider; 3. FÜRST LOVE (Trakehner), Erin Brinkman (FL), owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Carlton Hill, sire; Beyonce JP, dam...................................................................69.286% Fairystone, dam............................................................................................71.319% 4. JEROPIGO (Lusitano), Jeropigo LLC, owner; Yvonne Barteau (FL), rider...................68.810% 4. STEINBECK HTF (Hanoverian), Rhonda Mancuso, owner; Kathleen Petersen (FL), rider; 5. ICON JP (Dutch Warmblood), Connor Giesselman (FL), owner/rider; Wynton, sire; Sternlicht Hilltop, sire; Raja HTF, dam...............................................................70.903% Whiniana JP, dam......................................................................................... 68.631%

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IDENTIEK (Dutch Warmblood), Claudia Tarlov (FL), owner/rider............................. 68.214% REINIK H (Friesian), John Cuneo, owner; Tanya Herrmann (FL), rider.....................68.095% GOFFE P (Friesian), Kathy Haseman, owner; Trisha Bell (FL), rider; Sipke 450, sire; Tjits S, dam............................................................................ 67.024%

3. DAPHNE (Oldenburg), Connie Wise, owner; Eline Eckroth (FL), rider; Diamond Stud, sire; D’Amore, dam.................................................................. 70.483% 4. JUSTICE (Zweibrucker), Suzanne Graham (FL), owner/rider; Freedomhall, sire; Helga, dam..................................................................................................69.817% 5. ALHAMBRA LXXIV (Pura Raza Espanola), Tricia Mills, owner; Sarah Sharpe (SC), rider; Goloso XLVI, sire; Hermosa FCH, dam.............................68.967% Second Level Freestyle CH. REYNA (Friesian), William Olivos, owner; Natalia Martin (FL), rider.........................73.983% 6. EXCALIBUR (Lusitano), Delight Willing, owner; Laura Carter (GA), rider; RS. RIO DE JANEIRO (Westfalen), Kristin Ducote, owner; Annamarie Nunez (FL), rider.....68.867% Mi Unico, sire; Tulipa Do Rob, dam....................................................................67.917% 7. BARON (Dutch Warmblood), Laura Patterson, owner; Jaron Verheij (FL), rider......... 67.600% 3. GOFFE P (Friesian), Kathy Haseman, owner; Trisha Bell (FL), rider; Sipke 450, sire; Tjits S, dam.............................................................................68.133% 8. ARANKA B (Dutch Warmblood), Felecia Rauchle, owner; Natalia Martin (FL), rider.... 67.583% 4. LEANDER (Trakehner), Mary Callahan (FL), owner/rider; Tanzeln, sire; La Paloma, dam...........................................................................................66.967% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 5. HICKEYS CREEK (Thoroughbred), Ashley Miller (FL), owner/rider; CH. SONNENKONIG (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Afternoon Deelites, sire; Slewadore, dam......................................................... 66.733% Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estelle, dam......................................................................72.917% 6. SAMMY (Paint), Debra Zito (FL), owner/rider......................................................64.383% RS. ANTROS S (Dutch Warmblood), Michael Rubin, owner; Teresa Long (SC), rider.........68.056% 7. LOVE BISCUIT (Gypsy Vanner), Janet Adams, owner; Heather Caudill (FL), rider........64.350% 3. SS SAMBUCA (Oldenburg), Karin Andra (FL), owner/rider; Sempatico M, sire; Maya, dam.................................................................................................. 67.569% Third Level Adult Amateur 4. DARCO (Dutch Warmblood), Margaret Auerbach (FL), owner/rider; Verdi, sire; CH. DIANO (Belgian Warmblood), Julia Stainback (GA), owner/rider; Wilanda, dam...............................................................................................67.431% Don Renoir, sire; Wenda Van Papinglo, dam......................................................72.000% 5. RANIA (Danish Warmblood), Susan Bender (SC), owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; RS. FREUDENTANZER (Hanoverian), Christine Malpartida (FL), owner/rider; Rikochee, dam.............................................................................................66.806% Furst Nymphenburg, sire; Design-Ra, dam.........................................................71.563% 6. LORD BONSAI (Oldenburg), Ashley McCormick (AL), owner/rider; Landor S, sire; 3. SKY’S THE LIMIT (Westfalen), Tracey Corey (FL), owner/rider; Stravinsky, sire; Rosenrot, dam............................................................................................. 64.792% Desiree, dam................................................................................................71.438% 7. REX RICHARD (Rhinelander), Dolores Razman (Fl), owner/rider............................. 64.792% 4. FERRARI (Oldenburg), Katherine Baccus (FL), owner/rider.................................... 70.438% 8. CASTELLAN (Trakehner), John Cassel, owner; Bryana Smith (FL), rider; 5. SAINT-TROPEZ (Swedish Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer (AL), owner/rider; Tanzeln, sire; Cassiopia, dam......................................................................... 64.375% Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam................................................................69.375% 6. INIGO MONTOYA (Dutch Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer (AL), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Frenya, dam................................................................................68.125% Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider 7. JEEP (Half-Andalusian), Joanne Trout (FL), owner/rider; Tutti-Fruti Do Retiro, dam....67.750% CH. OKIDOKIE (Dutch Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Hayden Kent (AL), rider; Legaat, sire; Dorien, dam.............................................68.542% 8. M. DANTE Z (Zangersheide), Lori Roe (FL), owner/rider; Mazcalerq, sire; Divine Du Soutrait, dam................................................................................. 67.250% RS. B-SANFRIEDA (Dutch Warmblood), Kevin McNeilly, owner; Acacia Tsamoutales (FL), rider.........................................................................64.097%

Third Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. OKIDOKIE (Dutch Warmblood), Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Hayden Kent (AL), rider; Legaat, sire; Dorien, dam.............................................70.688% RS. HONNEUR B (Dutch Warmblood), Lydia McLeod (SC), owner/rider..........................68.688% 3. FURST ASTRAEUS (Oldenburg), Linda Scharff, owner; Ashlyn Merritt (FL), rider..........66.188% 4. MANDOLIN RH (Hanoverian), Caroline McQueen (GA), owner/rider; Maronjo, sire; Arielle, dam.............................................................................65.938% 5. WILDE CARD (Hanoverian), Jeanie Hahn, owner; Jillian Sheppard (MA), rider; Weltmeyer, sire; SPS Alida, dam......................................................................65.688% 6. QUADRANT OLYMPUS (Dutch Warmblood), Hannah Smith (FL), owner/rider.............63.375% 7. ELZAS (Dutch Warmblood), Stacy Parvey-Larsson, owner; Emma Lipori (FL), rider....63.063% 8. MARILYN MONROE (Paint Cross), Lynn Marks & Phoebe McNeely, owners; Phoebe McNeely (GA), rider............................................................................60.250%

Third Level Open

CH. DAPHNE (Oldenburg), Connie Wise, owner; Eline Eckroth (FL), rider; Diamond Stud, sire; D’Amore, dam...................................................................74.188% RS. ZACKLINE (Danish Warmblood), Erin Moran-Mazyck, owner; Debbie Hill (FL), rider....71.938% 3. PARLAY (Danish Warmblood), Sumathira Sathanandan, owner; Debbie Hill (FL), rider; Solos Landtinus, sire; Pari Lord, dam................................. 71.063% 4. FREE TYME (Oldenburg), Debora King, owner; Tammy Feldmann (FL), rider; Fidertanz, sire; Kia, dam................................................................................ 71.000% 5. FIORENZO MLW (Hanoverian), Maya Koppel (FL), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; Wolkenstanza MLW, dam...............................................................................70.938% 6. HARJAN (Dutch Warmblood), Allison & Thorsten Zarembowicz, owners; Allison Zarembowicz (FL), rider........................................................................70.188% 7. LIEBLING (Hanoverian), Susanne Benne (FL), owner/rider....................................70.000% 8. SURPRISE (Hanoverian), Annlouise Kildow, owner; Jodie Kelly-Baxley (FL), rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Mon Cherie, dam..............................................................68.938%

Third Level Freestyle

Fourth Level Open

CH. FASHION WEEK (Hanoverian), Nora Batchelder (FL), owner/rider............................74.722% RS. HOLIDAY (Dutch Warmblood), Anna Marek (FL), owner/rider; Bojengel, sire; Randy, dam..................................................................................................73.194% 3. DAPHNE (Oldenburg), Connie Wise, owner; Eline Eckroth (FL), rider; Diamond Stud, sire; D’Amore, dam..................................................................69.306% 4. HAIKU (Hanoverian), Karen Mischka, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider......................68.333% 5. HIGH LIGHT DB (Dutch Warmblood), Shelley Van Den Neste (FL), owner/rider........... 67.500% 6. ROCIERO LXIV (Andalusian), Olivia Jones, owner; Tanya Herrmann (FL), rider.......... 67.222% 7. FOX CREEK’S CENSATIONAL (German Riding Pony), Dianna Orona, owner; Anna Merritt (FL), rider................................................................................... 67.153% 8. SUMMER SOLSTICE (Hanoverian), Sharon Jerdeman (FL), owner/rider.................... 66.736%

Fourth Level Freestyle

CH. FASHION WEEK (Hanoverian), Nora Batchelder (FL), owner/rider............................77.950% RS. FLORETTE IGS (Lusitano), Rose Grant, owner; Yvonne Barteau (FL), rider; Bravo IGS, sire; Argentina Arrulha, dam.............................................................73.217% 3. CALVADOR V (Danish Warmblood), Debra Cangialosi, owner; Elizabeth Campbell (FL), rider; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam..............................72.917% 4. DAPHNE (Oldenburg), Connie Wise, owner; Eline Eckroth (FL), rider; Diamond Stud, sire; D’Amore, dam..................................................................70.950% 5. DANDY VAN ASTON M (Friesian Cross), Lynnette Wadsworth (FL), owner/rider..........68.350% 6. JUSTICE (Zweibrucker), Suzanne Graham (FL), owner/rider; Freedomhall, sire; Helga, dam..................................................................................................66.717% 7. GALENO (Lusitano), Guadalupe Guarderas (FL), owner/rider; Baluarte LS, sire; Primavera Filhos DO, dam..............................................................................64.833% 8. EHRENSACHE WHF (Westfalen), Stephany Fish Crossman (FL), owner/rider..............63.967%

Junior Team

CH. HONNEUR B (Dutch Warmblood), Lydia McLeod (SC), owner/rider...........................70.783% CH. HONNEUR B (Dutch Warmblood), Lydia McLeod (SC), owner/rider...........................68.182% RS. ZONNESTRAAL (Dutch Warmblood), Wendy Schreiber, owner; RS. MANDOLIN RH (Hanoverian), Caroline McQueen (GA), owner/rider; Maronjo, sire; Kassandra Barteau (FL), rider......................................................................... 70.667% Arielle, dam.................................................................................................64.848% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Intermediate I Open

CH. RUGBY S (Hanoverian), Pamela Schneider, owner; Nicholas Bryan (FL), rider...........69.559% CH. FIVE STAR (Dutch Warmblood), Equitas LLC, owner; Kevin Kohmann (FL), rider..........75.515% RS. BUTTERCUP (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton, owner; RS. FELISSIRANA (Dutch Warmblood), Alise Carrico, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider.........72.941% Sierra Inabnett (FL), rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam.......................... 62.793% 3. FEIN TANZER (Dutch Warmblood), Jill Hardt (FL), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Feinhardt, dam............................................................................................ 72.426% 4. GUCCI (Dutch Warmblood), Susan McCoskey, owner; Marjolein Geven (GA), rider; Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur Ampere, sire; My Fonsa, dam..........................................................................71.838% CH. CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jessica Howington (FL), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam................................................................... 75.074% 5. CENTURIO (Dutch Warmblood), Suzanne Elliott-Pugh, owner; Dorie Addy-Crow (FL), rider.............................................................................70.441% RS. SONNENKONIG (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estelle, dam......................................................................70.441% 6. EYE CATCHER (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Young, owner; Ivo Juhrend (FL), rider; Dreamcatcher, sire; Unanke A , dam.................................................................69.779% 3. LIVING LUCKY (Westfalen), Blue Marlin Farms, owner; Kristy Lund (FL), rider; Licosto, sire; Amie, dam................................................................................ 70.074% 7. DONDOLO (Oldenburg), Jill Vonderhaar, owner; Nora Batchelder (FL), rider.............69.265% 8. HARMONY VAN’T EUSSELSHOF (Belgian Warmblood), Whitney Lawlor, owner; 4. FAYVEL (Dutch Warmblood), Cynthia Davila (FL), owner/rider; Zizi Top, sire; Ofra, dam...................................................................................................69.338% Jill Hardt (FL), rider.......................................................................................68.824% 5. DARCO (Dutch Warmblood), Margaret Auerbach (FL), owner/rider; Verdi, sire; Wilanda, dam..............................................................................................69.044% Intermediate I Freestyle 6. J’ADORE (Hanoverian), Jessica Howington (FL), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; CH. REMARKABLE (Hanoverian), Christine Malpartida (FL), owner/rider; Daylight, dam..............................................................................................68.750% Royal Blend, sire; Wodina, dam........................................................................71.750% 7. MADRIGAL MC (Andalusian), Meghan Watt (FL), owner/rider; Hachon MC, sire; RS. EYE CATCHER (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Young, owner; Ivo Juhrend (FL), rider; Brisona MC, dam...........................................................................................67.426% Dreamcatcher, sire; Unanke A, dam..................................................................71.638% 8. JINTA (Belgian Sport Horse), Equitas LLC, owner; Olga Hartsock (FL), rider...............66.176% 3. CUBERO GS (Pura Raza Espanola), Wendy Schreiber, owner; Kassandra Barteau (FL), rider..........................................................................71.525% Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider 4. CROWNPRINZ (Dutch Warmblood), Mary Youngblood (GA), owner/rider; CH. HOLLYWOOD (Hanoverian), Elizabeth & Marline Syribeys, owners; Winterprinz, sire; Rise and Shine, dam.............................................................69.588% Marline Syribeys (GA), rider; Hohenstein, sire; Fatima, dam..................................70.515% 5. FIRE FLY (Dutch Warmblood), Janet Simile, owner; RS. FASCINATA (Rhinelander), Melanie Doughty (FL), owner/rider.................................69.779% Shelley Van Den Neste (FL), rider; Briar Junior, sire; Arieka, dam...........................69.388% 3. WELCOME (Hanoverian), Nicole Olsen, owner; Jenaya Olsen (FL), rider.................. 62.941% 6. ZHIVAGO (Dutch Warmblood), Kathryn Hoog (FL), owner/rider; Obelisk, sire; Lady, dam................................................................................69.038% 7. OBCECADO VIII (Pura Raza Espanola), Maria Grant (AL), owner/rider...................... 67.963% Prix St. Georges Open CH. FIVE STAR (Dutch Warmblood), Equitas LLC, owner; Kevin Kohmann (FL), rider..........78.162% 8. WINTER (Dutch Warmblood), Jacek De Haan, owner; Yvonne De Haan (FL), rider.....66.975% RS. FASHION WEEK (Hanoverian), Nora Batchelder (FL), owner/rider...........................75.956% 3. FELISSIRANA (Dutch Warmblood), Alise Carrico, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider........73.529% Intermediate II Adult Amateur 4. GRAYTON BEACH (Dutch Warmblood), Jodie Kelly-Baxley (FL), owner/rider; CH. UNICO G (Dutch Warmblood), Amberly Foster (FL), owner/rider; Negro, sire; Negro, sire; Bonne Amie Ter Kwincke, dam.......................................................73.382% Kleora, dam................................................................................................ 67.353% 5. HOLIDAY (Dutch Warmblood), Anna Marek (FL), owner/rider; Bojengel, sire; RS. MADAME NOIR (Danish Warmblood), Jennifer Huber (FL), owner/rider; Randy, dam.................................................................................................72.868% Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam............................................................................63.809% 6. DONDOLO (Oldenburg), Jill Vonderhaar, owner; Nora Batchelder (FL), rider..............72.794% 3. DE LORD (Dutch Warmblood), Anna Urquhart (FL), owner/rider; 7. DE PREMIO (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin, owner; Jan Brons (FL), rider; Lord Leatherdale, sire; Nirien, dam.................................................................61.603% Detroit, sire; Uzara-S, dam............................................................................. 72.279% 4. SIR FREDERICO (Hanoverian), Carden Burdette (GA), owner/rider; 8. HAIKU (Hanoverian), Karen Mischka, owner; Anna Marek (FL), rider.......................71.544% Sandro Hit, sire; Donnerfee, dam.....................................................................60.132% 5. GLEN EMERIL (Irish Sport Horse), Nicole Baergen (FL), owner/rider........................59.485% 6. WATCH ME M (Dutch Warmblood), Mary O’Brien (FL), owner/rider; Intermediate I Adult Amateur Jazz, sire; Nudaula, dam...............................................................................59.324% CH. CAVALIA (Dutch Warmblood), Jessica Howington (FL), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Pearllia, dam....................................................................73.162% RS. STILETTO (Swedish Warmblood), Holly Such (FL), owner/rider...............................69.265% Intermediate II Junior/Young Rider 1. FLORIAN (Westfalen), Nicole Olsen, owner; Jenaya Olsen (FL), rider......................55.44B1% 3. J’ADORE (Hanoverian), Jessica Howington (FL), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Daylight, dam..............................................................................................68.824% Intermediate II Open 4. REMARKABLE (Hanoverian), Christine Malpartida (FL), owner/rider; Royal Blend, sire; Wodina, dam.......................................................................68.529% CH. ERIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jill Hardt (FL), owner/rider......................................... 68.735% 5. LAXWELL (Oldenburg), Birgitt Dagge (FL), owner/rider; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam..... 67.721% RS. CON BRIO SDF (Dutch Warmblood), Franziska Seidl (FL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Windfall SDF, dam..................................................................68.529% 6. AMARASKA (Trakehner), John & Kari Cassel, owners; Bryana Smith (FL), rider; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam.................................................................... 67.353% 3. SUNDANCE (Hanoverian), Rose Grant, owner; Kassandra Barteau (FL), rider............67.426% 4. EYECATCHER SRF (Dutch Warmblood), Shelley Van Den Neste (FL), owner/rider........ 66.765% 7. LIVING LUCKY (Westfalen), Blue Marlin Farms, owner; Kristy Lund (FL), rider; Licosto, sire; Amie, dam................................................................................ 67.206% 5. SIR LOMMEL (Hanoverian), Jennifer Quirk & John Gerlt, owners; Allison Gerlt (IL), rider....................................................................................65.074% 8. MADRIGAL MC (Andalusian), Meghan Watt (FL), owner/rider; Hachon MC, sire; Brisona MC, dam..........................................................................................66.397% 6. DUTELMI SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Connie Wise & Eline Eckroth, owners; Eline Eckroth (FL), rider..................................................................................64.926% 7. ALVARINHO INTERAGRO (Lusitano), Debra Eddington, owner; Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider CH. FASCINATA (Rhinelander), Melanie Doughty (FL), owner/rider.................................69.779% Heather Bender (FL), rider..............................................................................64.559% 8. AURORA I (Dutch Warmblood), Susan Mitchell, owner; RS. HOLLYWOOD (Hanoverian), Elizabeth & Marline Syribeys, owners; Marline Syribeys (GA), rider; Hohenstein, sire; Fatima, dam................................. 67.206% Kathleen Petersen (FL), rider; Jazz, sire; Le Diamant, dam...................................64.559% 3. RUGBY S (Hanoverian), Pamela Schneider, owner; Nicholas Bryan (FL), rider............ 67.132% Grand Prix Adult Amateur 4. BELL ANGELO (Hanoverian), Caroline, Charles & Michele Garren, owners; Caroline Garren (GA), rider; Belissimo M, sire; Donna Daniella, dam......................66.397% CH. QUILEUTE CCW (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam................................................................... 69.891% 5. BUTTERCUP (American Warmblood), Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett (FL), rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam..........................61.029% RS. FITI AL (Pura Raza Espanola), Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; 6. WELCOME (Hanoverian), Nicole Olsen, owner; Jenaya Olsen (FL), rider.................. 58.221% Amina Bursese (FL), rider; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam......................................66.848%

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MADAME NOIR (Danish Warmblood), Jennifer Huber (FL), owner/rider; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam............................................................................65.272% DUQUE TOP (Pura Raza Espanola), Courtney O’Brien (FL), owner/rider; Almirante XXXV, sire; Duquesa XLIII, dam..........................................................62.935% DE LORD (Dutch Warmblood), Anna Urquhart (FL), owner/rider; Lord Leatherdale, sire; Nirien, dam.................................................................62.283% SCHOLASTICA (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Loni, dam.........................................................................62.011% WATCH ME M (Dutch Warmblood), Mary O’Brien (FL), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Nudaula, dam............................................................................... 61.087% WINNETOU (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Burkhardt (FL), owner/rider; Equador, sire; Papion, dam........................................................................... 60.000%

Grand Prix Open

Region 4 The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 4 Dressage Championships were held October 1-4, 2020 in Lake St. Louis, MO Judges: Heidi Berry, Melissa Creswick, Barbara Ebner, William McMullin, Michael Osinski, Debby Savage and Cindi Wylie

Training Level Adult Amateur

CH. FACETIME (Westfalen), Marikay Asberry (MO), owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam...............................................................................................71.724% RS. NOTRE DAME (Westfalen), Jennifer Van De Loo (MS), owner/rider...........................71.638% 3. HENRY HAMILTON (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Gray (TN), owner/rider; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam................................................................69.655% 4. SELAH (Westfalen), Colleen Rull (MO), owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam..... 69.224% 5. GARFIO (Pura Raza Espanola), Julie Cook (KY), owner/rider; Gentil XVIII, sire; Jarena VII, dam............................................................................................ 68.793% 6. COMMANDER (Thoroughbred), Kelly Cartwright (IL), owner/rider; Denouncer, sire; Honey’s Marikate, dam.......................................................... 67.586% 7. DELACOUR SGF (Hanoverian), Jody Cattell (OH), owner/rider; Diarado, sire; Anaconda G, dam......................................................................................... 67.586% 8. DSH MILO (Westfalen), Lisa Parisey (MO), owner/rider; Ehrenpreis, sire; Arimara, dam..............................................................................................66.207%

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CH. CAYMUS (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Godwin, owner; Jodie Kelly-Baxley (FL), rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Wencenza, dam.....................................................................70.380% RS. SNOOPY SUNDAY (Oldenburg), Anna Marek (FL), owner/rider; Sungold, sire; Perle, dam...............................................................................69.402% 3. LET’S DANCE (Hanoverian), Anne Gribbons (FL), owner/rider; Laurentio, sire; Germany, dam........................................................................68.967% 4. COVER GIRL (Dutch Warmblood), Jaron Verheij, owner; Ivo Juhrend (FL), rider........68.750% 5. ERIVO (Dutch Warmblood), Jill Hardt (FL), owner/rider......................................... 68.315% 6. CON BRIO SDF (Dutch Warmblood), Franziska Seidl (FL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Windfall SDF, dam.................................................................. 68.315% 7. WGANGSTER GIRL (Dutch Warmblood), Sally Seaver, owner; Nora Batchelder (FL), rider; Sieger, sire; Sambuka, dam...................................... 67.826% Training Level Junior/Young Rider CH. SILHOUETTE (Oldenburg), Teresa Tovrea, owner; Averi Allen (MO), rider; 8. SIR LOMMEL (Hanoverian), Jennifer Quirk & John Gerlt, owners; Allison Gerlt (IL), rider.................................................................................... 66.413% Sir Gregory, sire; Brauna, dam.........................................................................71.983% RS. DANILO 110 (Oldenburg), Lorraine Pray (MO), owner/rider....................................69.224% 3. ACCENTIA (Swedish Warmblood), Abby Westman (IN), owner/rider; Grand Prix Freestyle CH. DUTCH D-DAY (Dutch Warmblood), Jaron Verheij (FL), owner/rider..........................75.138% Sir Gregory, sire; Ackera, dam..........................................................................67.241% 4. FLORENTINA (Westfalen), Anna & Rebecca Droegemueller, owners; RS. SNOOPY SUNDAY (Oldenburg), Anna Marek (FL), owner/rider; Sungold, sire; Perle, dam.................................................................................................. 74.588% Anna Droegemueller (OK), rider; Florestan I, sire; Valley Girl II., dam..................... 66.724% 5. RUEGER (Quarter Horse), Gabriella Kappes (WI), owner/rider................................66.034% 3. WGANGSTER GIRL (Dutch Warmblood), Sally Seaver, owner; Nora Batchelder (FL), rider; Sieger, sire; Sambuka, dam......................................72.325% 6. WL BON BELLINI (Oldenburg), Ingvill Ramberg, owner; Maia Ramberg (MN), rider; 4. COVER GIRL (Dutch Warmblood), Jaron Verheij, owner; Ivo Juhrend (FL), rider.........72.213% Bon Balou, sire; WL Bourbon Street, dam..........................................................64.655% 7. DIAMOND TIARA MKF (Oldenburg), Marketa Matthews, owner; 5. FITI AL (Pura Raza Espanola), Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; Amina Bursese (FL), rider; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam.......................................71.363% Violet Humphries (MO), rider.......................................................................... 63.793% 6. SUNDANCE (Hanoverian), Rose Grant, owner; Kassandra Barteau (FL), rider...........70.388% 8. CMF DIAMOND PROMISE (Irish Sport Horse), Ava Friese (MN), owner/rider.............. 63.707% 7. QUILEUTE CCW (Oldenburg), Amy Swerdlin (FL), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam............................................................................................70.313% Training Level Open 8. WINNETOU (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Burkhardt owner/rider; CH. FURST QLASS (Hanoverian), Katie Shellenberger (MO), owner/rider; Equador, sire; Papion, dam............................................................................69.238% Fuerstenball, sire; Qi Gong TF, dam..................................................................75.000%

Teresa Tovrea and Debonaire, First Level Open Champion; Anne Sushko, Region 4 Director

Brianna Zwilling and Griffindor, Intermediate I Freestyle Champion; Anne Sushko, Region 4 Director

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RS. DEBONAIRE (Oldenburg), Teresa Tovrea, owner; Jonni Allen (MO), rider; Danciano, sire; Claree, dam............................................................................74.310% 3. DAS FLUGZEUG GSF (Deutsches Sportpferd), Doak Brollier, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider................................................................................. 72.845% 4. LLOYD’S LEGACY (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Thompson, owner; Kathryn Stoy (AL), rider; Rubignon, sire; Diva Daula, dam.....................................71.207% 5. EZEKIEL (Dutch Warmblood), Richal Flannery, owner; Audrey Mckenna (OK), rider; Freestyle, sire; Ushina, dam...........................................................................68.879% 6. TRAVIS (Percheron Cross), Marsha Harshman, owner; Chantae Erickson (IL), rider....67.931% 7. GRATITUDE (Thoroughbred), Jennifer Hogan (TN), owner/rider.............................. 67.500% 8. FENIX DE AIMAREN (Pura Raza Espanola), Margaret Balogh, owner; Jamie Lawrence (MS), rider; Nilo XIX, sire; Tormenta XLIV, dam............................. 67.155%

7. GRATITUDE (Thoroughbred), Jennifer Hogan (TN), owner/rider..............................64.533% 8. YNZE FAN VELS (Friesian), Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Hessel 480, sire; Lymke H. , dam.....................................................................63.650%

Second Level Adult Amateur

CH. WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood), Debra Klamen (IL), owner/rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam...................................................................69.583% RS. JACKPOT ROYAL (Dutch Warmblood), Judy Ethell (MO), owner/rider; Apache, sire; Vedet Royal, dam........................................................................69.107% 3. LOCHLAN (Oldenburg), Bronwyn Buys Du Plessis (OH), owner/rider; Leonberg, sire; Guinevere, dam......................................................................66.667% 4. SPLENDID IN BLACK (Westfalen), Wendy Hawkins (MO), owner/rider; San Amour I, sire; De Nira S, dam.................................................................... 66.071% First Level Adult Amateur 5. WALTER (Oldenburg), Anna Morrison (OH), owner/rider; Westporte, sire; CH. GARFIO (Pura Raza Espanola), Julie Cook (KY), owner/rider; Gentil XVIII, sire; Bonne Chance, dam.......................................................................................65.417% Jarena VII, dam............................................................................................70.000% 6. CAPPUCINE (Hanoverian), Susanne Branson (IA), owner/rider; Contucci, sire; RS. FACETIME (Westfalen), Marikay Asberry (MO), owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Odette, dam.................................................................................................64.167% Emanze, dam..............................................................................................69.653% 7. NAVARRES MELODY (Andalusian Cross), Joy Switzer (MO), owner/rider...................63.929% 3. AMICA NERA (Hanoverian), Erin Herzog (MO), owner/rider; Alabaster, sire; Bijou, dam..68.958% 8. KIND OF SPECIAL (Dutch Warmblood), Sheridan Cross (TN), owner/rider................. 63.810% 3. FAIT ACCOMPLI (Hanoverian), Deborah Dysart (MO), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; Raritaet, dam..............................................................................................68.958% Second Level Junior/Young Rider 5. JACKPOT ROYAL (Dutch Warmblood), Judy Ethell (MO), owner/rider; Apache, sire; CH. CATERINA (Hanoverian), Emily Brollier, owner; Mary Piller (TN), rider.......................67.679% Vedet Royal, dam..........................................................................................68.125% RS. WITH ENTHUSIAM (Thoroughbred), Abigail Noltkamper (MO), owner/rider............... 62.381% 6. SPLENDID IN BLACK (Westfalen), Wendy Hawkins (MO), owner/rider; 3. MDA MAXIMUS (Half-Welsh), Nori Benck (IL), owner/rider..................................... 56.726% San Amour I, sire; De Nira S, dam.....................................................................67.917% 7. NOTRE DAME (Westfalen), Jennifer Van De Loo (MS), owner/rider...........................67.917% 8. REBECCA RSL (Hanoverian), Robbie Rice, owner; Jordan Gatlin (TN), rider.............. 67.639% Second Level Open CH. DANTE DIVINO (Oldenburg), Jenna Upchurch (IL), owner/rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Force Majeure, dam.......................................................... 72.440% First Level Junior/Young Rider RS. FOR DEA BELLA (Dutch Warmblood), Sally Miller, owner; CH. SILHOUETTE (Oldenburg), Teresa Tovrea, owner; Averi Allen (MO), rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Brauna, dam.........................................................................71.667% Brianna Zwilling (MO), rider; Don Schufro, sire; A Royal Diamond MC, dam............. 69.702% 3. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka (IL), rider; RS. WALDEN (Oldenburg), Teresa Tovrea, owner; Averi Allen (MO), rider; Wake Up, sire; Felicia, dam............................................................................ 71.250% Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam......................................................................... 66.786% 3. CATERINA (Hanoverian), Emily Brollier, owner; Mary Piller (TN), rider........................ 71.111% 4. CHARLESTON MGF (Holsteiner), Norma Northern, owner; Linda Strine (KY), rider......66.548% 5. JKBANIKA (American Warmblood), Karen Berger, owner; 4. GRENADE SF (Dutch Warmblood), Maggie Mosman, owner; Emalee Walker (IA), rider; Kennedy, sire; Nemels, dam.......................................70.208% Heather Romriell (MO), rider...........................................................................65.298% 6. GISELLE TF (Dutch Warmblood), Patricia Riedl & Patrick Wolfe, owners; 5. ALOHOMORA (Oldenburg), Claire Gamlin (TN), owner/rider; High Cascade, sire; Hope, dam................................................................................................... 67.153% Laura Himes (IN), rider; Uphill, sire; Nea Sandra, dam.........................................64.345% 6. RUEGER (Quarter Horse), Gabriella Kappes (WI), owner/rider................................64.653% 7. COVER GIRL (Trakehner), Carol Moffatt, owner; Heather Romriell (MO), rider..........63.690% 7. DANILO 110 (Oldenburg), Lorraine Pray (MO), owner/rider.....................................64.514% 8. YNZE FAN VELS (Friesian), Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Hessel 480, sire; Lymke H. , dam..................................................................... 62.798% 8. FLORENTINA (Westfalen), Anna & Rebecca Droegemueller, owners; Anna Droegemueller (OK), rider; Florestan I, sire; Valley Girl II., dam..................... 63.681%

Second Level Freestyle

CH. DEBONAIRE (Oldenburg), Teresa Tovrea, owner; Jonni Allen (MO), rider; Danciano, sire; Claree, dam........................................................................... 71.250% RS. FURST QLASS (Hanoverian), Katie Shellenberger (MO), owner/rider; Fuerstenball, sire; Qi Gong TF, dam.................................................................. 69.722% 3. DEVEREAUX ROEC (Oldenburg), Torie Bonsack (MO), owner/rider...........................68.958% 4. REVIVAL (Dutch Warmblood), Shirley McQuillan, owner; Meghan Riviello (KY), rider......68.403% 5. YNZE FAN VELS (Friesian), Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Hessel 480, sire; Lymke H. , dam..................................................................... 67.639% 6. JKBANIKA (American Warmblood), Karen Berger, owner; Heather Romriell (MO), rider........................................................................... 67.639% 7. TRAVIS (Percheron Cross), Marsha Harshman, owner; Chantae Erickson (IL), rider....67.431% 8. NORTH FORKS TROUBADOUR (Welsh Cob), Julie Haefner, owner; Abby Travis (MN), rider; Canterbrook Llwynog Du, sire; Stagecoach Queen Melba, dam............................66.806%

CH. DANTE DIVINO (Oldenburg), Jenna Upchurch (IL), owner/rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Force Majeure, dam..........................................................76.800% RS. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka (IL), rider; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam.......................................................................... 71.217% 3. WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood), Debra Klamen (IL), owner/rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam...................................................................70.033% 4. CHARLESTON MGF (Holsteiner), Norma Northern, owner; Linda Strine (KY), rider......68.750% 5. YNZE FAN VELS (Friesian), Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Hessel 480, sire; Lymke H. , dam......................................................................67.967% 6. DAVINIA (Hanoverian), Jessie Borgmeyer (MO), owner/rider; Damsey, sire; Donna Dorina, dam........................................................................................ 67.417% 7. WALTER (Oldenburg), Anna Morrison (OH), owner/rider; Westporte, sire; Bonne Chance, dam.......................................................................................66.517% 8. GÂTEAU (Selle Francais), Elizabeth Priddy (TN), owner/rider..................................66.433%

First Level Freestyle

Third Level Adult Amateur

First Level Open

CH. DELACOUR SGF (Hanoverian), Jody Cattell (OH), owner/rider; Diarado, sire; Anaconda G, dam.......................................................................................... 71.017% RS. MELLE H (Friesian), Thundering Stars LLC, owner; Jennifer Roth (OH), rider.............. 70.167% 3. TRAVIS (Percheron Cross), Marsha Harshman, owner; Chantae Erickson (IL), rider...69.200% 4. REVIVAL (Dutch Warmblood), Shirley McQuillan, owner; Meghan Riviello (KY), rider...... 68.700% 5. BALLYS JAX OF SPADES (Paint), Rachel Tomczak (WI), owner/rider; Ballys Thunder, sire; Dominos Lexxus, dam........................................................66.767% 6. WALTER (Oldenburg), Anna Morrison (OH), owner/rider; Westporte, sire; Bonne Chance, dam.......................................................................................65.617%

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CH. HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Davisson (IA), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam...........................................................................69.000% RS. FANFARE (Hanoverian), Linda Landers, owner; Sara McConnell (MO), rider; Fidertanz, sire; Baroness, dam.......................................................................68.250% 3. RAYNE DANCE (Warmblood), Taryn Young (IL), owner/rider....................................67.813% 4. LOCHLAN (Oldenburg), Bronwyn Buys Du Plessis (OH), owner/rider; Leonberg, sire; Guinevere, dam......................................................................66.375% 5. BIANKA LF (Trakehner), Melissa Peck (IN), owner/rider; Beethovan LF, sire; Forever Victorius, dam..................................................................................66.250%

WASHBURN SW (Swedish Warmblood), Debra Klamen (IL), owner/rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam....................................................................66.188% SING A SONG LC (Zweibrucker), Alison Otter (KY), owner/rider; Sempatico M, sire; Lila, dam.......................................................................... 65.313% DON CASTER (Hanoverian), Lisa Katula (OH), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Catjuscha, dam................................................................64.438%

Fourth Level Open

CH. SERENGETI (Oldenburg), Jennifer Roth (OH), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Feldbunte, dam............................................................................................73.194% RS. TRISTAN ARIE (Friesian Sporthorse), Erica Schwan, owner; Brianna Zwilling (MO), rider; Rogges ‘fan Panhuys’, sire; Absolute Grace, dam........69.097% 3. FLORENZO (Oldenburg), Elizabeth Crocker, owner; Brianna Jaeger (MO), rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Lorena, dam.................................................................69.028% Third Level Junior/Young Rider 4. DJABOUTI (Dutch Warmblood), Lorna Fogg, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider........... 68.681% CH. SACRED SHOWDOWN (Paint), Daniel Patterson (MS), owner/rider; 5. PITTER PAT (Thoroughbred), Krystina Wright, owner; Susan Posner (KY), rider; Sacred Indian, sire; Showdowns Gedget, dam.................................................... 67.188% Cat Doctor, sire; True Account, dam................................................................. 67.569% RS. MIKATO (American Bashkir Curly), Kathleen Massey, owner; 6. HAMURABI INTERAGRO (Lusitano), Michelle King, owner; Sarah Travis (MN), rider.... 67.292% Caitlyn Massey (TN), rider; Curly Tom, sire; W.W. NTS Dancing Wolf, dam.................. 67.188% 7. OREO (Gypsy Vanner Cross), Elaine Cole, owner; Meghan Riviello (KY), rider........... 66.319% 3. FHF ROCKSTAR (Oldenburg Cross), Jennifer Kaiser, owner; 8. HASHTAG TOP (Dutch Warmblood), Hilary Matthews & Jennifer Roth, owners; Raegan McCool (IN), rider..............................................................................66.688% Jennifer Roth (OH), rider; Negro, sire; Urania, dam.............................................65.278% 4. JERIAH (Dutch Warmblood), Kelly Brown, owner; Brynne Varvel (IN), rider; Whiskei, sire; Ligemma, dam......................................................................... 66.313% Fourth Level Freestyle 5. HENRY KNOX (Trakehner), Emily Harrison (AL), owner/rider..................................65.688% CH. SERENGETI (Oldenburg), Jennifer Roth (OH), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; 6. VIVID (Dutch Warmblood), Colleen Gray, owner; Samantha Fogg (FL), rider; Feldbunte, dam...........................................................................................75.000% Ulft, sire; Nellie, dam....................................................................................63.500% RS. RAYNE DANCE (Warmblood), Taryn Young (IL), owner/rider....................................69.517% 7. JND’S ILLUMINATOR (Dutch Warmblood), Brynne Varvel (IN), owner/rider; 3. BIANKA LF (Trakehner), Melissa Peck (IN), owner/rider; Beethovan LF, sire; Fascinator L-N-Z, sire; Sunrise’s Felicity, dam.....................................................61.313% Forever Victorius, dam..................................................................................68.700% 8. ALTAN (Half Arabian), Rylie Saloum (MN), owner/rider; Regent Alabask+, sire; 4. SILHOUETTE (Oldenburg), Michelle Morehead (KY), owner/rider; Staccato*, sire; Capercaille, dam..........................................................................................61.063% Lafonsa, dam...............................................................................................67.783% 5. FAVORY CANADA (Lipizzan), Kate Phillips, owner; Samantha Martinson (MN), rider; Favory Toscana, sire; Canada, dam.................................................................66.867% Third Level Open 6. ALRICK L.G.F. (Friesian), Ela Ladwig (KY), owner/rider.........................................66.433% CH. DANTE DIVINO (Oldenburg), Jenna Upchurch (IL), owner/rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Force Majeure, dam..........................................................68.250% RS. TRISTAN ARIE (Friesian Sporthorse), Erica Schwan, owner; Junior Team Brianna Zwilling (MO), rider; Rogges ‘fan Panhuys’, sire; Absolute Grace, dam.........68.188% CH. FHF ROCKSTAR (Oldenburg Cross), Jennifer Kaiser, owner; Raegan McCool (IN), rider....67.955% 3. JULINDA M (Dutch Warmblood), Meredith Kenyon (KY), owner/rider.......................68.125% RS. ROMULUS WF (Hanoverian), Emma Hannon (IN), owner/rider; Rascalino, sire; 4. DIOR WF (Oldenburg), Holly Luke, owner; Mimi Benton (AR), rider; Diorella, dam............................................................................................... 64.470% Deklan, sire; Lambada, dam..........................................................................68.063% 5. CHARLESTON MGF (Holsteiner), Norma Northern, owner; Linda Strine (KY), rider...... 67.688% Young Rider Team 6. QUATTRO DU (Hanoverian), Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka (IL), rider; CH. ZON PRIMAIRE (Dutch Warmblood), Margaret & Tamara Putnal, owners; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam.........................................................................66.750% Margaret Putnal (KY), rider............................................................................ 66.765% 7. LE MONDE (Hanoverian), Daniela Banner (KY), owner/rider..................................66.563% 8. OREO (Gypsy Vanner Cross), Elaine Cole, owner; Meghan Riviello (KY), rider...........66.500% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur CH. HANA (Dutch Warmblood), Laura Crowl (KY), owner/rider.....................................68.824% RS. FIARO LACENDOS (Westfalen), Ashley Maul (OH), owner/rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Third Level Freestyle CH. FHF ROCKSTAR (Oldenburg Cross), Jennifer Kaiser, owner; Raegan McCool (IN), rider....71.800% Reikia, dam................................................................................................. 67.500% 3. REMANESSA (Hanoverian), Julie McCrady (MO), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; RS. HASHTAG TOP (Dutch Warmblood), Hilary Matthews & Jennifer Roth, owners; Jennifer Roth (OH), rider; Negro, sire; Urania, dam.............................................70.233% Leonessa, dam.............................................................................................66.176% 4. FLAVIO (Westfalen), Samantha Kenik (NE), owner/rider; Ferragamo, sire; 3. HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Davisson (IA), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam....................................................................................................69.217% Dancing Queen, dam.....................................................................................65.368% 4. RAYNE DANCE (Warmblood), Taryn Young (IL), owner/rider...................................68.750% 5. FAIRY TALE LH (Hanoverian), Debra Pulver (IA), owner/rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Celine, dam.................................................................................................64.044% 5. FAVORY CANADA (Lipizzan), Kate Phillips, owner; Samantha Martinson (MN), rider; Favory Toscana, sire; Canada, dam..................................................................68.617% 6. COPPERFIELD (Hanoverian Cross), Ellen Smitson, owner; Mary Aitken (IN), rider......62.426% 6. OREO (Gypsy Vanner Cross), Elaine Cole, owner; Meghan Riviello (KY), rider...........68.533% 7. FEMKE ZARMA TF (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Degrazia (IN), owner/rider; Contucci, sire; Allure S, dam...........................................................................62.353% 7. LOCHLAN (Oldenburg), Bronwyn Buys Du Plessis (OH), owner/rider; Leonberg, sire; Guinevere, dam...................................................................... 67.950% 8. WINSOME CHAUFFEUR (Hanoverian), Rebecca Mouras (MI), owner/rider; Weltissimo, sire; Divina, dam..........................................................................61.029% 8. QIATSU TF (Hanoverian), Agata Rekucka (IL), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Shiatsu TF, dam............................................................................................ 66.783%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

CH. HANA (Dutch Warmblood), Laura Crowl (KY), owner/rider..................................... 68.681% RS. DUKE OF THE DAWN (New Forest Pony), Jennifer Van De Loo (MS), owner/rider........68.264% 3. RAYNE DANCE (Warmblood), Taryn Young (IL), owner/rider................................... 67.569% 4. HAVALLO (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Davisson (IA), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam................................................................................................... 67.500% 5. EAGLE FAN BOSKSICHT (Friesian), Julie Roche (KY), owner/rider; Maeije 440, sire; Whita Fan ‘Bosksicht’, dam............................................................................64.306% 6. BIANKA LF (Trakehner), Melissa Peck (IN), owner/rider; Beethovan LF, sire; Forever Victorius, dam..................................................................................64.028% 7. SILHOUETTE (Oldenburg), Michelle Morehead (KY), owner/rider; Staccato*, sire; Lafonsa, dam..............................................................................................63.889% 8. WINSOME CHAUFFEUR (Hanoverian), Rebecca Mouras (MI), owner/rider; Weltissimo, sire; Divina, dam.......................................................................... 62.014%

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

CH. UWANNABEME WH (Half Arabian), Claire Nickelson (MO), owner/rider; Baske Afire, sire; Kimberly, dam.....................................................................66.544% RS. BIG INDIAN CREEK (Morgan), Brynne Varvel (IN), owner/rider; FCF Capestranno, sire; Indian Creek Redemption, dam.......................................60.882%

Prix St. Georges Open

CH. SERENGETI (Oldenburg), Jennifer Roth (OH), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Feldbunte, dam............................................................................................ 71.103% RS. GRIFFINDOR (Oldenburg), Brianna Zwilling (MO), owner/rider; Galiani CH, sire; Ronja M, dam..............................................................................................70.809% 3. FLASH GORDON HF (Hanoverian), Lisa Thompson Smith, owner; Kathryn Stoy (AL), rider; Falsterbo, sire; Big Girl, dam.........................................70.368% 4. LEVIANA (Hanoverian), Daniela Banner (KY), owner/rider...................................... 70.147% 5. CHAUNCEY (Hanoverian), Stephen Barron, owner; Sarah Travis (MN), rider............. 67.353% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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CHOO CHOO CHARLIE (Dutch Warmblood), Shirley McQuillan, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider................................................................................. 67.206% PITTER PAT (Thoroughbred), Krystina Wright, owner; Susan Posner (KY), rider; Cat Doctor, sire; True Account, dam.................................................................65.662% PAINTED DESERT (Oldenburg), Judy Hicks, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Sempatico M, sire; Awaamir, dam....................................................................65.441%

Intermediate II Open

CH. JP ORION (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider; Hipogrifo, sire; Adonia Star, dam..................................................................... 67.353% RS. JP ZORRO (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider..........65.956% 3. UBACHON (Dutch Warmblood), Jamie Lawrence & Nancy Fischman, owners; Jamie Lawrence (MS), rider............................................................................65.368% 4. LEVITATE (Friesian Sporthorse), Cathie Fergus-Watson & Don Watson, owners; Intermediate I Adult Amateur Cathie Fergus-Watson (KY), rider; Wilco B.L., sire; Isa, dam.................................63.897% CH. FIARO LACENDOS (Westfalen), Ashley Maul (OH), owner/rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; 5. MILANO (Half-Andalusian), Ruth Rensink, owner; Sarah Travis (MN), rider; Reikia, dam.................................................................................................66.250% Donavan!, sire; Maya SC, dam........................................................................63.088% RS. SIGNATURE (Dutch Warmblood), Cynthia Russell (MO), owner/rider; Idocus, sire; 6. REVELATION (Oldenburg), Patricia Riedl & Patrick Wolfe, owners; Nirvana, dam...............................................................................................65.368% Laura Himes (IN), rider; Relevant, sire; Gigola, dam.............................................61.912% 3. FAIRY TALE LH (Hanoverian), Debra Pulver (IA), owner/rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Celine, dam.................................................................................................63.897% Grand Prix Adult Amateur 4. FEMKE ZARMA TF (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Degrazia (IN), owner/rider; CH. CHATEAU 28 (Holsteiner), Kaylee Christensen (MI), owner/rider; Catoki, sire; Contucci, sire; Allure S, dam............................................................................61.544% Operette I, dam.............................................................................................61.196% 5. WEEKAPAUG GROOVE (Draft Cross), Karen Taylor (KY), owner/rider; Fine Fun, sire; Proud Warning, dam.................................................................59.853% Grand Prix Open 6. COPPERFIELD (Hanoverian Cross), Ellen Smitson, owner; Mary Aitken (IN), rider......59.485% CH. JP ORION (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider; Hipogrifo, sire; Adonia Star, dam......................................................................67.337% Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider RS. UBACHON (Dutch Warmblood), Jamie Lawrence & Nancy Fischman, owners; CH. ZON PRIMAIRE (Dutch Warmblood), Margaret & Tamara Putnal, owners; Jamie Lawrence (MS), rider............................................................................ 63.913% Margaret Putnal (KY), rider.............................................................................65.441% 3. JP ZORRO (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider...........62.011% RS. UWANNABEME WH (Half Arabian), Claire Nickelson (MO), owner/rider; 4. BRETAGNE-STR (Dutch Warmblood), Michele Inman (MO), owner/rider; Baske Afire, sire; Kimberly, dam.....................................................................62.868% 00 Seven, sire; Toulouse, dam........................................................................ 57.880%

Intermediate I Open

CH. CHOO CHOO CHARLIE (Dutch Warmblood), Shirley McQuillan, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider.................................................................................68.676% RS. PAINTED DESERT (Oldenburg), Judy Hicks, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider; Sempatico M, sire; Awaamir, dam................................................................... 66.618% 3. PIZZICATO (Hanoverian), Kate Mikulay (MN), owner/rider......................................65.147% 4. CONFETTI APT (Hanoverian), Jenn Boblitt (KY), owner/rider; Contucci, sire; DesChappelles, dam...................................................................................... 64.191% 5. GRIFFINDOR (Oldenburg), Brianna Zwilling (MO), owner/rider; Galiani CH, sire; Ronja M, dam............................................................................................... 64.118% 6. LEVIANA (Hanoverian), Daniela Banner (KY), owner/rider.....................................63.235% 7. VAINQUEUR E (Dutch Warmblood), Lisa Van Stratten, owner; Maggie Mosman (IA), rider; Welt Hit II, sire; Rena, dam.......................................63.235% 8. JP ZHIVAGO (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider; Lusiadas, sire; Fabios Star, dam.......................................................................62.191%

Intermediate I Freestyle

CH. GRIFFINDOR (Oldenburg), Brianna Zwilling (MO), owner/rider; Galiani CH, sire; Ronja M, dam..............................................................................................72.925% RS. FIARO LACENDOS (Westfalen), Ashley Maul (OH), owner/rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Reikia, dam.................................................................................................69.975% 3. CHOO CHOO CHARLIE (Dutch Warmblood), Shirley McQuillan, owner; Emily Brollier (KY), rider................................................................................. 69.413% 4. CONFETTI APT (Hanoverian), Jenn Boblitt (KY), owner/rider; Contucci, sire; DesChappelles, dam.....................................................................................69.000% 5. SIGNATURE (Dutch Warmblood), Cynthia Russell (MO), owner/rider; Idocus, sire; Nirvana, dam............................................................................................... 67.350% 6. JP ZHIVAGO (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider; Lusiadas, sire; Fabios Star, dam......................................................................66.588% 7. FEMKE ZARMA TF (Dutch Warmblood), Jeanne Degrazia (IN), owner/rider; Contucci, sire; Allure S, dam........................................................................... 62.100% 8. GLIMMERATII (Half Arabian), Julie Davies Pagels (WI), owner/rider; Galapard, sire; Angyl of Justice, dam...............................................................61.650%

Grand Prix Freestyle

CH. JP ORION (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider; Hipogrifo, sire; Adonia Star, dam.....................................................................72.838% RS. JP ZORRO (Andalusian), JP Giacomini, owner; Cedar Potts-Warner (KY), rider..........69.663% 3. LUX STENSVANG (Danish Warmblood), Sean Keasler, owner; Suzannah Wise (MI), rider..............................................................................65.400% 4. CHATEAU 28 (Holsteiner), Kaylee Christensen (MI), owner/rider; Catoki, sire; Operette I, dam............................................................................................64.350%

Region 5 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 5 Dressage Championship competition was cancelled. USDF looks forward to welcoming back Region 5 competitors in 2021!

Region 6 The Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 6 Dressage Championships were held October 2-4, 2020 in Auburn, WA Judges: Paula Lacy, Beverly Rogers, Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz, Diane Royce and Renee Johnson

Training Level Adult Amateur

CH. PANDARUS (Oldenburg), Theresa Nielsen (WA), owner/rider; Pandorra, sire; Keva, dam...................................................................................................62.845% RS. JUMANJI (Dutch Warmblood), Holly Lloyd Mills (ID), owner/rider; Vitalis, sire; Ulrieke Rose, dam........................................................................................60.086% 3. TLF ROSARIO (Oldenburg), Cindy Reichel (WA), owner/rider; Rubignon, sire; Althea Rosa, dam........................................................................................ 60.000%

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. SAVING GRACE (Thoroughbred Cross), Isabel & Suzanne Wolf, owners; Isabel Wolf (ID), rider..................................................................................... 66.724% RS. TANGO DE RENOIR ROUGÉ (Friesian Sporthorse), Colleen ODell, owner; CH. CAPRICE (Dutch Warmblood), Ashley Maul (OH), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Ra-Shell, dam...........................................................................64.412% Emily Huson (OR), rider; Renoir, sire; Georgia-Ricci, dam..................................... 62.931% RS. ESTRELLA (Danish Warmblood), Jolene Novak (IL), owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; Eternity, dam......................................................................64.044% Training Level Open CH. KARMELO R (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman (ID), owner/rider; 3. RICHTHOFEN 7 (Hanoverian), Judy Ethell (MO), owner/rider; Royal Blend, sire; Wonne, dam................................................................................................60.588% Sir Donnerhall, sire; Ameli-Melo, dam.............................................................. 79.397%

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First Level Adult Amateur

CH. ECLIPSE EE (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Robin Cummins (WA), owner/rider; North Forks Brenin Cardi, sire; Andromeda, dam...............................................66.458% RS. BON DAVIDOFF GCF (Hanoverian), Katie Breshears (OR), owner/rider; ES Bonheur, sire; Dream Date, dam.................................................................65.556% 3. FAHDI DE C (Half-Andalusian), Nina Diaz (WA), owner/rider; T-Madhi Chancel(FR), sire; Weltduft, dam..........................................................62.986% 4. TBF MAJESTIC GIFT (Cleveland Bay Cross), Sarah VonBrandt Senn (OR), owner/rider; TBF Fancy Fellow, sire; Kenley Leeward Spirit, dam............................................60.625%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. NORRA (German Riding Pony), Heather Decent, owner; Olivia Martz (WA), rider.......66.667% RS. KNIGHTS SILVER LUNA (Friesian Sporthorse), Corrine Lam, owner; Reece O’Keefe (WA), rider..............................................................................65.833% 3. TESS (Thoroughbred Cross), Kira Hawaaboo (WA), owner/rider.............................65.278% 4. TABOO JRB (Warlander), Regine Brockway, owner; Kailey Jones (WA), rider............60.278%

First Level Open

SPIRIT OF A COWBOY IMAGES

CH. KARMELO R (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman (ID), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Ameli-Melo, dam.............................................................. 74.653% RS. REGIMENT (Danish Warmblood), Alyssa Pitts (WA), owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Rambala, dam.............................................................................................72.292% 3. KOLBABA (Dutch Warmblood), Tedi Paasch (OR), owner/rider; Ferguson, sire; Felinez, dam.................................................................................................71.597% 4. KIARA RS (Dutch Warmblood), Betty Cohen, owner; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Carissa WS , dam..............................................................69.097% 5. GUNFIRE (Hanoverian), Robin Landry, owner; Sigrid Wolff (WA), rider.....................68.750% 6. KLIMT (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman (ID), owner/rider........................ 67.986% 7. LANIGAN (Hanoverian), Laurel McLaughlin, owner; Garyn Heidemann (WA), rider.....66.528% 8. FIRST LEGACY GM (Half Arabian), Gwendolyn Marshall, owner; Dannelle Haugen (WA), rider; Corre Con El Viento, sire; RA Fames Kapuni, dam........65.139%

Olivia Martz and Norra, First Level Jr/YR Champion; Peter Rothschild, Region 6 Director

First Level Freestyle

CH. ECLIPSE EE (Kleines Deutsches Reitpferd), Robin Cummins (WA), owner/rider; North Forks Brenin Cardi, sire; Andromeda, dam................................................74.183%

Second Level Adult Amateur

CH. WI DEGRO (Dutch Warmblood), Christine Leafdale & Diane Lane, owners; Christine Leafdale (WA), rider; Negro, sire; Lililight, dam..................................... 67.500% RS. VF ISABELLA (Pinto), Heather Krist (WA), owner/rider; Royal Thunder, sire; Sydney SDP, dam..........................................................................................62.500% 3. FAHDI DE C (Half-Andalusian), Nina Diaz (WA), owner/rider; T-Madhi Chancel(FR), sire; Weltduft, dam.......................................................... 61.548%

Second Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. AMUSEMENT PARK (Thoroughbred), Anne Fox & Teresa Stewart, owners; Catharine Schumacher (WA), rider...................................................................63.690% RS. TESS (Thoroughbred Cross), Kira Hawaaboo (WA), owner/rider.............................62.857% 3. PHIRST PHIDDLE (Oldenburg), Susan & Trinity Schatzel, owners; Trinity Schatzel (ID), rider; Parabol, sire; Best Musical, dam.................................60.833%

Second Level Open

CH. INNSBRUCK SSH (Dutch Warmblood), Nancy Arend, owner; Kathryn Southam (WA), rider.......................................................................... 72.857% RS. JHOCOLATE R (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman (ID), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Cleopatra, dam.......................................................................68.869% 3. HUNO (Lusitano), Nicole Grous, owner; Kari McClain (WA), rider.............................67.381% 4. CON CORAGGIO (American Warmblood), Nicole Bisping, owner; Kenton Wright (OR), rider............................................................................... 67.262% 5. SINATRA (Oldenburg), Garyn Heidemann (WA), owner/rider.................................. 66.786% 6. FYREN (Oldenburg), Liana Antanovich (WA), owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Serendipity, dam..........................................................................................60.357%

Second Level Freestyle

CH. FYREN (Oldenburg), Liana Antanovich (WA), owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Serendipity, dam...........................................................................................62.417%

Third Level Adult Amateur

CH. LADINO (Bavarian), Pamela Sturbaum (WA), owner/rider; Ludwig Von Bayern, sire; Love Symphony, dam..................................................64.688% RS. FIOMUCCINO (Oldenburg), Vanessa Hemovich (WA), owner/rider............................62.187% 3. NEW EDITION FF (Westfalen), Heather Courtney (WA), owner/rider; North Forks Brenin Cardi, sire; Alympia SVS, dam................................................ 61.187% 4. SOUVENIR (Oldenburg), Shana Blum (WA), owner/rider; Sorento, sire; Siska, dam.... 59.313%

Kathryn Southam and Innsbruck SSH, Second Level Open Champion; Peter Rothschild, Region 6 Director

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RS. KLIMT (Dutch Warmblood), Nadine Schwartsman (ID), owner/rider......................... 77.414% 3. FLOYD EDI (Hanoverian), Cynthia Phelan, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider......77.155% 4. ELEMENTAL (Rhinelander), Meaghan Newhouse, owner; Kathryn Southam (WA), rider; Escolar, sire; Fiderblute, dam................................. 74.655% 5. GUNFIRE (Hanoverian), Robin Landry, owner; Sigrid Wolff (WA), rider......................71.379% 6. LUCIAN BHS (Dutch Warmblood), Stephanie Bennett, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Special D, sire; Helga, dam................................ 70.948% 7. DER KLEINE SONNENSCHEIN (German Riding Pony), Laurie Britten, owner; Ganit Pinkus (ID), rider................................................................................... 68.621% 8. TNF INARA (Mustang), Shannon Donohue, owner; Jennifer O’Brien (WA), rider.........68.534%

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Third Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. FRENCH KISS (Westfalen), Sigrid Wolff, owner; Anna Graves (WA), rider; Florestan I, sire; Fabel, dam........................................................................... 65.313% RS. ROMANESQUE (Westfalen), Daphne Glenn (WA), owner/rider.................................65.250% 3. PHIRST PHIDDLE (Oldenburg), Susan & Trinity Schatzel, owners; Trinity Schatzel (ID), rider; Parabol, sire; Best Musical, dam.................................61.250%

Third Level Open

CH. LORENZO (Trakehner Cross), Tanna Taylor, owner; Cassie Benson (UT), rider.............69.188% RS. EMPIRE HW (Rhinelander), Tracy Cook, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Escolar, sire; Cassila, dam.............................................................................. 66.313% 3. INNSBRUCK SSH (Dutch Warmblood), Nancy Arend, owner; Kathryn Southam (WA), rider..........................................................................66.250% 4. WINTERTANZ (Oldenburg), Elizabeth Smith, owner; Teresa Valenti (ID), rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Felina CL, dam..................................................................65.625% 5. HUNO (Lusitano), Nicole Grous, owner; Kari McClain (WA), rider.............................65.125% 6. HM NAHAR (Arabian), Barbara Marcinkowski, owner; Dannelle Haugen (WA), rider; Akma D Day, sire; OFW Dark Mystery, dam........................................................ 64.875% 7. COLIBRI (Lusitano), Sheryl Prucka (UT), owner/rider............................................64.438%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

CH. COUNT DARBY GRANDE (Georgian Grande), Kim Lennox (OR), owner/rider; Smokey of Kentwood Farm, sire; Ca Calico Countess, dam..................................63.750%

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FALCON (Dutch Warmblood), Dove Creek Farm, owner; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider; UB 40, sire; Vallota, dam......................................... 67.868% ELNIETA (Dutch Warmblood), Melissa Connelly, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Dayano, sire; Silnieta, dam................................. 67.721% BINARA (Holsteiner), Carol Singh, owner; Dannelle Haugen (WA), rider................... 55.735%

Intermediate I Freestyle

CH. FALCON (Dutch Warmblood), Dove Creek Farm, owner; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider; UB 40, sire; Vallota, dam......................................... 75.468% RS. ROCERO SVS (Hanoverian), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider; Rotspon, sire; Hoheit, dam..............................................................................74.788% 3. GUAPO (Lusitano), Sheryl Prucka, owner; Cassie Benson (UT), rider.......................72.688%

Intermediate II Open

CH. FORMANCIER (Dutch Warmblood), Gail Redinger (ID), owner/rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Baileys, dam................................................................. 65.221%

Grand Prix Adult Amateur

CH. ROYAL KONIG (Oldenburg), Lauren Thornlow, owner; JoAnn Keller (WA), rider; Rubin-Royal, sire; Pica Ramira, dam.................................................................62.772%

Grand Prix Open

CH. YATZEE FPF (Friesian), Cathy Petrie, David Petrie & Paige Ruhl, owners; Paige Ruhl (WA), rider; Jasper 366, sire; Welmoed V/D Goslingawei, dam...............65.435% Fourth Level Open CH. EDELWEISS EE (Welsh Cob), Christine McClure, owner; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider....72.361% RS. WILLIAM (Dutch Warmblood), Belinda Nairn, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Prinses, dam.............................62.228% RS. COMANDO (Lusitano), Nicole Grous, owner; Kari McClain (WA), rider; Trevo Do, sire; Xira da Raposa, dam..................................................................67.847% Grand Prix Freestyle 3. INDIANA R (Dutch Warmblood), Alyssa Pitts (WA), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Zowillie, dam............................................................................................... 67.500% CH. YATZEE FPF (Friesian), Cathy Petrie, David Petrie & Paige Ruhl, owners; Paige Ruhl (WA), rider; Jasper 366, sire; Welmoed V/D Goslingawei, dam...............72.338% 4. GALANTE (Andalusian), Robert Chapeski (MT), owner/rider; Confidente SG, sire; Chinapa, dam..............................................................................................63.056% RS. WILLIAM (Dutch Warmblood), Belinda Nairn, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Prinses, dam..............................68.188%

Fourth Level Freestyle

CH. WALDOR (American Warmblood), Jesse Woodhead (OR), owner/rider; Wagnis, sire; Honest Dulcinea, dam................................................................. 67.800%

Region 7

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Dressage Championships were held September 24-27, 2020 in Del Mar, CA

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

Training Level Adult Amateur

CH. COUNT DARBY GRANDE (Georgian Grande), Kim Lennox (OR), owner/rider; Smokey of Kentwood Farm, sire; Ca Calico Countess, dam..................................59.926% Judges: Michael Osinski, Sarah Geikie, Melonie Kessler, Liselotte Fore, Agnes Billington 2. SWEET BLUE SKYS (Quarter Horse), Kaitlin Myers (ID), owner/rider; Majewska, Axel Steiner, Joan Williams and Ulf Wadeborn Gray Mel Bar, sire; Sugaree Lady, dam.............................................................. 54.191%

CH. RUBY (Arabian), Jessica Heinauer (OR), owner/rider.............................................59.471% CH. KAHLUA EDI (Dutch Warmblood), Terri Sue Wensinger (TX), owner/rider; Arlando, sire; Jiovette, dam...........................................................................70.259% RS. LEBRIA DG (Dutch Warmblood), Mary Devian (CA), owner/rider; Prix St. Georges Open Gaspard De La Nuit DG , sire; Itolimbria DG, dam................................................69.224% CH. BØGEGÅRDENS LOTUS (Danish Warmblood), Iris Orriss, owner; Garyn Heidemann (WA), rider; Bogegardens Laurino, sire; Bogegardens Levita, dam....70.441% 3. FAMOUS EDI (Oldenburg), Terry Griggs (CA), owner/rider; Finest, sire; Ex Sentia , dam...66.983% 4. SIR HARVARD (Oldenburg), Kimberly Apicella (AZ), owner/rider; San Amour I, sire; RS. COMANDO (Lusitano), Nicole Grous, owner; Kari McClain (WA), rider; Trevo Do, sire; Xira da Raposa, dam................................................................. 67.059% Hanseatin, dam...........................................................................................66.638% 5. KAI EDEN (Arabian), Susanne Lanini (CA), owner/rider; Eden C, sire; 3. WALDOR (American Warmblood), Jesse Woodhead (OR), owner/rider; Wagnis, sire; Honest Dulcinea, dam.................................................................65.074% Riveries Kaiya ++, dam..................................................................................65.862% 6. TALLADEGA NOCHE (Andalusian), Andrea Lora (CA), owner/rider; Festivo MR, sire; 4. GALANTE (Andalusian), Robert Chapeski (MT), owner/rider; Confidente SG, sire; Chinapa, dam..................................................................64.559% Princesa Del Sol, dam.................................................................................... 64.310% 7. ECAHNATEN PWA (Arabian), Jennifer Coury (CA), owner/rider.................................63.103% 5. DON FERRO (Oldenburg), Gail Redinger (ID), owner/rider; Don Olymbrio L, sire; Funny Girl, dam.............................................................................................63.971% 8. MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA (Andalusian), Brenda Forsythe (CA), owner/rider; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam............................................................... 61.034% 6. SANDARAC (Canadian Warmblood), Nancy Arend, owner; Kathryn Southam (WA), rider..........................................................................63.824% Training Level Junior/Young Rider 7. GO TANGO (Dutch Warmblood), Gwen Blake, owner; Kaili Lawrence (WA), rider; Contango, sire; Selicia, dam........................................................................... 62.941% CH. QUNIQUE N (Hanoverian), Christiane Noelting, owner; Carla Schulz (CA), rider.......... 70.172% RS. CHECARA (Dutch Warmblood), Carolyn Bland & Siddartha Kreaden, owners; 8. ELNIETA (Dutch Warmblood), Melissa Connelly, owner; Nadine Schwartsman (ID), rider; Dayano, sire; Silnieta, dam................................59.632% Haley Smith (CA), rider...................................................................................69.828% 3. IMPROV (Trakehner), Emme Chisholm (CA), owner/rider; Incantare, sire; Intermediate I Open Intriguing, dam.............................................................................................69.138% CH. ROCERO SVS (Hanoverian), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; 4. LIMERICK MSH (Hanoverian), Wendy Massa, owner; Carla Schulz (CA), rider; Jessica Wisdom (WA), rider; Rotspon, sire; Hoheit, dam......................................69.485% Londonderry, sire; Mayfair, dam...................................................................... 68.621% RS. GUAPO (Lusitano), Sheryl Prucka, owner; Cassie Benson (UT), rider.......................68.897% 5. SUNDANCE (Thoroughbred Cross), Piper Houghton (CA), owner/rider.....................66.379%

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FIGGY PUDDING (Welsh Cob), Michelle Freels, owner; Sophia Blake (CA), rider.........65.690% FOOL FOR LOVE (Arabian), Cynthia Bell, owner; Skylar Grammatico (CA), rider; Bravado Bey V, sire; FNF Nffatuation, dam.........................................................63.190% DONNA FREDERICAS (Hanoverian), Sarah Baroway (CA), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Limelight, dam..................................................................62.155%

Training Level Open

CH. LYAMORA (Dutch Warmblood), Sarah Lockman & Summit Farm, owners; Sarah Lockman (CA), rider...............................................................................78.793% RS. KENSINGTON (Dutch Warmblood), Amelia Newcomb (CA), owner/rider; Galandro, sire; ZZ-Top, dam............................................................................78.362% 3. HARLOW (Holsteiner), Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Karen Ball (CA), rider; Dolany, sire; Coco Chanel, dam.......................................................................72.586% 4. DANITY (Hanoverian), Kendall Brookhart, owner; Taylor Lindsten (AZ), rider; Danciano, sire; Desert Princess, dam................................................................71.638% 5. LIMITED EDITION (Dutch Warmblood), Marsha Busekist, owner; Jaclyn Pepper (CA), rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Contessa, dam...............................71.379% 6. KILOWATT (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Johnson (CA), owner/rider.......................70.690% 7. LABAN (Danish Warmblood), Line Andersen (CA), owner/rider................................69.741% 8. KIALOA (Dutch Warmblood), Bailiwick House Inc., owner; Patty Mayer (CA), rider; UB 40, sire; Napua, dam................................................................................ 69.310%

First Level Adult Amateur

THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (American Warmblood), Breeanna Kenney (CA), owner/rider.................................................................68.889% CHECARA (Dutch Warmblood), Carolyn Bland & Siddartha Kreaden, owners; Haley Smith (CA), rider....................................................................................67.778% FREEDOM IHF (Hanoverian), Daniella Shakirova (CA), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Amelia, dam.................................................................................................66.181% VALKRYIE’S FANTASIA (Friesian Cross), Mercedes Chisholm (CA), owner/rider...........64.583%

First Level Open

CH. FIANA (Oldenburg), Maureen Lamb, owner; Sandra Savage (CA), rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Pretty Flower, dam.........................................................79.028% RS. CHALEUREUX (Holsteiner), Mahaffey International & Patricia Mahaffey, owners; Karen Ball (CA), rider; Chevalier, sire; Movenpick, dam....................................... 76.667% 3. SAN FRANSISKO (Wurttemberg), Deborah Martin, owner; Renee Gerard Johnson (CA), rider; San Amour I, sire; Evita, dam...........................72.292% 4. LADY GRENAT (Dutch Warmblood), Lisa Malinowski, owner; Melissa Bingham (CA), rider.............................................................................70.417% 5. KERENSA (Dutch Warmblood), Isabella Vaca, owner; Jaclyn Pepper (CA), rider; Florianus 2, sire; Winona CF, dam.................................................................... 69.861% 6. DANITY (Hanoverian), Kendall Brookhart, owner; Taylor Lindsten (AZ), rider; Danciano, sire; Desert Princess, dam................................................................68.125%

First Level Freestyle

CH. RINGO SPRINGS (Hanoverian), Julie Ramstead (CA), owner/rider...........................69.028% RS. Q SIEBEN (Hanoverian), Alexandra Duarte (CA), owner/rider.................................68.889% 3. FOUR BY FOUR (Hanoverian), Ellie Rose (CA), owner/rider....................................66.875% 4. SAMSON (Appaloosa), Anastasia Keyser (AZ), owner/rider; All Hands On Zip, sire; Feature Me Bigtime, dam..............................................................................65.208% 5. GUINNESS KBD (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Watts (CA), owner/rider; Negro, sire; Windfola, dam............................................................................ 64.444% 6. FAIR ANGEL (Hanoverian), Joanne Irish (CA), owner/rider; Feiner Stern, sire; Bourbonette, dam........................................................................................64.028% 7. SIR PRIZE (Oldenburg), Sara Stiglich (CA), owner/rider......................................... 62.431% 8. JILDERT FAN JONKERSHUZEN (Friesian), Julie Unvert (CA), owner/rider; Bente 412, sire; Japke N, dam.........................................................................61.736%

CH. SANDRO’S HOLIDAY (Oldenburg), Triana Pangrcic (CA), owner/rider........................72.833% RS. THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (American Warmblood), Breeanna Kenney (CA), owner/rider.................................................................70.333% 3. GUINNESS KBD (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Watts (CA), owner/rider; Negro, sire; Windfola, dam.............................................................................69.617% 4. SAMSON (Appaloosa), Anastasia Keyser (AZ), owner/rider; All Hands On Zip, sire; Feature Me Bigtime, dam..............................................................................66.967% 5. LUCKILY A DIMENSION (Quarter Horse), Paula Wild, owner; Kristine Buist (NV), rider; Invested Dimension, sire; Matties Impulse, dam...............64.017% 6. COPPERTONE GIRL (Haflinger), Sara Barlow (CA), owner/rider...............................64.000% 7. ECAHNATEN PWA (Arabian), Jennifer Coury (CA), owner/rider.................................63.817%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

Second Level Adult Amateur

CH. LIRIANO N (Oldenburg), Christiane Noelting, owner; Carla Schulz (CA), rider; Licosto, sire; Dynamica, dam...........................................................................74.444% RS. GENTLE D (Belgian Warmblood), Constanza Zamani (CA), owner/rider; Quinto HBC, sire; Vorella, dam........................................................................ 70.694% 3. #HASHTAG (Dutch Warmblood), Wendy Riddell, owner; Kali Riddell (AZ), rider; Johnson, sire; Brita Cara C, dam.....................................................................70.208%

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Sandra Savage and Ilario, Fourth Level Open Champion

CH. ALEGRE (Lusitano), Christine Watkins (CA), owner/rider........................................65.357% RS. SAMSON (Appaloosa), Anastasia Keyser (AZ), owner/rider; All Hands On Zip, sire; Feature Me Bigtime, dam................................................63.810% 3. NAVARRE K (Friesian), Mary Hamer (CA), owner/rider; Wander 352, sire; Noor, dam.....63.036% 4. BETHOVEN DO CASTANHEIRO (Lusitano), Lisa White (CA), owner/rider; Portugal, sire; Urka Do Castanheiro, dam.........................................................56.429%

Tina Lovazzano and Leon XXIX, Grand Prix AA Champion

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Second Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. THOR (Friesian), Kirsten Doss, owner; Tatiana Harlan (CA), rider; Teade, sire; Leia Z, dam................................................................................................. 68.274% RS. NORTHERN AMADEUS (Haflinger), Eric Anderson, owner; Lilianne Stallings (CA), rider.....63.512% 3. #HASHTAG (Dutch Warmblood), Wendy Riddell, owner; Kali Riddell (AZ), rider; Johnson, sire; Brita Cara C, dam..................................................................... 61.548%

Third Level Freestyle

CH. FIDERELLO (Hanoverian), Karen Cornelius (CA), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; Dancing Queen, dam..................................................................................... 71.250% RS. ILIMA (Dutch Warmblood), Denise Griffith, owner; Megan McQueeney (CA), rider; Uphill, sire; Vera Cruz, dam.............................................................................67.567% 3. GRINGO (Lusitano), Cynthia Bell (CA), owner/rider.................................................67.167% 4. QUINTANA ROO CR (Canadian Warmblood), Rebecca Lindy (AZ), owner/rider; Second Level Open Sempatico M, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam.............................................................. 65.733% CH. WITRAZ SIR ROBIN (Danish Warmblood), Diane Corieri, owner; 5. GORRYT-B ‘VON JORL’ (Friesian), Rochelle Putnam (CA), owner/rider; Missy Gilliland (AZ), rider; Blue Hors Romanov, sire; Miss Florida, dam....................71.429% Tsjerk 328, sire; Riemke T, dam......................................................................60.483% RS. WALENTINO N (Oldenburg), Christiane Noelting, owner; Christian Hartung (CA), rider....70.000% 3. ILIMA (Dutch Warmblood), Denise Griffith, owner; Megan McQueeney (CA), rider; Fourth Level Adult Amateur Uphill, sire; Vera Cruz, dam.............................................................................67.857% CH. SUENOS GRANDE (Andalusian), Adele Stein (CA), owner/rider................................64.306% 4. SANDRO’S HOLIDAY (Oldenburg), Triana Pangrcic (CA), owner/rider........................65.238% RS. TIP TOP’S KIKI (Swedish Warmblood), Lynda Palmer (CA), owner/rider; 5. JUMANJI MG (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Briglin (CA), owner/rider; Schroeder, sire; Tip Top, sire; King’s Jewel, dam......................................................................63.958% Uloma MG, dam...........................................................................................62.024% 3. DREAM OF MINE (Hanoverian), Kristine Aday (CA), owner/rider; Dauphin, sire; Maxima, dam..............................................................................................62.569% Second Level Freestyle 4. RENAISSANCE MAN HVH (Hanoverian), Rachel DeBerdt (CA), owner/rider; CH. SUNSPRITE’S SALTAMONTES (Hanoverian), Lisa Galliath & Triana Pangrcic, owners; Rousseau, sire; Whitney BH, dam.................................................................... 59.931% Triana Pangrcic (CA), rider.............................................................................. 71.000% RS. DON VIAMO (Oldenburg), Michele Mooney (AZ), owner/rider; Don Graphit, sire; Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider Verlien, dam.................................................................................................65.417% CH. HANDSOME ROB AR (Dutch Warmblood), Diane Nichols, owner; 3. WINZER 207 (Hanoverian), Kristina Huff (CA), owner/rider.................................... 61.333% Erin Nichols (CA), rider................................................................................... 67.639% RS. WINZALOT (Hanoverian), Charlotte & Mari Waite, owners; Third Level Adult Amateur Charlotte Waite (CA), rider; Wolkenstein II, sire; Franzisca, dam............................ 67.083% CH. HOTNESS (Oldenburg), Catherine Reynolds (CA), owner/rider; 3. BRAVOUR (Hanoverian), Sandra Nissen, owner; Mckenzie Milburn (WA), rider; Hotline, sire; Livadia, dam.............................................................................68.438% Bon Bravour, sire; Djarkata, dam.....................................................................66.458% RS. FEEGO (Rhinelander), Alexandra Duarte (CA), owner/rider; Feedback, sire; Gala, dam...................................................................................................66.250% Fourth Level Open 3. DON VIAMO (Oldenburg), Michele Mooney (AZ), owner/rider; Don Graphit, sire; CH. ILARIO (Dutch Warmblood), Maureen Lamb, owner; Sandra Savage (CA), rider; Verlien, dam................................................................................................64.500% Davino V.O.D., sire; Liantora, dam...................................................................75.000% 4. QUINTANA ROO CR (Canadian Warmblood), Rebecca Lindy (AZ), owner/rider; RS. REINE NOIRE (Oldenburg), Victoria Cotchett, owner; Jo Moran (CA), rider.................72.917% Sempatico M, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam.............................................................. 63.813% 3. REDHAWKS AMBIANCE (Oldenburg), Jo Moran (CA), owner/rider; Ampere, sire; 5. WINZER 207 (Hanoverian), Kristina Huff (CA), owner/rider.................................... 63.313% Royal Dream, dam........................................................................................ 69.931% 6. RIANNA (Oldenburg), Kendall Brookhart (AZ), owner/rider; Regazzoni, sire; 4. HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Breen-Gurley (CA), owner/rider; Desert Princess, dam....................................................................................63.063% Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam....................................................................... 67.292% 7. VALENTINO (Dutch Warmblood), Janice Brooks-Gary (CA), owner/rider; 5. INFERNO M (Dutch Warmblood), Candice Warren, owner; Carlos Santos (CA), rider; Riverman-ISF, sire; Joivette, dam....................................................................62.687% Davino V.O.D., sire; Uganita M, dam................................................................66.389% 8. VALOR (Dutch Warmblood Cross), Rochelle Putnam (CA), owner/rider.....................59.938%

Third Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. PANENKA (Dutch Warmblood), Regan Cutshall (CA), owner/rider; Havel, sire; Gatinka, dam................................................................................................68.125% RS. WILKENS (Hanoverian), Hannah Johnson (CA), owner/rider; Waterford, sire; Feine Dame, dam.........................................................................................65.938% 3. GRAYSON (Friesian Cross), Abigail Siever (CA), owner/rider; Donius W., sire; Welli’s Lady Victory, dam................................................................................65.250% 4. BANDERAS SK (Dutch Warmblood), Ann Boehning & Ellanor Boehning, owners; Ellanor Boehning (CA), rider.............................................................................65.188% 5. SIR CHARLES (Hanoverian), Pacific Coast Vaulting Club, owner; Haley Smith (CA), rider...................................................................................62.875% 6. ESMARALDA (Lusitano), Barbara Lawson, owner; Isabella Vaca (CA), rider..............60.875% 7. TOM (German Riding Pony), Josephine Hinnemann (CA), owner/rider.....................58.938%

Third Level Open

CH. ATTERUPGAARDS BOTTICELLI (Danish Warmblood),Charlotte Jorst (NV), owner/rider; Benetton Dream, sire; Atterupgaards Dicte, dam............................................... 72.375% RS. WITRAZ SIR ROBIN (Danish Warmblood), Diane Corieri, owner; Missy Gilliland (AZ), rider; Blue Hors Romanov, sire; Miss Florida, dam....................72.313% 3. FLEUR NOIR WSHS (Hanoverian), Genay & Michele Vaughn, owners; Genay Vaughn (CA), rider; Furstenball, sire; Wakanova WSHS, dam........................70.188% 4. LUSTIG (Oldenburg), Jennette Scanlon (CA), owner/rider; Lehmann, sire; Emmanuelle, dam........................................................................................ 67.688% 5. REGENT (Oldenburg), Ludger Thole (CA), owner/rider.......................................... 67.625% 6. CHARMING BOY (Oldenburg), Tobi Coate (CA), owner/rider...................................66.750% 7. GRINGO (Lusitano), Cynthia Bell (CA), owner/rider...............................................66.688% 8. ROMINA C (Hanoverian), Marion Riese & William Forwood, owners; Ari Lopez (CA), rider.......................................................................................66.500%

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Fourth Level Freestyle

CH. HAPPY M (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Breen-Gurley (CA), owner/rider; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam.......................................................................73.500% RS. BENNETT (Oldenburg), Christine Stephenson (CA), owner/rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Whimsey, dam................................................................. 64.667% 3. RIANNA (Oldenburg), Kendall Brookhart (AZ), owner/rider; Regazzoni, sire; Desert Princess, dam....................................................................................62.800% 4. HERMES (Pura Raza Espanola), Sophie Evans (NV), owner/rider; Estimado XV, sire; Leticia III, dam.................................................................... 61.283%

Junior Team

CH. RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Oldenburg), Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; Miki Yang (CA), rider; Ravel, sire; Riva del Garda, dam........................................68.636%

Young Rider Team

CH. CHANEL (Danish Warmblood), Dorriah Rogers, owner; Dennesy Rogers (CA), rider; Blue Hors Romanov, sire; Phenelope Solyst, dam............................................... 67.059%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

CH. HARTOG (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Wetterau (CA), owner/rider; Apache, sire; Bartoga, dam..............................................................................71.176% RS. QUINTESSENTIAL HIT (Oldenburg), Terri Sue Wensinger (TX), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Stellar Hit, dam.................................................................... 66.618% 3. SOLANA (Hanoverian), Susan Sullivan (CA), owner/rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Bungee B, dam............................................................................................65.294% 4. CHEVALIER (Holsteiner), Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Mackensey Hamblin (CA), rider; Con Air, sire; Ontaria III, dam........................................................................... 64.191% 5. FREYA DG (Dutch Warmblood), Sandra Harper (CA), owner/rider; Devon Heir, sire; Bakara KS, dam............................................................................................63.971%

ZANTOS (Dutch Warmblood), Christie Cooper (CA), owner/rider..............................63.971% GEZARIO (Trakehner), Anne Cole (WA), owner/rider.............................................63.750% CARAVAGGIO (Dutch Warmblood), Ellie Hardesty (CA), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; Nirvana, dam.........................................................................62.426%

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

RS. CATO (Dutch Warmblood), Bailiwick House Inc & Patty Mayer, owners; Patty Mayer (CA), rider...................................................................................62.500% 3. ARGENTUM BSH (Oldenburg), Dove Butler, owner; Katie Hoefs-Martin (CA), rider; Art Deco, sire; Sasia, dam..............................................................................62.279%

Grand Prix Adult Amateur

CH. ROMA (Oldenburg), Ludger Thole & Nicky Thole, owners; Halina Thole (CA), rider.....66.324% CH. LEON XXIX (Pura Raza Espanola), Dancing Kings Farm, owner; RS. SANDRO STAR (Oldenburg), Catherine & Charlotte Dunn, owners; Tina Lovazzano (CA), rider; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam.............................64.239% Charlotte Dunn (UT), rider..............................................................................62.279% RS. ZETA (Dutch Warmblood), Alix Curry (CA), owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; Ocerlinda, dam............................................................................................ 63.641% Prix St. Georges Open 3. DARK BERRY (Oldenburg), Christine Ekstrand (CA), owner/rider............................. 63.315% CH. KASTEL’S GRAND GALAXY WIN (Dutch Warmblood), 4. WINSOR ROX (Dutch Warmblood), Maloney Pony LLC, owner; Charlotte Jorst & Kastel Denmark, owners; Charlotte Jorst (NV), rider.................... 74.632% Laura Maloney (CA), rider; San Remo, sire; Para Lady, dam..................................60.380% RS. HEATCLIFF (Dutch Warmblood), Beverly Gepfer & El Ranchito Equine, owners; 5. WYNNONA (Dutch Warmblood), Michelle Freels (CA), owner/rider; Nick Wagman (CA), rider; Florencio I, sire; Ulivi, dam.......................................... 73.015% Obelisk, sire; Ramona, dam........................................................................... 59.783% 3. DG DANCING QUEEN (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Miller (CA), owner/rider.................... 69.191% 3. HARVARD (Dutch Warmblood), Amelia Newcomb (CA), owner/rider; Grand Prix Open Charmeur, sire; Beaudea, dam........................................................................ 69.191% CH. KASTEL’S NINTENDO (Dutch Warmblood), Kastel Denmark, owner; 5. GEOREMA BEL (Lusitano), Cassey Mello (CA), owner/rider.....................................66.397% Charlotte Jorst (NV), rider; Negro, sire; Rodieni R, dam........................................71.304% 6. STEPP OF MAGIC (Oldenburg), Kate Douglas (CA), owner/rider; RS. FERANO (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Keadle, owner; Samarant, sire; Riva del Garda, dam.................................................................65.441% Nick Wagman (CA), rider; Scandic, sire; Zara D, dam............................................70.707% 7. WINTUITION (Zweibrucker), Cathy Jordan, owner; Danielle Thomason (CA), rider.....63.603% 3. BAILARINO (Oldenburg), Akiko Yamazaki & Four Winds Farm LLC, owners; 8. XANTHUS (Hungarian), Kristine Buist (NV), owner/rider; H.S. Warado, sire; Dawn White-O’Connor (CA), rider; Breitling W, sire; Schila, dam............................ 68.261% Phaedra, dam..............................................................................................63.309% 4. NATASHA (Oldenburg), Karen Drown, owner; Amelia Newcomb (CA), rider; Negro, sire; Donna Summer*, dam..................................................................66.685% Intermediate I Adult Amateur 5. DUJELINDA M (Dutch Warmblood), Tegan Kossowicz (CA), owner/rider; CH. QUINTESSENTIAL HIT (Oldenburg), Terri Sue Wensinger (TX), owner/rider; Westpoint, sire; Ujelinda M, dam......................................................................65.761% Quaterback, sire; Stellar Hit, dam.....................................................................65.147% 6. UIVER (Dutch Warmblood), Terri Rocovich (CA), owner/rider; Sandro Hit, sire; RS. ZORREN TEN X (Dutch Warmblood), Tobi Coate (CA), owner/rider; Goldalinda, dam...........................................................................................65.652% Paganini, sire; Lizette, dam........................................................................... 65.000% 7. SPARTAKUS (Hanoverian), Carrie & Ken O’Neill, owners; Carrie O’Neill (CA), rider; 3. REMISE (Oldenburg), Eric Grimm (CA), owner/rider; Riverman, sire; Schwarzenegger, sire; Fifty Fifty, dam..............................................................65.543% Senzanome, dam.........................................................................................64.926% 8. SIR DEAUVILLE (Oldenburg), Sherry Vant Riet (CA), owner/rider; 4. DIAVOLINO 5 (Hanoverian), Bridget Rogers (CA), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estella, dam.................................................................... 65.000% Concorde, dam............................................................................................63.382% 5. FLASHBACK (Dutch Warmblood), Debi Brum (CA), owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Grand Prix Freestyle Bodasa, dam................................................................................................62.779% CH. SIR DEAUVILLE (Oldenburg), Sherry Vant Riet (CA), owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estella, dam..................................................................... 66.813%

Intermediate I Open

CH. KASTEL’S GRAND GALAXY WIN (Dutch Warmblood), Charlotte Jorst & Kastel Denmark, owners; Charlotte Jorst (NV), rider.................... 71.809% RS. DE RUSSIE (Hanoverian), Marisa Festerling (CA), owner/rider................................ 71.029% 3. FÜRSTIN P (Westfalen), Michele Vaughn, owner; Genay Vaughn (CA), rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Domane, dam.................................................................... 71.029% 4. AVANTAGE (Westfalen), Christine Unruh (CA), owner/rider; Ampere, sire; Lolita, dam.......70.147% 5. COOPER (Hanoverian), Jaclyn Pepper (CA), owner/rider.......................................69.853% 6. CARETTE MG (Dutch Warmblood), Rya McMahon (CA), owner/rider; His Highness 2, sire; Torette, dam...................................................................68.897% 7. FRANGIPANI (Dutch Warmblood), Julia Mineikis (NV), owner/rider; Navaronne, sire; Garnet, dam.........................................................................68.382% 8. QUIDAM DE CHARRY (Hanoverian), Candice Warren, owner; Carlos Santos (CA), rider; Quaterback, sire; Ramira, dam......................................66.176%

Region 8 The 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 8 Dressage Championships were held September 17-20, 2020 in Saugerties, NY Judges: Kem Barbosa, Lori Barnard, Willette Brown, Lisa El-Ramey, Sarah Geikie, R. Scott Peterson, Lisa Schmidt and Lois Yukins

Training Level Adult Amateur

CH. LOOKER SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Alexandra Krossen (NJ), owner/rider; Zulft SCF, sire; Fashionista SCF, dam................................................................75.862% RS. BE FAIR (Holsteiner), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; Catiago, sire; Imperial III, dam...... 75.086% 3. JUGLANS Y (Oldenburg), Erin Laurent (NJ), owner/rider.........................................72.759% 4. REGALIZ AA (Pura Raza Espanola), Cynthia Dean (CT), owner/rider; Kefren, sire; Intermediate I Freestyle Lupe, dam...................................................................................................68.448% CH. FLYNN (Oldenburg), Karen Kahn, owner; Ari Lopez (CA), rider; Fidertanz, sire; 5. EMMY (Holsteiner), Maren Epstein (NJ), owner/rider; Casall, sire; Liguista, dam...... 67.069% Frontera, dam.............................................................................................72.000% 6. WRISTOW (Oldenburg), Andrew Blair (MA), owner/rider; Weltstern, sire; Fantine, dam...67.069% RS. COOPER (Hanoverian), Jaclyn Pepper (CA), owner/rider........................................70.125% 7. ALL THAT N’ MORE (Dutch Warmblood), Maggie Knowlton (ME), owner/rider; Contango, sire; Qheche, dam.........................................................................66.810% 8. ROMANÉE-CONTI (Bavarian), Daniela Sykes (NY), owner/rider...............................66.466% Intermediate II Adult Amateur CH. REY DEL MUNDO (Westfalen), Jim & Tiffany Mahoney, owners; Tiffany Mahoney (CA), rider; Rock Forever, sire; Fiona, dam..................................67.574% Training Level Junior/Young Rider RS. CHOPIN R (Dutch Warmblood), Four Winds Farm LLC, owner; CH. CHAUVINETTE SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Shanna Pace, owner; Akiko Yamazaki (CA), rider; Jazz, sire; Sibalia L, dam..........................................66.985% Megan Tursi (CT), rider; Balou Du Rouet, sire; Marie Louise, dam..........................69.483% 3. HIGHLIGHT (Hanoverian), Cynthia Makishima (CA), owner/rider............................. 60.515% RS. HERZGOLD 5 (Hanoverian), Margaret Koerner, owner; Lucy Koerner (MA), rider; Herzensdieb, sire; Bonita, dam........................................................................67.931% 3. ALLOW ME (Oldenburg), Joan Lavallee, owner; Lauren Kovacik (VT), rider............... 65.431% Intermediate II Open 4. BUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON (Thoroughbred), Sara Carlisle, owner; CH. SAVAROTH (Westfalen), Julia Mineikis (NV), owner/rider; Starnberg, sire; Caluna K, dam.............................................................................................63.382% Lara Erdogus-Brady (MA), rider; Street Magician, sire; Dawn’s Diva, dam................63.190% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Training Level Open

Second Level Adult Amateur

First Level Adult Amateur

Second Level Junior/Young Rider

First Level Freestyle

Third Level Adult Amateur

CH. DELANO (Westfalen), Cindy Roesener (PA), owner/rider.........................................73.103% RS. DAMON’S DREAM (Hanoverian), Carol McPhee, owner; Cara Klothe (PA), rider; Damon, sire; Wolda, dam...............................................................................72.759% 3. SUNFLOWER (Westfalen), Julia Greifeld, owner; Sara Schmitt (NJ), rider..................72.241% 4. GUILDENSTERN SOL (Trakehner), Samantha Kidd, owner; Molly Maloney (NY), rider; Ivanhoe, sire; Guadeloupe, dam..................................71.897% 5. SOVEREIGN EMF (Hanoverian), Kris Schuler, owner; Vincent Flores (CT), rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Bellatesse HTF, dam...............................................................71.207% 6. MW DONA FRANCISCA (Oldenburg), Alexandra Tomson, owner; Mallory Chambers (NJ), rider; Franziskus, sire; MW Donna, dam............................ 70.172% 7. DANTE’ (Friesian Cross), Lisa Varotsis, owner; Leslie Ann McGowan (NH), rider......... 70.172% 8. CLOUD 9 (Oldenburg), Wendi Schnittjer (NY), owner/rider; Cennin, sire; Auguste Victoria, dam....................................................................................69.138%

CH. KASPAROV TOJA (Belgian Warmblood), Lyndsey Bailey (NY), owner/rider.................68.333% RS. IZACK (Dutch Warmblood), Janice Turner (NJ), owner/rider...................................66.190% 3. HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg), Jennifer Miranda (NY), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam...............................................................................................65.119% 4. LOTUS (Westfalen), Victoria Kahn-Sinclair (NH), owner/rider; Licosto, sire; Samira, dam................................................................................................ 64.881% 5. EVIL MUNCHKIN (Holsteiner), Sandra Holden (NY), owner/rider; Clearway, sire; Ortega I, dam.............................................................................................. 64.702% 6. SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Stacy Rose (NY), owner/rider............62.857% 7. ILIANE (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Hudson (NH), owner/rider; Chippendale, sire; Vadihouston, dam............................................................... 61.845% 8. HEART THROB SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein (NY), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam........... 61.548%

CH. WINDRIDGE SILVER BULLET (Morgan), Carly Collari, owner; Gabriella Steinmeier (MA), rider; Noakes Buckshot, sire; Beacon Silver Dawn, dam...65.774% RS. DELILAH CH (Half Arabian), Susan Bassin, owner; Tiffany Banks (NY), rider; Dresdenn, sire; Graphike, dam........................................................................65.119% 3. MAESTRO (German Riding Pony), Hailey Kates, owner; Grace Young (NY), rider; Marco Polo, sire; Suse, dam.......................................................................... 65.000% 4. FERRARI (Oldenburg), Brooke Grossman (NY), owner/rider; Feramo, sire; Pearl, dam..................................................................................................63.869% 5. GOLDWINE OF TVF (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Schmitt, owner; Lillian Mikulski (NJ), rider...............................................................................62.679% 6. WIBKA (Oldenburg), Dave Thind, owner; Sophia Forsyth (MA), rider....................... 62.321% 7. ANSA COWBOY BRAVHEART (Half Arabian), Ainsley & Melissa Cronin, owners; Ainsley Cronin (MA), rider; Investinarodeocowboy, sire; ANSA Oponna, dam............60.774% First Level Junior/Young Rider 8. DAS FEINE MAEDCHEN (Oldenburg), Lula Langdon (NY), owner/rider; CH. IT’S A JOKE (Dutch Warmblood), Kenley Buchanan (MA), owner/rider.....................70.000% Der Feine Lord AT, sire; Gross Roma, dam......................................................... 59.702% RS. CHICO DULCE VIENTO (Andalusian), Lillian Benoit (NH), owner/rider........................66.042% 3. CHAUVINETTE SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Shanna Pace, owner; Megan Tursi (CT), rider; Balou Du Rouet, sire; Marie Louise, dam.......................... 65.764% Second Level Open CH. SHURREAL (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle (PA), rider; 4. FRILANDREO (Dutch Warmblood), Sarah McCombe (NY), owner/rider; Sandreo, sire; Pharbalia, dam........................................................................65.278% Sezuan, sire; EM Rheporter, dam.................................................................... 72.440% 5. WIBKA (Oldenburg), Dave Thind, owner; Sophia Forsyth (MA), rider........................64.167% RS. HOT SHOT (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield, owner; Gabriel Armando (NJ), rider; Rousseau, sire; Magdalena, dam....................................................................69.524% 6. DRYBROOK’S ANNIKA’S ANGEL (Connemara), Sara Carlisle, owner; Claire Piacentini (MA), rider; DryBrook’s Moon River, sire; Roscommon Annika, dam....64.028% 3. STRAVINSKY (Hanoverian), Lucien Rouse, owner; Carolyn Wehle (NY), rider.............68.810% 4. ILLYON S (Dutch Warmblood), Giulia Cohen (NY), owner/rider.................................67.798% 7. MAESTRO (German Riding Pony), Hailey Kates, owner; Grace Young (NY), rider; Marco Polo, sire; Suse, dam............................................................................63.611% 5. LIBRETTO (Zweibrucker), Alicia Aiyawar (NH), owner/rider; Lassico, sire; 8. ALLOW ME (Oldenburg), Joan Lavallee, owner; Lauren Kovacik (VT), rider...............63.264% Raining Monarch, dam.................................................................................. 67.560% 6. TO THE MAX (Dutch Warmblood), Shelley Welch, owner; Laura Macnamara (NY), rider..........................................................................66.607% First Level Open 7. DELILAH JONES BBH (Holsteiner), Bow Brickhill Stables Corporation, owner; CH. SHANAHAN (Oldenburg), Bridget Hay (NJ), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Lieto, dam.....72.917% Jamie Leuenberger (NJ), rider........................................................................66.429% RS. MSJ FLAGSHIP (Oldenburg), Caroline Gaglio, owner; Siri Kent (CT), rider; 8. THEMPERA (Oldenburg), Jane-Marie Law, owner; Jana Wagner (NY), rider.............63.988% Franziskus, sire; Kadisha, dam.......................................................................72.083% 3. TO THE MAX (Dutch Warmblood), Shelley Welch, owner; Second Level Freestyle Laura Macnamara (NY), rider..........................................................................70.833% CH. HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg), Jennifer Miranda (NY), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; 4. FINEST DREAM HW (Hanoverian), Carol McPhee, owner; Cara Klothe (PA), rider........70.417% Lhoretta, dam...............................................................................................69.767% 5. DELANO (Westfalen), Cindy Roesener (PA), owner/rider........................................ 70.278% RS. SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Stacy Rose (NY), owner/rider............68.667% 6. GUILDENSTERN SOL (Trakehner), Samantha Kidd, owner; 3. LIBRETTO (Zweibrucker), Alicia Aiyawar (NH), owner/rider; Lassico, sire; Molly Maloney (NY), rider; Ivanhoe, sire; Guadeloupe, dam................................. 69.861% Raining Monarch, dam..................................................................................68.367% 7. MW DONA FRANCISCA (Oldenburg), Alexandra Tomson, owner; 4. HEART THROB SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Mallory Chambers (NJ), rider; Franziskus, sire; MW Donna, dam........................... 68.819% Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein (NY), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam............68.150% 8. GET READY (Canadian Sport Horse), Kelly Massero, owner; 5. KIJONY (Dutch Riding Pony), Roxanne Bok (CT), owner/rider................................. 67.950% Sarah-Jane Arthur (NH), rider; Gringo, sire; Whoopi II, dam..................................68.264% 6. LILY OF CHINCOTEAGUE (Welsh Cross), Paydan McLaughlin (RI), owner/rider.............64.917% CH. JETSON EP (Dutch Warmblood), Katherine Cissell (MA), owner/rider....................... 73.264% RS. VALENTINO G (German Riding Pony), Hillary Bryan (MA), owner/rider.......................72.917% 3. LOTUS (Westfalen), Victoria Kahn-Sinclair (NH), owner/rider; Licosto, sire; Samira, dam.................................................................................................72.014% 4. HEART THROB SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein (NY), owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam...........70.208% 5. SANTANA (Westfalen), Heidi Terezakis (MA), owner/rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Efont, dam...69.583% 6. LOOKER SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Alexandra Krossen (NJ), owner/rider; Zulft SCF, sire; Fashionista SCF, dam................................................................ 69.514% 7. BE FAIR (Holsteiner), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; Catiago, sire; Imperial III, dam.......68.819% 8. SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Stacy Rose (NY), owner/rider............68.403%

CH. BE FAIR (Holsteiner), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; Catiago, sire; Imperial III, dam......70.000% RS. SILENT PARTNER (Dutch Harness Horse Cross), Stacy Rose (NY), owner/rider.............69.100% 3. CASINO (Dutch Warmblood), Stephanie Brazus (IN), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Florencia, dam............................................................................................. 67.983% 4. LOOKER SCF (Dutch Warmblood), Alexandra Krossen (NJ), owner/rider; Zulft SCF, sire; Fashionista SCF, dam.................................................................67.817% 5. SAFIR 7S (Oldenburg), Karin Worm (NJ), owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Ladora 7S, dam............................................................................................ 67.533%

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CH. GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Blaszak (NY), owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam...................................................................71.688% RS. NICENE (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam............................................................................69.500% 3. SAGITARIO DE MV (Andalusian), Jacqueline Ducci (CT), owner/rider; Nativo, sire; Kenia De MV, dam........................................................................................ 67.625% 4. HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg), Jennifer Miranda (NY), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam...............................................................................................67.313%

3. DORA THE EXPLORER (Haflinger Cross), Alexandra Tomson, owner; Jennifer Chin (NJ), rider..................................................................................70.133% 4. BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose (NY), owner/rider..........................70.033% 5. HHEMLOCK (Oldenburg), Jennifer Miranda (NY), owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam...............................................................................................69.417% 6. FLASH (Sport Pony), Victoria Moricco (NJ), owner/rider.........................................69.133% 7. BRIGADIER (Oldenburg), Cynthia Anderson (NJ), owner/rider................................68.433% Third Level Junior/Young Rider 8. ZUNI (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield (FL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; CH. AIR COUNT (Holsteiner), Riley Reardon (NH), owner/rider......................................66.125% Marbleroos B, dam.......................................................................................68.033% RS. BELLA YMAS (Hanoverian), Isabella Thorpe (MA), owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Dora, dam...................................................................................................66.063% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 3. BEDUINO DA LAGOALVA (Lusitano), Vitor Silva, owner; Macenna Furtado (MA), rider......65.250% CH. NICENE (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam............................................................................ 69.722% 4. WINDRIDGE SILVER BULLET (Morgan), Carly Collari, owner; Gabriella Steinmeier (MA), rider; Noakes Buckshot, sire; Beacon Silver Dawn, dam......63.500% RS. GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Blaszak (NY), owner/rider; 5. FILLMAR C (Dutch Warmblood), Allison Mikulski, owner; Lillian Mikulski (NJ), rider...63.000% Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam...................................................................68.194% 3. GRACE JONES (Dutch Warmblood), Sandra Cohen (NY), owner/rider........................67.361% 6. SCANDAL LWF (Oldenburg), Brenna Donovan (MA), owner/rider; Wittershausen, sire; Penelope LWF, dam..........................................................62.438% 4. FLASH (Sport Pony), Victoria Moricco (NJ), owner/rider........................................ 64.722% 5. HERMOSO (Holsteiner Cross), Wendi Schnittjer, owner; Chelsea Staal (NY), rider.......62.778% 7. LAURENCE (Hanoverian), Brianna & Judy Sullivan, owners; Brianna Sullivan (NH), rider............................................................................ 61.438% 6. GRANDMASTER FLASH (Dutch Warmblood), Jacqueline Greener (PA), owner/rider; 8. LEX TANGO (Holsteiner), Sarah Foster, owner; Emily Schaefer (NY), rider..................61.125% Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam.............................................................................62.708% 7. BRIGADIER (Oldenburg), Cynthia Anderson (NJ), owner/rider................................62.083% 8. BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose (NY), owner/rider..........................61.806% Third Level Open CH. I-DREAM (Dutch Warmblood), Mary Lauritsen (MA), owner/rider; Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider Dream Boy, sire; Urianca, dam........................................................................75.313% CH. GOLDENNETTIE (Dutch Warmblood), Barbara Brady & Lara Erdogus-Brady, owners; RS. DRUM MAJOR (Hanoverian), Rebecca Saunders, owner; Roberta Carleton (CT), rider....72.000% Lara Erdogus-Brady (MA), rider....................................................................... 69.444% 3. FLORELLI (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Howard, David Giannetto & RS. LORD LOCKSLEY (Trakehner), Margaret Stevens, owner; Kara Day (ME), rider; Marcel Timmermans, owners; Amy Howard (NJ), rider; Florencio, sire; Virella, dam......71.250% Unkenruf, sire; Lida, dam............................................................................... 67.639% 4. IZAAK (Dutch Warmblood), Michel Sturm, owner; Jannike Gray (CT), rider; 3. FILLMAR C (Dutch Warmblood), Allison Mikulski, owner; Lillian Mikulski (NJ), rider...60.972% Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Aspen, dam.....................................................................70.688% Fourth Level Open 5. BOLT (Hanoverian), Teresa Cooper, owner; Kimberly Herslow (NJ), rider; Belissimo M, sire; Spice WF, dam.................................................................... 70.438% CH. IN THE NICK OF TIME (Friesian Cross), Jutta Lee (VT), owner/rider; Derek from the Fr. Connection, sire.................................................................69.653% 6. IHF’S MAVERICK (Friesian Sporthorse), Wendy McKelvy, owner; Nicole Gluesenkamp (MA), rider......................................................................68.750% RS. RANIA VF (Hanoverian), Tine Zinglersen (NY), owner/rider.................................... 67.292% 3. FOR VALENTINE HW (Westfalen), Gail DiStefano, owner; Jeff Lindberg (NY), rider; 7. GENIUS (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield, owner; Gabriel Armando (NJ), rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Magdalena, dam...................................................................68.688% Fidertanz, sire; Sandrin, dam..........................................................................66.597% 4. NAVARRE (Iberian Warmblood Cross), Megan Mello, owner; 8. ATTERUPGAARDS MANILLA (Danish Warmblood), Carly Neilson (NH), owner/rider; Blue Hors Don Olynbrio, sire; Atterupgaards Magnolia, dam................................68.250% Raimundo Maciel Nascimento (ME), rider.........................................................65.278% 5. EDELMANN (Polish Warmblood), Amy Winnen, owner; Carolyn Wehle (NY), rider; Third Level Freestyle El Bundy, sire; Soja, dam...............................................................................65.278% CH. NICENE (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; 6. LE MAVERICK (Half Arabian), Jennifer Marchand (NY), owner/rider........................63.333% Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam............................................................................. 71.417% 7. BRETTON BEAUTY (Hanoverian), Lisa Kaptein (CT), owner/rider; RS. SAGITARIO DE MV (Andalusian), Jacqueline Ducci (CT), owner/rider; Bretton Woods, sire; Rosalie, dam....................................................................62.778% Nativo, sire; Kenia De MV, dam.......................................................................70.633% 8. LENNOX (Holsteiner), Denise David-Cardinale (NY), owner/rider............................ 59.514%

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ZUNI (Dutch Warmblood), Hope Greenfield (FL), owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Marbleroos B, dam....................................................................................... 67.250% ILIANE (Dutch Warmblood), Karen Hudson (NH), owner/rider; Chippendale, sire; Vadihouston, dam........................................................................................66.938% BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose (NY), owner/rider..........................66.750% FLASH (Sport Pony), Victoria Moricco (NJ), owner/rider........................................66.563%

Mary Lauritsen and I-Dream, Third Level Open Champion; Debra Reinhardt, Region 8 Director

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CH. GINTARAS (Dutch Warmblood), Kimberly Blaszak (NY), owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam...................................................................73.100% RS. DIVERS-W (Dutch Warmblood), Bonnie Padwa, owner; Kimberly Litwinczak (MA), rider; Westpoint, sire; Rialda, dam..............................72.033% 3. FLINGH’S DREAM (Dutch Warmblood), Roberta Carleton (CT), owner/rider; Lingh, sire; Dream Weaver, dam..................................................................... 70.750% 4. BENJAMIN BLUE (Percheron Cross), Kerry Rose (NY), owner/rider.......................... 70.267% 5. NICENE (Oldenburg), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam............................................................................69.567% 6. FLASH (Sport Pony), Victoria Moricco (NJ), owner/rider........................................ 67.350% 7. FÜRST MADIRAN (Hanoverian), Laurie McCullough-Leibfried (PA), owner/rider; Furst Nymphenburg, sire; Madonna, dam......................................................... 59.750%

CH. EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam..........................................................................................69.338% RS. DREAM WORKS (Hanoverian), Stephen Ruggiero (CT), owner/rider; Danone I, sire; Hollywood, dam........................................................................................... 66.691% 3. FERRERO (Hanoverian), Jennifer Foulon (MD), owner/rider; Federweisser, sire; Sade, dam.........................................................................66.103% 4. CANO CRISTALES (Hanoverian), Sandra Holden (NY), owner/rider; Conteur, sire; Konny, dam..............................................................................66.029% 5. BROOKSIDE PATCH (Oldenburg), Kathryn Thode (NY), owner/rider; Benvolio, sire; Agenda’s May Day, dam............................................................65.588% 6. AREND Z (Zangersheide), Nancy Binter (FL), owner/rider; Air Jordan Z, sire; Heliante Z, dam............................................................................................. 64.191%

CH. ABELARD (Westfalen), Hannah Neff (MI), owner/rider..........................................63.030% CH. RITTER BENNO (Westfalen), Marie Fodor, owner; Abby Fodor (NJ), rider; RS. MISS RED (Oldenburg), Hannah Neff (MI), owner/rider.........................................59.348% Rolls Royce, sire; Warkuta, dam......................................................................62.265% 3. SATURDAY DELIGHT (Oldenburg), Lillian Simons, Thomas Jackowski & Wesley Dunham, owners; Emily Jackowski (NY), rider..........................................58.106% Intermediate I Open CH. CARLITO (Dutch Warmblood), Rita Brown (MA), owner/rider; Santano, sire; Unoeska, dam..............................................................................................72.941% Young Rider Team RS. RUPERT ANGUS (Hanoverian), Jamie Fell (VT), owner/rider; Rotspon, sire; CH. DUSTIN (Holsteiner), Caroline Cadorette (ME), owner/rider; Dolany, sire; Lonira, dam....67.059% Day Dream, dam..........................................................................................69.338% RS. RENDEZVOUS (Sachsen), Julia Lee Barton (MA), owner/rider.................................64.853% 3. ACE OF SPADES (Dutch Warmblood), Sara Carlisle (MA), owner/rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Urodine L, dam.....................................................................69.044% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 4. CRAMIQUE KERGUELEN (Selle Francais), Vincent Flores, owner; CH. FLORATINA (Hanoverian), Chloe Gasiorowski (NY), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; Vincent Flores (CT), rider;...............................................................................68.382% Rubina, dam.................................................................................................71.397% 5. BLUES SINGER (Dutch Warmblood), Hannah Corjulo (NY), owner/rider....................68.235% RS. EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; 6. FLONIRO R (Oldenburg), Irene Liegner, owner; Jennifer Marchand (NY), rider.......... 67.500% Wednesday, dam..........................................................................................69.338% 7. GRANDIOSO (Dutch Warmblood), Katie Robicheaux (MA), owner/rider; 3. DREAM WORKS (Hanoverian), Stephen Ruggiero (CT), owner/rider; Danone I, sire; Uphill, sire; G.E.P. Kristiane, dam.....................................................................67.426% Hollywood, dam........................................................................................... 65.735% 8. THE BLACK PEARL (Friesian Cross), Jamie Leuenberger (NJ), owner/rider................66.250% 4. PORSCHE’S FLORENCIA (German Riding Horse), Judith Sloan (NY), owner/rider........64.926% 5. CANO CRISTALES (Hanoverian), Sandra Holden (NY), owner/rider; Conteur, sire; Intermediate I Freestyle Konny, dam.................................................................................................64.632% CH. EYE CANDY (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Gimbel (NJ), owner/rider; UB 40, sire; 6. EHRENWORT JUNIOR (Hanoverian), Regina Cristo (NY), owner/rider; Wednesday, dam...........................................................................................71.938% Ehrenwort, sire; Hilary, dam...........................................................................63.824% RS. RUPERT ANGUS (Hanoverian), Jamie Fell (VT), owner/rider; Rotspon, sire; 7. SO SPECIALE EDITION (Oldenburg), Isabelle Thompson (MA), owner/rider................60.956% Day Dream, dam..........................................................................................70.963% 8. BERIKINO (Hanoverian), Ashley Plomondon (MA), owner/rider; Bretone, sire; 3. GALLANT (Hanoverian), Mallory Chambers (NJ), owner/rider.................................69.538% Apollonia, dam.............................................................................................60.662% 4. AREND Z (Zangersheide), Nancy Binter (FL), owner/rider; Air Jordan Z, sire; Heliante Z, dam............................................................................................69.338% 5. FLONIRO R (Oldenburg), Irene Liegner, owner; Jennifer Marchand (NY), rider..........68.963% Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider 6. DREAM WORKS (Hanoverian), Stephen Ruggiero (CT), owner/rider; Danone I, sire; CH. WRIGLEY (Dutch Warmblood), Paula Bokesch, owner; Ashley Cauvel (MA), rider; Son De Niro, sire; Pinomia, dam.......................................................................67.279% Hollywood, dam...........................................................................................68.600% RS. LORD LOCKSLEY (Trakehner), Margaret Stevens, owner; Kara Day (ME), rider; Unkenruf, sire; Lida, dam...............................................................................66.985% Intermediate II Adult Amateur 3. DUSTIN (Holsteiner), Caroline Cadorette (ME), owner/rider; Dolany, sire; Lonira, dam...65.809% CH. DAMANI (Hanoverian), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam................................................................................67.941% 4. RITTER BENNO (Westfalen), Marie Fodor, owner; Abby Fodor (NJ), rider; Rolls Royce, sire; Warkuta, dam......................................................................65.294% RS. MARCO (American Warmblood), Jennifer Foulon (MD), owner/rider; Nameless, sire; Marka, dam............................................................................64.412% 5. DIADEM (Oldenburg), Brenna Donovan (MA), owner/rider; Donnerluck, sire; Copy That, dam............................................................................................ 61.838% RS. GA DEVA (Dutch Warmblood), Melanie Montagano, owner; Jennifer Foulon (MD), rider..............................................................................64.412% 4. RIGOLO 12 (Oldenburg), Lisa Apa (NY), owner/rider..............................................61.397% Prix St. Georges Open CH. CARLITO (Dutch Warmblood), Rita Brown (MA), owner/rider; Santano, sire; Unoeska, dam............................................................................................. 72.279% Intermediate II Open RS. CRAMIQUE KERGUELEN (Selle Francais), Vincent Flores (CT), owner/rider.................71.985% CH. RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason (NJ), owner/rider.................................71.765% RS. CITHA’S UTOPIA (Dutch Warmblood), Andrea Woodner, owner; 3. ELVIS HI (Lusitano), Ailene Cascio & Kimberly Herslow, owners; Kimberly Herslow (NJ), rider; Travesso FC, sire; Quizumba HI, dam.......................69.265% Allison Kavey (NY), rider; Dayano, sire; Unieke-Utopia, dam................................. 67.353% 3. BARAO HI (Lusitano), Irene Liegner, owner; Jennifer Marchand (NY), rider; 4. BALBOA (Hanoverian), Denise Hayman-Loa & Suzanne Ross-Armando, owners; Suzanne Ross-Armando (NJ), rider; Belissimo M, sire; Dirty Dancing, dam..............68.529% Ninfo, sire; Condessa, dam............................................................................65.809% 4. LESATH (Hanoverian), Susanne Hamilton (ME), owner/rider...................................64.779% 5. CHEYENNE M (Dutch Warmblood), Susan Nonis, owner; Raimundo Maciel Nascimento (ME), rider; Flemmingh, sire; Tallenger, dam............68.015% 5. DJANGO (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Schaffner, owner; Wendi Schnittjer (NY), rider....64.706% 6. LASSERRE (Danish Warmblood), Giulia Cohen (NY), owner/rider............................. 64.191% 6. GRAND AFFAIRE (Dutch Warmblood), Emma Batchelder (NH), owner/rider; Special D, sire; Vurania, dam...........................................................................67.941% 7. AMADO XXXV (Pura Raza Espanola), Cindi Wylie (MA), owner/rider; Adalid II, sire; 7. SHENGLI (Hanoverian), David Collins (NY), owner/rider; Souvenir, sire; Dana, dam... 67.632% Amapola LVI, dam.........................................................................................63.088% 8. BR DANNYS SECRET (Friesian Cross), Linda Butz, owner; Sara Schmitt (NJ), rider; 8. DIVERS-W (Dutch Warmblood), Bonnie Padwa, owner; Kimberly Litwinczak (MA), rider; Westpoint, sire; Rialda, dam...............................67.279% Danny, sire; Julliet, dam................................................................................62.353%

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4. SPS SORAJA (Hanoverian), Jill Peterson, owner; Rachel Pennington (TX), rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Weltdame, dam..............................................................68.534% CH. DAMANI (Hanoverian), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam................................................................................65.217% 5. HALO (Thoroughbred), Bobby Covington (TX), owner/rider; Hay Halo, sire; Tsunanamous, dam......................................................................................68.448% 6. DENIM FS (Hanoverian), Anna, Julia & Susan Peacock, owners; Grand Prix Open CH. RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason (NJ), owner/rider.................................72.011% Julia Peacock (OK), rider; Davignport, sire; Delightfull, dam..................................68.190% 7. NTEC FALLSTAFF (Mecklenburg), Kai Handt, owner; Julia Handt (TX), rider...............68.190% RS. FRANKIE (Hanoverian), Catherine Haddad Staller (FL), owner/rider; Florencio I, sire; Aronja, dam...........................................................................71.793% 8. LILI MARLENE (Oldenburg), Ann Cowdrey, owner; Patricia Hughes (TX), rider; Landor S, sire; Tonga II, dam.......................................................................... 68.017% 3. WARSTEINER (Dutch Warmblood), Heather Mason (NJ), owner/rider; Riverman-ISF, sire; Welona, dam..................................................................... 69.783% Training Level Junior/Young Rider 4. CHIGALI (Dutch Warmblood), Gretchen Stearns, owner; Emily Wyman (NY), rider; CH. STERLING THUNDER (Thoroughbred), Meghan Adelman (TX), owner/rider...............69.397% Kigali, sire; Houwert JE, dam.........................................................................69.348% RS. ZUCKERHUT (Oldenburg), Samantha Collins (TX), owner/rider................................67.759% 5. GIRALDILLO CEN (Pura Raza Espanola), Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; 3. PANIC! AT THE DISCO (Thoroughbred), Alexandra Du Celliee Muller, owner; Jannike Gray (CT), rider; Codicioso-Mac, sire; Giralda XII, dam.............................69.239% Addy Batcheller (AR), rider..............................................................................66.293% 6. RULING CORTES (Oldenburg), Betsy Dangel & Ruling Cortes LLC, owners; 4. SM REDEMPTION (Thoroughbred Cross), Addison Bobel (TX), owner/rider.................65.172% Jane Hannigan (MA), rider; Rubin Cortes, sire; Ruling Aletta, dam.........................68.424% 5. ERN MORE CASH (Appendix Quarter Horse), Carlisle Myers (TX), owner/rider............64.483% 7. DJANGO (Dutch Warmblood), Elizabeth Schaffner, owner; Wendi Schnittjer (NY), rider...65.652% 6. SE PEREGRINO II (Andalusian), Catherine Schmidt (TX), owner/rider.......................63.966% 8. AMADO XXXV (Pura Raza Espanola), Cindi Wylie (MA), owner/rider; Adalid II, sire; 7. MIKUS STAR (Thoroughbred), Madison & Valerie Manis, owners; Amapola LVI, dam.........................................................................................65.272% Madison Manis (TX), rider...............................................................................63.534% 8. RIO PAISANO’S ISABELLA (Oldenburg Cross), Vidya Adlakha (MS), owner/rider..........63.362%

Grand Prix Freestyle

CH. RTF LINCOLN (Oldenburg), Heather Mason (NJ), owner/rider................................73.563% RS. WARSTEINER (Dutch Warmblood), Heather Mason (NJ), owner/rider; Riverman-ISF, sire; Welona, dam.....................................................................73.063% 3. DAMANI (Hanoverian), Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen (NJ), rider; Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam................................................................................69.125% 4. CITHA’S UTOPIA (Dutch Warmblood), Andrea Woodner, owner; Allison Kavey (NY), rider; Dayano, sire; Unieke-Utopia, dam..................................67.438%

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CH. CONTESSA ROSE SWF (Hanoverian), Mary Hardberger, owner; John Mason (TX), rider; Connery, sire; Rozijn, dam..............................................74.310% RS. BOEING WS (Hanoverian), Rebekah Wesatzke, owner; Kathryn Bortel (TX), rider; Benetton Dream, sire; Fly High, dam...............................................................74.052% 3. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF (Danish Warmblood), Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason (TX), rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam.......72.328% 4. DE BALOU (Mecklenburg), Michelle Burgoyne, owner; Sara Toolin (TX), rider; D’Olympic, sire; Baby Jane, dam.....................................................................68.448% 5. DIAMANTE EAS (Andalusian), Epic Andalusians & Sherry McGalliard, owners; Antonio Garcia Roldan (TX), rider; Festivo MR, sire; Ermitana DA, dam................... 65.431% 6. SULLIVAN STREET (Hanoverian), Barbara Bailey, owner; Cynthia Hall (TX), rider........65.259% 7. Z-WIND ICF (Trakehner), Christine Turner, owner; Marlena Kurz (TX), rider................64.914% 8. LONE STAR WS (Oldenburg), Gregory Ragusa, owner; Cynthia Hall (TX), rider; Licotus, sire; Jemez, dam.............................................................................. 62.931%

Training Level Adult Amateur

First Level Adult Amateur

Region 9 The Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 9 Dressage Championships were held October 1-4, 2020 in Katy, TX

CH. GANGSTER (Westfalen), Anartz Chanca (TX), owner/rider...................................... 73.879% RS. FALKNER (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts (TX), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Laetitia, dam..71.207% 3. PIXELATED GWF (Oldenburg), Alexandra Du Celliee Muller, owner; Ashley Martin (AR), rider................................................................................69.224%

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Danielle Aymond and Come Fly With Me, First Level Freestyle Champion

CH. SARASTRO (Danish Warmblood), Carrie Wood (TX), owner/rider; Soreldo, sire; Di Weola, dam............................................................................................. 70.486% RS. REDEMPTION SONGS (Hanoverian), Leslie Fan (TX), owner/rider; Rapture R, sire; Supreme Prankster, dam................................................................................69.167%

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GOLIATH (Dutch Warmblood), Tracy Zaidenweber (TX), owner/rider; Charmeur, sire; Whitney K., dam.....................................................................69.028% PIXELATED GWF (Oldenburg), Alexandra Du Celliee Muller, owner; Ashley Martin (AR), rider................................................................................68.889% SANTANA (Hanoverian), Emily Roy (TX), owner/rider; Sonntagskind, sire; Atlanta, dam....67.778% NTEC QUINTUS (Westfalen), Samantha Farrow (TX), owner/rider.............................67.708% DANUBIO (Lusitano), Heather Kilby (TX), owner/rider........................................... 67.569% SPS SORAJA (Hanoverian), Jill Peterson, owner; Rachel Pennington (TX), rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Weltdame, dam.............................................................. 67.569%

Second Level Junior/Young Rider

CH. HEMINGWAY KW (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Denny, owner; Kasey Denny (TX), rider; Don Schufro, sire; Vitamin C, dam..................................70.833% RS. WROCKET (Hanoverian), Robin Hudson, owner; Lauren Vega (TX), rider; Widmark, sire; Dame, dam............................................................................68.750% 3. CIPRIANI (Holsteiner), Alexis Parsons, owner; Patricia Augustine (TX), rider..............67.857% 4. WVODKA (Hanoverian), Rylee & Valentine Pumphrey, owners; Rylee Pumphrey (TX), rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Grandma Colleen, dam......................67.798% 5. DR. SCHIWAGO 9 (Hanoverian), Zainab Shah (TX), owner/rider.............................. 67.024% 6. UNSCRIPTED (Dutch Warmblood), Aislin Falasco (AR), owner/rider.........................63.690% 7. LAGUNA (Hanoverian), Sarah Small (TX), owner/rider; Lamentos, sire; First Level Junior/Young Rider Carmina, dam..............................................................................................63.452% CH. HEMINGWAY KW (Dutch Warmblood), Amy Denny, owner; Kasey Denny (TX), rider; Don Schufro, sire; Vitamin C, dam................................................................... 72.708% 8. ABEDNEGO (Sachsen), Kaylin Bowman (TX), owner/rider; Accuse, sire; Arabell, dam......62.571% RS. CIPRIANI (Holsteiner), Alexis Parsons, owner; Patricia Augustine (TX), rider..............72.431% Second Level Open 3. VAUN B (Friesian), Alison Hartley, owner; Emma Grabenhorst (TX), rider; CH. DIE SCHNELLE (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts, owner; Rebecca Hicks (TX), rider; Tsjalke 397, sire; Jantsje K, dam...................................................................... 67.569% Diamo Gold, sire; Laetitia, dam........................................................................67.976% 4. UNSCRIPTED (Dutch Warmblood), Aislin Falasco (AR), owner/rider..........................67.431% RS. WOLFGANG (Oldenburg), Sally Shultis, owner; Liz Nugent-Hefner (TX), rider; 5. WROCKET (Hanoverian), Robin Hudson, owner; Lauren Vega (TX), rider; Wildcard, sire; Rossano, dam..........................................................................67.857% Widmark, sire; Dame, dam............................................................................. 67.153% 3. SE BOMBOM (Pura Raza Espanola), Ismael Medina, owner; 6. FERNHILL FIERCE (Irish Sport Horse), Avery Daigle (TX), owner/rider.......................66.597% Sandra Lindenberg (TX), rider..........................................................................67.321% 7. ZUCKERHUT (Oldenburg), Samantha Collins (TX), owner/rider...............................65.625% 4. FERN RC (Saddlebred Cross), Alexandra Du Celliee Muller (AR), owner/rider.............66.131% 8. STERLING THUNDER (Thoroughbred), Meghan Adelman (TX), owner/rider...............63.264% 5. WICKED WOLF (Andalusian), Charlotte Stotts & Lisa Blackmon, owners; Lisa Blackmon (TX), rider; TB Wolf 1, sire; Condesa IX, dam.................................. 63.274%

First Level Open

CH. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF (Danish Warmblood), Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason (TX), rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam.......74.306% RS. FAITH CR (Oldenburg), Christine Calao (TX), owner/rider; Furstenball, sire; Chante, dam................................................................................................72.222% 3. WIRBELTANZ (Hanoverian), Helen Ryan, owner; John Mason (TX), rider.................. 69.792% 4. ESPLENDIDO (Andalusian), Ivy Backes (TX), owner/rider....................................... 69.444% 5. SUN OF SOUL (German Riding Pony), Linda Graves, owner; Allison Stai (TX), rider; Spartakus, sire; Diane, dam...........................................................................69.236% 6. FLORENTINO (Hanoverian), Victoria Reeder, owner; Tiago Ernesto (TX), rider; Floratio, sire; Donnerball, dam.......................................................................68.750% 7. BRILLANTE LOS ARCOS (Andalusian), Katherine Dozzo, owner; Katherine McCullough (TX), rider..................................................................... 67.500% 8. DE BALOU (Mecklenburg), Michelle Burgoyne, owner; Sara Toolin (TX), rider; D’Olympic, sire; Baby Jane, dam......................................................................67.431%

Second Level Freestyle

CH. DECADENT (Oldenburg), Michele Woodford (TX), owner/rider; Art Deco, sire; Holbein Queen, dam......................................................................................70.417% RS. CHROMIUM (Oldenburg), Ashley Jones (TX), owner/rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; Tinkabella, dam...........................................................................................68.900% 3. WICKED WOLF (Andalusian), Charlotte Stotts & Lisa Blackmon, owners; Lisa Blackmon (TX), rider; TB Wolf 1, sire; Condesa IX, dam.................................. 64.467%

Third Level Adult Amateur

CH. DANCE HIT (Oldenburg), Anartz Chanca (TX), owner/rider......................................71.625% RS. FINNEGAN SQF (Hanoverian), Rachel Pennington (TX), owner/rider; Fidertanz, sire; SPS Withney, dam.........................................................................................69.500% 3. DE BLASIO (Oldenburg), Elisabeth Dewar (TX), owner/rider; De Niro, sire; Heidi, dam....68.688% 4. ECONTIFINO (Dutch Warmblood), Nicki Atkinson (TX), owner/rider........................... 67.188% 5. RICARDA (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts (TX), owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam....... 66.813% 6. HEATHROW (Dutch Warmblood), Alexandra Evans (TX), owner/rider; First Level Freestyle Rubignon, sire; Calianda, dam........................................................................66.500% CH. COME FLY WITH ME (Thoroughbred), Danielle Aymond (LA), owner/rider; The Action Gato, sire; Do It, dam.....................................................................70.033% 7. BROOKLYN GCF (Hanoverian), Barrett Barksdale (TX), owner/rider; Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam.........................................................................................66.438% RS. VALENTINO (Lusitano), Megan Moos, owner; Deirdre Sabo (TX), rider; Olimpio, sire; Olimpiada, dam...........................................................................................69.633% 8. FLY BOY (New Forest Pony), Roxanne Jewell (TX), owner/rider; Jacodi’s Anja’s Amoz, sire; What Evah, dam......................................................65.750% 3. OKIDO I.T. (Friesian), Carol McKibben, owner; Deirdre Sabo (TX), rider; Michiel 442, sire; Ria I.T., dam........................................................................68.833% Third Level Junior/Young Rider 4. SANTANA (Hanoverian), Emily Roy (TX), owner/rider; Sonntagskind, sire; Atlanta, dam................................................................................................68.567% CH. WVODKA (Hanoverian), Rylee & Valentine Pumphrey, owners; 5. CHARLESTON (Dutch Warmblood), Rebecca Park, owner; Sandy Venneman (TX), rider...65.767% Rylee Pumphrey (TX), rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Grandma Colleen, dam......................66.188% RS. CONFLORSAN (Holsteiner), Michele Miles, owner; Gage Miles (TX), rider.................66.063% 6. HALO (Thoroughbred), Bobby Covington (TX), owner/rider; Hay Halo, sire; Tsunanamous, dam......................................................................................64.950% 3. DR. SCHIWAGO 9 (Hanoverian), Zainab Shah (TX), owner/rider..............................65.750% 4. DON LARSON (Hanoverian Cross), Savana Garvey (TX), owner/rider........................65.438% 5. LAGUNA (Hanoverian), Sarah Small (TX), owner/rider; Lamentos, sire; Carmina, dam....63.813% Second Level Adult Amateur 6. RIBERA V (Andalusian), Waller Farms, owner; Madison Waller (TX), rider; CH. JESPERADO (Dutch Warmblood), Julia Denton (TX), owner/rider; Desperado, sire; Montes II, sire; Naftalina II, dam..................................................................... 63.313% Paulien, dam...............................................................................................69.048% 7. CARTWHEEL’S BELLE STAR (Half-Welsh), Flavie Le Mener (TX), owner/rider................62.125% RS. ZARA (American Warmblood), Stephanie Wiman (TX), owner/rider..........................67.321% 8. PICCOLO SILVER RUM (Half-Welsh), Isabella Hess (TX), owner/rider........................ 61.625% 3. CHROMIUM (Oldenburg), Ashley Jones (TX), owner/rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; Tinkabella, dam...........................................................................................66.607% Third Level Open 4. ZIGGY STARDUST (Canadian Warmblood), Diana Summers (TX), owner/rider.............66.190% CH. QUATERHALLS LIGHTNING (Hanoverian), Rylee & Valentine Pumphrey, owners; 5. RICARDA (Westfalen), Ashlee Watts (TX), owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam.......65.536% Eva Oldenbroek-Tabor (TX), rider;.....................................................................71.813% RS. GRIMEUR (Dutch Warmblood), Madison Ledwik, owner; Ashley Shaw (TX), rider.......71.813% 6. WYN’S FREE SPIRIT (Saddlebred Cross), Heidi Abshire (TX), owner/rider; Wyn de Pluum, sire; Sweetheart’s Bourbon Spirit, dam........................................65.119% 3. BLIZZARD (Hanoverian), Chad & Lindsay Bohne, owners; Chad Bohne (TX), rider; Bentley, sire; Werica, dam..............................................................................68.375% 7. SARASTRO (Danish Warmblood), Carrie Wood (TX), owner/rider; Soreldo, sire; Di Weola, dam.............................................................................................64.524% 4. INSPIRADOS (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Butler, owner; Fran Dearing-Kehr (TX), rider.......66.813% 4. COMISARIO CDF (Pura Raza Espanola), Denise Cato, owner; 8. ABOVE N BEYOND (Arabian), Sarah White-Springer (TX), owner/rider; GS Khochise***//, sire; Night N Gail, dam..........................................................63.690% Jesse Collins (TX), rider; Nevado CLXXI , sire; Rociera CLIV, dam............................ 66.813%

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FLORESTERN (Hanoverian), Jenna Stern-Arnold, owner; Martin Arnold (TX), rider.....66.250% LAND STAR (Hanoverian), Lisa Blackmon, owner; Kelsey Lee (TX), rider; Laudabilis, sire; Starlight Express, dam............................................................65.875% ELITE GOSSIP GIRL (Welsh Pony), Grace Craven (TX), owner/rider............................65.125%

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ONASTACIA (Oldenburg), Nadine De Young (TX), owner/rider; Opus, sire; Goliad, dam....59.632% URSULA (Dutch Warmblood), Galvin Swift (TX), owner/rider; Dream of Glory, sire; P’tula Xeguoia, dam.....................................................................................59.338% WEMBLY (Oldenburg), Roxanne Jewell (TX), owner/rider; Wicked Courtjester, sire; Zauberelle, dam...........................................................................................58.750%

CH. INSPIRADOS (Dutch Warmblood), Beth Butler, owner; Fran Dearing-Kehr (TX), rider...... 70.583% RS. FURST DANCE (Hanoverian), Deirdre Sabo (TX), owner/rider.................................70.500% 3. DON LARSON (Hanoverian Cross), Savana Garvey (TX), owner/rider........................69.483% 4. AMADEO III (Andalusian), Twila Godinez, owner; Deirdre Sabo (TX), rider................69.450% 5. EPIC DREAM (Hanoverian), Lisa Blackmon (TX), owner/rider; Escudo II, sire; Davinia, dam...............................................................................................69.300% 6. FLORESTERN (Hanoverian), Jenna Stern-Arnold, owner; Martin Arnold (TX), rider.....68.267% 7. ELITE GOSSIP GIRL (Welsh Pony), Grace Craven (TX), owner/rider........................... 67.233% 8. LAND STAR (Hanoverian), Lisa Blackmon, owner; Kelsey Lee (TX), rider; Laudabilis, sire; Starlight Express, dam............................................................65.300%

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

Fourth Level Open

Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider

CH. LORINO (Hanoverian), Olivia Patton (TX), owner/rider..........................................66.985% RS. BOHEMIO CR (Lusitano), Kennedy Williams, owner; Patricia Augustine (TX), rider; Paragrafo Do Top, sire; Ula, dam.....................................................................66.985%

Prix St. Georges Open

CH. HOBBIT INTERAGRO (Lusitano), Haras Dos Cavaleiros & Natalia Chavez-Zamorano, owners; Tiago Ernesto (TX), rider; Bungo Interagro, sire; Radiosa, dam.................................. 70.882% RS. DON HUERICO (Hanoverian), Emilee Spinelli (TX), owner/rider............................... 67.868% 3. SANDROLETTO (Hanoverian), Melany Lipar, owner; Benjamin Winger (TX), rider........67.574% 4. DEAN MARTIN CR (Hanoverian), Christine Calao (TX), owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Wilhelmine, dam.............................................................. 67.500% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 5. DOWNTON (Hanoverian), Melany Lipar, owner; Benjamin Winger (TX), rider.............66.471% CH. BROOKLYN GCF (Hanoverian), Barrett Barksdale (TX), owner/rider; Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam..........................................................................................67.431% 6. UDECK (Dutch Warmblood), Andrea Adkins (TX), owner/rider; Metall, sire; Otivoli K, dam..............................................................................................65.074% RS. FURST KLASSE REF (Hanoverian), Amatey Wensel (TX), owner/rider; Florestan I, sire; Dorucza, dam....................................................................... 67.222% 7. MADOC ALL DUN (Welsh Cob), Julie Madriguera (TX), owner/rider; Kentchurch Chime, sire; Madoc Bronwyn, dam..................................................64.632% 3. NTEC QUOOPER (Deutsches Sportpferd), Samantha Farrow (TX), owner/rider; 8.

FALSTAFF (Westfalen), Terri Morgan, owner; Benjamin Albright (TX), rider; Quaterback, sire; Stella, dam..........................................................................63.611% Furst Piccolo, sire; Festiva, dam......................................................................64.338% 4. ÓNIX (Pura Raza Espanola), Ashley Jones (TX), owner/rider; Bolero CXXVII, sire; Festonera, dam.............................................................................................61.111% 5. ECONTIFINO (Dutch Warmblood), Nicki Atkinson (TX), owner/rider......................... 60.000% Intermediate I Adult Amateur CH. HAMPTON (Danish Warmblood), Ashlee Watts (TX), owner/rider; 6. AS TITANIUMS BASTIAN (Half Arabian), Vicki Krebsbach (TX), owner/rider; VMF Gitano De La Noche, sire; DBA Titanium’s Jewel, dam.................................. 59.792% Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Madigan L, dam............................................................67.279% RS. SAN ANGELO (Oldenburg), Tricia Earley (TX), owner/rider; San Remo, sire; Weltfee, dam...............................................................................................65.588% Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider 3. LORD MUNKS (Rhinelander), Whitney Vess (KS), owner/rider; Lord Loxley, sire; CH. DON LARSON (Hanoverian Cross), Savana Garvey (TX), owner/rider........................65.694% Bellisima, dam.............................................................................................58.382% CH. ITALO LOS ENCINOS (Andalusian), Carlos Ramirez, owner; Jorge Arauz (TX), rider......67.431% RS. ELITE GOSSIP GIRL (Welsh Pony), Grace Craven (TX), owner/rider........................... 67.292% 3. MADOC ALL DUN (Welsh Cob), Julie Madriguera (TX), owner/rider; Kentchurch Chime, sire; Madoc Bronwyn, dam..................................................66.806% 4. EPIC DREAM (Hanoverian), Lisa Blackmon (TX), owner/rider; Escudo II, sire; Davinia, dam...............................................................................................65.972% 5. WHRIGLEY (Oldenburg), Janice Mauren (TX), owner/rider; Welcome S, sire; Alectra, dam.................................................................................................61.944% 6. PEACHES (Irish Sport Horse), Christine McCarter (TX), owner/rider.........................61.806%

CH. BOHEMIO CR (Lusitano), Kennedy Williams, owner; Patricia Augustine (TX), rider; Paragrafo Do Top, sire; Ula, dam.....................................................................63.529%

Intermediate I Open

CH. HOBBIT INTERAGRO (Lusitano), Haras Dos Cavaleiros & Natalia Chavez-Zamorano, owners; Tiago Ernesto (TX), rider; Bungo Interagro, sire; Radiosa, dam.................................. 70.588% RS. JYPSY ROSE (Belgian Warmblood), Jenna Stern-Arnold (TX), owner/rider; Gran Casso, sire; Portia, dam..........................................................................67.647% 3. TEODOROS MILAGRO (Half-Andalusian), Andrew & Diana Cilia, owners; Gail Abele (TX), rider; Teodoro’s Hechizo, sire; Christione, dam.............................66.544% Fourth Level Freestyle 4. SANDROLETTO (Hanoverian), Melany Lipar, owner; Benjamin Winger (TX), rider.......66.029% CH. AS TITANIUMS BASTIAN (Half Arabian), Vicki Krebsbach (TX), owner/rider; 5. MCKENSEY (Hanoverian), Joan Ehrich, owner; John Mason (TX), rider; VMF Gitano De La Noche, sire; DBA Titanium’s Jewel, dam..................................66.600% Mazarin, sire; Walesca, dam..........................................................................65.882% 6. ROHANNAH (Hanoverian), Mary Beth Henderson, owner; Lyndon Rife (TX), rider; Rienzi, sire; Daalny, dam...............................................................................65.809% Junior Team 7. DOWNTON (Hanoverian), Melany Lipar, owner; Benjamin Winger (TX), rider............65.588% CH. HERZKONIG (Hanoverian), Denise Lipar, owner; Sydney Lipar (TX), rider; His Highness 2, sire; Pica’s Maya SN, dam........................................................68.636% 8. UDECK (Dutch Warmblood), Andrea Adkins (TX), owner/rider; Metall, sire; Otivoli K, dam..............................................................................................65.368% RS. DIABLO DC (Lusitano), Ashley Waller & Waller Farms, owners; Madison Waller (TX), rider; Sarilho, sire; Xara Mor, dam...................................... 67.045% 3. DR. SCHIWAGO 9 (Hanoverian), Zainab Shah (TX), owner/rider..............................63.030% Intermediate I Freestyle CH. JYPSY ROSE (Belgian Warmblood), Jenna Stern-Arnold (TX), owner/rider; Gran Casso, sire; Portia, dam..........................................................................70.763% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur RS. SANDROLETTO (Hanoverian), Melany Lipar, owner; Benjamin Winger (TX), rider.......68.963% CH. HAMPTON (Danish Warmblood), Ashlee Watts (TX), owner/rider; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Madigan L, dam........................................................... 67.868% 3. MCKENSEY (Hanoverian), Joan Ehrich, owner; John Mason (TX), rider; Mazarin, sire; Walesca, dam..........................................................................68.675% RS. FURST KLASSE REF (Hanoverian), Amatey Wensel (TX), owner/rider; Florestan I, sire; Dorucza, dam........................................................................67.426% 4. DON HUERICO (Hanoverian), Emilee Spinelli (TX), owner/rider............................... 67.825% 5. SAN ANGELO (Oldenburg), Tricia Earley (TX), owner/rider; San Remo, sire; 3. SAN ANGELO (Oldenburg), Tricia Earley (TX), owner/rider; San Remo, sire; Weltfee, dam...............................................................................................66.544% Weltfee, dam.................................................................................................67.175% 6. TEODOROS MILAGRO (Half-Andalusian), Andrew & Diana Cilia, owners; 4. NTEC QUOOPER (Deutsches Sportpferd), Samantha Farrow (TX), owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Stella, dam.........................................................................63.309% Gail Abele (TX), rider; Teodoro’s Hechizo, sire; Christione, dam.............................66.050% 7. DEAN MARTIN CR (Hanoverian), Christine Calao (TX), owner/rider; 5. SONNENSCHEIN ROA (Hanoverian), Anne Tursky (AR), owner/rider; Sonntagskind, sire; Francesca B, dam..............................................................61.029% Don Frederico, sire; Wilhelmine, dam..............................................................65.600% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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Intermediate II Adult Amateur

CH. SUPERMAN (Oldenburg), Anartz Chanca (TX), owner/rider....................................66.324% RS. CONAN STAR (Oldenburg), Delemont LP, owner; Mystere Moyes (TX), rider; Calimero, sire; Lamiera, dam.........................................................................62.632% 3. QUANTUM (Hanoverian), Molly Huie, owner; Carrie Wood (TX), rider...................... 59.412% 4. RUBATO (Oldenburg), Celise Eberle (TX), owner/rider; Rosario, sire; Swiftest Finesse, dam...................................................................................56.309%

Grand Prix Junior/Young Rider

CH. LE BEAU HK (Hanoverian), Hannah Kang (TX), owner/rider; Lacantus, sire; Venus, dam.................................................................................................63.424%

Grand Prix Open

CH. DONATELLO DC (Lusitano), Natalia Chavez-Zamorano & Rafael Chavez, owners; Tiago Ernesto (TX), rider; Niquel II, sire; Soledad Mor, dam..................................69.076% RS. VANGENS STAR-LIGHT (Danish Warmblood), Mary Hankey, owner; Carlos Salguero (TX), rider; Skovens Rafael, sire; Faeldgardens Duet, dam..............68.152% Intermediate II Junior/Young Rider 3. CIPRIANI (Westfalen), Anna Whit Watkins (TX), owner/rider; Casparino, sire; CH. LE BEAU HK (Hanoverian), Hannah Kang (TX), owner/rider; Lacantus, sire; Venus, dam.................................................................................................58.529% Roxana, dam................................................................................................67.554% 4. WYNSTON (Oldenburg), Tricia Veley, owner; Eva Oldenbroek-Tabor (TX), rider; Wynton, sire; Olivia, dam...............................................................................63.696% Intermediate II Open 5. ZOE (Dutch Warmblood), Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Nece (TX), rider; CH. WYNSTON (Oldenburg), Tricia Veley, owner; Eva Oldenbroek-Tabor (TX), rider; Taxateur, sire; Symphony, dam.......................................................................62.283% Wynton, sire; Olivia, dam...............................................................................65.882% 6. FREEDANCE (Oldenburg), Jenna Stern-Arnold (TX), owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; RS. NOERREGAARDS SHIVA (Danish Warmblood), Katja Gwin, owner; Dalliance, dam.............................................................................................58.370% Yvonne Kusserow (TX), rider............................................................................64.779%

Grand Prix Freestyle

Grand Prix Adult Amateur

CH. ZOE (Dutch Warmblood), Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Nece (TX), rider; CH. SUPERMAN (Oldenburg), Anartz Chanca (TX), owner/rider.....................................62.174% Taxateur, sire; Symphony, dam.......................................................................64.325% 2. LE BEAU HK (Hanoverian), Hannah Kang (TX), owner/rider; Lacantus, sire; RS. CONAN STAR (Oldenburg), Delemont LP, owner; Mystere Moyes (TX), rider; Calimero, sire; Lamiera, dam......................................................................... 61.033% Venus, dam.................................................................................................56.550%

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Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 1 Dressage Championships

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 4 Dressage Championships

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 9 Dressage Championships

Judges: Alison Head & David Schmutz

Judges: Barbara Ebner & Michael Osinski

Judges: Joan Darnell & Jodi Lees

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and Under 1. Jack Burwell (SC)..............................71.000% 2. Ellie Russell (MD).............................. 70.000% 3. Olivia Stallings (NC)........................... 68.000%

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and Under 1. Nori Benck (IL)................................. 80.000% 2. Dalton Furkis (MI)............................. 72.000%

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and under 1. Ruby Lewis (TX)................................ 76.000% 2. Addison Bobel (TX).............................74.000% 3. Grace Humphries (TX)........................ 70.000%

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Lunalee Barboza (NC)........................ 88.000% 2. Abigail Rowe (MD)............................ 78.000% 3. Taiwan Parrish (NJ)............................ 77.000% 4. Maddie Smith (SC)............................ 73.000% 5. Hadley Middleton (DC)....................... 72.000% 6. Imaan Saadat-Zia (MD)...................... 68.000%

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 2 Dressage Championships

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to18 1. Abby Westman (IN)........................... 85.000% 2. Ava Friese (MN)................................ 83.000% 3. Claire Nickelson (MO)........................ 80.000% 4. Emma Hannon (IN)............................79.000% 5. Jasmine Cho (IN).............................. 75.000% 6. Maia Ramberg (MN).......................... 73.000% 7. Emily Harrison (AL)........................... 69.000% 8. Eve Heintzberger (IN)........................ 68.000%

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Kasey Denny (TX).............................. 88.000% 2. Olivia Patton (TX).............................. 86.000% 3. Sarah Small (TX)............................... 80.000% 4. Grace Sharplin (LA)........................... 78.000% 5. Isabella Fielder (TX).......................... 76.000% 6. Samantha Collins (TX).........................74.000% 7. Avery Daigle (TX).............................. 73.000% 8. Rylee Pumphrey (TX)......................... 70.000%

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 6 Dressage Championships

Judges: Anne Cizadlo, Janet Hannon, Joan Darnell & Judges: Paula Lacy & Renee Johnson Jodi Lees USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and Under 1. Reya Salazar (SD)............................. 80.000% 2. Grace Cummins (MN)......................... 78.000% 3. Ella Berkhofer (OH)............................74.000% 4. Brecken Ketko (MI)........................... 72.000% USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Marin Roth (IL)................................. 85.000% 2. Maggie Elsbernd (MN)....................... 83.000% 3. Abigail Taft (MI)................................ 80.000% 4. Emma Teff (PA)................................. 78.000% 5. Annahbel Ketko (MI).......................... 75.000% 6. Olivia Gray (IL)................................. 72.000% 7. Emma Taft (MI)................................ 70.000% 8. Kierin Hawkins (MI).......................... 68.000%

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 3 Dressage Championships Judges: Cheryl Holekamp & Natalie Lamping USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and under 1. Ella Traylor (GA).................................87.000% 2. Virginia Woodcock (GA)...................... 86.000% 3. Carli Hall (FL)....................................74.000% 4. Isabella Ruohomaki (FL).................... 72.000% USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Alice Burley (GA)............................... 88.000% 2. Caroline McQueen (GA).......................87.000% 3. Emily Steffen (FL)............................. 78.000% 4. Lauren Carpenter (FL)....................... 76.000% 5. Isabela Fitzgerald (FL)........................74.000% 6. Cecilia Hadid (FL)............................. 72.000% 7. Ellizabeth Flowers (FL)...................... 70.000%

USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 13 and Under 1. Olivia Martz (WA).............................. 89.000% USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Trinity Schatzel (ID)............................81.000% 2. Kira Hawaaboo (WA)......................... 80.000% 3. Isabel Wolf (ID)................................ 66.000%

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 7 Dressage Championships Judges: Melonie Kessler & Michael Osinski USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Ellanor Boehning (CA).........................87.000% 2. Erin Nichols (CA)............................... 85.000% 3. Kali Riddell (AZ)................................ 78.000% 4. Regan Cutshall (CA)........................... 76.000% 5. Isabella Vaca (CA)..............................74.000% 6. Constanza Zamani (CA).......................67.000% 7. Sarah Baroway (CA).......................... 65.000%

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 8 Dressage Championships

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Judges: Lois Yukins & Sarah Geikie USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Finals 14 to 18 1. Tessa Holloran (MA)...........................87.000% 2. Ainsley Cronin (MA)............................ 77.000% 3. Paydan Mclaughlin (RI)...................... 70.000% 4. Tiffany Banks (NY)............................ 69.000% 5. Lauren Kovacik (VT).......................... 68.000% 6. Grace Young (NY)...............................67.000%

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USDF DRESSSAGE SEAT MEDAL SEMI-FINALS RESULTS

2020 USDF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-finals Results

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 1 Dressage Championships

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 3 Dressage Championships

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 6 Dressage Championships

Judges: Alison Head & Natalie Lamping

Judges: Cheryl Holekamp & Natalie Lamping

Judges: Paula Lacy & Renee Johnson

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Amanda Braun (MD).......................... 78.000% Melissa Jamison (VA).......................... 77.000% Jodie Potts (VA)................................ 76.000% Laurie Wallace (SC)........................... 75.000% Andrea Jenkins (PA).......................... 73.000% Shira Rosenthal (MD)......................... 72.000% Kathy Nekton (NC).............................71.000% Aneesa Romans (PA)......................... 70.000%

Danielle Ammeson (FL)...................... 85.000% Bridget Middleton (FL)....................... 84.000% Marina Yarbrough (FL)....................... 82.000% Elodie Huguet (FL).............................79.000% Debbie Chazin (FL)............................ 75.000% Katie Szewczyk (FL).......................... 73.000% Pandora Driscoll (FL)..........................71.000% Juliana Whittenburg (FL) 69.000%

Heather Courtney (WA).......................81.000% Robin Cummins (WA).......................... 77.000% Heather Krist (WA).............................74.000% Glenda Kim (WA)...............................67.000% Cynthia Reichel (WA)......................... 65.000%

Danielle Ammeson, AA Regional Equitation Champion; Natalie Lamping, judge; Cheryl Holekamp, judge Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Heather Courtney and New Edition FF, AA Regional Equitation Federation Region 4 Dressage Championships Champion; Peter Rothschild, Region 6 Director Judges: Melissa Creswick & William McMullin 1.

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Taryn Young (IL)............................... 78.000% Cynthia Russell (MO)......................... 76.000% Susanne Branson (IA)........................ 75.000% Rebecca Mouras (MI).........................74.000% Michelle Baker (IN)........................... 72.000% Jessie Borgmeyer (MO).......................71.000% Anna Morrison (OH)........................... 70.000% Michelle Morehead (KY)..................... 69.000%

Jeanne Brose (MN)........................... 76.000% Hilary Clayton (MI)............................ 75.000% Kelli Diener (MI)............................... 73.000% Ashley Holden (KY).............................71.000% Amanda Getto (OH)........................... 68.000% Emma Kane (IL)............................... 66.000% Tina McKandes (WI).......................... 63.000% Kerry Johnson-Miljan (WI) ................. 60.000%

Jeanne Brose, AA Equitation Regional Champion; Janet Foy, judge; Anne Cizadlo, judge

Taryn Young and Rayne Dance, AA Regional Equitation Champion; Melissa Creswick, judge; William McMullin, judge

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Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 7 Dressage Championships Judges: Melonie Kessler & Michael Osinski 1.

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Michele Mooney (AZ)......................... 78.000% Kendall Brookhart (AZ)....................... 76.000% Kristina Huff (CA).............................. 72.000% Laura Jaeger (CA)............................. 68.000%

Michele Mooney and Don Viamo, AA Regional Equitation Champion

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USDF ADULT AMATEUR EQUITATION REGIONAL FINALS

2020 USDF Adult Amateur Equitation Regional Finals Presented by Big Dee’s Tack and Vet Supply Results

USDF ADULT AMATEUR EQUITATION REGIONAL FINALS

Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Federation Region 8 Dressage Championships Federation Region 9 Dressage Championships Judges: Lois Yukins & Sarah Geikie 1.

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Kerry Mayer (MA).............................. 78.000% Maggie Knowlton (ME)...................... 75.000% Nicole Negrea (CT).............................74.000% Jennifer Thietje (NY)......................... 73.000% Leigh Durick (VT).............................. 65.000%

Kerry Mayer and Valor, AA Equitation Regional Champion; Sarah Geikie, judge; Debra Reinhardt, Region 8 Director

Judges: Joan Darnell & Jodi Lees 1.

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Amatey Wensel (TX)........................... 78.000% Yevette Harrell (LA)........................... 76.000% Galvin Swift (TX)............................... 75.000% Terri Watts (TX)..................................74.000% Emily Roy (TX).................................. 72.000% Mystere Moyes (TX)............................71.000% Gerlinde Beckers (LA)........................ 70.000% Gina Serkasevich (TX)........................ 69.000%

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East Coast Series

NCDCTA Labor of Love I, Raleigh, NC, August 29 Judges: Anne Moss, Janine Malone

6. DELPHENIA (Oldenburg), Caroline Cox, owner; David Bowie MF, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder..........................................................78.263%

Mare Championship

CH. HEIRABELLA (Hanoverian), Danielle Sintoni & Teresa Martin, owners; Hotline, sire; Rubina MWF, dam; Claudia Novick, breeder.......................................................83.150% Current Year Foal Championship RS. SHYLAH RSH (German Riding Pony), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Stibby-Me, sire; CH. HESPERA ASH (Hanoverian), Samantha Kidd, owner; Hohenstein, sire; Johanna RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer & Pura Vida Farms LLC, breeders.........................76.125% Whipped Cream JP, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder............................................. 79.575% 3. VALI'S HALO (Thoroughbred), K. Sue Halterman, owner; Replicate, sire; RS. CHOTCHKE (Hanoverian), Lisa Clements, owner; Sir Caletto, sire; Sublime, dam; Oh Leary, dam; Christine Chanley & Roxanne Smith, breeders.............................. 76.075% Lisa Clements, breeder.................................................................................. 75.875% 4. JOHANNA RSH (Swedish Warmblood), Ellen Ziemer, owner; L.A. Baltic Sun, sire; 3. ZUZU PETALS (Westfalen), Lisa Clements, owner; Walldorf, sire; Zahnya, dam; Glamour, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder............................................................... 75.575% Lisa Clements, breeder..................................................................................75.863% 5. ZAHNYA (Oldenburg), Lisa Clements, owner; Glorioso Noir, sire; Zejaluna, dam; Jessica Dworkin & Lisa Clements, breeders.......................................................73.625%

Colt/Gelding Championship

CH. MAMBO NO 5 (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Fair, owner........................................77.250% RS. FINEST HOUR BC (Oldenburg), Andrea Nuccio, owner; Finery, sire; Wega WF, dam; Andrea Nuccio & Angela Stanaway, breeders......................................................77.050% 3. NOBILIS BSH (Dutch Warmblood), Meaghan Byrne, owner; Governor, sire; Emerald's Way, dam; Blasland Sporthorses & Jill Blasland, breeders.....................76.650% 4. PRESLEY VZ (Dutch Warmblood), Danielle Farr-Veasy, owner; Phenix, sire; Versailles, dam; Danielle Farr-Veasy & Southern Oaks Farm, breeders................... 76.463%

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old

CH. DAVIDA PVF (Hanoverian), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Kaitlin Blythe, rider; Don Principe, sire; Grand Amour RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder.........................77.300% RS. DREAMLINER (Danish Warmblood), Sandy Alexander & Sarah Sharpe, owners; Sarah Sharpe, rider; Revolution, sire; Feine Freia V., dam; JJ Horses, breeder.........77.050% 3. PRESLEY VZ (Dutch Warmblood), Danielle Farr-Veasy, owner/rider; Phenix, sire; Versailles, dam; Danielle Farr-Veasy & Southern Oaks Farm, breeders...................75.350% 4. MAMBO NO 5 (Dutch Warmblood), Jennifer Fair, owner/rider................................74.550% 5. LOVELY LADY PVF (Westfalen), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Nicole Moore, rider; Filly Championship Alcatraz, sire; Lullaby, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder..............................................74.500% CH. REJOICE R (Hanoverian), Roberta Falk, owner; Rapture R, sire; Whoopy, dam; Marilyn Fawley, breeder................................................................................80.400% 6. SIRVENTE (Oldenburg), Sara Wobker, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Roza Belle, dam; Diane Isenhour, breeder........................................................73.300% RS. FALVARA ASH (Hanoverian), Samantha Kidd, owner; Follow Me, sire; Run Around Gal, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder................................................. 79.375% 3. VALKYRIE ASH (Oldenburg), Samantha Kidd, owner; Vitalis, sire; Dreamcatcher, dam; Samantha Kidd, breeder....................................................79.213% Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old CH. SOLO HIT (Oldenburg), Lauren Welsh, owner/rider; Sagnol, sire; Arista GS, dam; 4. DAVIDA PVF (Hanoverian), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Don Principe, sire; Grand Amour RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder...................................................79.163% Vicky Foerster, breeder...................................................................................75.150% RS. SHYLAH RSH (German Riding Pony), Ellen Ziemer, owner; Kaitlin Blythe, rider; 5. NOA-TILDA C (Dutch Warmblood), Roberta Falk, owner; Glock's Toto Jr., sire; Zatilda, dam; C. Burgemeijer, breeder............................................................. 78.463% Stibby-Me, sire; Johanna RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer & Pura Vida Farms LLC, breeders. 74.400%

Heirabella, the 2020 USDF East Coast Series Mare Champion

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Davida PVF, the 2020 USDF East Coast Series Materiale Champion Three-Year-Old

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USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS

2020 USDF Breeders Championship Series Finals Results

USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS

Where's Waldo XF, the 2020 USDF Mid-West Series Current Year Foal Champion

Mid-West Series

Xanadu Fall Breederʼs Classic, Washington, MO, September 30 Judges: Susan Mandas, Melissa Creswick

Current Year Foal Championship

H. WHERE'S WALDO XF (American Warmblood), Kari Felton, owner............................74.500% RS. ISLE OF VIEW (American Warmblood), Nancy Roth, owner; Duet Farms One Love, sire; Indigo, dam; Nancy Roth, breeder.............................73.450%

Colt/Gelding Championship

CH. MAJESTIC DANCER NHF (Hanoverian), Kari Felton, owner..................................... 75.275% RS. TITAN ROYCE (Friesian Cross), Sue Wallace, owner..............................................73.338%

Belleza FRF, the 2020 USDF Mid-West Series Mare Champion

Mare Championship

CH. BELLEZA FRF (Hanoverian), Deborah Davenport, owner; Belissimo M, sire; Havanna K, dam; Deborah Davenport, breeder..................................................77.525% RS. LADY RAPTURE (Westfalen), Kari Felton, owner; Lord Ferragamo, sire; Rosabella R, dam; Saint Louis Equestrian Center LLC, breeder..............................76.825% 3. FIRST DANCE NHF (Hanoverian), Barbara Wood, owner; Olympic Ferro, sire; Wersace, dam; Barbara Wood, breeder............................................................. 75.175%

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old

CH. MAJESTIC DANCER NHF (Hanoverian), Kari Felton, owner/rider.............................75.650%

Materiale Championship Four-Year-Old

CH. SANDINO FRF (Hanoverian), Deborah Davenport, owner; Katelyn Kok, rider............76.850% RS. LADY RAPTURE (Westfalen), Kari Felton, owner/rider; Lord Ferragamo, sire; Rosabella R, dam; Saint Louis Equestrian Center LLC, breeder..............................74.950%

Filly Championship

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CH. DAZZIANA NHF (Hanoverian), Kari Felton, owner................................................76.350% RS. ROSHEA NHF (Hanoverian), Kari Felton, owner....................................................75.475% 3. INTO WISHIN (American Warmblood), Nancy Roth, owner; Rijn Beau, sire; Indigo, dam; Nancy Roth, breeder...................................................................72.963%

Majestic Dancer NHF, the 2020 USDF Mid-West Series Materiale Champion Three-Year-Old

Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old

CH. FACETIME (Westfalen), Marikay Asberry, owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder....................................................... 78.750%

Facetime, the 2020 USDF Mid-West Series Materiale Champion Five-Year-Old

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USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS Mharcasite, the 2020 USDF New England Series Filly Champion and Dhiamond, the 2020 USDF New Bergamo, the 2020 USDF New England Series Materiale Champion Three-Year-Old England Series Filly Reserve Champion

North East Series

Dressage at Stone Tavern I, Allentown, NJ, September 1-5 Judges: Anne Moss, Susan Graham White

Colt/Gelding Championship

CH. FIRST CRUSADER (Hanoverian), Paige Wolfe, owner; First Dance, sire; Confetti MF, dam; Paige Wolfe, breeder...........................................................74.250%

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old

CH. BERGAMO (Oldenburg), Marne Martin-Tucker, owner; Jaime Dancer, rider; Bernay, sire; Gritt's Gretchen, dam; Stefanie Loehmann, breeder..........................81.000% RS. FILLION FIREFLY CF (Hanoverian), Lauren Chumley, owner/rider............................76.400% 3. FIRST LOVE (Oldenburg), Marne Martin-Tucker, owner/rider; Furst Wilhelm, sire; Neastatin, dam; Nicole Wanning, breeder.........................................................75.900% 4. FIRST CRUSADER (Hanoverian), Paige Wolfe, owner/rider; First Dance, sire; Confetti MF, dam; Paige Wolfe, breeder...........................................................72.550%

Materiale Championship Four-Year-Old

CH. FRAULEIN (Hanoverian), Larissa Barilar, owner/rider; Furst Romancier, sire; Lady B., dam; Peter Bosch, breeder................................................................. 78.700% CH. MHARCASITE (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Morricone, sire; RS. ROYAL TEMPTATION (Oldenburg), Marne Martin-Tucker, owner/rider; Whii, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.............................................................80.362% Temptation, sire; Royal Coeur, dam; Marne Martin-Tucker, breeder........................77.200% RS. DHIAMOND (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Dheputy, sire; 3. THEODORE CORNET OBOLENSKY (Hanoverian), Elizabeth Bortuzzo, owner/rider.......72.900% Shusquehanna, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder...............................................77.825%

Filly Championship

Mare Championship

Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old

Fraulein, the 2020 USDF New England Series Materiale Champion Four-Year-Old

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Descarada, the 2020 USDF Northwest Series Current Year Foal Champion

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CH. DER FIETE (Hanoverian), Elizabeth Bortuzzo, owner/rider; Dubarry, sire; CH. FHUNNY GIRL (Oldenburg), Maurine Swanson, owner; Furstenball, sire; Westalina, dam; Dagmar Meyer, breeder..........................................................75.250% Regalia PWF, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................................................82.863% RS. KOCKTAIL THYME ERS (Dutch Warmblood Cross), Daryl Glazer, owner; RS. BELLA MMF (Half-Andalusian), Sharon Ortepio, owner......................................... 75.462% Kelsey Johnson, rider....................................................................................74.600%

USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS

Dante SVS, the 2020 USDF Northwest Series Colt/Gelding Champion

Northwest Series

Northwest Sport Horse Breeders & Dressage Show II, Auburn, WA, August 23 Judges: Dorie Vlatten-Schmitz, Melissa Creswick

Loki HSR, the 2020 USDF Northwest Series Materiale Champion Three-Year-Old

RS. FURST ASCENT TW (Oldenburg), Erica Bliss, owner; Fursten-Look, sire; Wolkenfee, dam; Anneliese Kannow, breeder...................................................74.650%

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old

Current Year Foal Championship

CH. LOKI HSR (Oldenburg), Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin, owner/rider; Lord Carnaby, sire; Haverford's Redhawk, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder...........................................75.225% RS. MY VALENTINE GB (Friesian Cross), Gwen Blake, owner; Ashley Combs, rider; Valentino JRB, sire; Priscilla, dam; Gwen Blake, breeder.....................................74.600%

Colt/Gelding Championship

Materiale Championship Four-Year-Old

CH. DESCARADA (Rhinelander), Ashlie Racette, owner; Don Index, sire; LL Carrye Oon, dam; Ashlie Racette, breeder.......................................................77.125% CH. DANTE SVS (Hanoverian), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; Diamond Head, sire; Udora, dam; Jeanne Schamblin, breeder...........................................................77.950% RS. BENELLI (Westfalen), Allie Vetch-Helinski, owner; Benicio, sire; Singvogel, dam; Allie Vetch-Helinski, breeder............................................................................77.463%

CH. FAHRENHEIT SVS (Hanoverian), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; Jessica Wisdom, rider; Fuerstenball, sire; Udora, dam; Jeanne Schamblin, breeder................................79.200% RS. FURST ASCENT TW (Oldenburg), Erica Bliss, owner/rider; Fursten-Look, sire; Wolkenfee, dam; Anneliese Kannow, breeder...................................................74.800%

Filly Championship

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Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old CH. DE LA HELENA YF (Oldenburg), Jeanne Schamblin, owner; De Niro, sire; Jura YF, dam; Judy Yancey, breeder..................................................................77.588% CH. STANDING OVATION (Hanoverian), Gwen Blake, owner/rider; Scuderia, sire; RS. MALEFICENT GB (Dutch Warmblood), Amanda Greco, owner...................................77.137% Furstin de Charry, dam; Leon Meier, breeder.....................................................78.050% RS. VIVA VIVALDI (Hanoverian), Diane Nauman, owner; Natalie Perry, rider; Mare Championship Vivaldi, sire; SPS Scarlett, dam; Diane Nauman, breeder.....................................75.850% CH. KOSETTE R (Dutch Warmblood), Carrie Gregory, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; 3. KOSETTE R (Dutch Warmblood), Carrie Gregory, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Coco Chanel R, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder...................................................76.200% Coco Chanel R, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder................................................... 73.700%

Standing Ovation, the 2020 USDF Northwest Series Materiale Champion Five-Year-Old

Flash Point HU, the 2020 USDF Southern Series Colt/Gelding Champion

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USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS Beatrix WS, the 2020 USDF Southern Series Filly Champion

Letter Fly, the 2020 USDF Southern Series Mare Champion

RS. FLYING HIGH (Hanoverian), Lynn & Natalie Masin, owners....................................78.338% 3. DIVAH WS (Hanoverian), Janice Marquardt, owner; Dannebrog, sire; Haras Dressage Sporthorse Qualifier II & Wakaluba, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder......................................................77.675% USDF Southern Series Final, Magnolia, TX, September 20 4. POCCET GYPSY HU (Hanoverian), Horses Unlimited, Inc., owner; Pikko del Cerro HU, sire; Gitana HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder..............75.713% Current Year Foal Championship 5. BAKARAH WS (Hanoverian), Shiloh Gilbert, owner; Buckingham, sire; CH. ONLY DIAMONDS SDSF (Oldenburg), Natalie Masin, owner...................................76.625% Fotogenic WS, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder................................................75.588% 6. PEACE LOVE HU (Hanoverian), Anne Sparks & Horses Unlimited, Inc., owners; Colt/Gelding Championship Pikko del Cerro HU, sire; La Faux Pas HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder......75.550% CH. FLASH POINT HU (Hanoverian), Horses Unlimited, Inc., owner; First Dance, sire; Pikko de la Nube HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder................................. 78.587% RS. PICCO DE LEON HU (Hanoverian), Horses Unlimited, Inc., owner; Mare Championship Pikko del Cerro HU, sire; La Faux Pas HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder......78.300% CH. LETTER FLY (Thoroughbred), Janet Jeanpierre, owner; Alphabet Soup, sire; 3. DEKADANCE WS (Hanoverian), Jennifer Baxter, owner; Dannebrog, sire; Flying Tabriz, dam; Janet Jeanpierre, breeder...................................................73.050% Fly High, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder.........................................................77.912% 4. SCHWARZKOPF WS (Hanoverian), Janice Marquardt, owner; Supremat Old, sire; Donnacina, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder.....................................................77.350% Stallion Championship CH. PARTY LINE HU (Hanoverian), Anne Sparks & Horses Unlimited, Inc., owners; 5. HONOR GUARD WS (Hanoverian), Ziba Minavi, owner; Harvard, sire; Donnacina, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder....................................................76.950% Pik L, sire; Leonora HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder..............................79.350% 6. GEORGE LLOYD HU (Hanoverian), Horses Unlimited, Inc., owner.............................76.712% RS. SE BOMBOM (Pura Raza Espanola), Ismael Medina, owner..................................76.900% 3. CW ARDIENTE (Andalusian), Gay Glazbrook & Merry Fitzgerald, owners; Saltador ORO 1, sire; Distraida LI, dam; Clare Wigginton, breeder.........................75.050% Filly Championship 4. SE PALOMO II (Pura Raza Espanola), Ismael Medina, owner................................. 74.075% CH. BEATRIX WS (Hanoverian), Jamie Roberts, owner; Benicio, sire; Fly High, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder............................................................................ 78.575% 5. NTEC RADAMES (Westfalen), Kai Handt, owner...................................................73.900%

Party Line HU, the 2020 USDF Southern Series Materiale Champion Five-Year-Old

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My Melody, the 2020 USDF Western Series Filly Champion

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Southern Series

3. LILAVATI (Oldenburg), Tracy Stein-Uhl, owner.....................................................73.850% 4. RITMO CALIENTE (Oldenburg), Grace Norton, owner............................................73.325%

CH. FLASH POINT HU (Hanoverian), Horses Unlimited, Inc., owner; Anne Sparks, rider; First Dance, sire; Pikko de la Nube HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder...........77.550% RS. PEACE LOVE HU (Hanoverian), Anne Sparks & Horses Unlimited, Inc., owners; Devin Bell, rider; Pikko del Cerro HU, sire; La Faux Pas HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder......................................................................75.305% 3. SE OCIOSO III (Pura Raza Espanola), Ismael Medina, owner; Sandra Lindenberg, rider...............................................................................74.400% 4. MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Danque Nece, rider; Florianus 2, sire; Zoe, dam; Evelyn Angelle, breeder...........................................73.200%

CH. DREAM SEQUENCE HSR (Oldenburg), Cali Shadonix, owner; Dream Boy, sire; Beata, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder.................................................................77.525% RS. FABULOUSLY (Oldenburg), Merrie Velden, owner; Furstenball, sire; Bonsai, dam; Merrie Velden, breeder................................................................75.125% 3. NIGHT TO REMEMBER RTH (Dutch Warmblood), Alanna Sellers, owner.................... 73.837% 4. NOBLE DE LA NUIT (Dutch Warmblood), Mari Naten, owner..................................72.050%

Materiale Championship Four-Year-Old

Filly Championship

CH. NTEC FALLSTAFF (Mecklenburg), Kai Handt, owner; Julia Handt, rider.....................77.800% RS. NTEC CRESCENDO (Mecklenburg), Kai Handt, owner/rider....................................76.050% 3. DARK SHADOWS D'AVALON (Oldenburg), Marcella Pinell, owner; Cynthia Hall, rider; Dracula D'avalon, sire; Chanel d'Avalon, dam; Avalon Equine, breeder..................75.900% 3. SHAMROCK SWF (Hanoverian), Sammi Jo Stohler, owner/rider; Supremat Old, sire; La Vienna, dam; Mary Nuttall, breeder.............................................................75.900% 5. SURVIVOR WS (Hanoverian), Beatrice Regali, owner/rider....................................73.550% 6. SE OBSTINADO IV (Pura Raza Espanola), Ismael Medina, owner; Sandra Lindenberg, rider................................................................................73.150%

Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old

Colt/Gelding Championship

CH. MY MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Olga Bikakis, owner; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder................................................................76.888% RS. NOUVEAU (Dutch Warmblood), Mari Naten, owner; Gaspard De La Nuit DG , sire; Zephyr, dam; Mari Naten, breeder...................................................................75.500% 3. ROYAL RHAPSODY HA (Hanoverian), Ruth Shirkey, owner; Revolution, sire; Halleluja H.A., dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders...........................................74.937% 4. BH GIBSON GIRL (German Riding Pony), Brylee Flores, owner................................74.812%

Mare Championship

CH. LA ROU NOIR (Dutch Warmblood), Mari Naten, owner.........................................76.525%

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old CH. PARTY LINE HU (Hanoverian), Anne Sparks & Horses Unlimited, Inc., owners; Devin Bell, rider; Pik L, sire; Leonora HU, dam; Horses Unlimited, Inc., breeder.......78.950% CH. MINSTRÉL DE LA NUIT (Dutch Warmblood Cross), Jeannie Brown, owner; Abigail Siever, rider.......................................................................................76.550% RS. LONE STAR WS (Oldenburg), Gregory Ragusa, owner; Cynthia Hall, rider; Licotus, sire; Jemez, dam; Janice Marquardt, breeder........................................ 76.700% RS. MY MELODY (Dutch Warmblood), Olga Bikakis, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder................................................................75.000%

Western Series

PEC Horse Park Show, Wilton, CA, September 12-13 Judges: Hilda Gurney, Melissa Creswick

Materiale Championship Four-Year-Old

CH. LA ROU NOIR (Dutch Warmblood), Mari Naten, owner; Jessica Naten, rider..............77.800% RS. LEO DG (Dutch Warmblood), Summer Valerio, owner; Helena Crowley, rider; Gaspard De La Nuit DG , sire; Geneva DG, dam; DG Bar Ranch, breeder.................. 71.300%

Current Year Foal Championship

CH. LADICEA (Hanoverian), Cara Choy, owner..........................................................75.350% Materiale Championship Five-Year-Old RS. PAPARAZZI PEC (Dutch Warmblood), Mari Naten, owner........................................74.787% CH. FRANCISCO (Oldenburg), Holly Reimers, owner; Merrie Velden, rider; Furstenball, sire; Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder...............................81.300%

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USDFBC SERIES FINALS RESULTS

Materiale Championship Three-Year-Old

American Connemara Pony Society

Training Level Open

First Level Open 1.

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American Dutch Harness Horse Association Inc.

1. JAANBREKER DMS, Sara Placentra, owner/rider; E. Z. Warrior, sire; KYNYNMONT AIDAN O’SULLIVAN, Beth Niebling, owner/rider; Kynynmont Aidan McVai, sire; Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood, dam; Pam Liddell, breeder............................. 67.222% Ferona, dam; Dutch Meadow Stables, breeder..................................................64.483% PENNY LANE, Amy Marrich, owner/rider; Wildwood Hearne Topgun, sire; Balmullo’s Matilda, dam; Kathy Bridges, breeder............................................... 61.945% Training Level Adult Amateur 1. SARA PLACENTRA (NC), riding JAANBREKER DMS; Sara Placentra, owner; E. Z. Warrior, sire; Ferona, dam; Dutch Meadow Stables, breeder.........................64.483%

Second Level Open

1. BIG BEAR’S CEPHEUS, Tessa Geven, owner; Lily Barlow & Tessa Geven, riders; Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur Cor De Lux, sire; Bib Bear’s Esther, dam; Leigh Ertle, breeder................................66.741% 1. SARA PLACENTRA (NC), riding JAANBREKER DMS; Sara Placentra, owner; E. Z. Warrior, sire; Ferona, dam; Dutch Meadow Stables, breeder.........................64.483%

Intermediate II Open

First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 1. FIFINELLA GCF, Bonnie Canter, owner/rider; ES Fred Astair, sire; South Ridge Bliss, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder................................................ 64.875% 1. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding BLACK JACK; Birgitt Dagge, owner; Alonzo, sire; Donna LLY, dam; Larry Yoder, breeder.............................................................. 74.333% First Level Adult Amateur 1.

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First Level Musical Freestyle BETH NIEBLING (NJ), riding KYNYNMONT AIDAN O’SULLIVAN; 1. BLACK JACK, Birgitt Dagge, owner/rider; Alonzo, sire; Donna LLY, dam; Beth Niebling, owner; Kynynmont Aidan McVai, sire; Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood, dam; Pam Liddell, breeder............................. 67.222% Larry Yoder, breeder..................................................................................... 74.333% AMY MARRICH (TX), riding PENNY LANE; Amy Marrich, owner; Wildwood Hearne Topgun, sire; Balmullo’s Matilda, dam; Kathy Bridges, breeder... 61.945%

American Haflinger Registry

Intermediate II Adult Amateur

First Level Open

1. BONNIE CANTER (TX), riding FIFINELLA GCF; Bonnie Canter, owner; 1. ANDRIT NTF, Jena Rondinelli, owner; Eliza Banks & Jena Rondinelli, riders; ES Fred Astair, sire; South Ridge Bliss, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder..................... 64.875% Afghan III NTF, sire; Natanja NTF, dam; John & Judith Miller, breeders.................... 67.222% 2. WILLO-THE-WISP BBR, Grace Bergstrom, owner/rider; Willo van Het Spick, sire; Luxury Edition SBF, dam; Brian & Jodi Winkler, breeders...................................... 64.931% Second Level Junior/Young Rider 1. TESSA GEVEN (GA), riding BIG BEAR’S CEPHEUS; Tessa Geven, owner; Cor De Lux, sire; Bib Bear’s Esther, dam; Leigh Ertle, breeder................................66.741% First Level Junior/Young Rider 1. GRACE BERGSTROM (TX), riding WILLO-THE-WISP BBR; Grace Bergstrom, owner; Willo van Het Spick, sire; Luxury Edition SBF, dam; Brian & Jodi Winkler, breeders.... 64.931%

First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. BETH NIEBLING (NJ), riding KYNYNMONT AIDAN O’SULLIVAN; First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle Beth Niebling, owner; Kynynmont Aidan McVai, sire; 1. TRACY DISABATO-AUST (OH), riding WIZ BANG LMP; Tracy DiSabato-Aust, owner; Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood, dam; Pam Liddell, breeder............................. 67.222% Wiser JPH, sire; Courtney, dam; Kay & Larry Parkin & LMP Ranch, breeders............68.367%

Intermediate II Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

First Level Musical Freestyle

1. BONNIE CANTER (TX), riding FIFINELLA GCF; Bonnie Canter, owner; 1. WIZ BANG LMP, Tracy DiSabato-Aust, owner/rider; Wiser JPH, sire; Courtney, dam; ES Fred Astair, sire; South Ridge Bliss, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder..................... 64.875% Kay & Larry Parkin & LMP Ranch, breeders........................................................68.367%

KYNYNMONT AIDAN O’SULLIVAN, owner/rider Beth Niebling (NJ)—First Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (American Connemara Pony Society)

ANDRIT NTF, owner/rider Jena Rondinelli (NJ)—First Level Open (American Haflinger Registry)

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WIZ BANG LMP, owner/rider Tracy DiSabato-Aust (OH)—First Level AA and AA Musical Freestyle (American Haflinger Registry)

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ADEQUAN®/USDF ALL-BREEDS

2020 Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards

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LUCKY LADYBUG TF, Michelle Conrad, owner; Carrie Wilson, rider; Livaldon, sire; Feng Popo TF, dam; Kimberly Davies-Slous, breeder...........................................75.690% WROYAL DUTCHESS, Andrea Schten, owner/rider; Widmark, sire; Drama Queen, dam; Meg Williams, breeder.......................................................72.931% VIVE VICTORY, Barbra Reis, owner/rider; Viva Voltaire, sire; Akli, dam; David Bockus, Leslie Bockus, breeder..............................................................72.069% ROCKELLE, Angela Mirarchi, owner; Susan Hopkins, rider; Rotspon, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder............................................................71.121% CONTESSA ROSE SWF, Mary Hardberger, owner; John Mason, rider; Connery, sire; Rozijn, dam; Deborah Corff, breeder............................................ 71.038%

First Level Open 1.

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VIVA VIVALDI, Diane Nauman, owner; Natalie Perry, rider; Vivaldi, sire; SPS Scarlett, dam; Diane Nauman, breeder........................................................72.361% FLORENTINO, Victoria Reeder, owner; Tiago Ernesto & Cynthia Hall, riders; Floratio, sire; Donnerball, dam; Dorth Nolkenhoner, breeder................................70.103% TIAMO’S ROYAL REID, Patty & Richard Combs, owners; Kenneth Borden & Patty Combs, riders; Tiamo Trocadero, sire; Danina, dam; Karin Offield, breeder................................................................69.072% HEIRABELLA, Danielle Sintoni & Teresa Martin, owners; Danielle Sintoni, rider; Hotline, sire; Rubina MWF, dam; Claudia Novick, breeder....................................68.750% LONDONDERRY LAD, Phoebe Devoe-Moore, owner; Angelia Bean, rider; Londonderry, sire; Winesome, dam; Diane & Jack Vickery, breeders.......................68.195%

Second Level Open 1.

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QUATTRO DU, Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka, rider; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam; Johann Meyer, breeder..............................................................72.322% DUCATI, Brenda Curnin, owner; Paige Zimmerman, rider; Dancier, sire; Li La Lu, dam; Edda & Frederich Kroner, breeders............................................... 69.756% CAPPUCINE, Susanne Branson, owner/rider; Contucci, sire; Odette, dam; Susanne Branson, breeder............................................................................. 68.041% HAVANNA, Alain & Triin Ducharme, owners; Triin Ducharme, rider; Heinrich Heine, sire; Werra, dam; Wilhelm Heyer, breeder.................................... 67.143% FLYING COLORS, Brenda Curnin, owner; Olivia Steidle, rider; Fuerst Romancier, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder................ 66.786%

Third Level Open

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RONIN, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn, rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder..............74.735% FLEUR NOIR WSHS, Genay & Michele Vaughn, owners; Genay Vaughn, rider; Furstenball, sire; Wakanova WSHS, dam; Janet & Lawrence Jones, breeders..........69.688% DIVINE FH, Victoria Sher, owner; Maia Barnes, rider; Dacaprio, sire; Helene K, dam; Eliza Rutherford, breeder..........................................................68.125% BROOKLYN GCF, Barrett Barksdale, owner/rider; Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder........................................................67.875%

LUCKY LADYBUG TF, owner Michelle Conrad (MI), rider Carrie Wilson (MI)—Training Level Open (American Hanoverian Society)

5. QIATSU TF, Agata Rekucka, owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Shiatsu TF, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder...................................................................................67.375%

Fourth Level Open 1.

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HOTSTREAK CF, Jaime Dancer, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Rococo OSH, dam; Mary Stanton, breeder...................................................................................68.125% WINZALOT, Charlotte & Mari Waite, owners; Charlotte Waite, rider; Wolkenstein II, sire; Franzisca, dam; Hans-Heinr Doescher, breeder......................65.694% FOSBURY, Kaaren Powell, owner/rider; Furst Nymphenburg, sire; Woodoo, dam; Heike Hartwig, breeder.............................................................60.417% BANDITO RH, Jimeale Hede, owner/rider; Bretone, sire; Feines, dam; Mary Denison, breeder..................................................................................60.369%

Prix St. Georges Open 1.

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WYLEIGH PRINCESS, Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders........................................................................71.157% HEMMINGWAY, Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; Christian Simonson, rider; Hendrix , sire; Mauricia, dam; Bjarne Berling, breeder......................................... 70.147% BINGOTTI, Kathleen Swalwell, owner; Carrie Wilson, rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Wolkenfee, dam; Kathleen Swalwell, breeder................................................... 70.074% FLASH GORDON HF, Lisa Thompson Smith, owner; Kathryn Stoy, rider; Falsterbo, sire; Big Girl, dam; Lisa Thompson Smith, breeder...............................68.382% QI GONG TF, Tillie Jones & Tish Gade-Jones, owners; Tillie Jones, rider; Quaterback, sire; Royal Carribean, dam; Anne Howard, breeder..........................66.949%

Intermediate I Open 1.

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WYLEIGH PRINCESS, Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders...................................................................... 70.294% HOLLYWOOD, Elizabeth & Marline Syribeys, owners; Marline Syribeys, rider; Hohenstein, sire; Fatima, dam; Burkhard Wahler, breeder...................................68.853% DON REGALE MF, Brenda Ridenour, owner; Koby Robson, rider; Don Principe, sire; Royal Gem, dam; Maryanna Haymon, breeder..................................................68.750% REMARKABLE, Christine Malpartida, owner/rider; Royal Blend, sire; Wodina, dam; Klaus Meyer, breeder................................................................68.676% DUCHESSE DU PRE, Jennifer Huber, owner/rider; Dauphin, sire; Wranis, dam; Marefield Meadows Inc., breeder....................................................................67.807%

Intermediate II Open 1.

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STERNLICHT HILLTOP, Hilltop Farm Inc., owner; Michael Bragdell, rider; Soliman de Hus, sire; Rhapsody GGF, dam; Rachel Ehrlich, breeder.......................69.044% DUBLIN L, Leatherdale Farms & Louise Leatherdale, owners; Diane Creech, rider; Damsey, sire; Wilbranda, dam; Douglas & Louise Leatherdale, breeders.................67.941% FLAVIUS MF, Mary McKenna, owner; James Koford, rider; Fidertanz, sire; Diora, dam; Maryanna Haymon, breeder............................................................67.157% DOW JONES 1, Christopher Palabe, owner; Lisa Wilcox & Christopher Palabe, riders; Desperados, sire; Enya, dam; Wilfried Otten, breeder.........................................66.545% DON VINO, Kristen Becker, owner/rider; Don Vino, sire; Toscana, dam; Gerd Luehr, breeder......................................................................................66.029%

WYLEIGH PRINCESS, owner/rider Ruth Shirkey (CA)—I-I Open, AA, and Musical Freestyle and PSG Open and AA (American Hanoverian Society)

STERNLICHT HILLTOP, owner Hilltop Farm Inc. (MD), rider Michael Bragdell (MD)—I-II Open (American Hanoverian Society)

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American Hanoverian Society

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SANCEO, Alice Womble, owner; Sabine Schut-Kery, rider; San Remo, sire; Rivera, dam; Gerhard Dustmann, breeder........................................................ 72.979% HOT DATE, Hot Date Syndicate LLC, owner; Kymberly Pullen, rider; Hotline, sire; Finalee, dam; Darlene Ganong, breeder........................................................... 66.631% BULGARI CF, Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway, owner/rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Academy Award, dam; Kimberly Kobryn-Callaway, breeder.................................66.033% HHOT TAMALE, Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle, rider; Hotline, sire; Chee Chee, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.....................................................64.130%

Training Level Adult Amateur 1.

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3.

RACHEL PENNINGTON (TX), riding SPS SORAJA; Jill Peterson, owner; Soliman de Hus, sire; Weltdame, dam; Rolf Deecke, breeder............................... 68.621% KIMBERLY CEDERLUND (IL), riding DON PAVORE’; Kimberly Cederlund, owner; Don Principe, sire; Mayhey, dam; Kimberly & Tim Cederlund, breeders...................67.845% STACEY BACHAR (IL), riding FIREFOX; Stacey Bachar, owner; Franziskus, sire; Laconia, dam; Isabel & Jorg Clasen, breeders ................................................... 62.931%

First Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

BARBARA BUTMAN (MI), riding FURSTENROSE; Barbara Butman, owner; Furstenball, sire; Landrose, dam; Johann von der Decken, breeder......................66.990% JOANNE IRISH (CA), riding FAIR ANGEL; Joanne Irish, owner; Feiner Stern, sire; Bourbonette, dam; Dianne Echazabal, breeder...................................................62.778%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 1.

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Intermediate I Adult Amateur 1.

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CHRISTOPHER PALABE (IL), riding DOW JONES 1; Christopher Palabe, owner; Desperados, sire; Enya, dam; Wilfried Otten, breeder..........................................66.103% ALLISON BILZERIAN (FL), riding FLORENT; Allison Bilzerian, owner; Florimon, sire; Lissy, dam; Hartwig von Holten, breeder......................................63.015% CARON FRISONE (CA), riding RITZZIE SM; Caron Frisone, owner; Rienzi, sire; Dressden, dam; Judith Roach, breeder.............................................................62.191%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

Third Level Amateur

1. KIARA LUTZEN (SC), riding VAN HALEN; Kiara Lutzen, owner; BARRETT BARKSDALE (TX), riding BROOKLYN GCF; Barrett Barksdale, owner; Now or Never M, sire; Lorana, dam; Jost Klindwort, breeder...............................68.056% Bonheur, sire; Greta Garbo, dam; Sharon Garner, breeder....................................67.875% JULIA HANDT (TX), riding NTEC HON SOLLER; Kai Handt, owner; Hofrat, sire; Pike Jounty, dam; Hans Schnadt, breeder.........................................................65.907% Second Level Junior/Young Rider CHRISTOPHER PALABE (IL), riding FANTOMAS; Christopher Palabe, owner; 1. PAIGE ZIMMERMAN (PA), riding DUCATI; Brenda Curnin, owner; Fidertanz, sire; Donnerfee, dam; Zuchthof Bauer, breeder...................................64.063% Dancier, sire; Li La Lu, dam; Edda & Frederich Kroner, breeders............................ 69.756% SARAH SAMAAN (TX), riding FUERST INDEPENDANCE; Sarah Samaan, owner; Furst Gotthard, sire; Aquataine, dam; Linda Crabtree, breeder............................. 61.938%

Third Level Junior/Young Rider

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KAAREN POWELL (NY), riding FOSBURY; Kaaren Powell, owner; 2.

Furst Nymphenburg, sire; Woodoo, dam; Heike Hartwig, breeder..........................60.417% JIMEALE HEDE (SC), riding BANDITO RH; Jimeale Hede, owner; Bretone, sire; 3.

Feines, dam; Mary Denison, breeder...............................................................60.369%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS; Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders......................... 70.294% CHRISTINE MALPARTIDA (FL), riding REMARKABLE; Christine Malpartida, owner; Royal Blend, sire; Wodina, dam; Klaus Meyer, breeder........................................68.676% JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding DUCHESSE DU PRE; Jennifer Huber, owner; Dauphin, sire; Wranis, dam; Marefield Meadows Inc., breeder..............................67.807% SANDRA HOLDEN (NY), riding CANO CRISTALES; Sandra Holden, owner; Conteur, sire; Konny, dam; Eitel Wehrs, breeder.................................................65.074%

Intermediate II Adult Amateur

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Second Level Adult Amateur 2.

1. SUSANNE BRANSON (IA), riding CAPPUCINE; Susanne Branson, owner;

Contucci, sire; Odette, dam; Susanne Branson, breeder...................................... 68.041% 3.

2. TRIIN DUCHARME (CA), riding HAVANNA; Alain & Triin Ducharme, owners;

Heinrich Heine, sire; Werra, dam; Wilhelm Heyer, breeder.................................... 67.143%

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RUTH SHIRKEY (CA), riding WYLEIGH PRINCESS; Ruth Shirkey, owner; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders...........................71.157% STEPHEN RUGGIERO (CT), riding DREAM WORKS; Stephen Ruggiero, owner; Danone I, sire; Hollywood, dam; Kathrin & Mareile Gericke, breeders.................... 65.735% SANDRA HOLDEN (NY), riding CANO CRISTALES; Sandra Holden, owner; Conteur, sire; Konny, dam; Eitel Wehrs, breeder.................................................64.632% SUSAN SULLIVAN (CA), riding SOLANA; Susan Sullivan, owner; Soliman de Hus, sire; Bungee B, dam; Susanna Borchers, breeder.....................................................63.382% STEFANIE POOLE (CA), riding HABANERO; Stefanie Poole, owner; Hotline, sire; Windrose, dam; Thomas Flint, breeder..............................................................61.765%

CAPPUCINE, owner/rider Susanne Branson (IA)— Second Level AA (American Hanoverian Society)

VAN HALEN, owner/rider Kiara Lutzen (SC)— First Level Jr/YR (American Hanoverian Society)

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CAROLINE MCQUEEN (GA), riding MANDOLIN RH; Caroline McQueen, owner; Maronjo, sire; Arielle, dam; River House Hanoverians, breeder............................ 67.083% ISABELLA THORPE (MA), riding BELLA YMAS; Isabella Thorpe, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Dora, dam; Reinhard Wilms GbR, breeder................................ 64.750% EMMA HANNON (IN), riding ROMULUS WF; Emma Hannon, owner; Rascalino, sire; Diorella, dam; Linda Woltz, breeder............................................62.871%

MANDOLIN RH, owner/rider Caroline McQueen (GA)—Third Level Jr/YR (American Hanoverian Society)

WINZALOT, owner/rider Charlotte Waite (CA)—Fourth Level Jr/ YR (American Hanoverian Society)

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Grand Prix Open

3. DREAM WORKS, Stephen Ruggiero, owner/rider; Danone I, sire; Hollywood, dam; Kathrin & Mareile Gericke, breeders........................................68.025% 1. CHARLOTTE WAITE (CA), riding WINZALOT; Charlotte & Mari Waite, owners; Wolkenstein II, sire; Franzisca, dam; Hans-Heinr Doescher, breeder......................65.694% 4. DEAN MARTIN CR, Christine Calao, owner/rider; Don Frederico, sire; Wilhelmine, dam; Albert Roskamm, breeder.....................................................66.925%

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider 1.

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CHRISTIAN SIMONSON (CA), riding HEMMINGWAY; Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; Hendrix, sire; Mauricia, dam; Bjarne Berling, breeder.......................................... 70.147% Grand Prix Musical Freestyle 1. HOT DATE, Hot Date Syndicate LLC, owner; Kymberly Pullen, rider; Hotline, sire; TILLIE JONES (NE), riding QI GONG TF; Tillie Jones & Tish Gade-Jones, owners; Quaterback, sire; Royal Carribean, dam; Anne Howard, breeder..........................66.949% Finalee, dam; Darlene Ganong, breeder...........................................................72.400% 2. GENTLEMAN, Kristin Herzing, owner/rider; Grusus, sire; Rumpelstilzchen, dam; Jeffrey & Kathryn Nesbit, breeders....................................................................71.175%

Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider

1. MARLINE SYRIBEYS (GA), riding HOLLYWOOD; Elizabeth & Marline Syribeys, owners; Hohenstein, sire; Fatima, dam; Burkhard Wahler, breeder...................................68.853%

First Level Musical Freestyle 1.

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SANTANA, Emily Roy, owner/rider; Sonntagskind, sire; Atlanta, dam; Jenna Stern-Arnold, breeder........................................................................... 72.167% SERGENT FS, Kelli Diener, owner/rider; Sinatra Song, sire; Delightfull, dam; Marty Hunt, breeder.....................................................................................72.000% DELACOUR SGF, Jody Cattell, owner/rider; Diarado, sire; Anaconda G, dam; Sandra Hunt, breeder.....................................................................................71.733% REPERTOIRE, Karen Vanhoff, owner/rider; Razmataz, sire; Grafengirl, dam; Hans Lengers, breeder...................................................................................64.133%

Second Level Musical Freestyle 1.

2.

American Paint Horse Association Training Level Open

1. MR.T A CHARISMA, Maureen Kinyon, owner/rider; Talk About Charisma, sire; Intimate Date, dam; Debra Whitmire, breeder................................................... 69.310%

Training Level Adult Amateur

1. MAUREEN KINYON (IL), riding MR.T A CHARISMA; Maureen Kinyon, owner; Talk About Charisma, sire; Intimate Date, dam; Debra Whitmire, breeder............... 69.310%

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

DIONYSUS MF, Maryanna Haymon, owner; Angela Jackson, rider; 1. MAUREEN KINYON (IL), riding MR.T A CHARISMA; Maureen Kinyon, owner; Doctor Wendell MF, sire; Rising Star MF, dam; Maryanna Haymon, breeder............ 75.667% Talk About Charisma, sire; Intimate Date, dam; Debra Whitmire, breeder............... 69.310% QUATTRO DU, Diana Uchiyama, owner; Agata Rekucka, rider; Quaterhall, sire; Laaries, dam; Johann Meyer, breeder..............................................................75.500%

American Quarter Horse Association

Third Level Musical Freestyle 1.

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RONIN, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, owners; Martin Kuhn, rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Something Royal, dam; Marcia Boeing, breeder.............75.500% QIATSU TF, Agata Rekucka, owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Shiatsu TF, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder..................................................................................72.600% HALLELUJAH HVH, Caroline Morgan-Sullivan, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Wruffian Q, dam; High Valley Hanoverians, breeder.............................................72.100% ELYSIAN, Delinda Ruffino, owner/rider; Earl, sire; Whoopi, dam; Buss Hinrich-Johannes, breeder...................................................................... 71.200% DORFPRINZ, Angelyn Gunn, owner/rider; Dauphin, sire; Acciaccatura, dam; Cornelia Telker, breeder.................................................................................64.333%

First Level Open

1. WTR HERESTOYOURHONOR, Adelaide Pickett, owner; Lynn Palm, rider; Alota Gator Bait, sire; WF Honor and Glory, dam; Lise Blanton, breeder...................67.857%

Second Level Open 1.

2.

UF GRAY SMOKE, Joni Patten, owner/rider; Signature in Smoke, sire; Princess Curly Sue, dam; University of Florida Foundation, breeder.......................65.357% NU SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, Eileen Kasmarcik, owner; Marie Banks, rider; Big Chex to Cash, sire; Docs Sneaki Deal, dam; Kristen Foy, breeder.....................63.337%

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Intermediate I Musical Freestyle 1.

2.

Second Level Adult Amateur WYLEIGH PRINCESS, Ruth Shirkey, owner/rider; Weltmeyer, sire; Heiress B, dam; Cheryl & Eric Johnson, breeders.......................................................................72.188% 1. JONI PATTEN (GA), riding UF GRAY SMOKE; Joni Patten, owner; Signature in Smoke, sire; Princess Curly Sue, dam; DON REGALE MF, Brenda Ridenour, owner; Koby Robson, rider; Don Principe, sire; Royal Gem, dam; Maryanna Haymon, breeder..................................................70.300% University of Florida Foundation, breeder.........................................................65.357%

SANTANA, owner/rider Emily Roy (TX)—First Level Musical Freestyle (American Hanoverian Society)

HOT DATE, owner Hot Date Syndicate LLC (PA), rider Kymberly Pullen (PA)—GP Musical Freestyle (American Hanoverian Society)

WTR HERESTOYOURHONOR, owner Adelaide Pickett (FL), rider Lynn Palm (FL)—First Level Open (American Quarter Horse Association)

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Fourth Level Junior/Young Rider

Third Level Open 1.

2.

Intermediate I Open

1. AMARASKA, John & Kari Cassel, owners; Bryana Smith, rider; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder.....................................66.471%

FEELING HW, Carol McPhee, owner/rider; Feedback, sire; Finesse, dam; Ursula Thiebes, breeder................................................................................. 69.750% Intermediate II Open 1. LOTTA SILVER, Barbara Parkening & Hilda Gurney, owners; Hilda Gurney, rider; FEEGO, Alexandra Duarte, owner/rider; Feedback, sire; Gala, dam; Bertram EiBmann, breeder............................................................................ 67.094% Silvermoon, sire; Livadia *M*, dam; Hilda Gurney, breeder...................................66.103% 2. HARMONIE NSF, Heather Holman, owner/rider; Baron Verdi, sire; Hopi NSF, dam; Cheryl & Timothy Holekamp, breeders.........................................62.721%

Third Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

CAROL MCPHEE (PA), riding FEELING HW; Carol McPhee, owner; Feedback, sire; Finesse, dam; Ursula Thiebes, breeder....................................... 69.750% Grand Prix Open 1. ELFENPERFEKT, Alice Drayer, owner; Abraham Pugh, rider; Peron, sire; ALEXANDRA DUARTE (CA), riding FEEGO; Alexandra Duarte, owner; Feedback, sire; Gala, dam; Bertram Eißmann, breeder....................................... 67.094% Elfentraum, dam; Alice & Peter Drayer, breeders................................................68.587%

American Saddlebred Registry

Training Level Adult Amateur

1. BONNIE PARKER (TX), riding GOLDEN TICKET; Bonnie Parker, owner; Tatendrang, sire; Glitters Dream Girl, dam; Lori Whitley, breeder...........................65.776%

First Level Open

Second Level Adult Amateur 1. RO & ME’S MASTER OF ILLUSION, Leah Peterson, owner/rider; Trust Fund, sire; Everything in Return, dam; Romy Hess, breeder................................................65.659% 1. DAWN PETRAITIS (MS), riding AMARETTA DI SARONNO; Dawn Petraitis, owner; Impressionist, sire; Melody, dam; Joseph Pimentel, breeder...............................62.365%

American Trakehner Association Training Level Open

1. GOLDEN TICKET, Bonnie Parker, owner/rider; Tatendrang, sire; Glitters Dream Girl, dam; Lori Whitley, breeder...................................................65.776%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

1. HANNAH PARKER (PA), riding CHIARA’S HAVEN; Hannah Parker, owner; Tempestad, sire; Calina, dam; Ann del Campo, breeder.......................................63.125%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

1. BRYANA SMITH (FL), riding AMARASKA; John & Kari Cassel, owners; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder.................................... 67.059% 2. BRYANA SMITH (FL), riding CASTELLAN; John Cassel, owner; Tanzeln, sire; 1. FAIRMONT, John & Kari Cassel, owners; Madeline Baker, rider; Arentino, sire; Franceska, dam; John & Kari Cassel, breeders..................................................66.034% Cassiopia, dam; John & Kari Cassel, breeders...................................................62.353% 2. MY WAY, Christine Langton, owner; Jocelyn Deschene, rider; Songline II, sire; Miss Margaret, dam; Christine Langton, breeder...............................................65.278% Intermediate I Adult Amateur 1. BRYANA SMITH (FL), riding AMARASKA; John & Kari Cassel, owners; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder.....................................66.471% Second Level Open 1. AMARETTA DI SARONNO, Dawn Petraitis, owner/rider; Impressionist, sire; Melody, dam; Joseph Pimentel, breeder..........................................................62.365% Second Level Musical Freestyle 1. LEANDER, Mary Callahan, owner; Suzanne Graham & Mary Callahan, riders; Tanzeln, sire; La Paloma, dam; Jean Brinkman, breeder...................................... 67.133% Fourth Level Open 1. CHIARA’S HAVEN, Hannah Parker, owner/rider; Tempestad, sire; Calina, dam; Ann del Campo, breeder.................................................................................63.125% Intermediate I Musical Freestyle 1. AMARASKA, John & Kari Cassel, owners; Bryana Smith, rider; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder............................................................69.500% Prix St. Georges Open 1. AMARASKA, John & Kari Cassel, owners; Bryana Smith, rider; Oliver Twist, sire; Amadelia, dam; Peter Oellrich, breeder............................................................ 67.059% Grand Prix Musical Freestyle 2. CASTELLAN, John Cassel, owner; Bryana Smith, rider; Tanzeln, sire; 1. ELFENPERFEKT, Alice Drayer, owner; Abraham Pugh, rider; Peron, sire; Cassiopia, dam; John & Kari Cassel, breeders...................................................62.353% Elfentraum, dam; Alice & Peter Drayer, breeders.................................................73.413%

First Level Open

FEELING HW, owner/rider Carol McPhee (PA)—Third Level Open and AA (American Rhineland Studbook)

RO & ME’S MASTER OF ILLUSION, owner/ rider Leah Peterson (MN)—First Level Open (American Saddlebred Registry)

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GOLDEN TICKET, owner/rider Bonnie Parker (TX)—Training Level Open and AA (American Trakehner Association)

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American Rhineland Studbook

BENVOLIO EV, owner/rider Jean Thornton (FL)— Training and First Levels Open and Vintage Cup Prof.

(American Warmblood Registry)

2. VASHTI, Kristin Wasemiller-Knutson, owner/rider; Nico, sire; Thekla, dam; 2. BUTTERCUP, Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett, rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Sherry Koella, breeder...................................................................................70.025% Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder...........................................................63.676%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

American Warmblood Registry

1. CYNTHIA MCKIM (ID), riding VARDEN; Cynthia McKim, owner................................60.552%

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

Training Level Open 1.

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BENVOLIO EV, Jean Thornton, owner/rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder.............................................................71.121% BARCELONA, Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett, rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Lalique EV, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder...........................67.759% MONDLICHT GF, Jean Thornton, owner; Sierra Inabnett, rider; Milky Way, sire; Michelle, dam; Gwendolyn Gregorio, breeder....................................................65.087%

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First Level Open

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SIERRA INABNETT (FL), riding BARCELONA; Jean Thornton, owner; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Lalique EV, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder...........................67.759% SIERRA INABNETT (FL), riding MONDLICHT GF; Jean Thornton, owner; Milky Way, sire; Michelle, dam; Gwendolyn Gregorio, breeder..............................65.087% SIERRA INABNETT (FL), riding BROADWAY DREAM; Jean Thornton, owner; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder............................64.828%

Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider

1. SIERRA INABNETT (FL), riding BUTTERCUP; Jean Thornton, owner; 1. BENVOLIO EV, Jean Thornton, owner/rider; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder............................63.676% Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder........................................................... 67.084%

Fourth Level Open

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. CYNTHIA MCKIM (ID), riding VARDEN; Cynthia McKim, owner................................60.552%

1. CAPITANO, Shelley Schuler, owner; Angelia Bean, rider; FS Chambertin, sire; Valetta, dam; Peter Boege, breeder.................................................................66.254%

Prix St. Georges Open

Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. JEAN THORNTON (FL), riding BENVOLIO EV; Jean Thornton, owner; Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder..............................71.121%

1. CAPITANO, Shelley Schuler, owner; Angelia Bean, rider; FS Chambertin, sire; First Level Vintage Cup-Professional Valetta, dam; Peter Boege, breeder................................................................. 67.280% 1. JEAN THORNTON (FL), riding BENVOLIO EV; Jean Thornton, owner; 2. VARDEN, Cynthia McKim, owner/rider..............................................................60.552% Blue Eyed Dream, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder............................ 67.084%

Intermediate I Open

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Professional

1. MONTEGO, Jean Thornton, owner/rider; Morgengold II, sire; Wrummy, dam; 1. JEAN THORNTON (FL), riding MONTEGO; Jean Thornton, owner; Jean Thornton, breeder.................................................................................68.824% Morgengold II, sire; Wrummy, dam; Jean Thornton, breeder................................68.824%

CAPITANO, owner Shelley Schuler (PA), rider Angelia Bean (PA)— Fourth Level and PSG Open (American Warmblood Registry)

MONTEGO, owner/rider Jean Thornton (FL)—I-I Open and Vintage Cup Prof. (American Warmblood Registry)

VARDEN, owner/rider Cynthia McKim (ID)—PSG AA and Vintage Cup AA (American Warmblood Registry)

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AMARETTA DI SARONNO, owner/rider Dawn Petraitis (MS)— Second Level Open and AA (American Trakehner Association)

Training Level Open

First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. ZELDA CASANOVA (TX), riding NTEC COLLIN; Zelda Casanova, owner; Connor, sire; Agnetha TSH, dam; Hans de Groot, breeder....................................61.052%

1. MEIN LIEBLING, Emma Kane, owner/rider..........................................................67.241% Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 2. NTEC COLLIN, Zelda Casanova, owner/rider; Connor, sire; Agnetha TSH, dam; Hans de Groot, breeder.................................................................................64.656% 1. KERRY MAYER (MA), riding VALOR; Gayle Paquin, owner; Spruce Baby, sire; Val, dam; Gloria Billings, breeder....................................................................62.875%

First Level Open

1. THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, Breeanna Kenney, owner/rider.............................68.333% First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 1. DANIELLE AMMESON (FL), riding CASINO ROYALE; Danielle Ammeson, owner; 2. FIRST IMPRESSION, Jamielynne Weiss, owner; Marsha Hartford-Sapp, rider; Aron, sire; Balada, dam; Tadeusz Puchala, breeder............................................66.429% Cathalido, sire; Grande Amie, dam; Jerry Smith, breeder.....................................68.767%

Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Third Level Open

1. DEVON O’LEARY (TX), riding WOLAN; Jane Holman, owner; Wodan, sire; 1. VALOR, Gayle Paquin, owner; Kerry Mayer, rider; Spruce Baby, sire; Saloniki, dam; EWSZ Inc., breeder...................................................................65.583% Val, dam; Gloria Billings, breeder....................................................................62.875%

First Level Musical Freestyle

Intermediate II Open

1. THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, Breeanna Kenney, owner/rider.............................72.400% 1. MARCO, Jennifer Foulon, owner/rider; Nameless, sire; Marka, dam; 2. CASINO ROYALE, Danielle Ammeson, owner/rider; Cathalido, sire; Dariusz Niewadzi, breeder..............................................................................62.757% Grande Amie, dam; Jerry Smith, breeder...........................................................68.767%

Training Level Adult Amateur

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1. EMMA KANE (IL), riding MEIN LIEBLING; Emma Kane, owner..................................67.241% 1. WOLAN, Jane Holman, owner; Devon O’Leary, rider; Wodan, sire; 2. ZELDA CASANOVA (TX), riding NTEC COLLIN; Zelda Casanova, owner; Saloniki, dam; EWSZ Inc., breeder...................................................................65.583% Connor, sire; Agnetha TSH, dam; Hans de Groot, breeder....................................64.656%

Appaloosa Horse Club Inc.

First Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

DANIELLE AMMESON (FL), riding CASINO ROYALE; Danielle Ammeson, owner; Cathalido, sire; Grande Amie, dam; Jerry Smith, breeder....................................65.486% Training Level Open ZELDA CASANOVA (TX), riding NTEC COLLIN; Zelda Casanova, owner; 1. RNA DARK DRIFTER, Kristin Hermann, owner; Marie Lyle, rider; Connor, sire; Agnetha TSH, dam; Hans de Groot, breeder....................................61.052% DREA Fires Klikitat, sire; Absolut Saskia, dam; Maria Axmann, breeder................. 65.000%

Third Level Adult Amateur

Second Level Open

Intermediate II Adult Amateur

Second Level Adult Amateur

1. ISLAND FEVER, Jodie Potts, owner/rider; Jokers Measleyone, sire; 1. KERRY MAYER (MA), riding VALOR; Gayle Paquin, owner; Spruce Baby, sire; Val, dam; Gloria Billings, breeder....................................................................62.875% Tooyoungtohonkytonk, dam; Amy Kinsch, breeder.............................................66.098% 1. JODIE POTTS (VA), riding ISLAND FEVER; Jodie Potts, owner; Jokers Measleyone, sire; 1. JENNIFER FOULON (MD), riding MARCO; Jennifer Foulon, owner; Nameless, sire; Marka, dam; Dariusz Niewadzi, breeder............................................................62.757% Tooyoungtohonkytonk, dam; Amy Kinsch, breeder.............................................66.098%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

1. BREEANNA KENNEY (CA), riding THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE; Breeanna Kenney, owner...............................................................................68.333%

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Arabian Horse Association Arabian Training Level Open

1. KAI EDEN, Susanne Lanini, owner/rider; Eden C, sire; Riveries Kaiya++, dam; 1. ZELDA CASANOVA (TX), riding NTEC COLLIN; Zelda Casanova, owner; Connor, sire; Agnetha TSH, dam; Hans de Groot, breeder....................................64.656% Michelle Kelly & Virginia Baldwin, breeders.......................................................66.034%

MEIN LIEBLING, owner/rider Emma Kane (IL)—Training Level Open and AA (American Warmblood Society & Sporthorse Registry)

THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, owner/rider Breeanna Kenney (CA)—First Level Open, Jr/YR, and Musical Freestyle (American Warmblood Society & Sporthorse Registry)

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VALOR, owner Gayle Paquin (NH), rider Kerry Mayer (MA)—Third Level Open, AA and Vintage Cup AA (American Warmblood Society & Sporthorse Registry)

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WOLAN, owner Jane Holman (TX), rider Devon O’Leary (TX)—Third Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (American Warmblood Society & Sporthorse Registry)

RNA DARK DRIFTER, owner Kristin Hermann (PA), rider Marie Lyle (PA)—Training Level Open (Appaloosa Horse Club Inc.)

2. AAA BINT DELABBA, Eve & Marilee Heintzberger, owners; Eve Heintzberger, rider; Intermediate I Open IBN Ser Hannah, sire; Delabba, dam; Cheryl & Richard Miller, breeders..................65.249% 1. FCF OBERONS VANITY, Dawn Jones-Low, owner; Catherine Waterman, rider; AF Vanitys Repeat, sire; Brumarba Callisto, dam; Dawn Jones-Low, breeder...........62.206%

First Level Open

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MAGNUM FIREFLY, Dale Wade, owner/rider; Magnum Chall HVP, sire; Training Level Adult Amateur Electtra, dam; Janet Hadsell, breeder..............................................................64.828% 1. SUSANNE LANINI (CA), riding KAI EDEN; Susanne Lanini, owner; Eden C, sire; AAA BINT DELABBA, Eve & Marilee Heintzberger, owners; Eve Heintzberger, rider; Riveries Kaiya++, dam; Michelle Kelly & Virginia Baldwin, breeders.......................66.034% IBN Ser Hannah, sire; Delabba, dam; Cheryl & Richard Miller, breeders...................61.667% ROYAL PAIN WP, Mary Kadar, owner/rider; Legal Tennder, sire; Pattrona, dam; Wolf Point Ranch LLC, breeder........................................................................ 61.303% First Level Adult Amateur 1. DALE WADE (FL), riding MAGNUM FIREFLY; Dale Wade, owner; Magnum Chall HVP, sire; Electtra, dam; Janet Hadsell, breeder............................64.828% Second Level Open 2. MARY KADAR (SC), riding ROYAL PAIN WP; Mary Kadar, owner; 1. RENEGADE KID, Cynthia Reichelderfer, owner; Brenda Peters-Beare, rider; Sundance Kid V, sire; Guess Im Lollipop, dam; Cynthia Reichelderfer, breeder.........65.655% Legal Tennder, sire; Pattrona, dam; Wolf Point Ranch LLC, breeder........................ 61.303% 2. REQUIEM WSA, Jenni Rich, owner; Alicia Tubiola & Jenni Rich, riders; Antham, sire; Shaks Baskette, dam; Dina Wild, breeder.......................................61.310% Third Level Adult Amateur 1. NICOLE ROWLEY (WA), riding ES GAMAL; Nicole Rowley, owner; Jullyen El Jamaal, sire; Third Level Open Gianna, dam; Beverly, Richard & Steven Curley, breeders.....................................63.148% 1. ES GAMAL, Nicole Rowley, owner/rider; Jullyen El Jamaal, sire; Gianna, dam; Beverly, Richard & Steven Curley, breeders........................................................63.148% 1. AUDREY HUMPHREY (NH), riding TAMAR INGENUE; Audrey Humphrey, owner; Mamage, sire; Tamar Miss Brabada, dam; Tamara Hanby, breeder....................... 62.794% TAMAR INGENUE, Audrey Humphrey, owner/rider; Mamage, sire; Tamar Miss Brabada, dam; Tamara Hanby, breeder............................................ 62.794% 2. NICOLE ROWLEY (WA), riding ES GAMAL; Nicole Rowley, owner; Jullyen El Jamaal, sire; Gianna, dam; Beverly, Richard & Steven Curley, breeders....................................62.436% ES GAMAL, Nicole Rowley, owner/rider; Jullyen El Jamaal, sire; Gianna, dam; Beverly, Richard & Steven Curley, breeders.......................................................62.436%

Fourth Level Open 1.

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Fourth Level Adult Amateur

Prix St. Georges Open

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

1. DANIELLE GERVASI (PA), riding AL-MARAH SILVER CHARM; Daniel & Danielle Gervasi, owners; SDA Silver Legend, sire; 1. AL-MARAH SILVER CHARM, Daniel & Danielle Gervasi, owners; Danielle Gervasi, rider; SDA Silver Legend, sire; AM Charmintemtres, dam; Galen & Mark Miller, breeders...61.250% AM Charmintemtres, dam; Galen & Mark Miller, breeders....................................61.250%

MAGNUM FIREFLY, owner/rider Dale Wade (FL)—First Level Open and AA (Arabian Horse Association—Arabian)

ES GAMAL owner/rider Nicole Rowley (WA)—Third Level Open and AA (Arabian Horse Association—Arabian)

AL-MARAH SILVER CHARM, owner/rider Danielle Gervasi (PA)—PSG Open and AA (Arabian Horse Association—Arabian)

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CASINO ROYALE, owner/rider Danielle Ammeson (FL)—First Level AA and AA Musical Freestyle (American Warmblood Society & Sporthorse Registry)

GF BOOM, owner/rider Julie Wall Hicks (FL)—Training Level Open (Arabian Horse Association—Half-Arabian)

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

SRC ADRIANA, owner/rider Jennifer Tobie (AZ)—Third Level Open and Vintage Cup Prof.

(Arabian Horse Association—Half-Arabian)

First Level Open

1. EVE HEINTZBERGER (IN), riding AAA BINT DELABBA; Eve & Marilee Heintzberger, owners; 1. LM WERTHE GEM, Amy Kellen & Lake Meadows LLC, owners; Amy Kellen, rider; IBN Ser Hannah, sire; Delabba, dam; Cheryl & Richard Miller, breeders..................65.249% Donnerwerth, sire; Mahoganys Gem, dam; Amy Kellen, breeder..........................66.806% 2. CS OSTENTATIOUS, Kayla Smith, owner/rider; Budapest, sire; Wineglas Bouquet, dam; Linda Rudolphi, breeder...............................................65.139%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

1. EVE HEINTZBERGER (IN), riding AAA BINT DELABBA; Eve & Marilee Heintzberger, owners; Third Level Open IBN Ser Hannah, sire; Delabba, dam; Cheryl & Richard Miller, breeders...................61.667% 1. SRC ADRIANA, Jennifer Tobie, owner/rider; Loki, sire; CHA Farasha, dam; Adrienne Hancock-Leong & Natacha Lesburgueres, breeders............................... 68.313% 2. E HUCKSTER, Lea Leathers, owner/rider; Unbelievable, sire; First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur Hucks Snowberry, dam; George, Terie & Wade Ellis, breeders...............................60.879% 1. DALE WADE (FL), riding MAGNUM FIREFLY; Dale Wade, owner; Magnum Chall HVP, sire; Electtra, dam; Janet Hadsell, breeder..............................................................64.828% Fourth Level Open 2. MARY KADAR (SC), riding ROYAL PAIN WP; Mary Kadar, owner; Legal Tennder, sire; 1. GLAMOUR GIRL DBA, Joann Williams, owner/rider; Tristtan, sire; Pattrona, dam; Wolf Point Ranch LLC, breeder................................................... 61.303% Gray Glimmer, dam; Tracey Dikkers, breeder.....................................................68.333%

Prix St. Georges Open

Second Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. CRESCENDOS ALLEGRO, Teresa Grogan, owner; Kristine Phelps & Christine Betz, riders; 1. BRENDA PETERS-BEARE (CA), riding RENEGADE KID; Cynthia Reichelderfer, owner; Sundance Kid V, sire; Guess Im Lollipop, dam; Cynthia Reichelderfer, breeder.........65.655% Magics My Dad, sire; LF Jubilee, dam; Marilee Schwartz, breeder....................... 65.000% 2. ZANZYBAR, Jeanette Lundgren, owner/rider; Juventus, sire; JK Raset+/, dam; Megan Wall, breeder.....................................................................................63.088% Half-Arabian 3. SKIES THE LIMITT, Jessie Bonneau, owner/rider; HP Amir ElSahar, sire; Training Level Open Lotsa Dotsnspots, dam; Kaaren Stafford, breeder..............................................62.500% 1. GF BOOM, Julie Wall Hicks, owner; Julie Wall Hicks & Malinda Brown, riders; Brio, sire; Knee Deep, dam; Robin Ginn, breeder................................................70.517% Intermediate I Open 1. CRESCENDOS ALLEGRO, Teresa Grogan, owner; Christine Betz, rider; 2. CIELO GRANDE, Katheryne Praylow, owner/rider; Montanha, sire; Nutmeg, dam; Jennette Simpson, breeder............................................................................68.966% Magics My Dad, sire; LF Jubilee, dam; Marilee Schwartz, breeder........................63.088% 2. REMMBRANDT, Carly Wolf, owner/rider; WCF First Class, sire; 3. CS OSTENTATIOUS, Kayla Smith, owner/rider; Budapest, sire; Wineglas Bouquet, dam; Linda Rudolphi, breeder..............................................66.466% Autumn, dam; Joyce Moore, breeder............................................................... 61.324% 3. DARK PRANKSTER, Radene Gordon-Beck, owner/rider; Darktanion, sire; 4. MAJESTIK ZF, Nicole Miller, owner; Carrie Gregory & Nicole Miller, riders; Majd Alrabi, sire; The Sweet Rose, dam; Jennifer Wilson, breeder..........................65.471% Czapranka, dam; Ingrid Smith, breeder.............................................................60.147%

CRESCENDOS ALLEGRO, owner Teresa Grogan (PA), rider Christine Betz (PA)—I-I and PSG Open (Arabian Horse Association—HalfArabian)

E HUCKSTER, owner/rider Lea Leathers (ID)—Third Level AA (Arabian Horse Association—Half-Arabian)

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REMMBRANDT, owner/rider Carly Wolf (FL)—I-I AA (Arabian Horse Association—Half-Arabian)

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FCF OBERONS VANITY, owner Dawn Jones-Low (VT), rider Catherine Waterman (VT)—I-I Open (Arabian Horse Association—Arabian)

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2. I’M FULL OF STUFF, Jennifer Strauss, owner/rider; Pascal D’ Pau, sire; Plush Stuff, dam; Les Chevaux de Carlier, breeder...............................................64.412% KATHERYNE PRAYLOW (SC), riding CIELO GRANDE; Katheryne Praylow, owner; Montanha, sire; Nutmeg, dam; Jennette Simpson, breeder.................................68.966% Third Level Vintage Cup-Professional KAYLA SMITH (IL), riding CS OSTENTATIOUS; Kayla Smith, owner; Budapest, sire; Wineglas Bouquet, dam; Linda Rudolphi, breeder..............................................66.466% 1. BETTINA WAGNER (NY), riding LI’CZABETH SCF; Bettina Wagner, owner; Balta’ Czar, sire; Lieke, dam; Spy Coast Farm, breeder........................................66.592%

First Level Adult Amateur

Fourth Level Musical Freesytle 1. KAYLA SMITH (IL), riding CS OSTENTATIOUS; Kayla Smith, owner; Budapest, sire; Wineglas Bouquet, dam; Linda Rudolphi, breeder...............................................65.139% 1. I’M FULL OF STUFF, Jennifer Strauss, owner/rider; Pascal D’ Pau, sire; Plush Stuff, dam; Les Chevaux de Carlier, breeder...............................................70.467% Third Level Adult Amateur

Intermediate I Musical Freestyle 1. LEA LEATHERS (ID), riding E HUCKSTER; Lea Leathers, owner; Unbelievable, sire; Hucks Snowberry, dam; George, Terie & Wade Ellis, breeders...............................60.879% 1. JYPSY ROSE, Jenna Stern-Arnold, owner/rider; Gran Casso, sire; Portia, dam; Jenna Stern-Arnold, breeder..........................................................................69.500% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

1. JEANETTE LUNDGREN (AZ), riding ZANZYBAR; Jeanette Lundgren, owner; Juventus, sire; JK Raset+/, dam; Megan Wall, breeder........................................63.088%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur 1.

2.

Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association Third Level Open

1. QUINTANA ROO CR, Rebecca Lindy, owner/rider; Sempatico M, sire; CARLY WOLF (FL), riding REMMBRANDT; Carly Wolf, owner; WCF First Class, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam; Cindy Hunt, breeder............................................................62.125% Autumn, dam; Joyce Moore, breeder............................................................... 61.324% RADENE GORDON-BECK (PA), riding DARK PRANKSTER; Radene Gordon-Beck, owner; Third Level Adult Amateur Darktanion, sire; Czapranka, dam; Ingrid Smith, breeder.....................................60.147% 1. REBECCA LINDY (AZ), riding QUINTANA ROO CR; Rebecca Lindy, owner; Sempatico M, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam; Cindy Hunt, breeder..................................62.125%

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. RADENE GORDON-BECK (PA), riding DARK PRANKSTER; Radene Gordon-Beck, owner; Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur Darktanion, sire; Czapranka, dam; Ingrid Smith, breeder.....................................60.147% 1. REBECCA LINDY (AZ), riding QUINTANA ROO CR; Rebecca Lindy, owner; Sempatico M, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam; Cindy Hunt, breeder..................................62.125%

First Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. AMY KELLEN (MN), riding LM WERTHE GEM; Amy Kellen, Lake Meadows LLC, owner; Third Level Musical Freestyle Donnerwerth, sire; Mahoganys Gem, dam; Amy Kellen, breeder..........................66.806% 1. QUINTANA ROO CR, Rebecca Lindy, owner/rider; Sempatico M, sire; Arbessa C.R., dam; Cindy Hunt, breeder............................................................65.617%

Third Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. JENNIFER TOBIE (AZ), riding SRC ADRIANA; Jennifer Tobie, owner; Loki, sire; CHA Farasha, dam; Adrienne Hancock-Leong & Natacha Lesburgueres, breeders.... 68.313%

Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America Prix St. Georges Open

Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. THAT’S ADANTE’S IMAGE, Nancy Kretschmer, owner; John Mason, rider; 1. JOANN WILLIAMS (WI), riding GLAMOUR GIRL DBA; Joann Williams, owner; Tristtan, sire; Gray Glimmer, dam; Tracey Dikkers, breeder..................................68.333% Linaro, sire; The Grace of That, dam; Nancy Kretschmer, breeder..........................64.633%

Belgian Warmblood Breeding Association

Clydesdale Breeders of the U.S.A.

Third Level Open

First Level Open

Prix St. Georges Open

Third Level Open

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1. LI’CZABETH SCF, Bettina Wagner, owner/rider; Balta’ Czar, sire; Lieke, dam; 1. FREEDOM ROYAL LEGACY, Kim Fiore, owner/rider; Hillmoor Landmark, sire; Spy Coast Farm, breeder...............................................................................66.592% Freedom Molly Lady Margaret, dam; Emilie Proulx, breeder................................ 60.764% 1. KATUSHA VAN ‘T WIJNHOF, Stonegate Equestrian Center LLC, owner; Katie Foster, rider; 1. ADKS COLE, Brian Kimball, owner/rider; Toll-Gate Select King, sire; Breemeersen Crescendo, sire; Kanoro V, dam; Rene Vangorp, breeder..................65.882% ADKS CJ, dam; Andrew Stalhiem, breeder..........................................................61.477%

I’M FULL OF STUFF, owner/rider Jennifer Strauss (WI)— Fourth Level Musical Freestyle (Belgian Warmblood Breeding Association)

QUINTANA ROO CR, owner/rider Rebecca Lindy (AZ)—Third Level Open, AA, Musical Freestyle, and Vintage Cup AA (Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association)

ADKS COLE, owner/rider Brian Kimball (FL)—Third Level Open and AA (Clydesdale Breeders of the U.S.A.)

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Training Level Adult Amateur

2. B-17 BOMBADIER, Sarah Miller, owner/rider; Gorbachev, sire; Morgana, dam; Flying K Thorodales & Richard Kiracofe, breeders...............................................65.433% 1. KIM FIORE (FL), riding FREEDOM ROYAL LEGACY; Kim Fiore, owner; Hillmoor Landmark, sire; Freedom Molly Lady Margaret, dam; Emilie Proulx, breeder................................ 60.764%

Third Level Adult Amateur

1. BRIAN KIMBALL (FL), riding ADKS COLE; Brian Kimball, owner; Toll-Gate Select King, sire; ADKS CJ, dam; Andrew Stalhiem, breeder..........................................................61.477%

Draft Cross Breeders & Owners Association

Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

1. BENJAMIN BLUE, Kerry Rose, owner/rider .........................................................68.633%

Friesian Heritage Horse & Sporthorse Intenational Partbred Training Level Open

1. LUNA LLENA, Rebecca Dietzman, owner; Kjirsten Lee, rider; Zorro, sire; Norianna, dam; Rebecca Dietzman, breeder......................................................67.414% 1. RUBEUS HAGRID, Samantha Capoferri, owner/rider; Willem SF, sire; Crystal Bend Sara, dam; Melvin King & Melvin King Farm, breeders.......................67.432%

Second Level Open

First Level Musical Freestyle

1. MALI, Steven Anderson, owner; Isabelle Gallagher, rider; Zorro, sire; 1. BENJAMIN BLUE, Kerry Rose, owner/rider..........................................................68.125% Super Sonic Supreme, dam; Steven Anderson, breeder....................................... 75.267% 2. TRUE COLORS, Deanna Hertrich, owner/rider; Kingsway Farm, breeder.................64.500%

Third Level Open

Fourth Level Open

1. BENJAMIN BLUE, Kerry Rose, owner/rider......................................................... 67.692%

Third Level Adult Amateur

Friesian Horse Association of North America

Training Level Open

1. VICTOR B, Madeleine Debure, owner/rider; Bartele 472, sire; Elske V.D. W, dam; W. Boonstra, breeder......................................................................................67.115%

1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner................................68.125% 2. DEANNA HERTRICH (WI), riding TRUE COLORS; Deanna Hertrich, owner; First Level Open Kingsway Farm, breeder...............................................................................64.500% 1. ZAFIRA MWF, Sherri Garner, owner; Julio Mendoza Loor, rider; Meinse 439, sire; Wanda of Black Pearl, dam; Kyle & Sherri Garner, breeders...................................73.727%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner............................... 67.692%

Second Level Open

Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. NAVARRE K, Mary Hamer, owner/rider; Wander 352, sire; Noor, dam; Joel & Tricia Kastens, breeders.......................................................................63.036%

Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Prix St. Georges Open

1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner................................68.125% Third Level Open 2. DEANNA HERTRICH (WI), riding TRUE COLORS; Deanna Hertrich, owner; Kingsway Farm, breeder...............................................................................64.500% 1. BELLA, Tara Denke, owner/rider; Anton 343, sire; Whitney C, dam; Tina & Todd Watson, breeders.........................................................................63.553% 2. OOUDE VAN G.V., Alanna & Britt Bent, owners; Alanna Bent, rider; Sape 381, sire; Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner............................... 67.692% Isabella, dam; Eric Smith & Heidi Born-Smith, breeders.......................................62.750% 1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner...............................70.033% 1. BEEREND W., Vickie Short, owner; Ruby Tevis, rider; Goffert 369, sire; Jacqueline, dam; A. Wijk, breeder...................................................................66.029% 2. SARAH MILLER (VA), riding B-17 BOMBADIER; Sarah Miller, owner; Gorbachev, sire; Morgana, dam; Flying K Thorodales & Richard Kiracofe, breeders.........................65.433%

Intermediate I Open

Fourth Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

1. KERRY ROSE (NY), riding BENJAMIN BLUE; Kerry Rose, owner...............................68.633%

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1. WANDA OF BLACK PEARL, Kyle & Sherri Garner, owners; Julio Mendoza Loor, rider; Wander 352, sire; Tineke B fan Scheltinga Zathe, dam; Maggie McClellan, breeder..... 70.588%

Second Level Adult Amateur

1. MARY HAMER (CA), riding NAVARRE K; Mary Hamer, owner; Wander 352, sire; 1. BENJAMIN BLUE, Kerry Rose, owner/rider.........................................................70.033% Noor, dam; Joel & Tricia Kastens, breeders.......................................................63.036%

RUBEUS HAGRID, owner/rider Samantha Capoferri (GA)—Second Level Open (Draft Cross Breeders & Owners Association)

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NAVARRE K, owner/rider Mary Hamer (CA)—Second Level Open and AA (Friesian Horse Association of North America)

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First Level Adult Amateur

Third Level Adult Amateur

Second Level Musical Freestyle

Third Level Junior/Young Rider

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1. TARA DENKE (MN), riding BELLA; Tara Denke, owner; Anton 343, sire; 1. BELLA, Tara Denke, owner/rider; Anton 343, sire; Whitney C, dam; Whitney C, dam; Tina & Todd Watson, breeders..................................................63.553% Tina & Todd Watson, breeders.........................................................................70.350% 1. APOLLO, Kathleen Oreagan, owner; Tiffany Hattler, rider; Fridse 423, sire; 1. ALANNA BENT (WI), riding OOUDE VAN G.V.; Alanna & Britt Bent, owners; Sape 381, sire; Isabella, dam; Eric Smith & Heidi Born-Smith, breeders..................62.750% Gretchen, dam; Gail Durand, breeder...............................................................63.600%

Friesian Sport Horse Registry LLC

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

1. RUBY TEVIS (KY), riding BEEREND W.; Vickie Short, owner; Goffert 369, sire; Jacqueline, dam; A. Wijk, breeder...................................................................66.029%

Third Level Open

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2.

1. SARAH MEDLER (MI), riding ATHENA C.H.F; Sarah Medler, owner; Teade 392, sire; Saakje Meinsje, dam; Nancy & Richard Kennedy, breeders..................................64.833%

First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

GRAYSON, Abigail Siever, owner/rider; Donius W., sire; Welli’s Lady Victory, dam; Dawn Boyer, breeder....................................................................................64.938% OREOS PIZZAZZ, Mary Suhre, owner/rider; Patriot, sire; Oreo Rocket Bar, dam; Jack Bryant, breeder.....................................................................................64.320%

Second Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Intermediate II Open

First Level Musical Freestyle

Third Level Adult Amateur

1. BR DANNYS SECRET, Linda Butz, owner; Sara Schmitt, rider; Danny, sire; 1. TARA DENKE (MN), riding BELLA; Tara Denke, owner; Anton 343, sire; Whitney C, dam; Tina & Todd Watson, breeders..................................................70.350% Julliet, dam; Randy & Sherry Lucas, breeders....................................................64.559%

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1. MARY SUHRE (OH), riding OREOS PIZZAZZ; Mary Suhre, owner; Patriot, sire; YNZE FAN VELS, Julie Roche, owner; Emily Brollier, rider; Hessel 480, sire; Oreo Rocket Bar, dam; Jack Bryant, breeder.....................................................64.320% Lymke H., dam; H. J. Vels Lankderdijk, breeder................................................. 74.833% DAEGAN OF FULL SPECTRUM, Erin Houck-Toll, owner; Karen Abbattista, rider; Beintse 418, sire; Orchidee, dam; Full Spectrum Friesian Stables & Pamela Gardner, breeders...............65.400% Third Level Junior/Young Rider 1. ABIGAIL SIEVER (CA), riding GRAYSON; Abigail Siever, owner; Donius W., sire; ATHENA C.H.F, Sarah Medler, owner/rider; Teade 392, sire; Saakje Meinsje, dam; Nancy & Richard Kennedy, breeders.................................................................64.833% Welli’s Lady Victory, dam; Dawn Boyer, breeder.................................................64.938%

OOUDE VAN G.V., owner/rider Alanna Bent (WI)—Third Level Jr/YR (Friesian Horse Association of North America)

ATHENA C.H.F., owner/rider Sarah Medler (MI)—First Level AA Musical Freestyle (Friesian Horse Association of North America)

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BEEREND W., owner Vickie Short (WV), rider Ruby Tevis (KY)—PSG Open and Jr/YR (Friesian Horse Association of North America)

BELLA, owner/rider Tara Dence (MN)—Third Level Open and AA; Second Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (Friesian Horse Association of North America)

First Level Open

1.

Training Level Open 2.

1. BEOWULF, Lee Burgess, owner/rider; Zephan, sire; Zenic Lady, dam; Hope Farrar, breeder....................................................................................65.862%

EMERALD BEAUTY OF OZ, Timothy & Vivian Himes, owners; Paulette Stoudt, rider; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; GG Sweeping Beauty, dam; Timothy & Vivian Himes, breeders....66.111% IHF MY WILD IRISH ROSE OF OZ, Natalie Bacon, owner; Paulette Stoudt, rider; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; WCF Mistique, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder.....................65.417%

Intermediate II Open

Second Level Open

Training Level Adult Amateur

Training Level Adult Amateur

1. HCC SHTAR ILULY, Sara Mathews, owner; Morgan Batton, rider; 1. DENMARK, Joni Abney, owner/rider; Nico, sire; Vlarina, dam; Hidden Promise Sporthorses & Sherry Koella, breeders....................................... 66.618% Lord Macleod, sire; GFR JC’s Legacy, dam; Diane Harris, breeder......................... 67.203% 1. LESLIE DAVIS (FL), riding WR PANDA’S ANNIE ROSE BY CAYMUS; Leslie Davis, owner; 1. LEE BURGESS (FL), riding BEOWULF; Lee Burgess, owner; Zephan, sire; Zenic Lady, dam; Hope Farrar, breeder.............................................................65.862% Latcho Drom, sire; WR Panda Rose, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders................... 64.742% 2. LESLIE DAVIS (FL), riding WR ESMERALDA’S WILL BY CAYMUS; Leslie Davis, owner; Latcho Drom’s Caymus, sire; Esmeralda, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders............. 61.811%

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1. TRISTAN ARIE, Erica Schwan, owner; Brianna Zwilling, rider; Rogges ‘fan Panhuys’, sire; Absolute Grace, dam; Miranda Bennett, breeder...........71.956%

German Sport Horse Association

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1.

2.

LESLIE DAVIS (FL), riding WR PANDA’S ANNIE ROSE BY CAYMUS; Leslie Davis, owner; Latcho Drom, sire; WR Panda Rose, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders................... 64.742% LESLIE DAVIS (FL), riding WR ESMERALDA’S WILL BY CAYMUS; Leslie Davis, owner; Latcho Drom’s Caymus, sire; Esmeralda, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders............. 61.811%

First Level Open

Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional 1. SAN FRANSISKO, Deborah Martin, owner; Renee Gerard Johnson, rider; San Amour I, sire; Evita, dam; Gigi Chiandussi, breeder.......................................69.306% 1. PAULETTE STOUDT (FL), riding EMERALD BEAUTY OF OZ; Timothy & Vivian Himes, owners; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; GG Sweeping Beauty, dam; Timothy & Vivian Himes, breeders...68.103% 2. PAULETTE STOUDT (FL), riding IHF MR. GUINNESS; Natalie Bacon, owner; Third Level Open VV King William, sire; GG Cleopatra, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder....................... 67.586% 1. DONATUS 107, Lunalee Barboza, owner/rider; Dark Dream, sire; Davina, dam; 3. PAULETTE STOUDT (FL), riding IHF MY WILD IRISH ROSE OF OZ; Natalie Bacon, owner; Sabine Jalowiecki, breeder............................................................................65.404% GG Oz the Wizard, sire; WCF Mistique, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder....................66.034% Third Level Junior/Young Rider

First Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. LUNALEE BARBOZA (NC), riding DONATUS 107; Lunalee Barboza, owner; 1. PAULETTE STOUDT (FL), riding EMERALD BEAUTY OF OZ; Timothy & Vivian Himes, owners; Dark Dream, sire; Davina, dam; Sabine Jalowiecki, breeder................................65.404% GG Oz the Wizard, sire; GG Sweeping Beauty, dam; Timothy & Vivian Himes, breeders....66.111% 2. PAULETTE STOUDT (FL), riding IHF MY WILD IRISH ROSE OF OZ; Natalie Bacon, owner; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; WCF Mistique, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder.....................65.417%

Gypsy Vanner Horse Society

Training Level Open 1.

2.

3.

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5.

EMERALD BEAUTY OF OZ, Timothy & Vivian Himes, owners; Paulette Stoudt, rider; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; GG Sweeping Beauty, dam; Timothy & Vivian Himes, breeders...68.103% IHF MR. GUINNESS, Natalie Bacon, owner; Paulette Stoudt, rider; VV King William, sire; GG Cleopatra, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder....................... 67.586% IHF MY WILD IRISH ROSE OF OZ, Natalie Bacon, owner; Paulette Stoudt, rider; GG Oz the Wizard, sire; WCF Mistique, dam; Pamela Coulter, breeder....................66.034% WR PANDA’S ANNIE ROSE BY CAYMUS, Leslie Davis, owner/rider; Latcho Drom, sire; WR Panda Rose, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders............................................. 64.742% WR ESMERALDA’S WILL BY CAYMUS, Leslie Davis, owner/rider; Latcho Drom’s Caymus, sire; Esmeralda, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders............. 61.811%

TRISTAN ARIE, owner Erica Schwan (MO), rider Brianna Zwilling (MO)—Third Level Musical Freestyle (Friesian Sporthorse Association)

Second Level Musical Freestyle

1. LOVE BISCUIT, Janet Adams, owner; Heather Caudill, rider...................................69.667%

Holsteiner Verband-North American Breeding Dist.

Training Level Open 1.

2.

SAN FRANSISKO, owner Deborah Martin (CA), rider Renee Gerard Johnson (CA)—First Level Open (German Sport Horse Association)

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HARLOW, Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Karen Ball, rider; Dolany, sire; Coco Chanel, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder............................................71.854% MINESWEEPER, Kelsey Fisher, owner/rider; Mr. Wizard, sire; Cataloochee, dam; Catherine Grenfell, breeder............................................................................66.466%

DONATUS 107, owner/rider Lunalee Barboza (NC)—Third Level Open and Jr/YR (German Sport Horse Association)

EMERALD BEAUTY OF OZ, owners Timothy and Vivian Himes (FL), rider Paulette Stoudt (FL)—Training and First Level Open and Vintage Cup Prof. (Gypsy Vanner Horse Society)

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Friesian Sporthorse Association

HARLOW, owner Patricia Mahaffey (CA), rider Karen Ball (CA)— Training Level Open and Vintage Cup Prof. (Holsteiner VerbandNorth American Breeding District)

CHALEUREUX, owners Patricia Mahaffey & Mahaffey International (CA), rider Karen Ball (CA)—First Level Open and Vintage Cup Prof. (Holsteiner Verband-North American Breeding District)

3. MERRILEE, Lindsay Fuchs, owner; Kerry Grosz, rider; Rapport, sire; Intermediate II Adult Amateur Ambiopoise Red, dam; Carole Cook, breeder....................................................65.259% 1. KAYLEE CHRISTENSEN (MI), riding CHATEAU 28; Kaylee Christensen, owner; Catoki, sire; Operette I, dam; Hans Witten, breeder............................................64.559%

First Level Open

1. CHALEUREUX, Mahaffey International & Patricia Mahaffey, owners; Karen Ball, rider; Chevalier, sire; Movenpick, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder........................76.034%

Prix St. Georges Open 1.

2.

Grand Prix Adult Amateur

1. KAYLEE CHRISTENSEN (MI), riding CHATEAU 28; Kaylee Christensen, owner; Catoki, sire; Operette I, dam; Hans Witten, breeder............................................64.680%

C-ASHTON, Britta Fleischhack-Norquoy, owner; Heather Bender, rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; Lovely Valentine, dam; Suzanne Hutton, breeder................ 67.868% Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur CHEVALIER, Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Mackensey Hamblin, rider; Con Air, sire; 1. KERRY GROSZ (MN), riding MERRILEE; Lindsay Fuchs, owner; Rapport, sire; Ontaria III, dam; Thomas Petersen, breeder......................................................65.875% Ambiopoise Red, dam; Carole Cook, breeder....................................................65.259%

Intermediate I Open

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Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional 1. C-ASHTON, Britta Fleischhack-Norquoy, owner; Heather Bender, rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; Lovely Valentine, dam; Suzanne Hutton, breeder................68.015% 1. KAREN BALL (CA), riding HARLOW; Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Dolany, sire; Coco Chanel, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder............................................71.854% Intermediate II Open

1. CHATEAU 28, Kaylee Christensen, owner/rider; Catoki, sire; Operette I, dam; First Level Vintage Cup-Professional Hans Witten, breeder.................................................................................... 64.487% 1. KAREN BALL (CA), riding CHALEUREUX; Mahaffey International & Patricia Mahaffey, owners; Chevalier, sire; Movenpick, dam; Mahaffey International, breeder........................76.034%

Training Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

KELSEY FISHER (MO), riding MINESWEEPER; Kelsey Fisher, owner; Mr. Wizard, sire; First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle Cataloochee, dam; Catherine Grenfell, breeder.................................................66.466% 1. AMANDA BRAUN (MD), riding COMMANDO; Amanda Braun, owner; KERRY GROSZ (MN), riding MERRILEE; Lindsay Fuchs, owner; Rapport, sire; Concerto Grosso, sire; Isis du Desert, dam; Rosemarie Merle-Smith, breeder..........69.933% Ambiopoise Red, dam; Carole Cook, breeder....................................................65.259%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

First Level Musical Freesytle

1. COMMANDO, Amanda Braun, owner/rider; Concerto Grosso, sire; 1. MACKENSEY HAMBLIN (CA), riding CHEVALIER; Patricia Mahaffey, owner; Con Air, sire; Ontaria III, dam; Thomas Petersen, breeder....................................65.875% Isis du Desert, dam; Rosemarie Merle-Smith, breeder........................................69.933%

MINESWEEPER, owner/rider Kelsey Fisher (MO)—Training Level AA (Holsteiner Verband-North American Breeding District)

CHEVALIER, owner Patricia Mahaffey (CA), rider Mackensey Hamblin (CA)—PSG AA (Holsteiner VerbandNorth American Breeding District)

COMMANDO, owner/rider Amanda Braun (MD)—First Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (Holsteiner VerbandNorth American Breeding District)

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WR PANDA’S ANNIE ROSE BY CAYMUS, owner/rider Leslie Davis (FL)— Training Level AA and Vintage Cup AA (Gypsy Vanner Horse Society)

Prix St. Georges Open

1. XANTHUS, Kristine Buist, owner/rider; H.S. Warado, sire; Phaedra, dam; Kristine Buist, breeder....................................................................................64.779%

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FORCADO CL, Barbara Nagle, owner/rider; Solar HM, sire; Aroeira do Castanheiro, dam; Casa Lusitana LLC & Jorge Gabriel, breeders............63.000% MADRONO XXXVI, Ida Noll, owner/rider; Impaciente II, sire; Madrona XI, dam; Yeguada Ovelar, breeder............................................................................... 62.574%

Intermediate I Open

1. FORCADO CL, Barbara Nagle, owner; Matthew McLaughlin, rider; Solar HM, sire; Aroeira do Castanheiro, dam; Casa Lusitana LLC & Jorge Gabriel, breeders............69.044% 2. GARCIA HM, Shelly Reichart, owner/rider; Quieto, sire; Carta Branca HM, dam; Jose Carlos Garcia, breeder.............................................................................68.971% Purebred 3. CESAR HHC, Michele Roark, owner/rider; Obtuso Interagro, sire; Training Level Open Semiramis Interagro, dam; Fazendas Interagro LTDA, breeder..............................65.441% 1. MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA, Brenda Forsythe, owner/rider; Mediterraneo V, sire; 4. CHAUMET, Guadalupe Guarderas, owner/rider; Picano, sire; Suzana, dam; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders........................ 63.707% Joaquim Ventura Matos Miranda, breeder.........................................................65.147% 5. VIROTE, Alix James, owner/rider; Mosaico, sire; Quadriga, dam; Casa First Level Open Gouveia, breeder......................................................................................... 62.427% 1. ESFEAR REA, Debra Nossaman, owner; Debra Nossaman & Jenesena Ursone, riders; Intermediate II Open Comanche II, sire; Bellatrix REA, dam; Brian & Krista Cambron and Royal Eclipse Andalusians, breeders................................................................66.563% 1. DANDI DA PRATA, Petra Wilder, owner/rider; Sargento do Top, sire; Duna do Rimo, dam; Hilda de Toledo Piza, breeder............................................65.294% 2. EMILIO, Ann Corson, owner; Madeleine Debure, rider; Ladino GF, sire; Vendita RJ, dam; Celia Stenfors-Dacre & Silverstar Ranch, breeders......................62.709% Grand Prix Open 3. MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA, Brenda Forsythe, owner/rider; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders........................60.580% 1. DONATELLO DC, Natalia Chavez-Zamorano & Rafael Chavez, owners; Tiago Ernesto, rider; Niquel II, sire; Soledad Mor, dam; Haras dos Cavaleiros & Rafael Chavez, breeders................................................ 68.723% Second Level Open 2. XEREZ DE QUINTANA, Janice Cline, owner; Kimberly Monk, rider; Nero, sire; 1. FIONA ROY, Carmen Hanson, owner/rider; Dobladillo 2, sire; Emperatriz XVIII, dam; Cynthia Bishop & Donald and Kathy Stewart, breeders........................................64.595% Destinada, dam; Pedro Colussi Angelo, breeder................................................ 62.066%

International Andalusian & Lusitano Horse Assn.

Training Level Adult Amateur

Third Level Open 1.

2.

3.

HORIZONTE, Jeanette Knight, owner/rider; Zazu, sire; Quadriga, dam; Alda Machado Gouveia, breeder.....................................................................65.875% IRRITADA CANICEIRA, Aimee Falcone, owner; Natalia Martin & Leah Winston, riders; Altivo, sire; Tulipa, dam; Herdade da Caniceira & Hermano Martins, breeders.........63.875% GABARITO DA CERCA, Lara Gilman, owner/rider; Belmonte, sire; Jararaca, dam; Pedro Lapa, breeder..................................................................................... 61.325%

Fourth Level Open 1.

2.

1. BRENDA FORSYTHE (CA), riding MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA; Brenda Forsythe, owner; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders.............................................. 63.707%

First Level Adult Amateur

1. BRENDA FORSYTHE (CA), riding MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA; Brenda Forsythe, owner; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders..............................................60.580%

Second Level Adult Amateur DONZI MC, Hilary Clayton, owner/rider; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders......................................................64.445% 1. CARMEN HANSON (FL), riding FIONA ROY; Carmen Hanson, owner; Dobladillo 2, sire; Emperatriz XVIII, dam; Cynthia Bishop & Donald and Kathy Stewart, breeders.........64.595% DESEJO, Amanda Johnson, owner; Amanda Johnson & Tiffany Kell Brinton, riders; S-Lancelot Couss, sire; Querida, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro, breeder..........................63.750% Third Level Adult Amateur

1. JEANETTE KNIGHT (FL), riding HORIZONTE; Jeanette Knight, owner; Zazu, sire; Quadriga, dam; Alda Machado Gouveia, breeder...............................................65.875% ELVIS HI, Ailene Cascio & Kimberly Herslow, owners; Kimberly Herslow, rider; 2. LARA GILMAN (CA), riding GABARITO DA CERCA; Lara Gilman, owner; Travesso FC, sire; Quizumba HI, dam; Vallebella Participacoes LTDA, breeder..........70.882% Belmonte, sire; Jararaca, dam; Pedro Lapa, breeder.......................................... 61.325% COMANDO, Nicole Grous, owner; Kari McClain, rider; Trevo Do, sire; Xira da Raposa, dam; Agropecuaria Iannoni LTDA, breeder...................................67.795% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 1. HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC; Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao do Reis, sire; GOLDEN STAR, Petra Wilder, owner/rider; Astral Dos Diamantes, sire; Zara FRC, dam; Carlos Carvalho, breeder...........................................................67.647% Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders..............................64.445%

Prix St. Georges Open 1.

2.

3.

MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA, owner/rider Brenda Forsythe (CA)—Training Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA First Level AA and Vintage Cup AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

ESFEAR REA, owner Debra Nossaman (TX), rider Jenesena Ursone (TX)—First Level Open (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

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FIONA ROY, owner/rider Carmen Hanson (FL)—First Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle Second Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

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Hungarian Horse Association of America

ELVIS HI, owners Kimberly Herslow & Ailene Cascio (NJ), rider Kimberly Herslow (NJ)—PSG Open (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

FORCADO CL, owner/rider Barbara Nagle (FL)—I-I Open; PSG AA and Vintage Cup AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

2. AMANDA JOHNSON (CA), riding DESEJO; Amanda Johnson, owner; Second Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur S-Lancelot Couss, sire; Querida, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro, breeder..........................63.750% 1. CARMEN HANSON (FL), riding FIONA ROY; Carmen Hanson, owner; Dobladillo 2, sire; Emperatriz XVIII, dam; Cynthia Bishop & Donald and Kathy Stewart, breeders.........64.595%

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Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 1.

2.

3.

4.

BARBARA NAGLE (FL), riding FORCADO CL; Barbara Nagle, owner; Solar HM, sire; Aroeira do Castanheiro, dam; Casa Lusitana LLC & Jorge Gabriel, breeders............63.000% IDA NOLL (IL), riding MADRONO XXXVI; Ida Noll, owner; Impaciente II, sire; Madrona XI, dam; Yeguada Ovelar, breeder...................................................... 62.574% HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC; Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders.............................. 60.735% PRISCILLA BALDWIN (FL), riding DIACONO INTERAGRO; Priscilla Baldwin, owner; Quinio Interagro, sire; Meiga, dam; Fazendas Interagro LTDA, breeder..................60.552%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur

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2.

3.

MICHELE ROARK (FL), riding CESAR HHC; Michele Roark, owner; Obtuso Interagro, sire; Semiramis Interagro, dam; Fazendas Interagro LTDA, breeder..............................65.441% GUADALUPE GUARDERAS (FL), riding CHAUMET; Guadalupe Guarderas, owner; Picano, sire; Suzana, dam; Joaquim Ventura Matos Miranda, breeder....................65.147% ALIX JAMES (PA), riding VIROTE; Alix James, owner; Mosaico, sire; Quadriga, dam; Casa Gouveia, breeder............................................................ 62.427%

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1.

2.

JEANETTE KNIGHT (FL), riding HORIZONTE; Jeanette Knight, owner; Zazu, sire; Quadriga, dam; Alda Machado Gouveia, breeder...............................................65.875% LARA GILMAN (CA), riding GABARITO DA CERCA; Lara Gilman, owner; Belmonte, sire; Jararaca, dam; Pedro Lapa, breeder............................................................... 61.325%

Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC; Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders..............................64.445%

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1.

2.

3.

BARBARA NAGLE (FL), riding FORCADO CL; Barbara Nagle, owner; Solar HM, sire; Aroeira do Castanheiro, dam; Casa Lusitana LLC & Jorge Gabriel, breeders............63.000% IDA NOLL (IL), riding MADRONO XXXVI; Ida Noll, owner; Impaciente II, sire; Madrona XI, dam; Yeguada Ovelar, breeder...................................................... 62.574% HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC; Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders.............................. 60.735%

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. BRENDA FORSYTHE (CA), riding MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA; 1. MICHELE ROARK (FL), riding CESAR HHC; Michele Roark, owner; Obtuso Interagro, sire; Brenda Forsythe, owner; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Semiramis Interagro, dam; Fazendas Interagro LTDA, breeder..............................65.441% Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders.............................................. 63.707% 2. GUADALUPE GUARDERAS (FL), riding CHAUMET; Guadalupe Guarderas, owner; Picano, sire; Suzana, dam; Joaquim Ventura Matos Miranda, breeder....................65.147%

First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Professional 1. BRENDA FORSYTHE (CA), riding MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA; 1. KARI MCCLAIN (WA), riding COMANDO; Nicole Grous, owner; Trevo Do, sire; Brenda Forsythe, owner; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders..............................................60.580% Xira da Raposa, dam; Agropecuaria Iannoni LTDA, breeder...................................67.795%

COMANDO, owner Nicole Grous (WA), rider Kari McClain (WA)— Vintage Cup Prof. (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

XIBEROA, owner/rider Yvette Casdorph (WV)—Training Level Open and AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Half-Andalusian)

REGALO ORO, owner/rider Penney Wetherbee (WI)—Third Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Half-Andalusian)

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DONZI MC, owner/rider Hilary Clayton (MI)—Fourth Level Open, AA, Musical Freestyle, AA Musical Freestyle, and Vintage Cup AA (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association—Purebred)

Intermediate I Open

CARMEN HANSON (FL), riding FIONA ROY; Carmen Hanson, owner; Dobladillo 2, sire; 1. TEODOROS MILAGRO, Andrew & Diana Cilia, owners; Gail Abele, rider; Emperatriz XVIII, dam; Cynthia Bishop & Donald and Kathy Stewart, breeders..........70.767% Teodoro’s Hechizo, sire; Christione, dam; Diana Cilia, breeder............................. 67.500% BRENDA FORSYTHE (CA), riding MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA; Brenda Forsythe, owner; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Training Level Adult Amateur Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders.............................................. 64.750% 1. YVETTE CASDORPH (WV), riding XIBEROA; Yvette Casdorph, owner; Diego Mc, sire; Emily, dam; Roseledge Farm & Yvette Casdorph, breeders............. 63.621%

Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Third Level Adult Amateur 1. JULIE HENRY (VA), riding ESPADIN; Julie Henry, owner; Excelso, sire; Delirio II, dam; Paul Belasik, breeder...............................................................63.033% 1. PENNEY WETHERBEE (WI), riding REGALO ORO; Penney Wetherbee, owner; Reno Cabrieto R, sire; Miss Spot, dam; James & Kathleen Laake, breeders..............64.189% Fourth Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 1.

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Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur HILARY CLAYTON (MI), riding DONZI MC; Hilary Clayton, owner; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders.............................. 67.500% 1. LORETTA LUCAS (FL), riding BRAVO DO RETIRO; Loretta Lucas, owner; Relampago do Retiro, sire; Tempestade do Retiro, dam; Eduardo Fischer, breeder......60.956% BARBARA NAGLE (FL), riding FORCADO CL; Barbara Nagle, owner; Solar HM, sire; Aroeira do Castanheiro, dam; Casa Lusitana LLC & Jorge Gabriel, breeders............66.900% Training Level Junior/Young Rider

1. ERICA COOMBS (MI), riding MY BOLERO; Erica Coombs, owner; Romerito II, sire; Caranita, dam; Kathy Thurman, breeder........................................................... 62.381% FIONA ROY, Carmen Hanson, owner/rider; Dobladillo 2, sire; Emperatriz XVIII, dam; Cynthia Bishop & Donald and Kathy Stewart, breeders..........70.767% Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur MEDITERRANEO’S VENEZIA, Brenda Forsythe, owner/rider; Mediterraneo V, sire; Espanola, dam; Donna & Jay Hecht and Jdon Farms LLC, breeders........................ 64.750% 1. PENNEY WETHERBEE (WI), riding REGALO ORO; Penney Wetherbee, owner; Reno Cabrieto R, sire; Miss Spot, dam; James & Kathleen Laake, breeders..............64.189%

First Level Musical Freestyle 1.

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Third Level Musical Freestyle

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Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur DIABLO DC, Ashley Waller & Waller Farms, owners; Madison Waller, rider; Sarilho, sire; Xara Mor, dam; Haras dos Cavaleiros & Rafael Chavez, breeders.........67.613% 1. LORETTA LUCAS (FL), riding BRAVO DO RETIRO; Loretta Lucas, owner; Relampago do Retiro, sire; Tempestade do Retiro, dam; Eduardo Fischer, breeder......60.956% ESPADIN, Julie Henry, owner/rider; Excelso, sire; Delirio II, dam; Paul Belasik, breeder....................................................................................63.033% Intermediate I Musical Freestyle

Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

1. TEODOROS MILAGRO, Andrew & Diana Cilia, owners; Gail Abele, rider; Teodoro’s Hechizo, sire; Christione, dam; Diana Cilia, breeder.............................68.500% 1. DONZI MC, Hilary Clayton, owner/rider; Taperao do Reis, sire; Tarambola, dam; Arsenio Cordeiro & Karen Jenkins, breeders...................................................... 67.500%

Grand Prix Musical Freestyle

Half-Andalusian Training Level Open 1.

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1. TALISMAN BHF, Torrey Wilkinson, owner/rider; Temerario VII, sire; Dance on Aire, dam; Deborah Messick, breeder.................................................69.900%

XIBEROA, Yvette Casdorph, owner/rider; Diego Mc, sire; Emily, dam; Roseledge Farm & Yvette Casdorph, breeders................................................... 63.621% MY BOLERO, Erica Coombs, owner/rider; Romerito II, sire; Caranita, dam; Kathy Thurman, breeder................................................................................ 62.381%

International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA Training Level Open

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1. REGALO ORO, Penney Wetherbee, owner/rider; Reno Cabrieto R, sire; 2.

Miss Spot, dam; James & Kathleen Laake, breeders............................................64.189%

Third Level Open

Prix St. Georges Open

WL BON BELLINI, Ingvill Ramberg, owner; Maia Ramberg, rider; Bon Balou, sire; WL Bourbon Street, dam; Ingvill Ramberg, breeder......................68.836% SBF TWEEDY B, Janine Markham, owner; Emeraude Dandurand Sharer, rider; Highlife’s Burberry, sire; Wester Alkema’s Ezra, dam; Janine Markham, breeder.....68.276%

First Level Open

1. BRAVO DO RETIRO, Loretta Lucas, owner/rider; Relampago do Retiro, sire; 1. SHOW GIRL, Patty & Richard Combs, owners; Kenneth Borden & Patty Combs, riders; Tempestade do Retiro, dam; Eduardo Fischer, breeder.......................................60.956% Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder.............................68.966%

MY BOLERO, owner/rider Erica Coombs (MI)—Training Level Jr/ YR (International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association— Half-Andalusian)

SHOW GIRL, owners Patty & Dick Combs (IL), rider Patty Combs (IL)—First and Second Levels Open and AA (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

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BENNETT, owner/rider Christine Stephenson (CA)—Fourth Level Open and Musical Freestyle (International Sporthorse Registry/ Oldenburg NA)

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First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

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1. PATTY COMBS (IL), riding SHOW GIRL; Patty & Richard Combs, owners; SCANDAL LWF, Brenna Donovan, owner/rider; Wittershausen, sire; Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder.............................64.933% Penelope LWF, dam; Lost World Farms LLC, breeder...........................................65.688% DON VIAMO, Michele Mooney, owner/rider; Don Graphit, sire; Verlien, dam; Kim Yacobucci, breeder................................................................................. 62.313% Third Level Adult Amateur 1. MICHELE MOONEY (AZ), riding DON VIAMO; Michele Mooney, owner; SAMBUCCO, Maria Smaglick Smith, owner; Jocelyn Deschene, rider; Sempatico M, sire; Fair Lady, dam; Karen Tengler, breeder.................................. 61.622% Don Graphit, sire; Verlien, dam; Kim Yacobucci, breeder..................................... 62.313%

Fourth Level Open

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

Intermediate I Open

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

1. CYNTHIA ACKER (PA), riding SHOWBOAT; Cynthia Acker, owner; Hit Parade SFS, sire; BENNETT, Christine Stephenson, owner/rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Whimsey, dam; Jamie Fell & Joan Lavallee, breeders......................................... 67.222% Belize, dam; Sheila O’Keefe, breeder...............................................................61.053% SHOWBOAT, Cynthia Acker, owner/rider; Hit Parade SFS, sire; Belize, dam; Sheila O’Keefe, breeder.................................................................................61.053% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 1. BARBARA KUYPER (MI), riding ARITHMETIC TF; Barbara Kuyper, owner; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder...........................................................64.471% Prix St. Georges Open 2. CINDI LACROIX (AZ), riding MARBELLA; Cindi LaCroix, owner; Staccato, sire; 1. FAUNA, Amy Price, owner; Bridget Hay, rider; Freestyle, sire; Guinevere, dam; Bridget Hay, breeder.....................................................................................68.603% Maywest, dam; Anne Aloi, breeder...................................................................60.441% 2. ARITHMETIC TF, Barbara Kuyper, owner/rider; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder...................................................................................64.471% Intermediate I Adult Amateur 1. BARBARA KUYPER (MI), riding ARITHMETIC TF; Barbara Kuyper, owner; Abacus, sire; 3. WINTERFAIR, Andrea Hart, owner/rider; Winterprinz, sire; Meriah, dam; Anna Whit Watkins, breeder........................................................................... 60.618% Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder.......................................................... 67.390% 2. CAROL BREWER (NY), riding FANTASEA; Carol Brewer, owner; Fabuleux, sire; 4. MARBELLA, Cindi LaCroix, owner/rider; Staccato, sire; Maywest, dam; Anne Aloi, breeder.........................................................................................60.441% Solauje, dam; Pam Neff, breeder....................................................................62.353% 1.

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FAUNA, Amy Price, owner; Bridget Hay, rider; Freestyle, sire; Guinevere, dam; Bridget Hay, breeder......................................................................................67.549% ARITHMETIC TF, Barbara Kuyper, owner/rider; Abacus, sire; Universeel, dam; Anne Schmidt, breeder.................................................................................. 67.390% FANTASEA, Carol Brewer, owner/rider; Fabuleux, sire; Solauje, dam; Pam Neff, breeder........................................................................................62.353%

1. MAIA RAMBERG (MN), riding WL BON BELLINI; Ingvill Ramberg, owner; Bon Balou, sire; WL Bourbon Street, dam; Ingvill Ramberg, breeder......................68.836%

Third Level Junior/Young Rider

1. BRENNA DONOVAN (MA), riding SCANDAL LWF; Brenna Donovan, owner; Wittershausen, sire; Penelope LWF, dam; Lost World Farms LLC, breeder...............65.688%

Intermediate II Open

First Level Musical Freestyle

Grand Prix Open

Second Level Musical Freestyle

1. ARGENTUM BSH, Dove Butler, owner; Katie Hoefs-Martin, rider; Art Deco, sire; 1. CAMPIONE, Elaine DiMarco, owner; Darcy Miller, rider; Cunningham, sire; Sasia, dam; Dove Butler, breeder....................................................................62.059% Breaking Hearts, dam; Laura Shannon, breeder................................................68.833% 1. FREEDOM, Anne Ramsay, owner; Patricia Becker, rider; Feuri, sire; 1. DON VIAMO, Michele Mooney, owner/rider; Don Graphit, sire; Verlien, dam; Windjammer, dam; Annie B Farm, breeder........................................................65.435% Kim Yacobucci, breeder.................................................................................68.033%

ARGENTUM BSH, owner Dover Butler (CA), rider Katie Hoefs-Martin (CA)—I-II Open (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

DON VIAMO, owner/rider Michele Mooney (AZ)—Third Level AA; Second Level Musical Freestyle (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

ARITHMETIC TF, owner/rider Barbara Kuyper (MI)—I-I and PSG AA (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

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RONDEE VOO, Barbara Tuskas, owner/rider; Rotspon, sire; Cor de la Coeur, dam; First Level Adult Amateur Corey Taylor, breeder.....................................................................................66.179% 1. PATTY COMBS (IL), riding SHOW GIRL; Patty & Richard Combs, owners; QUILL GHA, Deborah Lindley, owner; Deborah Lindley & Kimberley Kolstad, riders; Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder............................. 68.793% Qredit Hilltop, sire; Blanco Slew, dam; Misa Dickinson, breeder.............................61.571% 2. BARBARA TUSKAS (OH), riding RONDEE VOO; Barbara Tuskas, owner; Rotspon, sire; Cor de la Coeur, dam; Corey Taylor, breeder...................................66.179% Second Level Open 3. KIMBERLEY KOLSTAD (AZ), riding QUILL GHA; Deborah Lindley, owner; 1. SHOW GIRL, Patty & Richard Combs, owners; Kenneth Borden & Patty Combs, riders; Qredit Hilltop, sire; Blanco Slew, dam; Misa Dickinson, breeder.............................61.571% Sir Flemmingh, sire; That Girl, dam; Kenneth Borden, breeder.............................66.081% 2.

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NICENE, Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen, rider; Nimbus, sire; Pamela, dam; Flying Change Farm Inc., breeder................................................73.233% COVER GIRL, Natalie DiBerardinis, owner; Jessica Fay, rider; Contucci, sire; Blackberry Brandy, dam; Janice Barnes, breeder...............................................69.200%

Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

1. BENNETT, Christine Stephenson, owner/rider; Bugatti Hilltop, sire; Whimsey, dam; Jamie Fell & Joan Lavallee, breeders...............................................................69.500%

Grand Prix Musical Freestyle

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KLASSIK, Julie Griffin, owner; Cheryl Quinn, rider; Florianus 2, sire; Unikat, dam; Julie Griffin, breeder..................................................................................... 73.276% IMASTAR, Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth, owner; Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth & Jennifer Greeter, riders; UB 40, sire; Lestera, dam; Denise Osborne, breeder.......... 70.010% HENRY HAMILTON, Amy Gray, owner/rider; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam; Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, breeder................................................................... 69.742% KOSETTE R, Carrie Gregory, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Coco Chanel R, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder................................................................................ 69.377%

First Level Open

1. JAMESON SW, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn, rider; Chippendale, sire; Dulcinea BF, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn & Martin Kuhn, breeders........................74.476% 1. WRANGER, Erin Boltik, owner; Erin Boltik & Heather Salden Kurtz, riders; Wradar, sire; Pilar, dam; Deborah Davenport, breeder........................................ 64.913% 2. IL DIVO, Jeanne Brose, owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder...................................................................................72.014% 3. KIR ROYALE MP, Melanie Harper, owner/rider; Schroeder, sire; Waikiki, dam; Three-Year-Old Fillies Keith & Melanie Harper, breeders.................................................................... 71.250% 1. DELPHENIA, Caroline Cox, owner; David Bowie MF, sire; Wiesling, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder...............................................................................78.263% 4. KINGSTOWN, Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. Van der Koppel, breeder.......................................................................... 70.694% 5. KYRO, Christopher Preston, owner; Lauren Chumley, rider; Glamourdale, sire; Four-Year-Old and Older Stallions Prisca Gerida, dam; J. Hermanussen, breeder...................................................70.556% 1. PHENIX, Angela Mirarchi, owner; Popeye, sire; Clanfair Mary Kay, dam; Angela Mirarchi, breeder...............................................................................76.550%

Second Level Open

Four-Year-Old and Older Broodmares

1. KINGSTOWN, Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. Van der Koppel, breeder.......................................................................... 69.703% 1. ZAHNYA, Lisa Clements, owner; Glorioso Noir, sire; Zejaluna, dam; Jessica Dworkin & Lisa Clements, breeders.......................................................75.500% 2. IL DIVO, Jeanne Brose, owner/rider; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder..................................................................................69.227% FEI Five-Year-Old 3. JUMANJI MG, Amy Briglin, owner/rider; Schroeder, sire; Uloma MG, dam; 1. SHANAHAN, Bridget Hay, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Lieto, dam; Bridget Hay, breeder.... 7.54 Kathy Hickerson, breeder..............................................................................66.489% 4. IVEGAZZ, Erin Bailey, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Vega, dam; A.P. Hulshof, breeder........ 65.744% 5. GENTLE, Carol Thomas, owner/rider; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam; P. Asseldonk, breeder....................................................................................64.524%

Irish Draught Horse Society of North America

Training Level Open

Third Level Open 1. CASTLELAWN IRISH LAD, Diane Nauman, owner; Natalie Perry, rider; Echo King, sire; Castlelawn Fergie, dam; Gabriel Slattery, breeder........................70.690% 1. FLORELLI, Amy Howard, David Giannetto & Marcel Timmermans, owners; Amy Howard, rider; Florencio, sire; Virella, dam; Timmermans Horse Sales BV, breeder.....69.750% 2. BRILLIANT H, Barbara Ward, owner; Emily Donaldson, rider; Love and Jump, sire; First Level Open Mirando, dam; C. M. Hadderingh-Willenborg, breeder........................................ 68.784% 1. SAM I AM, Terry Adcock, owner/rider; Huntingfield Heathcliff, sire; Woodville Miley, dam; Sinead Ormond, breeder.................................................64.028% 3. HAVALLO, Sara Davisson, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder.......................................................................68.625% 4. DAVANNA, Kara Kush, owner/rider; Rousseau, sire; Savanna, dam; First Level Adult Amateur Ada van de Kolk, breeder............................................................................... 65.813% 1. TERRY ADCOCK (VA), riding SAM I AM; Terry Adcock, owner; Huntingfield Heathcliff, sire; Woodville Miley, dam; Sinead Ormond, breeder.................................................64.028% 5. ALEJANDRO, Margaret Groom, owner; Susan Morrison, rider; Tango, sire; Everlien, dam; Dhr. & Mevr. Oosterbring Voorden, breeders.................................60.750%

KWPN of North America Inc.

Fourth Level Open

1.

1. LEELOO DALLAS, Lauren Chumley, owner/rider; Gaspard de La Nuit DG, sire; 2.

Voque, dam; Racheal Redman, breeder........................................................... 76.466%

Training Level Open

DELPHENIA, owner Caroline Cox (NC)—DSHB Three-Year-Old Fillies (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

INDIANA R, Alyssa Pitts, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Zowillie, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder................................................................................ 73.542% ILARIO, Maureen Lamb, owner; Sandra Savage, rider; Davino V.O.D., sire; Liantora, dam; J.J. Snip, breeder.....................................................................70.513%

ZAHNYA, owner Lisa Clements (SC)—DSHB Four-Year-Old and Older Broodmares (International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA)

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LEELOO DALLAS, owner/rider Lauren Chumley (NJ)—Training Level Open and USEF Four-Year-Old (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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Third Level Musical Freestyle

HAPPY M, Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner/rider; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M. van Medl, breeder............................................................................69.688% GINTARAS, Kimberly Blaszak, owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................................................................. 68.768% HAVALLO, Sara Davisson, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder........................................................................67.431%

Prix St. Georges Open 1.

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SONNENBERG’S EVERDANCE, Sonnenberg Farm LLC, owner; Endel Ots, rider; Johnson, sire; Raindancer S, dam; Sonnenberg Farm LLC, breeder.........................74.118% HABANERO CWS, Craig Stanley, owner/rider; Idocus, sire; Caliente DG, dam; Brenda Linman & Craig Stanley, breeders.........................................................72.206% EYE CANDY, Amy Gimbel, owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder.................................................................................... 70.257% AUDI, Emily Donaldson, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Priceless, dam; Nancy Murray, breeder...................................................................................67.495% DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Diane Terp, owner; Elena Golubitsky, rider; Westpoint, sire; Noblesse Oblige, dam; W.M. Luyten, breeder....................................................66.838%

Intermediate I Open

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SONNENBERG’S EVERDANCE, Sonnenberg Farm LLC, owner; Endel Ots, rider; Johnson, sire; Raindancer S, dam; Sonnenberg Farm LLC, breeder....................... 74.559% EYE CANDY, Amy Gimbel, owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder.................................................................................... 71.066% FRANGIPANI, Julia Mineikis, owner/rider; Navaronne, sire; Garnet, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder............................................................................ 70.074% CARETTE MG, Rya McMahon, owner/rider; His Highness 2, sire; Torette, dam; Kathy Hickerson, breeder..............................................................................68.897% ACE OF SPADES, Sara Carlisle, owner/rider; Sandro Hit, sire; Urodine L, dam; J. Lamers, breeder.......................................................................................68.676%

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DIXIE WRF, June Brody, Marcia Pepper & Melissa Taylor, owners; Melissa Taylor, rider; Jazz, sire; Treasure WRF, dam; Judy Reggio, breeder.............68.382% CON BRIO SDF, Franziska Seidl, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Windfall SDF, dam; Sheri Evers-Rock, breeder..............................................................................68.015% ALAIN DELON, Heather Jans, owner; Lisa Froehlig & Heather Jans, riders; UB 40, sire; Giovanna, dam; Stal Brouwer, breeder.............................................67.794% ELEGANCE N, Seeley Equestrian Ventures, owner; Emma Asher, rider; Jazz, sire; Aliska, dam; F.C. Nienhuis, breeder................................................... 67.058% CITHA’S UTOPIA, Andrea Woodner, owner; Allison Kavey, rider; Dayano, sire; Unieke-Utopia, dam; P. Blijie, breeder..............................................................66.545%

JAMESON SW, owner Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn (IL), rider Martin Kuhn (IL)—First Level Open (KWPN of North America Inc.)

WINNETOU, Barbara Burkhardt, owner/rider; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder............................................................................................68.207% ENCORE, Amy Miller, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Aloha SE, dam; Lisa Dickman, breeder......67.962% FABERGE BLUE, William Mitchelson, owner; Michael Bragdell, rider; Contango, sire; Kroniek U, dam; Marie Emrey, breeder....................................... 67.663% BON-AMI, Elizabeth & James Bramsen, owners; Adrienne Pot, rider; Johnson, sire; Tavella, dam; G.B.L. Nijhof, breeder............................................. 67.663%

Training Level Adult Amateur

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STEPHANIE CLAUSEN-KUBARTH (WI), riding IMASTAR; Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth, owner; UB 40, sire; Lestera, dam; Denise Osborne, breeder...........................................69.828% AMY GRAY (TN), riding HENRY HAMILTON; Amy Gray, owner; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam; Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, breeder...................................... 69.742% SARAH POJANOWSKI (IN), riding KEURCORDIA MG; Sarah Pojanowski, owner; Everglade VDL, sire; Tercordia, dam; Kathy Hickerson, breeder............................68.966% HOLLY LLOYD MILLS (ID), riding JUMANJI; Holly Lloyd Mills, owner; Vitalis, sire; Ulrieke Rose, dam; INSPO Inc., breeder............................................................66.509% MICHELLE BAKER (IN), riding JUPITER TF; Michelle Baker, owner; Connaisseur, sire; Eerste Zarma TF, dam; Kerrin Dunn, breeder............................ 63.621%

First Level Adult Amateur 1.

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JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO; Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder...............................................................72.014% MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN; Meghan Walker, owner; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................ 70.694% MARTINE DUFF (SC), riding IMPRESS SVN; Martine Duff, owner; Totilas, sire; O. Esther, dam; Stal van Nobelen, breeder.........................................................70.312% AMY GRAY (TN), riding HENRY HAMILTON; Amy Gray, owner; Contango, sire; Harmony Gray, dam; Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, breeder......................................68.750%

Second Level Adult Amateur 1.

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MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN; Meghan Walker, owner; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................ 69.703% JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO; Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder..............................................................69.227% ERIN BAILEY (PA), riding IVEGAZZ; Erin Bailey, owner; Jazz, sire; Vega, dam; A.P. Hulshof, breeder..................................................................................... 65.744% CAROL THOMAS (VA), riding GENTLE; Carol Thomas, owner; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam; P. Asseldonk, breeder...................................................................64.524% MINDY LANE (MI), riding FJURIE; Mindy Lane, owner; Spielberg, sire; Zillina, dam; F. Broersma, breeder....................................................................................64.405%

Third Level Adult Amateur

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FERANO, Elizabeth Keadle, owner; Nick Wagman, rider; Scandic, sire; 2.

Zara D, dam; F. Dyk, breeder........................................................................... 71.196% CAYMUS, Beth Godwin, owner; Jodie Kelly-Baxley, rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; 3.

Wencenza, dam; Beth & Roy Godwin, breeders.................................................. 69.891%

Grand Prix Open 1.

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SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO; Sara Davisson, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder.......................................................68.625% KARA KUSH (IL), riding DAVANNA; Kara Kush, owner; Rousseau, sire; Savanna, dam; Ada van de Kolk, breeder.......................................................... 65.813% SUSAN MORRISON (VA), riding ALEJANDRO; Margaret Groom, owner; Tango, sire; Everlien, dam; Dhr. & Mevr. Oosterbring Voorden, breeders.................60.750%

FERANO, owner Elizabeth Keadle (CA), rider Nick Wagman (CA)— GP Open (KWPN of North America Inc.)

IL DIVO, owner/rider Jeanne Brose (MN)—First Level AA and Vintage Cup AA; Second Level Vintage Cup AA (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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KIMBERLY BLASZAK (NY), riding GINTARAS; Kimberly Blaszak, owner; Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................. 68.768% SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO; Sara Davisson, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder........................................................67.431% JACQUELINE GREENER (PA), riding GRANDMASTER FLASH; Jacqueline Greener, owner; Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam; Carrie O’Brien, breeder............................................63.160% DEBORAH KONDOFF (NY), riding IVETTE; Deborah Kondoff, owner; Schroeder, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder....................................................62.308%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 1.

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AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY; Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder........................................................... 70.257% JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN; Judith Nordstrom, owner; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 65.735% CASEY EITEN (IL), riding ESCHATON; Casey Eiten, owner; Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam; Linda Smith, breeder............................................................. 64.816% KIMBERLY GILMORE (FL), riding FOR DANNY; Kimberly Gilmore, owner; Zizi Top, sire; Saralisa, dam; M. Hartlief, breeder...............................................63.529%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur 1.

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AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY; Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder........................................................... 71.066% JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN; Judith Nordstrom, owner; Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 66.912% GRETTA WILLIAMS (CA), riding DANTARES; Gretta Williams, owner; Donatelli, sire; Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder..........................................................65.368% NELSON LONG (TN), riding BE COOL METALL; Nelson Long, owner; Daddy Cool, sire; Tanory, dam; A. van Erp, breeder.....................................................................63.529%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

1. DALTON FURKIS (MI), riding USELA; Chloe Fullar, owner; Ronaldo, sire; Sebecca, dam; J.H. Hartmann-De Jong, breeder................................................68.750%

Second Level Junior/Young Rider

1. DALTON FURKIS (MI), riding USELA; Chloe Fullar, owner; Ronaldo, sire; Sebecca, dam; J.H. Hartmann-De Jong, breeder............................................... 60.000%

Intermediate I Junior/Young Rider

1. KARINA NELSON (MN), riding ASCALON; Karina Nelson, owner; Indoctro, sire; Lomein, dam; M.C.G. van den Oetelaar, breeder................................................. 64.118%

Intermediate II Junior/Young Rider

1. EMMA ASHER (CO), riding ELEGANCE N; Seeley Equestrian Ventures, owner; Jazz, sire; Aliska, dam; F.C. Nienhuis, breeder................................................... 67.058%

Training Level Vintage-Adult Amateur

1. STEPHANIE CLAUSEN-KUBARTH (WI), riding IMASTAR; Stephanie Clausen-Kubarth, owner; UB 40, sire; Lestera, dam; Denise Osborne, breeder...........................................69.828%

First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1.

2.

JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO; Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder...............................................................72.014% MARTINE DUFF (SC), riding IMPRESS SVN; Martine Duff, owner; Totilas, sire; O. Esther, dam; Stal van Nobelen, breeder.........................................................70.312%

Second Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. JEANNE BROSE (MN), riding IL DIVO; Jeanne Brose, owner; Bon Bravour, sire; Deluna, dam; R.M. Vermunt, breeder..............................................................69.227% 2. CAROL THOMAS (VA), riding GENTLE; Carol Thomas, owner; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam; P. Asseldonk, breeder..................................................................64.524% Intermediate II Adult Amateur 3. MINDY LANE (MI), riding FJURIE; Mindy Lane, owner; Spielberg, sire; 1. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding ALAIN DELON; Heather Jans, owner; UB 40, sire; Giovanna, dam; Stal Brouwer, breeder............................................................. 67.059% Zillina, dam; F. Broersma, breeder..................................................................64.405% 2. HANNAH HEWITT (GA), riding FIDENS; Tammy Pearson, owner; Tango, sire; Bliss, dam; T.A. van Dijk, breeder....................................................................65.012% Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1. JACQUELINE GREENER (PA), riding GRANDMASTER FLASH; Jacqueline Greener, owner; Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam; Carrie O’Brien, breeder............................................63.160% Grand Prix Adult Amateur 1. BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU; Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder.....................................................68.207% Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1. JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN; Judith Nordstrom, owner; 2. LUCY TIDD (MD), riding ELLERT HB; Lucy Tidd, owner; Johnson, sire; Alanda-B, dam; H. Brals, breeder....................................................................64.565% Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 65.735% 2. KIMBERLY GILMORE (FL), riding FOR DANNY; Kimberly Gilmore, owner; 3. MICHELLE FREELS (CA), riding WYNNONA; Michelle Freels, owner; Obelisk, sire; Ramona, dam; Jacqueline Oldham, breeder......................................................62.011% Zizi Top, sire; Saralisa, dam; M. Hartlief, breeder...............................................63.529%

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

1. JUDITH NORDSTROM (IL), riding ESTEBAN; Judith Nordstrom, owner; 1. ALEXIS CLUGSTON (IN), riding LENNOX TF; Alexis Clugston, owner; Uno Don Diego, sire; Eerste Zarma TF, dam; Kerrin Dunn, breeder........................ 61.552% Rousseau, sire; Fleur, dam; H. Bax, breeder...................................................... 66.912%

HAVALLO, owner/rider Sara Davisson (IA)—Third Level AA and AA Musical Freestyle (KWPN of North America Inc.)

USELA, owner Chloe Fullar (MI), rider Dalton Furkis (MI)—First and Second Levels Jr/YR (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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ASCALON, owner/rider Karina Nelson (MN)—I-I Jr/YR (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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Fourth Level Adult Amateur

GRETTA WILLIAMS (CA), riding DANTARES; Gretta Williams, owner; Donatelli, sire; Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder.....................................65.368% NELSON LONG (TN), riding BE COOL METALL; Nelson Long, owner; Daddy Cool, sire; Tanory, dam; A. van Erp, breeder.............................................63.529%

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Intermediate II Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding ALAIN DELON; Heather Jans, owner; UB 40, sire; 5.

Giovanna, dam; Stal Brouwer, breeder............................................................. 67.059%

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JACQUELINE GREENER (PA), riding GRANDMASTER FLASH; Jacqueline Greener, owner; Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam; Carrie O’Brien, breeder............................................67.734% SUSAN MORRISON (VA), riding ALEJANDRO; Margaret Groom, owner; Tango, sire; Everlien, dam; Dhr. & Mevr. Oosterbring Voorden, breeders................................. 67.500% DEBORAH KONDOFF (NY), riding IVETTE; Deborah Kondoff, owner; Schroeder, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder..................................................... 67.317% ROBIN LEWIS (CA), riding FINALE; Robin Lewis, owner; UB 40, sire; Epris, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder............................................................................ 64.467%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

1. KIMBERLY BLASZAK (NY), riding GINTARAS; Kimberly Blaszak, owner; 1. BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU; Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder.....................................................68.207% Farrington, sire; Wind Dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................. 73.684% 2. CASEY EITEN (IL), riding ESCHATON; Casey Eiten, owner; Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam; Linda Smith, breeder............................................................. 71.500% Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Professional 3. TAMINY MARSHALL (NM), riding EXCALIBUR NPF; Taminy Marshall, owner; 1. SANDRA SAVAGE (CA), riding ILARIO; Maureen Lamb, owner; Davino V.O.D., sire; Liantora, dam; J.J. Snip, breeder.....................................................................70.513% Donatelli, sire; Virginia, dam; New Perth Farms, breeder....................................66.800% 2. BARBARA BREEN-GURLEY (CA), riding HAPPY M; Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner; Intermediate I Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M van Medl, breeder.................................69.688% 1. GRETTA WILLIAMS (CA), riding DANTARES; Gretta Williams, owner; Donatelli, sire; 3. DARCY MILLER (PA), riding DUE PROCESS; Darcy Miller, owner; Consul, sire; Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder..........................................................73.300% Mist of Diamonds, dam; Sheila O’Keefe, breeder...............................................66.592% 2. AMY GIMBEL (NJ), riding EYE CANDY; Amy Gimbel, owner; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder............................................................71.938% Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Professional 3. NELSON LONG (TN), riding BE COOL METALL; Nelson Long, owner; 1. CRAIG STANLEY (CA), riding HABANERO CWS; Craig Stanley, owner; Idocus, sire; Daddy Cool, sire; Tanory, dam; A. van Erp, breeder............................................. 64.912% Caliente DG, dam; Brenda Linman & Craig Stanley, breeders................................72.206% Grand Prix Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 2. ROBERTA CARLETON (CT), riding FLINGH’S DREAM; Roberta Carleton, owner; Lingh, sire; Dream Weaver, dam; Roberta Carleton, breeder................................ 64.375% 1. BARBARA BURKHARDT (FL), riding WINNETOU; Barbara Burkhardt, owner; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder.....................................................72.988% First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 2. MICHELLE FREELS (CA), riding WYNNONA; Michelle Freels, owner; Obelisk, sire; 1. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN; Meghan Walker, owner; El Capone, sire; Ramona, dam; Jacqueline Oldham, breeder.....................................................66.250% Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder......................................................72.333% First Level Musical Freestyle 2. KIMBERLY WATTS (CA), riding GUINNESS KBD; Kimberly Watts, owner; Negro, sire; Windfola, dam; Carol Baker, breeder............................................................... 71.809% 1. KINGSTOWN, Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder..........................................................................72.333% 3. STEPHANIE BRAZUS (IN), riding CASINO; Stephanie Brazus, owner; Hotline, sire; Florencia, dam; A.J.L. Slippens, breeder............................................................71.567% 2. GUINNESS KBD, Kimberly Watts, owner/rider; Negro, sire; Windfola, dam; Carol Baker, breeder..................................................................................... 71.809% 4. ANEESA ROMANS (PA), riding KASARAH; Aneesa Romans, owner; Florianus 2, sire; Thumbelina, dam; Lisa Marie Bishop, breeder....................................................70.767% 3. CASINO, Stephanie Brazus, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Florencia, dam; A.J.L. Slippens, breeder..................................................................................71.567% Second Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 4 KASARAH, Aneesa Romans, owner/rider; Florianus 2, sire; Thumbelina, dam; 1. MEGHAN WALKER (NJ), riding KINGSTOWN; Meghan Walker, owner; Lisa Marie Bishop, breeder..............................................................................70.767% El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; G.C. van der Koppel, breeder................................75.500% 5. USELA, Chloe Fullar, owner; Dalton Furkis, rider; Ronaldo, sire; Sebecca, dam; 2. ELIZABETH CHARPENTIER ALLWEIN (NY), riding HEART THROB SCF; J.H. Hartmann-De Jong, breeder.....................................................................68.067% Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein, owner; Jazz, sire; Divine SCF, dam; Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders.....................................................................70.100% Second Level Musical Freestyle 1. KINGSTOWN, Meghan Walker, owner/rider; El Capone, sire; Ewolda, dam; 3. CAROL THOMAS (VA), riding GENTLE; Carol Thomas, owner; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam; P. Asseldonk, breeder...................................................................69.067% G.C. van der Koppel, breeder..........................................................................75.500% 2. HEART THROB SCF, Elizabeth Charpentier Allwein owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle Divine SCF, dam; Carlos & Karin Jimenez, breeders.............................................70.100% 1. SARA DAVISSON (IA), riding HAVALLO; Sara Davisson, owner; Sir Gregory, sire; 3. GENTLE, Carol Thomas, owner/rider; Apache, sire; Tanja, dam; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder........................................................72.217% P. Asseldonk, breeder....................................................................................69.067%

HAPPY M, owner/rider Barbara Breen-Gurley (CA)—Fourth Level Musical Freestyle (KWPN of North America Inc.)

DUKE OF WELLINGTON, owner Diane Terp (OH), rider Elena Golubitsky (OH)—I-I Musical Freestyle (KWPN of North America Inc.)

NOA-TILDA C, owner Roberta Falk (VA)—DSHB Two-Year-Old Fillies (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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HASHTAG TOP, Hilary Matthews & Jennifer Roth, owners; Jennifer Roth, rider; Negro, sire; Urania, dam; Stan Topilko, breeder.................................................73.833% HAVALLO, Sara Davisson, owner/rider; Sir Gregory, sire; Wow, dam; Brittany Kristoffersen, breeder........................................................................72.217% DUE PROCESS, Darcy Miller, owner/rider; Consul, sire; Mist of Diamonds, dam; Sheila O’Keefe, breeder..................................................................................69.211% GRANDMASTER FLASH, Jacqueline Greener, owner/rider; Zion-JC, sire; Wai Ele, dam; Carrie O’Brien, breeder...............................................................67.734% ALEJANDRO, Margaret Groom, owner; Susan Morrison, rider; Tango, sire; Everlien, dam; Dhr. & Merv. Oosterbring Voorden, breeders................................. 67.500%

MAMET SSF, owner Rob Robillard (PA), rider Emily Donaldson (PA)—Materiale Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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EYE CANDY, Amy Gimbel, owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Wednesday, dam; Judy Barrett, breeder.....................................................................................71.938% AUDI, Emily Donaldson, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Priceless, dam; Nancy Murray, breeder..................................................................................68.700% ASCALON, Karina Nelson, owner/rider; Indoctro, sire; Lomein, dam; M.C.G. van den Oetelaar, breeder...................................................................68.275%

Grand Prix Musical Freestyle

1. WARSTEINER, Heather Mason, owner/rider; Riverman-ISF, sire; Welona, dam; H. Davelaar, breeder.....................................................................................80.625% 2. WINNETOU, Barbara Burkhardt, owner/rider; Equador, sire; Papion, dam; A. Dijk, breeder............................................................................................72.988% 3. FABERGE BLUE, William Mitchelson, owner; Michael Bragdell, rider; Fourth Level Musical Freestyle Contango, sire; Kroniek U, dam; Marie Emrey, breeder........................................72.150% 1. HAPPY M, Barbara Breen-Gurley, owner/rider; Alexandro P, sire; Semmy, dam; F.P.W.M. van Medl, breeder............................................................................ 74.959% 4 ZOE, Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Nece, rider; Taxateur, sire; Symphony, dam; Evelyn Angelle, breeder......................................................... 69.750% 2. GINTARAS, Kimberly Blaszak, owner/rider; Farrington, sire; Wind dance, dam; Deborah Kondoff, breeder............................................................................. 73.684% 5. CON BRIO SDF, Franziska Seidl, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Windfall SDF, dam; Sheri Evers-Rock, breeder..............................................................................68.975% 3. ESCHATON, Casey Eiten, owner/rider; Sir Sinclair, sire; Melisande, dam; Linda Smith, breeder.................................................................................... 71.500% 4 FLINGH’S DREAM, Roberta Carleton, owner/rider; Lingh, sire; Two-Year-Old Fillies Dream Weaver, dam; Roberta Carleton, breeder................................................ 71.033% 1. NOA-TILDA C, Roberta Falk, owner; Glock’s Toto Jr., sire; Zatilda, dam; 5. EXCALIBUR NPF, Taminy Marshall, owner/rider; Donatelli, sire; Virginia, dam; C. Burgemeijer, breeder................................................................................ 79.575% New Perth Farms, breeder.............................................................................66.800%

Three-Year-Old Fillies

1. MY MELODY, Olga Bikakis, owner; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder...79.900%

Intermediate I Musical Freestyle

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DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Diane Terp, owner; Elena Golubitsky, rider; Westpoint, sire; Noblesse Oblige, dam; W.M. Luyten, breeder.............................. 73.875% Four-Year-Old and Older Maiden/Yeld Mares 1. KOSETTE R, Carrie Gregory, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Coco Chanel R, dam; DANTARES, Gretta Williams, owner/rider; Donatelli, sire; Napua, dam; Deborah Harrison, breeder............................................................................73.300% Michele Seaver, breeder................................................................................76.600%

KRISKA, owner Gayle Atkins (OR), rider Nadine Schwartsman (ID)—Materiale Four- and Five-Year-Old Mares (KWPN of North America Inc.)

KYRO, owner Christopher Preston (PA), rider Lauren Chumley (NJ)—FEI Five-Year-Old (KWPN of North America Inc.)

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FEARLESS, owner Alice Morse (PA), rider Nicole Brady (PA)—Second Level Open and AA (New Forest Pony Society of North America)

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KOSETTE R, owner Carrie Gregory (WA)—DSHB Four-Year-Old and Older Maiden/ Yeld Mares (KWPN of North America Inc.)

Third Level Open

Four-and Five-Year-Old Stallions/Geldings Materiale

Prix St. Georges Open

1. MAMET SSF, Rob Robillard, owner; Emily Donaldson, rider; Vitalis, sire; 1. HELIOS KI, Sandra Holmes, owner/rider; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Lariza, dam; D’Orites SSF, dam; Carol & Carroll Tolman, breeders...........................................80.700% Kim Schebye, breeder....................................................................................66.775% 2. SAMBUCA, Bonnie Padwa & Caroline Forsberg, owners; Caroline Forsberg, rider; Three-Year-Old Fillies Materiale Soreldo, sire; Valenta, dam; Erik Kristensen, breeder.........................................64.438% 1. MY MELODY, Olga Bikakis, owner/rider; Jazz, sire; Devinia, dam; Olga Bikakis, breeder....................................................................................78.550% Fourth Level Open 2. MELODY, Evelyn Angelle, owner; Erika-West Nece, rider; Florianus 2, sire; 1. RANIA, Susan Bender, owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; Rikochee, dam; Zoe, dam; Evelyn Angelle, breeder..................................................................75.000% Susan Bender, breeder..................................................................................63.333% 1.

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LUCIAN BHS, Stephanie Bennett, owner; Nadine Schwartsman, rider; Special D, sire; Helga, dam; Justine Wilson & Michael Rubin, breeders...................80.000% KLASSIK, Julie Griffin, owner; Cheryl Quinn, rider; Florianus 2, sire; Unikat, dam; Julie Griffin, breeder..................................................................74.300%

Four-and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale 1.

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STENAGERS WYATT EARP, Cecelia Stewart, owner; Christopher Hickey, rider; Wilkens, sire; Stenagers Santana, dam; Bjarne & May-Britt Christensen, breeders....71.886% ZEABALL DIAWIND, Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; Christian Simonson, rider; Furstenball, sire; Zini Diawind, dam; Bettina Qvist & Peter Schroder, breeders........70.882% CALVADOR V, Debra Cangialosi, owner; Elizabeth Campbell, rider; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam; Viegard Stutteri, breeder............................................................. 69.118%

KIRISKA, Gayle Atkins, owner; Nadine Schwartsman, rider; Jazz, sire; Dariska, dam; Gayle Atkins, breeder................................................................81.800% Intermediate I Open KOSETTE R, Carrie Gregory, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Coco Chanel R, dam; Michele Seaver, breeder...................................................74.300% 1. KARISMA, Reeta Edmundson, owner; Sandy Johnson-Toby, rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Samantha, dam; Gert Pedersen, breeder...............................63.309%

USEF Four-Year-Old 1.

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Intermediate II Open LEELOO DALLAS, Lauren Chumley, owner/rider; Gaspard De La Nuit DG, sire; Voque, dam; Racheal Redman, breeder..................................................................7.78 1. QUASCAI NEXEN, Altersgait LLC & Melissa Richards, owners; Lars Petersen, rider; Quaterback, sire; Pearl Nexen, dam; Elin Houe & Hans Andersen, breeders.............72.794% LOUISVILLE SS, Hillary Oliver, owner/rider; UB 40, sire; Zomica W., dam; Dawn Spencer, breeder........................................................................................7.32 2. ESTRELLA, Jolene Novak, owner/rider; Don Schufro, sire; Eternity, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder............................................................................65.368%

FEI Five-Year-Old

Grand Prix Open 1. KYRO, Christopher Preston, owner; Lauren Chumley, rider; Glamourdale, sire; Prisca Gerida, dam; J. Hermanussen, breeder..........................................................7.52 1. MONIQUE, Jane Cleveland, owner/rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Naturgaarden’s Kapriche, dam; Poul-Erik Klausen, breeder.................................66.305% 2. MADAME NOIR, Jennifer Huber, owner/rider; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam; Ellen Jochumsen, breeder..............................................................................65.543% 3. OVERGAARD’S PAMANOV, Lisa Lemke, owner; Megan McIsaac, rider; Second Level Open Blue Hors Romanov, sire; Pastorale, dam; Ove & Tove Moller Norgaard, breeders.....61.196% 1. FEARLESS, Alice Morse, owner; Nicole Brady, rider; Jacodi’s Anja Amoz, sire; Watermark, dam; Phyllis Hamilton, breeder......................................................61.905% Third Level Adult Amateur 1. SANDRA HOLMES (CA), riding HELIOS KI; Sandra Holmes, owner; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Lariza, dam; Kim Schebye, breeder..................................66.775% 2. CAROLINE FORSBERG (CT), riding SAMBUCA; Bonnie Padwa & Caroline Forsberg, owners; Soreldo, sire; Valenta, dam; Erik Kristensen, breeder...64.438% Training Level Open 1. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF, Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason, rider; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam; Mary Nuttall, breeder.........79.519% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 1. SUSAN BENDER (SC), riding RANIA; Susan Bender, owner; Don Schufro, sire; First Level Open Rikochee, dam; Susan Bender, breeder............................................................63.333% 1. REGIMENT, Alyssa Pitts, owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Rambala, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder............................................................................78.820% Intermediate II Adult Amateur 2. TRUE TEMPTATION SWF, Mary Nuttall, owner; John Mason, rider; 1. JOLENE NOVAK (IL), riding ESTRELLA; Jolene Novak, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Tailormade Temptation, sire; Southern Belle SWF, dam; Mary Nuttall, breeder........ 73.750% Eternity, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder........................................................65.368%

New Forest Pony Society of North America

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North American Danish Warmblood Association

ESTRELLA, owner/rider Jolene Novak (IL)—I-I AA and Vintage Cup AA (North American Danish Warmblood Association)

KARISMA, owner Reeta Edmundson (VA), rider Sandy JohnsonToby (VA)—I-I Open and Musical Freestyle (North American Danish Warmblood Association)

DREAMLINER, owners Sarah Sharpe and Sandy Alexander (SC), rider Sarah Sharpe (SC)—Materiale Three-Year-Old Colts/ Geldings (North American Danish Warmblood Association)

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Intermediate I Musical Freestyle

Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider

Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Materiale

1. JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding MADAME NOIR; Jennifer Huber, owner; 1. KARISMA, Reeta Edmundson, owner; Sandy Johnson-Toby, rider; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam; Ellen Jochumsen, breeder.......................................65.543% Wolkentanz II, sire; Samantha, dam; Gert Pedersen, breeder................................67.013% 1.

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CHRISTIAN SIMONSON (CA), riding ZEABALL DIAWIND; Christina Holtzheuser Morgan, owner; 1. DREAMLINER, Sandy Alexander & Sarah Sharpe, owners; Sarah Sharpe, rider; Furstenball, sire; Zini Diawind, dam; Bettina Qvist & Peter Schroder, breeders........70.882% Revolution, sire; Feine Freia V., dam; J.J. Horses, breeder....................................77.050% MEREDITH TALLEY (KY), riding ROMEO; Meredith Talley, owner; Blue Hors Don Romantic, sire; Aida, dam; Anita Thorsen & Flemming Skou, breeders........66.863%

NorthAmerican Sportpony Registry

Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Training Level Open 1. SANDRA HOLMES (CA), riding HELIOS KI; Sandra Holmes, owner; Blue Hors Hotline, sire; Lariza, dam; Kim Schebye, breeder..................................66.775% 1. THE SAFARI PARTY, Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; Virginia Woodcock, rider; Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam; Sue Mesa, breeder............................. 73.276% 2. BRANSTOCK’S RIDDLE, Elizabeth Molloy, owner/rider; Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur Susan Mesa, breeder....................................................................................63.448% 1. SUSAN BENDER (SC), riding RANIA; Susan Bender, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Rikochee, dam; Susan Bender, breeder............................................................63.333% 3. MOBY DIXON, Katherine Martin, owner; Erin Carr & Ellie Russell, riders..................63.276% Intermediate II Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

Grand Prix Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional

1. VIRGINIA WOODCOCK (GA), riding THE SAFARI PARTY; Elizabeth & Virginia Woodcock, owners; 1. JOLENE NOVAK (IL), riding ESTRELLA; Jolene Novak, owner; Don Schufro, sire; Eternity, dam; Oak Hill Ranch LLC, breeder........................................................65.368% Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Freyas Kiss, dam; Sue Mesa, breeder............................. 73.276% 1. ELIZABETH MOLLOY (GA), riding BRANSTOCK’S RIDDLE; Elizabeth Molloy, owner; 1. JENNIFER HUBER (FL), riding MADAME NOIR; Jennifer Huber, owner; Nobleman, sire; Silke, dam; Ellen Jochumsen, breeder.......................................65.543% Branstock’s Ryujin, sire; Susan Mesa, breeder...................................................63.448%

Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Professional

1. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (FL), riding CALVADOR V; Debra Cangialosi, owner; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam; Viegard Stutteri, breeder.................................... 69.118%

Training Level Open

1.

1. ELEANOR BRIMMER (FL), riding RICHELIEU STENSVANG; Eleanor Brimmer, owner; 2.

Blue Hors Rockefeller, sire; Lina Stensvang, dam; Lene Fraehr, breeder..................67.740%

Para-Dressage Rider-Grade III

ADF LUCA, Linda Renne, owner; Alyssa Ohlig & Karen Ball, riders; Skogheims Viljar, sire; Tulia, dam; Bruce Beighle, breeder....................................70.769% FMF OLIVIA, Bethany Oesting, owner/rider; Mogly, sire; Pjoska, dam; David Kosek & Jill Asplundh Kosek, breeders......................................................64.311%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

First Level Open

Third Level Musical Freestyle

Third Level Open

1. MARY MINCH (WI), riding WINSTON L; Mary Minch, owner; Wolkentanz, sire; 1. MAI, Jody Morse, owner/rider; BDF Kanada King, sire; Ljaela, dam; Classica L., dam; Karsten Bundgaard, breeder.................................................. 67.333% Elizabeth Schaffner, breeder...........................................................................63.429% 1. CHREVI’S CAMELOT, Sheila Borneman, owner; Angela Jackson, rider; 1. CH FELLES, Jill Asplundh Kosek, owner; Lauren Chumley, rider; MVF Erlend, sire; Tailormade Lancelot, sire; Chrevi’s Cassiopaya, dam; Jes & Vivian Thomasen, breeders....76.600% Skjenna Gard Fiorgyn, dam; Debra & Luther Ulrich, breeders................................63.563% 2. WW RUDIG, Lori Lamattina, owner/rider; WW Reidar, sire; Oh Ydel, dam; Kathy Johnson, breeder................................................................................60.428% Fourth Level Musical Freestyle 1. CALVADOR V, Debra Cangialosi, owner; Elizabeth Campbell, rider; Charmonix V, sire; Lamy V, dam; Viegard Stutteri, breeder................................... 75.867% Training Level Adult Amateur 2. WINSTON L, Mary Minch, owner/rider; Wolkentanz, sire; Classica L., dam; 1. BETHANY OESTING (PA), riding FMF OLIVIA; Bethany Oesting, owner; Mogly, sire; Karsten Bundgaard, breeder.......................................................................... 67.333% Pjoska, dam; David Kosek & Jill Asplundh Kosek, breeders...................................64.311%

THE SAFARI PARTY, owner/rider Virginia Woodcock (GA)—Training Level Open and Jr/YR (NorthAmerican Sportpony Registry)

BRANSTOCK’S RIDDLE, owner/rider Elizabeth Molloy (GA)—Training Level Vintage Cup Prof. (NorthAmerican Sportpony Registry)

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ADF LUCA, owner Linda Renne (CA), rider Karen Ball (CA)—Training Level Open and Vintage Cup Prof.

(Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry)

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Grand Prix Adult Amateur

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FHUNNY GIRL, owner Maurine Swanson (PA), rider Jocelyn Kraenzle (PA)—First Level Open (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

First Level Adult Amateur

2. HHEMLOCK, Jennifer Miranda, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder............................................................................ 65.789% 1. JODY MORSE (NC), riding MAI; Jody Morse, owner; BDF Kanada King, sire; Ljaela, dam; Elizabeth Schaffner, breeder.........................................................63.429% 3. FIORA, Tracy Masterson, owner; Ashley Sanders, rider; Ferrari, sire; Odessa, dam; Wesley Barnes, breeder..............................................................60.119%

Third Level Adult Amateur

1. LORI LAMATTINA (OH), riding WW RUDIG; Lori LaMattina, owner; WW Reidar, sire; Oh Ydel, dam; Kathy Johnson, breeder.............................................................60.428%

Third Level Open

1.

2.

1. KAREN BALL (CA), riding ADF LUCA; Linda Renne, owner; Skogheims Viljar, sire; Tulia, dam; Bruce Beighle, breeder...................................................................71.034% 3.

Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional

Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/ German Oldenburg Verband

FLORINUS, Belinda Chu, owner; Belinda Chu & Brittany Burson, riders; Florencio I, sire; Rosanna, dam; Hans Rode, breeder..........................................69.570% HHEMLOCK, Jennifer Miranda, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder............................................................................ 67.500% DE BLASIO, Elisabeth Dewar, owner/rider; De Niro, sire; Heidi, dam; Johannes Landwehr, breeder.........................................................................66.375%

Training Level Open

Fourth Level Open

Second Level Open

Intermediate I Open

1.

2.

3.

FRANCISCO, Holly Reimers, owner; Merrie Velden, rider; Furstenball, sire; 1. FLORANTE YF, Kimberly Pate, owner/rider; Florestan I, sire; Tamarinde, dam; Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder......................................................79.052% Judy Yancey, breeder....................................................................................63.200% CLOUD 9, Wendi Schnittjer, owner/rider; Cennin, sire; Auguste Victoria, dam; Britta Budeus-Wiegart, breeder.......................................................................73.103% Prix St. Georges Open FAMOUS EDI, Terry Griggs, owner; Terry Griggs & Jodie Cressman, riders; Finest, sire; Ex Sentia, dam; Daan Calle, breeder...............................................69.828% 1. LAXWELL, Birgitt Dagge, owner/rider; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder....................................................................................... 70.294% First Level Open 2. SONNENKONIG, Amy Swerdlin, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estelle, dam; 1. FHUNNY GIRL, Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle, rider; J. Hartmann, breeder.....................................................................................67.941% Furstenball, sire; Regalia PWF, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..........................73.000% 3. MW CILLA AMOUR, Jennifer Vanover, owner; Lindsey Holleger, rider; 2. SANORA, Jenny Barthen, owner; Samantha Martinson, rider; San Amour I, sire; Cileste II, dam; Margarete Strohm, breeder.............................. 67.125% Shakespeare RSF, sire; Just Priceless, dam; Jenny Barthen, breeder..................... 66.758% 1. SHURREAL, Maurine Swanson, owner; Jocelyn Kraenzle, rider; Sezuan, sire; 1. APASSIONATA, Rebecca Lord, owner/rider; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Amelie, dam; EM Rheporter, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.................................................74.150% Ludger Buehrmann, breeder..........................................................................62.500%

SHURREAL, owner Maurine Swanson (PA), rider Jocelyn Kraenzle (PA)—Second Level Open (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

FLORINUS, owner/rider Belinda Chu (IL)—Third Level Open (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

QREDIT HILLTOP, owner Hilltop Farm Inc. (MD), rider Michael Bragdell (MD)—GP Open (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/ German Oldenburg Verband)

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WW RUDIG, owner/rider Lori LaMattina (OH)—Third Level AA (Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry)

MAI, owner/rider Jody Morse (NC)—First Level Open and AA (Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry)

Intermediate II Adult Amateur

Second Level Adult Amateur

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Third Level Adult Amateur

Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

Second Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

1.

2.

JAZZ DANCE, Brittany Burson, owner/rider; Johnson, sire; Feine Rose, dam; 1. REBECCA LORD (FL), riding LUKE SKYWALKER; Rebecca Lord, owner; Josef Wernke, breeder.................................................................................. 64.375% Lauterbach, sire; Teja, dam; Hans Bloemer, breeder............................................61.912% LUKE SKYWALKER, Rebecca Lord, owner/rider; Lauterbach, sire; Teja, dam; Hans Bloemer, breeder...................................................................................61.912% Grand Prix Adult Amateur 1. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding QUILEUTE CCW; Amy Swerdlin, owner; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam; Amy Swerdlin, breeder...................................65.109% Grand Prix Open 1. QREDIT HILLTOP, Hilltop Farm Inc., owner; Michael Bragdell, rider; Quaterback, sire; Dream Rubina, dam; Judy Yancey, breeder...............................68.533% Second Level Junior/Young Rider 2. DON FRANCISCO, Carol Di Maggio, owner; Chelsey Sibley, rider; Daddy Cool, sire; 1. ASHLEY SANDERS (FL), riding FIORA; Tracy Masterson, owner; Ferrari, sire; Leandra, dam; Carol Di Maggio & Jens Richter, breeders..................................... 67.500% Odessa, dam; Wesley Barnes, breeder..............................................................60.119% 3. QUILEUTE CCW, Amy Swerdlin, owner/rider; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam; Amy Swerdlin, breeder...................................................................................65.109% Prix St. Georges Junior/Young Rider 1. BRENNA DONOVAN (MA), riding DIADEM; Brenna Donovan, owner; Training Level Adult Amateur Donnerluck, sire; Copy That, dam; Ulla Rasmussen, breeder................................ 62.941% 1. KIMBERLY APICELLA (AZ), riding SIR HARVARD; Kimberly Apicella, owner; San Amour I, sire; Hanseatin, dam; Joerg Klasen, breeder..................................69.052% Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 2. DORIE FORTE (MD), riding RHOCK OF AGES; Dorie Forte, owner; 1. KIMBERLY APICELLA (AZ), riding SIR HARVARD; Kimberly Apicella, owner; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Shnickers, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................68.362% San Amour I, sire; Hanseatin, dam; Joerg Klasen, breeder..................................69.052% 3. HELI JOHANNA CONSTANCE (CA), riding RUBY NOIR; Carol Di Maggio, owner; 2. DORIE FORTE (MD), riding RHOCK OF AGES; Dorie Forte, owner; Dante Weltino, sire; Lady Rubina, dam; Carol Di Maggio, breeder......................... 67.885% Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Shnickers, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................68.362% 1. JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK; Jennifer Miranda, owner; 1. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL; Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................................... 65.789% Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder.................................................................. 70.294% 1.

2.

JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK; Jennifer Miranda, owner; 1. MERRIE VELDEN (CA), riding FRANCISCO; Holly Reimers, owner; Furstenball, sire; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder..................................... 67.500% Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder......................................................79.052% ELISABETH DEWAR (TX), riding DE BLASIO; Elisabeth Dewar, owner; De Niro, sire; Heidi, dam; Johannes Landwehr, breeder........................................................66.375% First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 1. BELINDA CHU (IL), riding FELIX FELICIS; Belinda Chu, owner; Freestyle, sire; Seapolita, dam; Armin & Jennifer Arnoldt, breeders.............................................69.767% Fourth Level Adult Amateur 2. ELIZABETH LAMBERT (NJ), riding SHEYENNE; Elizabeth Lambert, owner; 1. KIMBERLY PATE (GA), riding FLORANTE YF; Kimberly Pate, owner; Florestan I, sire; Tamarinde, dam; Judy Yancey, breeder............................................................63.200% Shakespeare RSF, sire; Giadonna, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder......................68.833% 1.

2.

3.

BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL; Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder.................................................................. 70.294% AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding SONNENKONIG; Amy Swerdlin, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Estelle, dam; J. Hartmann, breeder......................................67.941% AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding DE PREMIO; Amy Swerdlin, owner; Detroit, sire; Uzara-S, dam; Petra Schluesselburg, breeder.....................................................66.471%

1. JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK; Jennifer Miranda, owner; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.....................................69.900%

Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

1. JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY), riding HHEMLOCK; Jennifer Miranda, owner; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder........................................................68.767%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Intermediate I Adult Amateur

1. BIRGITT DAGGE (FL), riding LAXWELL; Birgitt Dagge, owner; Lingh, sire; 1. REBECCA LORD (FL), riding APASSIONATA; Rebecca Lord, owner; Sir Donnerhall, sire; Amelie, dam; Ludger Buehrmann, breeder............................62.500% Dessous, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder..................................................................70.938%

SIR HARVARD, owner/rider Kimberly Apicella (AZ)—Training Level AA and Vintage Cup AA (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

HHEMLOCK, owner/rider Jennifer Miranda (NY)—Second and Third Levels Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

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FELIX FELICIS, owner/rider Belinda Chu (IL)—First Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/ German Oldenburg Verband)

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Intermediate II Open

Four-and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale

1. AMY SWERDLIN (FL), riding QUILEUTE CCW; Amy Swerdlin, owner; 1. REINAMERE AF, Kaitlin Myers, owner/rider; Sandomere, sire; Robolina, dam; Quaterback, sire; Gluckslady, dam; Amy Swerdlin, breeder...................................71.013% Holly Reimers, breeder...................................................................................77.600% 2. DARK SHADOWS D’AVALON, Marcella Pinell, owner; Cynthia Hall, rider; Dracula D’avalon, sire; Chanel d’Avalon, dam; Avalon Equine, breeder..................75.900% First Level Musical Freestyle 1. FELIX FELICIS, Belinda Chu, owner/rider; Freestyle, sire; Seapolita, dam; Armin & Jennifer Arnoldt, breeders...................................................................69.767% Four-and Five-Year-Old Stallions/Geldings Materiale 2. SHEYENNE, Elizabeth Lambert, owner/rider; Shakespeare RSF, sire; 1. FRANCISCO, Holly Reimers, owner; Merrie Velden, rider; Furstenball, sire; Giadonna, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.....................................................68.833% Rubi Slippers, dam; Holly Reimers, breeder......................................................85.900% 2. RHOCK OF AGES, Dorie Forte, owner/rider; Romanov Blue Hors, sire; Second Level Musical Freestyle Shnickers, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.....................................................80.000% 1. HHEMLOCK, Jennifer Miranda, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder............................................................................69.900% USEF Four-Year-Old 2. WINNALEE Z, Janice Smith, owner; Shari Wolke, rider; Warrior, sire; 1. ROYAL TEMPTATION, Marne Martin-Tucker, owner/rider; Temptation, sire; Cassidy Zee, dam; Julie Soltow, breeder.......................................................... 67.333% Royal Coeur, dam; Marne Martin-Tucker, breeder......................................................7.48

Third Level Musical Freestyle 1.

2.

Performance Horse Registry

HHEMLOCK, Jennifer Miranda, owner/rider; Hotline, sire; Lhoretta, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder.............................................................................68.767% L’ARISTO, Arielle Brodkey, owner; Heidi Kohl, rider; Ludwigs As, sire; Third Level Open Desert Rose, dam; Vera Fuerst, breeder...........................................................65.400% 1. DORA THE EXPLORER, Alexandra Tomson, owner; Jennifer Chin, rider.................... 65.551%

Intermediate I Musical Freestyle 1.

2.

Intermediate I Open

LAXWELL, Birgitt Dagge, owner/rider; Lingh, sire; Dessous, dam; 1. DEUCE, Jamie McDevitt, owner/rider; Benvolio, sire; Prissy Miss, dam; Ute Vaske, breeder.......................................................................................70.938% Rabbit Goody, breeder...................................................................................63.971% FLAIRANCE, Sandie Gaines-Beddard, owner; Cody Pierce & Sandie Gaines-Beddard, riders; Serano Gold, sire; Facette Royal, dam; August Graf von Merveldt Clemens, breeder...................................................... 65.313% Intermediate II Open 1. DAMANI, Heather Mason, owner; Alexandra Krossen, rider; Duvall, sire; Godiva, dam; Virginia Godfrey, breeder............................................................ 67.206% Grand Prix Musical Freestyle 1. HUDSON 18, Amy Grahn, owner; Andreanna Patzwald, rider; Hohenstein, sire; Daphne, dam; Werner Hoelscher, breeder......................................................... 73.175% 2. DON FRANCISCO, Carol Di Maggio, owner; Chelsey Sibley, rider; Daddy Cool, sire; Leandra, dam; Carol Di Maggio & Jens Richter, breeders......................................73.125% Second Level Open 1. HS WINEGLASS PIK GEORGE, Nicole Mauser-Storer, owner/rider; Budapest, sire; Two-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Hungarian Sportlo Lilly, dam; Linda Rudolphi & WineGlass Farm, breeders............. 61.486% 1. FINEST HOUR BC, Andrea Nuccio, owner; Finery, sire; Wega WF, dam; Andrea Nuccio & Angela Stanaway, breeders.....................................................80.563% Second Level Adult Amateur 1. NICOLE MAUSER-STORER (IL), riding HS WINEGLASS PIK GEORGE; Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Nicole Mauser-Storer, owner; Budapest, sire; Hungarian Sportlo Lilly, dam; 1. FABULOUSLY, Merrie Velden, owner; Furstenball, sire; Bonsai, dam; Linda Rudolphi & WineGlass Farm, breeders...................................................... 61.486% Merrie Velden, breeder..................................................................................78.650% 2. LOKI HSR, Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin, owner; Lord Carnaby, sire; Haverford’s Redhawk, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder...........................................75.800%

Performance Shagya-Arabian Registry

Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International

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Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Materiale

Training Level Open

1. OUTER BANKS GSF, Matthew Beasley, owner/rider; Orleandro, sire; 1. LOKI HSR, Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin, owner/rider; Lord Carnaby, sire; Haverford’s Redhawk, dam; Anita Nardine, breeder...........................................74.900% Fondu GSF, dam; Carolyn Miller & Greenstone Farm LLC, breeders........................68.558%

FINEST HOUR BC, owner/rider Andrea Nucci (VA)—DSHB TwoYear-Old Colts/Geldings (Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/ German Oldenburg Verband)

LOKI HSR, owner Evgenia Stenberg Baldwin (WA)—Materiale Three-YearOld Colts/Geldings (Oldenbrug Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband)

HS WINEGLASS PIK GEORGE, owner/rider Nicole Mauser-Storer (IL)—Second Level Open and AA (Performance Shagya-Arabian Registry)

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Grand Prix Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Training Level Open

1. ROWENA SW, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn & Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, riders; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder.........................71.423%

Fourth Level Open 1.

2.

3.

Swedish Warmblood Association of North America

WILLOW SF, Dana Peterson, owner; Rebecca Vick, rider; Wilmigton, sire; Solar Suzie, dam; Sue Sheen, breeder..............................................................65.865% First Level Open BISCOTTI, Caroline Stearns, owner/rider; Beaujolais, sire; Kitty in a Tree, dam; Caroline Stearns, breeder..............................................................................65.556% 1. AMPERADA, Jessica Johns, owner; Luke McLaughlin & Jessica Johns, riders; Ampere, sire; Keepsake, dam; Danielle Green, breeder............................................69.272% LJS SHIITAKE, Pam Brumfield, owner/rider; Sempatico M, sire; To be Frank, dam; Lazy J Sporthorses & Marie Emrey, breeders............................61.026%

Second Level Open

1. WASHBURN SW, Debra Klamen, owner/rider; Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder...........................................................................68.956% 1. MATTHEW BEASLEY (CT), riding OUTER BANKS GSF; Matthew Beasley, owner; Orleandro, sire; Fondu GSF, dam; Carolyn Miller & Greenstone Farm LLC, breeders......68.558% 2. SAINT-TROPEZ, Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Leigh Kent-Scherzer & Hayden Kent, riders; Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam; Doris Campbell, breeder..................................68.784%

Training Level Adult Amateur

Second Level Adult Amateur

Fourth Level Open 1. KATIE MISKOVIC (IL), riding SF LYCANTHORPE; Katie Miskovic, owner; Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder.................................67.619% 1. TIP TOP’S KIKI, Lynda Palmer, owner; Mallory Schneider & Lynda Palmer, riders; Tip Top, sire; King’s Jewel, dam; Leslie Morse, breeder...........................................63.394% Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Professional 1.

2.

Prix St. Georges Open

CAROLINE STEARNS (NC), riding BISCOTTI; Caroline Stearns, owner; 1. ISOS SALI DEO GLORIA, Jenny Schmitt, owner/rider; Isos, sire; Beaujolais, sire; Kitty in a Tree, dam; Caroline Stearns, breeder...........................65.556% Miss USA Freedom, dam; Lynne Dalbec & Shirley Svendsen, breeders........................64.853% PAM BRUMFIELD (PA), riding LJS SHIITAKE; Pam Brumfield, owner; Sempatico M, sire; To be Frank, dam; Lazy J Sporthorses & Marie Emrey, breeders.......61.026%

Intermediate I Open

1.

1. KATIE MISKOVIC (IL), riding SF LYCANTHORPE; Katie Miskovic, owner; 2.

Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder................................69.967%

Second Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

BARRINGTON, Joan Leuck Waak & Richard Waak, owners; Joan Leuck Waak, rider; Akribori, sire; Be Happy, dam; Kjell Olsson, breeder..................................................64.191% ADRIANO, Katarina Antens-Miller, owner/rider; Don Primero, sire; Mint, dam; Christina Olsen, breeder.....................................................................................63.089%

First Level Musical Freestyle

Intermediate II Open

Second Level Musical Freestyle

Second Level Adult Amateur

1. SF SPIRIT, Heidi Basler, owner/rider; Smoke Tree Snapdragon, sire; 1. BARLAND I.M., Seeley Equestrian Ventures, owner; Michelle Gibson, rider; LeLady Katy, dam; Ann Daum Kustar & Solomon Farm, breeders...........................73.333% Briar, sire; Phoenix, dam; Iwona Majewska, breeder..............................................66.466% 1. SF LYCANTHORPE, Katie Miskovic, owner/rider; Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; 1. DEBRA KLAMEN (IL), riding WASHBURN SW; Debra Klamen, owner; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder.............................................................................69.967% Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder......................68.956% 2. LEIGH KENT-SCHERZER (AL), riding SAINT-TROPEZ; Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Four-Year-Old and Older Maiden/Yeld Mares Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam; Doris Campbell, breeder.............................67.381% 1. SHYLAH RSH, Ellen Ziemer, owner; Stibby-Me, sire; Johanna RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer & Pura Vida Farms LLC, breeders....................................................76.125% Second Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur 1. DEBRA KLAMEN (IL), riding WASHBURN SW; Debra Klamen, owner; Four-and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale Wolkentanz II, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder......................68.956% 1. SHYLAH RSH, Ellen Ziemer, owner; Kaitlin Blythe & Ellen Ziemer, riders; 2. LEIGH KENT-SCHERZER (AL), riding SAINT-TROPEZ; Leigh Kent-Scherzer, owner; Stibby-Me, sire; Johanna RSH, dam; Ellen Ziemer & Pura Vida Farms LLC, breeders......73.800% Sir Gregory, sire; Sensationelle, dam; Doris Campbell, breeder..................................67.381%

OUTER BANKS GSF, owner/rider Matthew Beasley (CT)—Training Level Open and AA (Rheinland PfalzSaar International)

WILLOW SF, owner Dana Peterson (WI), rider Rebecca Vick (IL)— Fourth Level Open (Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International)

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SF SPIRIT, owner/rider Heidi Basler (FL)—First Level Musical Freestyle (Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International)

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Second Level Open

1. SF LYCANTHORPE, Katie Miskovic, owner/rider; Le Mode, sire; Die Finesse, dam; Ann Daum Kustar, breeder..............................................................................67.619%

TIP TOP’S KIKI, owner/rider Lynda Palmer (CA)—Fourth Level Open (Swedish Warmblood Association of North America)

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Professional 1.

2.

Intermediate I Open

JOAN LEUCK WAAK (WI), riding BARRINGTON; Joan Leuck Waak & Richard Waak, owners; 1. LEYENDA H, Martha Pieper, owner/rider; Gitano MOR, sire; Karina D, dam; Akribori, sire; Be Happy, dam; Kjell Olsson, breeder..................................................64.191% Mallnda Hallmark, breeder............................................................................60.294% KATARINA ANTENS-MILLER (NJ), riding ADRIANO; Katarina Antens-Miller, owner; Don Primero, sire; Mint, dam; Christina Olsen, breeder............................................63.089%

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

1. ISOS SALI DEO GLORIA, Jenny Schmitt, owner/rider; Isos, sire; Miss USA Freedom, dam; Lynne Dalbec & Shirley Svendsen, breeders........................63.833%

Four-Year-Old and Older Maiden/Yeld Mares

1. JOHANNA RSH, Ellen Ziemer, owner; L.A. Baltic Sun, sire; Glamour, dam; Ellen Ziemer, breeder..........................................................................................76.425%

Four-and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale

1. ROWENA SW, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner; Martin Kuhn & Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, riders; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder........................84.400% TOP LEFT AND RIGHT: JOHN BORYS PHOTOGRAPHY; TOP MIDDLE: ©TERRI MILLER; BOTTOM LEFT: HIGH TIME PHOTOGRAPHY

ISOS SALI DEO GLORIA, owner/rider Jenny Schmitt (WI)—PSG Open; Fourth Level Musical Freestyle (Swedish Warmblood Association of North America)

USEF Four-Year-Old

1. ROWENA SW, Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, owner/rider; Skovens Rafael, sire; Opal*/-/-, dam; Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn, breeder..................................................................................7.82

The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse

1. BETSY KANG (OH), riding EL PANTERO WF; Betsy Kang, owner; Guarapo, sire; Simpatica VII, dam; Derrick & Mary Peake and Windfall Farm, breeders..................60.441%

Intermediate I Adult Amateur

1. MARTHA PIEPER (IL), riding LEYENDA H; Martha Pieper, owner; Gitano MOR, sire; Karina D, dam; Mallnda Hallmark, breeder.......................................................60.294%

Prix St. Georges Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. BETSY KANG (OH), riding EL PANTERO WF; Betsy Kang, owner; Guarapo, sire; Simpatica VII, dam; Derrick & Mary Peake and Windfall Farm, breeders..................60.441%

Intermediate I Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. MARTHA PIEPER (IL), riding LEYENDA H; Martha Pieper, owner; Gitano MOR, sire; Karina D, dam; Mallnda Hallmark, breeder.......................................................60.294%

The Jockey Club Training Level Open

1.

1. EL PANTERO WF, Betsy Kang, owner/rider; Guarapo, sire; Simpatica VII, dam; 2.

Derrick & Mary Peake and Windfall Farm, breeders.............................................60.441%

Prix St. Georges Open

JOHANNA RSH, owner Ellen Ziemer (NC)—DSHB Four-Year-Old & Older Maiden/Yeld Mares (Swedish Warmblood Association of North America)

WICKED DALTON, Ashley Miller, owner; Melissa Bradford, rider; First Dude, sire; British Event, dam; Christine Weiss, breeder.....................................................68.018% R DOUBLE TROUBLE, Kelly Burns, owner/rider; Old Fashion, sire; Raebella, dam; Stoneway Farm, breeder................................................................................65.776%

EL PANTERO WF, owner/rider Betsy Kang (OH)—PSG Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse)

LEYENDA H, owner/rider Martha Pieper (IL)—I-I Open, AA and Vintage Cup AA (The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse)

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WASHBURN SW, owner/rider Debra Klamen (IL)—Second Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (Swedish Warmblood Association of North America)

LIVING THE DREAM, owner/rider Heather Mehal (NC)—Second Level Open and Musical Freestyle; First Level Open (The Jockey Club)

First Level Open 1.

2.

RAUCOUS CAUCUS, owner/rider Michelle Frazier (NC)—Third Level Open and AA (The Jockey Club)

Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

LIVING THE DREAM, Heather Mehal, owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; 1. ASHLEY MILLER (FL), riding HICKEYS CREEK; Ashley Miller, owner; Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder......................................................71.399% Afternoon Deelites, sire; Slewadore, dam; Wild Ride LLC, breeder..............................64.367% ARROGANT B, Austen Gage, owner/rider; Love of Money, sire; Royal Roughneck, dam; Lindy Clark, breeder...........................................................64.771% First Level Musical Freestyle 1. HALO, Bobby Covington, owner/rider; Hay Halo, sire; Tsunanamous, dam; R.D. Jenkins, breeder..........................................................................................69.733%

Second Level Open

1. LIVING THE DREAM, Heather Mehal, owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; Second Level Musical Freestyle Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder.....................................................68.452% 1. LIVING THE DREAM, Heather Mehal, owner/rider; Scat Daddy, sire; Box of Dreams, dam; Gilbert Campbell, breeder.....................................................68.833%

Third Level Open

Third Level Musical Freestyle 1. RAUCOUS CAUCUS, Michelle Frazier, owner/rider; Fort Prado, sire; Begin the Beguine, dam; Barr Inman, breeder.......................................................63.684% 1. HICKEYS CREEK, Ashley Miller, owner/rider; Afternoon Deelites, sire; Slewadore, dam; Wild Ride LLC, breeder................................................................64.367% Training Level Adult Amateur

Four-and Five-Year-Old Stallions/Geldings Materiale

1. MELISSA BRADFORD (FL), riding WICKED DALTON; Ashley Miller, owner; 1. MOST GLORIOUSLY, Holland Tapper & Kimberlee Nadwocki, owners; Kimberlee Nadwocki, rider; First Dude, sire; British Event, dam; Christine Weiss, breeder.....................................68.018% Pamplemousse, sire; So Nice, dam; Howard & Janet Siegel Racing LLC, breeders........68.400%

First Level Adult Amateur

1. AUSTEN GAGE (DC), riding ARROGANT B; Austen Gage, owner; Love of Money, sire; Royal Roughneck, dam; Lindy Clark, breeder...........................................................64.771%

Third Level Adult Amateur

1. MICHELLE FRAZIER (NC), riding RAUCOUS CAUCUS; Michelle Frazier, owner; Fort Prado, sire; Begin the Beguine, dam; Barr Inman, breeder................................63.684%

First Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Trakehner Association of North America Grand Prix Open

1. MR. BATES, Emily Donaldson, owner/rider; Blue Hors Hertug, sire; Diatell, dam; Hanne og Thorben Skov, breeder.....................................................................61.413%

United States Lipizzan Federation Training Level Open

1. BOBBY COVINGTON (TX), riding HALO; Bobby Covington, owner; Hay Halo, sire; 1. FAVORY VEREINA, Judy Downer, owner/rider; Favory Canada, sire; Vereina, dam; Tsunanamous, dam; R.D. Jenkins, breeder.............................................................69.733% Mississippi View Farm, breeder...................................................................... 73.349%

ARROGANT B, owner/rider Austen Gage (DC)—First Level AA (The Jockey Club)

HICKEYS CREEK, owner/rider Ashley Miller (FL)—Third Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (The Jockey Club)

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MR. BATES, owner/rider Emily Donaldson (PA)—GP Open (Trakehner Association of North America)

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WICKED DALTON, owner Ashley Miller (FL), rider Melissa Bradford (FL)—Training Level Open and AA (The Jockey Club)

Prix St. Georges Open

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

Intermediate II Open

1. 865 CONVERSANO ALMIRA, Ann McMillan, owner; Jessica Olmsted, rider; 1. QUEMAITO, Amanda Bailey, owner/rider; Baluarte IV, sire; Quemaita Ram, dam; Conversano Mima, sire; Almira, dam; Tempel Lipizzans, breeder...........................63.125% Yeguada’s Santa Elena, breeder......................................................................66.324% 2. CHURRO, Kyle McIver, owner/rider; Armas Tarugo, sire; Katrina, dam; Dehesa de Cabeza Rubia, breeder...................................................................64.534% Prix St. Georges Open 1. MAESTOSO ALFAYA II, Tempel Lipizzans, owner; Raul Roa Vadillo, rider; Maestoso Legeny, sire; Alfaya, dam; Tempel Lipizzans, breeder.............................71.176% Intermediate I Open 1. CHURRO, Kyle McIver, owner/rider; Armas Tarugo, sire; Katrina, dam; 2. SIGLAVY AGA, Stephanie Mussmann, owner/rider; Siglavy Dagmar, sire; 89 Aga, dam; Piber Stud Farm, breeder............................................................66.397% Dehesa de Cabeza Rubia, breeder................................................................... 67.892% 1. CAPITOL II, Malinda Brown, owner/rider; Capitol, sire; Mica, dam; 1. STEPHANIE MUSSMANN (MI), riding SIGLAVY AGA; Stephanie Mussmann, owner; Siglavy Dagmar, sire; 89 Aga, dam; Piber Stud Farm, breeder..............................66.397% Ansa Yeguada, breeder.................................................................................. 67.721% 2. VAQUERO HGF, Hampton Green Farm & Kimberly Van Kampen, owners; Kerrigan Gluch, rider; Cuatrero, sire; Encina HGF, dam; Hampton Green Farm, breeder......66.618% Training Level Vintage Cup-Professional 3. AMADO XXXV, Cindi Wylie, owner/rider; Adalid II, sire; Amapola LVI, dam; 1. JUDY DOWNER (FL), riding FAVORY VEREINA; Judy Downer, owner; Cortijo El Robledal, breeder.............................................................................63.162% Favory Canada, sire; Vereina, dam; Mississippi View Farm, breeder...................... 73.349%

Grand Prix Open

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1. FITI AL, Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; Amina Bursese, rider; Jondo, sire; 1. 865 CONVERSANO ALMIRA, Ann McMillan, owner; Jessica Olmsted, rider; Lavanda II, dam; Jose Albornos Garcia, breeder................................................ 66.739% Conversano Mima, sire; Almira, dam; Tempel Lipizzans, breeder............................67.117% 2. FIERO HGF, Nicholas Fyffe, owner/rider; Grandioso III, sire; Ibiza, dam; Hampton Green Farm, breeder........................................................................65.511% 3. LEON XXIX, Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Tina Lovazzano, rider; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam; Pedro Campdelacreu, breeder................................................ 64.837%

United States P.R.E. Association

Training Level Open

Training Level Adult Amateur EXTRAVAGANTE DKF, Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Manuel Pena de Los Santos, rider; Tracio, sire; Fugitiva KR, dam; Dancing Kings Farm, breeder.................................70.517% 1. JULIE COOK (KY), riding GARFIO; Julie Cook, owner; Gentil XVIII, sire; Jarena VII, dam; Carlos Caballero Bustillo, breeder............................................ 70.345% GARFIO, Julie Cook, owner/rider; Gentil XVIII, sire; Jarena VII, dam; Carlos Caballero Bustillo, breeder................................................................... 70.345% First Level Adult Amateur MIURA NOCHE, Camille Newton, owner; Camille Newton & Kimberly Monk, riders; Festivo MR, sire; Gallarda Noche, dam; Rancho Bella Noche, breeder....................65.862% 1. JOHANNE MARCOUX (FL), riding GANADOR RC; Susan McGregor, owner; Saltador ORO 1, sire; Jabalina D, dam; Gregory & Sharon Small and Rancho Chico, breeders............................67.083% 2. JENNIFER COTTLE (SC), riding DAVIDOFF; Jennifer Cottle, owner; Police, sire; First Level Open Dormilon X, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.................................................66.832% 1. GANADOR RC, Susan McGregor, owner; Johanne Marcoux, rider; Saltador ORO 1, sire; Jabalina D, dam; Gregory & Sharon Small and Rancho Chico, breeders.................. 67.083% Third Level Adult Amateur 2. DAVIDOFF, Jennifer Cottle, owner/rider; Police, sire; Dormilon X, dam; 1. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI; Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; Coves Darden Farm, breeder..........................................................................66.832% Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder................................................. 67.336% 2. JULIE ATTEBERRY (NC), riding INGENIO JL; Julie Atteberry, owner; Danes CIS, sire; Second Level Open Dorada CIS, dam; Kay Geraghty, breeder..........................................................63.063% 1. LENTISCO XVIII, Hampton Green Farm, owner; Justine Boyer, rider; Zafiro XIV, sire; Estupenda II, dam; Yeguada Luccino, breeder...................................................65.908% Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur 1. KYLE MCIVER (FL), riding CHURRO; Kyle McIver, owner; Armas Tarugo, sire; Third Level Open Katrina, dam; Dehesa de Cabeza Rubia, breeder...............................................64.534% 1. CARBONERO XCVI, Tina Cook, owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.......................................................................... 67.336% Intermediate I Adult Amateur 2. INGENIO JL, Julie Atteberry, owner/rider; Danes CIS, sire; Dorada CIS, dam; 1. KYLE MCIVER (FL), riding CHURRO; Kyle McIver, owner; Armas Tarugo, sire; Kay Geraghty, breeder..................................................................................63.063% Katrina, dam; Dehesa de Cabeza Rubia, breeder............................................... 67.892%

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GANADOR RC, owner Susan McGregor (FL), rider Johanne Marcoux (FL)—First Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (United States P.R.E. Association)

CARBONERO XCVI, owner/rider Tina Cook (NC)—Third Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA; Second Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (United States P.R.E. Association)

FITI AL, owner/rider Amina Bursese (FL)—GP Open, AA, Musical Freestyle, and AA Musical Freestyle (United States P.R.E. Association)

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Third Level Open

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2.

3.

AMINA BURSESE (FL), riding FITI AL; Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam; Jose Albornos Garcia, breeder................................ 66.739% TINA LOVAZZANO (CA), riding LEON XXIX; Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam; Pedro Campdelacreu, breeder....................... 64.837% BARBARA BONK (NC), riding CENTENO XII; Barbara Bonk, owner; Martelillo IV, sire; Gramatica, dam; Yeguada Benito Rodriguez E Hijos, breeder................................62.174%

Second Level Musical Freestyle

1. CARBONERO XCVI, Tina Cook, owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder..........................................................................69.367%

Third Level Musical Freestyle

1.

2.

Second Level Junior/Young Rider 3.

1. JUSTINE BOYER (FL), riding LENTISCO XVIII; Hampton Green Farm, owner; Zafiro XIV, sire; Estupenda II, dam; Yeguada Luccino, breeder..............................65.908%

ALHAMBRA LXXIV, Tricia Mills, owner; Sarah Sharpe, rider; Goloso XLVI, sire; Hermosa FCH, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.............................................. 72.067% CARBONERO XCVI, Tina Cook, owner/rider; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder..........................................................................68.667% GAUCHADA, Meaghan Spann, owner/rider; Gaucho III, sire; Tortosa, dam; Aquilino Espejo, breeder................................................................................ 67.633%

Grand Prix Musical Freestyle

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. FITI AL, Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; Amina Bursese, rider; 1. JULIE COOK (KY), riding GARFIO; Julie Cook, owner; Gentil XVIII, sire; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam; Jose Albornos Garcia, breeder................................ 67.625% Jarena VII, dam; Carlos Caballero Bustillo, breeder............................................ 70.345%

Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Inc.

First Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. JOHANNE MARCOUX (FL), riding GANADOR RC; Susan McGregor, owner; Saltador ORO 1, sire; Jabalina D, dam; Gregory & Sharon Small and Rancho Chico, breeders................. 67.083%

Half-Welsh Second Level Open

1.

1. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI; Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; 2.

Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder................................................. 67.336%

Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

TOY STORY, Patricia Russell, owner/rider; Flying Feathers Frampton, sire; Scribbles Domino Deck, dam; Patricia Russell, breeder........................................67.679% FLOWERING PLUMS TIARA, Dana Schron, owner/rider; North Forks Brenin Cardi, sire; After Thoughts, dam; Donna Raquet, breeder..........66.429%

Grand Prix Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Westfalen NA

1.

2.

TINA LOVAZZANO (CA), riding LEON XXIX; Dancing Kings Farm, owner; Alcalareno X, sire; Leona XVII, dam; Pedro Campdelacreu, breeder....................... 64.837% Training Level Open 1. SELAH, Colleen Rull, owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; BARBARA BONK (NC), riding CENTENO XII; Barbara Bonk, owner; Martelillo IV, sire; Gramatica, dam; Yeguada Benito Rodriguez E Hijos, breeder................................62.174% B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder............................................................................ 76.207% 2. FACETIME, Marikay Asberry, owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Intermediate II Vintage Cup-Professional Franz Volkermann, breeder.............................................................................75.517% 1. CINDI WYLIE (MA), riding AMADO XXXV; Cindi Wylie, owner; Adalid II, sire; 3. VALENDERO 2, Kai Handt, owner; Vicki Borowski, rider; Vitalis, sire; Amapola LVI, dam; Cortijo El Robledal, breeder..................................................63.162% Donata, dam; Hermann Roloff, breeder............................................................66.034%

Second Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

First Level Open

Grand Prix Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Second Level Open

GARFIO, owner/rider Julie Cook (KY)—Training Level AA & Vintage Cup AA (United States P.R.E. Association)

ALHAMBRA LXXIV, owner Tricia Mills (SC), rider Sarah Sharpe (SC)—Third Level Musical Freestyle and AA Musical Freestyle (United States P.R.E. Association)

1. DE NALDI HW, Melissa Connelly, owner; Nadine Schwartsman, rider; 1. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI; Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.................................................69.367% De Niro, sire; Florence Ffillie de Zita S, dam; Eheleute Molitor, breeder.................. 70.345% 2. SBF DONNA DELINA, Janine Markham, owner; Emeraude Dandurand Sharer, rider; Del Estero AT, sire; Prada D, dam; Danica Duen, breeder......................................68.811% Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle 3. SELAH, Colleen Rull, owner/rider; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; 1. SARAH SHARPE (SC), riding ALHAMBRA LXXIV; Tricia Mills, owner; Goloso XLVI, sire; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder............................................................................68.243% Hermosa FCH, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.............................................. 72.067% 4. FLORENTINA, Anna & Rebecca Droegemueller, owners; 2. TINA COOK (NC), riding CARBONERO XCVI; Tina Cook, owner; Berbenero B, sire; Richal Flannery & Anna Droegemueller, riders; Florestan I, sire; Sermonera, dam; Coves Darden Farm, breeder.................................................68.667% Valley Girl II., dam; Saint Louis Equestrian Center LLC, breeder..............................67.743% 3. MEAGHAN SPANN (OH), riding GAUCHADA; Meaghan Spann, owner; 5. VALENDERO 2, Kai Handt, owner; Sara Toolin & Vicki Borowski, riders; Gaucho III, sire; Tortosa, dam; Aquilino Espejo, breeder...................................... 67.633% Vitalis, sire; Donata, dam; Hermann Roloff, breeder...........................................66.207% 1. AMINA BURSESE (FL), riding FITI AL; Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, owners; 1. RICARDA, Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Jondo, sire; Lavanda II, dam; Jose Albornos Garcia, breeder................................ 67.625% Westphalians for USA, breeder........................................................................70.390%

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SELAH, owner/rider Colleen Rull (MO)—Training Level Open and AA; First Level AA (Westfalen NA)

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FRISBEE 55, owner/rider Penelope Sachs (IL)—Fourth Level Open, AA, Musical Freestyle, AA Musical Freestyle, and Vintage Cup AA; Third Level AA and Musical Freestyle (Westfalen NA)

VIVALDO, Barbara Putnam, owner; Keegan O’Brien, rider; Vitalis, sire; First Rose, dam; Andre & Maria Kondring, breeders............................................69.595% FORTUNATE WIND, Doris Westhoff, owner/rider; Florestan I, sire; Summer Wind, dam; Doris Westhoff, breeder................................................... 65.000% LOTUS, Victoria Kahn-Sinclair, owner/rider; Licosto, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder....................................................................... 65.000%

VENIVICI, owner Betty Cronin (IL), rider Martin Kuhn (IL)—PSG Open (Westfalen NA)

3. FOUR EVER, Susan Jones, owner/rider; Farewell III, sire; Robina Royale, dam; Helga Schwatzler, breeder.............................................................................65.485%

Intermediate II Open

1.

Third Level Open 2.

1. SKY’S THE LIMIT, Tracey Corey, owner/rider; Stravinsky, sire; Desiree, dam;

Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders........................................................................ 69.750% 3.

2. RICARDA, Ashlee Watts, owner/rider; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam;

Westphalians for USA, breeder........................................................................ 69.210%

REY DEL MUNDO, Jim & Tiffany Mahoney, owners; Tiffany Mahoney & Rebecca Rigdon, riders; Rock Forever, sire; Fiona, dam; Norbert Trentmann, breeder...........................................................................68.529% FEUERBACH, Kaja Brix, owner; Jessica Fay, rider; Florestan I, sire; Wolke Sieben, dam; Rudolf Hellmann, breeder...................................................66.471% SAVAROTH, Julia Mineikis, owner/rider; Starnberg, sire; Caluna K, dam; Hermann & Tanja Schlattmann, breeders..........................................................65.294%

Grand Prix Open

Fourth Level Open

1. EMILIO, Heather Jans, owner; Lisa Froehlig & Heather Jans, riders; 1. FRISBEE 55, Penelope Sachs owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Ehrenpreis, sire; Mona, dam; Bernhard Bohnenpoll, breeder............................... 65.381% Birgit Albers, breeder.....................................................................................67.244% 2. CIPRIANI, Anna Whit Watkins, owner/rider; Casparino, sire; Roxana, dam; Gerland Hermann, breeder............................................................................64.240% Prix St. Georges Open 1. VENIVICI, Elizabeth Cronin, owner; Martin Kuhn, rider; Vitalis, sire; Training Level Adult Amateur Sabrina, dam; Karl-Heinz Bruck, breeder...........................................................71.982% 1. COLLEEN RULL (MO), riding SELAH; Colleen Rull, owner; Sezuan, sire; 2. PAXTON, Kylee Lourie, owner; Katie Johnson, rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder................................................. 76.207% Desiree, dam; Herbert de Baey, breeder........................................................... 70.657% 2. MARIKAY ASBERRY (MO), riding FACETIME; Marikay Asberry, owner; 3. FÜRSTIN P, Michele Vaughn, owner; Genay Vaughn, rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder................................75.517% Domane, dam; Gabriele Wierling, breeder.........................................................68.971% 3. VICKI BOROWSKI (TX), riding VALENDERO 2; Kai Handt, owner; Vitalis, sire; 4. LIVING LUCKY, Blue Marlin Farms, owner; Kristy Lund, rider; Licosto, sire; Donata, dam; Hermann Roloff, breeder............................................................66.034% Amie, dam; Alfons Baumann, breeder..............................................................65.563%

Intermediate I Open 1.

2.

PAXTON, Kylee Lourie, owner; Katie Johnson, rider; Dante Weltino, sire; Desiree, dam; Herbert de Baey, breeder...........................................................73.529% FÜRSTIN P, Michele Vaughn, owner; Genay Vaughn, rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Domane, dam; Gabriele Wierling, breeder........................................................70.000%

FOUR EVER, owner/rider Susan Jones (KY)—I-I AA and Vintage Cup AA (Westfalen NA)

First Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

COLLEEN RULL (MO), riding SELAH; Colleen Rull, owner; Sezuan, sire; Dreamgirl W, dam; B.J.M. Wezenberg, breeder.................................................68.243% VICKI BOROWSKI (TX), riding VALENDERO 2; Kai Handt, owner; Vitalis, sire; Donata, dam; Hermann Roloff, breeder............................................................64.406%

FORTUNATE WIND, owner/rider Doris Westhoff (SC)—Second Level Vintage Cup AA (Westfalen NA)

CIPRIANI, owner/rider Anna Whit Watkins (TX)—GP Vintage Cup Prof. (Westfalen NA)

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SKY’S THE LIMIT, owner/rider Tracey Corey (FL)—Third Level Open, AA, and Vintage Cup AA (Westfalen NA)

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2.

ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding RICARDA; Ashlee Watts, owner; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder....................................................70.390% DORIS WESTHOFF (SC), riding FORTUNATE WIND; Doris Westhoff, owner; Florestan I, sire; Summer Wind, dam; Doris Westhoff, breeder............................ 65.000% VICTORIA KAHN-SINCLAIR (NH), riding LOTUS; Victoria Kahn-Sinclair, owner; Licosto, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder................................. 65.000%

Third Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

Intermediate Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. SUSAN JONES (KY), riding FOUR EVER; Susan Jones, owner; Farewell III, sire; Robina Royale, dam; Helga Schwatzler, breeder................................................65.485%

Grand Prix Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding EMILIO; Heather Jans, owner; Ehrenpreis, sire; Mona, dam; Bernhard Bohnenpoll, breeder.......................................................62.772%

Grand Prix Vintage Cup-Professional

1. ANNA WHIT WATKINS (TX), riding CIPRIANI; Anna Whit Watkins, owner; TRACEY COREY (FL), riding SKY’S THE LIMIT; Tracey Corey, owner; Stravinsky, sire; Casparino, sire; Roxana, dam; Gerland Hermann, breeder..................................64.240% Desiree, dam; Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders.................................................... 69.750% Third Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle ASHLEE WATTS (TX), riding RICARDA; Ashlee Watts, owner; Riccio, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder.................................................... 69.210% 1. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55; Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder..............................................................71.634%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

Fourth Level Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Prix St. Georges Adult Amateur

Intermediate I Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle

Intermediate I Adult Amateur

Third Level Musical Freestyle

Grand Prix Adult Amateur

Fourth Level Musical Freestyle

First Level Junior/Young Rider

Intermediate I Musical Freestyle

1. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55; Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; 1. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55; Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder..............................................................67.244% Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder.............................................................69.933% 1. KRISTY LUND (FL), riding LIVING LUCKY; Blue Marlin Farms, owner; 1. ASHLEY MAUL (OH), riding FIARO LACENDOS; Ashley Maul, owner; Licosto, sire; Amie, dam; Alfons Baumann, breeder............................................65.563% Furst Piccolo, sire; Reikia, dam; Simone Kamp, breeder......................................68.350% 1. FRISBEE 55, Penelope Sachs, owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; 1. SUSAN JONES (KY), riding FOUR EVER; Susan Jones, owner; Farewell III, sire; Robina Royale, dam; Helga Schwatzler, breeder................................................65.485% Birgit Albers, breeder.....................................................................................71.634% 1. FRISBEE 55, Penelope Sachs, owner/rider; Fifty Cent, sire; Pherenice, dam; 1. HEATHER JANS (IL), riding EMILIO; Heather Jans, owner; Ehrenpreis, sire; Mona, dam; Bernhard Bohnenpoll, breeder.......................................................62.772% Birgit Albers, breeder....................................................................................69.933% 1. FIARO LACENDOS, Ashley Maul, owner/rider; Furst Piccolo, sire; Reikia, dam; 1. ANNA DROEGEMUELLER (OK), riding FLORENTINA; Anna & Rebecca Droegemueller, owners; Simone Kamp, breeder.................................................................................68.350% Florestan I, sire; Valley Girl II., dam; Saint Louis Equestrian Center LLC, breeder.......67.572%

Training Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Fillies of Current Calendar Year

1. ZUZU PETALS, Lisa Clements, owner; Walldorf, sire; Zahnya, dam; 1. MARIKAY ASBERRY (MO), riding FACETIME; Marikay Asberry, owner; Farbenspiel, sire; Lisa Clements, breeder..................................................................................79.250% Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder........................................................75.517%

Second Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

1.

1.

Yearling Fillies

1. RALEIGH, Sheila & Shirley Murphy, owners; Razmataz, sire; Gilda FCF, dam; DORIS WESTHOFF (SC), riding FORTUNATE WIND; Doris Westhoff, owner; Hans Lengers & Indian Land Farm, breeders......................................................75.900% Florestan I, sire; Summer Wind, dam; Doris Westhoff, breeder............................ 65.000% Four-and Five-Year-Old Stallions/Geldings Materiale VICTORIA KAHN-SINCLAIR (NH), riding LOTUS; Victoria Kahn-Sinclair, owner; Licosto, sire; Samira, dam; Westphalians for USA, breeder................................. 65.000% 1. FACETIME, Marikay Asberry, owner/rider; Farbenspiel, sire; Emanze, dam; Franz Volkermann, breeder............................................................................. 78.175%

Third Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

Four-and Five-Year-Old Mares Materiale

Fourth Level Vintage Cup-Adult Amateur

FEI Six-Year-Old

1. TRACEY COREY (FL), riding SKY’S THE LIMIT; Tracey Corey, owner; Stravinsky, sire; 1. LADY RAPTURE, Kari Felton, owner/rider; Lord Ferragamo, sire; Rosabella R, dam; Desiree, dam; Ian Wills & Mill Farm, breeders.................................................... 69.750% Saint Louis Equestrian Center LLC, breeder.......................................................74.400% 1. PENELOPE SACHS (IL), riding FRISBEE 55; Penelope Sachs, owner; Fifty Cent, sire; 1. ABSOLUTE DREAM, Jennifer Truett, owner/rider; All at Once, sire; Fiona, dam; Pherenice, dam; Birgit Albers, breeder..............................................................67.244% Josef Prusener, breeder........................................................................................7.63

ZUZU PETALS, owner Lisa Clements (SC)—DSHB Fillies of Current Calendar Year (Westfalen NA)

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RALEIGH, owners Shelia & Shirley Murphy (NC)—DSHB Yearling Fillies (Westfalen NA)

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ADEQUAN®/USDF ALL-BREEDS

Second Level Adult Amateur

Region 1 Training Level Open

1. HOLLY WILMOTH (VA), riding LEONARDO KF (Lusitano Cross); Holly Wilmoth, owner...65.690% 2. MEREDITH CLARK (MD), riding HRH CHEWY (Thoroughbred); Meredith Clark, owner...........................................................59.655%

First Level Open 1.

2.

3.

KAREN BARNARD (VA), riding NEWSBOY MEAS (Haflinger); Deb Sweetman, owner; Newcomer CAF, sire; Edda von Nickelkopf, dam; Anna & Mervin Schlabach, breeders...66.684% REBECCA KUC (PA), riding BLUE COLLAR MAN (Thoroughbred); Jill Kuc, owner..........65.927% MEREDITH CLARK (MD), riding HRH CHEWY (Thoroughbred); Meredith Clark, owner......60.714%

Fourth Level Open

1. REBECCA KUC (PA), riding RUMOR HAS IT (Haflinger); Rebecca Kuc, owner; Musketeer Lam, sire; Catrina SV, dam; Jan & Wayne Deibler, breeders................... 63.974%

FEI Levels Open

1. SANDY JOHNSON-TOBY (VA), riding KARISMA (Danish Warmblood); Reeta Edmundson, owner; Wolkentanz II, sire; Samantha, dam; Gert Pedersen, breeder................................64.412%

Training Level Adult Amateur

1.

2.

KATIE SAUCIER (VA), riding GOLDSCHLÄGER SPF (Deutsches Sportpferd); Katie Saucier, owner; Goldmaker, sire; Castlefire, dam; Katie Saucier & Sneek A Peek Farm LLC, breeders.........66.293% TINA JONES (PA), riding DEODORA (Hanoverian); Tina Jones, owner; Don Vino, sire; Belitz, dam; Christine Schroer, breeder............................................................63.906%

First Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

JAIME BRYANT (MD), riding FALLON (Dutch Warmblood); Jaime Bryant, owner..........68.143% AMANDA PETROSKI (VA), riding CATALINA OF DEER HAVEN (Thoroughbred Cross); Amanda Petroski, owner................................................................................ 67.142% COREE REUTER-MCNAMARA (VA), riding ANOTHER CONCERTO (Thoroughbred); Coree Reuter-McNamara, owner..................................................................... 67.042% LISA LEANA (DE), riding SHWEET CHARITY (Oldenburg); Lisa Leana, owner; Sir James, sire; EM Whallis Blue, dam; Maurine Swanson, breeder...................... 65.000% VICTORIA WEBER (PA), riding SHOWIN’OFF (Trakehner Cross); Cynthia Weber, owner.....63.929%

Fourth Level Adult Amateur

1. JOANNE SMITH (VA), riding YZE K (Friesian); Joanne Smith, owner.........................64.683%

Introductory Level Junior/Young Rider

1. KATELYN RIEHL (PA), riding NALA NA LION PRINCESS (Gypsy Cob); Katelyn Riehl & Roaming Gypsy Dream Farm, owners; Cuchulainn, sire; Inion Na Riogh, dam; Donna & Kirby McCord, breeders.......................................68.438%

Training Level Junior/Young Rider

1. EMELIA LEWIS (PA), riding WALK DEE LINE (Half-Andalusian); Bethany Lewis, owner; Q, sire; Zip Dee Invitation, dam; Becky Brok & Diamond B, breeders.......................70.758% 2. MADISON SEXTON (VA), riding RUSSIAN ENNCORE (Arabian); Madison Sexton, owner.. 65.172%

First Level Junior/Young Rider

1. DAHLIA JENSEN (VA), riding DIESEL IMPULSE (Quarter Horse); Dahlia Jensen, owner; Diesel Only, sire; A Secret Impulse, dam; Goff Russell, breeder.............................60.630%

Second Level Junior/Young Rider

1. RYLEIGH KOCH (PA), riding SILVER’S DESTINY (Half-Welsh); Ryleigh Koch, owner.......62.703%

Introductory Level Non-Professional

1. SHERRY MORSE (PA), riding ROWDI MAGIC SUNDANCER (Arabian); Sherry Morse, owner..... 66.407% 2. ELIZABETH MOFFATT (PA), riding PHARAOH (Thoroughbred); Elizabeth Moffatt, owner....63.125%

Training Level Non-Professional

1. RACHEL VALES (PA), riding MAKERS MARK (Thoroughbred); Rachel Vales, owner.......64.138%

First Level Non-Professional

1. EMILY WEYL (PA), riding STRAIGHT A’S (Thoroughbred); Emily Weyl, owner..............66.286%

2. KATHERINE GARDNER (VA), riding HOME RUN (Thoroughbred); Katherine Gardner, owner..............................................................................65.867% 3. HEATHER HERSTER (PA), riding TAVO (American Warmblood); Heather Herster, owner.... 64.429%

Region 2 Training Level Adult Amateur

1. CYNTHIA DEROUSIE (MI), riding SAINTLY OBSESSION (Half-Arabian); Cynthia Derousie, owner; Saint Sandro, sire; Sarrina Amor, dam; Susan Vona, breeder...........................................71.293%

Region 3 Training Level Open

1. KIM ABERNATHY (GA), riding FOXBERRY’S INFINITE WISDOM (Connemara); Kim Abernathy, owner....................................................................................63.721%

First Level Open 1.

2.

ALISON COCHRAN (GA), riding TSM’S DOUBLE SHOT (Thoroughbred); Alison Cochran, owner..................................................................................64.306% SABRINA BRAY (Fl), riding WR GREAT SCOTT (Gypsy Vanner); Debra Bull, owner; GVR ER’s Pilot, sire; Pearlie Queen, dam; Bill & Wendy Ricci, breeders.....................62.778%

Training Level Adult Amateur 1.

2.

AMANDA MORETZ (GA), riding DROGON (Trakehner); Amanda Moretz, owner; Kougar von C, sire; Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers, dam; Kathryn Krische, breeder........... 64.616% LAURIE YOUNG (FL), riding MI SUENO (Argentinean Warmblood Cross); Laurie Young, owner......................................................................................62.414%

First Level Adult Amateur

1. LYNNE EVEREST (FL), riding FRANCISCA B (Friesian); Lynne Everest, owner; Ulbert 390, sire; Kassandra B., dam; Charmaine Brown, breeder..........................62.701%

Second Level Adult Amateur

1. PATRICIA ESTES (FL), riding SIERRA MOON FIRE (Arabian); Patricia Estes, owner.........63.121%

Training Level Non-Professional

1. LINDA ROBERTS (FL), riding DECORUM FLING (Dutch Warmblood); Karen Abbattista, owner................................................................................ 61.552%

Region 7 Second Level Open

1. RENEE GERARD JOHNSON (CA), riding SAN FRANSISKO (Wurttemberg); Deborah Martin, owner; San Amour I, sire; Evita, dam; Gigi Chiandussi, breeder......68.176%

First Level Adult Amateur

1. SHANNON LAFAILLE (CA), riding MARSEILLE (Belgian Warmblood); Shannon Lafaille, owner; Toulon, sire; Prinses, dam; Walter de Jonghe, breeder.....69.358%

Introductory Level Junior/Young Rider

1. LAUREN WAGNER (CA), riding ECLIPSE LAR (Pura Raza Espanola); Lauren Wagner, owner; Bolero CLII, sire; Sevillana Jim, dam; Lion Heart Andalusian Ranch, breeder........... 64.219%

First Level Non-Professional

1. MARY SUTHERS (CA), riding ROMEO (British Warmblood); Mary Suthers, owner........ 62.577%

Region 8 Training Level Open

1. NATALIE BENNETT (MA), riding HD JEFFERSON (Morgan); Cynthia Harding, owner; Democracy, sire; Spring’s National Velvet, dam; W.H. Miner Ag & Research Inst., breeder...........................................................64.828% USDF CONNECTION | March/April 2021

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REGIONAL SCHOOLING SHOW AWARDS

Regional Schooling Show Awards

Jorge Arauz, TX Denise Argast, NJ Laine Ashker, VA Kathy Baar, KY Lori Barnard, VT Sophie Bayer, KY Kim Benson, FL Elizabeth Bortuzzo, NJ Malinda Brown, FL JT Burnley, KY Amina Bursese, FL Meaghan Byrne, NC Anne Chapin, VA Kelly Coyne, VA Jaime Dancer, NJ Gaylen Davis, CO Leslie de Grandmaison, NH Emily Donaldson, PA

KIM BENSON (FL) riding Fine Time 13—Gold Medal

YVONNE KUSSEROW (TX) with Rusty 324— Gold Medal

Abbey Dondanville, GA Alyssa Doverspike Burkett, CA Alexandra Duncan, FL Mary Fischer, MN Katlyn Flett, FL Ciera Foley, AL Caron Frisone, CA Alexandra Gainer, OH Markus Gribbe, CA Codi Harrison, FL Petra Hilleberg, WA Laura Himes, IN Nancy Hinz, TX Michele Inman, MO Sarah Jancik, FL Khara Johnson, CA Ivo Juhrend, FL Hannah Kang, TX

JoAnn Keller, WA Lauren Kimmel, MD Jackie Kinney, MD Tegan Kossowicz, CA Marlena Kurz, TX Yvonne Kusserow, TX Kaitlyn Lingard, NC Therese Lotman, CA Kimberly McGrath, CA Meghan Michaels, FL Mary Anne Milleman, FL Anne Moss, PA Mystere Moyes, TX Keegan O’Brien, WI Debra O’Neill, PA Alexa Perkins, NC Angela Princell, FL Karen Rock, IL

EMILY DONALDSON (PA) riding Mr. Bates—Gold Medal

NICOLE WERTZ (CA) riding Ellexus Knight—Gold Medal

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Katrina Sadis, FL Wendi Schnittjer, NY Gloria Schriever, Canada Christine Slayton, FL Nancy Smith, FL Kathryn Southam, WA Jessica Spracklin-Gaston, OH Kimberly Thomas, TX Lea Thornhill, GA Camilla Van Liew, SC Melissa Velix, FL Jaron Verheij, FL Christina Vinios, FL Alexandra Weeks, OH Nicole Wertz, CA Nancy Yeagley Geurkink, WI

TEGAN KOSSOWICZ (CA) riding Dujelinda M—Gold Medal

NANCY YEAGLEY GEURKINK (WI) riding Winter Solstice— Gold Medal

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GOLD MEDALISTS

USDF GOLD MEDALISTS

SILVER MEDALISTS

USDF SILVER MEDALISTS Cynthia Acker, PA Andrea Adkins, TX Amanda Agemak, MI Lorna Anderson, FL Karin Andra, FL Laura Andrade, CA Jorge Arauz, TX Patricia Augustine, TX Jessica Beck, OR Kristen Becker, CO Jolene Bester, MI Nick Bleiler, PA Erin Boensch, MI Danielle Bonavito, CA Torie Bonsack, MO Sarah Borrey, CA Barbara Brady, FL Tiffany Bragdell, MD Janet Buckner, FL Vicki Bye, IN

Rondi Bystrom, WI Carolyn Cadier, NC Christy Cadwallader, CA Cherye Callegan-Huber, TX Anne Campione, FL Margot Carter, WA Jimmy Casey, GA Patricia Cava, WA Sophia Chavonelle, ME Chanett Chemnitz, FL Clay Chilcoat, VA Kimberly Clark, MD Shana Cohen, FL Celina Collins, FL Marguerite Compton, WI Megan Compton, AL Mario Contreras, IL Jenna Coonen, CA Kristi Cooper-Camp, CO Grace Craven, TX

KARIN ANDRA (FL) riding SS Sambuca—Silver Medal

BARBARA BRADY (FL) riding Valkenier—Silver Medal

Susan Crinnian, AZ Laura Crowl, KY Dagney Crowley, GA Elise Cutini, CA Sophia Damasceno, FL Roberta Dascoli, VA Cynthia Davila, FL Kara Day, ME Katrin Derreumaux, NY Megan Dischler, WI Alison Dodd, IN Elizabeth Doering, CT Hilda Donahue, FL Brenna Donovan, MA Alyssa Doverspike Burkett, CA Alexandra Duncan, FL Juliane Dykiel, MA Tricia Earley, TX Evelyn Eidem, VA Julie Eitzen, CA

Sophia Ekstrand, CA Maggie Elsbernd, MN Brooke Engles, MI Edward Ewbank, VA Samantha Farrow, TX Kari Felton, MO Jacqueline Fine, PA Kara Finnegan, AZ Myra Flanagan, FL Ciera Foley, AL Jody Fontanetta, TN Keeva Fox, CA Jill Fragomeni, MN Jeri Fuller-Matheny, KY Haley Furchner, MN Mary Galle, WI Heidi Gayle, VA Renee Genther, FL Danielle Gervasi, PA Kelley Gilbertson, MD

JESSICA BECK (OR) riding Elewaard—Silver Medal

Michelle Goss, AZ Hailee Greene, NY Angie Gress, FL Kevin Hadfield, MA Sue Haller, MD Kelly Hambidge, WA Alyssa Hamedi, WA Roberta Haney, NH Emma Hannon, IN Kat Harlan, CO Tiffany Hattler, VA Alyssa Heidenreich, WI Jill Heisler, IL Nicol Hinde, WA Jennifer Hobbs, NC McKenna Holliday, UT Anica Holt, CA Kathryn Hoog, FL Sofia Ireland, PA Brianna Jaeger, MO

JOLENE BESTER (MI) with G Force—Silver and Bronze Medals

MEGAN COMPTON (AL) riding Revival HVF—Silver Medal

DANIELLE GERVASI (PA) riding Al-Marah Silver Charm—Silver Medal

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Kara Kush, IL Cindi LaCroix, AZ Christine Landry, MA Jackson LaTorre, NC Kaili Lawrence, WA Gail Lewis, TX Marsha Lewis, TX Jordan Lockwood, TN Loretta Lucas, FL Holly Luke, OK Haley Madden, WI Frederick Magazzeni, TX

EMMA HANNON (IN) with Romulus WF— Silver Medal

TIFFANY HATTLER (VA) riding Pandemonium GLS—Silver Medal

CATHE KRUEGER (NY) riding Antonio Von Padua—Silver Medal

CAROL MAYO (MA) with Picasso—Silver Medal

Cassandra Majeski, AZ Mary Mallory, TX Ashley Mancuso, FL Alyssia Martin, FL Ashley Martin, CA Katherine Mathews, CA Carol Mayo, MA Tara McClendon, TX Ruth McCormick, NJ Beth McCullough, OH Alberta McEuen, FL Kimberly McGrath, CA

Luke McLaughlin, NC Ann Melick, OH Cassey Mello, CA Mary Messinger, NC Mary Minch, WI Ashley Minea, PA Melissa Morehouse, PA Victoria Moricco, NJ Maggie Mosman, IA Rebecca Mouras, MI Katie Mullen, CO Susan Mulvey, NY

NICOL HINDE (WA) riding Pherepapha—Silver Medal

HOLLY LUKE (OK) with Lust in the Wind—Silver Medal

RUTH MCCORMICK (NJ) with Benji—Silver Medal

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Allison Nemeth, NJ Veronica Nemmer, CA Emily O’Neill, PA Joanna Olsen, FL Charlotte Osborne, GA Katherine Page, MB Andrew Palmer, AL Amie Paramore, OH Suzanne Parodi, VA Naomi Parry, MD Olivia Patton, TX Tate Pearce-Williams, MD

BETSY KANG (OH) with El Pantero WF—Silver Medal

CASSANDRA MAJESKI (AZ) riding Pavarottie RA—Silver and Bronze Medals

MARY MESSINGER (NC) riding Café Mocha—Silver Medal

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SILVER MEDALISTS

Holly Jedlicka, OH Kayla Johnson, IN Khara Johnson, CA Joan Jones, TN Betsy Kang, OH Lisa Katula, OH Jessica Katz, DC Cheryl Keefe, WA Leslie Koenig, OH Lauren Kramer, PA Cathe Krueger, NY Marlena Kurz, TX

Janet Rubino, PA Lindsey Savoy, OR Ava Severs, CO Christian Simonson, CA Kelly Smaltz, IL Sara Smith, NH Susan Smith, WI Kate Sotiroff, CO Emily Spicer, NC Chelsea Staal, NY Allison Stai, TX Ansley Stanfill, TN

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KELLY SMALTZ (IL) riding High Five—Silver Medal

Donna Stangeland, CA Jessica Stein, PA Paulette Stoudt, FL Katariina Sullivan, FL Susan Sullivan, CA Galvin Swift, TX Renae Talton, NC Kennedi Templeton, NV Leah Tenney, ME Ruby Tevis, KY Mackenzie Thiessen-Ryall, AZ Halina Thole, CA

KENNEDI TEMPLETON (NV) riding Cuby—Silver Medal

Ariel Thomas, CA Cheryl Thompson, IL Linden Thompson, MI Sara Toolin, TX Joy Trent, FL Jessica Turner, KS Anne Tursky, AR Christina Vinios, FL Veronica Walsh, NC Nicole Watches, AZ Maura Weis, FL Cat Welsh, FL

Sarah Williams, CT Eliza Windsor, CT Elise Wood, TX Jesse Woodhead, OR Jessica Wright, TN Jennifer Wright-Warren, CA Fumiko Yamazaki, TX Brittany Yard, NJ Angela Young, CT Taryn Young, IL Audrey Zehnder, WA

SILVER MEDALISTS

Kate Peikert, CA Alexa Perkins, NC Elizabeth Petersen, CO Debra Peterson, TX Russell Pichette, MA Serene Pifer, GA Viviane Pilicy, MA Ashley Plomondon, MA Madeleine Porter, MA Madison Rezaei, CA Ines Ritter, NC Anna Rockwell, CA

LINDEN THOMPSON (MI) riding N’Tempo SSH1—Silver Medal

Editor’s note: Photographs in the Yearbook award section not credited are courtesy of the award winners.

Any corrections to the award listings must be received in writing by March 31, 2021.

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Lauri Albert, NJ Kelly Albright, MI Emily Allen, NJ Barbara Alpert, PA Jennifer Anderegg, MI Juanita Andrews, FL

Jorge Arauz, TX Zihla Arbit, CA Gwyneth Baggett, AR Kylia Baker, CA Lily Baker-Lubin, CA Cameron Banks, PA

Tiffany Banks, NY McKenna Barnes, WA Jamie Barowka, LA Kim Bartlett, TN Jamie Bays, PA Caitlyn Bean, WI

Jack Beckham-Smith, IL Elizabeth Belack, PA Tori Belles, PA Henry Belton, NC Kristine Bernard, CA Victoria Beshirs, TX

JUANITA ANDREWS (FL) riding Cashmere de Luxe—Bronze Medal

KATHERINE BOUNDS (MD) riding Unlimited—Bronze Medal

SUSANNE BRANSON (IA) riding Cappucine—Bronze Medal

MARY LYNNE CAMPBELL (GA) riding Larin—Bronze Medal

ANNEMARIE CATLETT (WA) riding My Rowan—Bronze Medal

JENNIFER CLOOTEN (MI) riding Deseado Torrecilla—Bronze Medal

CRYSTAL FOLLENDORF (WI) riding Elbricht—Bronze Medal

KAT FUQUA (GA) riding Dream Girl—Bronze Medal

ZOE GILSON (NY) riding Siglavy Aga— Bronze Medal

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BRONZE MEDALISTS

USDF BRONZE MEDALISTS

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CAROL GLOVER (GA) riding Athalia—Bronze Medal

JILL KESSLER (OH) riding Flurry Knox—Bronze Medal

Mary Lynne Campbell, GA Daralene Capps, AK Veronica Carlberg-Nystrom, MI Catherine Carlson, AZ Laura Carter, GA Tara Casalino, WA Barbara Cassani, NH Annemarie Catlett, WA Chanett Chemnitz, FL Beth Circle, OK Luna Clements, CA Robert Clements, VA Jennifer Clooten, MI Kate Cohee, CA Misha Cohen, FL Sarah Cohen, AK Samantha Collins, TX Joan Collins-Corey, WA Michelle Conlon, MA Lauren Connelly, VA Kirsten Conrad, WA Christine Cook, OK Jenna Coonen, CA

Antonin Cornillon, CA Maddy Cornman, VA Mary Couch, CA Ginny Crawford, SC Ainsley Cronin, MA Sarah Cundith, SC Roberta Dascoli, VA Kacee Davidson, TX Keily Davidson, OR Cindy Davis, SC Kylie De Lauren, NH Jamie DeConcini, AZ Mackenzie DelVecchio, RI Nina Diaz, WA Lisa DiPaula, CA Alison Dodd, IN Katherine Dodson, VA Lisanne Dorion, FL Daniela Dossmann, MI Fran Doucedame, CA Alyssa Doverspike Burkett, CA Betsy Doyle Levy, NY Pandora Driscoll, FL

KATHERINE GORICKI (CA) riding Pirando— Bronze Medal

WENDY KLAPPENBACH (ID) riding Dakaris— Bronze Medal

BRONZE MEDALISTS

Virginia Beshirs, TX Jolene Bester, MI Pippa Bird, TX Carolina Blanton, FL Shana Blum, WA Katie Bogaert, CT Danielle Bonavito, CA Katherine Bounds, MD Isabelle Braden, GA Susanne Branson, IA Sierra Breckenridge, OR Ava Brenengen, MD Josie Brilowski, WI Sydney Brueneman, OH Katherine Brustman, NV Fred Burdette, GA Lindsay Burgner, WA Amy Burnett, AZ JT Burnley, KY Kelly Burns, CA Bronwyn Buys du Plessis, OH Jane Calamusa, AL Stephanie Callihan, TX

Emily Eckart, CA Tatumn Edge, FL Tove Elgeskog Chamness, FL Vanessa Elliott, NY Erin Emaus, MI Amanda Endfinger, KY Brooke Engles, MI Kathleen Faltz, NJ Isabella Fielder, TX Amanda Fisher, CA Crystal Flores, TX Samantha Fogg, FL Crystal Follendorf, WI Caroline Forsberg, CT Michelle Frazier, NC Sofia Frontiere, GA Heather Fultz, FL Kat Fuqua, GA Haley Furchner, MN Macenna Furtado, MA Kaitryn Gagnon, NH Elisabeth Gascoigne, OH Laura Geck, OR

CHLOE GOSSELIN (NV) riding Amadeus— Bronze Medal

ELIZABETH LATZ (NC) riding Romeo Noir—Bronze Medal

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LEA LEATHERS (ID) riding E Huckster—Bronze Medal

AUDREY MCKENNA (OK) with D’Ormonde—Bronze Medal

Beckie Harman, CO Sandy Hart-Long, MD Jessica Heinauer, OR Brooke Heitzmann, NJ Mary Beth Henderson, TX Tracy Hendricks, OH Andrea Henke, CA Julie Henry, VA Leslie Henson, NC Nancy Herron, IN Julia Hersh, NJ Gabrielle Hibbert, CO Anna Hichborn Dunlap, KY Mary Esther Hitchcock, FL Tabitha Hopp, WA Rachel Hosier, PA Kristina Huff, CA Andrea Iodice, NH Anne Ireland, DE Palmer Irving, NY Heather Isbell, ID Avery Jacob, WA Emma Jacobs, PA

Brianna Jaeger, MO Melissa Jamison, VA Brandi Johnson, WI Kayla Johnson, IN Khara Johnson, CA Ivo Juhrend, FL Victoria Kager, PA Lauren Kanarek, NC Ashley Kehoe, VA Victoria Kelley, FL Hayden Kent, AL Jill Kessler, OH Jouelle Kimura, CA Jessica Kipp, CA Wendy Klappenbach, ID Sarahbell Kleinman, CA Gwen Kleinschmidt, TX Kayley Knollman, OH Deborah Kondoff, NY Selma Kovars, TX Meredith Krause, VA Abigail Kroupa, GA Alicia Kuebler, IN

ISABEL LONG (NC) riding Oceano W. R.— Bronze Medal

VALERIE MCNAIR (OK) with Skip Along Callie— Bronze Medal

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Marlena Kurz, TX Mary Ann Laferriere, NC Elizabeth Lambert, NJ Jean Langdon, PA Lisa Lapin, VT Janet Laprade, MA Elizabeth Latz, NC Kaili Lawrence, WA Lea Leathers, ID Kelsey Lee, TX Daniela Leidy, NC Shannon Lemons, CO Deanna Levesque, NH Jessica Liebenberg, CA Emma Lipori, FL Megan Lisenbee, CA Coagi Long, OH Isabel Long, NC Joyce Lyons, FL Stacy MacGregor, WA Haley Madden, WI Frederick Magazzeni, TX Cassandra Majeski, AZ

TERRY MCDONALD (CO) riding Fortisimo—Bronze Medal

CATHERINE MEEHAN (VA) riding Rhapsody in Bay—Bronze Medal

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BRONZE MEDALISTS

Alexandra Gee, TX Renee Genther, FL Tessa Geven, GA Trina Gilchrist, TX Deana Gilliam, NC Lara Gilman, CA Zoe Gilson, NY Carol Glover, GA Linda Glowienka, TN Emilie Goddard, VT Katherine Goricki, CA Chloe Gosselin, NV Megan Grant, OR Faith Green, VA Rachel Greene-Lowell, NH Leslie Grimm, OH Patricia Gruber, IL Claire Gunther, UT Allison Hackett-Dorn, NC Kiersten Hall, FL Lorinda Hanes, AZ Lisa Hannan, VA Tatiana Harlan, CA

Katie Miller, NC Olivia Miller, TX Lincoln Mondrick, NY Caroline Morgan-Sullivan, MO Susan Mori, FL Cynthia Morrison, NC Emily Morton, KY Hensley Moses, OK Regina Mueck, SC Lauren Munos, CA Claire Nana, FL Daryl Nelms, NC Amy Nicholson, NC Grace Norton, CA Alaina Oly, MN Joanna Orr, WA Charlotte Osborne, GA Erin Panizza, PA Daniel Patterson, MS Olivia Patton, TX Christine Pavey, NC Courtney Peiffer, MD Rachel Pennington, TX

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CAROLINE MORGAN-SULLIVAN (MO) riding Hallelujah HVH— Bronze Medal

REBECCA SLATER (CA) with Charlotte—Bronze Medal

Alexa Perkins, NC Megan Petry, FL Russell Pichette, MA Julianne Pierson, MN Pati Pierucci, TX Mary Piller, TN Sofia Platzman, CA Christi Pope, MO Elizabeth Priddy, TN Deanne Prusak, TX Rylee Pumphrey, TX Stacey Quaranta, NC Jessica Quillivan, TX Autumn Rae, VA Sean Rae, WA Katrina Ragsdale, CA Heather Rankie, CA Olivia Reese, GA Madison Rezaei, CA Amanda Richard, KY Carol Riegel, PA Kimmie Riggs, TX Linda Roache, CT

BRONZE MEDALISTS

Brynna Malley, TX Lisa Martin, CT Marie Matern, MN Berott Mathews, CO Katherine Mathews, CA Beth McCullough, OH Georgina McCutcheon, CA Julia McDonald, MI Terry McDonald, CO Laura McEvoy, TX Kimberly McGrath, CA Audrey McKenna, OK Jodie McKenzie, OH Rya McMahon, CA Valerie McNair, OK Phoebe McNeely, GA Carol McPhee, PA Caroline McQueen, GA Noel McQuigg, ID Catherine Meehan, VA Mateo Mendoza, NC Damiana Mercado, NJ Callie Metzler, TX

Karen Rock, IL Lydia Rodrigues, WI Judy Ross, PA Lou Roth, GA Jordan Rothman, CT Delinda Ruffino, TX Sarah Samaan, TX Mila Sambunjak, NJ Jorja Samsel, MS Staci Sanders, CA Nita Sanfilippo, WI Andrea Schad, FL Trinity Schatzel, ID Emily Schimnich, MN Emily Schmid, CO Lisa Schmitz, RI Laura Schneider, MI Elizabeth Scott, OR Sophia Sears, MI Hannah SeCoy, OR Franziska Seidl, FL Carlie Serif, VA Darcy Shaddix, FL

EMILY SCHIMNICH (MN) riding BRH Pirop—Bronze Medal

STACI SANDERS (CA) riding Sigaf—Bronze Medal

KATELYN SNYDER (MI) riding Aragon—Bronze Medal

GABRIELLA STEINMEIER (MA) riding Windrdge Silver Bullet—Bronze Medal

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LEAH STEPHEN (TX) riding Mattias—Bronze Medal

Mary Suhre, OH Karen Sweaney, CA Anna Szpindor, MI Renae Talton, NC Megan Telleria, OR Martina Thiel-Poblotzki, DE Ariel Thomas, CA Carol Thomas, VA Katyn Thomas, PA Amanda Thompson, GA Jennifer Thompson, WI Jennifer Thompson, CO Susanne Tierney, FL Sherry Tillotson, FL Amy Tobias, GA Danielle Torrez, FL Elizabeth Treharne, FL Carie Turner, TX Carla Tussey Peno, PA Kelsey Tuttle, GA Rick Urban, TX Tamara Uzman, NJ Laura Van Riper, MI

Jodi Van Sprang, PA Lindsay VanAssen, PA Ehnita Vergowe, WA Jaron Verheij, FL Serenity Villar, AL Christina Vinios, FL Erika Volchik, WA Vicky Walling, CA Veronica Walsh, NC Terri Watts, TX Alexandra Weeks, OH Lauren Weitz, MA Jamie Welling, CA Jennifer West, FL Jennifer Weston, VA Samali Wijetunga, CA Stephanie Wilcox-Korteway, MI Celsiana William, CA Erin Wilson, WI Lian Wolfe, FL Patrick Wolfe, IN Lauren Wright, GA Jennifer Wright-Warren, CA

KAREN SWEANEY (CA) riding G Ima Starr FA—Bronze Medal

SHERRY TILLOTSON (FL) riding Meant to be J—Bronze Medal

VICKY WALLING (CA) riding Romeo Tyme—Bronze Medal

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Robin Wulf, OH Beverly Wyman Stratton, NH Holly Yoder, OR Brenda Yost, IL Anicia Young, CT Grace Young, NY Allison Zarembowicz, FL Debra Zito, FL Kristin Zuzek, WI

MARTINA THIEL-POBLOTZKI (DE) riding Cordialle—Bronze Medal

JENNIFER WEST (FL) riding Flying W Farms Prince Aragorn— Bronze Medal

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BRONZE MEDALISTS

Zainab Shah, TX Johnna Sharp, FL Grace Sharplin, LA Jillian Sheppard, MA Karen Siebert, MD Heidi Siegmund, VA Abigail Siever, CA Rebecca Slater, CA Sarah Small, TX Haley Smith, CA Kimberly Smith, VA Samantha Smith, MD Katelyn Snyder, MI Jenny Spain, VA Allison Sparks, WA Rebecca Speer, TX Allison Stai, TX Gabriella Steinmeier, MA Leah Stephen, TX Beth Stevens, NC Alicia Stock, MN Sophie-Ann Stremple, VA Amy Sturdevant, OH

Holsteiner Verband - North American Breeding District Hungarian Horse Association of America International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association International Drum Horse Association International Friesian Show Horse Association International Georgian Grande Horse Registry International Rescue Horse Registry International Sporthorse Registry/Oldenburg NA Irish Draught Horse Society of North America Knabstrupperforeningen for Danmark (KNN) KWPN of North America New Forest Pony Society of North America North American Danish Warmblood Association North American Shagya Arabian Society NorthAmerican Sportpony Registry Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Oldenburg Horse Breeders Society/German Oldenburg Verband Performance Horse Registry Performance Shagya-Arabian Registry Pinto Horse Association of America Rheinland Pfalz-Saar International Swedish Warmblood Association of North America The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse *The Jockey Club Trakehner Association of North America United States Lipizzan Federation United States P.R.E. Association Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Westfalen NA *Denotes a new Participating Organization for 2020.

Gypsy Vanner Horse Society

A complete listing of the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Participating Organizations, program rules, and award standings are available on the USDF website at www.usdf.org. For questions e-mail allbreeds@usdf.org.

All-Breeds Participating Organizations

American Connemara Pony Society American Dutch Harness Horse Association American Hackney Horse Society American Haflinger Registry American Hanoverian Society American Morgan Horse Association American Paint Horse Association American Quarter Horse Association American Rhineland Studbook American Saddlebred Registry American Shire Horse Association American Trakehner Association American Warmblood Registry American Warmblood Society and Sporthorse Registry Appaloosa Horse Club Arabian Horse Association Belgian Warmblood Breeding Association Canadian Horse Breeders Association Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America Clydesdale Breeders of the U.S.A. Curly Sporthorse International Draft Cross Breeders & Owners Association Fell Pony Society of North America Friesian Heritage Horse & Sporthorse International Friesian Horse Association of North America Friesian Horse Society Friesian Sport Horse Registry Friesian Sporthorse Association German Sport Horse Association Gypsy Horse Registry of America

Thank You to the 2020

These organizations, in partnership with USDF, promote and recognize a high standard of accomplishment within their breed, through their participation in the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards Program.

Gold Freestyle Bar Recipients Lisa Blackmon, TX Lauren Chumley, NJ Michelle Freels, CA Jenifer Gaffney, OH Nancy Hinz, TX Ivo Juhrend, FL Jennifer Marchand, NY Mystere Moyes, TX Lauren Ogden, NM Nadine Schwartsman, ID Natalya Slipchenko, IN

Silver Freestyle Bar Recipients Evelyn Angelle, TX Angelia Bean, PA

Lisa Blackmon, TX Kendall Brookhart, AZ Roberta Carleton, CT Adam Cropper, NH Cynthia Davila, FL Tricia Earley, TX Danielle Gervasi, PA Alix James, PA Anne MacGuire, WY Mary Mallory, TX Taminy Marshall, NM Victoria Moricco, NJ Barbara Nagle, FL Lindsey Savoy, OR Nadine Schwartsman, ID Jean Thornton, FL

MICHELLE FREELS (CA) riding Wynnona—Gold Freestyle Bar

TAMINY MARSHALL (NM) riding Excalibur NPF—Silver Freestyle Bar

Jenna Upchurch, IL Carly Wolf, FL

Bronze Freestyle Bar Recipients Colleen Akin, TX Alisha Ames, VA Stephanie Brazus, IN Tina Cook, NC Jill Dearing, WI Gabrielle DeNofrio, PA Heather Fultz, FL Renee Genther, FL Angelyn Gunn, TX Susannah Hamlin, FL Jane Kelly, VA Rebecca Lindy, AZ

EVELYN ANGELLE (TX) riding Ruxpin—Silver Freestyle Bar

VICTORIA MORICCO (NJ) riding Flash—Bronze and Silver Freestyle Bars and Silver Medal

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Martha Lott, FL Laurie McCullough-Leibfried, PA Ashley Miller, FL Sarah Miller, VA Jennifer Miranda, NY Victoria Moricco, NJ Devon O’Leary, TX Viviane Pilicy, MA Meghan Riviello, KY Nadine Schwartsman, ID Sarah Sharpe, SC Emma Stephens, TX Susan Wiedman, NC

TRICIA EARLEY (TX) riding San Angelo—Silver Freestyle Bar and Silver Medal

BARBARA NAGLE (FL) riding Forcado CL—Silver Freestyle Bar

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MUSICAL FREESTYLE BRONZE RIDER MEDALISTS AWARDS

USDF MUSICAL FREESTYLE RIDER AWARDS

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REBECCA LINDY (AZ) riding Quintana Roo CR—Bronze Freestyle Bar

JENNIFER MIRANDA (NY) riding Hhemlock—Bronze Freestyle Bar

DID YOU KNOW THAT AS A MEMBER…

ASHLEY MILLER (FL) with Hickeys Creek—Bronze Freestyle Bar

SARAH SHARPE (SC) riding Alhambra LXXIV— Bronze Freestyle Bar

…you are eligible for national level honors such as rider medals and university diplomas?

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BRONZE MEDALISTS MUSICAL FREESTYLE RIDER AWARDS

ALISHA AMES (VA) riding Cambiara—Bronze Musical Freestyle Bar

Training Level Terry Bender, MO Janet Buckner, FL Leslie Davis, FL Dorie Forte, MD Dana Foster, NC

First Level

K. Sue Halterman, NC Becky Harrison, WA Susan Langston, AR Laura Mann, TX Laurie McLaughlin, WA Lyles Perkins, CA

Nancy Berrington, WA Dana Foster, NC Lorinda Hanes, AZ Becky Harrison, WA Marianne Horn, CA

Carol Morris, NY Sandy Venneman, TX Dale Wade, FL Susan Weiss, KY

K. SUE HALTERMAN (NC) riding Vali’s Halo—Master’s Challenge Training Level

LAURA MANN (TX) riding Paquete Pequeno—Master’s Challenge Training Level

LORINDA HANES (AZ) riding Esprit—Master’s Challenge First Level and Bronze Medal

JOAN IANNACONE (ID) riding Linkin—Master’s Challenge Third Level

SUZANNE PARODI (VA) riding Silencio BRH—Master’s Challenge Third and Fourth Levels and Silver Medal

JANET BUCKNER (FL) riding Waling M—Master’s Challenge Fourth and FEI Levels, and Silver Medal

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Second Level

Janet Buckner, FL Kaye Simmons, TN Galvin Swift, TX

LYLES PERKINS (CA) riding Baptiste—Master’s Challenge Training Level

ROXANE KENNEDY (FL) with Beautiful SRS—Master’s Challenge Third and Fourth Levels

JOY TRENT (FL) with Owen & Bonaparte FH—Master’s Challenge FEI Levels and Silver Medal

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MASTER’S CHALLENGE AWARDS

USDF MASTER’S CHALLENGE AWARDS

Jean Attermeier, IL Cynthia Bell, CA Robert Clements, VA Richard Freeman, LA Maxine Hladky, CA Joan Iannacone, ID Roxane Kennedy, FL Laurie McLaughlin, WA Tekla Mills, NY

Bonnie Olie, PA Suzanne Parodi, VA Debra Ringold, OR Cathy Scholten, VA Galvin Swift, TX

Fourth Level

Janet Buckner, FL Allison Bzdafka, NH Richard Freeman, LA

Sally Gries, OH Roxane Kennedy, FL Sarah Miller, VA Suzanne Parodi, VA Sandi Spellman, IL Galvin Swift, TX Cheryl Swing, MD

FEI Levels

Janet Buckner, FL

MASTER’S CHALLENGE AWARDS

Third Level

Sharon Burt, FL Cherye Callegan-Huber, TX Anne Chapin, VA Richard Freeman, LA Sally Gries, OH Marianne Horn, CA Cathy Liston, ME Gayle Paquin, NH Joy Trent, FL Fumiko Yamazaki, TX

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DRESSAGE SEAT EQUITATION RIDER AWARDS

USDF Dressage Seat Equitation Rider Awards Elementary Erin Bai, CA Tori Belles, PA Amanda Braun, MD Korey Denny, TX Angelyn Gunn, TX Carli Hall, FL Hannah Kang, TX Ruby Lewis, TX Hillary MacDonald, CT

Paydan McLaughlin, RI Hensley Moses, OK Olivia Patton, TX Ella Traylor, GA Denice Wax, MN

Accomplished Tori Belles, PA Steve Hutzler, NC Hannah Kang, TX

Kerry Mayer, MA Olivia Patton, TX Denice Wax, MN Sophie Wayner, NJ

Elite Tori Belles, PA Caylin Blue, ID Tessa Holloran, MA Marin Roth, IL

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RIDER PERFORMANCE AWARDS

USDF RIDER PERFORMANCE AWARDS Training Level Avery Aluzzi, CA Ruth Alvarez-Perez, FL Michelle Ames, TX Meghann Austin, WI Mary Baer Fiorentino, FL Erin Bai, CA Lily Baker-Lubin, CA Nicole Banks, NY Tori Belles, PA Terry Bender, MO Mimi Benton, AR Lisa Blackmon, TX Caylin Blue, ID Susanne Branson, IA Sierra Breckenridge, OR Lee Burgess, FL Stephanie Burgess, NJ Daralene Capps, AK Alexis Carter, CA Renee Cash, CA Annemarie Catlett, WA Karen Chadwick, FL Jamie Cinq-Mars, MA Kari Clark, MT Brittany Coloske, CT Brittany Davis, WI Leslie Davis, FL Claire Decker, ME Katrin Derreumaux, NY Nicole Dlugosz, KY Catherine Dolan, CA Michelle Donelan, PA Carlin Dye, TX Emily Eckart, CA Jill Ekis, PA Paige Engstrom, MN Chantae Erickson, IL Lori Farace, NJ Isabella Fielder, TX Dana Foster, NC Laura Freeman, LA Sofia Frontiere, GA Caitlin Gallagher, MD Izabelle Gnovel, CA Skylar Grammatico, CA Mykal Gray, TX Jennifer Green, NV Sally Gries, OH Leslie Grimm, OH Brooke Grossman, NY Kerry Grosz, MN Carli Hall, FL Katie Hansen, NY Sofie Harangozo, VA Stephanie Harangozo, VA Karen Harkin, CO

Deena Helminiak, MN Gabrielle Hibbert, CO Nancy Hinz, TX Suellen Hogue, TX Tabitha Hopp, WA Grace Humphries, TX Dahlia Jensen, VA Hannah Johnson, CA Tina Jones, PA Ann Jonkman, IN Breeanna Kenney, CA Anastasia Keyser, AZ Montgomery Kinney, GA Maureen Kinyon, IL Sarahbell Kleinman, CA Lucy Koerner, MA Susanne Lanini, CA Jessica Liebenberg, CA Maryellen Loes, AZ Michelle Lundy, OK Hillary MacDonald, CT Kiersten Main, FL Christina Major, NH Laura Mann, TX Ashley Mayfield, CA Allison McFadden, SC Andrea McNeal, TX Alexis McPhee, NY Juliet Mendik, CO Lisa Miller, TX Megan Miller, IN Hensley Moses, OK Mystere Moyes, TX Grace Norton, CA Sophia Novosel, IL Annamarie Nunez, FL Bethany Oesting, PA Katherine Orth, MA Devon Page, GA Kennedy Parker, MI Kerri Pearson, WA Katherine Poulin, OH Katheryne Praylow, SC Olivia Reese, GA Chrystal Reilly, NJ Tammy Risseeuw, WI Elisabeth Ritz, OH Kimberly Robbins, MI Jordan Rohanna, CA Alexandra Roman, MD Jena Rondinelli, NJ Lynda Sanford, GA Jordyn Schenk, MN Wendi Schnittjer, NY Margret Schrant, IL Alexandra Simon, MA Paula Spinale, SC Frances Steel, AL

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Emily Steffen, FL Hailey Stout, CA Julie Swanson, AZ Danielle Tapp, IA Holland Tapper, TX Donna Thamsen, NY Ella Traylor, GA Kate Vorobieff, ID Diane Weber Fawsitt, OH Kiley Wenger, IL Paige Williams, PA Caroline Willis, TN Maureen Wilson, TX Erin Winkelman, AZ Diana Wynkoop, OH Jill Zednick, LA Debra Zito, FL

First Level Lynn Adams, MD Ruth Alvarez-Perez, FL Nicole Ardito-Ng, VA Jean Attermeier, IL Meghann Austin, WI Gianna Avery, ME Miranda Avila, CO Mary Baer Fiorentino, FL Lily Baker-Lubin, CA Giselle Bakker, CA Tiffany Banks, NY Barrett Barksdale, TX Tori Belles, PA Mimi Benton, AR Caryl Berzack, GA Lisa Blackmon, TX Adalene Blasigh, NC Caylin Blue, ID Susanne Branson, IA Amanda Braun, MD Sierra Breckenridge, OR Jamie Cinq-Mars, MA Kari Clark, MT Samantha Collins, TX Brittany Coloske, CT Jenna Coonen, CA Kara Corpman, OH Jennifer Cottle, SC Ainsley Cronin, MA Brittany Davis, WI R. Paulo Davis Jr, FL Katrin Derreumaux, NY Dinnia DiGennaro, NV Nicole Dlugosz, KY Michelle Donelan, PA Mia Durant, MI Carlin Dye, TX Emily Eckart, CA

Cecilia Emilsson, MN Chantae Erickson, IL Isabella Fielder, TX Elizabeth Findlay, WA Dana Foster, NC Laura Freeman, LA Tina Frisch, NV Dalton Furkis, MI Austen Gage, DC Heidi Gayle, VA Izabelle Gnovel, CA Jennifer Green, NV Leslie Grimm, OH Brooke Grossman, NY Carli Hall, FL Katie Hansen, NY Stephanie Harangozo, VA Gabrielle Hibbert, CO Deena Hinton, TX Nancy Hinz, TX Suellen Hogue, TX Tabitha Hopp, WA Marianne Horn, CA Elodie Huguet, FL Siri Kent, CT Anastasia Keyser, AZ Heather Kilby, TX Lauren Kimmel, MD Montgomery Kinney, GA Jessica Kipp, CA Sarahbell Kleinman, CA Heather Krist, WA Abigail Kroupa, GA Kara Kush, IL Ela Ladwig, KY Jodi Lakatos, CA Lisa Lawson-Young, MA Christine Leafdale, WA Jessica Liebenberg, CA Sarah Listzwan, MA Tristan Lloyd, AZ Christina Major, NH Sarah Mason, CA Katherine Mathews, CA Ashley Mayfield, CA Venantia Mays, AL Laura McEvoy, TX Nina Michelangelo, FL Lisa Miller, TX Pamela Millin, AL Sarah Molda, WA Hensley Moses, OK Rebecca Mouras, MI Mystere Moyes, TX Jennifer Moyne, MI Robin Neil, VT Kathy Newton, FL Beth Niebling, NJ

Grace Norton, CA Annamarie Nunez, FL Devon Page, GA Kennedy Parker, MI Gabrielle Potillo, NH Katherine Poulin, OH Jennifer Ramsey, KY Heather Rankie, CA Leslie Raulin, MD Jenni Rich, WA Elisabeth Ritz, OH Kimberly Robbins, MI Amanda Robson, MD Jordan Rohanna, CA Jena Rondinelli, NJ Rebecca Rosell, CA Shira Rosenthal, MD Marin Roth, IL Emily Roy, TX Ryan Saathoff, TX Lynda Sanford, GA Margret Schrant, IL Jackie Schwartz, KS Alexandra Simon, MA Caroline Sipe, GA Emily Steffen, FL Gabriella Steinmeier, MA Amy Sturdevant, OH Donna Thamsen, NY Halina Thole, CA Margaret Thomas, MT Miguel Undabarrena, AZ Ehnita Vergowe, WA Allison Vidro, NY Dale Wade, FL Kristine Waikins, FL Diane Weber Fawsitt, OH Kiley Wenger, IL Caroline Willis, TN Erin Winkelman, AZ Michele Woodford, TX Diana Wynkoop, OH Jill Zednick, LA Debra Zito, FL

Second Level Madison Anderson, WA Nicole Ardito-Ng, VA Kelly Arnold, AL Lily Baker-Lubin, CA Tiffany Banks, NY Tori Belles, PA Mimi Benton, AR Caryl Berzack, GA Lisa Blackmon, TX Katie Bogaert, CT Nicole Brady, PA

Marie Herron, CA Gabrielle Hibbert, CO Nancy Hinz, TX Suellen Hogue, TX Elodie Huguet, FL Amy Jacobson-Peters, OK Hayley Jonkman, IN Jane Kelly, VA Lauren Kimmel, MD Jessica Kipp, CA Lisa Kiser, MI Sarahbell Kleinman, CA Heather Kline, OR Ellisa Kroll, MI Alicia Kuebler, IN

Megan Lisenbee, CA Chelsea Littlefield, CT Holly Luke, OK Venantia Mays, AL Terry McDonald, CO Paydan McLaughlin, RI Nina Michelangelo, FL Lisa Miller, TX Jocelyn Moore, CA Rebecca Mouras, MI Mystere Moyes, TX Stephanie Mussmann, MI Annamarie Nunez, FL Hannah Parker, PA Katherine Poulin, OH

Heather Rankie, CA Olivia Reese, GA Elisabeth Ritz, OH Kimberly Robbins, MI Jordan Rohanna, CA Jena Rondinelli, NJ Marin Roth, IL Wendi Schnittjer, NY Margret Schrant, IL Dana Schron, NY Jackie Schwartz, KS Diana Shale, OH Antonette Simeone, WI Kaye Simmons, TN Skye Simpson, TX

HORSE PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

Susanne Branson, IA Amanda Braun, MD Stephanie Brazus, IN Sierra Breckenridge, OR Samantha Collins, TX Ainsley Cronin, MA Melissa Deneys, WI Jill Dixon, KY Jennifer Edwards, AL Maggie Elsbernd, MN Isabella Fielder, TX Sophia Forsyth, MA Dalton Furkis, MI Heidi Gayle, VA Leslie Grimm, OH

Hannah Spector, OR Gabriella Steinmeier, MA Sarah Stevens, WA Amy Sturdevant, OH Meredith Talley, KY Sherry Tillotson, FL Miguel Undabarrena, AZ Ehnita Vergowe, WA Devon Wallish, PA Caroline Willis, TN Grace Young, NY Paige Zimmerman, PA Debra Zito, FL

USDF HORSE PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES Training Level

First Level

Absolut Charm, Lorna Parsons, VA

Cinderella, Mia Durant, MI

Baptiste, Lyles Perkins, CA

Commando, Amanda Braun, MD

Blazing Angel, Cecilia Emilsson, MN

Entegrity Bey+, Stephanie Likens, MI

Cielo Grande, Katheryne Praylow, SC

Ephraim, Jennifer Moyne, MI

Dylan Casimoro, Kristin Dennison, SC

Fair Play, Johanne Marcoux, FL

Famous EDI, Terry Griggs, CA

Gallod Brenin, Caroline Sipe, GA

Fuerst Rolando, Gina Duran, CA Goldfito Gaston, Lynda Sanford, GA Halo, Bobby Covington, TX Keurcordia MG, Sarah Pojanowski, IN Lil’ Birnie, Jennifer Ramsey, KY Majestik ZF, Nicole Miller, WA Mint Julep, Claire Coffin, NY Mr. Jones, Ann Jonkman, IN Perfectly Buff, Lori Farace, NJ Qamii, Sheila McElwee, IL Sandro Malta, Karen Harkin, CO Sea Anthem, Stephanie Brazus, IN

Gate To Graceland, Lisa Battan, CO Intrepid, David Smith, IL Lil’ Birnie, Jennifer Ramsey, KY

Destination, Stephanie Brazus, IN Entegrity Bey+, Stephanie Likens, MI Fortunate Wind, Doris Westhoff, SC Furstafire, Sharon Sexton, MD Hidden’s Midnight Shadow,

Michelle Hargreaves, NC

Di Mi Tambe, Mary Mallory, TX Diesel VT, Lynn Jendrowski, VA Dylan Casimoro, Kristin Dennison, SC

Prix St. Georges

Love Bug, Hayley Jonkman, IN

Athena, Margret Schrant, IL

Oreo, Elaine Cole, KY

Dylan Casimoro, Kristin Dennison, SC

Tsar Czar, Paula Mecagni, NY

Fiti AL, Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, FL

Winnalee Z, Janice Smith, MI

Galavant, Camilla Fritze, FL Gorgeous, Barbie Asplundh, FL

Magic Stars Eclipse, Pamela Millin, AL Magicaul Seekret GOA, Chelsea Littlefield, CT

Fourth Level

Lord Ivanhoe, Nancy Girzaitis &

Third Level

Magnum Firefly, Dale Wade, FL

Kristen Parris, MD

Royal Pain WP, Mary Kadar, SC

ADKS Cole, Brian Kimball, FL

Intermediate I

Samson, Anastasia Keyser, AZ

Destination, Stephanie Brazus, IN

Canequin’s Local Hero, Nancy Mangum, VT

Sea Anthem, Stephanie Brazus, IN

Donatus 107, Lunalee Barboza, NC

Duchesse du Pre, Jennifer Huber, FL

Shadowfax, Tessa Davis, SC

Dorfprinz, Angelyn Gunn, TX

Fiti AL, Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, FL

Sterling Silver, Jerica Vallie, NH

Dylan Casimoro, Kristin Dennison, SC

The Black Tornado, Patrice Doyle, CA

VF Isabella, Heather Krist, WA

Gladheart Black Harris,

Intermediate II

Zip Two Dust, Rosanna Goetsch, TX

Shadowfax, Tessa Davis, SC

Jack & Bernadette Stang, OR

Helios KI, Sandra Holmes, CA

Estrella, Jolene Novak, IL Wyoming J, Samantha Hodgson, NJ

Sinco De Mayo SPF, Katherine Orth, MA

Second Level

SM Redemption, Addison Bobel, TX

Ansa Cowboy Bravheart,

Quatertan, Suellen Hogue, TX

Grand Prix

Sneak a Peek at Heaven, Erin Winkelman, AZ

Quintana Roo CR, Rebecca Lindy, AZ

Ellexus Knight, Nicole Wertz, CA

The Emperor’s New Groove, Breeanna Kenney, CA

Casino, Stephanie Brazus, IN

Skikkild’s Rosita, Jill Dumont, NH

Fiti AL, Amina Bursese & Diego Gonzalez, FL

Vali’s Halo, K. Sue Halterman, NC

Charming Art, Rosemary Gillies, TX

Skogen, Darby Hewes, MD

HD Redford, Josephine Trott, CA

Melissa & Ainsley Cronin, MA

Ooude Van G.V., Alanna & Britt Bent, WI

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Annual Recognition

2020 USDF University Program USDF Certificate

Kelli Agnew, Pell City, AL Susan Aimonetti, Shelbyville, IN Hillary Akers, Wichita, KS Jessica Amundson, Duluth, MN Denise Argast, Bloomsburg, NJ Amanda Bailey, Jonesboro, AR Corine Barber, Hanover, VA Deborah Barker, Morriston, FL Kimberly Barskaitiki, Milwaukee, WI Margaret Bass, Hugo, MN Sue Bauer-Lee, Crystal Lake, IL Sandra Beaulieu, Havana, FL Jason Beck, Allentown, NJ Carol Bishop, Gastonia, NC Jessica Blackmon-White, Rockwall, TX Carol Bossone, Pylesville, MD Myra Braley, Ridgecrest, CA Sandy Bryce, Corvallis, OR Lori Butt, Middlefield, OH Louise Caccese, Santa Barbara, CA Caren Caverly, Alpharetta, GA Valerie Cheatham, Clinton, TN Kathryn Christensen, Bothell, WA Weronika Ciechowska Polanco, Fort Lee, NJ Terry Ciotti Gallo, Winter Springs, FL Sharon Criswell, Wellington, FL Carol Cunefare. Durango, CA Tessa Davis, Columbia, SC Sydney Dayken, Randolph, ME Pamela DeVore, Seminole, OK Nicole Dlugosz, Fisherville, KY Elizabeth Doering, Bethany, CT Sydney Ebach, Bismarck, ND Erin Ehredt, Vicksburg, MI Nathalie Eikel-Baughman, Glendale, AZ Mala Erickson, Elgin, IA Wanda Escobar, Powhatan, VA Emily Esposito, Virginia Beach, VA Scot Fernandez, Holt, MO Hannah Finder, Paso Robles, CA Paula Foote, Cherryfield, ME Isabel Frederickson, Attica, IN Carol Freligh, Hartsville, SC Carol Fricke, Sebastopol, CA Barry Fript, Barrington Hills, IL Karen Fulcher, Belews Creek, NC Ellen Gallagher, Bath, PA Lynne Glaus, Nashville, TN

Tami Glover, Rockledge, FL Elena Golubitsky, Pepper Pike, OH Angela Goodwin-Volpert, Zionsville, IN Lydia Gray, Elburn, IL Kailey Greene, Rutherfordton, NC Brittany Hagler, Madison, WI Amanda Haines, Lima, OH Carrie Harnden, Smiths Grove, KY Rebecca Harris, Clovis, CA Deborah Hellen, Falls Church, VA Annmarie Hernick Brockhouse, Princeton, MN Trisha Hessinger, Fleetwood, PA Rebecca Hicks, Bryan, TX Sandy Hider, Honeoye Falls, NY Kathryn Hitzig, Weare, NH Mary Hoffman, Waxhaw, NC Sarah Ivory, Acme, PA Tricia Joaquin, Waukesha, WI Erin Johnson, Duluth, MN Jennifer Jones, Johnson City, TX Danielle Koeppen, Amery, WI Katelyn Kok, Kansas City, KS Christine Kropf, Jamesville, NY Dianne LaBerge, Charlotte, VT Cheryl Laird, Bellaire, TX Lisa Leland-Courchesne, Middlesboro, MA Polly Limond, San Diego, CA Karen Lipp, Ball Ground, GA Cathy Liston, North Yarmouth, ME Angelique Louie, Woodland, CA Cara Maupin, Denver, CO Anne McCann, N. Easton, MA Amy McKeighan, Chelsea, MI Poppy Merrell, Arlington, VA Erin Miles, Rochester Hills, MI Kristin Miller, Gilbert, PA Ashley Minea, Harrisburg, PA Eleanor Millerschin, Rochester Hills, MI Beckie Mitchell, Roanoke, VA Patty Montana, Raynham, VA Laurie Moore, Ada, MI Lisa Moosmueller-Terry, Abingdon, VA Emily Murray, Old Hickory, TN Aviva Nebesky, Bowie, MD Susan Neilson, Aiken, SC Tamla Nichols, Blue Ridge, VA Krista Nordgren, South Portland, ME Paula Oliver, Merion, PA

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Joanna Olsen, Sanford, FL Sarah O’Sullivan, Kennebunkport, ME Kathryn Patton, Cumming, GA Tyra Payne, Hermon, ME Julie Penshorn, Lindstrom, MN Elizabeth Petersen, Elbert, CO Anna Phillips, Brookfield, MA Helen Pianca, Granville, OH Elizabeth Poulin, Milton, FL Karen Ramsing-Bixler, Wellington, FL Allison Ray, Willowick, OH Alexandra Reece, Christiansburg, VA Cindy Reichel, Seattle, WA Debra Ringold, Corvallis, OR Karen Rock, Big Rock, IL Janne Rumbough, Wellington, FL Shannon Ryan-Dinmore, Spencer, NY Sarah Savona, Rockville, MD Kari Schmitt, Somerset, WI Tanja Schnuderl, Gaithersburg, MD Alia Schoen, Palo Alto, CA Carol Seaman, Chester, NY Suzanne Sherbundy, Fairview Park, OH Kaye Simmons, Lebanon, TN Cynthia P Smith, Clifton Park, NY Samantha Smith, Highland, MD Agatha Smithers, Ravena, OH Shera Solomon, Frederick, MD Linda Sorensen, East Troy, WI Kristin Stein, Spencer, OH Lisa Stewart, Dothan, AL Shannon Stone, Danville, VA Jennifer Strauss, Oconomowoc, WI Lucinda Striker, Fresno, CA Sarah Stum, Bainbridge, PA Lucille Sullivan, Rutherfordton, NC Denise Sunick, Enumclaw, WA Karen Taylor, Louisville, KY Diane Terp, Sagamore Hills, OH Cheri Theis, St. Johns, MI Nicole Trousdale, Amalia, NM Crystal Tyrrell, Boise, ID Diane Visseau, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Serah Volden, Canistota, SD Kimberly Wallace, Coosa, GA Stefani Watson, Cazenovia, NY Sophie Wayner, Westfield, NJ Donna Weinberg, Escondido, CA Diane Welcenbach, Goleta, CA Meredith Wilson, Wilmington, NC Carrie Woost, Wadsworth, OH

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Kelli Agnew, Pell City, AL Hillary Akers, Wichita, KS Kari Allen, Flemington, NJ Michelle Anderson, Staunton, VA Nicole Ardito-Ng, Haymarket, VA Katy Barglow, Walnut Creek, CA Deborah Barker, Morriston, FL Cara Barker Yellott, Adrian, MI Lori Barnard, Swanton, VT Kimberly Barskaitiki, Milwaukee, WI Heidi Basler, Sanford, FL Margaret Bass, Hugo, MN Sue Bauer-Lee, Crystal Lake, IL Sophie Bayer, Park Hills, KY Halley Bell, Centerville, OH Lynne Bergh, Bloomington, IN Carol Bossone, Pylesville, MD Beverly Bowman, Conyers, GA Karry Brothers, Stephentown, NY Willette Brown, Bay Head, NJ Lori Butt, Middlefield, OH Gabrielle Callahan, Jonesboro, AR Mary Callan, Great Falls, VA Patricia Chandler, Marydel, MD Meredith Crawford, Oakland, CA Carol Cunefare, Durango, CA Lehua Custer, Wellington, FL Tessa Davis, Columbia, SC Madeleine Debure, Campbell Hall, NY Lillian Evaniew-Phelan, Riverside, WA Jessica Fan, Lake Jackson, TX Laura Fay, Castleton, NY Hannah Finder, Paso Robles, CA Jessica Foschi, Mountain Iron, MN Jane Fucinaro, Omaha, NE Erica Furkis, Berrien Center, MI Alexandra Gainer, North Canton, OH Christina Gemmel-Gnidovec, Pataskala, OH Emily Gill, Louisville, OH Lynne Glaus, Nashville, TN Kailey Greene, Rutherfordton, NC Jacqueline Greener, Easton, PA Geof Gurley, Los Osos, CA Brittany Hagler, Madison, WI Susanne Hamilton, Montville, ME Julia Handt, Wylie, TX Annmarie Hernick Brockhouse, Princeton, MN Debbie Hill, Palm City, FL Cheryl Holekamp, Ocala, FL Sandra Hotz, Erie, CO Susan Jaccoma, Wellington, FL Shea Johnson, Albuquerque, NM

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Kelli Agnew, Pell City, AL Kimberly Barskaitiki, Milwaukee, WI Margaret Bass, Hugo, MN Sue Bauer-Lee, Crystal Lake, IL Susan Bender, Beech Island, SC Lisa Blackmon, Rockwall, TX Shannon Bossung, Harpers Ferry, WV Beverly Bowman, Conyers, GA Mary Callan, Great Falls, VA Paul Cormier, Acushnet, MA Sally Davenport, Scituate, MA Amy Davis, Spicewood, TX Megan Dischler, Eagle, WI Camilla Fritze, Wellington, FL Jessie Ginsburg, Falls Church, VA Heidi Hauri-Gill, Enfield, NH Daemie Kennedy, Pflugerville, TX Heather Kline, Salem, OR Kate Kostenbader, North Liberty, IA Brian MacMahon, Wellborn, FL Brenda McCall, Leander, TX Patricia Mojdara, Boerne, TX Kerstin Moltmann-Wilder, Franklin, TN Suzanne Morisse, Dafter, MI Deborah Moynihan, Waxhaw, NC Emily Murray, Old Hickory, TN Anita Nardine, La Canada, CA Leah Nelson, Duluth, MN Sydni Nusink, Cedar Fort, UT Eileen Ostlund, Boone, IA Laurel Peters, Durango, CA Barbara Richardson-Lewis, Winnsboro, TX Catherine Soller, Sandia Park, NM Denise Sunick, Enumclaw, WA Cheri Theis, St. Johns, MI Diane Visseau, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Vicky Walling, Sunnyvale, CA Sara Warner, Monticello, FL Lisa Weis, Arlington, WA Krystal Wilt, Glenville, NY Laura Wolfe, Clinton, TN

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USDF Diamond Diploma

Kimberly Barskaitiki, Milwaukee, WI Heidi Chote, Wilton, CA Lillian Evaniew-Phelan, Riverside, WA Jessica Foschi, Mountain Iron, MN Debra Ringold, Corvallis, OR Barbara Soukup, Chardon, OH

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2020 Youth Recognition Youth Volunteer of the Year

Sailor Boden is the 2020 Youth Volunteer of the Year. Sailor is the type of volunteer who offers her help willingly, before being asked. She is the enthusiastic smile as you enter the warm-up ring, the final “have a great ride” at the in-gate, and the supportive “Congratulations!” at the end of your ride. She goes above and beyond by driving several hours to volunteer at shows that she is not already attending, just so she can spend her weekend supporting the sport she loves. She can always be counted on to perform any job assigned with a cheerful smile and outgoing personality. Outside of the dressage world, Sailor organizes

fundraising events and cares for the miniature horses at a mini rescue sanctuary, and is a member of her high school equestrian club where she assists her fellow club members at competitions, while utilizing the opportunity to spread the word about and introduce others to dressage. Additionally she serves as Vice President of Sales for her high school virtual enterprise class. In this role, she mentors students by helping them to develop business ideas that promote environmental sustainability and prepare for their college and job interviews. Sailor is unique in that she is able to balance an extensive list of extracurricular activities, academic success, a full-time riding program, and volunteering in a large capacity both inside and outside of the dressage community.

USDF Youth Programs Committee Chair Roz Kinstler adds, “All of us involved in dressage and USDF share a passion for our sport, and Sailor Boden is clearly a kindred spirit. Ours is a difficult sport, and to see how excited she is to be involved in every way that she can reminds us all of why we do what we do. From her effort to help both show management and her fellow exhibitors at competitions, to sharing her knowledge with her high

school equestrian club members, it’s apparent that she will find a way to stay involved with the sport and continue to contribute to its success, forever. Our youth members are our future and with Sailor’s help, USDF will prosper.”

2020 Youth Dressage Rider Recognition Pin Program Recipients First Year Recipients Briley Bickerstaff, Williamston, NC Alexandra Kennedy, Terrell, TX Sophia Novosel, Glen Carbon, IL Second Year Recipients Santina Hackett, Aubrey, TX Emily Steffen, Tampa, FL Third Year Recipients Sydney Ebach, Bismarck, ND Gabriella Escobar, Moseley, VA Fourth Year Recipients Jocelyn Moore, San Diego, CA Elizabeth Petersen, Elbert, CO Sophie Wayner, Westfield, NJ Fifth Year Recipients Tessa Holloran, Pepperell, MA

2020 Shining Stars Recipient Sarah Feik, Cooperstown, NY

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My Dressage The Ambassador Young TD Andrea Davenport finds herself advocating for both dressage and diversity

RAISING THE BAR: Davenport and her Trakehner mare, HighLife, in 2020

Earning her TD’s license was “one of the most tremendous things I’ve ever done,” says Davenport, 34. The process took her about three years. She had to take time off from her job as a pharmacy technician for Walgreens to make the 26-hour round-trip drive from her home in Brooksville, Mississippi, to attend shows in Wellington, Florida, but still managed to complete all four required apprenticeships in just six weeks, “which I feel like was a record!” she says.

Some people go to horse shows and fall in love with the idea of riding.

Davenport fell in love with the idea of show management.

Growing up in the Washington, DC, suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, “I always went to the Washington

International Horse Show,” Davenport recalls, “and it was just magical how it all happened.” The prestigious indoor show “looks as if it’s seamless, but there are so many moving parts that could have gone wrong. But it all came together, and it was beautiful.”

Davenport has managed shows herself (she is a new member of the USDF Competition Management Committee), and she hopes eventually to become an FEI dressage steward and to turn these roles into a full-time career. It will be a welcome change, she says, from her 16 years in the pharma industry, with its wearying battles to get insurance companies to cover the specialty drugs that seriously ill patients need.

The Deep South may not be the epicenter of US dressage, but Davenport loves it.

“There’s so much space for us to spread out,” she says. “I have my horses at home. It’s really great country.”

The move was a change for Davenport and her husband of three years, Atlanta native Matthew Himel.

The couple met at college in Tennessee, where Davenport earned her degree in molecular biology, then relocated so that Himel could pursue a PhD from Mississippi State University.

The child of non-horsey parents, Davenport began riding lessons around age five. She rode hunter seat but admits that jumping was not her forte: As a college freshman, an instructor remarked, “Maybe you should take up tennis instead,” she recalls with her ready laugh. Instead, she switched to dressage.

As an equestrian of color, Davenport began getting more attention in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. She admits that although “I am very dedicated to the

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sport and I would do anything to help it progress, I really want people to know me for my accolades and not merely because I am Black.” Still, she recognizes that “I’m in a position, because I am an official, to help make long-term changes…to work with the federations to be more diverse.”

Davenport herself has experienced discrimination. Instances range from failing to be invited to go to shows during college (“It was assumed that I wasn’t financially able to take part”) to being mistaken for another Black woman at a dressage show and at a USDF convention, even by people who had worked with her previously.

“It was so heartbreaking to me that you can’t tell the difference between me and somebody else just because we’re the same color,” she says. “Even the show secretary repeatedly gave me the wrong [test sheet] just because she saw a brown person walk up to the table. …

You don’t want to see it as somebody discriminating against you; you just want to see it as a casual mistake,” she says, “but you know, it really is.”

In college, “it was hard to be the only representation. I would always be the only Black person showing, the only girl out there that looked different….You wouldn’t think that would be unnerving, but it is.”

Representation, Davenport believes, is key moving forward. She’s encouraged that equestrian organizations have begun spotlighting participants of color.

The initiatives are “letting us know that there are other people [in the sport] who look like us, and that we are important to the federations,” she says. Continuing those efforts, she believes, “would be a huge deal.”

Jennifer Bryant is the editor of USDF Connection.

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