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Natalie Perry |
Our
super star for the day, took
home the High Point Award at
Into level after winning both of
her rides on her 20-year-old
Arabian mare Shakana. |
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Introductory Test A |
67.1 % |
1st |
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Natalie Perry our super star for
the day on beautiful Shakana.
Look at how nicely Shakana
reaches for the bit. She is also
actively forward throughout the
test. |
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Introductory Test B |
67.5% |
1st |
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Jamie Hall |
Jamie
Hall, riding Liz Granger's mare
Rose was right on Natalie's
heels with Reserve High Point at
Into level. Jamie is 9 years old
and petite, Rose is a
substantial Irish Sport horse.
Jamie had to work a little
harder to influence Rose through
the tests and as Jamie says,
Natalie is the one to beat.
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Introductory A |
67.0% |
2nd |
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Petite Jamie Hall makes riding a
big horse look easy in this Into
level test. Jamie was a tenth of
a percentage point behind
Natalie in this test. Jamie also
took home the Reserve High Point
at Intro level. Go girl. |
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Introductory B |
65.7% |
2nd |
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Debra Patzer |
Debra
Patzer and Quaker, her Canadian
sport horse also did very well
at Into level. This was their
first horse show together, and a
test for Quaker's gentle
character. Quaker is very large,
standing 17.3. Debra also showed
two other walk/trot tests called
the Glass- ed, these test were
more difficult than Intro level
with many 10-meter turns and
bends. |
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Introductory A |
64.0% |
4th |
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Introductory B |
61.9%
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4th |
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Glass-ed A |
61.6% |
2nd
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Many Kudo’s to Debra Patzer and
Quaker. This was Quaker’s first
dressage show, and he did very
well for Debra. He warmed up in
traffic and marched through his
tests like a seasoned
campaigner. |
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Glass-ed B |
65.0%
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1st
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Elizabeth Granger |
Elizabeth
Granger riding her quarter horse
Guinness rode three very
rhythmic first level tests and
place in each of them and
improving every ride. Liz's goal
this show year is to develop an
up hill longitudinal balance on
Guinness and improve his trot
lengthening. |
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First
level 1 |
57. 7% |
6th |
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Elizabeth Granger and Guinnes
moved up to First level this
year and are now quite the
competitive pair. As Guinnes
consistently keeps an
elastically round top line in
his work as seen in these
pictures his scores will come
way up. |
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First
level 2 |
64.1 %
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5th |
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First
level 3 |
61.6%
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4th |
Sue Simpson |
Sue
Simpson also showed First level.
She rode her 19-year-old
Trakaner gelding ‘Sub Coooled’,
better known as Tar baby. Sue
has worked hard suppling Tar
Baby, he is very stiff through
out his top line, which impedes
his ability to carry Sue through
his back. But with physical
therapies like dressage and
massage she is making steady
progress at turning Tar Baby
into a competitive dressage
horse. |
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First
level 2 |
54.7%
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Sue Simpson improved Tar Baby’s
scores dramatically from his
first test to the second one.
She is not afraid to make
demands on his mind and body to
stay round working off his hind
end. Tar Baby has a very good
conformation and as he supples
with training First level will
become easy for him. |
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First
level 3 |
58.5% |
5th |
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Rachael Ciesiolka |
Rachael Ciesiolka showed her
Morgan gelding ‘Indy’ at First
level. Indy at 18 has become a
lovely dressage horse. He has
developed exceptional balance
now and carries himself
beautifully in his working and
extended gaits. Now if Rachael
can remember her test and
recognize her canter leads she
will see that 70% score she
desires this year. |
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First
level 2 |
64.4% |
4th |
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Here comes Rachel Ciesiolka and
Indy. Rachel has developed
Indy’s longitudinal balance and
lateral suppleness very well. He
is First level working on
Second, we should see more great
rides this summer from this
pair. |
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First
level 3 |
63.1%
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2nd |
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