USA-Bred Hemmingway Wins Markel Horse/USEF Young Horse Dressage National Championship presented by HorseShow-Year-Old American Young Horse Championships Prelim WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 22, 2014–Hemmingway, the American-bred stallion, was ridden by German transplant Angela Jackson to victory in the preliminary six-year-old division of the United States Young Horse Championships on Saturday, beating the two combinations that had won a place in the world championships. Angela of Henderson, Kentucky rode the Oldenburg (Hofrat x Archipel) that was bred by the late Angela Barilar and is owned by Theresa Schnell of Rock Solid Warmbloods to a score of 8.38 for the win over Heather Blitz and the American-bred Ripline, a Danish Warmblood stallion (Hotline x Cavan) on 8.30. Fiderhit OLD, a black mare ridden by Cesar Parra of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, that qualified for the Verden, Germany world championships but did not participate, was third on 8.14. Doctor Wendell MF, a Hanoverian stallion and also American-bred, was ridden by James Koford, to fourth place on 8.06. Fashion Designer, a stablemate of Fiderhit, and ridden by Nadine Buberl, another German transplant, that also qualified for Verden but did not make the trip, was fifth on 7.82. Hemmingway was the 2012 Four-Year-Old Young Horse Champion ridden by Michael Bragdell of Hilltop Farm in Colora, Maryland. The final will be held Sunday. Emilion SA ridden by Kelly Casey in her first 2014 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage National Championship captured the preliminary five-year-old division Thursday in a Dutch horse sweep of the top four places. The KWPN gelding (Painted Black x Landwind II B) that Kelly of Livermore, California imported from Holland a year ago scored 8.62 to top the field of 15 starting combinations from across the United States. Edward, also a gelding (United x Damiro), was ridden by Patricia Becker of Wadsworth, Illinois to second place on 8.46 while amateur DG Edorijke with amateur Ashlyn De Groot of her family’s DG Bar Ranch in Hanford, California placed third on 8.26. The final for the five-year-old horses will be held Saturday. Kelly and her friend Bob Tenwolde in the Netherlands bought Emilion as an unbroken three-year-old as sales prospect. Bob began training the horse in Holland until Kelly brought Emilion, nicknamed “Eeyore,” to her San Francisco Bay area farm in July, 2013. Every time she thinks of putting him on the market, Kelly said, “he reveals another layer of talent. His athleticism, ability to collect and the correct use of his whole body, make riding him daily an absolute pleasure and confirm my belief that he is on the road to Grand Prix.” Although her business, KC Dressage, is a training and sales operation with a mix of young horses, imported sales horses and amateurs the young horse championships at this Chicago suburban show ground is her first. Bob Tenwolde visits frequently from his Netherlands base to help train and develop horses in Kelly’s stable. Courtesy of:dressage-news/?p=27927
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:54:17 +0000
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