10/08/2024
The LTR team had a great Championships! We had a good-sized group, ten horses, so we had the full range of horse show experiences! Congratulations to everyone for doing all of the hard work to qualify and here are some highlights.
Lyndon and Conflorsan started the competition off by winning an Open Intermediate II class but decided that it was best to scratch his championship class to have more time to dedicate to his students. Elisabeth Dewar competed her two geldings who reside on opposite ends of the spectrum. She earned the SWDC Grand Prix Amateur Championship on Don Darling, the SWDC Bronze medal for Intermediate II, and placed third at Grand Prix and Intermediate II for GAIG. Elisabeth also competed her four-year gelding, Samurai SQF, at training level where they picked up top open show ribbons with scores to 70% and placed Fourth in the GAIG Training Level and sixth in the SWDC Championship class. Julie Madriguera competed Debra Nossaman’s pretty Danish mare Fabiola and earned the SWDC Third Level Open Championship and the reserve Championship in the GAIG division with scores to 69%. Julie also earned an open Intermediate II second place, behind Lyndon (rude), on Madoc All Dun and the SWDC Bronze Medal in the Open Intermediate II Championship with Madoc All Dun. Their highlight was earning 6.5 and 7 on the still elusive piaffe! Hilde Fan Seldsum, owned by Tanja Hodges, earned a first place in an open class, the SDWC Bronze Medal in the Second Level Open Championship with a 70%, and placed fourth in the GAIG Championship class in only their third competition together.
Jenna Ursone and her GRP gelding Dance De Luxe earned the SWDC Third Level Open Pony Championship with a 67%. They also earned fourth place in the SWDC Amateur Third Level Championship with a 66% and placed sixth in the GAIG Third level in their first Championships together. Rachel Pennington competed the Hanoverian mare SPS Soraja earning the Bronze Medal in the SWDC Fourth level and fourth in the Prix St George Amateur Championship classes. She also gained more valuable mileage on the Hanoverian mare Francesca SQF. Sarah Samaan competed her Trakehner mare Kiera at Prix St George, placing second in an open show class and earning seventh and ninth place in her Championship classes.
It was a long hot week! We still miss our end of October/beginning of November Championships. Congratulations to everyone, huge thanks to our clients, and huge thanks to Emma Winter and Tegan Pedigo for keeping things running smoothly in the stable. It is a lot of work and these two young ladies did a remarkable job for everyone. And thanks to baby Bridie for being the ultimate distraction and for making excellent progress as the LTR mascot! As always, thanks to HDS for hosting a great Championships and to the Great Southwest Equestrian Center for supporting dressage competition.
