Winning the Grand Prix USET Qualifier at the Heidelburg Cup Dressage Show March 24, with a 65.4% were the dynamic combination of Safir and Michael Barisone. The twelve year old Dutch Warmblood mare by Diamond out of Hexa by May Sherif, owned by Sue Thomas, has always shown tremendous talent [...]
The new millenium has been good to Teri Miller of Bedminster, New Jersey and her 11 year old Swedish Warmblood/Thoroughbred cross, Impresario. While working with trainer and FEI rider Kate Moore, Miller caught the eye of four time Olympian and Moore's trainer, Robert Dover and who invited her to his [...]
Karen Lipp and Lori Bell's NRPS gelding Douwe continued their rise on the Dressage in Florida Circuit at the Wellington Dressage Classic, the final show of the Cosequin¨ Winter Equestrian Festival. With the CSI-W Grand Prix showjumping course in the background, Lipp was second to heavyweight champion Patrick Burssens on [...]
The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has changed the location of its Dressage Olympic Selection Trials, scheduled for the weekends of May 13-14 and May 20-21. The trials, which will also serve as the State Line Tack/USET Grand Prix Dressage Championship, presented by Rio Suite Hotel and Casino, had been [...]
With her appearance on NBC's The Today Show, and a recent feature in People Magazine, Barbara Silverman has brought national attention to the sport of Dressage in her quest for a spot on the Dressage Olympic Team facing a challenge larger than any other candidate. Barbara Silverman is one of [...]
The Dressage in Florida Circuit has a "family" of workers and volunteers who have been a part of the growth of American dressage from for over twenty years. Julie Noble, originally from England was an X-ray Technician, with a degree in psychology who began scribing for some of the larger [...]
Passing the 70% mark in the Grand Prix CDI-USET Qualifier for the Grand Prix Special during Wellington CDI-W Dressage, Thursday, March 16, 2000, were USET veterans Sue Blinks and Film Flam. The Hanoverian by Wilhem Tell I out of Cilia by Cavalier, competed in his first selection trial since being [...]
Topping the field in the Grand Prix qualifier for the Special at the 2000 Palm Beach Dressage Derby at White Fences Equestrian Estates, were Tina Konyot and Irene Kooyman's Justice. Putting 68.72% on the score board, the graceful Konyot made Robert Dover the runner up in the rankings as he [...]
At the end of February 2000, another great dressage horse passed away. Amaloper, a Hessian stallion bred by Wilfried Schšnhals from Rabenau, Germany, suffered a series of slight seizures and was in danger of hurting people and himself. While travelling south to Florida, Amaloper (by Amalfi out of Levade) was [...]
On their way back to Bremen Germany after a successful but short lived reign in America the elegant and graceful combination of Carrie Schopf and Ikhtisas, ten-year-old Holsteiner/Thoroughbred mare of unknown heritage, owned by Gisela Chatterjee, won their second USET qualifier at The Palm Beach Dressage Derby. While Robert Dover [...]
