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Wildcard Entry Kaylei Perry-Hunley Conquers All to take the JR/YR Fourth Level Championship

2024-11-12T09:52:33-05:00November 11, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

A combination who qualified for Finals thanks to a wildcard and traveled all the way from Florida to compete wound up top of the pile in the Junior/Young Rider Fourth Level Championship. Kaylei Perry-Hunley rode Karla Shanard’s 11-year-old Imponente Dos Rios to 65.139%, despite the Lusitano having struggled to perfect [...]

Allison Cyprus Flips the Script to Win the Open Second Level at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-11T16:49:32-05:00November 11, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Allison Cyprus flipped the script on her trainer Jeremy Steinberg, taking the winner’s blanket in the Open Second Level class and relegating Steinberg and Henry to the reserve spot, the reverse of the placings in the First Level Championship. Cyprus rode her own five-year-old Oceana ISF, a Sir Sinclair mare [...]

Beth Parsons Bird Nailed it in the AA Third Level Championship at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-11T16:43:12-05:00November 11, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Beth Parsons Bird was another rider to have faced challenges establishing the flying changes and whose patience is now paying dividends. She and Falkor, her nine-year-old gelding by Fantastic, danced to new freestyle music from Amanda Braun in the AA Third Level Championship and nailed it with 72.542%. Photo - [...]

Taiwan Parrish and Saracchi Come Together to Conquer the Intermediate I JR/YR Sash at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-11T16:36:33-05:00November 11, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Taiwan Parrish’s relationship with Lauren Chumley’s quirky 19-year-old Sandro Hit gelding Saracchi is a complex one. But the pieces of the partnership all fitted into place in the very last class of the last day of the 2024 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® on Sunday, November 10, at the [...]

Lauren Sprieser Scores Clear Win in the Fourth Level Open at the US Dressage Finals

2024-11-10T16:15:37-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Lauren Sprieser has her sights set on the big prize of international grand prix with her Fourth Level Open winner, the Elvis Syndicate LLC’s C Cadeau. The pair scored 73.843%, giving themselves 2.5% breathing room over the reserve champions Brittany Burson and Leonardo Z. Photo - Lauren Sprieser’s C Cadeau [...]

Lauren Chumley Logs Open Intermediate I Freestyle Win with Leeloo Dallas at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-14T15:21:15-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Lauren Chumley and Leeloo Dallas were the final combination in the Open Intermediate I Freestyle, and their fun routine and upbeat music saw them snatch the lead with 72.1%, despite the rider’s uncharacteristic nerves. The compact 16-hand, eight-year-old mare by the Ravel son Gaspard De La Nuit bounded down the [...]

Nora Batchelder Leads Start to Finish to Take the Open Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-26T11:12:54-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News|, |

On the second of two gala evenings at the 2024 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, Saturday’s most prestigious class, the Open Grand Prix Freestyle, was led from the front. Nora Batchelder was first to go, and the 74.208% she laid down with her 16-year-old international partner Faro SQF proved [...]

Madison Rezaei and Phyllis Sumner Double Down to add Additional Victories at the US Dressage Finals

2024-11-10T15:48:17-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Two riders stamped their already successful Finals by adding a second title to each of their trophy cabinets on Saturday. Photo - Madison Rezaei captured the AA Grand Prix Freestyle with Maximus.  (Sue Stickle Photography) Madison Rezaei captured the AA Grand Prix on Friday, then followed up with the Freestyle [...]

Gabriella Escobar Pilots Her Way to the First Level JR/YR Championship at the 2024 US Dressage Finals

2024-11-10T15:49:52-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Gabriella Escobar rode the KWPN mare NOA-Tilda C, by Glock’s Toto Jr., to the First Level Junior/Young Rider Championship with a balanced, consistent 71.713% test. Photo - Kinesiology student Gabriella Escobar piloted her six-year-old Glock’s Toto Jr. daughter NOA-Tilda C to 71.713% and the First Level Junior/Young Rider Championship. (Sue [...]

Emma Batchelder and Eminem Continue Winning Ways with the AA First Level Championship Title

2024-11-10T15:05:42-05:00November 10, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Emma Batchelder and Eminem are no strangers to Finals, having won the AA Training Level Championship in 2023. This year they stepped up a level and reigned supreme in the AA First Level Championship with 72.963%, just 0.1 percentage points ahead of the reserve, Katrina Heilbroner on Odanse GS. Batchelder [...]

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