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Dressage Really IS Like Brain Surgery for GK Elite Sport Adult Amateur Achievement Award Winner

2024-10-15T20:33:52-04:00January 19, 2018|Looking Back, News|

GK Elite Sport Adult Amateur Achievement Dr. Nancy Binter riding Arend Z pictured with Husband and Katie Riley of GK Elite Sport Wellington, FL - “Dressage is like neurosurgery,” said Dr. Nancy Ellen Binter, MD, after accepting the GK Elite Sport Adult Amateur Achievement Award for the opening week of [...]

Ride of Redemption Brings Victory for Michael Bragdell on Day One of 2017 US Dressage Finals

2024-10-14T23:38:26-04:00November 10, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Michael Bragdell of Colora, Md. (Region 8) is no stranger to the winner’s circle at the US Dressage Finals, and he found his way back to victory lane with his first ride down centerline at this year’s competition aboard Hilltop Farm, Inc.’s nine-year-old Oldenburg stallion Qredit Hilltop (Quaterback x Dream [...]

Carl’s Eye on Jane Karol’s Sunshine Tour

2024-10-14T23:33:38-04:00October 24, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Jane Karol and Sunshine Tour with Carl Hester (Photo: ©Mary Phelps 2017) “We’re able to do a good enough Grand Prix,” says Jane but felt stuck getting active transitions in and out of piaffe and passage. For Jane Karol, the allure of being a demo rider with Carl Hester [...]

Performance Farms Takes Top Honors for Another Year at Dressage at Devon

2024-10-14T23:34:45-04:00October 5, 2017|Looking Back, News|

The team from Performance Farms saw another excellent year at Dressage at Devon, riding away with multiple blue ribbons (Photo: courtesy Nico Parra) Dr. Cesar Parra, founder and head trainer of Performance Farms, brought another winning team to Dressage at Devon this year. Performance Farms, based in Whitehouse Station, New [...]

Custom Saddlery Saddles Take Victory Gallops at Markel Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships

2024-10-14T23:21:23-04:00August 30, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|

Custom Saddlery MVR Dr. Cesar Parra won the Developing Horse Grand Prix Dressage National Championship aboard Fashion Designer OLD (Photo: Susan J Stickle Wayne, IL–  It’s been nothing short of a banner year for Custom Saddlery’s “Most Valuable Riders (MVRs)”. At the Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Dressage National Championships [...]

Dr. Cesar Parra and Fashion Designer OLD Claim Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship Title

2024-10-14T23:21:26-04:00August 30, 2017|Looking Back, News|

Dr. Cesar Parra won the Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship aboard Fashion Designer OLD (Photo: Susan J. Stickle) Wayne, IL - International Grand Prix rider Dr. Cesar Parra has claimed a stellar victory in the Developing Grand Prix National Championship aboard his superstar mount Fashion Designer OLD (Faustinus-Forst-Design, De [...]

Respect and Planning for Ravenna Pay Off For Andrea Woodard

2024-10-14T23:21:30-04:00August 29, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Andrea Woodard of Wellington, Florida, put in another elegant and clean test on her Oldenburg mare Ravenna (Sir Donnerhall I-Romanze, Blue Hors Romanov) to win the Markel/USEF National 6-Year- Old title. Bred in Germany by Britta Luebbers, Woodard bought her as a 3-year-old. They also received the Oldenburg Breeders' Horse [...]

Cesar Parra and Fashion Designer OLD Ride Away With Top Title

2024-10-14T23:21:31-04:00August 29, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|

Cesar Parra and Fashion Designer OLD. Photo: ©Annan Hepner/Phelps Media Cesar Parra & Fashion Designer OLD (Faustinus x Forst-Design x De Niro) are the 2017 Markel Horse / USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Champions earning an overall score of 67.300%. On the final morning of the Markel/USEF Young Developing Horse [...]

Five-Year-Old 2017 Markel Young Horse Division

2024-10-14T23:21:43-04:00August 27, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

UPDATE: Alyssa Doverspike a full-time groom for her trainers David Wightman and Kathleen Raine of Adventure Farms in Wildomar, California, came across the country with her boss to ride in the same division and won 5-Year-Old National Title at the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championship. The judges enjoyed the elegant [...]

Tarjan Tackles The Dressage Four-Year-Old Championships Delivers a One Two Punch

2024-10-14T23:21:43-04:00August 27, 2017|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Alice Tarjan (Frenchtown, N.J.) held her positions with the top two horses of the Markel/USEF Four-Year-Old Dressage National Championship, bringing home the championship title with the Hanoverian mare, Serenade MF (Sir Donnerhall-Duet MF, Don Principe), bred by Maryanna Haymon. She also earned reserve champion title with her own Oldenburg mare [...]

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