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Catherine Chamberlain and Frederick Claim First National Championship Titles

2024-10-14T21:52:01-04:00August 24, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, , |

Wayne, IL. - On a beautiful summer day, the nation's top youth dressage athletes went to task in the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. Coming away with top honors in the AGCO/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship was Catherine Chamberlain and Avesto Van Weltevreden. Photo [...]

Alice Tarjan and Tiko Take Home the Markel/USEF Four-Year-Old National Championship

2024-10-14T21:52:08-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL-- Alice Tarjan (Frenchtown, N.J.) and her own Danish Warmblood, Tiko, capitalized on Thursday's preliminary test performance. They put in a strong final test to take the Four-Year-Old National Championship with an overall score of 8.064. The judges, again, were impressed with the canter work and awarded them highly [...]

Carly Taylor-Smith and Rosalut NHF Take Home the Markel/USEF Five-Year-Old National Championship Title

2024-10-14T21:52:09-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL- Carly Taylor-Smith (Malibu, Calif.) and Nikki Taylor-Smith's Oldenburg, Rosalut NHF, continued to impress the judges receiving a score of 8.380 in today's final test. This sealed the division for them as they topped the 16-combination field with an overall score of 8.460. This title marks the second Markel/USEF [...]

Folkestone wins Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges National Championship

2024-10-14T21:52:09-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL-- After taking the lead following Thursday's FEI Prix St. Georges Test with a score of 72.895%, Heather Blitz (Medfield, Mass.) and Oak Hill Ranch LLC's Danish Warmblood, Ripline, were poised to win it all. However, Thursday's second-place finisher Christina Vinios (Wellington, Fla.) and her own Oldenburg, Folkestone, came [...]

Champions Crowned at the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage National Championships

2024-10-14T21:52:10-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL-Christina Vinios and Folkestone were sitting second after Thursday's first test of the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Championship. Leading up to Saturday's final test to determine the championship, Vinios decided it was time to go all out. Photo - Christina Vinios and Folkestone. (Photo Credit: Annan Hepner) [...]

Charlotte Jorst Sells Kastel’s Vitalis to Paul Schockemöhle and Lone Bøegh Henriksen

2024-10-14T21:52:16-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|, |

Reno, NV- Charlotte Jorst is pleased to announce the sale of her Dutch-bred and Westphalian-licensed stallion Kastel's Vitalis (Vivaldi x Tolivia, D-Day) to Paul Schockemöhle and Lone Bøegh Henriksen. "Vitalis is such a great breeding stallion," commented Charlotte. "I feel he should be given the best opportunity to contribute to [...]

For Emily Miles It’s All in the Family

2024-10-14T21:52:16-04:00August 23, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

At the Markel/USEF Young & Developing Horse Championships, Emily Miles is riding horses that are brothers, she works in partnership with her mother, and she brought two junior riders, sisters Madison and MacKenzie Peer, to the Dressage Seat Medals Finals. If she weren’t from Kansas, Jeff Foxworthy would have a field day [...]

Emily Miles and Lisa Wilcox Take Home Blues in Preliminary Tests

2024-10-14T21:52:22-04:00August 22, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL- WakeUp has risen to the occasion year after year at the Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse National Championships since making his debut as a 4-year-old, earning multiple championships and reserves. While an injury that sidelined him for months put his attendance at the 2015 Championships in question, he [...]

All Festival of Champions Horses Accepted to Compete

2024-10-14T21:52:36-04:00August 21, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Wayne, IL- Running alongside the Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Championships are the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Finals as well as youth divisions from the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. The horse inspection for Festival of Champions was held Thursday evening at Lamplight Equestrian Center, [...]

One-Two Finish for Alice Tarjan in Four-Year-Old Test

2024-10-14T21:52:36-04:00August 21, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News||

Wayne, IL- Alice Tarjan swept the top two spots in the first class of the Championships. In Thursday morning's 4-year-old test, she rode Tiko to first place with a score of 7.86 and Donatella M to second place with a score of 7.84. Photo - Alice Tarjan and Tiko, 2015. [...]

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