Bettina Scherer (Wellington, Fla.) topped a competitive Intermediate Single Horse division with SF Arendell (Connaisseur x High Life’s Aria), her own 2017 Westfalen mare. The pair started the weekend with a phenomenal dressage test that set them up well for the rest of the competition.

Photo – Bettina Scherer and SF Arendell. (©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian)

“We got the second-best dressage score of the horse show with a score in the 30s,” said Scherer. “We were second behind Chester Weber. That was a big highlight.”

At just 7 years old, SF Arendell has had an impressive start in her driving career with Scherer. Scherer is quick to credit her trainer, Jacob Arnold, for his part in her success with the young mare, as well as her breeder, Ann Daum.

“She came from Solomon Farms in South Dakota,” said Scherer. “I’ve been working with her for three years and started her myself. We were the prelim champs here last year, and I hope to start my advanced career with her, maybe next year.”

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