Dressage in California

USEF/US Dressage Young Horse coach Christine Traurig and DG Bar Ranch's Willy Arts were among the luminaries gathered to ride, coach or just eyeball spectacular horses likely to fill the CDI pipeline in coming years.

With Suppenkasper resting after their 4th place finish at the FEI Longines Dressage World Cup Finals and his Small Tour star Be Happy recently sold, Steffen turned up with a new ride in the CDI1* FEI Prix St. Georges today.

"We always work better together," said Josephine. "The horses love each other. Junior always calls out to Copa," Elanor concurred.

A pair for just eight months, 19-year-old Erin and the KWPN by Glocks Johnson NOP earned a 69.441%, putting the world on notice before joining the U-25 European Tour next month with Team USA.

Temecula, California. The atmosphere was a little looser than at Anna Buffini and Frh Davinia La Douce's last outing -- the FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, where they finished 7th. Yet Anna still had a mission to accomplish on the opening day of the...

The atmosphere was a little looser than at Anna Buffini and Frh Davinia La Douce's last outing -- the FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, where they finished 7th. Yet Anna still had a mission to accomplish on the opening day of the Dressage Association of Southern California's Spring Benefit CDI

West Coast-based partnerships occupy an outsize place in US international dressage present and past. In the Pacific Coast CDI’s Grand Prix Freestyle, Rebecca Rigdon and Heidi Spirit seemed poised to join those ranks.

The Pacific Coast CDI & Open Show opened on a weekend forecast to see another "atmospheric river" hit the Golden State. But that was for Central and Northern California, with milder forecasts for Galway Downs' Southern California location in Temecula.

The Markel/USEF Young Horse classes concluded Sunday at the DASC Spring Benefit CDI, CPEDI and National Dressage Show, presented by Four Winds Farm, at the Galway Downs Equestrian Center.

With a doubling of entries over last year's inaugural show, the DASC Spring Benefit CDI, CPEDI and National Dressage Show more than proved its value to the West Coast dressage scene.