Lexington, Kentucky (June 5, 2015)— All of the horses shown by Anna “Lotta” Eklund at the Kentucky Dressage Association 29th annual Dressage Show and Spring Warm-Up exhibited outstanding overall fitness— causing the judges to award Eklund with not only solid test scores but also with the TheraPlate Peak Performance Award. The TheraPlate Peak Performance Award, presented by TheraPlate Revolution, is given to the rider of a horse that embodies the TheraPlate Revolution core principles of ideal soundness, fitness, performance, and strength. In this exceptional case, German-trained dressage instructor Eklund’s entire show string presented winning appeal.

Eklund, who is originally from Sweden and has been in the U.S. for almost a decade, is a trainer at Saint Louis Equestrian Center (SLEC) in Wildwood, Missouri. “Lotta,” as she is known, was accepted at age 14 into formal equestrian training at a Swedish state-run riding academy. She then traveled to Germany to complete her Bereiter (Instructor) Training, where she graduated with honors in the top one percentile of her class.

“During my years in Germany I rode a lot of horses, and learned to ride and train from the ground up. I get a big kick out of watching horses grow up, starting their training, and taking them to their first shows,” Eklund smiled.

The quality of her training— and peak performance results— were evident with each young horse at the Kentucky Dressage Association 29th annual Dressage Show and Spring Warm-Up. Her scores included a reserve finish (71%) in the FEI Five Year-Old Horse Final on Jennisa Rossiter’s Holsteiner, Chaminade; a 71.8% win in USEF Training Level Test 3 on SLEC’s five year-old Westphalian (Freestyle/Rubenstein) mare Freedance; and top 10 results to bring home to Saint Louis with five year-old Holsteiner (Camiros/Chardonnay) mare Camira, and Anne McGruder’s six year-old Hanoverian (Pomeroy/Rubenstein) Princeton SLEC.

“I was very happy with all the scores the horses achieved,” said Eklund. “But most excited about how well they performed at such young ages.”

Eklund was proud to receive the TheraPlate Peak Performance Award because, like TheraPlate Revolution, she puts focus and effort into achieving high levels of equine fitness. “A lot goes into great fitness. I am a big believer in consistency in training, so all my horses have individual work-out plans followed pretty strictly. I’m also lucky to ride very nice, well-bred horses,” she explained.

Lisa Spillman, who represented TheraPlate Revolution at the Kentucky Dressage Association show, said, “This TheraPlate Peak Performance Award was determined by the show’s dressage judges, Technical Delegates, and ring stewards, who had nearly two dozen horse-and-rider nominees to consider. With so many incredible horses walking past our TheraPlate booth, I was thankful I did not have to narrow it down to a winner myself,” she laughed. “I was happy to see Lotta take home the award after completing all her rides.”

“It was so exciting to see so many TheraPlate customers riding at the show,” Spillman continued. “I have to brag that every horse I knew here that uses TheraPlate was at the top of their respective division, from Training to Grand Prix. To help these great horses and their riders not only achieve their goals but also maintain their fitness and ability to perform at their peak is very gratifying. Success takes a team— vets, farriers, physiotherapists, everyone— who can compliment each other for the good of the horse. TheraPlate is proud to be part of so many winning teams.”

Eklund told Spillman that she was familiar with the TheraPlate and, “Would like to learn more about it and try it on my horses and myself!”

With an eye on the prize in October at the Kentucky Dressage Association Regional Dressage Championships, the Saint Louis Equestrian Center trainer and her horses plan to continue their dedicated training to take their performances to yet another peak.

TheraPlate Revolution, based in Weatherford, Texas, is committed to helping horses and people reach ultimate health and body condition to deliver peak performances. Consistent use of a TheraPlate platform increases circulation, bone density, and muscle mass; reduces swelling, inflammation, and pain; and encourages rapid healing. For more about the next revolution in therapy platforms, visit www.theraplate.com or call (800) 920-3685.

Photo: Lisa Spillman (left) of TheraPlate presents the TheraPlate Peak Performance Award to Anna “Lotta” Eklund (right) at the Kentucky Dressage Association 29th annual Dressage Show and Spring Warm-Up (Photo courtesy of Lisa Michelle Dean)

Sandy, UT (June 5, 2015)— Premier Equestrian has expanded its support of equestrian sports by becoming an official sponsor of both the new Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) and the Colorado Horse Park (CHP). Premier Equestrian, the world-class footing, arena, and horse jump retailer, has been a longtime sponsor of equestrian events on the east coast of the United States, including the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida. The company is excited to add these two new venues to the list of equestrian events that it helps to make a success.

The Tryon International Equestrian Center, a 1,400 acre facility in Tryon, North Carolina, is hosting 25 weeks of hunter/jumper horse shows from April 1- November 15 with additional dressage competitions. As an official sponsor of the Tryon International Equestrian Center, Premier Equestrian will be the title sponsor of the 2015 Premier Equestrian .80m Jumper Series. Premier Equestrian is excited to be part of the continued growth and development of the Tryon International Equestrian Center, which opened in June 2014.

Premier Equestrian is also an official sponsor and partner of the 2015 and 2016 Colorado Horse Park Show Series, which is now hosting 15 weeks of hunter/jumper events from June 1- September 30 2015, in addition to some eventing and dressage competitions. As part of its sponsorship, Premier will present the Premier Equestrian 1.10m Training Jumper Division at the Parker, Colorado show series this year. “With our headquarters being located in Sandy, Utah, we’re excited to be involved with an event in the west, like the Colorado Horse Park Show Series,” says Kathryn Rustad, Premier Equestrian’s Internal Marketing Director.

“Premier Equestrian is dedicated to the partnership that exists between horses and riders and the need for horse sports. CHPS and TIEC provide opportunities for our equestrian culture to fulfill our passion of competitive riding. These facilities allow more areas of the country to attain a higher level of horse showing, and both show series are conscious about the health and safety of horses and riders,” adds Rustad.

Premier Equestrian is providing its first-rate Sundance Arenas at both major show series. Riders and spectators at The Tryon International Equestrian Center will also be able to enjoy Premier’s Berkshire Dressage Letters and Colonial Flower Boxes. Competitors at the Colorado Horse Park will ride by Premier’s beautiful Olympia Flower Boxes. “The arena equipment Premier Equestrian is providing to CHPS and TIEC has been used at the most elite competitions in the world, like the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games and the 2015 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Finals,” comments Rustad. Premier Equestrian is also providing a top-quality branded jump to both competition locations.

Premier Equestrian is loved by the world’s major horse show venues and by equestrians alike for its revolutionary horse jumps, world-class arena footing, and beautiful dressage arenas and accessories. Educational information, discounted arena packages, easy set-up, and completely horse-safe materials are just a few of the benefits that the company offers. Premier Equestrian’s products are popular among riders competing at any level. The company’s strong dedication to equestrian sports shines through in everything that it creates, and in sponsorships like those at the Tryon International Equestrian Center and Colorado Horse Park.

For more information about Premier Equestrian and the exceptional products the company has to offer, visit www.PremierEquestrian.com or call 1-800-611-6109.

Photo: Premier Equestrian’s Sundance Arena and flower boxes, seen here at the 2015 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Finals, will be featured at the Tryon International Equestrian Center and Colorado Horse Park (Photo courtesy of Premier Equestrian)

June 5, 2015

Whitehouse Station, NJ (June 5, 2015)— Success feels thrice as nice for Dr. Cesar Parra of Piaffe Performance right now. After a string of exceptional performances in front of Centerline Events judges during the HITS-on-the-Hudson series in Saugerties, New York, he and his Piaffe Performance team have qualified three horses— Fashion Designer OLD, Toy Story, and Don Cesar— for the 2015 Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships, to be held on August 19-23 at the Midwest’s premier Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois.

“We are so excited with these young up-and-coming horses,” says Katie Riley, who joined the Piaffe Performance team in 2000 and has helped bring its horses through World, Pan American, and Olympic competition since. “They are super, quality horses at the top of their sport. The Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse programs play critical roles in the development of our future stars, and we are very grateful to have programs like this and for Markel’s continued support.”

Fashion Designer OLD, owned by Martin Sosnoff and Dr. Cesar Parra, will be competed at Developing Prix St Georges level by Parra. The Oldenburg (Faustinus/DeNiro) gelding earned 75.66 percent at his last show in Florida. “He will probably do one more qualifier in July to tune-up for the Championships,” Riley expects.

Also in Developing Prix St. Georges, Riley will ride Toy Story, a Dutch  (Trento B/Jazz) gelding owned by Heather Hornor. Toy Story’s strong Prix St. Georges debut at his last Florida show this season earned him a 71.90 percent. “We will compete him locally in June and do one more qualifier in July to prep for the Championships,” Riley says of her mount.

Also keeping Piaffe Performance busy will be an exciting entry in the Five-Year-Old division, Don Cesar, owned by Dr. Cesar Parra and Marcela Ortiz Parra. The Westphalian (Desperados/Manhattan) gelding earned 84.4 percent in his Young Horse 5 Year Olds FEI Test Finale in Florida in April, and will also be competed locally through the summer in preparation for the August limelight at Lamplight.

Coming off one of its strongest winter seasons ever at the competitive Adequan Global Dressage Festival, Piaffe Performance and Cesar Parra have returned to summer operations out of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, where another rainbow of ribbons – especially blue— are already accumulating. Next, the team will be aiming for gold with their young horses in August.

Piaffe Performance is always open to welcoming new dressage riders to its winning team. To learn more about Dr. Parra, Katie Riley, and Piaffe Performance horses, training, lessons, and sales services, please visit www.piaffe-performance.com.

Photo: Piaffe Performance’s Katie Riley and Toy Story qualified to compete at the 2015 Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships (Photo courtesy of Piaffe Performance)

June 5, 2015

The summer has heralded its arrival in perfect timing with the start of the Wellington Premier League which gets underway today, 4 June, and runs until Sunday.  The hardworking team at Wellington have pulled out all the stops for a great four days and riders from all over the country have made the journey to Hampshire.  There’s a full selection of young horse classes on for discovering new talent as well as standard classes from medium to grand prix to include a £1000 first prize PSG freestyle.

Wellington have recently unveiled a spectacular new clubhouse which is split over three floors and includes double aspect viewing galleries to both arenas, integrated sound system and electronic scoreboard and the Premier League is one of the first opportunities for spectators to see it first hand.  There’s also a delicious café run by Wellington Farm Show  in case you need some sustenance and if you need retail therapy of the equestrian kind, they have a tack shop on site too.

Laura Tomlinson is amongst the entries with her two prominsing rides, Unique VII and Duvals Capri Sonne Jr while stable jockey Lara Griffiths brings the home-bred Kristjan.  Michael Eilberg is quickly becoming a force with the exciting stallion Der Designer (pictured) so watch out for them while the in-form Alice Oppenheimer has three rides across a range of classes.  Matt Hicks, Charlie Hutton, Matt Frost, Rebecca Hughes and Bobby Hayler are also ones to watch.

Today the Young Horses got the action underway with qualifiers for the Hickstead Young Dressage Horse championships for five and six year olds. A mammoth Fairfax Saddles with 34 starters runs in the International arena before an FEI Inter I packed full of top names.

On Friday, there are two young horse competitions; the Shearwater potential international dressage horse for four and five year olds and further Hickstead classes, international this time.  There’s a further huge PSG and an Inter II.

Saturday features a Gala Afternoon with a £1000 first prize PSG freestyle, carrying on the venue’s long support of music classes.  This is preceded by and Inter I and the Grand Prix which promises to be a close fought affair.

On Sunday, the younger riders have team tests at Pony, Junior and Young Rider levels and with European team announcements shortly, star performances could just earn a Team GBR call up. There’s also a Grand Prix Special and final PSF and Inter I class.

Entry for spectators is free with the exception of the Gala Afternoon on Saturday (6 June) which is ticketed.  It’s £10 each or £20 for a family ticket (four persons).  Tickets can be purchased at reception on arrival.  Call 01189 326308 for further information.

Full start times and results – click here

Timetable

Arena	Class	Class	Starters	Class start	Class end
Duke’s Hall	1	British Young Horse Qualifier S Q – 5YO National YHN5 ( 2004) – Long (Thu)	21	10:50	13:53:00
Duke’s Hall	2	British Young Horse Qualifier S Q – 6YO National YHE6 ( 2004) – Long (Thu)	14	14:25	16:17:00
Duke’s Hall	3	Medium S Q – Test 73 ( 2007) – Long (Thu)	12	09:00	10:36:00
International Arena	4	FEI Prix St Georges S Q – Test ( 2009) – Long (Thu)	34	08:24	14:04:00
International Arena	5	FEI Intermediate I S Q – Test I ( 2009) – Long (Thu)	30	14:20	18:50:00
Duke’s Hall	6	Potential International Dressage Horse S Q – 4 Year Olds (Fri)	26	12:40	14:26:00
Duke’s Hall	7	Potential International Dressage Horse S Q – 5 Year Olds (Fri)	34	09:35	11:49:00
Duke’s Hall	8	Medium S Q – Test 75 ( 2002) – Long (Fri)	10	08:00	09:20:00
Duke’s Hall	9	British Young Horse Qualifier S Q – FEI 5YO International YHP5 ( 2009) – Long (Fri)	11	15:00	16:28:00
Duke’s Hall	10	British Young Horse Qualifier S Q – FEI 6YO International YHP6 ( 2009) – Long (Fri)	8	16:45	17:49:00
International Arena	11	Advanced Medium S Q – Test 98 ( 2002) – Long (Fri)	18	08:08	10:47:00
International Arena	12	FEI Prix St Georges S – Test ( 2009) – Long (Fri)	36	11:10	16:43:00
International Arena	13	FEI Intermediate II S Q – Test II ( 2014) – Long (Fri)	21	17:15	20:18:00
Duke’s Hall	14	Advanced Medium S Q – Test 98 ( 2002) – Long (Sat)	15	08:52	11:07:00
Duke’s Hall	15	Music Freestyle S Q – Adv Med ( 2012) – Long (Sat)	10	11:20	12:40:00
International Arena	16	FEI Intermediate I S Q – Test I ( 2009) – Long (Sat)	20	10:30	13:25:00
International Arena	17	FEI Grand Prix S – Test ( 2014) – Long (Sat)	21	13:55	16:58:00
International Arena	18	Music Freestyle S Q – PSG ( 2009) – Long (Sat)	16	17:20	19:43:00
International Arena	19	FEI Young Rider S – Team ( 2009) – Long (Sun)	6	10:15	11:03:00
International Arena	20	FEI Junior S – Team ( 2009) – Long (Sun)	8	11:18	12:21:00
International Arena	21	FEI Pony S – Team ( 2012) – Long (Sun)	13	12:50	15:02:00
International Arena	22	FEI Grand Prix S – Special ( 2009) – Long (Sun)	8	08:45	09:57:00
Duke’s Hall	23	FEI Prix St Georges S – Test ( 2009) – Long (Sun)	19	10:15	13:02:00
Duke’s Hall	24	FEI Intermediate I S Q – Test I ( 2009) – Long (Sun)	16	13:15	15:38:00

June 5, 2015

Spruce Meadows

Calgary, AB, Canada – June 3, 2015 – Spruce Meadows kicked off its ‘National’ Tournament CSI 5*, presented by Rolex, on Wednesday with a full day of show jumping at the world-renowned venue in Calgary. The first day of competition saw wins for Quentin Judge (USA) and HH Copin van de Broy in the $34,000 Roadtrek Motorhomes Cup 1.55m, Eric Lamaze (CAN) and Rosana du Park in the $34,000 Back On Track 1.50m, and Andres Rodriguez (VEN) with Fifty Fifty 111 in the $34,000 Bantrel Cup 1.50m.

The ‘National’ Tournament is the first in five weeks of competition during this year’s Summer Series at Spruce Meadows. Riders will vie for nearly $1.2 million in prize money throughout the week, with competition concluding on Sunday, June 7. The highlight event will be the $400,000 RBC Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, on Saturday, June 6. Other features include the $85,000 ATB Financial Cup on Thursday, the $60,000 TransCanada Parcours de Chasse on Saturday, and the $210,000 CNOOC Nexen Cup 1.50m Derby on Sunday.

The course designer in the International Ring for the ‘National’ Tournament is Uliano Vezzani of Italy. Vezanni began Wednesday’s competition with the $34,000 Roadtrek Motorhomes Cup 1.55m and a win for Quentin Judge aboard Double H Farm’s HH Copin van de Broy. Judge and the 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion (Darco x Brownboy) topped a 15-horse jump-off out of 65 original starters. They completed the fastest of eight double clear efforts in 37.77 seconds.

Eric Lamaze and Artisan Farms LLC’s Powerplay set the pace to beat in 38.59 seconds, eventually ending second. Rich Fellers (USA) and Harry and Molly Chapman’s Flexible landed in third place with their time of 39.24 seconds.

“I was surprised we won to be honest because I saw Eric go and I thought he was pretty fast,” Judge remarked. “My original plan was not to try to win. I wanted to be in the top four or five to get qualified for Saturday’s grand prix, but McLain Ward who trains me said, ‘Go,’ so I did. My horse felt really good and really schooled all the way around.”

Egypt’s Sameh el Dahan completed the fastest jump-off round in 37.71 seconds just before Judge entered the ring, but a rail at the last fence put the rider in ninth place overall. Judge was able to watch his round, however, and knew what he had to do.

“I saw Sameh go and I saw that he was really fast to the last line, but I am a little superstitious, so I did not watch him do the last jump,” Judge admitted. “I knew Eric did eight strides from jump one to two. I saw everyone else do nine and I knew that my horse has a similar stride as Powerplay and could also do eight. From there I just tried to be quick to the Roadtrek oxer and back to the coins oxer and the last line. Then I just let him gallop to the last jump. I knew if I was neat enough I could really trust him to the last jump and it worked out.”

Judge started riding HH Copin van de Broy, just before Spruce Meadows last summer and felt good heading into this first competition knowing they already had experience in the International Ring together.

“I feel like our partnership has come a long way,” he acknowledged. “We got along pretty well from the beginning, but Spruce Meadows last year was really my first big international show with him, so I know him the best at this venue. The horse obviously likes it here, so I know that day one I can ask him to go and do his job.”

With a win under his belt, Judge has his sights set on Saturday’s grand prix and also looks forward to defending his title in the $210,000 CNOOC Nexen Cup Derby, which he won last year aboard HH Dark de la Hart.

“This win gives me a big confidence boost,” Judge noted. “We all come here to Spruce Meadows trying to be guns loaded and ready to be competitive going into the first week. It gives me confidence that the plan I made coming up to this was right and my horses are ready to go. Having one win earlier in the week takes a little of the weight off my shoulders to be able to concentrate on the weekend.”

Lamaze Starts Out Strong

The next competition of the day was the $34,000 Back On Track 1.50m, which was held in a one round speed format. Thirteen out of 31 entries cleared the course, and Eric Lamaze completed the fastest clear round in 61.06 seconds for the win aboard Artisan Farms LLC and Torrey Pines Stable’s Rosana du Park.

Just fractions of a second separated the top three, with Conor Swail (IRL) and Ariel and Susan Grange’s Grafton stopping the clock in 61.13 seconds to finish in reserve, and McLain Ward (USA) with Double H Farm’s HH Carlos Z finishing third in 61.60 seconds.

Following his win, along with a second place finish in the first competition of the day, Lamaze commented on the great afternoon that kicked off the ‘National’ Tournament.

“The first day is always an important day,” he stated. “I love doing well here. It is fun. It doesn’t matter if the stands are full or empty; it is still a five-star. You get ranking points and you get good prize money, so I love competing.”

Lamaze and Rosana du Park had a fantastic winter jumping at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, with multiple wins. The ten-year-old Selle Francais mare (by Kannan) then placed on the Longines Global Champions Tour in Miami and continued on to good results competing in Antwerp and Rome.

“She is super. She is going to be a great horse,” Lamaze noted. “She can do a grand prix and she can do a speed competition. I love those horses. She can do both.”

Although the mare has been jumping very well, Lamaze was careful to put her in the right level to get things started on the grass field this week.

“She is usually very timid here on the grass, so that is why I chose that competition today,” Lamaze explained. “Last year it was too much for her almost; even the 1.45m and 1.50m felt too much. Carly Anthony rode her for me last year and then I took her over a little bit toward the end, but she felt very
timid. She was still a fairly green horse that was very careful then. She was really holding herself up, but this year she feels really different. She really handled it beautifully. It is just a year later, more mileage, more everything, so I am very happy.”

Rodriguez Earns First International Ring Victory

International competition concluded on Wednesday with the $34,000 Bantrel Cup, held over a 1.50m speed track, with 46 starters and eight clear rounds. Tenth in the order, Venezuela’s Andres Rodriguez and Arao Enterprises LLC’s Fifty Fifty 111 sped to the lead in 63.92 seconds and held on to the end for their first win in Spruce Meadow’s International Ring.

Conor Swail was the runner up in 64.31 seconds with Susan Grange’s Simba de la Roque. Brazil’s Rodrigo Lambre was first to go and placed third overall with his time of 66.25 seconds riding Mario Onate’s Charielle.

Rodriguez has owned Fifty Fifty 111, a ten-year-old Belgian Warmblood (Action Breaker x Major de la Cour), since the mare was five years old. He purchased the horse from Eric Lamaze and brought her up through the levels. ‘Fifty’ has continued to develop and Rodriguez started the season with the goal of competing her in the derbies at Spruce Meadows this summer. With a win on the field to start the Series, he looks forward to Sunday’s first derby competition.

“I really wanted to win a competition in the big ring this year. We brought ten horses and I brought a few good horses that I thought could do it. To win on the first day is an amazing feeling,” the rider said of his victory. “We have been training for the derby. It is actually going to be my first derby in my career, but we have practiced everything and the way she jumped today, if she keeps jumping like that Sunday might be a great day.”

“She just keeps developing and she keeps surprising me, so why not?” Rodriguez continued. “From that generation of horses born in 2005, I had six horses, and when they were seven we cut down to four. She was not the most talented of all of them, but the one thing she had was that she always wanted to do everything right. There were more talented horses in the pack, but she was always trying to produce clear rounds and she ended up being the best by far.”

Fifty Fifty 111 will now rest up for the derby on Sunday while Rodriguez competes his other top mounts. For the summer overall, his main goal is preparation for the Pan American Games that will qualify teams for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

“You can feel the Pan American ambience in Spruce Meadows right now. Everybody is trying to put their teams together here,” Rodriguez noted. “I think for the first time really the Venezuelan team is working together. We are all on the same page and we are all really trying. We agreed that the best plan was for all of us to go to Spruce Meadows together as a team to try to get our horses comfortable. We knew we were going to have good footing and good courses. It is the best training we can get before we go there. It is very important for us because Venezuela has never jumped as a team in an Olympic Games. For any athlete, the Olympics are as high as you can get, so we are really trying to make that happen.”

Also showing on Wednesday, Leslie Howard (USA) earned the first international win of the week in the All Canada Ring this morning. Howard guided her own and Peter Howard’s Lennox Lewis 2 to victory in the $8,000 Thompson Family Cup 1.45m, a one round speed course set by USA’s Anthony D’Ambrosio. Mexico’s Antonio Maurer finished second aboard Everado Coronado’s Portena. Brazil’s Rodrigo Lambre and Mario Onate’s Melbourne placed third.

The Spruce Meadows ‘National’ Tournament, presented by Rolex, continues on Thursday featuring the $34,000 ATCO Pipelines Cup 1.50m, the $34,000 Westmoreland Coal Cup 1.50m, and the $85,000 ATB Financial Cup 1.55m.

For a complete tournament schedule and full results, please visit www.sprucemeadows.com.

Final Results: $34,000 Roadtrek Motorhomes Cup 1.55m

1. $8,500 HH COPIN VAN DE BROY Belgian Warmblood / S / 13 Darco x Brown Boy
QUENTIN JUDGE (USA) WELLINGTON, FL Double H Farm: 0/0/37.77

2. $6,800 POWER PLAY Holstein / G / 11 Casall x Limbus
ERIC LAMAZE (CAN) SCHOMBERG, ON Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/0/38.59

3. $5,100 FLEXIBLE Irish bred / S / 19 Cruising x Safari
RICH FELLERS (USA) SHERWOOD, OR Harry & Mollie Chapman: 0/0/39.24

4. $3,400 CZARDAS 30 Hanoverian / S / 12 Contendro x Grannus
KIRSTEN COE (USA) ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL Ilan Ferder: 0/0/39.40

5. $2,380 FOREVER D ARCO TER LINDEN Belgian Warmblood / S / 10 Darco x Tenor Manciais
NICOLA PHILIPPAERTS (BEL) GRUITRODE Ludo Philippaerts & Frans Lens: 0/0/39.49

6. $1,870 FIRST CHOICE 15 Warmblood / G / 12 Unknown x Unknown
YANN CANDELE (CAN) CALEDON, ON Watermark Group: 0/0/39.75

7. $1,360 QUILEBO DU TILLARD Selle Francais / G / 11 For Pleasure x Quat Sous
ENRIQUE GONZALEZ (MEX) COL TETELPAN Enrique Gonzalez: 0/0/41.91

8. $1,020 FLAMING STAR Irish Sport Horse / G / 16 Fairman x Unknown
CHARLIE JACOBS (USA) BOSTON, MA CMJ Sporthorse LLC: 0/0/43.71

9. $1,020 SUMAS ZORRO Irish Sport Horse / M / 11 Ard Vdl Douglas x Unknown
SAMEH EL DAHAN (EGY) BALLYCLARE Sycamore Horse Farm: 0/4/37.71

10. $850 CHALLENGE Z Zangersheide / G / 10 Carthago x Cordelme
Z MARIO APPEL (BRA) SAO PAULO Mario Appel: 0/4/40.09

11. $850 DYNAMO Belgian Warmblood / G / 12 Skippy II x Veritas
MEAGAN NUSZ (USA) HOUSTON, TX Amalya Investments: 0/4/40.48

12. $850 FOR FREEDOM Z Zangersheide / G / 10 For Pleasure x Baloubet de Rouet
KEEAN WHITE (CAN) ROCKWOOD, ON Angelstone Partners: 0/4/40.61

Final Results: $34,000 Back On Track Cup 1.50m

1. $8,500 ROSANA DU PARK Schwaben / M / 10 Kannan x Ukase
ERIC LAMAZE (CAN) SCHOMBERG, ON Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/61.063

2. $6,800 GRAFTON Selle Francais / S / 9 Calvaro x Vondeen
CONOR SWAIL (IRL) DARRAGH CROSS DOWN Susan & Ariel Grange: 0/61.131

3. $5,100 HH CARLOS Z Zangersheide / G / 13 Chellano Z x Voltaire
MCLAIN WARD (USA) BREWSTER, NY Double H Farm: 0/61.604

4. $3,400 DARLON VAN GROENHOEVE Belgian Warmblood / G / 12 Clinton x Heartbreaker
ANDRES RODRIGUEZ (VEN) WELLINGTON, FL Arao Enterprises LLC: 0/62.891

5. $2,380 HH DONNATELLA Belgian Warmblood / M / 12 Toulon x Mr. Blue
MAGGIE MCALARY (USA) AMHERST, NH Double H Farm: 0/63.386

6. $1,870 EMILIE DE DIAMANT AS / M / 10 Unknown x Unknown
JACK HARDIN TOWELL JR. (USA) CAMDEN, SC Jennifer Gates: 0/63.647

7. $1,360 STAR LA TUILIERE Selle Francais / M / 9 Dollar de la Pierre x Just a Star
KARA CHAD (CAN) CALGARY, AB Stone Ridge: 0/63.656

8. $1,020 PEPPERPOT Irish Sport Horse / M / 13 Heritage Fortunus x Kilkenny Trup
TIFFANY FOSTER (CAN) SCHOMBERG, ON Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/65.444

9. $1,020 ALBERTO II Holstein / G / 12 Acorado x Cassini I
KARA CHAD (CAN) CALGARY, AB Stone Ridge: 0/65.771

10. $850 CONTIKI Swedish Warmblood / G / 9 Contendro x Calido I
NICK DELLO JOIO (USA) WELLINGTON, FL Coker Farm: 0/65.851

11. $850 ATLANTIS T Dutch Warmblood / G / 10 Padinus x Guidam
BRIAN MORTON (CAN) LANGLEY, BC Grafton Farm: 0/67.321

12. $850 FORTIN Zangersheide / G / 10 Unknown x Unknown
ANTONIO CHEDRAUI (MEX) MEXICO DF Antonio Chedraui: 0/69.296

Final Results: $34,000 Bantrel Cup 1.50m

1. $8,500 FIFTY FIFTY 111 Belgian Warmblood / M / 10 Action Breaker x Major de la Cour
ANDRES RODRIGUEZ (VEN) WELLINGTON, FL Arao Enterprises LLC: 0/63.924

2. $6,800 SIMBA DE LA ROQUE Schwaben / G / 9 Kannan x Allegreto
CONOR SWAIL (IRL) DARRAGH CROSS DOWN Susan Grange: 0/64.319

3. $5,100 CHARIELLE Oldenburg / M / 9 Chacco Blue x Argentinus
RODRIGO LAMBRE (BRA) MONTERREY Mario Onate: 0/66.251

4. $3,400 ATLANTIS Zangersheide / G / 12 Unknown x Unknown
SAMUEL PAROT (CHI) WELLINGTON, FL Samuel Parot: 0/66.751

5. $2,380 SRI ALADDIN Dutch Warmblood / G / 10 Quasimodo z x Burggraaf
MEAGAN NUSZ (USA) HOUSTON, TX Amalya Investments: 0/69.132

6. $1,870 BALOUS DAY DATE Warmblood / M / 10 Unknown x Unknown
MOLLY ASHE (USA) WELLINGTON, FL Louisburg Farm: 0/69.340

7. $1,360 WHIN WHIN Dutch Warmblood / M / 12 Phin Phin x Elcaro
RODRIGO LAMBRE (BRA) MONTERREY Mario Onate: 0/69.911

8. $1,020 BRIGHTON / G / 9 Contendro II x Quick Star
TIFFANY FOSTER (CAN) SCHOMBERG, ON Artisan Farms, LLC: 0/71.061

9. $1,020 HEROS DE PAPIGNIES Z Zangersheide / S / 11 Heartbreaker x Ahorn Z
KIRSTEN COE (USA) ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL Alejandro Zendejas: 1/72.196

10. $850 DUTCH AMOURETTA Dutch Warmblood / M / 10 Dutch Capitol x Wellington
BRENDA RIDDELL (CAN) CALGARY, AB Silverstar Farms: 1/73.138

11. $850 CALVIN KLEIN Swedish Warmblood / G / 11 Cardento x Feliciano
JONATHON MILLAR (CAN) PERTH, ON Millar Brooke Farm: 2/77.275

12. $850 ANTON Warmblood / G / 11 Marlone x Orville
JAIME AZCARRAGA (MEX) MEXICO CITY Jaime Azcarraga & Family: 2/79.214

June 5, 2015

The Land Rover Great Meadow International

(c)Rich Kessler Photography

The Plains, Virginia – June  03, 2015 -Many of the nation’s best event riders have confirmed their entries and will be making their way to Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia to compete at the Land Rover Great Meadow International presented by Adequan® on June 19-21.  In addition to the $30,000 CIC3* competition, the international event will host the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for its final preparation trial prior to the 2015 Pan American Games which will be held in Toronto, Canada in July.

The CIC3* division is open to all qualified competitors and is not an invitational. Athletes are limited to two horses. All Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team riders must compete in the Pan Am division, while the Team Alternates may ride in either the Pan Am division or the CIC3*.

“We are so proud to have our nation’s best horses and riders competing at our event,” said Robert L. Banner, Jr., President of the Great Meadow Foundation. “The competition in both divisions is going to be nothing short of spectacular!”

Heading up the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team lineup and Pan Am division is two-time Olympic team gold medalist and the 2015 Rolex/USEF CCI4* National Champion, Phillip Dutton. Dutton has two horses entered, Fernhill Cubalawn, a 12 year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Tom Tierney and Simon Roosevelt, and Fernhill Fugitive, a 10 year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Annie Jones. Dutton successfully competed both horses at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Presented by Land Rover in April, producing double-clear rounds on both horses at the four-star event.

Lauren Kieffer, who took second place at the 2014 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and won the 2014 Rolex/USEF National CCI4* National Championship, will be competing Meadowbrook’s Scarlett, an 8 year-old Thoroughbred cross mare owned by Marie Le Menestrel. The pair won the 2014 CIC2* at Jersey Fresh International, followed by victory in the CCI2* at Bromont, Canada. This year the duo placed ninth in the Carolina Horse Park CIC3*, and placed second in the Jersey Fresh International CCI3*.

Marilyn Little will be competing RF Scandalous, a 10 year-old Oldenburg mare owned by Raylyn Farm Inc., and Phoebe and Michael Manders. The duo have had five consecutive international victories, with their most recent at the CCI2* in Ocala. Little took up the sport of eventing in the fall of 2010 after much success competing at the international level in show jumping. Little was also a 2013 Land Rover US Eventing Team Member at CHIO*** Aachen (GER), CCI*** Saumur (FRA), CCI**** Pau (FRA).

Boyd Martin, a competitor at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the highest placing American event rider (eighth) at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, is currently ranked #4 in the FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings. He has entered his own and Pancho Villa Syndicate’s Pancho Villa, a 12 year-old Selle Francais gelding. The pair have had great success so far this season with a second place in the CIC3* at Fair Hill and third place at the Jersey Fresh CCI3*.

Thus far, four U.S. Team Alternates have entered to compete. Will Faudree is currently the only Team Alternate who  has chosen to compete in the Pam Am division. He has entered Pfun, an 8 year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Jennifer Mosing and Sterling Silver Stables.

Also competing in the Pan Am Division are five Mexican riders including: Enrique Mercado on Romana; Daniela Moguel with Cecelia and Agave; Abraham Ojeda and Obusero; Alan Triana and Ofrenda; and Guillermo de Campo and Quelite.

The $30,000 CIC3* Division will be also be highly contested with 21 entries so far, including three Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Alternates including: Jennie Brannigan and Nina Gardner’s Cambalda, a 13 year-old Thoroughbred cross gelding; Tamie Smith and Mai Baum, a 9 year-old German Sport Horse gelding owned by Alex Ahearn; Michael Pollard and Cyrano Z, a 14 year-old Zangersheide gelding owned by Carl, Nicholas and Stanislas Bouckaert. Pollard has also entered a second horse, Jos Calfun in the division.

Also vying for the CIC3* title will be several top U.S. riders including Buck Davidson, who currently leads the FEI North America Eventing rider rankings, and who has entered both Petite Flower and Ballynoecastle RM. Boyd Martin is also set to ride two horses including Crackerjack and Shamwari 4, as is Colleen Rutledge with Escot 6 and Covert Rights. Single-horse competitors include Lynn Symansky and Donner; Sara Kozumplik Murphy and Fly Me Courageous; Sydney Conley Elliott and Cisko A; Hallie Coon and Celien; Sarah Cousins and Abecca GS; Maggie Deatrick and Divine Comedy; Ellen Doughty-Hume and Sir Oberon; Justine Dutton and Jollybo; Bobby Meyerhoff and Dunlavin’s Token; and Julie Norman and Consensus.

The competition begins on Friday, June 19 with Dressage tests taking place in the main arena from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., followed by the Sip ‘n’ Shop in the Vendor Village from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. which will feature local vineyards and a bevy of national and local shopping partners.  VIPs will be treated to an upscale dinner in an elegant tent with live entertainment for the evening as well.

On Saturday, June 20, the CIC3* and Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Pan Am Prep Trial Show Jumping Phases will take place from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. From 8:00-10:00 p.m., there will be live entertainment and dancing in the Polo Pavilion.

On Sunday, June 21, Tailgating on Members’ Hill and Fleming Hill will open at 8:00 a.m. The opening of the inaugural Cross Country Course will take place at 9:00 a.m. followed by the Cross Country Phase beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Awards Ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a ground-breaking ceremony launching the construction of a new world-class, all-weather arena with an adjoining unique water complex.

For those unable to attend this spectacular event, you won’t have to miss any of the action. The Land Rover Great Meadow International will be broadcast live at USEFNetwork.com.

About The Great Meadow Foundation
Great Meadow was founded through the vision of news executive and philanthropist Arthur W. (Nick) Arundel in 1982. Arundel purchased an abandoned farm then slated to become a housing development for perpetual preservation of open space. The concept for Great Meadow grew out of several converging forces of the 1980s, primarily urban growth pressure on farmland near Washington, the opening of I-66 and the simultaneous loss of the former Virginia Gold Cup course in Warrenton to subdivision development. Since their inception they have been the permanent home for the Virginia Gold Cup and Family 4th of July celebrations. Over the years they have added several more community events, ranging from Twilight Polo to the Virginia State Cross Country Tournaments. For more information, please visit: www.greatmeadow.org.

About Land Rover
Land Rover, the British maker of Land Rover and Range Rover sport utility vehicles, is renowned for providing its clientele with some of the most luxurious and capable vehicles in the world. Every Land Rover vehicle is equally at home both on and off road, and in any setting; be it in the heart of the city, or traversing the countryside. Today’s Land Rover lineup includes the Discovery Sport, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Evoque and LR4 (Discovery 4). Land Rover designs, engineers, and manufactures their vehicles in the United Kingdom. Land Rover is fully engaged with sustainability initiatives and social concerns with continuous involvement in environmental and community programs. For more information visit the official Land Rover website at http://www.landroverusa.com.

About Adequan® i.m. (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan)
Adequan® i.m., the only product approved by the FDA for the intramuscular treatment of non-infectious degenerative and/or traumatic joint dysfunction and associated lameness of the carpal and hock joints in horses, has been a great help to the horse industry. For the past 25 years and counting, veterinarians have depended on Adequan® i.m.for the treatment of non-infectious degenerative joint disease in horses. For more information, please visit: http://www.adequan.com.   For more information about Luitpold Animal Health, visit http://www.luitpoldanimalhealth.com.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the  Land Rover Great Meadow International, please visitwww.greatmeadowinternational.com.

Thursday, June 04, 2015