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Horses in FloridaWellington Rider Stephanie Frederick Wins Premier Equestrian Sportsmanship Award at International Horse Sport Dressage Show Stephanie Frederick won the Premier Sportsmanship Award at the International Horse Sport Dressage Show. Josh Zorn presented the award on behalf of Premier Equestrian. (Photo courtesy of JRPR) Loxahatchee, FL (April 8, 2011) – Wellington rider Stephanie Frederick had a smile on her face while competing Valentino Flemming at the International Horse Sport Dressage Show, and that smile helped Frederick ride away with the Premier Equestrian Sportsmanship Award. Sponsored by Premier Equestrian, a leading supplier of dressage arenas, horse jumps, arena footing and stable accessories, the Premier Sportsmanship Award is awarded to a rider who displays a high level of sportsmanship during a show. Frederick was thrilled to win the Premier Sportsmanship Award and shared her secret to being a good sport. “You need to stick with it and be positive. If you want it badly enough you need to keep working hard at it and eventually you will get there,” Frederick said. Frederick, who was awarded a pair of German-designed Roeckl gloves from Premier Equestrian for winning the Sportsmanship Award, added that having her parents attend the show also put a smile on her face. “My parents, Jim and Cindy Frederick, are my biggest supporters,” she said. Caroline Roffman Lives Up to FEI Prediction While Competing at International Horse Sport Champions Cup CDI3* Caroline Roffman rode Bon Chance to victory in the FEI Young Horse Test for Six-Year-Olds at the International Horse Sport Champions Cup CDI3* show. (Photo courtesy of Susan J Stickle) Loxahatchee, FL (April 7, 2011) – When the International Equestrian Federation awarded dressage rider Caroline Roffman with the 2010 FEI Rising Star Award they said Roffman was “one of the brightest hopes of the U.S. Dressage community.” Roffman lived up to their prediction at the International Horse Sport Champions Cup CDI3* at Equestrian Estates in Loxahatchee, riding into the winner’s circle again and again and taking home high scores on several of her horses. “I could not have imagined a show going much better for my horses than the Champions Cup. All of my horses made good progress from the last show and really showed me they are on track for success in their prospective levels,” Roffman said. “I showed three horses in two classes each and finished first in all six classes with qualifying scores.” Roffman rode into the winner’s circle on Pie in the FEI Test of Choice class with a score of 69.412 and in the USEF Developing Horse class with a score of 71.618. “Pie did his first two Developing Horse classes and showed me he is very capable of doing this level quite well. He continues to gain confidence inside the show arena and I am excited for his future,” Roffman said. Intercollegiate Dressage Association’s 2011 National Championship
Riders from over 20 colleges and universities throughout the United States will converge at the Canterbury Equestrian Show Place in Newberry, Florida to compete at the Intercollegiate Dressage Association’s 9th annual National Championship. Over 100 riders will compete April 30 and May 1 as either part of a 4 member team or as individuals in each of the IDA’s four divisions: Introductory, Lower Training, Upper Training and First Level. The IDA is comprised of 680 student riders representing 60 colleges and universities in the US and Canada divided into 10 regions. The qualifying teams and individual riders have earned their way to the Championship by earning points in IDA sanctioned competitions held throughout the academic year within their respective regions. University of Florida and their dressage team are hosts for the event. Along with their host duties, the team are among the early qualifiers for the competition which include Delaware Valley College, last year’s National Champion Team, Virginia Intermont College, and Mt. Holyoke College. With three national championship titles each, Virginia Intermont and Mt. Holyoke have dominated the IDA since it began as a national organization in 2001. Jamaica Retires – Breyer Event Honors Chester Weber’s Famous Equine Teammate Jamaica Chester Weber is presented with Jamaica’s embroidered cooler during the Live Oak International CDE. (Photo courtesy of JRPR) Ocala, FL (April 6, 2011) – Jamaica, Chester Weber’s famous combined driving equine teammate, will go down in history as an award winning horse known for his tale of being rescued from a slaughterhouse before going on to compete with Weber in international events, driving away with numerous USEF National Championships and earning the most prestigious title in the country when he was named the USEF Farnam Platform Horse of the Year. Jamaica’s story, from near oblivion in Belgium to a world of travel and fame, captivated combined driving and equestrian fans across the world. This year a new chapter in the horse’s life began as Weber retired the bay gelding with the quirky attitude. Jamaica will spend the rest of his life grazing on the verdant rolling hills of Weber’s Live Oak Stud as a retired star and champion for rescue horses everywhere. Jamaica’s official retirement from competition was announced at the Live Oak International Combined Driving Event in late March. A week later, Breyer, Makers of the World’s Finest Model Horses, recently honored Jamaica with a retirement ceremony at Live Oak. A Breyer portrait model of Jamaica was released during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games when Breyer created a number of Traditional Series portrait models of key competitors from various disciplines. The Breyer retirement party for Jamaica, who recently turned 20, was a star-studded affair that featured 200 “Committed Collectors” who were invited to share an experience that only Breyer could organize. “The 200 fans really enjoyed themselves. They were able to meet Jamaica and take a tour of the farm. Jamaica enjoyed the attention and showing off his new Draper Equine Therapy blanket which was embroidered and presented by Breyer,” Weber said, adding that Jamaica had developed quite a fan following over the years. The Dressage on the First Coast Spring 2011 show program “Thank You” ad from Jerry Rehkopf Click for larger image My Northeast Florida Dressage Association (NFDA) club’s Dressage on the First Coast Spring 2011 show is coming up this weekend (April 9-10th) and boy has there been a flurry of work to do to get everything ready for it. Everything else has had to be put on hold, even getting my newsletter out before the end of March. My attempt to get it out the week before that was thwarted by a frustrating technical issue of my ESP not ‘talking’ to my ISP which took me 4 days to finally get resolved. Hence my March newsletter has become my Spring newsletter or a March/April newsletter. My wonderful husband offered to do an advertisement for the show program as the EVP of HorsesintheSouth.com. We were trying to decide what he would say in the program ad as I already have an ad for HorsesintheSouth.com in it, so we decided that we would just thank all of our current clients, banner advertisers and affiliates. My graphic designer, Beth Webb, who also did the show program for us on a last minute notice just told me to write up some text and she would make an ad out of it. Well, 3-4 hours later, I came up with this huge text-heavy ad that feels like I am thanking everyone for an academy award or something, it is so long! I didn’t know where to stop, I am so lucky to have such wonderful clients and advertisers. And, these are just the current ones! So I figured this would also be a good editorial so that all of the HorsesintheSouth.com readers and AHorseBlog.com readers will see these accolades instead of it just being confined to a horse show program.
 Click on image for larger view. It reads like this, but the layout that Beth did is gorgeous, as is the show program that she did for the Dressage on the First Coast. Jerry Rehkopf, husband to Teri Rehkopf the website developer of DressageontheFirstCoast.com and CEO/Owner/Producer of HorsesintheSouth.com and AHorseBlog.com, plus her corporate website SynergyEtc.com, wants to wish the NFDA, Northeast Florida Dressage Association, nfladressage.org, host to the Dressage on the First Coast, USDF/USEF recognized show, and the competitors the best of luck for this show and to thank all of Teri’s clients, current advertisers and website she supports. The list of her clients in alphabetical order, many of which have been her clients since the early 2000′s, are: Website Clients: ASmallCleverness.com – Rubber stamp store for people who love to create with stamps. EquineSportsTrainer.net – Ashley Davis, Equine Sports Trainer and Performance Consultant. ALGGraphics.com – Flexo and Screen printer of specialty labels. DogwoodSportHorses.com – Breeders of excellent bloodline European cross warmblood sport horses for sale; featuring the branded Westfalen, and approved RPSI breeding stallion, Freedom Hall. DressageontheFirstCoast.com – The website for the twice yearly recognized show; started for the 2005 Region 3 Championships held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Feedin’ Time – Animal feed & supply store. See the store link on HorsesintheSouth.com/feedintime FloridaMaritimeLawyers.com – Florida-based law firm which concentrates in trial litigation in the field of admiralty, cruise line and maritime law. James “Shea” Walsh – HorsesintheSouth.com/sheawalsh; 1988 Olympian represented Ireland. Instruction and clinics locally and abroad. KDEquine.com – Kathy Daly — Classical Dressage trainer, clinician. USEF “r” Dressage judge; my first website started in 1997. I wanted to give back to Kathy for all of the wonderful training she had and has done for me and my horses. We still get many “phone” training lessons and I used to get “Kitchen Table” lessons when she would stay with me when I lived in Jacksonville and she would get to my place too late for a lesson. One day I am going to write a book for her on these lessons, she is that good at explaining what to do! PostHillFarm.com – Breeders and sales of show ponies. Sundance Farm – HorsesintheSouth.com/sundancefarm; Featuring Swedish Warmblood, AWS approved stallion, Synchronicity; Lupe Guarderas, owner, competitor, trainer and Dressage judge. SuncoastBedding.com – Premium ultra-compressed pine shavings animal bedding. TripleKBarC.com – Preserving the “Last Chance” naturally-gaited, old-time Albert Dement foundation line of Tennessee Walking Horses. Dement mares for sale to selected breeding homes. Current Banner Advertisers and Others that we Support: CanterburyShowPlace.com – Central Florida’s nicest equestrian showplace with an indoor covered and lighted arena, and 3 outdoor rings, 5 show barns, clubhouse and more! ClassicCompany.com – Show management that we support; production of multiple shows throughout the South. EquineColicReliefAmerica.com – Amazing product that we have personally used to stop colic. HorsesintheSouth.Equine.com – Our Classified Ads – co-branded with Equine.com FlashpointMediaServices.com and FlashPointPhotography.com – Robbie and Greg Meisel who we love and support, specialize in performance and event portrait photography, and press releases for Classic Company, LLC show management. JaneHeart.com – Gorgeous equestrian and dog lines of jewelry including Secretariat™ and Barbaro™ licensed jewelry. KAMAnimalServices.com – KAM’s Equine Learning Circle offers FREE webinars every month and we list weekly tips each Monday and support them with a banner link. MahanFarm.com – 113 acre boarding, show and clinic facility in Tallahassee, FL. Summer camp held in conjunction with Feather Oaks Farm. Brett Barteld, Owner NagHorseRanch.com – Home of the Nose Shade, formerly called Nag Nose Shade to stop sunburned horses’ muzzles. NFHJA.com/ North Florida Hunter Jumper Association – We support them, especially during the Jacksonville Winter Series. Fleet Footing International – Supreme arena footing distributed and used by Canterbury Showplace RavenwoodFarm.net – Ravenwood Farm Foundation non-profit rescue corporation SouthernFarrier.com – Brett Barteld; 2nd Generation Farrier; 1990 Oklahoma Horseshoeing School -Certificate Graduate Professional Horseshoeing; Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association Certified; American Farrier’s Association Member SunHorseTack.com – Fancy and custom-made horse halters and stuff! USET.org/United States Equestrian Team Foundation – We support them with a non-profit banner advertisement. YouMightAsWellJump.com – Rob Bowman – amazing artistic photographer Affiliate websites for your viewing and shopping pleasure: NaturalPetVet.net/horsesinthesouth And, we have too many blog contributors to list here, so please see the Contributor category on AHorseBlog.com as these keep growing every day. Jerry and Teri also wish to thank Sheila Van Dusen, honorary EVP, for all of the assistance she has provided since our beginnings in 2000, plus Jason Ellerbee, for his assistance as our Associate Editor and analyst, Chris Dunn and Linda Bourdow for their accounting assistance, Rob Bowman for his amazing photography, Charles Bryant for his amazing programming work on our website and blog, and Beth Webb for her amazing graphic design skills and assistance. Without their help, we would not have been able to keep this monster of a website and blog, plus our client sites and advertisers functioning. Mahala Rummell and Stoney Creek Win the Blue Ribbon and a New Saddle in Beval Palm Beach Adult Medal Finals Mahala Rummell and Stoney Creek win the Beval Palm Beach Adult Medal Finals during the twelfth week of the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Photo © Sportfot Wellington, FL – April 3, 2011 – In a great ending to the 2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, the Beval Palm Beach Adult Medal held its circuit finals in the prestigious International Field. Sixteen entries competed for the win today, with the lucky blue ribbon winner being awarded a new saddle. Mahala Rummell came out the victor in the prestigious culmination of the circuit’s adult medal class. Rummell, who rides with Stacia Madden, was aboard her own mount Stoney Creek, a twelve-year-old Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding, for the win. This being Rummell’s first season out of the juniors, she was lucky enough to still own her junior equitation horse, Stoney Creek, to ride in the class. “He’s so good at it,” beamed Rummell. “He does all the testing so well, and he’s beautiful on the flat. He’s super!” Today’s course being in the International Arena gave riders an extra advantage with the added space and size of the ring. “I thought the course was nice,” said Rummell. “There was a lot of space to gallop, but there were also lines where you could leave out a stride or add a stride depending on your horse. There were a lot of nice single jumps too.” Horn and Lamotte Speed to Win Adult Modified and Masters Jumper Classes at The Stadium Susan Horn and Phenix de Coquerie. Photos © Sportfot Wellington, FL – April 2, 2011 – It was an exciting day at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center’s derby field, The Stadium. In a rare opportunity, Modified Adult Jumper riders and Masters Jumper riders were given the chance to show on The Stadium’s derby field over a course designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio from Red Hook, New York. Susan Horn rode the Kingsfield Farm entry Phenix De Coquerie to the win in the $1,500 Paddock Cakes Adult Modified Jumpers, and Elizabeth Lamotte rode her own mount, Katharine, to the win in the $1,500 Masters Jumpers. Running through Sunday, April 3, the remaining feature events include the Finals for the Adequan Young Jumpers. Besting a field of sixteen entries in the Table A Speed format class, Horn and Phenix De Coquerie flew through the timers with a clean round in 72.776 seconds. Of the sixteen entries, only five were clear, but none were fast enough to catch Horn, who hails from King City, Ontario, Canada. 2nd Annual International Gay Polo Tournament Continues to Be a Hit! Team PMG vs. Team Palm Beach Rox / Polo Gear USA. Photo Credit: Alyson Sanderford/PMG Wellington, FL – April 2, 2011 – The Second Annual International Gay Polo Tournament, presented by Grand Champions Polo Club, was held today, April 2, at the beautiful Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, FL. This event, in its second year, was a huge success both on and off the field with both players and spectators enjoying a fun day of exciting polo competition. Two matches were held Friday morning to decide which teams would play when on Saturday. Team Palm Beach Rox/Polo Gear and Team Phelps Media group proved victorious over their opponents: Team Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue and Team Wellington Equestrian Realty. After being named Friday’s winners, Team Palm Beach Rox/Polo Gear USA and Team Phelps Media Group competed for the ultimate bragging rights and the title of GPL tournament winner in today’s 3:00 p.m. game. The first game of the day began at 1:00 p.m., as the consolation game of the tournament. Team Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue and Team Wellington Equestrian Realty faced off for third and fourth place honors. After four chukkers of polo, scores were tied at two goals apiece. Talbot Logan from Wellington Equestrian Realty scored two goals during regulation, while John Wigdahl and Professional player Joey Casey each had one for Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue. The officials decided to have a shoot off to decide the tie game, where each player got a shot on goal. Team Pure Thoughts Horse Rescue proved the best, as they scored two more goals than Wellington Equestrian Realty to land them with the game’s win and third place in the tournament. Canterbury Showplace USDF/USEF May Days Qualifier Show Sponsor Opportunities
Set in the beautiful horse country of north central Florida, this special show will host some of the south’s finest competition riders and horses. Canterbury Showplace has been at this for 6 years now and each show has grown bigger and better than ever. This year with the help of our sponsors they are holding the $1000.00 Freestyle Challenge under the lights on Saturday evening. They are also advertising it to the community to raise awareness about the sport of dressage. There will be an evening program printed for the spectators who can pick their favorite horse and rider combo and cheer them on. The Musical free styles are the “creative” portion of the daily scheduled dressage rides and this year they are hosting about 2 hours of this beautiful performance. Can you be a participant either by; 1) coming and riding, or 2) perhaps sponsoring a division or 3) becoming a Bronze, Silver or Gold sponsor. See below for the benefits for each level. This is a unique and fun show that people look forward to every year. Last year Canterbury ran 3 rings both days. Their goal is 4 this year. With the new $2100.00 Classics on Sunday, sponsored by Fleet Footing, people will have added opportunity to win a bit of prize money which brings even more folks to the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Become part of the exciting world of dressage competitions!
The competition runs over three days and brings people from all over the southeast. Many of them will need products or services that you have to offer. Decide to enjoy the weekend and boost your identity by becoming a sponsor. $150.00 Division Sponsor-1/4 page ad in program, announcements $300.00 Bronze Level- 1/2 page ad in program, banner on ring, public announcements (PA) mentions throughout the day, promotional booth for one day. $500.00 Silver Level-Full page ad in program, banner on holding pen, PA mentions, booth space for promotions for the 3 days, listed on website. $1000.00 Gold Level-banner on ring, PA mentions, booth space for promotions, listed on website and your business linked to Canterbury website for a full year, a one year’s sign space rental FREE (value 425.00 for a 4 X 8 space) you provide banner or sign Please contact Wendy Low at email canterburyshows@bellsouth.net or 352-472-6758 or just complete the form below and mail to 3520 SW 162 St. Archer, FL 32618. Make check to Canterbury Showplace, Inc. Estimated Demographics: Attendees-150 horses Each horse brings in approximately 3.5 people Household Income averages 75K and upwards Each family owns a 3/4 ton truck Each family owns a 2-8 horse trailer Business Name____________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip____________________________________________________ Email/Phone______________________________________________________ URL www.________________________________________________________ Contact Person_____________________________________ See more info & fill out the form at the Canterbury Showplace PDF Jacksonville Winter Series Host a Global Opening Week Rodrigo Pessoa & HH Let’s Fly. Photos ©Flashpoint Photography Green Cove Springs, FL – January 15, 2011 – Only the United Nations could compare to this week’s global gathering of delegates for the FEI World Cup Qualifier with 28 of the world’s best equine athletes looking to garner points towards a spot in the finals, held April 27th through May 1st in Leipzig, Germany. Kent Farrington, who divides his residence between Greenwich, CT in the summer and Wellington, FL during the winter, partnered with crowd favorite Up Chiqui claimed the first victory in Friday evening’s $31,500 CSI Welcome. International great Guilherme Jorge (BRA) was tasked with creating a speed test worthy of 25 high performance horses, combining both physical and mental challenges. Set at regulation 1.45m (maximum height 4’9”) with a time allowance of 78 seconds, the biggest test may have been how quick riders could make a choice – coming off of fence #3 [oxer] should they take a sharp inside turn to the triple combination to 4ABC, possibly shaving off precious seconds, or play it safe and swing out wider? “This is sort of his [Up Chiqui’s] specialty, a speed round because he’s very, very fast, so the inside option is unnecessary because he can go just as quickly around a wider option,” Farrington complimented of his mount, 14-year-old Belgium bred gelding Up Chiqui. |
