Fiderhit OLD competing at the 2014 Adequan Global Dressage Festival. (Photo courtesy of SusanJStickle.com)
Wellington, FL (April 9, 2014) – The riders and trainers of Piaffe Performance have just rounded out a successful season that has left them leading the nation across the divisions. From the international Grand Prix level to the Young Horse and Junior classes, every member of the Piaffe Performance team is at the top of their game and preparing for a successful spring and summer.
Two rising stars who have received international attention for their incredible performances are Fashion Designer OLD, an Oldenburg gelding ridden by Nadine Buberl and Fiderhit OLD, an Oldenburg mare owned by Michael and Sarah Davis and ridden by Dr. Cesar Parra. The two competed in the FEI 6-Year-Old divisions during the Global Dressage Festival, and their collective scores have them currently ranked as the top two 6-year-olds in the United States. The team at Piaffe Performance is thrilled that the two are now qualified to compete at the 2014 Young Horse Championships this summer, where they will vie for top honors in the 6-year-old division.
And Fiderhit and Fashion Designer aren’t the only ones dominating the youth divisions. Sixteen-year-old dressage rider Bebe Davis won both first and second place at the CDI Florida Youth Championships Junior competition this year on Fievel Mousekewitz and Rotano, horses owned by her parents Michael and Sarah Davis. Bebe Davis and Fievel Mousekewitz also received an impressive score of 73.333% in FEI Junior Freestyle at the 2014 AGDF Week 10 CDI on March 16. Davis and Fievel Mousekewitz were also invited to perform their Freestyle at the Celebration of the Horse, which will be held in Central Park this fall. The young rider’s next step will be heading to the USEF Festival of Champions and North American Junior Young Rider Championships this summer, where she will defend her title as 2013 Junior National Champion.
In keeping with the winning ways of Piaffe Performance and his daughter Bebe, Mike Davis also stepped into the winner’s circle with his mount, Weekend Pleasure. The pair had dual first place finishes in the Fourth Level Test 1 class on both Saturday and Sunday during the final week of competition of the Global Dressage Festival. The adult amateur rider and his wife, Sarah, also own the World Cup bound Van the Man and top ranked 6-year-old Fashion Designer OLD, proving they not only win the blue ribbons but also support and contribute to the sport on multiple levels.
Yet another winning contributor on the Piaffe Performance team is Martin Sosnoff, an extremely successful businessman who took up dressage later in life. His 80+ years don’t stop him from competing at the FEI level; in fact he showed his Danish bred Scirocco in both the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I during the final week of Global, and also competed his Dutch bred Amigo at Third Level.
While Piaffe Performance’s students continue to score and rank in the top in the nation, Piaffe Performance’s assistant trainer, Katie Riley, has mastered the double role of coach rider; in addition to helping Piaffe Performance’s students prosper in the arena, she has been successfully campaigning her own horse, the Dutch Warmblood gelding Zanzibar on the Florida circuit. The pair had first and second place finishes in the Developing Horse Grand Prix division at the CDIO 3* Nations Cup, and Riley is currently a leading competitor in Developing Horse Grand Prix in the United States. She is currently working with Parra to prepare Zanzibar for the 2014 Young Horse Championships.
To find out more about Piaffe Performances and the services it provides, visit www.piaffe-performance.com, or call the New Jersey facility at (908) 534-4700 or the Florida facility at (561) 748-1472.
Contact: Dr. Cesar Parra
Piaffe-Performance Farm
(410) 977-8352
www.piaffe-performance.com