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Stars of Tomorrow Set to Shine as Robert Dover Horsemastership Week Returns to Wellington

Rebecca Cohen and her Westphalian gelding Downtown will participate in the Robert Dover Horsemastership Week along with a number of other top young riders. (Photo courtesy of JRPR)

Wellington, FL (December 28, 2012) – The second annual Robert Dover Horsemastership Week (RDHW) will be presented January 2-6, 2013 in the Van Kampen Arena of the Global Dressage Festival show grounds and at Tuny Page’s Stillpoint Farm.  The week will shine a spotlight on what its U.S. Olympic namesake, Robert Dover, calls the dressage world’s ‘stars of tomorrow,’ coinciding with a George Morris Horsemastership Clinic for top junior jumping riders.

“I am very excited to once again be holding the Robert Dover Horsemastership Week at the beautiful Global Dressage Festival venue.  The Emerging Dressage Athlete Program has become enormously important in identifying and nurturing our talented juniors and young riders,” said the six-time Olympian and USDF Hall of Famer.  Dover began riding at age 13, starting dressage at 19 and, nine years later, competed in his first (1984) Olympics, going on to qualify for every squad thereafter through 2004.

RDHW riders were chosen from Lendon Gray Dressage4Kids (D4K) Emerging Dressage Athlete clinics, North American Junior Young Rider Championships, U.S. Equestrian Federation Festival of Champions, and the Dressage Seat Medal Finals.  Among the dozen riders representing hometowns in Texas, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona, Connecticut, Washington, California, and Louisiana is one Florida rider:  Rebecca Cohen.

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Rebecca Cohen and Downtown Participate in USEF Elite Young Dressage Training Sessions

Rebecca Cohen and Downtown, with clinician Jeremy Steinberg. (Photo courtesy of Carol Cohen)

Wellington, FL (October 30, 2012) – Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Cohen and her 17.2 Westphalian gelding Downtown were part of an elite group of young dressage stars selected to participate in the first United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Elite Young Dressage Training Session in Alpharetta, Georgia.  The first two-day training session, made possible by a generous donation from Kristen McDonald and the Marquis George MacDonald Foundation, was led by USEF Dressage Youth Coach Jeremy Steinberg. The invitation-only session included Cohen and seven other top youth dressage riders from the East and Central U.S., and was an opportunity for Steinberg to work directly with a core group of promising riders. The training session included two days of instruction as well as lectures and discussions on long term strategic planning, media training, championship selection procedures, and USEF rules. Young riders in the western United States will also have a chance to benefit from Steinburg’s knowledge as the west coast second session of the Elite Young Dressage Training Session will take place November 3-4, at W Farms in Chino Hills, California.

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Rebecca Cohen Continues Winning Streak at Jacksonville Dressage Show

Rebecca Cohen and Downtown continue their winning streak as they count down to the USEF National Championships at Gladstone. (JRPR photo)

Wellington, FL (May 15, 2012) – Dressage rider Rebecca Cohen may be a 16-year-old teen, but she can still find time to enjoy a mother-daughter bonding experience while executing a winning round in the dressage ring. Cohen, who lives in Wellington, recently competed at the Jacksonville Dressage on the First Coast, riding away with the win in the Young Riders Team test on her horse Downtown.

“I am so proud of Rebecca and we had a great time at the show. Rebecca was really poised and in control. We went to the show without a trainer and without a groom and Rebecca took care of everything herself,” said Carol Cohen, Rebecca’s mother. “It was a great mother-daughter bonding experience. We had a ball.”

Cohen is coming off a winning winter show circuit and has her sights set on competing at the NAJYRC in Kentucky this summer. In 2010, Cohen was on the Region 3 Junior Team and helped her team bring home a bronze medal. She won the FEI Junior and Third Level division at Regionals and also earned a spot at the Festival of Champions.

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Rebecca Cohen Winning Streak Continues at Global Dressage Festival Nations Cup Show

Rebecca Cohen and Downtown took home the blue in the Junior Team Test and the Junior Individual Test during the Global Dressage Nations Cup National Show. (Photo courtesy of SusanJStickle.com)

Wellington, FL (April 18, 2012) – Rebecca Cohen and Downtown, affectionately known as ‘Daddy,’ recently put in excellent tests during the Global Dressage Festival Nations Cup National Show, riding to success with top scores.  Cohen, who rides and trains with coaches like Robert Dover and Steffen Peters, has her sights set on competing in Kentucky at the Junior/Young Rider Championships this summer and the National Championships at Gladstone.  Cohen rode in the Junior Team Test with a score of 70.209% and Junior Individual test with a score of 69.671%.

Downtown, aka Daddy, is a 17.2 hand Westphalian gelding that she has been riding and working with for three years, and recently her scores have been climbing slowly higher as the pair strives for excellence in the arena.  “Daddy is perfect,” said Cohen.  “I am so excited to continue competing him. My favorite thing about him is his personality.  He is extremely funny and always makes everyone in the barn laugh.”

Cohen went on to say that the highlight of her show was the 70% she scored on the team test ride.  “I just had the feeling that Daddy was saying, “Yes, I’m giving you my attention” before I went in the ring.  The trot tour was the best it has ever been.”

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Rebecca Cohen Rides to Success at the $120,000 5* West Palm Beach Show at the Global Dressage Festival

Rebecca Cohen Rides to Success at the $120,000 5* West Palm Beach Show at the Global Dressage Festival

Wellington, FL (April 11, 2012) – Following successful rides at the $120,000 5* West Palm Beach show at the Global Dressage Festival, sixteen-year-old Rebecca Cohen is well on her way to accomplishing her goals of competing in Kentucky this summer and at the National Championships at Gladstone. Cohen rode in the FEI Junior Individual and Junior Team classes at the world-class show, riding away with a first in the Individual and a second in the Team class.

“I competed Downtown, who I call Daddy, a 17.2 hand Westphalen gelding. I’ve been riding him for three years and our scores get higher and higher at every show,” Cohen said. “On the second day of the show we won the FEI Junior Individual Test and one of the judges gave us a score of 70% which was really exciting.”

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