Welcome to the new
SGW Dressage blog! While we haven’t
posted much in the past, we’re committed to sharing the 2017 journey with
everyone via this blog. To start, we want to recap 2016 as there is a lot to
celebrate!
Sally Buchheister & Whisper |
To start off, here are some highlights from our students’
2016 season:
Sally Buchheister & Whisper: Sally and her former event
horse continued their success in the dressage world in 2016, including earning
the 4th Level High Score award at the CDCTA Recognized Show.
Cherie Chauvin: Cherie and her two OTTBs Dusty Dazing and
Katchi Kapshi brought home consistent results all year to help Cherie earn her
USDF Bronze Medal.
Katie Domino & Rush W: Katie and her event horse Rush W
made the move up to Intermediate this year with some great results, including a
3rd place at the Seneca Valley Pony Club Horse Trials.
Nan Schumaker & Kozi |
Nan Schumaker & La Cosa Nostra: Nan and her longtime
partner “Kozi” had a pretty spectacular year including WINNING the Waredaca
Classic Training Three-Day Event and picking up the Reserve Champion ribbon at
the American Eventing Championships in the Master Amateur Training Rider
division. They were also named the USEA Training Master and Master Amateur
Rider of the Year. And Kozi was named Reserve Champion USEA Training Horse of
the Year.
Emily Scott & Roxanne: Emily and Roxanne (owned by Deborah
Jiggitts) had a great time at the PVDA Ride for Life show WINNING both the
First-level 3 class with a 69.265% and the Second-level 1 class with a 65%.
Katie Domino & Rush |
As for Susan, while she had to take the year off from riding
due to an injury, she stayed quite busy teaching and judging around the
country. She traveled from coast to coast, with big stops in Michigan for the
Richland Park CCI, California for the Woodside International CIC, and New York
for the NEDA Dressage Championships.
Diamond Quinn |
While Susan wasn’t able to show herself, her horses stayed
busy thanks to longtime student Katie Domino taking on Huey, and the Hilltop
Farm crew assisting with Quincy. Susan is very much looking forward to
returning to the saddle in 2017 and getting back in the show ring, but here are
the highlights for Quincy and Huey.
Diamond Quinn (“Quincy”): Owner in partnership with Deborah
Bly, Quincy had an impressive year at the breed shows. His highlights include
being named Champion Yearling at the American Hannoverian Society Futurity at
Hilltop Farm, as well as being named the Top Yearling in the country by the
AHS. He also went to Dressage at Devon where he once again was named Champion
Yearling and also won the Born in America Award.
Revelle (“Huey”) and Katie Domino: Longtime student Katie took
over the ride on Huey after Susan was injured this spring. What started out as
her just helping keep him in work quickly progressed into her having too much
fun and taking him to a few shows. Their 3rd Level scores were quite
impressive with a 70.0% on 3rd Level Test 3 at PVDA Fall Recognized
Show, which earned them the High Point Award for 3rd Level. Next
thing you know, Huey helped Katie earn her USDF Bronze Medal!
The awards presentation at Devon. |