Lynndee Kemmet’s Perspective
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21 September 2011 at 19 : 13 PM
Meet Adrienne Lyle and Wizard: Winners of the NEDA CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle
By Lynndee Kemmet - Saugerties, New York -After taking a big win at the New England Fall Festival CDI-W, Idaho-based rider Adrienne Lyle and her partner Wizard are heading for their debut at Dressage at Devon. The 26-year-old rider, long-time assistant to Olympian Debbie McDonald, and Wizard recovered from their mistakes in Friday’s CDI Grand Prix at NEDA to win Saturday’s CDI Grand Prix Freestyle with a score of 74.925. It’s the duo’s first time competing in East Coast CDIs and Lyle is clearly enjoying it. “It’s a whole new experience being here competing against all these people – some of the best competitors we have – and being able to put names to faces I just read ...
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23 March 2011 at 17 : 01 PM
Should International Caliber Show Grounds be Spread across the U.S.?
News of plans by the Wellington Equestrian Partners’ Equestrian Sports Productions for a new international quality show venue in Wellington, Florida, complete with a main covered ring that seats thousands, permanent barns and a condo resort for equestrian fans, is exiting news for the south Florida dressage community. Adding more dressage competitions to Florida is part of the ESP plan. Developers aim to create a new dressage series during the winter show season that would include several CDI competitions. That added to current dressage shows already hosted by Wellington Classic Dressage and the new International Horse Sport Palm Beach, will likely mean that the Wellington/Palm Beach ...
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13 March 2011 at 14 : 31 PM
Randon: One Horse Changed the Direction of a Rider’s Life
Randon has given Polish rider Michael Rapcewicz many firsts, including first Polish dressage rider to represent his country in the Olympics, in the World Equestrian Games and now the first Polish rider to take a win in a World Dressage Masters CDI5* competition. But the better story is how much Randon represents the statement that a horse can change our lives. Eight years ago, Michael was ready to walk away from competitive riding and start a law career. An attack of colic had taken the life of his grand prix partner and he was devastated at the loss of his partner and friend and he found himself in a deep depression and re thinking the direction of his life. “I had studied the law and ...
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7 March 2011 at 04 : 15 AM
Let’s Keep Horses at the Heart of Equestrian Sports
Racehorse trainer Carl Nafzger is one of America’s most respected horseman. With the help of his wife, Wanda, who Carl argues is the better horseman in the family, he has trained a multitude of horses to great success, including Kentucky Derby winners Unbridled and Street Sense. There was more than a 10-year gap between Carl’s Kentucky Derby wins. Unbridled won in 1990 and Street Sense in 2007. After their 2007 Derby victory, a fair number of people posed the same question to Carl – what were you doing all those years between Unbridled and Street Sense? Carl’s response was very simple – training horses. His point was simply this – as a trainer his focus was the day-to-day ...
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