Tag: Adequan Global Dressage Festival
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The last show…
Biasini may not have been in this last show of the Global Dressage Festival but the horse I previously referred to as ” the Understudy” was there to compete. And considering how well he did I shall call him by his real name: Diamanten Dave. On Thursday March 30 he competed in the Prix St.…
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Todays’ Test was a Triumph!
Today Lynsey Rowan rode my horse Biasini in the FEI Prix St.George dressage test. I know from when I have ridden him in the competition arena that he can get very strong and start to pull like a freight train! But today I could see there was none of that. His frame was in the…
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The Understudy Steps Up!
My coach Belinda Trussell had entered a show at the Global Dressage Festival . She was entered in the Prix St.George class. But the horse she had entered was not able to compete today. So the Understudy had to step up. This was a big step for the Understudy. He has never competed at the…
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And now…..
I can honestly tell you that last weekend while getting Biasini to the show and watching Lynsey ride him through two tests, I did not think”Gosh I wish I was showing”.Not once. It never even crossed my mind. I should be clear that I have done lots of showing in dressage for over 20 years.…
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Biasini Speaks: About My Ribbons and my Treats Ball!
Hello Dear Humans. I have a day off after the show. Ma Leueen tells me she has filled you in on all the details of my stellar work at the show the past two days. I had a grand time. It was hot but I don’t mind the heat.I did my best in the tests…
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Another Great Day!
Today Lynsey Rowan rode my horse Biasini in the FEI Intermediare 1 test at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington Florida. This test is more difficult than the Prix St. George that they did yesterday. It has a more complicated canter half pass zig zag with three half passes and flying changes in between each…
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A great score! But what was the BEST thing?
Today Lynsey Rowan rode my horse Biasini in the Prix St.George at the Global Dressage Festival. They executed a lovely mistake free test and it was a joy to watch. But the thing that meant the most to me was that Lynsey told me that when she came out of the ring she said to…
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Almost There!
Tomorrow is the day for Lynsey Rowan and Biasini to go down that centerline and perform the FEI Prix St.George Dressage test. So today we went to the Global Dressage Festival showgrounds to acclimatize Biasini. Sounds easy enough but it is a complicated business. I have not been in a show myself for three years.…
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The Show Season is up and running!
Today I went to the opening Press Conference of the Winter Equestrian Festival and the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. Michael Stone, President at Wellington International, Brianne Goutal -Marteau , Adrienne Lyle and Thomas Bauer,Director of Sport at AGDF were on the panel. Michael Stone was the first to speak. “Our focus is always on the…
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I am Official!
I will be intereviewing the Canadian Dressage Riders who have declared for the Pan Am Games in Chile.
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My Photographic Groove!
Anne Sandler, of Slow Shutter Speed blog, has given us this weeks lens artists photo challenge. ” What is your photographic groove? Well, it is not hard for me to answer that. Horses and horse photographs. When I started blogging I quickly realized that taking photos of horses was not so easy. They are always…
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Roxie Trunnell: Paralympian turned “lemons” into gold medals.
We all know the saying that when life hands you lemons you make lemonade. Let me tell you what Paralympian Roxie Trunnell did with her lemons. In 2009 she contracted a virus that caused swelling in her brain. She was put into a medically induced coma. When she woke up she found she was unable…
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