Monday, January 9, 2006

Mette’s plans for her horses for January and beyond

Donatello

Mette has a stallion in Sweden who was born in 2002. His name is Donatello and she bought him when he was 6 months old. He is a Swedish Warmblood out of Don Schufro. He is being trained in Sweden by Minna Telde, a very good rider who was on Sweden’s Olympic Dressage Team in the Athens Olympics. He will take the stallion test in Flyinge at the end of February and hopefully be approved. Mette will try to go to Sweden then to cheer him on. When Mette spent time in Germany last year, she had Donatello with her. Mette and her groom, Sofia, worked him together. Sofia was the first one on his back!

Wellington

Wellington, also born in 2002, is a young horse Mette has at Mill Creek for sale. She is planning to have him out and showing in the green horse classes at the beginning of the show season. By fall, she hopes to have him riding in the regular training level classes. Mette will take advantage of the new green horse divisions to take him out and give him experience and exposure to the dressage ring.

Rockefeller
Mette will show Rockefeller at the L.A.E.C. show at the training levels. If all goes well this year, she will try him out for the five year old competition. He is doing very well and is a very promising horse.

Taison

As reported before, Taison was U.S.D.F Training Level Horse of the Year for 2005. Mette will be moving him up to Third Level this year; it’s a big step so she will be taking it slowly and methodically. If she feels he’s ready, she will try for the 6 year old competition. The U.S. Dressage Finals are in Kentucky this year and the winners there will qualify for the World Games.

Basquewille

Mette will ride Basquewille with Birgitta when she is here (see news item). She will also take Basquewille to theL.A.E.C. show at the end of January and ride in the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special divisions. A week after that, Mette will ride with Klaus Balkenhol again at Keith Walton’s beautiful Brookside facility. The 2006 World Games are in Aachen, Germany this year and only three horses from America will be selected for the team. Mette will try to compete in the qualifiers this year.

Edelweiss

Edelweiss is a stallion owned by Cory Walkey, Mill Creek’s owner. Mette will be riding him at the L.A.E.C. show at the Prix St. Georges and Intermediare I levels. Mette is very much looking forward to riding Cory’s beautiful horse.

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