Mette's November 2007 News Update

Mette placed extremely well on Taison and with her clients' horses, Coby 727 (owned by Cory Walkey) and Royal Luck (owned by Emma & Simon James) at the Del Mar Classic CDI in November.

Mette's October 2007 News Update

Mette and her horses finished well at the USDF/CDS Championship Show in Woodside in October 2007. Donatello (pictured right) finished 5th in the Training Level CDS Horse of the Year class and Taison finished 2nd in the Third Level Horse of the Year class in the Woodside Regional Championships Dressage Show.

Mette's August 2007 News Update

Here is a quick update to let you all know what Mette has been up to the past couple of months. She has been mainly giving clinics and has been in and out of Europe, both on horse buying trips and to visit family. She has been working with Debbie McDonald and riding six horses. This summer, Mette has also had many students coming from all over the world, with and without horses. She currently has students from Australia, Malaysia, Sweden and soon from Hong Kong. Mette says: "The barn is full of nice and dedicated students and that's really fun!"

Mette’s horses are all going well, but she has not been to any shows lately because of the heat; she feels it’s not fair to press the horses for performance in the show ring during the hottest summer months. Mette will be back to the show ring, however, for the regional finals in Woodside, California (October 11-14) and then she will be riding in the International CDI November 9 - 11 at Showpark in San Diego. Mette is looking forward to the 2007-2008 show season and working with Basquewille, as well as her promising young horses, Donatello, Rockefeller and Taison.

Mette's June 2007 News Update

Mette taught three amateur clinics for the California Dressage Society this past Spring. Read a rider's report and several letters of appreciation for one of Mette's Clinics (PDF file From the May 2007 CDS newsletter) and more letters about Mette's clinics (PDF file From the June 2007 CDS newsletter).

Mette's May 2007 News update

Donatello finished 3rd in the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Region Selection Finals for 5 year olds at the Flintridge Dressage Show. This qualifies him for World Breeding Championships in Verden, Germany this summer! (Read More)

Mette also place extremely well on Cory Walkey's new horse Coby 727 and on Emma and Simon James' horse Royal Luck. It was Mette's first show on both horses. Mette's horse Taison also had top finishes in his divisions.

Mette Wins at the World Cup!

Mette won the $ 25,000 Grand Prix Invitational on Basquewille at the World Cup in Las Vegas, April 20, 2007.

On the right, Mette takes her victory lap at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas with Basquewille.

Congratulations Mette!!

Mette has been asked to ride Basquewille in the $25,000 Grand Prix Invitational at the World Cup in Las Vegas, April 18-21, 2007.

Mette is one of only six riders in the U.S. who received this honor.

Mette wins with Donatello in the FEI 5 Year Old Finals with scores of 8.5 at Del Mar Horse Park, March 15-18.

Birgitta Bergsten visits again

Once again, Mette is extremely fortunate to have some of the best available horsewomen in the dressage world to help her prepare for this show season. Birgitta Bergsten came from Sweden for a week to help Mette prepare for the show season. Mette was very appreciative that Birgitta took her valuable time to fly out and fit Mette and her horses into her busy schedule. As with last year, it was very helpful for Mette to get a judge’s point of view early on in the show season. Mette says, “I wish I could have her out here on a regular basis. She’s a wonderful judge, has a great eye, and helps not only with the details, but with the whole picture.

Olympian Debbie McDonald is also back and Mette is thankful that she is willing to take the time to come out to Mill Creek to help her out. Mette treasures her knowledge and friendship. Debbie agrees with Mette that her horses are looking good this year.

Report from LAEC Winter Dressage Show

Mette's young horse, Donatello, was Reserve Champion Winner of the Lower Levels at the L.A. Winter Dressage Show, February 3-4!

In Donatello’s first show of the year, he was Reserve Champion winner of the lower level horses by winning three of his four classes and placing second in the other. Basquewille also had a promising start to this show season with good scores in both of his Grand prix classes. Taison won both of his third level classes and is looking strong for this year. Rockefeller is still coming back from his jaw injury. He is recovering nicely, but was distracted at the show. Overall, Mette is extremely pleased with the results of the Dressage show at LAEC, February 3 & 4, 2007.

Happy New Year!

Report from Mette: Happy New Year! I'm so excited to report that my young horse, Donatello is finally here from Sweden. He will compete in his first show at the L.A. Winter Dressage Show in Burbank early in February. I am also pleased to report that Birgitta Bergsten will be coming back again this month to help perfect my riding from the judge's point of view. She will be looking at all of my horses from my training level horse to my Grand Prix horse, Basquewille. I will report on that later as well as give a full report about what is happening with each of my horses. I wish you all the best in the new year!