At the Pebble Beach Dressage Show in early July, Mette was able to bring all four of her horses for the first time in a long while since she’s been so busy showing clients’ horses. Mette showed Rockefeller and Donatello for this first time this year and she had fun getting all four of the out together. Pebble Beach in July is perfect for showing: rolling fog, 60° and Mette even had to warm up in a jacket. Mette says her horses “thought they had died and gone to heaven!” They enjoyed the fresh and healthy weather after the 110° weather at home over the previous few weeks. Overall, the show was very successful for Mette and her horses: Basquewille won two Grand Prix classes; Donatello won three of his classes and was second in two; Taison placed well and was also champion in Prix St. Georges; Rockefeller still thinks that he can just go on his looks. Mette thinks Rocky is such a gigolo; he does well, but is not ready yet to show it in the ring. He will be super one day, but has not been in the show ring enough, so he just needs go out more. Mette was very pleased with all of them them. She says “.I know I have great horses and I just have to keep on working! I really enjoy the journey.”
Now that the heat of the summer is here, Mette is taking her horses down in their work to give them a break from the hotter months. She will start working them harder again in the early fall and perhaps take them to a few shows in the fall to get ready for the new show year.
