USET/USEF Elite pre-Olympic Games prep. clinic

Mette and Finally had a fantastic weekend when they went to the USET/USEF Elite pre-Olympic prep clinic.
The clinic was held at the beautiful Epona farm in West Lake, owned by Linda Fowel.
The reason why the clinic was put together was to see what Grand Prix horses we have in USA. For this time it was the west coast riders who got a chance to train on Friday with both Steffen Peters and the national coach Anne Gribbons.
On Saturday the format was that Steffen Peters was warming up the riders and Anne Gribbons was judging the Grand Prix test with perfect help from Jenny Van Wieren-Page as the most qualified scriber.
The test was filmed by a professional videographer,so when the whole clinic was done on Saturday,we had a chance to sit down with Anne and review and go over the test.
The teamwork between Anne and Steffen was great! Also to have Jenny there so that the riders had a chance to have a good talk, ask questions and get answers was really nice and helpful.

Mette felt that this clinic had the best format ever! Training and test-riding are two totally different things and its an eye-opener to work even harder. Mette is very grateful that she got a chance to be part of the big picture and is very thankful for her wonderful horse Finally, for Finally partner and for her best groom Anna. Without everybodys support this would be even harder.

Pre-Olympic games clinic

USET/USEF is organizing a Elite pre-olympic games clinic. Mette has been invited to ride! The clinic will be held this coming weekend and Mette will be riding Finally. The national coach Anne Gribbons will be giving the clinic together with Steffen Peters. We will keep you updated on how Mette and Finally are doing!

Finally and Mette

Mette and Finally at the USDF National Symposium

Over the weekend the USDF presented the 2011 National symposium in San Diego, CA. This symposium featured the USEF national dressage coaches: Anne Gribbons (Technical Advisor and National coach), Scott Hassler (Young Horse coach), Debbie McDonald (Developing coach) and Jeremy Steinberg (Youth coach). This was the first time they were all gathered together in one arena, providing tips for effective training as they showed the building blocks for success, through Grand Prix.

We were very pleased and proud to see Mette ride Finally in the High performance presentation by Anne Gribbons on Saturday. Finally looked fantastic in front of a large crowed in the big indoor arena in Del Mar. Anne Gribbons was very excited about Finally and she thinks he is an extremely talanted horse.

Along with Mette and Finally in the High performance group were Steffen Peters riding Weltino's Magic, who recently won the Pan American games gold medal and Adrienne Lyle riding her Grand Prix horse Wizard.

Through out the weekend the audience got to watch many very nice, high quality horses from the young four year olds all the way up to Grand Prix level. Between the rides there was also time set to ask questions. What was mainly pointed out was that good riding and good horsemanship is the key to a happy and healthy horse that will perform their best.

San Diego

USDF Symposium is starting! Mette is all packed and on her way down to San Diego for a weekend full of dressage. Mette is honored and very excited for beeing included, among with the very best trainers and many of the top riders in the country, in showing the american training program.
She is sure that everyone is in for a very inspirational and educational weekend and she is looking forward to see many familiar faces!

Training with Steffen Peters and invited to ride in the USDF National Convention and Symposium

The CDI show season has not yet started so Mette is really focusing on her training.
For the past couple of weeks Mette and Finally has been down in San Diego training with Steffen Peters. Mette has been going back and forth between LA and San Diego to be able to ride Finally as much as possible with Steffen and also take care of everything at home. Its been a lot of driving but so far everything has been really smooth.

Mette is thankful for her assistante Anna Dahlberg who is carrying a heavy load toghether with her working students Jayne Bailey and Katelynn Shaw. Everyone is putting in a big effort to make this work. Mette also really appreciate that all her clients are so excited and supportive that she is getting such good help with her training.

Finally is doing really well!! Steffen is very pleased with him and his progress. Together with Steffen, Mette is working on getting Finally ready for Grand Prix.

As we mentioned earlier, Mette is invited to ride in the 2011 USDF National convention and sumposium. This will take place in San Diego, December 3-4th.
Mette will be one of four High Performance demonstration riders lead by the US National coach Anne Gribbons. The Symposium will present a unique blend of lecture and live demonstration so its a great opportunity for anyone who would like to watch the best riders and trainers in the country!
For more information about the Convention and Symposium go to http://www.usdf.org/

Taison is for sale

Taison is a 11 year old KWPN gelding by Negro. Mette has owned him since he was 3 years old and has brought him up all the way up to Grand Prix.

As a young horse Taison was the USDF Horse of the year in Training level, out of almost 700 horses. In 2009 he placed 6th in the USEF/Markel Developing Horse Championships in Chicago. The following year, 2010 he qualified for the Festival of Champions, USEF Championship Finals in Gladstone and was the same year USEF Regional Intermediare Freestyle Reserve Champion.

Tasion started showing Grand Prix this year and has so far won all his classes scoring in the mid to high 60's.

For more informaiton about Taison call or e-mail Mette directly.