Team Mette did it again!

Another great show This was the last show for the horse Rico and Mette before they are off to Gladstone.Mette won the two classes she rode,with a great score. All very exiting,and we are all looking forward to the big trip to N.J This time Mette had 8 other horses going ridden by her students.The riders brought home many blue ribbons,and with Christine Johnston and her horse Finnigan even a high point for the weekend. It was a good show,well prepared rings,but best of all,a great fun team.

Mette and Rico are qualified for the National championships in Gladstone!

After a very successful weekend at the CDI dressage show in Woodside, Mette is now qualified to ride Anne Solbrakke's horse Mosegaards Rico in the National championships in Gladstone, NJ. Mette rode Rico to victory in all their CDI classes this weekend including a Intermediere 1 freestyle which is required for the final at the championships. Woodside is a beautiful show ground about 45 min from San Francisco. It was again a Cornerstone event and everyone did a really great job running the show. Along with Rico, Mette was also showing Finally in the open Grand Prix with two really good rides but still room for improvements. Mettes assistance Anna Dahlberg also brought two horses to Woodside. She won both her open PSG on Cory Walkey's horse Coby 727 and was High point of the day. Lisa McDowell's PRE stallion Hielo Mor did his first 3rd level and was only one point from first place. So it was no doubt a very successful weekend for Team Mette who brought home lots of blue ribbons back to LA. The Nationals in Gladstone will be held over two weekends. The small tour horses like Mette and Rico are going the second weekend, June 15-17th. The top 15 horses will be competing for the title. Mette is very excited to be showing Rico at the finals and she believes they have a great chance in the competition. At the same time the selection trials for the Olympics will be held at this show ground were the team for the 2012 Olympics in London will be picked. It will be a very fun and exciting week on the east coast for sure!

Mettes new show horse

Mette will be showing Anne Solbraekke’s horse Mosegaards Rico in the CDI Prix. St. George and I1 this season.
They have already started of the season by winning big at the Dressage Affaire in Del Mar with scores up to 78% in the open division Prix St George and I1.
The second show they were competing in was a CDI at the Oaks in San Juan Capistrano were they placed 3rd and 4th in a big field of great horses.
Mette and Rico are right now already ranked as #10 in the Nation and will be trying out for the National final in Gladstone in the end of the summer.

Another great show with lots of blue ribbons!!!

The March show that is normally held at LAEC, Burbank was now held at the Oaks in San Juan Capistrano. It was still a Cornerstone Dressage event run by Glenda McElroy, Jennifer Killinger and their great staff.
The show was more fun; at least for me, because there was a lot going on, show jumping, hunter jumpers and vendors. We had the best stabeling of them all, a room with a view were we could keep track of everything.

The horses we brought were Finally, Hertzregent and Rico.
Finally was out for his first show in Grand Prix and he could not have done it better, by winning the class!
Hertzregent showed in the five year old Qualifying test for young horses and became reserved champion and he also won all his national classes.
Anne Solbraekke’s horse Rico showed in his first CDI PSG and I1 and was placed 4th and 3rd in a big field of great horses.

This was a fun place to show at.Good footing,lots of space,and I know that there will be another show held at the same place in June.It’s also a Cornerstone show,and it’s called Star Spangled Dressage.

The winner takes it all!

What a fun show!! I did 8 rides and won 7,it was great!
I rode My/Finally partners horse HerzRegent in the lower levels.He is so smart and clever,with 3 super good gaits,and has a very elegant look!He is a horse for the future.I really do like to ride him,every day is a fun day!!!
I won 4 classes on him,in mid 70%.Really cool! He also got one second!
Anne Solbraekke's horse Rico was also a star!!I did two PSG,and one Int I.Not only did he win all 3 classes,he did it with scores from 72% to 78%. He was so good,and I'm looking forward to ride him @ the Oaks,a Cornerstone show in San Juan Capistrano.
This time I will go into the CDI. Exciting and fun.Just 10 days away!!
Basquewille was such a good boy with his "new" rider Briana Beckworth. She got her qualifying score to continue her road to the Para Olympics in London.It was so moving to see him go.It was a long time since he was in the show ring. Basquewille was so proud,and looked so healthy and great,and Briana rode him so well,that is was a "win win" situation .
Anna my assistant rode her lovely 5 year old horse,to victory in one class with a score of 75+%,and was second and third in her other rides. He is such a cool horse,and Anna does such a good job! It's a great pair!!
I will end this time down here in San Diego with a clinic for the Para riders. I'm looking forward to work with the riders,and hope we will have a great time!
One more thing.....Thank's to Kim Keenan Stordahl and her "staff" for a fun and very well run show!!Everything worked great,and the show was more then all the others.This is a show to come to! Thanks!

Super first day at the Dressage Affair in Del Mar!

The first day of showing turned out to be really, really good. All four of us did a great job with very high scores. Best of all was Mette riding Anne Solbraekke's horse Rico. She ended up winning the open Prix St. George with a score of 78%, the highest score of the day of all classes, and I tell you, everyone was here!
Regent won both his classes with 74% so that means that Mette won all her three classes today.
Anna was not that far behind with her lovely horse Lourdes, they had one 2nd and one 3rd place with scores in the 70's. Adrienne on her horse Winston had one 1st and one 2nd in PSG and I1 Amateur. And last but not least Brianna on Basquewille got another great qualifying score. She did a wonderful job and Basquewille was very proud of himself.
It could not have been a better day than today!!

Taison

On one hand I'm sad and on the other hand I'm happy that my great Grand Prix horse Taison is sold.
I have had him since he was three years old and we have been together almost every day since then. He was the horse of the year in Training level, went to the finals in Lamplight as a Developing horse and did the National finals in Gladstone and so many other more fantastic things over the years. He has a heart of gold, super good mind to work with and always ready for anything. He left me happy, healthy and sound and I'm sure he will have a wonderful life with his new owner that loves him almost as much as I did/do. Tasion will always be on my mind!