New horses

Sokrates 10 year old Danish warmblood gelding by Rosenkönig
Owner Mette Rosencrantz

Dido 8 year old Danish warmblood mare by Royal Hit-Donerhall-Pik Bube
Owner Adrienne Bessey

Acilla 7 year old KWPN mare by Florencio-De Niro

Owner Anne Solbraekke

New horses

Finally we got all the horses home to Mill Creek. My horse, Sokrates got here three weeks ago but the mares had to go to quarantine. I decided this time to let them go to Oregon instead of Davis and I'm sure I made the correct decision. All three horses came from Andreas Helgstrand in Denmark and from the day we found them until the day they got here at Mill Creek it becomes a long trip. All three horses are looking great, are slowly getting back to work and Adrienne, Anne and I are very excited for the future. More info about the horses will come soon.

Mette and Rico 5th in the nation

Congratulations to Mette and Rico finishing 5th in the nation!

It's been an amazing week in Gladstone and we are so proud and excited to congratulate Mette and Rico for placing 5th in the Intermediaire National championship!
The competition has been really tough through out the whole week but Mette and Rico definitely showed everyone that they earned a spot in the top 5!
Today was the final day of the show, ending with an Int freestyle. Mette rode to her Disco Carmen music and pulled of a fun and beautiful test, finishing up on the centerline in an extended trot with only one hand! As Mette said, she had nothing to lose!
After winning both the PSG and Int 1, Caroline Roffman and Pie took the title as 2012 National champions with a combined score of 74.5% David Blake on Royal Prinz from San Diego, CA, finished as reserved champions with 72.3%. Heather Mason finished 3rd with Warsteiner scoring 71.8% followed by Steffen Peters and Sundance 8, 71.3%. Finishing in the top 5 spot on a score of 70.8% was Mette together with Rico!
Thank you everyone who has been supporting and cheering them on for the big final! Mette is now on her way back home to California and Rico and his groom Anna are flying home in just a few days. We wish them all a safe trip back and will promise more pictures from the trip as soon as everyone is back home.
TEAM METTE!!

A perfect day!

It was so much fun to go into Int 1 knowing that I had nothing to lose.  Together with "my" Rico I did absolutely as good as I could. Rico stepped up to the plate and was so ready that I felt when I left the ring that we had done a great job! The only thing was that everybody else had the same idea', nothing to lose, just to fight. I love that situation  and I have always done better the more pressure Im under. I never get nervous, just more ready. I was in the lead for a long time and when the whole class was done I ended up 4th, very close to 3rd place. That makes me even more eager to be in the top three tomorrow. Thank you all for taking your time to watch me go. I waved to all of you, knowing that you would be out there. Tomorrow I will blow a kiss, and thats for you! My starting time is 12.43pm ET and you can still watch it on www.usefnetwork.com. Caroline Roffman won again and second was David Blake from California, Heather Mason was third and me fourth.
Tomorrow Im flying back to Los Angeles. Anna will stay to take care of Rico and fly back with him on Wednesday.

So please cross your fingers for another successful day and I promise to ride my heart out!

Gladstone

First day of competition

Mette and Rico placed 6th in the PSG today after a really, really nice test and a score of 69.6%.             Rico looked fantastic and had a good, clean test! The competition is really hard with the top 15 horses out of the country. Mette was very pleased, being in the top 6 after the first day. The margin to the horses right in front of them is very small so she feels really confident to go in to the Int 1 on Saturday.
Caroline Roffman on Pie won and Steffen Peters on Sundance was second. David Blake, also from California, was forth. So the three California horses went in for prize giving.
Unfortunately there was no live cover for the PSG but there will be for the classes this coming weekend, starting Saturday at 8.30 am ET. with the Grand Prix special. We think that the Int 1 starts around 2 but we have not got our starting times yet. You can check for the times and for the live cover on www.usefnetwork.com