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Erica Greenwald, from
the Maryland Region, with Summer Finale at formal inspection for
Festival 2007 before
their first dressage test. The pair received 0 points off at formal
turnout.
Thanks Erica for your submission!
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2008
Championships Results 
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Winners of the 2008 Dover "I love Pony Club pin"
Congratulations to the winners
of the 2008 Dover "I love pony club pin". This special award is
for Dressage competitors in the Musical Kur and Pas de Deux divisions.
The winners received a replica of the gold "I love Pony Club"
pin that belonged to Robert Dover's mother.
The original pin has been donated to USPC and is on display at
headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky.
Training Musical Kur Cory
Schuver, Carolina Region
Upper Level Musical Kur
Eliza Culbertson, Carolina Region
Quadrille Margaret
Davis, Jordan Karch, Jennifer Neely, Leilani Becker Nelson, Paige
Nardozzo, SM, Eastern Pennsylvania Region
Pas de Deux Training Level
Kimberly Hildreth and Sara Seeba, Delmarva Region
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Sara Martin on the left and Ashley Anderson on the right. |
My First Lendon Gray Experience
Hello - My name is Sara Martin and I am a C2 with the Delaware Pony Club
in the Delmarva Region. I wanted to take a moment to share my wonderful
experience at the Lendon Gray Dressage festival 2008.
Earlier this
year I was surfing through the USPC Dressage website and came across a
scholarship opportunity to attend the Lendon Gray Dressage 4kids
Festival. Immediately I went to the Lendon Gray website to do a little
research and see what the festival was all about and I knew that this
was something that I wanted to do. I discussed it with my parents and
they agreed that it would be a wonderful opportunity for me and my pony,
but they said that I could not depend on the scholarship - if I wanted
to attend I needed make the commitment to go and to prepare myself and
my pony. If I was able to prepare myself we would attend with or without
the scholarship. I set my sights on showing First Level which was
something new for "Keeper" and myself. We contacted our Regional
Supervisor - Bodgie Read and she was so supportive, we sent in the
necessary paperwork to the USPC and I began to prepare Keeper and myself
for the festival.
Keeper and I worked extremely hard to prepare, he can be very difficult
and very naughty at times but my mother called on an old friend and
wonderful Trainer Kate Hutchings to help me along. So Kate, Keeper and
myself spent hours preparing and riding our First Level tests. My pony
had always been shown in the Hunter Ring so trying to school him in
Dressage has been quite challenging but also very rewarding.
The wait for news on the scholarship seemed like a lifetime but just a
few weeks before the festival I finally received word that I was a
member of the USPC team and I would be attending the festival. I was so
excited and immediately began planning and communicating with my
teammates online. Before I knew it we were packing the trailer and
heading for New York.
I must say when
we first arrived I was very intimidated by some of the riders and their
mounts, but I remembered the instruction my trainer had given me and I
concentrated on myself and my pony "Keeper". |
The festival began
and Keeper and I began to ride our tests. I had entered two divisions
Training and First Level. This was only our second time out First Level so I
was relieved that we were scheduled to ride our Training Test First. We were
both a little nervous in the ring but the judge was so positive about our
ride that we relaxed and really started to have fun. We had a blast the
entire 3 days. There was so much to do, educational opportunities, ice cream
socials, pizza party, demonstrations and the judges were all incredible.
They were all so positive and had such wonderful constructive comments. I
rode my first ever Dressage Equitation class and came in second and finished
2nd in the First Level Division, our USPC team took second place also. Our
last day was a little disappointing with our musical ride, the heat had
taken its toll on Keeper and he had no fuel left in his tank. I struggled to
push him through the music and I was so far behind I am not sure I rode all
of the required movements and I totally made up the second half of the ride
as I went along. At the end all I could do was laugh; I guess that’s the
beauty of the freestyle. We had such an incredible time and my pony gave me
more than I could have ever asked for. It was awesome!!! I won many
wonderful prizes, but most importantly Keeper and I came away with a new
confidence about our Dressage ride and where we are going with it in the
future.
The Lendon Festival was incredibly fun, rewarding experience for me and my
pony. I already have my sites set on next year and I am hoping to put
together a team or two from my pony Club region - what a great time we would
all have together. I can't wait for Lendon 2009!!!!
Thank you to the
USPC Dressage committee and Connie Wyatt for giving me this incredible
opportunity, Bodgie Read for her support, Kate Hutchings for teaching me how
to deal with my difficult pony and how to properly ride a Dressage test,
Lendon Gray for making this all possible, all of the great judges and roving
trainers and of course my parents who I hope will take me back to Lendon
Gray EVERY YEAR and of course thank you to my wonderful pony “Keeper"
Maybe some day I can be accomplished enough to return to the festival as a
roving trainer or judge. You never know!
Respectfully,
Sara Martin,
C2 Delaware Pony Club/Delmarva Region
PS: Everyone should check out the
Dressage4kids website
2008 USPC Lendon Gray Team
Sara Martin, Megan Kapral,
Mackenzie Kurtz, Ashley Anderson
Congratulations to the team for finishing 2nd!
| Ashley Anderson |
On the Bit Pony Club |
White Mountain Region |
| Megan Kapral |
Autumn Ridge Pony Club |
New Jersey Region |
| MacKenzie Kurtz |
Mountain Laurel Pony Club |
Eastern PA Region |
| Sara Martin |
Delaware Pony Club |
Delmarva Region |
Congratulations to
2008 Betsy Raine Fund Recipient
Bluegrass Pony Club
in the Midsouth Region
For more
information about applying for this
click here. |
Winners of the 2007 Dover "I love Pony Club pin"
Congratulations to the winners
of the 2007 Dover "I love pony club pin". This special award is
for Dressage competitors in the Musical Kur and Pas de Deux divisions.
The winners received a replica of the gold "I love Pony Club"
pin that belonged to Robert Dover's mother.
The original pin has been donated to USPC and is on display at
headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky.
Training Musical Kur Division 1 Courtney Claunch-Middle
California Region 71.042
Training Musical Kur Division 2 Kirstin
Hill-Middle California Region with a 75.521
Upper Level Musical Kur Sierra
Mathias-Middle California Region with a 72.813
Pas de Deux Kyle Hanson and Mary
Taylor Miller Carolina Region with a 77.0
Quadrille Traci Beaudette,
Alayna Pastuck, Lisa Russell, Julia Russell, Jessica Baker SM-Maryland
Region with a 222.0
Congratulations to
the 2007 USPC team who attended the Lendon
Gray Youth Dressage Championships.
The
2007 Lendon Gray team pictured above, left to right Julia Dasher, Liz Gossett,
Caitlin Wischermann and Chelsea DeMeglio
| Julia Dasher |
Mountain Laurel Pony Club |
Eastern PA Region |
| Chelsea DeMeglio |
Mountain Laurel Pony Club |
Eastern PA Region |
| Elizabeth Gossett |
Honey Hollow Pony Club |
Metropolitan Region |
| Caitlin Wischermann |
Red Jacket Pony Club |
Western NY Region |
The team competed at the HITS Showgrounds in Saugerties, NY August
20-22.
For information on next year's team click
here.
2007
Festival Dressage Results
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