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HGF January 2012 News
The Winter Season kicks off with a super-busy month of January. Some of our activities include: January 16 Grand Opening and Dedication of New Arena at Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center January 18--USDF Trainers Seminar, to be held at HGF January 19-21 Gold Coast Opener, with new levels for HGF horses--Mica and Cuatrero at PSG/I-1, and Rachel and Embrujado at Young Riders January 26-28 World Dressage Masters January 27-28--USET Board Meeting and Olympic Gala January 31--Sunshine Tour Opens (Vejer, Spain) for 3 HGF Horses--Grandioso, Encanto and Vaquero Additionally, this month HGF is happy to be hosting the Canadian Para-Olympic Team for the interim week between the Gold Coast Opener and the Wellington Sunshine Challenge. In USPRE News, we are working on setting up the new office in Wellington and putting together the annual USPRE Wellington Event. This year's event will be held on Wednesday night, February 15 at the new Global Dressage Festival showgrounds, and features riders and clinicians Tina Konyot, Lendon Gray, Endel Ots, Mica Mabragana, Emily Copeland and others. A Spanish dinner and a night of dancing horses will be a highlight of the USPRE sponsored Florida Dressage Classic CDI-W. The USPRE Board of Directors will meet that week as well, the new office will have its "Grand Opening", and the new Regional Directors will be flying in for a training seminar. Stayed tuned for more information. This week, USPRE will announce the names of the three recipients of the Dressage Scholarships for 2012, and our own Suzanne O'Brien of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Innato HGF (Idilio x Relimpia) are the 2012 Scholarship recipients for Amateur category. Seewww.usprea.com for comments by Scholarship advisor Robert Dover and for the names of the other winners. Congratulations, Suzanne!
Mica Mabragana Takes First FEI Win of 2012 with Cuatrero
At last weekend's Gold Coast Opener in Wellington, HGF Rider Mica Mabragan debuted 11 year old Cuatrero in the National PSG and Intermediare I. Cuatrero (Cuatrera x Adelante) is the younger brother to Grandioso (Cuatrera is the dam of Grandiosa), 2011 Champion of Spain. He was last competed in early 2008 at 2nd level. Shortly after he went to Courtney King Dye who was preparing him for the small tour at the time of her injury. Cuatrero returned to HGF, but developed a hoof condition that took many months to correct. Thanks to the patience and skills of Dr. Steele and HGF farrier Mike Phillips, Cuatrero returned to work with Mica last summer. On Friday, In his first class in four years and first time at FEI-level, the pair placed in the PSG but were still a bit rusty with a 62%. On Saturday, Cuatrero was more on his game and Mica rode a beautiful Inter-1 to win the close-scoring class with 65.6. A spontaneous round of applause after the ride from the attending Judges' forum topped off the morning. Mica is very pleased with her stallion and we are all looking forward to more good news from this pair. Cuatrero is the sire of Vaquero HGF, trained by Daniel Martin, who placed in the top 5 PREs at the National Young Horse Championships in Spain as a four year old last fall. Cuatrero is also the sire to Diva HGF and Bohemia HGF.
2011 Off and Running with JR Wins at Gold Coast Opener CDI
HGF is fielding 3 riders this year on HGF-owned or originated PRE horses--Junior Riders Rachel Chowanec and Chelsea Reed, and former Young Rider Champion/World Cup Rider Mica Mabragana. Sixteen year old Rachel Chowanec made her Florida International debut with double victories in the Junior Team and Individual tests at the Gold Coast Opener CDI last weekend on Lendon Gray's Embrujado XI. Scores of 63.063 and 65.395 were enough to top another very competitive and promising Junior Rider, Paula Matute, and her lovely Spanish stallion, owned by Deborah Williams. The two Junior riders, on their almost-matched gray PREs, were the talk of the show and their closely contested classes were the highlight of the weekend for many. Keep an eye this pair in the future! Embrujado XI is a 12 year old PRE gelding from Malaga, Spain, that HGF initially located for a client. A series of circumstances resulted in HGF's ownership of the horse in 2007 and the following year, Lendon Gray purchased him with her young student Rachel Chowanec in mind. The two have been together for a little over two years and have begun to bring home the rewards. In 2010, Rachel and "Mouse" were USEF Reserve National Dressage Seat Champions, finished in the top 15 at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in Lexington, and were Regional Champions at Junior Level for Region 8. In addition, Rachel was awarded Best Seat for the JR/YR Division this past weekend, an award hosted by Trilogy Saddles and determined by vote of the judges. In other news, Mica Mabragana did her first show with Idilio at the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge on Jan. 15-16. They finished 6th in large Open national classes both days at the PSG and Inter I, with scores of 65.658 and 66.579. Mica has been training Idilio since the beginning of December and was delighted with this first time out together and a career-high Inter I score for Idilio in Florida. Their next show is the Wellington Classic Spring Challenge CDI, where they plan to do the international classes. HGF's third sponsored rider, Chelsea Reed, is the 15 year old daughter of Medieval Times' Tom and Megan Reed. She will make her first Wellington appearance also at the Classic Spring Challenge with HGF's chestnut dynamo Lentisco. Chelsea is a student of Lendon Gray's and at Lendon's Youth Festival in 2010, Chelsea and Lenny took First in two of their three classes. Stay tuned as the season progresses...
April Plans:
April 10--Mica leaves Wellington for New York April 16-17 Gold Coast Grand Finale, and final USPRE High Point Challenge of FL Season April 22--Molly, Idilio and Bolero head to New York April 28-May 1 CDI Saumur Other Notes: Head Groom Molly Reynolds will accompany Mica to New York for the summer to care for Idilio while he continues to prepare for the Pan American Games with Mica, at Fritz and Claudine Kundrun's Bedford facilities. Molly will also be taking her Bolero, for continued training with Lendon and Mica. We will miss them all this summer at HGF. Rhianna is taking time off to spend the summer with her family in Alaska. We hope she enjoys her break and hope to see her again in Florida in the fall. Foaling season starts in May, just as the Florida team returns to Michigan. Sandy, Lora and the Michigan staff have weathered another winter in Fruitport and expect to send all herds back outside round the clock in another week or two. The Michigan winter has been good for the horses there, mares are strong and active, and the young horses are well-boned and hearty. Check back for more news about our summer plans--training, clinics, events, and sales. Good things are in the works for summer 2011...
Happy New Year!
Important Upcoming Events January 9-11 Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge I January 16,17, 20 Lendon Gray Clinic at HGF Wellington January 23-25 Gold Coast Opener January 28-February World Dressage Masters and ESP Wellington Dressage February 6-8 Wellington Classic Spring Challenge February 23 USPRE Annual Meeting and Party
Gold Coast Opener Results: the Teamwork of Ana Gilmour and Bolero
Ana Gilmour continues her successes in Wellington with great results on HGF's young stallion Bolero. At the Gold Coast Opener on January 23-25, Ana again scored over 70% with Bolero and added another big win to his show record. Ana finished competitively in all classes with both Bolero and Camaron and she is now looking forward to the Wellington Classic Spring Challenge on February 6-8. Bolero is a 2004 Bay PRE Stallion out of Utrerano VII. Not yet 5 years old and still very much a colt, Bolero has already won many ANCCE breed awards and USDF Sport Horse awards, as well as scored over 70% at every dressage show in which he has competed. Bolero is a promising future prospect for the FEI show ring for HGF, and is sire to a number of 2009 HGF foals. Gold Coast Opener Highlights for Ana Gilmour and Bolero: Bolero Training 1 67.391 Second Place Training 2 69.286 Third Place Training 4 71.6 First Plac
HGF Results from the Gold Coast Finale I and II
HGF Stallions in the Ribbons: Camaron and Ana Fourth Level, Test One 66.744 First Fourth Level, Test Three 65.122 Second Adelante and Maria Training Level, Test Three 71.6 First Training Level, Test Four 72.8 First Lentisco and Kim Training Level, Test Three 62.8 Third Training Level, Test Four 63.6 Fourth Other news: Maria and Adelante win the USPRE Open High Point Award for the National Levels. Ana rides her first test for O Judge Gary Rockwell. Kim survives the warm-up arena in Wellington.