Germany’s Angelika Trabert earned her first gold medal in an individual test at the 2009 FEI Para Equestrian European and Open Championship, a result she has been seeking for many years. “It’s been my best championship ever,” she said. Photo by hesteguiden.com

Catching up: Jean Pierre Hourdebaigt and Animal Awareness biz partner, David Tonneson were shooting footage for their new website at Carol Cohen’s Two Swan Farm. Carol’s horse Rio thought posing for these massage videos is great work if you can get it!! Meanwhile Carol Cohen is miss skinny-mini. She looks great and spreading the word on how fellow horse lovers can drop a few sizes before next season.

Things are heating up at Tuny Page’s Still Point Farm! We caught Oded Shimoni coming into the ring where Olympians Robert Dover and Lisa Wilcox were making it look it easy! On the home front, Tuny and Dave have settled into their new home which is already turning into the ultimate place to chat about half-halts over a nice glass of wine from Dave’s amazing new wine cellar.

17-year-old Sienna Myson Davies has again been selected for the Junior European Championship Team riding her own Tambourine. She won the final selection trial by a 10-point margin. She will be defending her own individual Gold, as well as the Team Gold. This year the championships are in Moorsele Belguim.

The Equicision Team are back in the UK for a series of clinics following their first successful trip. They have the British Olympic dressage rider Jane Bartle attending, and clinics are being held by Zoe Taylor at http://www.TayloredEquestrian.co.uk, a rehabilitation facility in Shropshire.A0

Chairman of the FEI Athletics Committee and 9 time paralympian Gold Medalist Lee Pearson, CBE, OBE, MBE married Mark Lathom after an intense hurricane of a romance. Wedding celebrations took place at Lee’s family home on 11th July 2009.

Where else but in an equestrian publication would you see the following: “Desperately Seeking A Volunteer To Iron Ribbon Streamers” (from the Virginia Dressage Assoc./Northern Virginia Chapter newsletter)

Eventingusa.com seems to like the Sidelines format85 they too have a Five Questions with. Nice to be a leader!

From the YouHaveToSeeItToBelieveIt file: Just google Katie Price and pink horse van. Pearlized pink with silver glitter monogram. . . oh my. Can the inside be as lovely? Katie (who rides for Ireland) placed 27th in the Prix St. Georges riding Ulster at Dressage at Hickstead. She’s the UK’s most well known “Page 3” nude model and reality television celebrity.

The Katie Price/Peter Andre feud is becoming increasingly messy from what we hear. Did it get too hot in the media meltdown surrounding the dressage trainer and the one time glamour model?

All for a good cause: Tami Hoag signed a copy of her novel Kill The Messenger, that was auctioned off at the Helping Horses Help Kids benefit September 19. The benefit took place at the adjoining properties of PBJ Dressage and the farm of Bill and Vanieta Decker in Pataskala, Ohio.

Help Allison Angove: Earlier this spring, 16-year-old Alison was warming up for the stadium phase of a horse trial at Ram Tap in Fresno, Ca, when she and her horse fell. Allison sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and remains in a coma; Her parents are now desperately trying to raise funds to assist in her medical expenses and recovery. Pleas visit
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/allisonangove to learn more.

At press time, we learned Ian Stark, who partnered the legendary Murphy Himself and Glenburnie has suffered from an aneurism and has been hospitalised in an intensive care unit. We wish him a speedy recovery.

New Baby Department: Rachel Wakefield, Stable Talk Columnist at Eventing magazine in England, is expecting her first child with Mike Wynne, event rider and former show jumper. Mike and Rachel run a successful dealing business producing event horses. We hear that ever practical, the couple is thinking of adapting a wheelbarrow instead of investing in a pram.

Horses: Beverly Zimmer reports that she’s gone and done it: she bought a new baby (sight unseen!!!) He isn’t even away from his surrogate mom yet! He’s an embryo transfer by Fidertanz out of Mary Lou Win’s 8.5 Hanoverian mare Wolkenstanza. Bev admits she’s got a long wait for her new dressage horse, but check out his video......you’ll see why she’s waiting.

Todd Flettrich is currently in Germany training with Olympic gold medalist Hubertus Schmidt at his Paderborn farm and has begun competing with Cherry Knoll Farm’s horses, 13-year-old Otto and nine-year-old Danseur, in national competition. At a recent show at Hof Bettenrode, Todd qualified both Otto and Danseur for the Grand Prix Special after very successful qualifying tests. The Wellington based trainer was very pleased with both of the horse’s performances.

Showtime: “A lot of people told me to cancel the July 15th show this year and that everyone would understand. The economy was reason enough,” said Pete D’Costa, owner and operator of Freedom Farm in Hunterdon County, NJ. “I just couldn’t do it,” he continued. Every dollar that is raised in entry fees goes directly towards show expenses, with a full 50% of the money being redistributed in cash prizes to the participants. Freedom Farm’s annual dressage show is the only ESDCTA and ECRDA recognized show in the State of NJ that awards cash prizes.

Almost 90 rides took place in this year’s show, judged by Pam Wooding, USEF “R” Judge and Mary Harrison, “L” Graduate. The high score award went to Wendy Lewis, riding Fiona with a score of 76%.

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