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2003 P.S.I. Auktion: P.S.I. Impressions
Tucker Johnson, The Man with a Plan
December 8, 2003
 Carriage driver Tucker Johnson from Jupiter, Florida,
USA, is the man with a plan. He wants to improve his
driving team,
by
buying top dressage horses. And what other place to
look for them than at P.S.I.? The past year, Johnson
has purchased eighth dressage horses at Hof Kasselmann
and six of
them proved
to be excellent for driving. To make two entire driving
teams, Johnson needed two new ones and decided to get
them in
Ankum. Bidding for Tucker Johnson at the 2003 P.S.I.
Auction was Tim
Dutta. Tucker selected two horses to his taste, Rotano
and Spotlight, and bought them both. Rotano cost 230,000
€, while Spotlight was 180,000 €.
The black Hanoverian gelding Rotano finished third
at the Bundeschampionate under Eva Möller, scoring
9 for his walk and trot, 8.5 for his
canter and 8.6 overall.
 He possesses a strong hind
leg, something that can also be
said of Spotlight, an Oldenburg gelding by Sevillano
xx out of a Weltmeyer dam.
Carriage driving is reviving as an equestrian discipline.
With its own indoor World Cup Series, the drivers are
bringing excitement and speed to the shows this winter
show season. In order to tune into the latest developments
in the carriage sport, drivers need to have a modern
team of horses. "Carriage horses need good movements
for the dressage phase, and enough blood to make it
through the marathon," Schockemohle said.
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