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American
Dressage News
Robert Dover and FBW Kennedy Making Show Debut
at Dressage At The Nationals
November 4, 2003
 Robert
Dover and his newly acquired FBW Kennedy are making
their show debut as a pair at the Zada LLC Dressage
at The Nationals in Wellington, FL, November 28-30,
2003. It only took Robert Dover and FBW Kennedy two
months to become a combination, which relies on trust
and confidence in each other. "Kennedy and I have
become very happy as a team and I feel ready to go into
the ring with him," Dover said.
The 2nd Annual Zada Enterprises, LLC Dressage at the
National, held in conjunction with the 120th National
Horse Show Outdoor Championships, will host riders from
November 28-30, 2003, at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian
Club show grounds in Wellington, FL.
Five-time Olympian Robert Dover has two mounts entered
in the Grand Prix on Friday, November 28. Dover will
ride Rainier (his mount at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games)
and FBW Kennedy, the former mount of Olympian Lone Jorgenssen
of Denmark, recently imported for Dover’s bid
for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Jane Clark owns both
horses.
The opening day Grand Prix will feature 15 rides, highlighted
by Dover and a host of international stars and medallists
including Dr. Cesar Parra of Colombia with two new mounts
– Galant du Serein and Leonberg; Lars Petersen
of Denmark aboard Dansko’s Success; Mirja Block
of Germany with her flashy Asarhaddon; and Marco Bernal
of Colombia with Koenraad. A stellar roster of U.S.
riders rounds out the Grand Prix with Heather Bender
riding her longtime partner Mikhail; Arlene Page on
the spectacular mare Claire; Lynda Alicki introducing
Kratu; and Janne Rumbough on her elegant Andalusian
stallion Triunfador XVIII.
Prior to the afternoon Grand Prix competition, opening
day kicks off with the Prix St. Georges starting at
8am. Competing in a class of 18 entries are professionals
as well as top amateurs including the defending champion
of the class Bethany Peslar aboard her Flinstone, and
Melissa Taylor Yee with her award-winning mount Ike
and her newest horse Schumacker.
On Saturday, November 29, Dressage at the National
features three FEI classes – the Intermediaire
I, Intermediaire II and the Grand Prix Special –
for a total of 29 rides scheduled from 9am until 4:30pm.
The most hotly contested class will be the I-I with
16 entries. Competing in the I-II will be Katherine
Bateson aboard Ramazon, a horse owned and ridden by
the show’s sponsor, Joe Zada. The main event,
the Grand Prix Special will be highlighted by rides
from top amateurs including Emmy Adwers with two mounts,
PF Robinson 94 and Ali Baba 92, as well as professionals
and USET members Heather Bender with two mounts, Bona
Sera and Mikhail, and Lynda Alicki aboard Kratu.
With a total purse of $10,000 in prize money and awards
at stake, as well as opportunities to qualify for the
2004 GAIG/USDF Regional Championships, top riders are
also entered in the full range of dressage competitions
from Training Level through Fourth Level; Team and Individual
Tests for Young Riders and Junior Riders; and FEI Young
Horse classes. Olympian Bent Jensen will introduce Rockefeller
at First and Second Level. Tara Stegen will show the
spectacular, recently imported Friesian stallion Ynze
at Second Level. Kathryn Groves, a member of the U.S.
team at the recent I.P.E.C. Dressage World Championships
in Moorsele, Belgium, will compete two horses at Fourth
Level – Freek and Fleetwood. Two of the most winning
teens, Suzanne LaPorte and her brother Trae LaPorte,
fresh off their victories at Devon, will be competing
in their Young and Junior Rider divisions. Highlighting
the FEI Young Horse classes for Five-Year-Olds will
be Susanne Benne aboard Carousel and Lynda Alicki with
Guardian Angel; and in the FEI class for Six-Year-Olds,
Sasha Newman will showcase the talented Nagir De Taillevent.
The 2nd Annual Zada Enterprises, LLC Dressage at the
National wraps up on Sunday, November 29, with the FEI
Musical Freestyle classes. Top competitors in the finale
of the show are Lynda Alicki aboard Aliandro in the
I-I Freestyle; and Dr. Cesar Parra, Janne Rumbough,
and Arlene Page in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
Related Links
FBW Kennedy Sold
to the United States
Coverage
of Dressage at The Nationals on Dressagedaily
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