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2003
Dressage in Florida
Dressage In Florida 2003 Winter Season Wrap Up
January 30-February 2, Wellington Dressage, Wellington,
FL.
 The
first show in the Winter Equestrian Festival series
was a qualifying event for the USET Intermediaire I
Championship, which is the Selection Trial for the Pan
Am Games. The hands-down star of the show was Jan Brons
aboard Josien – this pair won both the USET Prix St.
Georges (69.083%) and the USET Intermediaire I (70%).
In the qualifying classes for the Grand Prix Championships,
George Williams and Rocher won both the USET Grand Prix
(73.889%) and the Grand Prix Special (73.400%). The
Open classes also had their share of standout performances,
notably the contingent of foreign competitors: Colombia’s
Dr. Cesar Parra and Pik-L won the PSG B Section (70.625%),
Intermediaire I B Section (67.250%), and the I-I Freestyle
(72.417%). Also in the limelight was the Dominican Republic’s
Yvonne Losos de Muniz aboard Inatana Las Marismas who
won the Intermediaire I A Section (67.250%). Israel’s
Oded Shimoni on Glenstern won both the Grand Prix (67.813%)
and the Grand Prix Special (65.733%). Mexico’s Patrick
Burssens on Marfil won the GP Freestyle (72.000%). In
the Young Riders classes, Michael Shondel launched his
winning streak aboard Wallaby, taking first place in
the Team Test (67.630%). In the YR Freestyle, Trae LaPorte
riding Fleetwood took the blue (65.292%) in a kur that
proved to be unbeatable all season. Karen Lipp, who
had two new youngsters debuting, took the High Score
of the show with her Cheval V, earning 75.385% in Training
Level Test 4.
February 7-9, Zada Enterprises LLC Southern Comfort,
Clarcona
 Some
new faces were in town for the second show in the Orlando
series. In the USET Qualifiers, Suzanne Dansby had a
good show taking two wins on Goubergh's Kasper – the
pair scored 68% in the PSG and 67% in the I-I – and
she also logged a victory on Cooper, earning 65.825%
in the GP Freestyle. Throwing his hat in the USET GP
qualifiers, Michael Barisone on Safir won the Grand
Prix (64.653%). Pamela Goodrich on Melville won the
Special (65.800%). Several pairs in the Open classes
proved to be contenders to watch for the rest of the
season in the small tour: Tina Konyot on Liberty won
the PSG (67.125%); Anne Gribbons, newly partnered on
Leoliet, won the I-I (66.625%); and Kathy Priest on
It's Me H won the Grand Prix (63.056%). In Young Riders,
Jodie S. Kelly on Weltkaar continued her winning streak,
taking the blue in the Team Test (62.333%) and the Individual
(67.821%). In Junior Riders, Devon Kane aboard his new
horse Douwe (Karen Lipp’s former Grand Prix mount) won
the Team Test (62.179%) and the Individual (62.949%).
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