Big and Small Tour Pairs Enjoy

Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As big and small tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 12-13. "These back-to-back sessions were a huge boost to my certainty that America is growing infinitely in its depth of top, world-class combinations in both the Small and Big Tours,” said Dover. “There is an obvious feeling of optimism and excitement in the air across our nation as we head into 2015 and the Pan American Games, as well as the Olympic Games in 2016.” The following combinations took part in the Gladstone Sessions: Heather Blitz (Medfield, Mass.) and her own Paragon Allison Brock (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Claudine Kundrun’s Rosevelt Jane Hannigan (Harvard, Mass.) and Ruling Cortes LLC’s Ruling Cortes Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (Reston, Va.) and her own Rassing’s Lonoir Silva Martin (Unionville, Pa.) and the Rosa Cha W Syndicate’s Rosa Cha W Cesar Parra (White House Station, N.J.) with Michael and Sarah Davis’ Van the Man and Simply Nymphenburg Sara Spofford (Watertown, Va.) and her own Lagrima Alice Tarjan (Frenchtown, N.J.) with her own Elfenfeuer The following combinations took part in the Thousand Oaks Sessions: Beth Ball (Cardiff, Calif.) and Cadence LLC’s Liaison and Avanti Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, Calif.)and Ann Romney, Amy Ebeling and Beth Meyer’s Rassolini Leslie Morse (Hidden Hills, Calif.) and her own King’s Excalibur and King’s Ruby Allison Nimmo Dechant (Littleton, Colo.) and Deborah Carter’s Rufus Shannon Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and Jen Hlavacek’s Weltino’s Magic Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and Four Winds Farm’s Legolas 92 and Rosamunde Michelle Reilly (Encinitas, Calif.) and Sharon Roberts’ Umeeko Rebecca Rigdon (Encinitas, Calif.) and Tessa Matheson’s Versace Guenter Seidel (Cardiff, Calif.) and Erin Boddaert’s Zero Gravity and his own Rey del Mundo Nick Wagman (San Diego, Calif.) and Beverly Gepfer’s Don Johnson Dawn White O’Connor (Cardiff, Calif.) and Carla Hayes’ Aristo Photo © Astrid Appels Related Links High Performance Riders Participate in 2014's First USEF Dressage Observation & Strategic Planning Session Schedule for 2014 USEF Young Horse Dressage Training and Observation Sessions Schedule for 2014 USEF Youth Dressage Observation Session