Capping a successful season, the nine-year-old Hannoverian mare, (Westberry x Lombard), won the USET Prix Saint George (69.750) and the Intermediaire-1 (69.917) at Equestrian Estates. Even when they bought her the mare already had an impressive show record: she holds the highest score in the history of the keuring (mare test) for mares in Germany; she was third in the Bundeschampionaat as a three-year-old, and she won the same competition as a four-year-old.

If they qualify, this will also be Konyot's first time competing at the US Equestrian Team headquarters. She was qualified for the short tour on Kroongraf last year but opted to move him up to Grand Prix instead, and then he was sold. "It hasn't been a priority for me to compete there," said Konyot, "but if it's not too much for her I would like to see this horse make it."

Text by Amber Heintzberger