Thursday April 3, 2003

DIFOPL Amateur Championships Contenders: Emmy Adwers

Emmy Adwers At Top Of DIFOPL Amateur Dressage Championships

One of the top riders in this year’s DIFOPL Amateur Dressage Championships is Emmy Adwers, 36, of Harding, New Jersey, an FEI competitor and a technology analyst on Wall Street. Emmy has two horses entered in the championships – Ali Baba 92, a 14-year-old, 16.3-hand Danish gelding by Alibi; and Loverboy, a nine-year-old, 17-hand Holsteiner gelding. Emmy competes both horses at Prix St. Georges/Intermediaire I and is in contention not only for the top ribbons, but also the First Place and Overall High Point Trophy.

The DIFOPL (Dressage In Florida Omnibus Prize List) Amateur Dressage Championships was founded by Shirley Johnson of A'Dashi in 2002, and launched for the 2003 Florida winter shows. The championship season began with the Miami Dade Fall Dressage Show, October, 26, 2002, and will end with the Gold Coast Grand Finale, April 26-27, 2003. There are eight classes being contested from Training Level through Grand Prix.

Emmy is an enthusiastic supporter of the Amateur Championships. “I really believe in anything that supports amateurs because all of us amateurs have a unique and a tough situation in that we work and do something else all day and then we go out and we compete against people who do this for a living,” Emmy explained. “It’s nice to have something that supports the efforts of the amateur. I like to support anything that does that.”