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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Carol Lavell, Cesar Parra, Kathy Priest and More Warm Up at Welcome Back to White Fences I Dressage Show

White Fences, A Dressage Oasis in South Florida

Olympian Carol Lavell hacked over from her White Fences facility on her own Much Ado, to handily win the FEI Intermediaire I Open with the KWPN gelding by Quatro with a whopping 77%.

Ingred Lin’s White Fences Equestrian center is the original site of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby, now held in March at the McPhail’s Equestrian Estates just a short hack from WFEC. For many the February show was the first of a belated dressage season in Florida delayed by the Equine Herpes Virus outbreak which hit the Wellington community in December/January.

While the dressage community was unscathed by any outbreaks, diligent quarantine efforts and bio security measures delayed the show season. But for most dressage trainers and competitors it just gave more time to train and prepare for the upcoming CDI competitions and qualifiers for the Pan American Games, World Cup Finals, and USEF National Championships.

Kathy Priest warmed up for the Gold Coast CDI on Shostakovich in the Grand Prix under Judge Betsy Berry with a 63.958%. Stabled at Patrick Burssens' Ida Farms in tne nearby Little Ranches community, Kentuckian Priest has several competion and sale horses in town for the winter season.

Starting off their 2007 season was Cesar Parra on the fabulous Furst Fabio (Rhinelander by Fidermark x Worldchamp), who won 4th 2 with a 70.227%.

Parra also debuted his Bundeschampionate reserve champion Donavan. Upon Donavan's U.S. debut, Parra told eurodressage, "He was all business, and a pleasure to ride and show. I said I never wanted to ride a stallion again, but My God he is unbelievable. What a horse. He is so much fun. He won his class with 75%."

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