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Friday, May 11, 2007

Elly Schobel Participates in a Clinic with Christoph Hess at the American Dressage Trainers Club
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The Dressage Center Sets the Stage

We arrived at The Dressage Center after a 7 hours trip - Sharon Poulin made sure, that I had good directions. Upon arrival, we immediately received help from Kate Poulin-Neff, who helped unload and put the horses into their spacious stalls, ankle deep in fresh shavings.

I had never been to The Dressage Center - it is 18 acres, with a huge airy barn, offering 49 stalls, a oversized covered arena, a 20x60 outdoor arena and many small paddocks along the perimeter of the farm. An automatic gate and video cameras assure safety for horses and equipment.

One of the neighboring farms, Equivale Farm, owned and operated by Jean and Denis Thorton offers guest cottages, so I stayed there and bicycled back and forth between the two farms. Equivale Farm specializes in breeding Palomino Warmbloods for Sport and just recently welcomed the first Cremello Warmblood in the US.