USPRE News

Junior Rider Chelsea Reed Wins the USPRE Award at the Lendon Youth Dressage Festival
Chelsea Reed, and her chestnut stallion, Lentisco, were the winners of the 2011 USPRE Award at the inaugural Lendon Youth Dressage Festival Midwest in Fruitport, Michigan. Chelsea, daughter of Tom and Megan Reed of Groveland Florida and Medieval Times fame, represented the PRE Breed in top form all weekend with two PRE horses. She was selected from a field of applicants to take part in the Emerging Dressage Athlete Program Section A Clinic, held on Friday and Saturday and taught by Lendon Gray and Courtney King-Dye, with her Kabileno, a 1999 FEI-level PRE stallion owned by Mary Adams and Tom Reed.
On Kabi, Chelsea was Division One Champion in the Festival. With Lentisco, she was Reserve Division Champion as well as the Reserve Champion of the entire Festival in addition to the USPRE Champion. Lenny, owned by Hampton Green Farm, is training for Third Level.

Congratulations, Chelsea, and we expect to see you continue your success in Florida this winter!

USPRE Gold Sponsorship At ERAHC Show

The Eastern Region Andalusian Horse Club (ERAHC) is again hosting an ANCCE-sanctioned show on September 4th at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA, in conjunction with its Classic breed and dressage shows. The judge for the show will be Dr. Rafael Ortiz Alcalá-Zamora, well-known Spanish dressage national champion, Olympic and WEG team member, and clinician.

The show will include all sections for morphology and functionality, with management by ERAHC. Awards for sections will include ribbons and certificates, and awards for Special Prizes will include ribbon sashes, trophies, and certificates. For details of the show, including Prize List and entry forms, as well as a poster, visit www.erahc.org. ERAHC also welcomes participation in its A-rated Classic Open Dressage Show on September 1st and its 19th annual Classic Andalusian/Lusitano Breed Show on September 2nd and 3rd. The Classic breed show includes qualifying classes for IALHA nationals and Region 6 regional championship status for USEF Horse of the Year qualification.

In addition, the Breed Show will be hosting a Doma Vaquera clinic by famed Spanish garrochista Jesus Morales on Thursday, September 1st – details are in the Classic Prize List. ERAHC holds one of the friendliest and best-managed shows anywhere. Visit their Facebook page for updates or send your e-mail address to erahceditor@earthlink.net to be added to their e-mail list.