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Animal Accolades: My Goals
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My long term goals as a rider include:. Earn a USDF Bronze medal (requires six scores of 60% or above: two each at First, Second, and Third levels from two different judges at two different rides at each respective level). UPDATE: Accomplished! Rijkens earned our final score at third level to earn our USDF Bronze medal! Earn a USDF Silver medal (requires four scores of 60% or above; two at Fourth level from two different judges/shows and two at Prix St. Georges from two different judges/shows). Join us o...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: August 2010
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. How About "Got Registrations! This week, I checked out the USDF current standings for 2010 season awards and was delighted to see Piper Warrior and I ranking fairly well for our first real full year of competition together. For Musical Freestyles at First Level, we are currently standing at 13th. With a score of 68.958%. In the USA. Very cool indeed! The USD...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: October 2010
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Monday, October 11, 2010. Riding in the Championships. Day One - Training Level Championships. With a fabulous first ride time of 9:12 am, Piper went into Ring 3 and pulled off a very nice, calm Training Level Test 1 test. The super score of 69.565% was enough to earn him 2nd Place. In a class where the scores ranged from 70.87% to 46.957%. Day Two - First Level Championships. Our wa...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: September 2010
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Arriving at the Championships. The 2010 USDF Region 8 Championships are now history. The final weeks and days leading up to this huge event is all a bit of a blur now. Suffice to say, training continued and several practice runs of the tests and our kur took place. And a small tack change was made. which I will get back to later. 2011 USEF Dressage Rules.
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: November 2010
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Monday, November 1, 2010. When your horse is a wonderful dressage partner, one with whom you have enjoyed years of dressage education, fun, and success, the retirement of that amazing equine can a difficult thing to accept, embrace, and enjoy. Surprisingly, and as a magical Swan Song for the old mare, Jeddien was accepted into the "Dressage Today" magazine's video clinic with Axel St...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: April 2011
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Sunday, April 24, 2011. Restarting the 2011 Season with a Bang! This weekend, Piper and I competed in our first competition of 2011, reviving the paused 2011 season. And oh my, what a show it was! Spring had sprung in the southern part of the region. It was glorious. That was on Good Friday. Out of 118 rides scheduled for the day, 35 were listed as scratches / no shows! Timid horses ...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: 5 Years - Kearsarge Meadows Horsefly Trap Still Working !
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. 5 Years - Kearsarge Meadows Horsefly Trap Still Working! You can see the original photos dating back to 2010 on our Kearsarge Meadows page on FaceBook. Due to the sheer size and weight of the traps, they have stood up to all sorts of wicked winds! Of course, due to their heft, they require some effort to move and position. The durability of the traps has been fa...
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: The Babies
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Wednesday, April 18, 2012. After a winter siesta, the dressage competition season is now resuming. For many of us, our individual competition calendars are pretty well decided, we've started sending in show entries, and the end of the year goals are coming into focus. For me, for the first time since 2007, my dressage goals do not. Include qualifying for and competing in the USDF.
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships: October 2011
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Dressage - Path to the USDF Championships. One competitor's diary of the road to the USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Monday, October 17, 2011. Where did this year go? Regional Championship has come and gone! This year, we really only tried to qualify for 1st Level Open and 1st Level Freestyles. (Earning that very nice qualifying score in our 2nd Level debut was not part of the plan! The Regionals this year brought the usual mix of weather. We managed to compete in fair weather all weekend, but ...
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