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FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: Dreams Come True

I woke up early this morning and couldn’t believe it was the last day of the competition; it has flown by so quickly. When I came out of the room I saw Paulien and Martina in the hall, who informed me they got a call late at night from Pam that...

Published 23 Aug 2009 4:30 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: para-equestrian, para-dressage, Mary Jordan
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: The Individual Test Experience

Today is the day of the individual championship test! Overall it is a more complex test with movements such as half-passes at the trot and canter and walk pirouettes. I like this test a lot because it is challenging and you have to really ride. The general...

Published 22 Aug 2009 10:00 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage, Mary Jordan
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: A Ride for WEG Qualifying Scores

Nobody slept much last night with the jog looming at 7 a.m. Martina, Paulien and Marcel were the first ones up at 4:30 a.m. and I followed close behind. Martina had a sleepless night since her 2-month-old foal back in Germany had an emergency colic surgery...

Published 22 Aug 2009 9:22 AM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: para-equestrian, para-dressage, Mary Jorda
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: We Must Go Forward

This has been somewhat of a puzzling and frustrating day. It was the official start of the show, and they first do what they call the FEI Jog, where each horse is presented to a Ground Jury panel for veterinary inspection to see that it is fit enough...

Published 21 Aug 2009 9:51 AM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: Into a Mystical World

Today, we left Amsterdam and made our way to Kristiansand S, Norway, where I am riding in the FEI European and Open Para-Equestrian Dressage Championship **** competition–my second international competition and my first at the four-star level (the...

Published 19 Aug 2009 9:26 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: Something About Mary

My name is Mary Jordan, I am 43, and am an equestrian with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) from Wells, Maine. I became the third person in my family with this neurologic disorder when I was diagnosed seven years ago. Although I have been a dressage and event...

Published 19 Aug 2009 4:23 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: para-equestrian, para-dressage, multiple schlerosis
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009: And the Winners are...

I got the results from yesterday. Grade Ia: 1. Kim Decker, 62.353% Grade Ib: 1. Keith Newerla, 60.392% Grade II: 1. Erika Baitenmann (Mexico), 66.825% 2. Maria Otheguy (Mexico), 66.192% 3. Elizabeth Pigott, 63.333% 4. Erika Baitenmann (Mexico), 62.952...

Published 16 May 2009 10:42 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009: A Goal Met, Despite the Weather

We got Sasha fed and cleaned up, and Karen walked him. The radar was again dire, a solid band of green, yellow, and red precipitation, but it was not yet reaching the ground. Karen took Sasha for a walk before the rain started. I had debated whether to...

Published 15 May 2009 10:30 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009: Preparations Continue

Karen and I got Sasha fed and cleaned, and I got on him around nine, again in the double bridle. It was sunny today, contrary to yesterday’s dire forecast. I had a succinct, solid ride; Sasha and I were definitely more of a partnership with each...

Published 14 May 2009 10:26 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009: An Introduction to the Other Riders

We got Sasha fed and cleaned up. The weather did not look promising. Karen’s Blackberry showed us on the radar a short break in the rain at around nine, and I got on Sasha then. It was not raining at the moment, but before I had done too much work...

Published 13 May 2009 10:19 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009: Arriving at Lamplight

We were on the road again by 5:30 in the morning. Today it was not raining. Again, Sasha fretted in the trailer. I had to stop at 1:00, to participate in a conference call, which took an hour. We got underway again, and by three we had arrived at Lamplight...

Published 12 May 2009 10:16 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian
Lamplight CPEDI*** 2009 and the Cavalor/USEF National Para-Equestrian Championships

It was a long road for me to get to Lamplight, this year’s National ParaEquestrian Championships and CPEDI***. I had entered the CPEDI portion of the show, hoping to get my FEI Certificate of Capability to allow me to compete for a place on the...

Published 11 May 2009 10:04 PM by Robin Brueckmann

Filed under: para-equestrian

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