2003 Show Winners

Dressage At Devon
2003

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2003 marked another year of a huge and outstanding competition at Dressage At Devon, the largest breed show in North America. Breeders from all over the U.S.A. as well as riders from Canada and other countries descended upon Devon once again to compete for high honors among their peers.

I did not count the number of SWB horses at Devon this year, but it was certainly more than ever before, although the numbers were still small compared to some other breeds.

In the open in-hand classes 2 SWB horses placed in the Top 10 and both were bred by Los Alamos Dressage Center.

L.A. Baltic Kharma
(L.A. Baltic Inspiration x L.A. Rose of Sweden) placed 8th in the 4 year old and older maiden mare class.

         
L.A. Baltic River Shadow (Riverman x L.A. Rose of Sweden) owned by Patty Crawford, placed 6th in the yearling filly class.

Both classes had more than 30 entrants.

Los Alamos Dressage Center also placed 6th in the Breeder's Groups with
L.A. Baltic Kharma and L.A. Baltic River Shadow shown by Lisa Basselini, manager and assistant trainer at Los Alamos Dressage Center.

 

L.A. Baltic Black Pearl
(L.A. Baltic Inspiration x Giselle), a yearling filly, was very tense in her open class and scored 73.5%, which was not high enough for a top 10 spot, but she settled down and showed well in the SWB class, winning it with an 80% under German judge, Peter Engle.

 

 

Results of the SWB class were:
1st	80%	L.A. Baltic Black Pearl (L.A. Baltic Inspiration xGiselle by Galapard) 2001 Br F owned by Los Alamos Dressage Center
2nd	76.9%	Mirage (Ragazzo x Myrra by Condor M) 2001 B F owned by Deborah Borra
3rd	76.4%	N.L. Baltic Kyra (L.A. Baltic Inspiration x Heavenly Rose by Donauschimmer) 2001 B F owned by Steven Fleming
4th	76.3%	Grand Finale (Azrael) (Amiral x Zest by Zorn) 2003 G C owned by Mimi Lufkin
5th	74.4%	N.L. Baltzar (Spartacus 658 x Heavenly Rose by Donauschimmer) 1997 B G owned by Lauren Fleming
6th	73.9%	Andante (Amiral x Zest by Zorn) 997 C M owned by Christine Reber and Mimi Lufkin
7th	73.9%	Amorena (Amiral 764 x More Than Blue by Blue Quadrant) 2003 B F owned by Jamie Reilley, VMD
8th	73.7%	Brando's Myrical (Brando 632 x Myrra by Condor M) 2002 B F owned by Deborah Borra
9th	71.8%	Amarose (Amiral 764 x Trot Away Rose by Lara) 2003 C F owned by Jamie Reilley, VMD
10th	69.5%	L.A. Baltic Titan (L.A. Baltic Sunrise x Giselle by Galapard 9038) 2001 B C owned by Dave & Leslie Carrier

N.L. Baltic Kyra	L.A. Baltic Titan

 

Class#: 9 FEI Young Horse Test - 6-year olds
Judge(s): McMullen and Rockwell

Congratulations to all!!

Melissa and her 6-year old Oldenburg gelding, The Artful Dodger, who train at Los Alamos with Lisa Basselini, had another successful show season this year! In July, Melissa and Dodger were on the winning Training Level 3 & 4 team at the USDF Region 1 Jr/YR Team Championship in Leesburg, VA.

They won their Dressage Seat Equitation class at that show. In August, Melissa and Dodger were Silver Medalists at First Level at the Northeast Jr/YR Championship in Darien, CT, winning the Dressage Seat Equitation portion of the competition. Melissa and Dodger were the Junior Training Level Reserve Champions at the BLM Championship, and were the Junior Training Level Champions at the ESDCTA Championship for the second year in a row. They completed the show season by finishing fifth in a class of 25 at the USDF Region 1 Championship in Lexington, VA on October 19th.

Melissa also earned her USDF Qualified Rider Award this year.

Congratulations!!!

L.A. Baltic Odyssey


 L.A. Baltic Odyssey (Show Name - Cody)
(Riverman x L.A. Utrilla by Utrillo)
Larry Poulin driving Cody (L.A. Baltic Odyssey) and the Holsteiner, Camden, all owned by Natasha Grigg, MA. competed for the USET in the 2003 World Championships in France.

   Cody just won the Pair Horse Classic at the Fair Hill International show Oct. 23-26 where they won both marathon and cones and placed 2nd in dressage driving.

   We are so proud and delighted with the job Larry Poulin has done with "Cody". They seem to make an outstanding match and we enjoy watching the progress. We also want to acknowledge and thank "Cody's" former owners, Janet Bell and Tom Benson, who bought him from Los Alamos Dressage Center as a youngster for dressage but recognized that he seemed to want to do something else with his life and were wise enough to make the match with Larry Poulin a reality.

2003 FEI WORLD PAIRS DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIP

      L.A. Baltic Odyssey, (show name Cody) just 6 years old and in training with Larry Poulin for less than a year before qualifying for a spot on the USET Pairs Driving Team, showed his remarkable talent and heart in the 2003 World Championships.

    "Cody" has always performed exceptionally well in the dressage driving phase and it was Larry's intention to use him for this part of the competition and then to team up his more experienced horses, Camden and Conyer for the maraton and cones.

    However, fate dictated differently when Larry's main maraton horse did not travel well to Europe and was not ready to compete. Although very green to the sport, "Cody" was needed in all three phases of the competitive driving competition and poured his heart out to do his best.
The USET placed 8th overall.

Congratulations to all!!

Congratulations for Lauren and Steven on their State Championship. Heavenly Rose, a Trakehner mare, poses here with her 3 month old L.A. Baltic Inspiration filly, NL Baltic Anika.

This is the second foal Heavenly Rose has produced by Inspiration. Both have won the State Championship in the year of their birth!

These photos, taken April 19 and 20, 2003, show "Jubi" competing in the 5 year old FEI Young Horse Test in where he received a score of 7.5! The show was at Chateau Elan, GA, and sponsored by Turning Point Events. (Congratulations Cindy and rider, Debbie!)

Update and Year End Results for Baltic Jubilation:

At the USDF Region 3 Championships:
"Jubi" was Reserve Champion at Training Level, Open (68.07%) and 5th Place at First Level, Open (64.58%.) He also went on to place in the USDF Horse of the Year Awards: FEI 5 year old Young Horse 17th ( 65.556%) and USDF All-Breeds (SWANA): Training Level, Open - 4th Place (66.818%) and First Level, Open - 4th Place (65.556%).

Baltic Jublilation (L.A. Baltic Inspiration x Spartacus' Innersta a SWB mare by Spartacus) 1998 Gelding bred by Lisa Dewey and owned by Cindy Latham, Scottsboro, AL.

Congratulations on an outstanding show year!