Friday, February 6, 2004

On The Scene at Wellington Dressage

Shannon Dueck and KRS Pegasus Top Prix St. George With Student Cheryl Meisner Second in First Prix St George

In the afternoon class, Canadian Shannon Dueck, 41, now of Wellington, FL, riding KRS Pegasus won the $1,000 FEI Prix St. Georges, Section B. The duo topped 18 entries with a score of 68.917%. The judges’ scores varied – 264 at E from Maryal Barnett; 275 at C from Brenda Minor; and 288 at M from Sarah Geikie. Dueck’s student Cheryl Meisner placed second aboard Chimon, scoring 65.750% in her first ever Prix St. George competition. Marco Bernal riding La Spezia placed third, earning 64.417%.

“I was so thrilled with my horse,” said Dueck, who is a part owner with The Pegasus Group. “This was the first Prix St. Georges where I’ve actually tried to ride him for what he can give me rather than just steer him around like a green baby, and he gave me more because of that. We got tighter pirouettes and he was a little more on from behind.” Dueck said that the best part of Pegasus’s performance was that he maintained a high degree of collection throughout the test. “I got a bunch of 8s, so I’m pretty happy with that,” she beamed.

KRS Pegasus is a six-year-old (turning seven in April), 17.3-hand, Dutch warmblood gelding by Havidoff out of a Bismarck mare that Dueck has been riding since he was four. His markings make him a standout. “He’s bay with four white sox and a big white stripe, he’s actually pinto,” said Dueck. She purchased Pegasus from Bert Rutten of Holland and also trains there with him.

Dueck foresees Pegasus as her future mount to represent Canada. “I’ve got one grand prix horse (Korona) and I would love Pegasus to be a second horse for me to pick from for 2006 and certainly 2008 for the Olympics.”

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