Saturday February 7, 2004

Wellington Dressage Continues

No More Pressure for Arlene Page and Claire

Arlene Page, 47, of Wellington , FL , has owned and ridden Claire for five years and said her ride today was, “Exactly as the score reflected – three marks better than it was two weeks ago. I was really happy. We're going absolutely in the right direction. Things are going absolutely the right way. My game plan is to not change a thing. We just keep developing just as we are now, no more pressure. She's still three months away from being really strong.”

Claire, a former jumper in Germany , is a 12-year-old, 17-hand bay Holsteiner mare by Cassini. Page noted that the best part of Claire's test today was the second piaffe/passage tour. “It was really good, super lowering of the hindquarters. Good expression but still very relaxed and very good pirouettes.”