Wednesday October 20, 2004

Brooks and Schobel Ride to Victory at Dressage at Devon North American Breeders Futurity

Jacqueline Brooks on Balmoral and Elly Schobel on Raison d’Etre were the top scorers in the North American Breeders Futurity FEI Dressage Test for Five-year Old Horses and Six-year Old Horses respectively at the 2004 Dressage at Devon.

In the six-year olds, Schobel earned a 7.6% on Raison d’Etre, an American Warmblood by the Holsteiner Regulus out of Little Doozie, a thoroughbred. Raison d’Etre was bred by Dreamtime Farm. Hanne Valentin joined Brown in judging the six-year old class.

In the Five-year olds, Brooks earned an 8.2%, a score which judge Janet Brown says would place her in the top ten percent in a European championship. Her five-year old American Hanoverian is by Belcanto out of Charisma, and was bred by Stephanie Jeffery.

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