Thursday, June 29, 2006

Hampton Green Farm Debuts Two Spanish Stallions at Grand Prix at Dressage at Lamplight

Pati Pierucci and Cosaco Score 10 on Piaffe

Last weekend, Hampton Green Farm successfully presented two of their young Pure Spanish stallions at Grand Prix at the IDCTA Summer Dressage Series at Lamplight in Wayne, IL, outside of Chicago. Pati Pierucci, Hampton Green’s trainer, showed both horses for three days under judges Barbara Ebner, Tom Poulin, and Maryal Barnett.

Cosaco, a ten-year-old 16 hand grey stallion imported in 2005, received scores of 8s and 9s from all three judges in piaffe and passage, and a precedent-setting score of a perfect 10 in piaffe from judge Ebner. Cosaco came to Lamplight with some experience, having been shown once at Grand Prix in Spain and once in Wellington over the winter. “I felt like this weekend he was finally my horse,” commented Pierucci. “We were connected and together. For him, the whole thing was about pleasing me, which is such a different experience from my previous Grand Prix horses. When I go in the ring with him, I am not thinking about what can go wrong, but about how I can make the next movement even better.” Pierucci and Cosaco received consistent marks throughout the weekend from all three judges, and took home three Grand Prix scores of 66.87%, 67.5%, and 66.25%.

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