Rubino Bellissimo Intermediaire-I Dressage Freestyle Wonderful Sport Horses 6 min - Mar 3, 2006
Rubino Bellissimo, 8-year-old Elite Hanoverian Stallion, ridden by Nicole Perry, in an exhibition, where banquet tables were all around the indoor dressage court with people chattering and clapping, talking about an intimate setting. :-) The pair stayed focused and gave an excellent performance.
Rubino is by the famous Rubinstein I, who was a close relative to Olympic Gold Medallists Nicole Uphoff's Rembrandt and Dr. Reiner Klimke's Ahlerich. Rubino is incredibly athletic and intelligent, and mastered all Grand Prix movements before turning 9. He is also a proven sire of champion offspring and even has had two grand children!
Nicole Perry is a talented young trainer who have achieved many international and national honors. Her information can be found at: http://www.1derful.com/nicole_perry.html
Michelle Gibson & Lex Barker Freestyle 2006 National Intermediare Dressage Champ DressageInMotion 5 min - Sep 13, 2006
Winners of the 2006 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Intermediare Championship. Lex Barker is a 9 year old, owned by Elite European Sportshorses Inc. He stands about 18 hands, making a big impression in the ring. Olympian Gibson rode on the Bronze winning U.S. team of the '96 Games in Atlanta. Here, in the Intermediare freestyle or "Kur" competition, they ride to the music from the movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (Jolie and Pitt). The freestyle is a competition of artistic equitation to music, and must show the unity between rider and horse as well as harmony in all the movements and transitions. They must perform all the movements from the level of competition chosen, such as Intermediare or Grand Prix.
A summer thunderstorm stopped competition just as the pair entered the arena. Rociero XV and Kristina Harrison-Naness came back after the break and scored 71.95 in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2007 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship in Gladstone, New Jersey in June 2007. Rociero is a 12 year old Andalusian stallion owned by Margaret Carrera. The rider and horse place third in the class and third in the competition. Ms. Harrison-Naness resides in Los Angeles, California. "I" judges, Jeanne McDonald and Jayne Ayers provided commentary during the competition.
World Dressage champion Friesian stallion "ZORRO" and Arabian mare performing 3rd level musical freestyle (Pas De Deux) to music from Pirates of the Carribean.
Seidel & Aragon Freestyle at 2006 National Grand Prix Dressage Championships DressageInMotion 6 min - Sep 14, 2006
Guenter Seidel and Aragon placed second at the 2006 Collecting Gaits/USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championships, held in June at Gladstone, New Jersey. The 14 year old Bavarian gelding Aragon is owned by Jane and Dick Brown. This freestyle (or Kur) was choreographed to the music from "Evita". The second place win gave Seidel and Aragon a spot on the U.S. Dressage team to the 2006 World Equestrian Games. The team won a Bronze.
Kristina Harrison-Naness and Rociero XV's musical freestyle at the 2008 U.S. National Dressage Championship in San Juan Capistrano, CA. From Dressage Today magazine, http://equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/english/dressage/harrison_naness_video_072208
World Dressage champion Friesian stallion "ZORRO" and Arabian mare performing 3rd level musical freestyle (Pas De Deux) to music from Pirates of the Carribean.