Dressage at Devon Preview

It’s that time of year again: Dressage at Devon! Tomorrow I’m taking two young horses to the show. Uma is owned by Laurie Cameron and is a big, grey five-year-old mare. I love her: she’s a beautiful mover. She had a foal and was broken in late, and because she has come so far I am going to take her in a materiale class.

I am very excited to say that Fendi is back in action. He cut his leg in the paddock so I chucked him out and let him get over the trip from Australia – some horses take a long time to acclimate and he was one of them. He’s back and I have high hopes for him. He’s also still for sale.

Jeff will compete in the CDI in the small tour and hopefully he will appreciate the arena more than he did in Saugerties! I’ve been working really hard with Jessica Ransehousen to turn him from a 20-hand horse into a 16-hand horse in the arena. He’ll show Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Sealord will be showing Fourth level. He’s been doing really well in the PDG but I felt he was still a bit green to do that level at this show. In fourth level he feels confident now. He should be great – and he may be the only Thoroughbred competing here. I’ll bet he’s the only ex-racehorse!

Concorde, owned by Jeff Anderson, has gone up the levels so fast and has been winning at Prix St. Georges. He is also doing Fourth level at Devon. He’s a really good competition horse and is even better at shows than at home.

Wish me luck!

–Silva