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2008 News
In February 2008, Teresa moved her business
to the beautiful Morgan Run Show Stables
near
Westminster, Maryland; see
http://www.morganrunstables.com. Teresa
is thrilled with this new facility and would
like to express her thanks to owners
Danielle and Jeff Fleegle for so warmly
welcoming her and her clients to their
lovely new farm.
Following the flurry of activity after the
move to Morgan Run, Teresa and Unitas
(Johnny) were invited to participate in a
clinic presented by Hassler Dressage at
their new Riveredge West farm in
Chesapeake City,
Maryland.
This “Interactive Training Clinic:
Young Horse to Prix St. George/Intermediare,”
was held on March 15th
and
featured seven horse/rider combinations
representing young horses at various stages
in their training.
Scott Hassler focused on each team’s
strengths and weaknesses and offered a
training program designed to develop happy
and sound horses as they progress up the
levels; see
http://www.hasslerdressage.com/symposiums/itd-clinic.html.
Next on the agenda was the April 12-13
VADA/NOVA Spring Dressage Show held at Morven Park
in
Leesburg, Virginia.
Teresa showed her versatility by
qualifying Dorie Forte’s 18 hand Oldenburg
ISR gelding, Froelich, and Jill Frumin’s
14.3 hand Westfalen Reitpony, Picollino 2,
for the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage
Eastern Selection Trials to be held in
Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 30-June 1.
Teresa will be competing Froelich in
the FEI Dressage Test for Six-Year-Olds and
Picollino in the FEI Dressage Test for
Five-Year-Olds.
The winners of these selection trials
will advance to the final selection of the
two teams of five- and six-year-olds who
will represent the
United States
at the 2008 FEI World Breeding Championships
for Young Horses in Verden,
Germany,
this summer.
Team Butta
On May 3-4, Teresa and four of her students
(Dorie Forte, Diane Skvarla, Jill Frumin and
Melissa Swearingen) headed out to Morven Park
again for the CDCTA Recognized Dressage
Show.
This was the first show of the year
for all four students, and the first
dressage show for Teresa’s up and coming 6
year old Oldenburg GOV sale horse, Rohmeo,
currently owned by Elizabeth Dorsett.
The pair scored exceptionally well,
finishing with scores of 73% and 75%.
Teresa’s students also rode some very
good tests and shared some good-natured
ribbing.
All brought home ribbons to tack up
on their stalls and stories to share in the
lounge.
2007 News
Teresa
Butta and
her horses had a very successful 2007! The
season started with numerous wins and placings with all her horses, including
receiving two perfect 10's in one class on
the fabulous, four-year-old Westfalen
Reitpony, Piccolino 2 (Pico). She also
qualified for the USEF/Markel five - and - six
-
year old Championships in Raleigh with Dorie
Forte's Oldenburg gelding, Froelich (Fro)
and her own Dutch gelding, Unitas (Johnny).
where she finished 3rd in both classes, just
missing out on representing the United
States with Johnny in the six-year-old
division at the Young Horse World
Championships in Verden, Germany. Both
Johnny and Fro also qualified for the for
the National Yound Horse Championships which
are held in Lexington, Kentucky in
September. Teresa's terrific training again
prevailed and Johnny finished 3rd at the prestigious Dressage at
Devon on Fro; see
http://www.dressageclinic.com/events.php?eid=7&cid=32.
She capped off her 2007 competition year by
winning First Level Reserve Champion at the
Col. Bengt Lundquist Memorial Championships
in Region I on the promising Oldenburg mare,
Marseillaise, owned by Deborah Stewart.
Along with
her own successes in the show ring, Teresa
also celebrated Dorie Forte's numerous wins
aboard Froelich. Their stellar year included
winning five 1st place All Breed awards,
several Year End USDF All Breed awards and
also capturing the 2007 USDF Horse of the
Year in the 4 - and 5 - year old Gelding Materiale
Divisions, Froelich became the inaugural
winner of the new Sunshine Sporthorse
Association of Florida perpetual trophy,
which is presented to the highest-scoring
materiale champion in the United States,
please see attached article
From USDF Connection, March 2008. Copyright
(c) 2008 by the United States Dressage
Federation, www.usdf.org. Used by
permission.
Teresa is
looking forward to continuing work with her
own trio of wonderful horses, Johnny,
Bacardi and Waterloo as well as her client's
promising horses, Froelich, Marseillaise,
Pico, and Rohmeo. She is excited about the
upcoming 2008 show season where she will be
riding and competing both her own and her
client's horses. She will also be coaching
some of her clients, Dorie Forte, Jill
Frumin, Diana Skvarla, Melissa Swearingen
and Suzanne Sherwood at many local and
regional shows.
Come share
the fun! Join the TeresaButtaDressage team for 2008! |
