Devon Fall Classic
Sept 10-14 This was one of the saddest times of my life. My trainer and life long friend, Elizabeth Solters, passed away. She had been battling cancer for the past two years. The hole it has left in mine and my family's life is immense. It's hard to imagine the future with out her. I am truly grateful for the time I had with her and for all that I learned from her over the past sixteen years. She was an amazing rider! She competed right up to the last six weeks of her life and even then still was [...]
Childrens Jumper Regional Champinship
Sept 4-7 Thank you Joe Fargis for all you've done to help me with my riding. Elizabeh said you were the one to go to and she was so right. It has been challenging working with my new arm and a new horse at the same time but you've really helped me improve.
Olive O & Lizzy sweep Children’s Hunter at Warrenton with 4 blues and Champinship
Olive O does it again! For the third year in a row Olive O did it again. She swept the Children's Hunter Classic at Warrenton's Labor Day Show. Thank you to the Steffan family, especially Chey, for giving me the opportunity to ride the amazing horse.
Lizzy rides her 2 year stud colt to IHF 2 year old Performance Championship
I was so proud of Haldn (Ezio) at the International Hunter Futurity. His dam, SchoenPrincess is a full sister to Schoenrsa, my bridleless exhibition mount at 2010 WEG. I currently have three offspring by SchoenPrincess, that I own and have trained, Haldon, Helios and Huh. I broke Haldon this summer. He is an awesome horse...smart, good mind, good mover and jumps in great form with lots of scope. He was amazing at Warrenton for the IHF competition. He was a perfect gentleman throughout the entire competition bringing home the 2 year old Performance Hunter Championship.
All 5 Carousel Farm riders win Tricolors at Kocker Horse “AA” Show
After being away for the entire winter and spring, our clients decided it was time to go to a show close to home. All of our farm clients ...Megan Perdew, Taylor Shearers and Heather Spagnlio were champion or reserve in their prospective divisions. I piloted Whiskey Roxs and Olive O also to championships. It was awesome for my mom. Go mom go....a great show for Carousel Farm!
Lizzy and Ucari ride to 70.3 in FEI junior rider test!!
One week after the Gladstone Team Selection trials, upon the reccomendation of a top US Dressage rider, I rode the FEI junior rider test to get a score on these tests on record. Ucari and I rode a flawless test to earn an excellent score of 70.3 on the FEI junior rider test. He definitely earned his bananas today.
Ucari and I qualify for the USET Team Trials at Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3*
Yes, we accomplished what we set out to do in California, Ucari and I qualified for the USET Team Selection Trials for the team to represent the U.S. at the World Equestrian Games in France! Thank you Ucari for being such a good boy. Thank You to owner Helene Bergstrom for allowing me to ride such an amazing horse! Gladstone here we come!
USPEA – Final U.S. Para-Dressage CPEDI3* World Equestrian Games Qualifier
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Lizzy competes in first dressage competition …Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*
Hey, when I used to ride in Night of Amazing Horses, we had a saying "Go Big or Go Home!" Although it was a bit ambitious, I made my Dressage debut in an international competition in Wellington, FL. With much to learn..... all and all, it went well. We just missed making the score needed to qualify for the USET selection trial for WEG. There is one more qualifier in California...So Mom...California?
Olive O gets highest single round score in WCHR Children’s Classic at WEF
It was not planned that I would be showing Olive O this year at WEF, but circumstances resulted in me picking up the ride in the Children's Hunter the WCHR week of WEF. With each round she just got better and better, jumping higher, tighter and sharper. She is the most amazing mare. By the last round of the classic, we had the highest single round score of the day moving up in 5th place in the final results. Thank You to the Steffan Family for providing me the opportunity to ride this amazing mare!
Lizzy rides Maribet’s 5 year old youngster to 2nd,3rd,4th & 5th in Children’s Hunters at WEF
Thank you Maribet Farm for giving me the opportunity to ride Glory.
WEF 2014
A huge thank you to Helene Bergstrom for not only letting me ride her dressage horse, Ucari, but for all of her incredible coaching. I learned so much from you! Thank you for believing in me.
Instruction with Wes Dunham
Thank you so much Wes for all your help and guidance and time in turning me into a dressage rider. You are so knowledgeable about the sport and the para-olympics. I feel I am really progressing in my efforts because of you and your belief in me. Thank you for all you've done.
Visit Taylored Sportsman
Dec 14 Really big thanks to Louise Serio and Tailored Sportsman. I'm out growing every every thing so fast this past year so it was a huge help to be able to get some riding pants and jackets that fit the new me. Thank you,thank you, thank you!