In 2005, Kristin Schmolze and Cavaldi placed 12th at the Rolex Kentucky CCI****, an impressive finish for this pair of four-star novices. Schmolze was on top of the world—she’d won the U.S. Eventing Association’s Young Rider of the Year award in 2003 and seemed to be going from strength to strength.
But, as we know with horses, what goes up must come down. Schmolze fell off at Rolex Kentucky in 2007 and then Cavaldi suffered a broken coffin bone and Kristin broke her collarbone in 2008, which put them out of competition for the next year.
Germany’s reigning dressage queen Isabell Werth is back in the show ring after giving birth to her first child Frederik in October. She’s agreed to answer some questions and give periodic updates as she prepares for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Read all about her typical training day, her rising stars and her plans for 2010.
Q. Could you describe a typical training day?
Australian show jumper Edwina Alexander is preparing for the 2010 Global Champions Tour and the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and she's agreed to a series of interviews and updates. Read about how her Rolex FEI World Cup Final went and where her horses are headed next.
Q. What’s happened in the last month?
West Palm Beach, FL (April 19, 2010) – Kelly O’Shea Duncan and her Hackney Horse, Baryshnikov, brought home the blue in the FEI Intermediaire I class at the Gold Coast Dressage Association’s Grand Finale I. This wasn’t O’Shea Duncan and Baryshnikov’s first trip into the winner’s circle in the Intermediaire I class, as the pair have been consistent winners in the division throughout the winter show circuit.
Stats: age 28, South Conway, N.H.
In 2008, they completed the Dansko Fair Hill CCI*** (Md.), and last year they placed seventh at advanced at Rocking Horse (Fla.), fourth in the Maui Jim CIC*** (Ill.) and 14th at the Plantation Field CIC*** (Pa.). This spring, they won the advanced at Poplar Place Farm (Ga.) and were ninth at Pine Top Advanced (Ga.).
Jimmy's Prediction: I have not seen this pair compete this year.
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