Profile
To sum up my career on Manhattan so far, I would say, ‘blood, sweat, and tears.’ The blood describes the first
few years I had Manhattan where he bucked me off nearly every day, sometimes multiple times a day. The tears cover the next
several years where Manhattan had a knack for being 12 different horses in one and the frustration often brought me to tears. Now,
it is simply sweat. He and I are such a team, and he comes out ready to give me his all, every day.
When Manhattan was three years old Toine said to me, ‘this is a Grand Prix horse’. He was right.
Manhattan and I started our first Grand Prix season together in 2008. We worked our way into
top 20
USEF Grand Prix national rankings earlier in the year and finished the year with a
top 250
FEI World Dressage ranking.
Manhattan also helped me earn my USDF Gold Medal in 2008 and finished the year
ranked 36th nationally in the
USDF in the Dressage Horse of the Year at the Grand Prix Level.
Career Highlights
- 2012
- 17th place - Grand Prix Musical Freestyle Challenge Year End Awards (National)
- 18th place - Grand Prix Musical Freestyle Year End Awards (National)
- 2011
- Champion - USDF Region 3 Grand Prix Championship
- Champion - USDF Region 3 Freestyle Grand Prix Championship
- 2010
- 14th place - Grand Prix Musical Freestyle Challenge Year End Awards (National)
- 17th place - Grand Prix Musical Freestyle Year End Awards (National)
- 2009
- Reserve Champion - USDF Region 3 Freestyle Grand Prix Championship
- 4th place - USDF Region 3 Grand Prix Championship
- 2008
- Reserve Champion - USDF Region 3 Grand Prix Championship
- 36th place - USDF Grand Prix Dressage Horse of the Year (National)
- Top 250 ranking - FEI World Dressage ranking (International)
- 2007
- Champion - USDF Region 3 - FEI Intermediate II
- Reserve Champion - USDF Horse of the Year at Intermediate II (National)
- 3rd place - USEF Dressage Festival of Champions Brentina Cup in Gladstone, New Jersey (National)
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