Sara Lieser

August 15, Gladstone, N.J.

Kayce Redmond’s weekend couldn’t have gone much better—two days of Brentina Cup competition resulted in two blue ribbons and the overall Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Young Adult Dressage Championship for the 24-year-old from Alpharetta, Ga.

“I’m just really excited. Hopefully it will put my name out there a little bit more and give me some exposure. I’ve been out of the big arena since young riders,” said Redmond.

August 15, Gladstone, N.J.

Tina Konyot ran off with the lead on Day 1 of the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Championship aboard Calecto V, and she never looked back. She won all four Grand Prix tests over two weekends and finished as the undisputed national champion today, after her freestyle (75.75%).

August 14, Gladstone, N.J.

Drawing the No. 1 spot isn’t usually considered lucky in dressage competition, but Kayce Redmond made it work to her advantage when she earned the highest score (64.76%) of the nine-horse class aboard Latino in the Brentina Cup Test at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions.

August 14, Gladstone, N.J.

After a month on the road, Jamie Pestana may need to buy an extra suitcase to carry home all her loot when she returns to Livermore, Calif. She won both classes in the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Junior Championship this weekend to earn the national championship—just two weeks after she won two individual gold medals at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships.

Pestana said “Winny” is normally a very forward horse who loves to show off his extended trots.

August 8, Gladstone, N.J.

Cesar Parra had a dream, an American dream, and that dream came true today at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival Of Champions when he scored a commanding lead in the Intermediaire freestyle to win the National Intermediaire I Championship with Olympia.

August 8, Gladstone, N.J.

After two of four classes in the U.S. Dressage Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Tina Konyot can feel confident that she’s done everything she could so far to make a place for herself on the team with Calecto V.

August 7, Gladstone, N.J.

Cesar Parra couldn’t contain his emotion when he finished his winning Intermediaire I ride aboard Olympia at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival Of Champions. He pumped his fist in the air and threw kisses to the crowd all the way out of the arena.

Although Parra has represented his native Colombia at the Olympic Games, the World Equestrian Games, the Pan American Games and the World Cup Final, riding in a national championship for the first time as a U.S. citizen and achieving a win trumps all of that.

August 7, Gladstone, N.J.

Tina Konyot, North Stonington, Conn., captured a commanding lead in the Grand Prix test, the first class of four in the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Grand Prix National Dressage Championship and the Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Her 74.89 percent put her 3 points ahead of Katherine Bateson-Chandler on Nartan (71.87%) and Todd Flettrich on Otto (71.40%).

August 6, Gladstone, N.J. - Kassandra Barteau proved she could play with the big boys today in the first leg of the Intermediaire I Championship at the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival Of Champions.

“I felt like I didn’t have anything to lose,” said the three-time national young rider champion who was competing in her first open championship. “I was just going out there to have fun. It’s one of the first times at a big competition that I’ve had that attitude.”

Catherine Haddad has announced that she will only bring one Grand Prix horse—Winyamaro—to the Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Grand Prix Championship and Selection Trials for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Dressage Team.

“W” is ranked 13^th on the final ranking list of qualified Grand Prix horses with an average score of 66.76 percent. Haddad has another ranked horse, Cadillac, who is ranked fourth with 68.06 percent.