2008 Show News

2008 Show News

Just three weeks after annual show on November 7-9th Michele DeLuna and Stacy Zwergel competed in the Del Mar CDI. Michele competed both of her horses, Lord of the Dance and Rapallo, and Stacy competed Sante. Michele won all of her classes on Lordy and rode her first I1 test in the CDI. Stacy was reserve champion in the CDI with Sante. Click here to see some pictures that Christy took.

The final standings for the year end awards have been posted and a big congratulations to everyone on their awards.

Christine with Lyra for Grand Prix Holsteiner Horse of the Year - Second Place

Christine with Valentino for Second Level Dutch Horse of the Year - Third Place

Christine with Lord of the Dance for Oldenburg Horse of the Year - Third Place

Christine with Larissa's JAS for PSG Hanoverian Horse of the Year - Eighteenth Place

Erin King with Artisan for Training Level Swedish Horse of the Year - Second Place

Michele DeLuna with Rapallo for Third and Fourth Level Hanoverian Horse of the Year - Fifth and First Place to date

Stacy Zwergel and Sante for I1 Dutch Horse of the Year - First place, I1 USDF HOY 6th place

Stacy Zwergel and Bakira for Materiale Horse of the Year - First place

Michele DeLuna PSG Adult Amateur Award - Eleventh Place and 4th Level AA Award - Fourteenth Place

Congratulations to Christine and students on their rides at the Region 7 Championships in Los Angeles this year. Christine rode the following horses:

Valentino - Second Level

Mar'so - Second Level

Lord of the Dance - Third Level

Larissa's JAS - PSG

Falcon - PSG

Lyra - Grand Prix

Stacy Zwergel competed Sante at PSG and I1, Cooper at Second Level and Zinedine (see 'For sale' page) at Training Level. Ellie Kennedy rode Sanset at Second Level, Michele DeLuna rode Rapallo at Fourth Level and PSG and Erin King at Training Level and the Futurity on Artisan. Click here to see some pictures that Nora took at annual show.

In addition to the many placings for Christine and her students, the following were awarded:

Second Level Warm-Up San Francisco Peninsula Perpetual Trophy - Christine Rivlin-Henke - Valentino

High % Open Danish Warmbloods in Warm-Up or CDS Hoy Class – NADWA Danish Award - Christine Rivlin-Henke – Mar’so

High % Open Dutch Warmbloods in CDS Hoy Class – NAWPN - Stacy Zwergel - Zinedine

Stacy competed Bakira in the Materiale class at the last Woodside show of this year on Saturday September 20th where they received an 82% giving them a median score of 82% for the year and awarding Bakira Materiale Horse of the Year.

Congratulations to Christy Cadwallader, Michelle DeLuna and Erin King who all showed on Sunday September 14th at Yarra Yarra. Christy showed Sante in their first Second Level test together scoring a 69%, Michelle DeLuna had another fabulous PSG ride on Rapallo scoring a 65% and Erin King and Artisan rode First Level Test 1 and 3 for their first time together scoring 64% and 61% respectively. Great job ladies.

This weekend August 9th and 10th will be one of the last shows to close out the 2008 show season. We will be going to Yarra Yarra Ranch with 10 horses. Christine will be showing Valentino, Mar'so, Lord of the Dance, Larissa's JAS and Falcon while Stacy will be competing Cooper and Sante, Elizabeth Zima will be riding Garrison and Michele DeLuna with Rapallo. Good Luck to everyone!

The Cool Down show at Starr Vaughn Equestrian Center was a success this weekend. Stacy scored a 72% and 70% at I1 with Sante, 74%, 71% and 70% with Zinedine at Training Level and on Cooper at Second Level 65%, 66%, 68.3% and 70%. Elizabeth Zima also showed Garrison at First Level and did a fabulous job! We made it through the heat! A big thanks to Connie Davenport and her fabulous team for running yet another well organized show.

Congratulations to Michele Martin whose mare Mimosa is in foal and the sire is North Forks Cardi!

Congratulations to Casey Thompson with Dondaly for earning Reserve Champion at the CDS North Junior Championships for Training Level.

Congratulations to Erin King who showed Artisan at the July MHA show and scored 69% and 72% at T3 and T4 respectively. Great job!

Christine and students just completed the Shelly Siegel show at Santa Rosa Equestrian Center. We'd like to thank Tracy Underwood for hosting the show at her facility and to Connie Davenport for her fabulous show management. Congratulations to Elizabeth Zima and Garrison who won the Training Level RAAC Novice Class with a 67% and Michele DeLuna who placed third in the Third Level RAAC class with a 61%. Stacy Zwergel's yearling gelding Fargo SZ was also Champion yearling colt/gelding prospect and was handled by Nick Bertelli. Thank you Nick! There were many other fabulous rides by Christine and her students. Michele De Luna and Stacey McCarthy both had wins in the 4th level division as well as Christine on Mar'so at Second Level. Stacy Zwergel also scored a 70 and 71% at Training Level on Zinedine. Janet Byrum and Nora McGee also had some really great Second level rides. Congratulations to Laurel Brown and Pistolero. It has been some time since Laurel has been out showing and she did a fabulous job at Third level.

Thank you to the Marin Chapter for running such a fabulous show in June at Riverside Equestrian Center and congratulations to all the participants.

Stacy Zwergel took Rushmore and Sante to the Starr Vaughn show on May 17th & 18th. As we endured the 100 degree plus weather, Sante received a 69.5% at PSG and Rushmore received all 66.8 and 68% at Training Level.

Christine's assistant Erin King took her horse Artisan to the show at Copperoplis and besides doing a bit of camping she won all of her classes and received scores in the 70% range at Training Level including a high score of 73.6%. Great job Erin.

Christine and students just returned from the Golden State Dressage CDI April 3-6th at Rancho Murieta. Congratulations to everyone on their shows firsts! Bridget Walker and Smarty were in their first ever Dressage show and did a fabulous job. Wendy Roberts' 3 year old Zinedine was in his first show and received 8's on gaits and won his class at Training Level Test 2. There were many other first place finishes for Sante at PSG, Lyra at Grand Prix, Rushmore and Mimosa in Training Level, Valentino and Cooper at Second Level, Puccini at Third Level, Bakira in the Materiale, Ellie Kennedy with Sancet at Second Level and Erin King with Artisan at Training Level. Thanks to Laurel for these wonderful pictures -->> Warm up with Christine, Ellie, Stacy and Bridget. Puccini stealing Erin's hat. Puccini and Christine. Sante and Abby.

Great job to everyone who showed at Yarra Yarra on March 16th. Michele Martin and Mimosa were in their first show since the birth of Mimosa's baby Lucy and they scored two 66%'s at Training Level 3 & 4. Elizabeth Zima and Garrison had their first ever ride at First Level and scored a fabulous 67.3%. Michele DeLuna had two great rides on Rapallo in Third Level Test 3 and Fourth Level Test 1. Ellie Kennedy was High Point of the show with a 72% at Second Level Test 4. This was Ellie and Sancet's second time showing.

The East Bay Business Times has published a second article on Stacey McCarthy. Congratulations Stacey. Article

Christine was published in the March issue of Chronicle of the Horse about her rides at the February Golden State Dressage show where she received a 73% at Second Level on her horse Valentino. Congratulations Christine!

Congratulations to Michele DeLuna who is the featured rider of the month of March with the SF CDS chapter. The article can be viewed on the SF CDS chapter site.

Congratulations to Stacey McCarthy on being awarded as a "Woman of Distinction" by the East Bay Business Times. The EBBT is a publication of American City Business Journals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. They have 41 metropolitan business journals throughout the U.S. and present these awards annually in each of their markets. A bit about the award,

“Our Women of Distinction honorees are proof that women are continuing to make remarkable achievements and inroads in areas that were not too long ago off limits to them. They are also very involved in their communities, volunteering their time to serve on nonprofit boards, leading organizations, getting involved in their children’s activities and mentoring other women at their own companies and through professional associations. …..Many ask us the criteria we use to make our decisions. We choose women from a variety of professions and industries that reflect the East Bay business community….”

Christine has completed teaching several USDF Instructor certification workshops in Missouri and Tennessee. Good luck to the candidates on their testing.

Thanks to Elizabeth Zima for taking this video of Christine and Valentino and the others she has posted on her site.

Congratulations to Christine who had her Grand Prix debut on Lyra at the Yarra Yarra show on January 28th! She has since ridden Lyra at the Golden State Premiere in two Grand Prix classes. The Murieta show was a great success for all 17 horses that went. Some of the many firsts for everyone were Janet Byrum and Christy Cadwallader and their first rides at Second Level along with Christine and her first show and rides at Second Level ride on her horse Valentino scoring a 73%. Christine also rode Laurel Brown's new horse Mar'so and Bridget Walker's new horse Smarty in their first shows. Larissa's JAS also had her PSG debut with Christine and scored a 65%. Stacy and Sante had both of their first rides at PSG which completed Stacy's scores for her Silver Medal. They also did the Developing Horse Class scoring a 65% which puts them 6th in the nation to date. Stacy rode Rushmore in his first show in Training Level 1 & 2 scoring 69 and 70% and Bakira in the Materiale class scoring an 82%. Bakira also did her debut at First Level and scored a 71% in Test 3 and a 71% in the FEI 5 Year Old class. Puccini and Stacy were in their second show together scoring a 65% in Third Level Test 1. Michelle DeLuna also had some great Fourth Level rides on Romo and Erin King had some great rides on Buck Rogers at Training Level. Stacy rode Erin's horse Artisan scoring a 70% at Training level. Congratulations to everyone on their fabulous rides and best of luck for the rest of the season. Christine and Stacy

The American Hanoverian Society recently published the results from the Inspection in October 2007 where Lyra was approved to the main stud book. Congratulations Stacey and Lyra.