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Dressage Rider Caroline Roffman Kicks Off the New Year by Competing In And
Winning the Young Rider Grand Prix
Dressage rider Caroline Roffman competed in and won her first Grand Prix on
her Danish horse Lux Stensvang at the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge
I Show.
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Wellington, FL (January 18, 2011) Dressage rider Caroline Roffman kicked
off the New Year by competing in and winning the Young Rider Grand Prix on
Lux Stensvang at the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge I Show. Roffman,
who was named the 2010 FEI Rising Star by the International Equestrian
Federation, won the FEI or Equivalent Test of Choice Open on Lux with a
score of 68.605% and also rode Pie to the win in the FEI or Equivalent Test
of Choice Open with a 72.105%.
It was only mine and Luxs second time riding the Young Rider Grand Prix,
Roffman said. I purchased Lux, who is nine-years-old, from Blue Horse Stud
in Denmark through my trainer Lars Petersen. He is a Danish gelding by
Lobster, and Ive owned him for about a year and a half. We rode the Young
Rider Grand Prix for the first time at the Wellington Classic Dressage
Holiday Challenge in December, and it went really well. But I was also
really nervous. So nervous, in fact, I forgot to salute at the end! But at
this past show, our second time showing the Young Rider Grand Prix, things
went much smoother and our scores are steadily improving.
Roffman added that she enjoys setting and accomplishing goals, which
included tackling the Grand Prix. Lux and I are trying to figure out the
Grand Prix together which makes for some interesting challenges, she
said. But it was so much fun at the show and just being able to do that
level was amazing. All I can do is smile. Charlotte Bredhal Baker was the
judge and she wrote some lovely comments and Lux won the class with a 68
another reason to smile.
Roffman also found success with her horse Pie, adding that is has been a
long and challenging road with the horse. I have had Pie since he was four
years old and he is eight now, Roffman said. I trained him myself and he
qualified for the Six-Year-Old Championships but wasnt able to attend due to
a lameness that we couldnt diagnose. He had a year-and-a-half off and was
basically semi-retired. Then Dr. Bill Patterson of Palm Beach Equine took a
look at him and we discovered the source of the issue. We sent Pie to Rood
and Riddle in Kentucky to top surgeon Dr. Scott A. Hopper. Pie underwent
surgery, and after four months of stall rest I started bringing him back
slowly. Now he is going strong and winning FEI level classes!
The Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge I Show was Pies first time back in
the show ring in two years and Roffman said competing and winning the Prix
St. Georges with him was a great feeling. It was his first time back in the
show arena since he was six, she said. I never thought he would be back
riding, let alone showing. He is a great horse, a Hanoverian by Worldly, who
I also got through Lars.
Roffman, who is based out of Wellington, Florida, had a whirlwind and
successful 2010 and said she is looking forward to a strong showing in
2011. I have so many great horses to show and I am really looking forward to
it, she said. I have set many goals for myself and my horses and I plan on
working hard and accomplishing them.
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