Articles: Press Release
International FEI Riders Win The Lakes of Oak City Awards at Gold Coast
Dressage Show
Dressage rider Shannon Dueck (left) shows off her garment bag from The Oaks
of Lake City that she won with S Infinity at the Gold Coast Dressage
Association Finale I show. The Oaks of Lake City sponsored the FEI
Intermediaire class and Show Manager Noreen OSullivan presented Dueck with
her award.
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West Palm Beach, FL Dressage riders Carrie Schopf from Germany and Shannon
Dueck formerly from Canada, triumphed in the FEI Intermediaire I classes at
the Gold Coast Dressage Association Finale I Show, bringing home blue
ribbons and prizes donated by The Oaks of Lake City. Dueck and Schopf were
presented with beautiful garment bags from the Oaks of Lake City, a
residential community in Northern Florida designed to enhance the equestrian
lifestyle.
Dueck won the FEI Intermediaire I Open on S Infinity, owned by Dr. Cetty
Weiss, with a score of 68.289 %. Dueck was pleased with the Westphalian
gelding and said, S Infinity is spectacular. In this test he had the most
consistent collection throughout that he has ever had. His movement is so
amazing that to maintain collection is hard, so I was thrilled.
Dueck, who now lives year-round in Loxahatchee, Florida, has dual
citizenship in Canada and the United States. She has long been one of
Canadas leading dressage riders, having represented Canada at the 1999 Pan
Am Games, the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, the 2003 World
Cup Final, and the 2003 Open European Dressage Championships. Dueck now
rides for the US.
It is wonderful that The Oaks of Lake City is a sponsor at the dressage
shows. I know their facility is beautiful, Dueck said. They also awarded me
with a beautiful garment bag and Im thrilled because I really needed a new
one.
Schopf and her horse Donald captured the title in the FEI Intermediaire I AA
class with a score of 65.000%. Schopf was also thrilled with her garment bag
from The Oaks of Lake City, as well as Donalds progress.
Born in California, Schopf has spent the past 15 years living in Bremen,
Germany with her husband, Bernd Schopf, a German dressage rider. Schopf and
her horse Donald, a 10-year-old Hanoverian, were returning to Germany
shortly after the dressage show.
The Oaks of Lake City was pleased to sponsor the Gold Coast Dressage
Association Final I Show. The Oaks of Lake City is a residential community
in Northern Florida designed to enhance the equestrian and rural
lifestyle. The community is home to The Oaks Equestrian Center, the
inaugural OConnor Signature equestrian facility. The community and its
Equestrian Center cater to a variety of equestrian disciplines and are
committed to supporting the equestrian community through sponsorships and
clinics.
Olympians Karen and David O'Connor, in partnership with Equestrian Services,
LLC, have designed and put their stamp on the community, whose standards
reflect their commitment to an equestrian facility designed to offer
residents the finest in equestrian lifestyles. Professionally managed by
Equestrian Management, LLC (an affiliate of Equestrian Services, LLC) the
facility offers a 33-stall barn, a 122 x 225 covered riding arena, a 60 foot
covered round pen with world-class footing, 15 miles of looped trails and
the OConnor designed 11 acre cross-country jumping course.
For more information on The Oaks of Lake City, visit their website at
www.theoakslakecity.com.
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