Scott McPhee and Carol McPhee’s boy Feeling HW did his mommy proud, Carol McPhee posted:

My heart horse Feeling HW & I had a great abbreviated 2020 Show Year. Love developing this boy with all my buttons. So excited for 2021 4th & Dev PSG.

Congratulations to this team, Franziskus HW (aka Fashion HW) and his mommy Allison Weick, she posted: So proud of my newest boy Franziskus HW!! I went into the show ring for the first time in over 16 years scared to death!! He was so good and thanks to the wonderful coaching from Vanessa Voltman we survived and succeeded.

Fantastic news! Sensation HW’s future looks as bright as his past! Congratulations to Laura Graves and owners Scott McPhee and Carol McPee.

Laura Graves Among 11 Senior, Five U25 Riders Added to USA Development Program Laura Graves, former world No. 1 with Verdades, and the seven-year-old Sensation HW have been added to the USA Development program of 11 senior riders and five Under-25. The list of riders to the Kundrun USEF Development Program named for sponsors Claudine and Fritz Kundrun was announced Friday by the U.S. Equestrian Federation.

What a fantastic post by Michelle Rozzano Gerlach, congratulations to this super team:

Forbes HW is officially a 4th level horse, and Banderos secured my first scores towards my Gold Bar! The blue ribbons are a little icing for a great weekend! Thank you Kathy Connelly for the amazing lessons and coaching, Lauren Merchant for the help/support, Kathleen Raine for the epic summer of training and choreography assist, and Katie McClain DePriest for the music check before the final edit.

Check out the latest issue of Sidelines Magazine where Erik Englund is featured along side Blackie (Sir Niro HW aka Sotto Voce), owned by Susan Ellis !

Santacruz Dressage is at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Wellington:

King & First Edition HW were back in the show ring this weekend at the Gold Coast Fall Fling!

This was Nobby’s very first time at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and he handled the electric atmosphere (and incoming tropical storm ??) like a champ! King & Nobby competed in First Level Test 2 and earned 1st place with a 75.5%! This was also Nobby’s first time to compete at First Level - we could not possibly be more proud of him!

To finish off an amazing competition weekend, King & Nobby were presented with the Vita Flex Victory Pass Award! The award is given to successful horse and rider combinations that demonstrate brilliance in the show ring. Thank you SO much, Kim & Danny of Old Oyster Pond Farm, for the opportunity to work with your very special young horse. Thank you, Adrienne Lyle, for your coaching and support - we could not do it without you! Thank you to all of our sponsors that make this all possible!

Oh - I'm crying - look at Duke HW go with Mia Brown in the saddle. Heather and Danielle, well done, congratulations to all! This is beautiful, especially the riders laughter while going towards the camera and Duke HW having fun.

Wow - congratulations to this sensational success, what a great team, Carol McPhee and Feeling HW!

So my “heart" Horse Feeling HW & I had a super year - even though abbreviated- didn’t change our hard work of development. So excited for 2021. Carol McPhee

Champions!

Carol McPhee and Feeling HW, victory in the year end awards, Adult Amateur, Third Level as well as American Rhinland Studbook Adult Amateur, Third Level.

What a super nice result to come in 1st place in each of those divisions.

Congratulations Carol, very well deserved and done!

How wonderful to see this new team doing so well with each other, huge congratulations Pamela Aide and Satisfaction HW!

 Regional Championships, Pamela Aide posted the following: Handsome Satisfaction HW with his new smoking jacket and his swag from yesterday’s ride.

Today he ROCKED it!

What a great baby Irene Hoeflich-Wiederhold

Region 8 Championships, congratulations to FinestDream HW and team, what a super result!

Cara Klothe posted the following:

And just like that 2020 Region 8 championships is a wrap! After Damon’s super results in the training level final, Scott and Carol McPhee ’s FinestDream HW really brought his A-game! In his warm up class Friday he won 1-3 with a 74.8! Today, in his first level championship, he was 4th in a very competitive class!! I have enjoyed showing this sweet boy so much and look forward to seeing him with Carol next year! Considering I thought this show season was going to be non existent I’m thrilled to have had it turn out as well as it has and very appreciative to the Mcphee’s who made it all possible! On to 2021! Thanks for the great pictures and good grooming Madysen Utz!

More victories and super scores, congratulations!!!

Santacruz Dressage posted:

King & First Edition HW or “Nobby,” owned by Kim & Danny Rogers of Old Oyster Pond Farm , competed in the White Fences Summer Fun III this weekend! They competed in Training Level Test 2 and earned 1st place with a 71.7%! We are so proud of Nobby and how he is developing! Thank you, Kim & Danny, for trusting us with your special boy. Thank you, Adrienne Lyle , for your coaching and support! Thank you to all of our sponsors that make this all possible! We love our team!

How fantastic, congratulations to all, especially happy to see Tracy Cook winning the Champion title with Empire HW! 

Nadine Schwartsman has a wonderful group of horses and people, what a pleasure to follow their journey.

Victories for Franziskus HW aka Fashion HW and his new owner Allison Weick, she posted: So thankful for an amazing weekend meeting many new friends and enjoying my new horse Franziskus HW aka Fashion HW!! 6 classes and every time an improvement and learning experience. Thank you to Vanessa Voltman and Holland Dressage Inc. for the great coaching and support. Vanessa  knows how to promote and encourage courage and confidence and thank you for that!!!

Santacruz Dressage posted:

King celebrating after a wonderful first test with First Edition HW. King & First Edition HW or “Nobby,” owned by Kim & Danny Rogers of Old Oyster Pond Farm, competed in the Gold Coast Made in the Shade today! This was Nobby’s very first competition! They competed in Training Level Test 2 and earned victory with a 74%!!! We could not be more proud of this incredible young horse. He continues to impress us everyday. THANK YOU, Kim & Danny, for giving us the opportunity to work with your special boy! THANK YOU, Adrienne Lyle, for all of your help! Your coaching, support, and dedication for the best for Nobby always is very much appreciated!

THANK YOU to all of our sponsors that make all of this possible!

Carol McPhee posted:

Great finish to a crazy 2020 Regular Show Season with my heart horse Feeling HW. Another 1st AA with 71+ and 3rd overall in large class of 16. We brought scores up from day before - goal accomplished. So appreciative to Cara Klothe for a lot of super coaching over the last year +, thanks to a special groom for the weekend Ally Fox and additional help from Brittany Gray (one of the newest additions to FOD team). Also a great weekend for Cara Klothe and my other 2 horses FinestDream HW & Goldwyn (she will share her results). Fingers crossed for Regionals as we are ready but if not here is to 2021 PSG with my boy.

Congratulations to this team and Empire HW, Nadine Schwartsman posted:

Empire HW (owner Tracy Cook), earned his new personal best score at Third Level with a winning 71.622%. I’m so proud of this six year old.

Congratulations, debut and victory, for this new team, Franziskus HW (aka Fashion HW) and his new mommy, Allison Weick posted: Well 1st show in the books!! Today we competed in terrible footing and weather and made the most of it!! Won our class in first level test 2 open with 68.87. There is work to be done but as I am learning him and he is trying to understand me we are coming together!! So thankful for all the support from Vanessa Voltman and her other great clients and my friends and family. Eager to show Dublin and Sondrio soon also!!! Ty and you as always to my husband Matt weick constants support.

More victories for Carol McPhee and Feeling HW, congratulations to this team:

Carol McPhee posted: this boy Feeling HW - today was our best 3-3 test ridden thus far and another win at Maplewood Warm bloods Show - super run show.

Congratulations Empire HW (owner Tracy Cook) and rider Nadine Schwartsman, all victories in 3rd Level, well done!

Nadine Schwartsman posted: Empire HW made his successful Third Level debut winning both Third 1 and Third 3. He also gave me everything in the FEI 6 year old test to score a 7.52. It’s a really hard test for a baby horse and I’m excited to work on fine tuning everything until we get to do it again in two weeks!

Congratulations DeNaldi HW and his owner Melissa Connelly as well as rider Nadine Schwartsman, first time at 1st Level and winning Open High Point Champion.

Nadine Schwartsman posted: Melissa Connelly’s kids were both perfect all weekend! Greta won all her FEI classes (PSG and I1) with scores of 69.412 and 69.265 and was so much fun!!! DeNaldi HW scored to 73.611 his first time at First Level winning Open High Point Champion for the Sunday show. And he ate a lot of pizza.

Wow, what a score to finish the Bronze medal, with and all ridden herself since Feeling HW’s arrival, as an Adult Amateur. Perfect, well done, congratulations to this successful journey and to archiving the Bronze Medal!

Carol McPhee posted: LOVE my heart horse Feeling HW - our first show 3-3 with 71 and my final score for my Bronze. Thankful for Cara Klothe coaching me along the way to develop this horse that keeps saying - what’s next. Super Groom and PC - Madysen Utz Best Professional Braider - Natalie Wolfer (had to sneak her away from her FT Job)

Wow, so wonderful to see, congratulations to this successful team, FinestDream HW (owner Carol McPhee, rider Cara Klothe).

 Carol McPhee posted the following: My beautiful 5yo FinestDream HW and Cara Klothe had an amazing start to the season 77.5 in 1-3. Love this sweet boy.

Huge congratulations to Nancy Smith & Sarah Bushong-Weeks with Damon’s Design HW!

Nancy posted: This weekend was a big milestone for Damon’s Design HW. We completed a six year journey from buying him as a four-year-old and showing him this weekend and his first developing Grand Prix where he scored a 67%! It was also a great weekend of accomplishment for Destaque HI. He competed in his first open Grand Prix and scored a 64.45. And last but certainly not least, Eragon VO showed the green Grand Prix horses how it is done by winning his open Grand Prix class. All in all, a fantastic weekend and Wellington! I am forever grateful for the support that I have from the best owner ever, Sarah Bushong-Weeks and Mary Anne who is the wind beneath my wings!

New article from PSdressage, SenSation HW as well as Fizau (Fitz HW) were purchased right here, at HWfarm and both were raised and started under saddle by us as well.

Amazing people came into their life and it’s a team effort, thankful for each and every one

 Good luck to all, as always.

The German St.GEORG publishes the German article about SenSation HW and Laura Graves:

US-Jungpferdechampion für Laura Graves

Aktuell hat die US-Dressurreiterin Laura Graves noch kein Grand Prix-Pferd, das sportlich den Platz ihres Verdades einnehmen könnte. Aber nun vielleicht eines für die Zukunft.

Laura Graves hat nun den siebenjährigen Westfalen-Wallach SenSation HW v. Sunday - Dancier unter dem Sattel. Sie reitet den Rappen für seine Besitzer, Scott und Carol McPhee.

SenSation HW kam in Deutschland zur Welt, bei Alfons und Simone Bergjohann, wurde aber früh in die USA verkauft. Fünf- und sechsjährig war SenSation HW Jungpferdechampion der Vereinigten Staaten, damals noch unter Michael Bragdell. 2018 kam er auf 87,20 Prozent, 2019 auf 87,80 Prozent.

Laura Graves: „Ich freue mich so, das neueste Stallmitglied vorzustellen, den einzigartigen SenSation HW!“ Er sei freundlich und talentiert und sie freue sich auf die Zukunft mit ihm.

EIN NEUER VERDADES?

Seit ihrem Championatsdebüt bei den Weltreiterspielen 2014 waren Laura Graves und ihr 18-jähriger KWPN-Wallach Verdades nicht nur das erfolgreichste Dressurpaar der USA, sondern eines der besten Paare der Welt.

Das stellten sie zuletzt bei den Weltreiterspielen 2018 in Tryon unter Beweis, wo sie Silber mit dem Team und in der Einzelwertung gewannen. Darüber hinaus waren sie dreimal hintereinander Zweite beim Weltcup-Finale und holten Team-Bronze bei den Olympischen Spielen 2016 in Rio.

 Eigentlich hätte Verdades beim diesjährigen Weltcup-Finale in Las Vegas feierlich vor Publikum aus dem Sport verabschiedet werden sollen. Doch das fiel bekanntlich aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie aus.

Raised/trained by HWfarm and sold sight unseen at the age of 3 to Carol McPhee & Scott McPhee - look at his amazing, successful journey already, very thankful for all whom made it possible. Now super excited for his future with Laura Graves, I'm sure we will all be pleased. Go Laura, best of luck.

Dressage-News publishes the following article: 

Laura Graves Gets New Ride on SenSation HW, USA Champion at 5 & 6 Years

Laura Graves has been given the ride on SenSation HW, the seven-year-old black gelding that was the United States champion at the ages of five and six, the rider reported Tuesday. “So excited to introduce the newest member of our stable, the one and only SenSation-HW,” said Laura, 32, of the Orlando, Florida community of Geneva.

SenSation HW, owned by Scott and Carol McPhee, “is kind and talented and I am so looking forward to the future with him.” The Westfalen gelding (Sunday x Dancier) was born in Germany in 2013. Michael Bragdell, who rides for Hilltop Farm in Colora, Maryland, competed SenSation HW, as a four, five and six-year-old in young horse classes. The pair won the American five-year-old title in 2018 with a score of 87.200% and the six-year-old championship a year later on 87.800%.

Michael and SenSation HW won the US Dressage Final Third Level Championship last November.

Laura was world No. 1 with Verdades, the KWPN gelding owned by her and Curt Maes, that is now 18 years old. The combination captured Olympic team bronze in 2016, team and individual silver at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, and was World Cup reserve champion three times.

Laura was U.S. Equestrian of the Year and Verdades Horse of the Year in 2018. The last competition for the duo was the World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden in April 2019. Laura then gave Verdades a break until early this year when she announced that the horse that had been her partner since bought as a foal from a video would be retired. She showed two different horses at national levels in this year’s Global Dressage Festival at Wellington, Florida.

Carol McPhee can be super proud with her boy, congratulations - well done, she posted the following: Our black pearl “SenSation HW” - 2019 USDF All Breeds Champion (Westfalen NA) - FEI 6yo 8.38%. Thank you Michael Bragdell for an amazing Young-Horse start for this special one. Love what the future holds for this boy .... stay tuned.

HorsesDaily publishes the following article, wonderful news about Janine Little, Finley (aka FiftyShades HW, owned by Shawneen Jacobs):

Janine Little and Little Dressage Celebrate Consistent Record of Championships at White Fences

Canadian FEI rider, trainer, and coach Janine Little enjoyed tremendous success throughout the 2020 White Fences series, capturing multiple championships, including the Prix St. Georges level with Billionaire, the Grand Prix Freestyle with Ebony, and the reserve championship in the Grand Prix with Finley. All three horses are owned by Shawneen Jacobs, and were purchased as youngsters and brought up the levels from Training level onwards by Janine Little.

Photo - Janine Little aboard Finley, owned by Shawneen Jacobs, celebrating a successful Grand Prix season. The pair have been named to the 2020 Dressage Canada Development Squad.

 Millionaire’s 2020 White Fences Series Championship is the third consecutive Prix St. Georges Championship won by Little, with Finley capturing the title in 2019, and Ebony in 2018. Those two horses are now winning at Grand Prix, with Finley listed for the 2020 Dressage Canada Development Squad. Little is eager to have Billionaire follow in these successful footsteps – which, with scores to 76.9% in the Prix. St. Georges this season, he is poised to do.

Janine Little with the horses with whom she earned series championships this Florida season: Billionaire (left), Finley, and Ebony, all owned by Shawneen Jacobs

“I’m deeply appreciative of Shawneen’s ownership and the freedom and trust she gives me to take the time to develop the horses up the levels and make decisions to maximize their success,” Little explains, noting that the White Fences series is ideal for bringing horses along. “It’s so exciting to see the horses progress up the levels,” Jacobs agrees. Her three horses who earned the honours are all very different types and temperaments, with Billionaire by Belissimo M, Finley (formerly HW Fifty Shades) by Fidertanz, and the “dancing Friesian” mare Ebony by Beart 411. From picking out the horses together, to seeing them rise from the very basics, to winning at the FEI level, it’s been an exciting journey for both Little and Jacobs.

“Having such a long-term partnership and shared vision is paramount for achieving our goals,” Little acknowledges. “Its been a great Florida season, and we’re excited to see where the future takes us.”

Great news: BonFire HW  has already some mares in foal and top semen. Here are pictures of him training with Steffi Ahlert. Enjoy, can’t wait to see the babies.

Steffi posted: Danke. Er bereitet jeden Tag Freude und ist dazu mit super Rittigkeit und einem top Charakter ausgestattet. Translation: Thanks, he is a pleasure every day, super rideable, plus he has a top character!

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Nancy Smith posted: Damon’s Design HW has qualified for the Lovsta Suteri Future Challenge for young Grand Prix horses which will now take place in Week One of the 2021 Adequan Global Dressage Festival due to the Coronavirus!

White Fences Championship Series - CHAMPIONS AND RESERVE CHAMPIONS SEASON 2019 - 2020

 Check out Michelle Gerlach and Forbes HW, what an awesome team, congratulations over and over, so happy to watch their journey.

Pitu HW - more wonderful news. He has been on loan at Lendon Gray's youth rider WIT program in Wellington for the past two months. His rider Mimi Hoffman did a great job of working hard and having fun. Win/win. His mommy Emily Rodger Barber is excited to have him back home soon, she said: Best pony ever

How fantastic, congratulations.

So happy for Nancy Smith, Sarah Bushong, Damon’s Design HW and team.

 Congratulations to this team!!!

Quote: Janine Little, Finley (aka FiftyShades HW) finishes up in Reserve his first season at Grand Prix so proud of him!

Wow what can I say today closes out our last winter show for 2020 and what a fantastic winter season it has been! > > Finley (aka FiftyShades HW, owned by Shawneen Jacobs) in his very first season at Grand Prix was Reserve Champion having only done a handful of tests at the level.

Selten HW, bred by Irene Hoeflich-Wiederhold and born in the USA, THREE times Young Horse Champion (2008, 2009 and 2010!), Horse Of The Year, Olympics in Rio and many more titles, so thankful to watch his journey and to every single person who made it possible.

Huge congratulations to family Dahl & team!

Mette Dahl Takes over Dad Anders' Danish Team Horse Selten HW for Children Competition

2020 CDI Le Mans

Mette Dahl and Selten HW make an impressive CDI Debut in the children's division at the 2020 CDI Le Mans :: Photo © Les Garennes Mette Dahl and Selten HW make an impressive CDI Debut in the children's division at the 2020 CDI Le Mans Photo © Les Garennes British Mette Dahl has successfully taken over the ride on her father Anders Dahl's Danish WEG team horse Selten HW and raised the flag for Great Britain on her international show debut at Children's level at the 2020 CDI Le Mans in France.

Dahl and Selten HW on Winning Form West Sussex-based Mette Dahl (13) dominated the Children on Horses classes with a double victory in both the Team and Individual Test. Her winning partner is none other than Selten HW (by Sandro Hit), her father Anders’ former top ride with whom he represented Denmark twice at an intercontinental championship.

Now retired from Grand Prix level competition, the 16-year old has struck up a great bond with his young rider and clearly still loves to compete.

"I have ridden Selten HW since the beginning of November and in this short period of time we have had lots of fun together and I have learnt an awful lot from him," Mette told Eurodressage. "As he is now not competing at Grand Prix level it is nice for him to have a job to do which he is enjoying as he is still so fit and well. He does make me work hard though. He is very big moving and I have had to work on strengthening my core to be able to sit his very bouncy trot!

" Mette gave the 17hh gelding, who is owned by her mum, British Olympian Fiona Bigwood, a super ride and posted scores of 72.20% and 72.94% respectively.

"I was very pleased with Selten HW in Le Mans as it was only our second show together. It was nice to feel him being so fresh and happy after having a little break from competing," said Mette. "It was also reassuring to have my dad train me as he knows him so well and understands his personality. I was nervous doing our first international together but at the same time I was feeling excited and honoured to ride him because of what he has achieved with my dad.

" Selten HW is an American bred Hanoverian by Sandro Hit x Hohenstein. After winning the 2008 and 2009 U.S. young horse championships with Michael Bragdell, the black was shipped by his owner Elizabeth Ball to Europe to be sold. Bigwood purchased the horse as an 8-year old at the 2012 Equine Elite Auction for 500,000 euro. Under Fiona's husband Anders Dahl, the horse made its international debut at small tour level in 2014 and at Grand Prix level in 2016. They represented Denmark at the Rio Olympics and World Equestrian Games in Tryon. The pair's last CDI was the 2019 CDI Hagen last April.

"I am hoping to be able to ride juniors on him next year as long," Mette added.

Double Debut, Pony Level with George Clooney

Mette has made a double debut in Le Mans as she also premiered George Clooney BS in the FEI Pony division.

Dahl  took over the rode on the now 9-year old British bred KWPN registered pony (by Caesar 171 x Santano) in September 2018. The pony is bred in the U.K. by Julie Lockey.

He was previously shown by Sophie Taylor, who represented Team GB at the 2018 European Pony Championships in Bishop Burton and finished 14th in the freestyle final.

Mette and George Clooney BS At Mette's pony debut in Le Mans she scored three consistent rounds of 66-67%.

"I had a super feeling with George, and he was great fun to ride," said Mette. "As always George was extremely enthusiastic in the ring which gives me a lovely feeling. George is a very talented pony, but we lost some points due to some of my inaccuracies but hopefully that will improve with more shows. I felt like Le mans was a massive learning curve for me as I haven’t ridden many shows with George either. This is the first year that I am doing any serious dressage competitions. Up until now I have been training at home with the odd show but I have mainly been doing fun jumping competitions with my jumping pony. My parents think it is important that I ride both disciplines at the moment.

" Mette would like to represent Great Britain at the European Championships, whether it is ponies or children, but for her the most important aspect right now is to learn and have fun.

"I am aiming to do some more internationals and I would love to get to the European Championships, whether it is on Pony’s or Children on Horses but there are a lot of good riders for Great Britain at the moment, so we are quite relaxed about it all," she explained. "We will have to see how the season goes but as it is only my first season we are very realistic about it all. My parents just want me to have fun and to enjoy competing."

Kassidy Peacock posted:

Today a big milestone in my dressage career happened. Dior HW and I did our FEI debut! We rode our first PSG at Global to a 66.6% some bobbles and lots of things learned to tweak for the next time. Growing up everyone said you aren’t a “trainer” until you’ve made your own horse and today I can say that I’ve made my first FEI horse from start to finish. Dior HW has taught me so much and it’s only the tip of the iceberg for us. Onwards and upwards from because we’ve only just begun!

Thank you to our amazing cheering section/family and Sallie Spenard and Rebecca Waite for helping us get to this point!

Check out Nancy Smith’s new website, love Damon's Design HW pictures and all the info: www.equisentialinc.com  Nancy has a classical background in Dressage and has been very successful training multiple horses to the Grand Prix Level. She has been a member of the United States Dressage Bronze Medal Team at the North American Championships as well as the Alternate for the Pan American Games. Several horses ridden and trained by Nancy have been long listed for the Olympics and World championships with Nancy in the irons. Her success over the last two decades on multiple horses reflects her talent for riding a wide variety of horses at the Grand Prix Level…...

This makes me/us so happy and proud, huge congratulations to family Dahl, Anders Dahl, Fiona Bigwood and Mette with Selten HW, how wonderful to see this US bred Olympic horse (many more titles to name) to be internationally successful with the next generation in the family as well. Thank you to the whole team!

BD Youth posted:

Another fantastic win for Mette Dahl and Selten HW at Le Mans CDI in France! They've taken the Children in Horses Individual with 72.90%

Heidi Troniseck posted:

Super proud to have been part of Mette Dahl’s debut international competition in Le Mans last week.... she coped brilliantly with the pressure winning two of her classes on Selten HW.

I’m absolutely amazed with this horse... he has proven himself at every senior competition possible and now he teaches a young girl. He’s so very happy in this new role- I honestly don’t know of a kinder, sweeter horse that would do such a job. It’s incredible. He’s one in a million... 

Heather Calder Marchman posted:

Once again, Duke HW finishes on his dressage score to win his division for his lovely new owner/rider Nellie Martin-Giles. The village is very happy! At Fresno County Horse Park, Fresno, CA ·

Huge congratulations to Festival HW’s owner Karen Kerchner Bailie and his rider Donna Gatchel, she posted:

Huge congrats to my students and owners and of course the wonderful horses for doing so well at the YEAR END AWARDS for Virginia Dressage Association, Inc ( VADA 2019). Thank you VADA for the wonderful awards. We all appreciate them so very much!!

Here are Festival HW’s results, how amazing:

Donna and Festival HW

Champion -Inter-B 

Reserve champion - FEI MFS