Make plans to attend the 2010 DANCING HORSE CHALLENGE! On Saturday June 26th at the Prince Georges Equestrian Center located at 14900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Upper Marlboro, MD the doors will open at 5 p.m. and the fun will begin! Tickets for the 6 P.M. performance are available at www.pvdarideforlife.org or at the event. The proceeds will benefit the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. Gala Saturday night dinner tickets are available only at www.pvdarideforlife.org and those must be purchased by June 19th. Food, beverages and shopping will be available inside the concourse.
Talented Dancing Horse Challenge performers and riders, in addition to live music from the Unruly Blues, include:
The Barteau Family/KYB Dressage - are famous for their renowned entertaining performances and top quality riding. They have been featured as the Finale for the Mane Event at USA's Equitana in Louisville KY, and have performed at Madison Square Gardens, The TODAY Show, Equine Affair's Pfizer Fantasia and many other locations with acts inspired by such productions as the "Lion King" and "Arabian Nights".
The Sons of the Wind and Mr. Vitor J. Silva are famous for exhilarating airs above the ground and quadrilles. They have been featured at the Boston Portuguese Festival, Bear Spot Freestyle 2009..Serious Fun, and many other venues. The Sons of the Wind School for the Equestrian Arts, based in Merrimac, Massachusetts, was founded by Portuguese trainer Mr. Silva. Dedicated to classical training, the center provides Lusitano school masters, developed by Mr. Silva, to amateur enthusiasts, instructors and competitive riders from around the world.
Michael Barisone - a regular participant at the top levels of national and international dressage, will be sporting his freestyle form at the 2010 Dancing Horse Challenge. He has been in the elite dressage spotlight since his USDF Junior/Young Rider days, has been on United States international teams since 1991and is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist,. Along with his wife Vera Kessels-Barisone, he runs a successful dressage training business based in New Jersey and Florida.
Susan Jaccoma - a regular participant at the top levels of national and international dressage, teaches and trains throughout the East coast with many successful students. She and her top Grand Prix horse Wadamur have had an excellent 2010 season and hope to be invited to Gladstone this summer for the selection trials related to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky.
Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel - is once again participating at the Ride for Life Dancing Horse Challenge with the imported Lusitano stallion Tonico. Ms. Von Neumann-Cosel is a top FEI rider and one of the leading trainers in the United States. She runs a successful training business in Maryland located at the farm owned by the founder and owner of County Saddlery, Mr. Gene Freeze.
Allison Brock - a lifelong horse enthusiast herself, Ms. Brock in 2003 started her own training business in Wellington, Florida and spends half the year there, and the other half in Keswick, VA competing horses up to Grand Prix. She is the head trainer for Fritz and Claudine Kundrun and competes their young Hanoverian branded and licensed stallion, Roosevelt.
Lauren Sprieser - and her mare Ellegria, have racked up accolades to Grand Prix winning their Grand Prix debut with a 66% in the Brentina Cup class at the March Magic Dressage Show in Williamston, NC. Ms. Sprieser, a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist, runs a successful dressage training business based in Marshall, Virginia
ABOUT US:
The PVDA Ride for Life Dancing Horse Challenge, sponsored by Platinum Sponsors Rosenthal Land Rover Jaguar, Dover Saddlery, Nutrena Feeds and County Saddlery, has become one of the largest equestrian freestyle performances in the Mid-Atlantic Region popular with both the sport horse and non-equestrian communities.
For more information about the PVDA Ride for Life, including purchasing tickets, becoming a sponsor or donating to the cause, visit www.pvdarideforlife.org or contact Marne Martin-Tucker at info@pvdarideforlife.org or Equimedia Communications at 978-257-0567 / cathy@equimediacommunications.com.
PVDA Ride for Life is a member of the Signature Dressage Series. For more information on the Series, visit www.signaturedressageseries.com.
