Bermuda Dressage Group To Hold Competition
The Bermuda Dressage Group will hold their first competition of the season this weekend at the National Equestrian Center on Vesey Street.
The competitors will each ride their tests, which consist of set choreography from the US Dressage Federation, in front of Judge Nancy Lindroth from North Carolina.
The tests being ridden range from Introductory level for the beginners up to Prix St George level, one of the highest levels in dressage competition.
Angela Halloran-Smith training Claire Salmon and her horse G.P. Sophia, photo courtesy of Jamie McDowell
The riders are all using this competition as a warm up for the FEI World Dressage Challenge 2016, which will be held on November 12.
Last year, Team Bermuda won the competition for the Caribbean zone; this year the International Federation for Equestrian Sports has implemented a rule change and now the dressage riders are competing for individual and country world rankings.
Bermuda Dressage Group President Angela Halloran-Smith said, “Although this is the first competition of the season, Bermuda’s riders have worked hard throughout the year, attending special “boot camps” and learning the new test choreography released by the FEI.
“This year we are competing for a Team World Ranking and riders are competing for Individual World Rankings. This will put riders against 52 nations including Brazil, South Africa, China and New Zealand, to name a few.”
