Rebecca Rigdon on Astra Collective’s 2014 KWPN Gelding, Jagger. Winner CDS PSG
BURBANK, CA: Rebecca Rigdon (Cardiff, CA) captured the first awards of the 2022 CDS Championships on Ad Astra Collective’s 2014 KWPN Gelding, Jagger. The pair bested a field of nine with a 69.412%. Rigdon has been riding Jagger since he was four and has garnered multiple National Young Horse awards in the 4, 5, and 6-Year-Old as well as being named to the US Emerging and Developing Horse programs.
When describing her “Boo” (Jagger’s barn name) Rigdon is obviously smitten, “He is as good as you ride him, and he is like that every day. Before him, I’d never had a young horse with such a good brain. You have to love that.” For those of you that wonder if professionals, like Rigdon, with multiple mounts, can have a real personal relationship with the horses they ride, the smile on her face while talking says a lot. Of course, his barn name of “Boo” or “Beau” is because he is “my boo…friend” says something too. The pair will compete in the Region 7 PSG this weekend and then in 2023 move up to Grand Prix.
Barn mates Carla Schulz & Ava Dingley – Champion and Reserve GAIG/ USDF Region 7 Third Level Freestyle
Second place went to Jo Moran (Valley Center, CA) on Reine Noire GWF Jo rode the Oldenburg mare owned by Victoria Cotchett to an impressive 68.309. The amateur Prix St. Georges Champion was Pam Nootbaar (Menlo Park) riding her own KWPM mare Ella Elle L'A B- 65.74%.
Other championship awards presented today went to Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Freestyles. Carla Schulz (Vacaville, CA) rode Christiane Noelting’ s Hanoverian gelding, Qunique N, to the first-place honors with a 75.667%. Coming in just behind with a 73.583 was her barn-mate, Young Rider, Ava Dingley on her own Hanoverian gelding, Sir Furstenhanz. Both riders are coached by Christiane at Noelting’ s CNDC.
The GAIG/USDF Fourth Level Freestyle was won by Christine Stephenson (Mission Viejo) on her own Issira-72.717%, while winners of the First and Second Level Freestyles were respectively Lisa Jackson (Sherman Oaks) on her Hummer-Utopia-71.250% and Anne Brooks Warner (Los Gatos) on Timi Del Conte Sobrato’s Chris-Craft.
Tomorrow will feature the CDS Open and Amateur Grand Prix competitions and the completion of the CDS Four, Five, and Six-Year-Old Futurities.
For full results of today’s classes and tomorrow’s schedule, go to our website at www.california-dressage.org.
