USEA | 5-Year-Old YEH Championships - Dressage & Conformation

5-Year-Old YEH Championships - Dressage & Conformation

By USEA | September 10, 2008

Dressage and conformation photo gallery from yesterday's Spalding Labs/USEA Young Event Horse competition at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. To see the official press release and final results, click here. Photos by Emily Daily & Josh Walker

16.0 hand Trakehner gelding (Windfall--Astra)owned by rider

Martha Lambert and Patricia Thomas' Denira

17.1 hand Westphalian mare (Deniro--Emira)

Dibelius, owned & ridden by Darren Chiacchia

Trakehner gelding (E.H. Michaelangelo--Donnata)

17.2 hand Oldenburg gelding (Contucci--Madrigal) owned by rider

16.0 hand Oldenburg gelding (Graf Top II--Norhert Anyways) owned by rider

17.0 hand Thoroughbred/ Hanoverian gelding (Judge Sefas -- Miss Mikimoto) owned by Cheryl Quick

17.0 hand Irish Thoroughbred gelding (by Master Imp) and owned by Law Eventing

16.1 hand Appaloosa/ Thoroughbred gelding (by Century Red) owned by Rosemarie Merle- Smith

16.1 hand Thoroughbred gelding (Tale of the Cat--Luminate) owned by Tracey Corey & ridden by Leslie Law

16.2 hand Irish Hunter gelding (Aberjack--Heavenly Star) owned by rider & Neil Camens

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