Excerpted from"Kingston's Learning Curve Increases with L.A. Winter Win"
Reprinted from the February 20, 2004 Issue of the Chronicle of the Horse
By Sheri Scott
Three-Way Tie
Morse almost won an open Intermediaire-1 class on her other stallion, Tip Top, but she finished second after the judges broke a three-way tie. They awarded the blue ribbon to Mette Rosencranz, on her new Danish Warmblood gelding Basqueville because she had the highest collective marks. Jennifer Hoffmann on Herzberg finished third. All three riders scored 69.75%…
After two years of riding Herzberg, Hoffmann is also just discovering how much her horse has to give. Preceding her third in the Intermediaire I class, she won Saturday’s Prix St. Georges on the 11 year-old Trakehner stallion with a 72.75 percent.
Herzberg, by Leonardo, was a jumper when Hoffmann and Gay Walker purchased him two years ago in Germany. Last year, he debuted in the dressage arena and at Prix St. Georges.
“He had a lot of energy, and he was a lot rounder and more powerful than last year,” said Hoffmann. “He’s very sensitive, and we’ve just really bonded this year. He’s listening more to my seat aids, and everything’s quieter and prettier. Because he’s gotten so much stronger everything is a little more fiery and a little more energetic. But it’s still very pretty, very elegant. I think this is going to be his year.”
Article photo credit to Sheri Scott.