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2008 AQHA YOUTH WORLD CUP HUNT SEAT EQUITATION, DAY TWO BY TONYA RATLIFF-GARRISON, FIELD EDITOR
TEAM ITALY FIRST Wiping tears from her eyes, Sara D’Imperio won a gold medal for Team Italy, riding Im A Major Trade, a 8-year-old gelding owned by Judith Anne Fewer of Caistor Centre, Ontario. While waiting for the photographer at the show backdrop and still wiping tears from her eyes, the Journal asked Sara about her winning ride. Sara also placed second in western pleasure on day one of showing. Click here to read her interview. Did you like your ride? Oh yes. It was so good. It was awesome. It was oh so good. I thought the pattern was much better this time than Thursday (July 10). He was really soft and listened to me really good. He was really great. Is he a good horse? Oh yes. He’s a really good horse. He’s a good horse both outside the arena and inside the arena. I really like him. Are you enjoying the Youth World Cup? Oh yes. The best one I think. What will you take home to Italy from this experience? Everything. I think it is an amazing experience. Is there anyone you would like to thank? I want to thank all of my team, my coach, my manager and the owners of this great horse. Thank you all so much! Fun Fact: Sara is an accomplished dancer and started when she was 6 years old. Her other favorite thing besides dancing and horses is shopping. TEAM SWEDEN SECOND A smiling Elin Engblom captured a second place for Team Sweden in the second day of hunt seat equitation competition; and in the stands, yellow-and-blue flags were waving wildly. She rode Traded The Krystal, a chestnut mare owned by Corey Taylor of Wasaga Beach, Ontario. The Journal caught Elin back in the barns, and her Team Manager Ulrika Ekblom joined us for the interview. How did the pattern go? Elin: It was good; I am happy! The lead change (was the most difficult) and the two-point. Everyone is good, and it was a big class, tough. What do you like about this horse? Elin: She’s a very nice horse and she’s beautiful. And she can do everything – showmanship, western, everything. It’s the best horse we have. What do you ride back home? Elin: Everything: showmanship, horsemanship, hunter and trail. I am interested in reining, but I don’t have any reining horses (for that). What has been fun for you here? Ulrika: Well, they were laughing a lot yesterday, I can tell you. (She smiled.) I was trying to sleep! And they were laughing and laughing, and I heard a lot of German and Italian, too. I think they were having fun, though I didn’t look to know what they were doing. Elin: We have made a lot of friends, and we have a lot of fun. What would you want people back home to know about this competition? Elin: It is a well-organized competition. And it’s really good, with good horses. Everything is good here. The teams are good. And the clinics; (I learned a lot) in hunter under saddle, but they were all good. Ulrika: It has been a really, really good show. I can’t see anything to complain about. (If there was) anything wrong, everyone fixed it at once. Elin: And with very good riders. Has there been a lot of camaraderie between the teams? Elin: Yeah. We have a lot of new friends and contacts. Who would you like to thank? Elin: I want to thank my coach (back home), Goran and Marianne Larsson, for their support. For this great and wonderful opportunity. Fun Fact: Eighteen-year-old Elin started riding American Quarter Horses at age 15 - she became interested through her mother, who has always had them. Go to the results page for the overall team standings.
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2007 BAYER SELECT AQHA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
2007 AQHA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
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