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NEW WEBSITE! Join us Oct. 5 for FREESTYLE
2008! Buy tickets online.
NEW! Free subscription
to DressageClinic.com with donation! Horses are so often nutritive to those humans who
seek out their company. The work of my foundation honors and draws on the
seemingly mystical nourishing quality of the horse. This nourishing
quality allows bonds to grow between people of diverse backgrounds,
serves as a balm for the disquieted soul, and somehow allows even
the most lost to feel at home in their presence. |
Freestyle 2007 Was a Huge Success!!
Photo: J. Stanley Edwards Read the Freestyle '07 article published in The Pedlar (1Mb PDF download). View the videos at DressageClinic.com. See photos of the great day on the Freestyle 2007 Photo Gallery page. Read comments on the Freestyle 2007 Competitors' Updates page. "I don't know what I expected from Freestyle 2007, but not that! It was huge and looked like an enormous undertaking. I am very impressed and would like to thank you for including me...it was an honor! —Tanya Rennie, Freestyle 2007 rider "I need to thank everyone involved in yesterday's exhibition for giving me the best time of my life! My two friends and I came not really knowing what we were going to see, and were treated to a world class performance by horses and riders we had only read about. I am already counting the days until Freestyle 2008!" —Maureen F. Madigan, Plain Horse Farm Please support Freestyle 2008, for the benefit of The Bear Spot Foundation and all the great work it does!On Sunday, October 7, 2007, the Bear Spot Foundation hosted Freestyle 2007 at Bear Spot Farm in Concord, MA. The highlight of this event was the FEI-level Musical Freestyle with dressage rides performed by national and international horse and rider combinations. Master of Ceremonies: Kathy Connelly Riders: Katja Eilers, Paige Finnegan, Sue Jaccoma, Jane Karol, Nancy Later, Sharon McCusker, Dottie Morkis, Cesar Parra, and Tanya Rennie. We were also delighted to host The Renaissance Farm Vaulting Team (who opened the Freestyle) and Kathy Hickerson's Majestic Gaits Farm, presenting a premium mare and foal. Freestyle 2007 exceeded all our expectations! In the meanwhile, please take a moment to visit our Freestyle Shop, for Freestyle clothing items for sale in support of The Bear Spot Foundation. And don't miss our Freestyle 2007 Competitors Updates page, for all the latest news from the people who made Freestyle 2007 so wonderful! Our Great Event Shops
 A New Program, and Another Great Success!On October 5 and 6, the days leading up to the fundraising event, we hosted The Children of the Americas Dressage Invitational, a USDF- and USEF-recognized competition. Children from South America and the Caribbean, along with children from the United States were invited to compete. This event should receive Federal Equestrian International (FEI) status by 2009. (Learn more on the Children of the Americas Dressage Invitational page!) |