Badminton Bound 2012: Kristin and Cavaldi Cross the Pond!

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In a few short weeks, my horse Cav­aldi and I will fly to Eng­land to com­pete at the Bad­minton Horse Tri­als CCI4*. One of only two Amer­i­can entries accepted, this is our big chance to show the 2012 Olympic Selec­tors what we’ve got. It is also a huge oppor­tu­nity for me to gain inter­na­tional expo­sure that will help me to grow as an even more com­pet­i­tive can­di­date for the USA.I am writ­ing to request your con­tri­bu­tion to help to fund the trip to Eng­land. I have been work­ing extremely hard to pre­pare for Bad­minton and any sup­port you can offer is greatly appre­ci­ated! Cav­aldi was my first advanced horse as a Young Rider and we have been an insep­a­ra­ble team for ten sea­sons at the advanced level. Your con­tri­bu­tion would directly con­tribute to our chances to be com­pet­i­tive on the inter­na­tional stage. Bad­minton is one of the biggest and most pres­ti­gious events in the world, attract­ing half a mil­lion spec­ta­tors If you wish, I can offer you expo­sure through ban­ner adver­tis­ing on Cavaldi’s sta­bling in Eng­land as well as on my active web­site and social media.Please con­sider becom­ing part of our sup­port net­work. It takes a strong team behind a horse and rider to achieve these goals and to progress to the level that is needed for our US Team to bring home medals!

Sin­cerely,
Kristin Schmolze

Please con­tact Com­mit­tee Chair Janet Geiler to make a con­tri­bu­tion, or sim­ply use the Donate but­ton below to make a secure online dona­tion:
Phone: 201–320-4428
Email: kseventingcrossthepond@yahoo.com

Syndication Opportunity with Ricardo Time

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Won 1st Place at his first horse trial!

I invite you to con­sider an oppor­tu­nity to take part in one of the most excit­ing sport­ing endeav­ors on earth: three-day event­ing. As a horse owner you will see first­hand the ded­i­ca­tion, train­ing and per­se­ver­ance nec­es­sary to suc­ceed in the triathlon of horse sports. Event­ing requires excep­tional abil­ity and com­pre­hen­sive train­ing for horse and rider, and I have found a young horse that I think will excel at this ulti­mate test.

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For Sale: Textile

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Tex­tile fin­ished 2nd in his first event!

Tex­tile is a 2005 15.3 hh Hanover­ian geld­ing. Very clean and ath­letic jumper, lovely flashy move­ment on the flat. Just get­ting started in his event­ing career. Very tal­ented. Goes in a happy mouth! Sweet as can be with per­fect man­ners. Very sane!! Will suit a vari­ety of rid­ers! Event­ing or jumpers or dres­sage. Loads of fun to ride! kseventing@yahoo.com 25k

For Sale: Saraha

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Sahara is a 2003, 15.3h, TB mare, never raced, pri­vately bred. Ath­letic jumper with tons of scope. Accu­rate and steady on the flat. Very nice all around horse for a child, young rider or adult to have a blast with in event­ing or jumpers. Cur­rently in Aiken,SC kseventing@yahoo.com 15k

Reflecting on 2011: A Year of Firsts

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Read­ers are invited to check out Kristin’s blog for updates. Most recently, Kristin reflects on the ups and downs of 2011, with all of the “firsts” that made it such a mem­o­rable year as well as all of the things that she has to look for­ward to in 2012.

“Over the last few months I have had a bit of time to reflect on the past year for KSE. While we had a slow start to the year, we ended up hav­ing a whirl­wind of a finish!

Hav­ing both Joey and Rox side­lined early on in the spring sea­son left me feel­ing a bit defeated because we had some really fun goals we were work­ing hard for. Rox was going to move up to advanced and I hoped to qual­ify for a 3-star; Joey was aimed at Bad­minton, a life­long dream. Well, that didn’t hap­pen! But (here comes the first of my ‘firsts’). it was the first time that I entered and was ACCEPTED at Bad­minton! I think that’s pretty spe­cial chap­ter in my book!

Well, those boys came back with a vengeance and I gained some per­spec­tive on my career. I had felt, for lack of a bet­ter word, down about not get­ting to Bad­minton, so I needed to snap out of that funk and get going on some new plans! I thought, well hey, let’s aim Rox at the Pan Amer­i­can Games! So off to Rebecca Farm on a plane to do another 2-star we went!” Read more on Kristin’s blog.

Kristin Named to the 2011 USEF Developing Riders ‘A’ List

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USEF Announces 2011 Event­ing Devel­op­ing Riders

Lex­ing­ton, KY — The United States Eques­trian Fed­er­a­tion (USEF) Event­ing High Per­for­mance pro­gram con­grat­u­lates Kristin Schmolze on her invi­ta­tion into the 2011 Devel­op­ing Rider Pro­gram. Rid­ers were selected for this pro­gram by either sub­mit­ting an appli­ca­tion, or were rec­om­mended by Tal­ent Spot­ters or the Selec­tion Com­mit­tee. Con­tinue read­ing →

KS Eventing Welcomes HAYGAIN

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Haygain SteamersWe started using the Hay­gain Hay Steamer for all of my com­pe­ti­tion horses at the begin­ning of this year and I couldn’t be hap­pier with the results. This is the truly the health­i­est way to feed hay, which is the most impor­tant part of a horse’s diet. Not only does the Hay­gain Hay Steamer rid our hay of poten­tial mold or fun­gus, it con­verts it into a whole­some for­age that my horses really enjoy! Even my picky eaters (the ones that never used to fin­ish their hay) are now fin­ish­ing every last scrap!

KS Eventing Welcomes Mushroom Matrix

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Mushroom MatrixAfter adding Mush­room Matrix to the daily reg­i­men of my top event horses, I noticed a sig­nif­i­cant improve­ment in their phys­i­cal and men­tal well-being. From a com­pe­ti­tion stand­point, my three upper-lever even­ters have a greater focus and a calmer dis­po­si­tion after start­ing on the ECP Matrix. This has trans­lated into a greater will­ing­ness to per­form to the level they are being asked. Con­tinue read­ing →

KS Eventing Partners with Kedrah House Stud

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Press Release: Kristin Schmolze Event­ing and Sport Horses Part­ners with Kedrah House Stud to Import Ricardo Z Off­spring to USA 28 July, 2011 — Cal­i­fon , New Jersey

Kristin Schmolze Event­ing and Sport Horses of Cal­i­fon, NJ is part­ner­ing with Kedrah House Stud of Ire­land to import qual­ity young horses to the United States. Schmolze, who runs a train­ing busi­ness out of Ever­breeze Farm, has imported frozen semen for sev­eral years from the two stal­lions stand­ing at Kedrah House: Ricardo Z and Lux Z. They hope that bring­ing some of the stal­lions’ young off­spring to the United States will help pro­mote the breed­ing side of the busi­ness too. Con­tinue read­ing →