Mary Hanna and Boogie Woogie are the newest members of the Equestrian Australia Dressage A Squad. Hanna has enjoyed great success on her newcomer Boogie Woogie. Hanna's promotion is one of five new updates to the Australian dressage squads for 2014.
In Boogie Woogie's FEI debut at Hagen CDI (GER) the pair scored 74.895% which is Mary's highest international score as well as Australia's highest ever score at a European International competition for this level.
Hanna and her husband Rob bought the eight year old KWPN gelding in March 2013 and left him in the careful hands of Hanna’s coach Patrik Kittel. “The exciting thing is that this is only the beginning for this pair, as Boogie is also training Grand Prix and has talent for it all,” said Kittel said on his website.
In other dressage squad news Equestrian Australia congratulates the following new additions to the Dressage Futures Squad:
- Tor Van Den Berge - Lady Sinatra, owned by Angela Patterson
- Bianca Wise - Kalimna Emblem, owned by Daniel & Bianca Wise
- Judy Dierks - Diamond Star, owner by Vicki Newham
Equestrian Australia also welcomes Stuart Archibald and Roxbury Lucille to the Young Rider Squad. The 2012 European Training scholarship recipient groomed at Gilbert Boeckmann's stables in Germany where he had the priceless opportunity of training and schooling young horses under Boeckmann's watchful eye.
Young Rider Squad:
- Stuart Archibald - Roxbury Lucille (Owner Joanne Lee Archibald)
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