Freyja of Riverview Makes FEI Debut At Adequan Global Dressage Festival

Wellington, FL -  Freyja of Riverview made her FEI debut in the National portion of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival this year.  Being quite green with unconfirmed 3 and 4 time changes, she still held her own in a field of well established professionals and Olympic riders. Debuts are not always smooth.  Over the previous years of competing, it has been a bit of a struggle to figure out her energy levels and warm-up requirements due to many factors such as heat, cold, and travel stress.  This year we took much of that out of the equation.  Previously, we had to travel 6+ hours for each show and 13+ for US Dressage Finals.  Being based in Wellington at IDA Farm, we are a 10 minute drive from the show grounds, making showing much less stressful for both of us.  We could also enter a National or CDI show every weekend whereas, previously, we could only get in four shows between January and the end of May.  

At the end of it all, Freyja and I took her scores from the beginning of our season and bumped them up significantly by the end.  Unfortunately for the COVID-19 pandemic, our show season, as well as everyone else's, has come to a halt.  I have made the decision to forego the rest of the show season (when it opens up) in order to concentrate on making her small tour debut at Global next Spring. 
(PC Susan J. Stickle)