Adrienne Lyle Europe-bound to train with Klaus Balkenhol
US Olympic dressage passenger Adrienne Lyle together with her Equus caballus Wizard volition move to Europe afterward this twelvemonth to prepare alongside the legendary Klaus Balkenhol, thank yous to a $25,000 Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize awarded past times The Dressage Foundation.
Lavell, along alongside her friends together with family, initially funded the prize inward remembrance of her parents, May together with George Cadwgan. Lavell is a Bronze Medal winner inward squad dressage at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games together with knows first-hand what it’s similar to scrimp together with fighting to brand ends encounter inward guild to instruct far to the top.
“You ask to instruct sponsorships,” she said. “You can’t instruct sponsorships unless yous produce well. You can’t produce good unless yous cause got coin to instruct on the route together with instruct produce it. It’s such a catch-22.”
She said the sentiment for the Advanced Dressage Prize came from her wish to aid high-performance riders advance to encounter their goals.
This year, ii talented riders received the prize. In improver to Lyle together with Wizard, Sharon McCusker together with Wrigley were every bit good recipients of the Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize. McCusker is the possessor of Souhegan Farm inward Ashby, MA, together with has been a dressage trainer together with competition for to a greater extent than than 20 years.
“I’m real happy that nosotros genuinely could uncovering ii people together with non crusade to brand a determination betwixt the ii together with give each an award,” Lavell said. “I mean value it’s a fantastic comment on the nation of the sport. Both of these people had expert horses together with both of them tin ride.”
Lavell said that both Lyle together with McCusker every bit good know the importance of non resting on their laurels simply staying inward preparation together with ever working toward improving.
Olympians Lyle together with Wizard, similar Lavell, traveled to the Olympic Games together with competed inward private dressage, although Lyle’s Olympic debut at the London Games inward 2012 came 20 years after Lavell’s. Earlier inward their career, the duad won the 2008 Brentina Cup, named inward honour of the famous dressage mare ridden past times Debbie McDonald, Lyle’s coach. Lyle began riding Wizard, a 14-year-old bay Oldenburg gelding owned past times Peggy together with Parry Thomas, inward 2006. Following their Brentina Cup victory, they competed inward their outset Grand Prix examination inward 2009.
Wizard’s partnership alongside Lyle earned him ii year-end Grand Prix awards from the U.S. Dressage Federation: Champion Adequan/USDF Oldenburg of the Year together with Reserve Champion Adequan/USDF Dressage Horse of the Year.
“Receiving the Carol Lavell grant is an incredible honour together with has made it possible to top away along to pursue my dreams on Wizard, together with meliorate myself every bit a rider,” Lyle said.
“I innovation on using the funds to accept Wizard to Europe this summer, prepare alongside Klaus Balkenhol together with compete inward several CDI competitions land there. The exposure together with the cognition gained from competing inward Europe are invaluable to individual similar myself who is looking to grow every bit a passenger together with international competitor.”
McDonald every bit good trained alongside Balkenhol when he coached her for ii U.S.A. Olympic Games, ii World Equestrian Games together with the Pan American Games. She said that Lyle has worked alongside Balkenhol inward the past, simply this is the outset fourth dimension she volition genuinely last working alongside him betwixt together with during shows.
“I am hoping what she comes away alongside is to a greater extent than confidence and, of course, the cognition from spending fourth dimension inward Europe is priceless,” McDonald said. “It is then exceptional at her historic menses to cause got this chance together with if non for the Dressage Foundation together with Carol Lavell, this would non last possible.”
Lyle, 28, is thrilled to cause got the chance to go alongside Balkenhol. “Training alongside Klaus is extra exceptional to me, every bit he was Debbie McDonald’s long-time coach,” she said. “I cause got ever admired the means he industrial plant alongside horses. I consider the similarities betwixt his manner together with Debbie’s methods, together with I promise to around twenty-four hours follow inward their footsteps.”
Award recipients must last U.S.A. citizens together with are selected past times a distinguished national panel of dressage leaders. Selection is based on merit together with need. “You must last out at that spot doing it together with silent yous don’t cause got plenty coin to produce it,” Lavell said.
“You must last out at that spot trying to come inward the limelight together with yous must every bit good cause got an fantabulous application. It’s inherent to the pick procedure together with inherent to beingness the winner.”
Lavell stressed that the winners met all the criteria for the prize, including a winning attitude. “You know yous are getting into high-performance when yous know most keeping on the game together with staying on it,” she continued. “High-performance is all most non giving upward together with never giving in. You cause got to instruct tough.”
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