Dressage

• Copabella Visage

  

  

  

  

  It was a sad decision to retire Visage from showjumping in hopes of maintaining his soundness for longer. But he loves to work so we decided a career change might be in order. His first outing as a dressage horse was a bit of a challenge. Neither he nor Brooke had ever competed at a dressage competition, so heading off to do the Elementary classes at the 2015 Hawkesbury Dressage Championships at SIEC was a leap of faith. And it paid off. Visage was definitely excited to be back out, and he was read more...

• Rhodes

  

  After Cyrano joined the team, we were so impressed that we got in touch with Eleanor Russell, his breeder, to see if there were any more. And there was Rollei, a gangly big weanling who looked a lot like his brother but with longer legs. And he just kept growing.Born in 2000 and an impressive 17.2 hands, Rollei now belongs to Canadian rider Susan Greenwood, who focuses on his dressage training here at Copabella. The pair have improved in leaps and bounds, and Rollei started competing read more...