West Palm Beach, FL – Dressage rider Shannon Dueck was all smiles after winning the FEI Test of Choice class aboard her Oldenburg mare Ayscha at the Gold Coast Dressage Association Opener CDIW show. Dueck’s class was sponsored by The Oaks of Lake City and Dueck was presented with a beautiful Oaks of Lake City embroidered cooler for her mare.
“She’s a spectacular mare and I really love her,” Dueck said. “This was her first Prix St. George test and we had one mistake when the tent flapped. My plans are to get Ayscha comfortable in the show ring. I think in time she will be a top Grand Prix horse.”
Dueck, who lives year-round in Loxahatchee, Florida, has dual citizenship in Canada and the United States. She has long been one of Canada’s leading dressage riders, having represented Canada at the 1999 Pan Am Games, the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, the 2003 World Cup Final, and the 2003 Open European Dressage Championships. Dueck now rides for the US.
Dueck, who has also made a name for herself brining along young horses, has owned Ayscha for a year-and-a-half and said Ayscha’s victory was especially nice since it was only her third test at a show. The 17.2 hand, eight-year-old mare, finished with a score of 68.555 and Dueck was pleased with her horse and the cooler they won from The Oaks of Lake City. Dueck had won the Oaks of Lake City cooler riding her client’s horse at the December Wellington Classic Dressage show, now she has one for her own horse to wear!
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