It was a great season, but our journey did not stop at Finals. Of course, my mom was still driving me everywhere and showing up to support me at my lessons and at the shows. We won the First Level Jr/ YR Championship class, and headed to Finals, where we placed 5 th in the country! Eye Candy exceeded all of my expectations, and I was so grateful to have this opportunity to work with him, have the support of his owner Robin, and the training and guidance of Andi.
He was showing me the ropes, for sure, and I was thrilled to compete at the 2021 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Championships, and then at the 2021 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®. He is now 23 years old, but proves to me daily that he is young at heart, feels good in his body with the supportive care and treatments he receives, and most importantly, he loves his job! When we first started together, Eye Candy and I were training and competing at First and Second Level, and we gelled pretty quickly. Not old enough at the time for my driver’s license, I would not only need my parents’ financial support, but I would need a lot of their time driving me to training sessions after school and if I was lucky, shows.Įye Candy and I started our partnership almost a year and a half ago, and it has been one of the best experiences of my life. My family lives an hour and a half from the barn, but when the opportunity to lease Eye Candy was offered, I knew I needed to make it work and that this was a once in a lifetime chance. Andi felt that he would be a fantastic partner for her new student – me – and I began my journey with Eye Candy. So back on the trailer he went, to go to Chicago where he returned to training with his longtime previous trainer, Andreanna (Andi) Patzwald. Well, it was very clear, after putting on quite a show, that he missed being in the spotlight, and perhaps retirement was not what he wanted. When Robin visited Eye Candy, she decided to hop on him and see how his first year of retirement was going. Over the next 17 years, Robin and Eye Candy progressed through the levels to Intermediate I, earning their USDF Bronze and Silver Medals.Īlthough in perfect health, Robin felt Eye Candy had earned his retirement at 21 and sent him to the beautiful North Carolina farm of a close friend. Eye Candy remained in Germany in training with Staller until the fall of 2005, when Robin imported him to the United States. Eye Candy was purchased by Robin Mattson in October of that year. Join us through the end of November as we celebrate the ‘Golden Oldies’ of the dressage community!Įye Candy (Escudo II x Goldstern by Grenadier), a 1999 Hanoverian bred by Hans Hosp of Ottendorf Germany, began his classical dressage training in Vechta, Germany, with Catherine Haddad Staller in early 2003. For details: Seniors! On #YourDressage, we have been celebrating the special horses in our lives that are ages 20 and up through photo galleries and exclusive stories.
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